Chapter 277: Solidarity from all sides
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For Luo Mo, this is indeed not good news.
Originally, his worst plan now was that "The Hangover" would fail at the box office abroad miserably, but at least the mainland box office should be guaranteed, in that case, his strategy would fail, but he could continue to make movies.
But...... Now, the sudden reality made Luo Mo's plan bankrupt in an instant.
"Why can't our movies be reviewed?" Luo Mo paused and asked Zhou Sichao in a calm tone.
“…… Their reasoning is that it involves a lot of pornography, violence, profanity, and positive portrayals that denigrate police officers. Zhou Sichao said.
"......" Luo Mo really wanted to scold his mother.
He was worried that there would be problems with the review of "The Hangover" in China at the beginning, and he has tried to change a lot of things, who knows that Lu Dao is still the current scene.
I can't audit it!
Damn it! Damn it!
Luo Mo's right hand trembled a little uncontrollably, and then said, "Then let's do it, let's re-edit it according to their request......
"That's all there is to it." Zhou Sichao said.
Luo Mo felt very unhappy in his heart at this time, but since the incident happened, no matter how angry or unhappy you are, it can't be solved, only calm down and think about some solutions. Now, "The Hangover" just failed the review, so it can still be solved, just re-edit it...... However, re-editing may not be able to pass directly, and you may be required to re-edit.
For editors, it's not uncommon for a film to be edited repeatedly, so they don't reject it...... But Luo Mo was very worried, after the editing, the movie immediately changed a lot, and it became no longer the essence of "The Hangover", but became a dull comedy, so that the reputation of his "The Hangover" in the mainland is estimated to fall to the top.
A lot of movies are because of the huge problems with the editing.
Because movies can be edited to make the most difficult adjustments, Wong Kar-wai's "The Grandmaster" can be in different versions, and in the United States, it can even be edited into a pure action movie mixed with rock and punk. And Wang Quanan's "White Deer Plain", the mainland version was cut into "The Biography of Tian Xiao'e" in order to compress time, and the role of editing is really too great.
Thinking of this, he also didn't know how to cut it.
Luo Mo must not let his reputation have problems because of the editing problem, if nothing else, he thinks that the reputation of "The Hangover" will still be very good. Because of the creativity of this movie, as well as the kind of global vulgarity in it, many people can like it, but if there is a problem with the editing...... And now that the schedule of "The Hangover" in the mainland has been decided, now because the review cannot be completed, it is estimated that these films will have to be reversed and restarted.
Luo Mo pulled his hair with his left hand, in fact, this audit can't be done like this, but it can arouse everyone's sense of expectation, and mainland audiences are like that many times......
Take a look at "No Man's Land", although it couldn't be reviewed in 09, which made Ning Hao cry when facing the interview, but four years later, there are many good things, and the re-release of the movie immediately brought an overwhelming effect, and the growth of the box office made others blush.
But Luo Mo still doesn't want such a good thing to be grinding, he wants the movie to be released.
"If you re-examine it now." Luo Mo thought about it for a long time, and made up his mind to break his wrist, so he said to the other end of the phone: "Let's re-edit it now, and it may be too late to re-submit it for review...... The mainland's film schedule, the film schedule on March 9, if the review is not enough, it will be temporarily revoked. ”
Zhou Sichao could only hum heavily.
Hung up the phone, Luo Mo seemed to be preoccupied, one cigarette after another burned, and after a while, there were some smoke locks in the living room, Zhong Min came out of the kitchen and saw this scene, and suddenly felt distressed, and came to Luo Mo's side: "What's wrong?" Is there any trouble running in? ”
"Huh?" Luo Mo suddenly remembered that Zhong Min was still here...... He was just in a low mood alone, so he lit a cigarette directly in the living room, if he could have remembered that Zhong Min was here before, he wouldn't have smoked so much to make Zhong Min worry.
"It's nothing, Mom." Luo Mo squeezed out a smile and pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray with his left hand, so that another cloud of smoke diffused out of the ashtray.
Zhong Min sighed slightly when she heard this, and she could hear that Luo Mo didn't want to say it, so she had no choice but to stand aside and say, "Pay attention to your body......"
"Hmm."
After a day or two, Luo Mo sent Zhong Min away.
The re-editing of "The Hangover" is very tricky, originally because Luo Mo made a lot of this movie according to the original movie, so the selection rate of shooting materials is very high, which means that the shots he shoots are not wasted, so now he has to re-edit, basically he can only cut it...... Alas, but if you look closely, there really isn't much that can be cut.
After some discussion, Luo Mo and the editor could only accept this fact and start editing again, but from now on, "The Hangover" really can't catch up with the mainland premiere on March 9.
In other words, Luo Mo's "The Hangover" now needs to rely on the box office of foreign movies to recover its costs. This thing sounds really absurd and uninhibited, and now that Chinese movies have declined to this point, they can basically only fight for the box office in the mainland...... But at such an important juncture, "The Hangover" was shot in mainland China, and it could only impact the overseas box office!
It's a disaster.
Luo Mo's "The Hangover" originally belonged to the category of mainland films, and in areas such as Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, there was already a certain degree of exclusion, and in other places, Chinese films were in decline and their influence was not great...... But now...... However, because the mainland cannot be audited, he needs to rely completely on these markets.
You can imagine what a big gamble this is.
Before, he always felt that the mainland box office was his guarantee, and even if the movie hit the streets overseas, he could still earn it back in the mainland, at least he could recover the cost...... But now, something is wrong with the mainland box office......
Luo Mo felt that this matter was also an adventure, and it was an adventure that he had to do...... Anyway, in Hong Kong, Taiwan and other East and Southeast Asian regions, the promotion of "The Hangover" is already in place, even if it is left to fate when it is released now, at least it can be released directly.
Therefore, what he can choose now is to hope that the overseas box office can grow, from Hong Kong, Taiwan to other East and Southeast Asian regions, the box office of "The Hangover" can continue to soar, in this way, it will definitely affect the decision of the mainland in the end, and the review of the mainland side will not be as stuck as it is now.
Of course, the danger factor in this is very large, and the biggest danger factor is that Luo Mo can't guarantee the overseas box office of this movie, which is the worst thing.
But I had to take a gamble.
So, next, Luo Mo asked the editors to slightly delete the version of "The Hangover" sent before, but the deletion is not too much, and it will not affect the overall effect of "The Hangover", but in this way, if this version is sent to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, it may still be returned......
But if the overseas box office of the movie explodes, it will cause strong dissatisfaction among domestic audiences that the film cannot be reviewed, and then Luo Mo and they will hype up this issue a little, for example, Luo Mo also shed tears at the media or something, then it is impossible for the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television to ignore the feelings of all fans, and "The Hangover" has indeed been cut some, so the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television will definitely let this movie be released in the mainland at that time.
Of course, that assumes that "The Hangover" can be sold successfully overseas.
Luo Mo thought of this, and pinned all his hopes on the three places of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, where the movie was first released!
Next, without further ado, before March 9, Luo Mo will arrive in Hong Kong again to carry out propaganda, and then go to Taiwan to Macau.
Had to hurry.
At this time, the news that "The Hangover" could not be reviewed was also known by the Chinese at once, and many people knew that Luo Mo's new film could not be released in the cinema now, so all kinds of discussions came in a while. Of course, there are many people who are guilty of pink eye in China who secretly cry out in their hearts at this time, but from the perspective of fans, many of them are scolding a certain game, and a lot of scolding is endless-
"The Celestial Empire is like this, any good movie will set a card for it!"
"I'm really speechless! I've been looking forward to the movie for so long, and I'm looking forward to it so much when I watch the trailer, but now I can't review it, it's too nonsense! ”
"This is the consistent style of a certain game, it's disgusting, it's disgusting!"
The strong reaction of fans has appeared in many places, in fact, a movie that cannot be reviewed by a certain bureau will form such an impression among fans - since it can not be reviewed, it must have its own reason. And many people will think that a movie that can't be reviewed will definitely be good......
Under the guidance of this concept, "The Hangover" can be said to be a blessing in disguise to a certain extent, and many people are full of expectations for this movie because of the problems that cannot be reviewed. Such an expectation will explode when "The Hangover" is really released in the mainland, and it will be transformed into the motivation to go to the cinema to watch, and this motivation to watch in the cinema can be transformed into the final box office of "The Hangover".
Of course, the premise of all this is that "The Hangover" can be sold overseas in order to put some pressure on a certain game.
In addition, although the mainland has not been reviewed, everyone who cares about the movie still knows that the release date of "The Hangover" in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan has not changed, and it is still March 9, which means that the release of "The Hangover" in these places is as usual......
As a result, more and more people are waiting for the box office data of Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, and waiting for the evaluation of "The Hangover" by people there.
Because the mainland review of "The Hangover" has not been approved, this movie can be regarded as a free hype, at least everyone's attention is almost on this movie.