Actor: Thank you.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Sleep with my wife!"

"Fuck you..."

Inside the film and television company's office, on the big screen.

The version of "Apple" submitted for review has been edited.

Now in the office, Zhang Yuan and producer Fang Li were sitting in the middle.

On both sides are directors Li Yu and Fan Bingbing, and further to the side are the editors, photographers, and post-production staff.

Teachers Liang Jiahui and Jin Yanling are very busy and have no time to come.

The male lead, Zhu Yawen, could only stand in the corner and watch because he couldn't move his stool.

Zhu Yawen: ...

I'm the only one in the entire crew who has no status, right?

But seeing that his boss Zhang Yuan was right in front of him, he didn't dare to say anything.

It just so happened that the character An Kun played was cleaning windows when he saw his boss raping his drunk wife.

This is a scene of emotional outburst.

While filming, he stood dozens of meters above the building and filmed over and over again for more than twenty times.

The whole afternoon was spent on this play.

He had just left school and did not have much acting experience.

But he was satisfied with this scene.

I have given my utmost effort and can be said to have burned myself out.

But just as Zhu Yawen nodded complacently at herself in the film, she caught a glimpse of her boss Zhang Yuan not far away, who was frowning slightly.

At the same time, he pursed his lips and shook his head slightly.

Zhu Yawen:!!!

It's over! It's over!

My boss is not happy with my performance!

Since I just graduated, I can make a horizontal comparison.

Apart from Sissi who has her own financial backers and resources, he, who got the role in "Apple", is the one with the best resources among his classmates.

Knowing that opportunities are hard to come by, he works very hard.

But now the film is about to be sent for review, and the boss just shook his head after watching my performance?

Gulp... Zhu Yawen swallowed.

I remember that when Zhang Yuan came to the crew, he often criticized me and made me lose my temper.

The situation now is probably even worse.

Since it was the version submitted for review, the length was cut to nearly 150 minutes.

That is two and a half hours.

The director and editor followed his suggestion and made full preparations to face the dragon-slaying sword of radio, television and radio.

They expect the final broadcast version to be around 110 minutes.

That means more than 25% needs to be cut off.

In this way, when the radio and television authorities see that you are so ruthless in cutting yourselves and are so sincere in making the changes, they will probably give you a lot of emotional points.

This is something that everyone knows.

The radio and television departments are also aware of what you are doing.

But if you give me face, I will give you a way out.

Because the length of the movie not only affects the rhythm and story details, which are related to the content of the work itself, but also affects the theater's revenue.

A very simple truth.

There are only 24 hours in a day. This is fixed and cannot be changed by human power.

Then the maximum broadcasting time in a cinema is 24 hours a day.

Even though it is the same movie, the "turnover rate" of a 2-hour movie and a 3-hour movie in the theater is obviously different.

If you play the famous Soviet version of "War and Peace", the film will be almost 8 hours long.

It is indeed a classic and a "miracle project" in the history of human cinema.

In order to make this film, the Soviet Communist Party mobilized tens of thousands of authentic museum jewelry and props, two armies of troops, and three generals who had fought in World War II as commanders.

But no matter how good your work is, if I can only show it three times a day, the theaters will not be happy.

The cinema doesn't care about you.

The movie that can make me the most money per unit time is a good movie.

There was even a case in South Korea where a theater secretly cut a 130-minute imported Hollywood blockbuster into half an hour in order to make money, and just left it there to make money.

They are all so immoral.

So movies are just like policies. No matter how well you plan, you never know what trouble the implementers will cause when the policy is implemented.

In the end, the film ends with Apple holding her child.

Bath city owner Lin Dong and Pingguo's husband An Kun drove together to look for her.

Then the car broke down in heavy traffic.

The woman runs away, escaping from what she cannot control, while trying to control everything about herself. This is the ending of "Apple".

This film seems to be just about a lower-class woman who illegally controls her own destiny and cannot even control the most basic human rights and reproductive rights.

Measured and traded with money by boss and husband.

But this is just a small matter.

When you magnify the characters and the story and no longer limit yourself to the characters in the film, you will find that this film is not only a realistic subject, but also has a bit of a warning prophetic meaning.

Apply Apple and her environment to anyone who comes to a big city to work.

Now look again.

It is not Liu Pingguo who is deprived and controlled, but each of us, ourselves.

We are all being consumed and devoured by big cities, becoming the "nutrients" of steel cities.

Liu Pingguo has no control over her own reproductive rights.

Do most people in the city really have control over their reproductive rights?

From falling in love, getting married, preparing for childbirth, giving birth, raising children, to educating them, every step is under the control of urban designers and senior management.

One child drains the wallets of two generations of working-class people.

Getting married, buying a house, buying a school district house, tutoring classes, and all the subsequent expenses make a young and middle-aged person put all his present and future surplus value on the gambling table.

This is why Zhang Yuan thinks this film is better than "Lust, Caution" even though they both have passionate scenes.

The interesting thing is that just ten years after the film was released, the next generation of young people began to flee the city, just like the heroine Apple.

Don’t get married, don’t have children, don’t buy a house, don’t consume.

Just like the heroine of this movie, she found the only way for the lower class people to resist.

It's urgent for those guys who need to hang street lamps...

Being bad is just a means, not an end.

Just like a strike, it is not about not working, but about getting better treatment in the future.

This film has certain critical attributes, but this critical attribute is also the reason why it is easily blocked by censorship.

clap clap clap...

After the film was over, Zhang Yuan led the applause.

"Very good. Thanks to our actors and crew. All your efforts have been condensed into these two or three hours."

Zhang Yuan stood up and bowed to everyone.

"I'll treat you all tonight, have a drink and relax."

"it is good!"

“The producer is generous!”

Of course, everyone cheered.

Zhang Yuan had another chat with the producer and director.

"Submit this film for review as soon as possible. I'll go and say hello to the higher-ups."

Zhang Yuan had to go to Yang Buting, who was from the Radio and Television Review Group.

I'm not saying that it can confuse right and wrong, but it's definitely possible to speed up efficiency by using your connections.

Because according to the rules of radio and television, the review is divided into three steps.

Preliminary review, final review and technical review.

The initial review is the most important, and usually the winners die on this.

The initial review is to check whether there is pornography, gambling, drugs, or other content that violates the core socialist values.

This process takes 10 to 20 days.

If it is rejected, you have to go through the process again. Generally, it will be rejected at least once. If it is full, the initial review will take at least 40 days plus the time you need to revise it, which means it will take nearly two months.

I used my connections to speed up the process and had your application reviewed first. It was done in just over 20 days after two rounds.

The formal review is the content review, which is a form of expert consultation.

This is fast, usually three to five days.

It can be done in as little as one day.

The last step is technical review, calibration of the picture, subtitles, audio, etc. This is not difficult, but it will take 10 days if the process is fast.

In other words, the fastest it can be released is one month, and if it is slow, it may still be stuck in review for three months.

"Okay, thank you for your help." Fang Li came from a different industry and had an average relationship with the people above him.

With Zhang Yuan leading the way, he felt much more at ease.

He wants to release the film to make money.

"I hung up the producer, that's what should be done."

“The key point is after the trial.”

Zhang Yuan's tone became more serious: "After it passes the review, it can be sent for printing."

"Remember to make an extra copy of the master disc in case of any unexpected circumstances such as loss."

"Ah!" Fang Li was stunned: "That's not necessary."

"Just make a copy, just in case."

A digital copy of a movie only costs a few hundred dollars, but the master tape is different.

Not counting the content, the hardware cost alone is 3 to 5 yuan.

The cost of making the movie "Apple" was not high to begin with, and the budget has been increased by moving the filming location to Shanghai. Now that everything is done, the other party is certainly unwilling to waste this money.

"No, you have to make a copy according to the master disc specifications."

"Listen to me about this matter. I can spend the money."

"This..." The producer and director were of course not happy about it, after all, it was a troublesome matter.

And the function of the master disc is to print and archive.

Generally, two master copies of commercial films will be made after passing review.

One is the theatrical version, and the other is the disc version.

"Apple" doesn't know how the movie will perform when it's released yet, so it hasn't prepared a CD master disc yet.

But since Zhang Yuan had said this, the two of them could only nod helplessly.

"Also, this master disc." Zhang Yuan lowered his voice and said, "After you're done, don't let too many people know about it."

"Keep it with me when the time comes. Don't leave it in the company in case you need it."

"Fine……"

The two just thought he was weird and didn't understand why he did this.

Zhang Yuan felt that they were too careless.

The lesson of "Curiosity kills the cat" is right in front of us, yet you are still not more vigilant.

And this time I plan to use this mother plate as bait to see if I can muddy the water and catch a big fish!
As soon as I finished chatting with them, Zhu Yawen came over.

"My performance in the film just now..." he asked guiltily.

"Very good, it has met the basic requirements and is not a drag."

what?
This doesn't sound like an insult to me.

Then why were you frowning just now?

Zhu Yawen was particularly scared because Zhang Yuan had said last time that he wanted to hire a new agent.

This matter has not been settled yet, and everyone is panicking, not sure whether their agent will maintain the status quo or follow the new one.

As a newcomer, he was afraid that Zhang Yuan would throw him to the newcomers as a "test subject".

But he was worrying too much. Zhang Yuan was frowning just now, not because of his performance.

But it’s because of Fan Bingbing.

Because while watching the film, he discovered that whenever the passionate scenes came on, the woman would glance at him from time to time, as if observing his reaction.

It's quite white... This is his true feeling.

But he felt something was wrong as soon as he thought about it.

If you care about being seen naked, or feel shy or embarrassed, then why don't you look at other people's reactions and just focus on your own.

Fan Bingbing is not a stingy person.

As soon as Zhang Yuan reacted, he felt that he had to show an expression of appreciation.

Just give some praise and encouragement.

But then I thought again, that’s not right.

Appreciation is not enough, we need to go deeper.

So he pretended to be conflicted, dissatisfied, and even a little uncomfortable and reluctant.

Seeing him like this, Fat Fan smiled with satisfaction.

What is higher than appreciation is caring.

There are so many people who admire her.

But few really care.

When filming the passionate scene, Fat Fan felt unhappy when he saw that Zhang Yuan didn't have much reaction.

Now that I was watching the main film and saw his embarrassed look, my unhappiness disappeared.

"Haha, men... they still don't want to let me show to others, even though nothing is exposed." Fan Bingbing thought.

Sure enough, his reaction hit the heroine's pain point.

As a result, Fan Bingbing's mood also improved a lot.

There's no other way but to coax her. After all, I still want to cooperate with her for a long time.

Not to mention the dinner and chat in the evening, Fan Bingbing's communication skills and drinking capacity are first-rate, and he felt like a fish in water, and everyone was having a great time.

After the meal, he also reminded me of the details of the subsequent promotion.

There is no need to worry about the promotion of this film.

Fan Bingbing, naked.

Just typing these five words is enough for publicity.

But the problem is not here, because the mainland version must not be too explicit and the passionate scenes will be cut.

So Zhang Yuan’s plan is that Baodao’s broadcast requirements are the loosest, so Baodao will be released first, and it will be the full version.

Then "import" public opinion and film reviews from Taiwan to the mainland to attract audiences.

In this way, the audience who cannot see the passionate scenes will not blame the crew for cheating them, but at most they will blame the radio and television for being too harsh.

Anyway, the radio and television industry is criticized every day, so it doesn’t worry about having too much debt.

After dinner, as soon as I went out and got in the car, my cell phone rang.

A look at the incoming call.

"Hey, what do you want from me?"

"Nothing, just feeling bored."

Liu Qianqian, who was filming on the set, called him.

Now she is shooting exterior scenes in the Gobi Desert with the crew.

It's tiring and dry, and there are no entertainment facilities around.

I'm tanned like a roast duck every day.

"What's the matter? I've only been away for a few days and you miss me already?" Zhang Yuan said with a smile.

"Who missed you? It's just that no one accompanied me to practice the piano."

"Okay, I'll accompany you when we meet in Hengdian."

"Yeah, okay... by the way, what are you busy with?"

Zhang Yuan then told him about the film.

"Wow, we're done."

"I want to see!"

"Okay, I'll bring you an original, uncensored copy."

For him as a producer, it's just a matter of words.

Moreover, before a film is released, some electronic copies will be made and given to peers for internal screening to see the evaluation and response.

The next day I asked the post-production department for a mobile hard drive.

Although it was not a genuine copy with a key like the ones used in theaters, a password was still required to open the file for playback.

After a few days of rest, he rushed to the "Forbidden Kingdom" crew as scheduled with the hard drive in his pocket and continued filming in Hengdian... (End of this chapter)