When "Let the Bullets Fly" was completed, the time had come to the end of October, and in three months, such a movie could be made without delay, which made Han Sanpin, who had always been afraid of the crew, extremely excited.

After returning to Chuzhejiang Province, Li Xiaole can finally rest for a few days, because according to the procedure, the filming of haode films must be reviewed by the group's review department, and then the editing requirements are put forward and deleted, and this work is usually done by Han Sanpin himself.

When Han Sanpin learned from Huang Jianxing, who had a wry smile, that "Let the Bullets Fly" has a total of three hours and 45 minutes, he was shocked, normal films are 80 to 100 minutes, at most 2 hours, this movie is 3 and a half hours, and it is impossible to be completely released in the cinema, which means that it must be greatly changed.

After spending an afternoon watching the feature film, Han Sanpin's heart was even more mixed, happy that this movie was completely beyond his imagination, and worried that this film did not meet the review regulations of the Film Bureau at all, and it was basically impossible to be released in theaters, only a complete overhaul.

In the afternoon, Li Xiaole came to Han Sanpin's office with a calm face, Han Sanpin directly poured him a cup of tea and handed it to him sitting on the sofa.

"Mr. Han, you've seen the film." Li Xiaole asked with a smile.

"It's a good shot, it's really good." Han Sanpin looked at him and patted him on the shoulder earnestly.

Li Xiaole didn't make a sound, just looked at Han Sanpin quietly, waiting for the "but" behind him to appear.

"But ......" Han Sanpin sighed and slowly looked at Li Xiaole and said: "Xiaole, you must know that although the film review has been relaxed a lot in the past two years, but in our national system, the film is also responsible for promoting the correct value function, your film is innovative and impactful in artistic techniques, but it does not meet the regulations of the review, and in the conflict between art and the general direction, I hope you can maintain your sanity and make a correct trade-off......"

To be honest, Han Sanpin is actually very worried, because this situation has happened, when Jiang Wen made a sample film of "The Devil is Coming" a few years ago, he also said the same thing, but Jiang Wen couldn't listen to it, because these people who have lofty artistic concepts about movies in their hearts can't listen to other opinions at all, they usually only care about their own movies, and they don't have a sense of responsibility for the country's public opinion.

The most important thing is that Li Xiaole is the same as Jiang Wen at that time, they are not short of money, they don't care about money, and they don't have the pressure of reality, so they have the capital to confront the mainstream ideology with their chests, if the general director doesn't need to remind them, this dilemma will be avoided.

"Well, I understand what you mean, I'll edit it and pass the review of the Film Bureau." Li Xiaole nodded with a smile.

"Can you understand?" Han Sanpin was stunned, he didn't expect Li Xiaole to agree so well.

"Of course, the movie is to face the market, and I want to make my movie not be released?" Li Xiaole nodded as a matter of course, making Han Sanpin brow.

Li Xiaole did not perfunctory Han Sanpin, he edited the three-hour and 45-minute movie into 2 hours and 05 minutes in just three days, and he weakened many of the key characters, Huang Shilang, Sister Hua, Ma Bond, almost all of them have changed very differently from the original.

even completely subverted the direction of this story, which is also the plot of the original version of "Let the Bullets Fly" in history, but this is still a very haode movie.

This made Han Sanpin very pleased, he thought that Li Xiaole had made the right decision, but at the same time, there were many different voices within China Film, especially the art supervision department in charge of Yan Jie, and the overseas distribution department, all of whom did not understand this, and the two common arguments were.

"The original version of "Let the Bullets Fly" is very artistic, the story is treacherous, with a strong suspense color, and suspense, which is an unprecedented masterpiece in the history of the Chinese film industry, but after editing, although it is much smoother, the storytelling has seriously declined, and it has become simple and direct, completely catering to ordinary audiences, which is extremely irresponsible to the film creation team."

"Maintaining artistry may not be able to take into account the box office, "Let the Bullets Fly" can take the path of "Farewell My Concubine", go abroad to try your luck first, if you can win an award, then it is worth taking a risk, this kind of editing technique that grovels to the market and the audience seriously destroys the integrity of the film work, and is completely unsuitable for overseas promotion."

These voices feel very ridiculous in Li Xiaole's ears, a public movie is first of all to face the audience, no matter how artistic it is, it is absolutely laborious and costly for only a very small number of people to watch it, not to mention that "Let the Bullets Fly" is a big production with a total investment of more than 200 million, and there are thousands of people involved.

The most important thing is that these people don't have a backache when they stand and talk, and they are still immersed in the era when "Red Sorghum" is funded by the state, and making movies is to win awards abroad to win glory for the country, and they don't want to think about how much damage it will cause to theaters and the mainland film industry if movies like "Let the Bullets Fly" are not released.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaole couldn't help sneering in his heart, these old antiques who have rigid brains under the system are really unreasonable, there is a tendon in their brains, creative arts like movies have been turned into tools of struggle by them, and they will not be flexible at all.

In fact, it is possible to do the best of both worlds, as long as you use it in a clever way.

There are no problems with the movie itself, but new problems have come one after another, in the distribution of China Film Group, according to the regulations, the highest distribution fee of China Film Group is only 40 million, and Li Xiaole asked Lei Ting to give him a careful account.

"If you want to achieve the publicity effect he expected in his mind, it will be at least 60 million, and there is a difference of 20 million in between." Lei Ting had a video call with Li Xiaole in the China Film editing room on the computer in the apartment.

"Do we still have any money......?" Li Xiaole's first reaction was to look at the camera pitifully Lei Ting.

"No, not a penny." Lei Ting looked at him with disgust, and said indifferently:

"I'll tell you frankly, now our Black Pearl company has been completely hollowed out, if it was as expected, I would have been able to shoot the cost of about 100 million, but you kept coming in the shooting, resulting in constant overspending, zuihou not only used up all the 110 million funds, but also chased 8.32 million, I mortgaged your car to the bank, and I took out all the savings just enough."

"Yes...... So serious? Li Xiaole couldn't help but touch his head, revealing an innocent expression of "I don't know", trying to fool the past.

"It's not serious, it's just that I can't pay next year's rent at the end of the year! Damn it~!! Lei Ting took out a pack of cigarettes as she spoke, poured it down but found that it was empty, threw it on the ground angrily, stepped on it fiercely, turned her head and glared fiercely at Li Xiaole, who was scared silly by the camera, and didn't even turn off the computer, so she went back to her room in a rage.

Looking at the sloppy cigarette case that was stepped on on the ground in the camera, Li Xiaole also hugged the back of his head with his hand, took a deep breath, and suddenly felt an inexplicable huge pressure...... He has always been a pure director before, and this is the first time he has worked as a producer and distributor, and he has invested all his savings in a movie, if the film fails at the box office, then he will lose all his money, and the funds he has worked so hard to accumulate may evaporate overnight.

He can suddenly feel that Weishenme Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou parted ways in "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", the huge risks brought by big productions, and the high-pressure state that producers feel all the time, if it is not for the parties involved, it is difficult to understand at all.

Fortunately, he didn't shoot "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" and got a box office of 6.5 billion, which is considered a "failure", and his passing mark is 300 million.

However, the problem is that although "Let the Bullets Fly" has won more than 700 million box office on the original historical trajectory, it does not mean that in different time and space, you can 100% copy history.

The publicity link is very important, he must make a detailed deployment of Jihua, he must not only do it, but also do it better than the original publicity and distribution link of the hospital.

The excess of 20 million can only be found from the shadow side, but what can be done? China Film has a system, and the 40 million publicity and distribution fee is already capped, even if Han Sanpin wants to help him in front of the system, he is helpless.

After a few all-nighters busy editing to make sure that there were no problems with the copy of the film, Li Xiaole could finally take a break, he couldn't remember how many days he had been in China Film, but it felt like he hadn't returned to his shared apartment with Lei Ting for a long time.

Driving the car, looking at the light rain outside, the CD player turned the record, Wen Lan's slightly sad singing voice went out gently: "I know that sadness can't change anything, so let me be honest, honesty inevitably has uncontrollable catharsis, as long as the door is closed, don't pay attention to anyone~"

There is a romantic and lonely beauty in the song, which feels abrupt, but quiet and solid, which is really suitable for listening alone on a rainy night.

This pure, lonely, and lonely voice accompanied him for many nights, and Li Xiaole suddenly remembered his former self in his previous life, when he was so old, and he also listened to such a song, feeling the feeling of purity, loneliness, and loneliness, and the years of nothing had passed as if a century had passed......

He often misses the past that never happened, and those past events probably won't happen again, after all, it is another life of his own, although it is full of frustrations. But it's not that there is no nostalgia, those girls, those aiqing are all vivid, but they are getting far away...... And he is moving forward step by step towards a beautiful and solid future......