Victor stretched out his hand with a smile on his face, facing Chaplin's back, crying and laughing.

Sure enough, it's a snob.

Grant also felt very embarrassed, and hurriedly comforted Victor: "Victor, don't mind, he is such a person, you will know after a long time." However, his movies are still good. ”

"I know." Victor withdrew his hand and shook his head.

"Our great Mr. Chaplin, as it always was, Victor." John Ford's words were tinged with sarcasm.

"Don't talk about him, it's our turn." Grant gestured to the screening room.

A group of people went in, but they saw that inside a small screening room, there was a miasma of black smoke and smoke, and about 20 people of different ages and different costumes were sitting on chairs in large appearances, which seemed to be from the review committee.

Some of them had already gotten up and dressed, and some were muttering to each other.

Grant came up to a man about 50 years old and said to Victor, "Victor, this is Mr. Claes, he is the head of the censorship team for small-budget films on the Film Censorship Board. ”

"Mr. Claes, it's an honor to meet you." Victor hurried to say hello.

"Your name is Victor?" Claes looked at Victor with interest.

"What, you know?" Grant was a little surprised.

"No, no, no, we'll see you for the first time." Claes glanced at Victor's tin box and said, "Let's get started." ”

Victor handed the box to the staff next to him, who took out the film and went to work.

At this time, the original review committee was almost gone, and only three or four people remained.

It seems that the degree of censorship and personnel of the films of large film companies and the films of small film companies are really different.

Remembering what Ford had told him, Victor let go of his mind a little and looked forward to passing the review as soon as possible.

Soon, there was silence in the screening room, and the movie began to show.

Victor cares a lot about the reaction of the gang.

It's not that they're censors, it's more that Victor sees them as ordinary viewers, and the first audience to see the film, even though there were only three or four people, Victor wanted to see how the gang would react - purely in terms of watching the movie.

At first, the gang didn't react much. For them, as professional reviewers, they have seen too many movies.

But after five minutes, the gang is clearly in their spirits, staring at the screen intently, forgetting when and where they are, and at the end of the movie, one of the women pulls out a handkerchief and wipes the tears from her face: "What poor Leon! ”

A large hand patted Victor on the shoulder, very powerful.

Victor turned his face, it was Grant.

It was also the first time he had seen the film.

Grant was excited: "Victor, you didn't disappoint me, in fact, you shot better than I expected!" It's the most innovative and awesome movie I've seen in years, and I have a hunch that it will shock Hollywood. ”

"Alright, gentlemen, let's take a final opinion." Chris stood up and shouted at them, and then three or four people walked to the other corner of the screening room to discuss.

"Don't worry, it's absolutely fine." Grant laughed.

"I hope it's okay." Victor smiled.

Everything that can be done has been done, and the rest is waiting for the verdict of those people.

For the first time, Victor felt so nervous, more nervous than ever.

It's like a person standing in the dock of a courtroom waiting for the judge's verdict, and this feeling is simply tormenting.

Everyone, including Grant, stared at Claes's gang, and soon, Victor noticed that something seemed to be wrong - I don't know when, the three or four people began to argue, and the sound was so small that Zuihou turned into an argument.

"I don't agree with this decision! I think it's good! ”

"I think so too."

"No, no, no, we can't forget the Codex! There's clearly something wrong with that. ”

"It's a good movie!"

"Movies should also be ethical and in line with the law!"

……

"Looks like there's trouble." Victor's heart was raised.

"Don't worry." Although Grant said this, his face was also a little solemn.

The gang whispered again, and Claes finally came over.

"Mr. Ferro, I want to tell you our opinion. Your movie is a good movie, and it's very good that a newcomer like you can make such a movie with a small company like yours. Claes laughed.

"Thank you for the compliments and encouragement." Victor didn't want to listen to this nonsense, he wanted to hear Zuihou take it.

Sure enough, after Claes said some polite words, he said with an extremely serious face: "Mr. Fellro, you have two choices for this movie. One, you have to edit, re-edit, and it's a big one, and two, you have to put your film in storage. ”

"What!?" Victor lost his voice.

Claes nodded: "Our opinion is that your film can't pass the censorship." ”

“weishenme！？” Grant has written a fire: "How can it not be passed? ”

Claes was calm: "I can't help it. Jenny, you also know the main content of the Hays Code, you can't show crime scenes in movies, you can't use criminals as the protagonists, you can't have indecent love, you can't have too bloody shots, these, you, you, and in this movie, many scenes violate the code. ”

"Impossible!" Grant shook his head: "I don't understand it that way. As an ordinary audience, as a filmmaker of his own, and as the mayor of Hollywood, I personally think that although this movie shows a criminal, it does not show his murder and arson, but shows his love, shows the heart of a good person, as for what kind of unruly love, this is just the purest emotion between two people, and there is nothing excessive today! And the gore you mentioned, except for the footage of Leo killing people, there is not much performance in it, and besides, there is no blood at all!? ”

Ford also hastened to explain, but was stopped by Chris: "Gentlemen, this is our opinion. The opinion of the Film Censorship Board! ”

"Chrys, let's take a step to speak." Grant pulls Claes and Victor out of the screening room, followed by John Ford.

"Claes! What kind of fame are you doing! We've been friends for so many years, and from what I know about you, you know that what you just said was bullshit! Grant growled.

"Be quiet!" Claes who came out obviously changed into another person, and said with a wry smile: "Jenny, I also have a problem." ”

"I knew you were shitty! Say, what's going on! Gran scolded bitterly.

Claes looked at Grant, then at the people in the screening room, and whispered, "You know, in the review committee, I'm just a small role, I have to listen to it." ”

"What's up there?" Grant was stunned.

"The top is the top. I still wonder today, before I came, the boss specifically asked me to come over, saying that there might be a movie directed by a young man named Victor Ferro these days, and I asked me not to give it to him. I can only do what I am told. "Chris is honest too.

"Fuck! I understand. Grant is a good person, and he knows everything about Hollywood, so he turned his face to look at Victor: "It must be a good thing done by Meyer's dogs." ”

Next to him, Chris nodded, and looked at Victor very puzzled: "Mr. Ferro, how could you offend that uncrowned king!?" ”