Premiere (upper)

  The next morning, the headlines of various entertainment newspapers and magazines announced that "A World Without Thieves" and "Cell Phone", two New Year's big films, were both killed off. As for the source of their information, it was undoubtedly released by Ye Su Mang in secret.

  These two films can be said to have been hyped up together since the end of July when filming began, and the public's attention had already reached a fever pitch. Suddenly, news came out that they were shut down by the GD General Bureau, leaving many people feeling incredulous and also extremely resistant to the GD General Bureau.

  The headline of Kyoto Entertainment Daily even hit out - "Wrongful Death" of the movie, "Fabricated" crime! A detailed explanation of the 'odd' reasons why the two films were killed off, this truth also made many movie fans outraged.

  "What's going on with the GD General Bureau? What kind of ridiculous reason is this?"

  "It's really annoying, how did the movie content involve brainwashing? And isn't the issue of brainwashing different for everyone?"

  "Protest! The GD General Bureau's dictatorship is too heinous, all we see are the castrated clips they think they are!"

  The power of netizens is mighty. Within just one day, the GD General Bureau's forum website was flooded by a large number of net friends three times, scaring the technical personnel into temporarily closing down the website. However, this could not stop the anger of movie fans. The website was closed for only half an hour when it was suddenly invaded by hackers and the entire homepage was replaced with a picture of a eunuch castrating himself.

  In the face of protests from film enthusiasts, the Directors' Association also stood out at the first time, strongly criticizing the censorship system of the General Administration of Radio and Television. With this semi-official association as a backing, the resistance of film enthusiasts has become more powerful. Apart from online platforms, the hotlines of the General Administration of Radio and Television were almost overwhelmed with calls.

  Bang!

  "How did the news get leaked out!" In an office of the GD Bureau, a middle-aged man with a bald head roared in anger, startling many passersby outside. However, many people secretly covered their mouths, apparently aware of the middle-aged man's current predicament.

  This bald middle-aged man was the main person in charge of reviewing films this time, and he probably didn't expect that after rejecting so many works normally, something big would happen this time.

  His real idea of killing two movies is actually very simple. "A World Without Thieves" was someone who paid him to card, and as for "Cell Phone", it was completely his own personal grievance with Feng Xiaogang. However, he did not expect the power of public opinion to be so strong. If only one movie was killed, there might not have been such a reaction, but killing two movies at the same time is like throwing a lit match into a pile of explosives, which seems ordinary but can easily cause a super-large explosion.

  Suddenly, a ringing phone call awakened the quiet office. The middle-aged man picked up the phone with trembling hands and quickly hung up, but by then his forehead was already covered in sweat.

  At the same time, in a high-rise building somewhere in Kyoto, Feng Xiaogang was having tea and chatting with his good friend Zheng Xiaolong.

  "Are you saying that I'm being used as a gun?" Feng Xiaogang complained somewhat gloomily, looking at today's newspaper. The source of this piece of news was guessed by almost everyone to be from Feng Xiaogang himself, which was truly an injustice to himself. He had also been worried about the film censorship, and hadn't slept all night yesterday, but who would have thought that such a big piece of news would come out so early today?

  "What's wrong with having a gun?" Zheng Xiaolong said with a smile, peeling peanuts in his hand. "Anyway, aren't you worried about the film censorship issue? With this thing happening, I reckon GD won't dare to hold it back anymore. This is good news, and I think you should thank the mastermind behind this."

  Listening to his old friend's teasing, Feng Xiaogang was so angry that he gulped down a mouthful of cold tea. This black pot also made Feng Xiaogang himself not bear it. Of course, he had suspected Ye Sumang, who was also being held back, but the other party's young age made him not believe that they dared to have such audacity and trip up the GD General Bureau.

  But the real mastermind behind this matter, Ye Sumeng, was now leisurely waiting at home, having hot pot with Huang Bo and Ning Huan.

  Just a little while ago, the GD General Bureau called and asked Ye Sumang to send the film for review again. The reason was not given, and Ye Sumang did not ask either. Anyway, everyone knew it in their hearts, and he would not be idle enough to deliberately expose the wound of the GD General Bureau.

  As for this review, it is obviously just a formality, and the film's passage is almost guaranteed.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, a week later, the SARFT issued a notice that "A World Without Thieves" and "Cell Phone" both passed the censorship, and Tianxia Film Studio led by Ye Su-meng became busy again.

  However, the most difficult thing at present is still the publicity work. The investment in "Mobile Phone" is not much, but their publicity is very powerful. In this regard, Ye Sumang, who is not good at public relations, can't compare with them. However, Ye Sumang didn't feel disappointed about it. Since they couldn't compete on TV media platforms, Ye Sumang shifted the focus of publicity to the Internet. All major portal websites hung up promotional advertisements for "Heavenly Robbery", and Ye Sumang also planned and launched a lottery activity accompanying the advertisement. Some seemingly attractive products were placed on the lottery platform, attracting countless netizens to participate.

  The two films started to promote each other, and soon the trailers of both movies appeared on major TV media, with hilarious content and exciting fighting scenes. It can be said that both films have attracted a lot of attention, making many movie fans exclaim that this holiday has good movies to watch.

  Finally, the release dates of both films have been decided. "A World Without Thieves" is scheduled for December 15th, while "Cell Phone" is set for December 18th. The box office battle between the two films seems unavoidable.

  Time flew quickly to December 14th, Ye Sumang was standing at the entrance of Times Cinema in formal attire. At this moment, Times Cinema was very different from usual days, not only was there a long red carpet laid out at the entrance, but also staff were moving some large flower baskets to the door of the cinema.

  "Xu Mang, thank you so much, I didn't expect you to still think of me." As the boss of Era Cinema, Li Mao was truly grateful to Ye Su Mang from the bottom of his heart. If their previous collaboration was mutually beneficial, then this time Ye Su Mang holding the premiere ceremony at his cinema was a complete win-win situation.

  "Brother Li, you're being too serious." Ye Sumang said with a smile. He himself had an inexplicable attachment to the Era Cinema. After all, it was where his first film premiered, and everything inside held memories that moved him. So this time, he didn't choose those five-star cinemas, but instead held the premiere at this small, unassuming theater.

  Li Mao was about to say something when the reporters, who had been waiting for four weeks, suddenly burst into a commotion. They all turned their flashlights to the other end of the red carpet...