After the filming is completed, the most important work is undoubtedly the editing. Film creation can be said to be divided into three stages, the screenwriter is the first creation, the on-site shooting is the second creation, and the editing is the third creation. A good editor can turn a pile of bad material into a good story, while a bad editor can cut a pile of good material into a bad movie.

In the process of filming "Hoe Rape", the finished film will be immediately sent to the printing factory, and the washed samples will be sent back to the editing room as soon as possible. The next work was fine editing, and this was the third time the film was created.

As a director, it is impossible not to know editing, if the director does not understand editing, it must be a parallel import, and he will definitely not be able to make a movie. Of course, Xu Wangqiu can cut films, and he is used to cutting films by himself, but he knows how to edit digitally, and now he is purely manual. What especially gave Xu Wangqiu a headache was that the Magic Shadow Factory didn't even have an automatic film rolling machine, only a hand-cranked editing machine. With this kind of equipment, you must use your hand to shake out the speed of 24 frames per second, whether fast or slow, otherwise the rhythm of the cut shot is different from the shaken shot.

Bergman once said that rhythm is crucial and always will be crucial. Xu Wangqiu couldn't use a hand-cranked editor and couldn't grasp the rhythm of the movie, so he could only hand over the editing work to the editors of the Magic Shadow Studio. However, what he handed over was only the right to cut the scissors, and how to cut each shot and how to choose the editing point of each shot were still firmly in his hands.

It's not that Xu Wangqiu is arbitrary, and it's not that he can't listen to other people's opinions, but he knows very well that the editing style he wants is completely different from the current editing style. Now the length of the lens is prescribed, 7 feet for panorama, 5 feet for medium shot, 3 feet for close-up, and 2 feet for close-up. Anyone who has watched movies from seventy or eighty years will know that the pace of movies in this era is very slow. For "The Rape", if it is cut according to this standard, it will become extraordinarily procrastinating, so it must follow his train of thought.

There are more than 1,500 shots in "Hoe Rape", and Xu Wangqiu needs to communicate with the editor for each shot, and "Hoe Rape" uses simultaneous recording, and the sound also needs to be edited together, so the whole editing process is very slow. At this time, Xu Wangqiu really misses the digital age and digital editing equipment.

Just when Xu Wangqiu was tortured to death by editing, the movie "Mom Loves Me Again" landed in major cinemas across the country and began to be released nationwide. Xu Wangqiu, who was physically and mentally exhausted, decided to relax and go to the cinema to watch a movie to see how Master's "Mom Loves Me Again" was doing.

When Xu Wangqiu walked into the standard screening hall of the Magic Shadow Studio, he found that there were men, women and children inside, and it was full of people. "Mom Loves Me Again" was already popular all over the country last year, and everyone wanted to see what the movie would look like.

It didn't take long for the movie to begin. A beam of light shone from the small window on the large screen opposite. A few bold and playful children stood on a high place, reaching out their little hands to the light. With the help of bright lights, children use their fingers to pose as various animals and shake them on the screen.

Su Zhensheng's version of "Mom Loves Me Again" is very different from the Taiwan version, the structure of the movie is similar to "Beautiful Life", in the first half of the movie, whether Qiu Xia is in love with Lin Guorong, or living alone with Wei Guo after breaking up with Lin Guorong, the overall atmosphere is cheerful and relaxed. However, from the middle of the movie, from the separation of Wei Guo and Qiu Xia, the audience couldn't control their tears.

As the storyline progresses, there is no pair of dry eyes with tear glands under the screen, and the audience regards themselves as Qiuxia and Weiguo's neighbors and friends, and their eyes are red again and again for the joys and sorrows of the mother and son, and they cry again and again. Especially when Wei Guo was kicked to faint to death, and Qiu Xia howled and pounced on the beater, many viewers at the scene were crying.

Xu Wangqiu looked at the teary-eyed faces around him, and couldn't help but smile, the master is still very level, although there is any innovation in audio-visual language, but the whole story is told vividly and smoothly, this film is definitely more popular than the previous life, and it will definitely be a big hit.

In fact, it is indeed as Xu Wangqiu expected, in less than a week after the release of "Mom Loves Me Again", it set off a movie-watching frenzy across the country. Since its release, "Mom Loves Me Again" has swept major theaters in major cities, and many cities have seen long queues to buy tickets and a hot scene where it is difficult to find a ticket.

At the People's Cinema in Rongcheng, there were people queuing up at the door to buy tickets at 6 o'clock in the morning, and thousands of tickets were sold out before noon. The queue in front of the cinema is getting more and more every day, and it's like rushing to buy train tickets during the Spring Festival.

In the magic capital, whether it is a big movie theater or a small movie theater, each one is full, and it is difficult to find a ticket. Donghu Cinema is not a particularly famous movie theater, but with the release of "Mom Loves Me Again", the citizens of the magic capital crowded the originally sparsely populated, quiet and peaceful Donghu Road, and there was even a hot scene of audiences queuing up all night to buy tickets.

"Mom Loves Me Again" is a script written by Xu Wangqiu, which was filmed by Su Zhensheng, and Su Bai will definitely go to the cinema to support it. Unexpectedly, she and her dormitory classmates ran for two days in a row, almost all the movie theaters in Beiping City, and they didn't buy tickets, and they returned disappointed again and again. Liu Cancan couldn't help but say: "The old father-in-law and the little son-in-law are too powerful to join forces, they are simply invincible in the world!" Su Bai scolded with a red face: "Stinky Cancan, what nonsense are you talking about!"

In the streets and alleys of major cities in China, you can hear content related to "Mom Loves Me Again" everywhere. The children are singing "Only Mother is Good in the World", the women are sighing for Qiuxia's fate, and the men are sighing, why can't I meet a woman like Qiuxia?

It is no exaggeration to say that watching "Mom Loves Me Again" has become a fashion trend, and if you haven't seen this movie, you can't interject when everyone is chatting.

"Mom Loves Me Again" not only won the favor of the audience, but also the critics continued to praise it, and the praise was overwhelming. As the movie became a hit, newspapers everywhere published reviews, most of which were positive.

Zhong Xianfei believes: "The film "Mom Loves Me Again" seems grand and unpretentious, deep and not sad in films with similar themes. Why did everyone shed tears and were so excited when they watched this film? Because it made us hear the voices of the people on the screen and feel the uplifting power from Qiu Xia's body. ”

Writer Bai Hua said: "Comrade Su Zhensheng filmed "Mom Loves Me Again", a masterpiece that faces the harsh life in some false winds of this year's film production, which makes us once again amazed by his talent and passion. It is with the power of realism that the film makes us cry with the protagonist. It makes us throw ourselves into a torrent, cleanse our hearts, and know more about how to deal with life. ”

Film critic Meadow wrote: "After watching the film, I really feel excited. The film says what people want to say, without evasion or whitewashing, but often touches people's heartstrings. Compared with other films shot in recent years, there are new breakthroughs and new achievements in terms of subject matter, depth and technique. ”

Of course, there are also those who are critical of "Mom Loves Me Again", and some of the criticism is very harsh, even holding political hats. The criticism mainly focuses on two aspects, one is that the style of the film is low, not sunny enough, and not positive enough, and the other is that there is a problem with the ideological tendency of the film.

As an authoritative publication of Chinese literary and artistic theory, "Literature and Art Daily" supports "Mom Loves Me Again", but when it saw that there were also different views on the movie, it decided to carry out a concentrated discussion for "Mom Loves Me Again" to clarify right and wrong. Starting from the seventh issue published in July 1979, the "Literature and Art Daily" has opened a special column for "discussions".

In the months that followed, thousands of letters flew to the newsroom like snowflakes. Among the authors who participated in the discussion were university and secondary school teachers, social science workers, young students, cadres, workers, peasants...... With great enthusiasm, they expressed their opinions in this discussion.

Before the release of "Mom Loves Me Again", Pan Hong was originally a new actor who was not well-known, and starred in several movies that had no impact. However, with the release of the movie, she became popular in Dajiangnan in a very short period of time, becoming the dream lover of countless men, and the best candidate for the daughter-in-law in the hearts of countless mothers-in-law.

Pan Hong didn't dare to go out now, she and Mi Jiashan rode bicycles into the city, and were recognized by fans, and someone shouted "That's Qiuxia", so a group of people rode behind and chased, shouting: "Qiuxia! The customers next to her glanced at her and immediately shouted, "Oh! This is Qiuxia", so onlookers gathered from all directions in an instant, blocking Chunxi Road, and finally had to be dispatched by the traffic police to help dredge it.

Actor Wu Guosong, who played Qiuxia's husband Lin Guorong, is also famous, but not famous, but notorious. Every time Wu Guosong goes out, passers-by don't look at celebrities, but hide away like monsters. Once when I walked on the street, an aunt came over and said to Wu Guosong, "You said you, why don't you want Qiuxia's daughter-in-law", and more seriously, Wu Guosong's bicycle parked in the community was often deliberately punctured.

There is also a rumor among the people, saying that the actor who plays Lin Guorong in "Mom Loves Me Again" has to let Qiuxia's actor marry him; because the performance in the play is too bad, so he can't find a wife; but Qiuxia didn't agree, because they are already married. Someone asked, "Then what should he do?" The rumor spreader replied: "Keep beating the singles, who let him play such a conscienceless role!"

Wu Guosong can tolerate these attacks and rumors, but what really makes him feel defeated is that because of "Mom Loves Me Again", his relationship with his girlfriend has been affected. Her girlfriend's relatives and friends persuaded her not to be good with Wu Guosong. They said that the kid didn't look like a good guy at first glance, and he played Lin Guorong so well, which shows that they are essentially the same.

Wu Guosong wants to cry without tears about this, is it a sin to play the bad guy too well because of his good acting skills?

"Mom Loves Me Again" can set off a frenzy across the country, and Xu Wangqiu is undoubtedly very happy. But his real mind is still on "Hoe Rape", which is the work that really condenses all his efforts. In the next few days, Xu Wangqiu stayed in the editing room, busy with the editor for the editing of the movie.

A week later, the finished film of "Hoe Rape" finally appeared in front of Xu Wangqiu and them. If it can pass the review of departments at all levels, then this version is the version that will finally meet the audience.