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"Qingzi, have you really thought about filming "Donkey Gets Water"?"

Hearing Wang Yu ask this, Li Qing was slightly stunned, "What's wrong?"

Wang Yu glanced at Zhao Mingming, who was walking outside the door with the help of Bian Mei, and then said: "I bet that your script of "Donkey Gets Water" will not pass the review nine times out of ten, and then you will not be able to set up a project, even if you use your hands and feet on the script to barely pass the review and set up the project, after the movie is made, it is specified that it will not pass the trial." ”

Hearing Wang Yu say this, Li Qing's wine suddenly woke up a lot, and then followed Wang Yu's gaze to glance at Zhao Mingming, and then asked, "Is it because of the Ying family?"

Wang Yu shook his head, "Not exactly. The main reason is because of our country's audit system. Your "Donkey Gets Water" is too ironic, almost none of the characters in the whole film are positive, and they are all intellectuals, not to mention radio and television, even the Ministry of Education will not give it to you. ”

Seeing that Li Qing didn't seem to understand, Wang Yu said again: "Making a film about the electricity industry in China needs to be approved by the electricity department, making a film about the industry needs to be approved by the industry department, and making a film about the police needs to be approved by the public security department. The current situation of domestic filmmaking is that whichever industry you write about, they will review the film in a grand manner. It's all right to sing the praises of them, but if you expose them, then I'm sorry! Your "Donkey Gets Water" has completely hacked the teacher, and the Ministry of Education can give you a good time. After a pause, Wang Yu continued: "It's okay for you to make entertainment comedies, you can eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, and the leaders won't care." But when it comes to them, it's troublesome. Let me tell you this, a film is fine if it doesn't have the attention of the leadership, as long as it has the attention of the leadership, it will be troublesome! Therefore, the Ying family, even if it's just Ying Ling herself, if you do it casually, the possibility of "Donkey Gets Water" passing the review is almost equal to zero, and it may even never pass the trial, and don't forget, after all, Old Man Ying still has a few months to get there, and now he is still in power in the Ministry of Culture. ”

Wang Yu's words reminded Li Qing of one thing - about 2,000 years in the last life, CCTV wanted to film "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea", but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused to allow it to be filmed at first, and later the Americans wanted to commemorate the Korean War. CCTV approached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and said, "Americans have commemorated the Korean War, so why don't we commemorate it?" The Ministry of Foreign Affairs finally agreed. The film was filmed for more than a year, and after review, I thought it could be broadcast, but it turned out to be a 911. The Foreign Office has come out again to speak, and we cannot rub salt in the wounds of the American people in the 911 incident. As a result, "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea," which was originally to be broadcast in October, was not allowed to be released! This is still the case for a large unit as big as CCTV, let alone ordinary people?

As a director, no one likes censorship, basically they hate censorship, and censorship will indeed make filmmakers' creativity feel restricted!

A game must have rules, as long as everyone respects the rules of the game, the game will not have much problem, and it can be played well.

But if there are no rules in the game, it's all up to the dealer - if I say you break the rules, you will break the rules, and if I let you out, it will be difficult to play.

The really scary thing about film censorship is that there are no rules, no one knows what can't be made, so a movie is likely to be banned for some reason.

For example, Wang Xiaoshuai's "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" was banned in China, and the censorship opinion turned out to be that the movie reflected some chaotic alleys in Beiping, affecting the Olympic bid!

Li Qing, who has been in the film and television industry for more than ten years in his last life, didn't think that "Donkey Gets Water" would be difficult to pass the trial, but he didn't expect it to be so sad!

Moreover, Li Qing always thought that censorship was just a matter of radio and television, but he didn't expect that there were so many doorways!

The egg hurts!

Glancing at Li Qing, who had a very bad face, Wang Yu said leisurely: "It's terrible, but this is the reality." Film censorship is not a question of which one has the final say, there are too many higher-level departments, and anyone can control you. This is not just the case for ordinary movies, but even for movies with the main theme, they may encounter this kind of trouble!"

This Li Qing really knows that Chen Guoxing's "Born Out of the Sky" in the previous life encountered this situation.

There is a detail in "Born Out of Thin Air", the scientist played by Li Youbin was locked up by the organization, trying to judge the act of betraying the enemy and the country, and at the most critical moment, the general played by Li Xuejian used his head to guarantee the scientist, and showed the life-and-death friendship between a simple general and an intellectual who was eager to serve the country very touching.

However, there is a leader who does not like this scene - he thinks that a talented student of Princeton University who gave up everything to return to China in order to serve the motherland and was even locked up by his own government sounds too cold, too unreasonable, and also damages the image of the party!

Chen Guoxing insisted on keeping this clue, because this is taken from a real person and a true story, and it is also the most moving plot of the whole movie.

Fortunately!

During the review, the leader who disagreed happened to be sick and couldn't come, and the other leaders who reviewed the film were highly recognized, so he passed the trial.

But the matter didn't end there, if the leader knew that this scene was not deleted, he would think that Chen Guoxing was fooling him, and as soon as he spoke, the movie might be banned in the release.

At the critical moment, the film was sent to Zhongnanhai, and the five Standing Committee members were all moved after watching it, and unanimously gave high praise.

In this way, "Born Out of Thin Air" can be released smoothly.

Li Qing didn't have the ability to send his "Donkey Gets Water" to Zhongnanhai, so he couldn't help frowning and said, "Isn't there a way to avoid it?"

Wang Yu thought for a while and said, "It's not that there is no way at all. ”

Li Qing asked, "What way?"

Wang Yu said: "The easiest way is that you change a story and a positive story, so that even if there is a Ying family, a few brothers will work hard, and then cut a few knives, and the designation can pass the trial." The second method is to use Xiangjiang actors and the Xiangjiang team, under the general trend of return, the film works involving Xiangjiang people can often be opened up in the film censorship system, and the content that should be banned in mainland films can be reviewed by the Xiangjiang team. Third, find a way to contact the Yindu Agency, the film shot by the Yindu Agency does not need to go through the approval of radio and television, and can be shot directly, which can ensure that your film is shot smoothly and sent abroad to participate in the competition, but if the film wants to be released in China, it still has to be reviewed. ”

Don't think about the first way, Li Qing has been creating momentum for "Donkey Gets Water" for so long, it is impossible to make a movie easily.

The second way is not good, "Donkey Gets Water" is a pure mainland movie, it is impossible for Xiangjiang actors who don't know the customs and customs of the mainland to perform that kind of taste, and Li Qing already has a suitable actor in his heart.

Third ...... It seems that there is only a third option to choose......

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