A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 441: Withdrawn! Withdrawn again!

When Feng Kuazi received the notice and continued to promote the movie despite the ridicule, the news of another movie being withdrawn spread like wildfire, quickly causing another wave of public opinion.

That is Dapeng’s “Sewing Machine”.

This movie has been promoted for a long time, including theme songs, trailers, behind-the-scenes footage, and interviews, which have been produced at a high frequency to maintain exposure. In order to promote the movie, Dapeng even went on "Masked Singer" to show off his singing skills.

Now that it has been suddenly withdrawn from the schedule, and due to "technical reasons", it is inevitable that people will wonder whether it is to make way for "Youth".

Moreover, netizens' speculation is not groundless. Compared with the pre-shooting auditions and the publicity during the shooting period of "Youth", the movie was hesitant in choosing the release time.

Every day we are stuck in an awkward cycle of being slapped in the face, setting a release date, being slapped in the face again, and then setting a release date again.

Looking at the movies released throughout the year, netizens have not seen any other movie that is as cautious in scheduling as "Youth", with the release date adjusted every few days.

Combined with the recent troubles caused by Feng Kuazi, everyone has reason to believe that there is an ulterior motive behind it.

Before the news of "Sewing Machine"'s withdrawal could settle, "Chasing the Dragon" followed suit and also announced its withdrawal, which caused another uproar.

The release date for "Chasing the Dragon" was originally scheduled very hastily, with clear news not released until the end of August. Now that it has been withdrawn, it has the least pressure on publicity and promotion.

However, unlike Dapeng's consideration, the withdrawal of "Chasing the Dragon" was entirely intended to avoid the current limelight, because the production company behind it was involved with Horgos.

It's okay to do some things secretly, but if it becomes known to everyone, don't blame the higher-ups for cracking down on it.

So now "Chasing the Dragon" really doesn't want to have anything to do with Sister Bayi and Feng Kuazi, even if they are released at the same time.

"Chasing the Dragon" is a high-quality film and it would not affect its profit if it was released in other time slots. The only impact would be whether the box office is higher or lower. Hong Kong capital has been doing business in the mainland for many years and is well aware of this.

But this will put the radio, television and cinema chains in an awkward position.

The originally planned National Day feast consisting of six blockbusters and five low-budget films was cleared before it even started.

Of the six major films, one was rejected, two were withdrawn, and now there are only Mahua, Huayi, and "The Foreigner" which was released simultaneously around the world.

Who could have imagined a few days ago that the tight schedule suddenly faced the dilemma of not having enough movies?

Even Da Peng, whose film had already been withdrawn, didn't expect that as soon as he left, Wang Jing would take his place. How could he be so bullying?

At this point, it's too late for Dapeng to advance the release date because his popularity has been so bad. He had already overdrawn his reputation with his last movie. If he goes back on his word again, how will he survive in the circle in the future?

I could only swallow my anger and tell myself: Please, please, please, please, please don't change the release date.

……

Chen Jinnian has been unusually low-key in recent days. He attended classes at school for a few days and also went through the new leave application process.

That’s right, he was leaving again, and with Wang Yidi.

Zhuhai Film Studio has already communicated with Communication University of China and will "second" Chen Jinnian and Wang Yidi to the Guangdong Cantonese Opera House to participate in the filming of the new movie.

The early rehearsals and studio setup for "The Legend of White Snake" have been basically completed. We just need to coordinate the actors' shooting schedule so that the filming team can join the group.

As a result, Chen Jinnian called every day to ask about the day when Guo Xun finished filming. His team is now in Guo Xun's crew and cannot be transferred out even if he wants to.

As soon as the get out of class was over, Chen Jinnian called again. After some bargaining and with 20 million in post-production funds, Guo Xing agreed to release him after National Day.

Putting down his phone, he angrily complained, "Guo Bapi, you don't take care of those tricks properly, and you ask me for money every day."

The trick he was referring to was the funds in the crew whose whereabouts were unknown. Chen Jinnian had figured out the inside story, but Guo Xing didn't dare to intervene because there were too many people involved.

Guo Xun ran back to Beijing alone and reported to General La twice.

As for the follow-up, Chen Jinnian has already finished filming, so he is not very clear about it. It involves internal rectification of China Film Group.

"After all, it's most convenient to ask you for gold coins." Wang Yidi said jokingly. In fact, she didn't know exactly how much money Chen Jinnian had thrown into the crew of Little Ball before.

"There's a big dog owner in the group." Han Yifei rolled his eyes.

He believed in the abilities of Lao Gong and Lao Guo, and would not let Wu Jing leave easily without giving them a hard time.

"Stop complaining and let's go. We don't have classes this afternoon. We've agreed to go hang out with Yingzi and the others. I also want to visit her dorm."

Wang Yidi dragged Chen Jinnian to take the bus.

However, their plan was doomed to fail, because as soon as they got in the car, Wang Yiming informed them that Liu Tingting had just come to inform them that she hoped Chen Jinnian could return to the company as soon as possible.

"You want me to go back to the company? Is there a new special effects production contract? But the company is already too busy."

The orders for special effects production have been scheduled for two years later. "White Snake" and "The Wandering Earth" alone are enough to keep the company working around the clock.

"No, it seems to be submitted for review." Wang Yiming said, and started the car and drove towards the company.

"Dead?"

Chen Jinnian muttered, "Ballet Revenge" has been submitted for review for the second time, and it was submitted not long ago. Isn't it too fast to issue rectification suggestions today? It won't be rejected, will it?

He felt a little unsure.

There is no fixed standard for radio and television audits, and it all depends on intuition and judgment. Therefore, in order to ensure maximum safety, auditors often make judgments with the idea of ​​"it is better to kill ten thousand people by mistake than to let one go."

Especially in the past two years, there have been too many films made, and cinemas cannot show them all. Many of the ones that touch on sensitive topics have been directly rejected.

It’s not that those rejected films are bad, it’s just that there are better ones. There’s no need to show these films with questionable standards.

When the day comes when there are not enough movies to be released, some movies will be randomly revived and re-released.

Chen Jinnian is not afraid of repeated reviews, but he is afraid that his movie will also be put into the "resurrection pool", and then it will take a long time to win the resurrection game.

After arriving at the company, Chen Jinnian found that he had guessed wrong.

Liu Tingting said excitedly: "It's passed, it's passed, it can be released directly without any revisions."

"you sure?"

Chen Jinnian's first reaction was not happiness, but suspicion. He was personally in charge of the content submitted for review for the second time. He only removed a small amount of offensive content. It could not be considered as self-castration in order to pass the review.

"This is allowed, they must have sent the wrong notice."

"No, we've already verified it and we've got the Dragon Mark." Liu Tingting quickly handed over the folder. "But they also sent someone to cryptically notify us, asking us to release it during the National Day holiday, on the 29th."

"Next year?" Chen Jinnian took the folder.

"This year!"

"Damn, are you crazy? Today is the 22nd." Chen Jinnian shouted in shock.

Wang Yidi was also stunned. They were only given one week for promotion and publicity. He had never heard of such a requirement before.