Chapter 116 What?! Ban my movie?!
When they entered, Hayes was waiting for a while with someone about his age. Grant was waiting for a while. Hayes chatted with the man and sent him away, and smiled and asked me to sit down.
"Andre, if I'm not wrong, you're here to come for the review this time." Hayes sat on the chair, lit a cigarette, and looked at me with a smile.
"Nothing can escape your eyes. Mr. Hayes, our new movie has been filmed and it was edited yesterday. I'm here to send it to you." I pointed to the suitcase under my feet.
"Okay, okay, I like to watch our Hollywood filmmakers bring sample films to the Executive Board the most. The more sample films, the more prosperous our Hollywood is. Andre, I heard that you encountered many setbacks when making movies. Not only were the heroine kidnapped, but you were also assassinated. How about it, the company is fine now." Hays cared about me very much and had his eyes sincerely.
In the eyes of others, in later film history textbooks, he was called a conservative and regarded as a stumbling block to the development of films. But for me, the hats these descendants put on him were a thousand miles apart from the real Hayes. In my eyes, he was a fair and kind elder, selfless, but had such indulgent love for his favorite younger generations.
"Thank you, Mr. Hayes, everything is fine now in the company. Everyone is busy waiting for the day when the movie is released." I replied with a smile, and then coughed a few times.
"Why? I'm sick?"
"I was frozen when I was filming, but nothing big happened." I shrugged.
"Andre, don't worry. Just for you to be the starring role this time, I will also go to the premiere. Haha, let alone you are already a trump card in Hollywood and become the representative of American movies in the world. Grant and I support your work." Hayes smiled so hard that his chin was shaking.
"Grant, you go inform the executive branch and review Andre's movies in the screening room after half an hour." Hayes said to Grant.
Grant agreed and went out to do the work.
Hayes chatted with me and asked about the situation of DreamWorks. He asked about the various things that happened during the filming of this movie. Hearing that we encountered so many difficulties, Hayes nodded in admiration.
"Mr. Hayes, a friend of mine brought something from China. I thought it was suitable for you, so I bought it. It was worthless and gave it to you. Just use your birthday gift. Isn't your birthday coming soon?" I opened another small box and took out something from it and handed it to Hayes.
This is a jade Ruyi I bought from Boss Chen of Fuyuanzhai. It is not very big. There is a man's half-length arm and green all over. The workmanship is exquisite, probably from the Ming Dynasty. The jade is warm and touched in his hand, it feels like touching the skin of a virgin.
Hayes is a man who is very principled. If you give him checks, money, etc., he will not only be furious and drive you out, but will also have no good impression of you from now on. Since I met him, I have never given him anything. The reason for doing this this time is that he is entirely based on his birthday as an excuse, otherwise I would not dare to give it to him.
Hayes looked at the thing with a gloomy face.
"Andre, why are you doing this too?!"
I smiled and said, "Mr. Hayes, I know you are a selfless person who serves the people. You also know that I am not a person who bribes gifts for my own interests. This thing is worth up to two or three hundred dollars. This is my birthday gift for you, not a bribe. And, do you know what this thing means in China?"
Hayes looked at the Yu Ruyi, then looked at me skeptically and asked, "What does it mean?"
I smiled and said, "This thing is called Yu Ruyi, which means everything goes well, and the Chinese people like it very much. This Yu Ruyi was from the Ming Dynasty and has been around for hundreds of years. It not only contains beautiful wishes, but also has a long cultural knowledge. Haven't you always been interested in history and archaeology?" I handed Yu Ruyi to Hayes.
It can be seen that Hayes still likes this thing in his heart.
“It’s really not expensive?”
"It's really not expensive. When did I cheat you!"
Hayes took Yu Ruyi, stroked her hands, squinted her eyes and looked at her carefully, her face full of smiles.
It carved on it with a picture of a hundred sons studying, which is vivid and vivid. Such jade Ruyi is really a rare good thing.
"Andre, I like the birthday gift you gave me very much, thank you." Hayes happily put the gift in his drawer.
I dare say that in Hollywood, he only received my things, and it was accepted in the form of gifts.
I looked at the trace of white hair on his head, and a feeling of admiration arose.
"The people from the Code Execution Bureau are all here. Do you want to start now?" Grant walked into the room and said to me.
Hayes stood up and patted my shoulder and said to Grant: "Tell them, Andre and I will be there soon."
The screening room is in a small room upstairs. The area of this room is only one hundred square meters, and the equipment inside is extremely simple, even no difference from ordinary cinemas. When you look at it, you can't imagine that the fate of all Hollywood movies will be decided here.
When Hayes and I entered, more than 20 members of the Executive Board were present, and many people knew me, and only seven or eight new people had never dealt with me. When Hayes and I walked to the front podium together, many people couldn't help but stand up and applauded me.
"Andre, have you seen it? Everyone respects and appreciates you very much." Hayes pointed at the members and smiled at me.
I was on the stage and quickly bowed gentlemanly.
Among all the members, several of them stood up and did not applaud. They looked at me coldly and had a very cold attitude. Among them was a nun in her 60s, a fat man who was whispering to her.
If I guess correctly, one is Sandor and the other is Donaldar.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first time since the Executive Board's new election, Mr. Andre Corleon's films, Mr. Corleon, I don't think I need to introduce them. He is the pride of our American films. In Europe and even the world, his name can be compared with the Lumiere brothers and Merrie Love, the pioneers of films. The previous Mr. Corleon's film "Please
During the review of "We" we did not move a single shot. Why did I move? When you watch it, you would not think it was a movie, but it would think it was a real art, an art that penetrated into the hearts. When we move scissors to such a movie, even if it is a little bit, people from later generations will spit at our graves. Today, Mr. Corleon's third movie was handed to us. I personally hope that each of us can treat it with a correct attitude and rigorously and responsibly. As for me, I will not edit one of the shots." After Hayes said that, many people in the screening room applauded fiercely.
"Mr. Corleon's movie is the best!"
"Moving it is definitely a trampling on art!"
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Many of them are my fans, and Hayes said the words in front, claiming that he would not touch a single shot of my movie, which further encouraged their confidence.
And Sister Sandor and Donner were facing me with provocative eyes.
Intuition tells me that today, here, my movies won't be so smooth.
After Hayes finished speaking, under Grant's supervision, the master belt of "Dracula Vampire" was placed on a projector. The thick curtains in the projection room were pulled up, and a beam of light was projected onto the screen, and the screening officially began.
From the beginning to the end, there was no quiet in the screening room.
Everyone was clenching their fists, clenching their clothes, their eyes widened. Almost every shot inside caused them to scream loudly. Grant was beside me, and finally saw it so excited that he squatted on the chair.
When I looked at these people's reactions, I felt extremely relaxed and got their likes, which means that the movie will pass the censorship smoothly.
But, I saw, in a corner, Sandor and Donner were holding a small notebook to write and draw, and sometimes they were giving instructions to the movie.
Grant had told me that these two people were difficult to deal with, and seeing them like this, my heart suddenly became tight.
One hour and twenty minutes. At the end of the movie, many members of the Executive Board ran to me and scrambled to shake hands with me. They congratulated me on shooting another great movie and another success.
I talked to them very humbly and accepted their opinions.
"Okay, we've finished watching the movie. Now let's express our opinions." Hayes sat on the rostrum in front and said to the people below.
"Mr. Hayes, we want to listen to your own opinions first." A voice came from behind, very hoarse and ugly, and it made people feel scared.
I turned around and looked at it. It was Sister Sando.
Hayes smiled: "My opinions were already mentioned at the beginning."
"Mr. Hayes, you just told us to treat this movie with a correct attitude. But you didn't do this. You said you wouldn't move any shot inside without even watching it. It would be too irresponsible to do so. You really let down the mission given to you by the people of the United States!" Sister Sandor's voice was as sharp as an old man who cried late at night. Not only did I frown, but even Grant next to Hayes had a face turned pale.
Anyone can see that the nun had a very bad relationship with Hayes, and she didn't seem to take Hayes seriously at all.
Hayes smiled generously. Then he said, "I, Hayes, have lived for so many years and served the American people for so many years. No one has ever said that I am irresponsible. The reason why I show that I don't move a shot when the movie is not screened is because I have great confidence in Mr. Andre Corleon. This confidence is based on my character and his talent in art. Sister Sandor, you say that I am irresponsible is an accusation of my irresponsibility!"
As he said the last sentence, Hayes's face suddenly became cold, and a murderous aura emanated from his eyes, causing the air in the screening room to freeze.
"Mr. Hayes is right. Mr. Corleon's movies, and who doesn't know about Mr. Corleon's character?! In my opinion, there is no need to censor!"
Many people who supported Hayes began to attack Sister Sando.
After a few minutes, I knew that the current Code Execution Bureau was completely different from the original one. The original First Code Execution Bureau was so united that everyone discussed things like friends, and then made a ruling that everyone had no objection, and was harmonious and friendly with each other, so there was no such tension.
Now the Code Execution Bureau has clearly formed two factions, the extreme conservatives led by Sister Sandor and Donaldar, and the relatively enlightened faction led by Hayes and Grant.
I laughed secretly in my heart. In history, Hayes has been recognized as a conservative. I didn't expect that there would be someone more conservative than him. This Sister Sandor and the Donners' endangered species should be protected.
"Everyone calm down, haha, don't make a noise. I think Mr. Hayes and Sister Sandor both have their own reasons. Let's stop making a noise. Let's review Mr. Corleon's movie." Donner, who was sitting next to Sandor, was there anyway.
Grant also persuaded him before everyone calmed down.
Sister Sandor snorted, and then asked Hayes again: "Mr. Hayes, please give me your opinion."
Hayes was so angry that he gritted his teeth and said word by word: "I still have the same opinion. If I don't move a shot of this movie, otherwise we will be despised by future generations!"
"Where is Vice Chairman Grant?" Sister Sando said calmly, as if she was the leader here.
Grant had never seen any scene before, and replied with a very friendly smile: "My opinion is the same as Mr. Hayes, and no shot can be moved!"
"Okay, okay!" Sister Sanduo said three good things at once. She could hear it, and she was very angry.
Hayes and Grant finished their statements, and everyone rushed to express their support.
In the end, only seven or eight people next to Sister Sandou were left without saying a word.
"Miss Sandor, what about your opinion?" Grant asked with a smile.
Sister Sando smiled coldly, and then said a sentence that almost made everyone present jump out of their seats: "My opinion is that this movie should be banned and will never be moved to the screen!"
Chapter completed!