I am a director in Ark. If I am not banned, I will be considered successful.

"Look, I saw their promotional video online, but there's no news about them releasing the film at Longmen. They're just using this promotional video to deliberately annoy us."

"——Show me the promotional video."

However, Chen didn't care about so many things. She grabbed Shi Huaiya's mobile phone, and after easily unlocking the password of Shi Huaiya's mobile phone, she found the video through the viewing history.

This time, Shi Huaiya was not in a hurry at all. Instead, she stayed with Chen and watched the promotional video again. When the lyrics of "In the Name of the Father" sounded, she even swayed her body gently to the rhythm, which seemed extremely exciting.

Six minutes later, Chen finished watching the promotional video in silence and concentration. Before Chen could react, Shi Huaiya couldn't wait to ask, as if she wanted others to recognize her idol:

"How is it? Doesn't it sound good?"

"...To be honest, I think this song is a bit weird. It's different from many songs of Longmen and Yanguo."

It took Chen a while to come back to her senses. Perhaps she was paying too much attention to every detail in the promotional video and was immersed in it unconsciously. As a result, she only felt strange about the song.

I can’t say whether this song is good or not, it’s just weird, and it feels different from any song I’ve ever heard…

"Tsk, what a poor taste! This song is a work of art!"

Seeing that Chen didn't seem to appreciate the song she praised so highly, Shi Huaiya showed a bit of contempt, took her phone back in a bad mood, and said to Chen:

"Just because of this song, I am willing to believe that "The Godfather" is definitely a good movie. I don't want to miss this movie in Longmen, and I don't want to travel all the way to Syracuse to watch the premiere!"

"...So, what are your plans?" Chen Wenyan nodded secretly, but soon realized Shi Huaiya's intention and said with a suspicious look on his face:

"If you want to persuade Commander Wei Yanwu through me to release this movie in Longmen, I think you will be disappointed."

"Commander Wei Yanwu will not allow any movies or TV series that may aggravate the public security problems in Longmen to be released at this time. Have you forgotten that the troubles caused by Young and Dangerous are still bothering us?"

"You're stupid! Anyone can be a small-time gangster, but compared to the real mafia bosses, their level is too low!"

However, when Shi Huaiya heard that Chen confused the characters in "Young and Dangerous" with "The Godfather", she immediately became furious. Even Chen was shocked by Shi Huaiya.

Although the two women quarreled many times, this time Chen really didn't know why Shi Huaiya was so angry... It was as if he had blasphemed something that the other party valued very much, leaving Chen confused.

"…but aren't they all thugs?"

"That's different. Civilized robbers have much more methods than these gangsters. They don't resort to looting and smashing every day to deal with things. They will give themselves a legal cloak!"

Shi Huaiya also tried her best to explain to Chen what she knew about the Mafia, but she knew that it would take a while to explain it clearly, so she said anxiously:

"Anyway, in Longmen, instead of letting those kids imitate the "Young and Dangerous" type, it is better to attract them with the existence of the Mafia, which has both style and status. I guarantee that after watching "The Godfather", they will immediately forget those low-level gangster behaviors."

"In the future, you might see those tattooed, smoking hooligans suddenly transform into respectable people wearing suits."

"And once they become addicted to this feeling, the harm caused by these imitating kids will definitely be reduced a lot - after all, they can't get guns and weapons in Longmen, so wouldn't it be much easier to control them this way?"

After Shi Huaiya's explanation, Chen nodded slightly in a daze. She felt that what Shi Huaiya said made sense... If the movie "The Godfather" could really change the turmoil in Longmen caused by "Young and Dangerous", then she would have to let "The Godfather" be released in Longmen as well.

What's more... after all, this is a movie that Xiaota and Chen Qi worked hard to shoot. Although it is still a movie about crime, judging from the promotional video, they seem to have restrained themselves a lot?

There shouldn't be anything about this movie that's worth being banned, right?

"Really... why do they always make movies that are so difficult to pass the censorship?"

Chen was holding his head with a headache, but he finally made a decision. He immediately stood up and said to Shi Huaiya beside him:

"——Let's go find Wei... No, let's go find Madam Wen Yue."

"I'll call Chen Qi first." At this moment, an idea had emerged in Chen's mind, and the biggest difficulty of this idea lies in Chen Qi's movie.

Chen Qi, I hope that this time your movie can be as popular with Mrs. Wen Yue as "Young and Dangerous"... Chen thought so in his heart, picked up his mobile phone and called Chen Qi who was far away in Syracuse.

At the same time, Chen Qi, who was sleeping soundly in the hotel, was awakened by the sound of his cell phone.

"...It's so noisy." At this moment, Tallulah, who was sleeping next to Chen Qi, was curled up in a ball and said to Chen Qi in a daze:

"Turn it off, it's too noisy..."

"I have to see who's calling, right?" Chen Qi picked up his phone. The name on the address book made him perk up. He glanced at Tallulah, who had turned her head and fallen asleep, and then he picked up the phone carefully.

"Hello - Officer Chen? Are you calling me?"

"...Chen Qi, I told you, didn't I? You don't need to be so reserved. Call me Chen Huijie, or call me Xiao Chen. You saved Tallulah's life, so you are our benefactor."

"Then I'll call you Chen Huijie. Little Chen always reminds me of a person who had to use a Mongolian top laner to kill a person alone."

Chen Qi muttered something in a daze that only he understood, and then asked, "Ms. Chen Huijie, is there something you need to call me so early? If you want to ask about Sister Tazi, she is doing well, don't worry."

"…It's already one o'clock in the afternoon, but never mind. I do have something to talk to you about."

"That movie called The Godfather was made by you guys, right? I have a good idea that can help your movie be released smoothly in Longmen, but I just need you to do me a favor."

"If it's convenient, could you show us your movie first? I plan to let Madam Wen Yue taste the movie first. As long as she likes it, I believe your movie will be successfully released in Longmen."

"Oh?"

However, when the matter of the movie being screened in Longmen was mentioned, Chen Qi immediately became excited. He thought he would have to wait until the premiere in Syracuse was over before there would be news from Longmen, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

As for showing it to Madam Wen Yue... that's even easier. Chen Qi has absolute confidence in the quality of "The Godfather".

"I will send the movie to you via the Internet, but I have a small request."

"Request?" Chen was slightly stunned, and Chen Qi also spoke at this moment:

"I hope that not only Madam Wen Yue, but also Chief Wei Yanwu, Hui Jie, Shi Huai Ya and Xing Xiong, as long as they are your acquaintances and close friends, everyone can come and watch our movie."

"I really need your feedback, as the first audience to tell us how you feel about The Godfather movie."

——Of course, it was more to help him gain more reputation points, and if he thought it was good, he could also help promote it in Longmen. Chen Qi did not say such words, but for Chen Qi, the more influential people saw his movie, the greater the benefits his movie would bring.

Coincidentally, Chen Huijie could be said to be a "heartthrob" in Longmen. She knew most of the influential people in Longmen, which was a good opportunity for Chen Qi to earn a lot of reputation points.

——Is he so confident? At this moment, Chen would also read this meaning from Chen Qi's tone, but after thinking about Chen Qi's first movie, she finally nodded and said:

"This is an easy thing to do. I'll make a phone call and ask them to bring in everyone they can."

Chapter 22: The Older Generation Appreciating The Godfather with a Critical Mind

"I say... Wen Yue? I still have a lot of official business to deal with today. I don't mind if you say you want to take me to the movies. Can't we wait until the evening?"

"Besides, even if we're just watching a movie...why do we need to invite so many people to join us?"

In Wei Yanwu's residence, Wei Yanwu, who had a dragon-like face, was almost dragged to the hall by his wife Wen Yue, who looked like a unicorn and had a similar appearance to him but did not look weird at all. Instead, she looked quite beautiful.

Wei Yanwu, the ruler of Longmen, did not object to any decision his wife made in life. Therefore, Wei Yanwu readily agreed to Wen Yue's proposal of watching a movie together.

But the problem is... he thought this was a prelude to the couple's happy night life, but he never expected that as soon as he agreed, Wen Yue dragged him to the hall, and when he came, he found so many familiar people here.

...So, it wasn’t a prelude to married life, it was really just watching a movie?

"Old Lin...it's fine if other youngsters come, but why are you here too?"

Having said this, Wei Yanwu turned his gaze to the only old man of his generation at the scene besides Wen Yue - an old man who looked like a mouse, known as the "Rat King", the patron saint of the Longmen slums.

"Don't get me wrong, I have no intention of disturbing your married life with Madam Wen Yue. It's just that my daughter insisted that I come."

The Rat King could also sense the disdain in Wei Yanwu's eyes. Of course, if Wei Yanwu came to disturb the Rat King and his wife when they were in love, the Rat King would definitely have the same look in his eyes, that was for sure.

"This time, the younger generation dragged us to watch the movie together. They seemed to be planning to give us a surprise."

At this moment, Wen Yue also came to Wei Yanwu's side and put one hand on Wei Yanwu's shoulder. Her tone seemed gentle, but in fact, with the slight relaxation of her fingers, one could feel Wei Yanwu's originally stiff shoulders softening all of a sudden.

"Since the kids are so interested, how about I accompany them this time?"

"...Since you said so, Wen Yue, I will definitely not spoil everyone's fun."

Wei Yanwu was silent for a while, then turned his head to look at Chen Huijie, Xing Xiong, Shi Huaiya, and the Rat King's daughter Lin Yuxia, who had already sat in their respective seats. It was indeed rare to see these outstanding younger generations of Longmen gathered together, and not for any big event, but just for a movie.

Although Wei Yanwu had vaguely guessed whose movie could attract the special attention of these four juniors and even make them come together with a unanimous opinion, it was only the boy named Chen Qi who could make so many juniors have such high expectations for his movie.

After all, although Young and Dangerous caused a lot of trouble, it received unanimous praise from these young people. Even if Wei Yanwu disliked Chen Qi a little because of Tallulah's incident, he had to admit that Chen Qi's film and screenwriting skills were indeed good.

"Forget it, let's just watch it." The movie was only an hour or two at most, so Wei Yanwu still had time to watch it.

"Although I'm not very interested in that kid's movie, I can't leave since my daughter is here, so I'd better watch it." The Rat King blew his beard and took a seat reluctantly.

"Then I'll project the movie onto the big screen." Chen Jian saw that everyone of the older generation had sat down and started operating her mobile phone. At the moment she clicked send, she felt a little nervous.

She has shown the trailer of "The Godfather" to Lin Yuxia, Xingxiong and others. The two girls are particularly interested in the mafia elements in the movie. Lin Yuxia even called her father out and asked her father to learn about the gangs in other countries.

But... Chen knew that Lin Yuxia actually hoped that if the Rat King liked Chen Qi's movie, he could help promote the release of "The Godfather" in Longmen.

Lin Yuxia was very supportive of Chen Qi's true feelings during the filming process and his "rebellious" behavior of challenging the bottom line of the censorship. After the great success of "Young and Dangerous", Chen heard Lin Yuxia mention more than once that when Chen Qi's crew returned to Longmen, she would find him to play a role...

But similarly, the Rat King himself didn't like Chen Qi very much. Chen always felt that this was because his daughter had been fooling around with a strange man in the infected crew during the filming, which made him a little unhappy.

So when it comes to the review of Young and Dangerous, even though the Rat King himself had to admit that Chen Qi’s filming was good, he did not write the review himself. Instead, Lin Yuxia did it for him, and even gave it a stubborn four stars.

"Can your movie win over so many old people in Longmen... Chen Qi, don't let me down."

Chen felt uneasy and had to force himself to look at the screen. The movie finally entered the main film after the logo of the Integrated Art Troupe appeared on the big screen.

"I believe in Colombia. Colombia made me rich..."

Soon, speaking in Colombian with a Syracuse accent, the first scene of the movie was opened. The Rat King, who knew whose movie he was watching, frowned slightly and said:

"This lighting... isn't it too dim? Can't Chen Qi's crew even get better light bulbs?"

"Dad, please stop finding faults, okay?" Before anyone else could say anything, the Rat King's daughter, Lin Yuxia, as Chen Qi's number one fan, immediately retorted:

"This is the tone of the movie, so it's normal to have dim lighting. Besides, isn't our house that dark? This is more realistic."

"…I'm old, and my eyesight isn't very good. It's too dark for me to see clearly."

However, the Rat King, who was choked by his own daughter, could only refute slightly and continued to enjoy the movie with a critical eye.

When the Rat King first heard from Lin Yuxia that the movie they were going to watch was shot by that kid Chen Qi, and that it was about gangs and the Syracuse Mafia, the Rat King had already expressed a little contempt.

In Longmen, who doesn't know that he, the Rat King, is the master of the underground world of Longmen? When it comes to the realm of gangs, the Rat King doesn't believe that Chen Qi knows more than him, so from the beginning, the Rat King watched the movie "The Godfather" with the idea of ​​finding faults.

It’s the peak for a gangster to reach the level of Rat King, but Lin Yuxia said that he should learn the “advanced knowledge” of the Syracuse Mafia?

Putting aside whether the Syracuse Mafia is advanced or not, he is the Rat King, the controller of the underground world of Longmen, and he wants to learn the image of the Mafia in a movie made by a kid? And he is looked down upon by his own daughter?

If he doesn't point out some untrue points in this, how can he still have dignity as a father in front of his daughter?

The Rat King thought so, staring at the big screen with his eyes, but as the plot developed, just the opening scene made the Rat King gradually immersed in it...

The scene where Bonasera turned to the Godfather for help because his daughter was bullied made the Rat King feel particularly cordial... Although the Rat King did not have the same rules as the Syracusans, as a gang boss, the Rat King did receive several infected people who asked him for help.

The Rat King protects everyone in his territory and maintains order in the slums, because as long as everyone in his territory can think of any way to get close to him, the Rat King will receive them and listen to their purpose.

Among them, of course, I have seen people like those in the movies who pray to the Rat King to avenge their children or relatives who have been bullied. For this kind of thing, the Rat King usually asks someone to investigate the whole story. If everything is true, the Rat King will have the perpetrator tied up and let the victim do it himself.

In this way, the Rat King gained another subject who was loyal to him and would not betray him. How similar are the Rat King's ideas to the methods of the Godfather in the movie?

It’s just… why does the Godfather in the movie seem so ritualistic even though he’s doing the same thing as him?

"Is it because of the clothes?" The Rat King subconsciously looked at his coat. This was a birthday gift from Lin Yuxia. He has been wearing this coat ever since and was reluctant to change it.

"I think it's the conversation, Dad."

Lin Yuxia, who was sitting next to the Rat King, heard it and couldn't help but complain:

"Your speaking skills are far worse than the Godfather in the movie. You are too down-to-earth. Sometimes I really doubt whether you are a gangster boss..."

"..."

However, the Rat King was speechless after his own daughter's finishing blow. However, he quickly responded with a calm retort:

"I've also seen the Syracuse mafia. This movie must have embellished their image to some extent. The real Syracuse mafia, even the boss, is not that civilized."

What the Rat King said was true. In the slums of Longmen, there had been mafia gangs from Syracuse causing trouble, but they were immediately suppressed by the Rat King. Therefore, the Rat King was not unfamiliar with the style of the Syracuse mafia.

The Rat King didn't feel that, in terms of means and abilities, he was no worse than the Godfather in the movie... But he didn't know if it was because of Lin Yuxia's words that the Rat King secretly paid attention to his conversation and his tone became a little indifferent.

... Apart from anything else, the temperament of the movie godfather is indeed outstanding. He is reasonable and dignified. Maybe I should listen to Yuxia's words? Learn the methods in the movie and let my subordinates pay a little attention to their conversation and decency?

Such thoughts emerged in the Rat King's mind, and he found that he had become interested in this movie without knowing when... He felt the clever combination of beautification and reality in the movie, achieving just the right "perfect" image.

"This kid's movie...maybe there is something to be desired."

Chapter 23: The real message of The Godfather: Family

Outside Wei's residence, several secret guards named "Black Suno" who were responsible for secretly protecting Wei Yanwu's safety also met in the dark. However, the conversation among the Black Suno was not about protection. On the contrary, their tone was a bit embarrassed.

"…How long has it been?"

"It's been two hours, right? Logically, it should be over by now."

"Should we go in and report it? Otherwise, Duke Wei might have to stay up late to work tonight."

Several men in black raincoats discussed the matter for a while, but after looking at the group of people in the hall who were still concentrating on watching the movie on the screen, including several people of prominent status, they still hesitated.