Chapter 15: Modified Footage
Film censorship is tricky, especially for directors.
There is no hard indicator for this thing, anyway, if the leader says it can be passed, then it can be passed.
Moreover, this thing is obviously aimed at mainland directors.
Director To Qifeng's "Drug War" is all kinds of bloody and cruel, but it has not been cut, and the domestic director wants to shoot something real, I'm sorry, it's no drama!
"No Man's Land" was reviewed for several years, and finally a castrated version was released.
Director Cao Baoping's film debut "Glorious Anger", because it involves rural village tyrants, the censorship has not passed, Director Cao made various modifications, and then, in 02, the policy changed, requiring a crackdown on village tyrants, and "Glorious Rage" successfully passed the trial...
"The Wind" was not banned because of the brutal and bloody torture scenes, and the many metaphors and points in "Let the Bullets Fly" are actually clear to the audience, and many bold dew point shots similar to the 1997 version of "Titanic" also appeared on the big screen in a grand manner.
There are no rules to speak of!
In an era of forbidden words, the director can only go to Aesop, telling one fable after another, hoping that someone will be able to decipher it...
"Forget it, Xu Hui, what are you competing with them. ”
Huang Wen patted Xu Hui on the shoulder, comforted him a few words, and then looked at Chen Farong: "Did you say which items touched the sensitive point?"
"First of all, the leaders felt that the movie Chinese exaggerated the decadence of college life..."
Chen Farong cleared her throat and conveyed the leader's rectification opinions.
There are probably two shots that touched the nerves of the leaders, one was to jerk off in class, and Xu Hui's roommate was also one to catch urine with a bottle in the dormitory.
“… Is this illegal?"
Xu Hui was about to tremble.
MMP, no wonder Feng Xiaogang has become famous, and every time he mentions censorship, he is angry.
It's too cheating!
“… Why don't we contact the actors, reshoot it, or just delete those two scenes?"
Huang Wen ignored Xu Hui and put forward his opinion.
"I'll go out first. ”
This feeling was too aggrieved, Xu Hui pushed open the door of the conference room and walked out.
“… Leave him alone and let him calm himself down. ”
"Fa Rong, are we keeping up with the head and severing a grudge? This shot is said to be not sensitive. ”
"Who let our Director Xu be unruly, let him not go to the Spring Festival Gala!"
"Why don't we find a way to get out of the relationship?"
……
Xu Hui felt a kind of humiliation.
It took half a year to shoot something, but it was actually said that it involved H and was banned from being released!
It's like a street writer who easily writes 3 million words, because a certain chapter is inappropriately worded, and then the whole book is sealed...
The point is that you don't have a place to reason.
You have countless reasons to argue against the inappropriateness of this practice, but the people in power don't care about you little ant.
Unless Xu Hui is not ready to screen this "Those Years" in the mainland, you have to do what the chief chrysanthemum tells you to do, without the dragon mark awarded by the chief ju, the movie cannot be released, this is common sense.
"I'm definitely in the dark!"
Sitting in his office, Xu Hui's eyes suddenly figured out something through the smoke rising from his eyes.
"It doesn't make sense that the original "Those Years" has kept these shots, but I was stuck when I changed it!"
Standing up, Xu Hui muttered to himself while walking around the office.
“… Could it be Huayi?"
After pondering for a long time, Xu Hui thought of a possibility.
In the movie "Those Years", Huayi Brothers and Guangguang both invested 15 million, but they were told that they could only account for 30% of the box office revenue, as for the distribution rights, I'm sorry, Xu Hui Studio has an overview of the distribution work this time.
In other words, it is impossible for the Wang brothers to enjoy any copyright and other benefits.
spent 15 million, but did not enjoy the due treatment of investors, and whoever was replaced would be unhappy.
Xu Hui has reason to suspect the Wang brothers.
"Probably not, my studio, Huayi has 25% of the shares, they cheated me, and they were also affected in the end, this kind of self-destructive 800 play, a typical mentally retarded will do it, Huayi is unlikely to do this kind of thing, so who will it be?"
He took out his cigarette again and smoked one.
Xu Hui dialed Wang Zhongjun's phone.
probably talked about his own situation, and sure enough, Wang Zhongjun on the other end of the phone was also surprised, and he still suggested that Xu Hui rectify it according to Zongju's requirements.
As the CEO of a private film and television production company that is best at dealing with Zongju in China, Huayi has a lot of dealings with the film censorship department, and naturally knows some special skills to pass the censorship.
The first step is to be obedient.
The most hated by leaders are those subordinates who are talented and characterful.
As a subordinate, you can be mediocre, you can also be a genius, however, you have to be obedient!
Feng Xiaogang was disobedient at first and made several blocked movies, "Never Lose My Love" is a typical example.
There was no way, he restrained his temper and became very well-behaved and obedient, so almost all of his films passed the censorship after that.
"Thank you, Mr. Wang, I know!"
Hanging up the phone, Xu Hui's previous sense of humiliation disappeared.
That's right, "Alive" and "Fengyue" can be banned, Xu Hui is a fart!
Compared with his predecessors, Xu Hui suddenly felt that he was still very lucky, at least, the leader gave suggestions for rectification, not a blanket seal.
……
"I'm going to change this jerking off scene to reading H books, Xu Hui and Jing Boran are in class reading yellow books, and then being questioned; ”
Half an hour later, Xu Hui returned to the conference room.
Three of them were still inside.
"Well, it's also logical to change it to read the yellow book and then stare at the teacher and fantasize. ”
Several people have already watched the finished film, and naturally understand what Xu Hui said.
“… Which game?
Chen Farong came to the spirit when she heard Xu Hui's suggestion.
As a producer, she is keenly aware that this is a good opportunity to attract sponsorship!
The costumes and props involved in the entire "Those Years" Chen Farong have attracted sponsorship.
The biggest sponsorship is Kang Shuai Fu Iced Tea, which has a frontal close-up of it on the wall of the toilet.
Kang Shuaifu Group is willing to pay 5 million implantation fees, and if the box office exceeds 100 million, they will add 2 million!
The total advertising sponsorship price of the other zeros is as high as 21 million.
Before the movie was made, the cost of '30 million' was almost all back, which is one of the reasons why many directors are used to shooting urban film and television dramas, as long as they can attract advertising sponsorship, the possibility of losing money is very low.
"According to the plot, in 05, are there any particularly popular online games in our country in 05?"
Xu Hui didn't know very well, he wasn't very interested in games.
"It should be "Legend" and "Fantasy Journey to the West", you can check it yourself. ”
"Oh, this time, I'm going to knock at least 5 million!"
Everyone knows that they are rich on the Internet, and Chen Tianqiao and Ding Lei, who made a fortune in games, are already the idols of many people.
Since you are so rich, it should be okay to spend a little money to sponsor a movie and get a few shots.
"Well, I'll ask Xiaowen to notify those actors to come back and make up the shots. ”