China Entertainment’s Born Protagonist

Chapter 495 The Cat and the Mouse
On the morning of September 9, after Zhang Nanyi finished filming an argument scene with the eldest daughter Liya, his character completion reached 12% and he received another reward.

It is still an iron talent, and the current enhancement level has reached 10 levels.

During lunch, Zhang Nanyi was feeling the extent of his physical strengthening. Chen Kexin sat over and said, "The review of the petition was passed. Only the more bloody scenes such as Ling Chi and two irrelevant scenes were deleted. "

Zhang Nanyi was a little surprised when he heard this and asked: "It went so well? This is a sign of mercy from above."

There is also a skill in passing films through censorship, which is based on the compromise wisdom of our ancestors, which is what Lu Xun called the "opening the window principle."

If a relatively sensitive film like the Letter of Nomination wants to pass the censorship process better, you must actively hand over the knife to the reviewer and ask them to delete some parts that seem excessive, so that some things can be retained.

In the application form, the more bloody scenes such as Ling Chi were deliberately left for review and deletion. Even if these scenes were deleted, it would not affect the overall effect of the movie.

That's why Zhang Nanyi felt that the review of the certificate of nomination went smoothly after hearing Chen Kexin's words.

Because all the other shots that I wanted to keep were kept, which is equivalent to passing the review without editing.

Chen Kexin explained: “Our treatment is still influenced by lust and caution.

Li An mentioned this matter again in an interview at the film festival.

Since the Lust and Caution test has been passed, it is naturally less likely that our Certificate of Declaration will be stuck again.

Not only was it not stuck, but we were given preferential treatment without much deletion.

In comparison, the final censored version of Lust, Caution is 134 minutes long, which is 24 minutes shorter than the original version. These are what Mr. San told me. He was afraid that you would be busy, so he asked me to convey them to you. "

On September 9, Lust, Caution directed by Li An won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival.

Although the Golden Lion Award has been won by Chinese directors for three consecutive years, the weight of the honor does not seem so important.

But the international influence is still there.

In addition, Li An expressed his bitterness in the interview, which immediately triggered a lot of discussion.

After official discussion, it was decided to still give Lust, Caution a review, but Li An was asked to re-edit the new version.

The mainland version of Lust, Caution in the previous life was 145 minutes. Although Lust, Caution has passed the censorship, the released version is 11 minutes shorter than in the previous life, and Lust, Caution in the past life had already been censored before it was screened in Venice.

Now that the trial has been delayed until now, it has also been greatly affected.

It's just that Zhang Nanyi still regrets that Lust, Caution, a crooked movie, should not be released.

He said: "Now that the application has been reviewed, the schedule will start to be arranged. Let's just focus on Lust, Caution. Whatever schedule they release it on, we will release it on that schedule."

Chen Kexin hesitated for a moment, then said: "Isn't this good? Lust, Caution has the reputation of Li An and the Golden Lion Award, and it is very famous.

Moreover, this movie is promoted on a large scale. Desire is human instinct. This alone can attract many people to buy tickets and go to the cinema to watch this movie.

Although we are not afraid of direct competition with Lust, Caution, it will still have some impact on the box office of Tou Ming Zhuan. "

What Chen Kexin said makes sense. Astringency is always a major selling point of Lust and Caution.

Before and after the movie was released, Li An appealed to everyone not to only focus on the passionate scenes, but also made a big fuss about it and increased publicity to attract everyone to watch it in the cinema.

This is called art, but it’s all business.

As long as Lust, Caution seizes the publicity point of large-scale scenes, the box office will not be too low.

But Zhang Nanyi didn't care. The reason why he wanted to vote for Lust, Caution to be released together was to compress the film schedule of Lust, Caution and try to suppress the box office of this movie.

The Movie is jointly invested by Nanyi Culture, China Film and Media Asia. As long as it is released at the same time as Lust, Caution, the film schedules of most theaters will definitely be tilted towards the Movie.

Moreover, in today's Lust, Caution, more scenes have been deleted. In the previous release, the revealing scenes were still retained, but they must have been deleted now.

At that time, if you want to see a large-scale audience, go to the cinema and see it, and there is nothing there, you will naturally give negative reviews or even abuse.

Zhang Nanyi said: "It doesn't matter, the box office impact will not be big. Once the Lust, Caution official announces the schedule, we will follow up."

Hearing Zhang Nanyi's words, Chen Kexin stopped trying to persuade him. He was also very confident in Zhang Nanyi's market appeal. Besides, I also have the advantage in the theater chain's film arrangement. Together, Yili Cinema Line and China Film Group will soon occupy the mainland. Half of the theater chain.

On September 9, one of the producers of Lust, Caution and the boss of Anle Films in Hong Kong, Chiang Chi-keung, said in an interview with Hong Kong media that the film Lust, Caution has been reviewed and will be released on November 15. It was released simultaneously on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and in three places.

Shortly after this news report was broadcast, the official accounts of the film crew on the school network and Weibo released a message at the same time.

The movie "Vote", directed by Chen Kexin and starring Zhang Nanyi, Liu Dehua, Wu Jing and Zhou Huimin, is scheduled to be released on November 11st and will be released simultaneously in 1 countries and regions around the world.

As soon as this official announcement came out, the producers and director Li An of Lust, Caution began to curse.

As industry insiders, they naturally knew that the release of Lust, Caution and Lust, Caution on this schedule was definitely not a coincidence, it must have been intentional.

Although Lust, Caution is very popular, it is still weak to compete head-on with Zhang Nanyi's movies.

Jiang Zhiqiang, Li An and others immediately gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

In Yanjing, Han Sanpin was chatting in the leader's office.

The leader made him a cup of tea and praised him: "Not bad, Xiao Han, you did a good job this time and dared to compete head-on with Lust and Caution.

In vain, I withstood the pressure and gave the green light to the review of the certificate of nomination. "

Han Sanpin hesitated for a moment, then said truthfully: "This was Mr. Zhang's idea. He said he didn't like the movie Lust, Caution, and he just wanted to target Lust, Caution. Even if it sacrifices some box office, it doesn't matter."

The leader smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang has a great plan. If the screening effect of the certificate of approval is good, the extension keys should also be issued. We still have to support pure domestic films and not let down the talented people with ideas."

The leadership was also very disgusted with Li An's behavior of making random remarks at the Venice Film Festival and forcing the film to be reviewed and released.

If there are no follow-up measures for this matter and everyone follows suit in the future, then what's the point?
Zhang Nanyi's confrontation with Lust Caution this time unintentionally complied with the leader's ideas.

It can be said that it is taking advantage of the trend. On the Internet, the discussion about the official announcement of the petition is also very lively.

"Spread the flowers! I finally saw that the film has been finalized. Mr. Zhang's last movie to be released in theaters was Pilgrim. Even the big online movie "The Night the Comet Came" was in July last year. .

I'm really not used to the fact that no movie starring him has been released for more than a year! "

"Looking forward to applying for the certificate! I saw the video of Mr. Zhang galloping on the horse before, and I said that I will definitely watch this movie when it comes out!"

"Mr. Zhang's movie is brainless! You won't be disappointed."

"Is November 11st a special day? Both Tou Ming Zhuan and Lust, Caution were released on this day."

"Haha, I can see it. Mr. Zhang seems to be deliberately targeting Lust, Caution. The crew of Lust, Caution has just announced the release date, and the film has already been confirmed, and the date is exactly the same.

This is just like the horror cruise ship targeting night parties back in the day. "

"Indeed, November 11st is not a good time to release the film. Mr. Zhang probably wants to succeed on the heels of Colorful Ring and Li An.

After all, for Mr. Zhang, it doesn't matter which time his movie is released, the market appeal lies here.

Now the Lunar New Year movies are all breathing a sigh of relief, as Zhou Xinchi’s Yangtze River No. [-] can also be scheduled for release. "

"I asked why the schedule of Yangtze River No. [-] has not been fixed. It turns out that it is because I am worried that it will conflict with the schedule. Mr. Zhang's intimidation force even Zhou Xinchi has to stay away, awesome!"

"Zhang Nanyi: Don't talk nonsense. It's just a coincidence that "The Name of the Name" and "Lust, Caution" were released on the same day. It's not targeted or not, there's no such thing."

"Haha, what the person above said is right. It's baseless. Don't slander Mr. Zhang. It's all coincidence!"

While netizens were celebrating the release date of The Movie, they were also making fun of the fact that The Movie was released on the same day as Lust, Caution.

Everyone is very smart, and it can be seen at a glance that the title certificate is deliberately competing with Lust, Caution at the same time.

Amid the ridicule from netizens, on the morning of the 16th, the crew of Lust, Caution held a press conference, stating that pirated video tapes had leaked out. In order to recover the losses, the film decided to postpone it for two weeks and change its release date to October 10th.

Now the public opinion on the Internet is even bigger, and everyone can see that Lust, Caution is afraid of voting for the title, and Li An is cowarded, and plans to raise the show to grab the box office and avoid direct competition with the title.

But the matter is not over yet. Shortly after Lust, Caution announced its release, the official of the film crew once again updated the status on Weibo and the school website.

"The crew made a mistake. When announcing the schedule, they did not consider the auspicious day. November 11st is a taboo day for weddings, sacrifices and openings. No wonder November 1st is Halloween in the West.

We looked at the date again and found that October 10th was a good day for travel and groundbreaking, so we decided to move the date for the certificate of nomination to October 18th.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused to everyone. "

As soon as the news about the film crew came out, it immediately became the hottest topic on the Internet, completely dominating the list.

Netizens love watching this kind of fun, and everyone's discussion is boiling.

"Haha, I laughed so hard. Who came up with this reason for casting the film? It's an auspicious day. It's so reasonable and well-founded that I can't refute it."

"Report: Lust and Caution? It is said that you want to escape? Let me see where you can escape to? Isn't it easy for a cat to catch a mouse?"

"I really want to see if Lust, Caution will continue to change its schedule?"

"Suddenly I feel sorry for Lu Jing and Li An. What should I do? They both gave in and raised their files, and they were even chased and beaten by Zhang Nanyi!"

"By the way, how do you know that the petition against Lust and Caution was directed by Zhang Nanyi? Maybe it was the decision made by other members of the crew?"

"You can see the new guy upstairs. First of all, he has the final say in Zhang Nanyi's movies, and no one else can. Secondly, Zhang Nanyi has expressed his disgust for the movie Lust, Caution in many interviews. .

The crew of "The Call to Action" dared to target lust and caution so blatantly, it must have been Zhang Nanyi's work. "

"I have read Mr. Zhang's previous interview. He said that the movie Lust, Caution is of good quality, but the butt is crooked."

Because Tou Mingzhuang was rescheduled following Lust, Caution, and it looked like chasing after Lust, Caution, public opinion had the effect of breaking the circle. Everyone was paying attention to this matter, and the two movies Tou Mingzhuang and Lust, Caution attracted unprecedented attention. height of.

Zhang Nanyi's comments criticizing lust and caution in previous interviews were also revealed by netizens. Everyone knows the problem of lust and caution.

Lust, Caution is more famous, but it also has a bad reputation.

When Jiang Zhiqiang saw the news that the certificate of nomination had also been filed, his face was livid and he felt extremely irritable.

To mix in a circle, you still need to have basic decency.

Generally speaking, if two competing movies, one of them takes the initiative to withdraw or upgrade the film, the other film will be canceled as soon as it is ready, and there will never be a chase to upgrade the film.

This is the first time this happened in the film industry, and only Zhang Nanyi dared to do it so blatantly.

Jiang Zhiqiang didn't dare to say anything. With Zhang Nanyi's current wealth and status, he couldn't afford to offend him.

It is impossible for him to become enemies with Zhang Nanyi for the sake of Lust Caution.

Jiang Zhiqiang didn't plan to change the file. It would be useless to change the file again. The certificate of registration would also be changed accordingly. He thought for a while and called Lin Jianyue from Media Asia.

He wanted to explore Zhang Nanyi's tone from Lin Jianyue, and at least understand Zhang Nanyi's reasons for targeting lust and caution.

When Jiang Zhiqiang raised a question, Lin Jianyue on the other end of the phone pretended to be mysterious and said: "Let Mr. Li An speak from now on, and trouble will come from his mouth."

Lin Jianyue is self-righteous, thinking that Li An once asked Liu Yifei to play Lust Caution, which angered Zhang Nanyi, so she said this.

But Jiang Zhiqiang didn't think so. When he heard Lin Jianyue asking Li An to speak, he thought of Li An's remarks in Venice and suddenly realized.

It turns out that Zhang Nanyi and the Tou Mingzhuang crew were just pawns, and they were the ones who wanted to beat Lust Caution and Li An.

So Jiang Zhiqiang decided to reduce his investment in the promotion of Lust, Caution. His strengths lay in the operation of foreign awards and overseas distribution channels. He did not want to deal with mainland affairs.

(End of this chapter)