Chapter 451

Xu Can leaned back against the chair behind him.

"All the public-opinion buzz has already died down, and my other film has even picked up multiple nominations and awards—so why is this current film still being held up?!"

The other side sent over a minor staff member.

"It's not that we won't approve it for you, but the public chatter was so loud for a while there—we have to put on a show of doing our job, otherwise people will definitely think the review board has been giving you special treatment, and that won't look great for our reputation either!"

"For this visit, we'd already prepared the approval permit long ago—we've just been waiting for you to take it back!"

Xu Can didn't have time to linger here with them.

He took the permit, turned, and left—plainly rude in anyone else's eyes.

But in the staff member's eyes, it meant he simply refused to stoop to their level.

Decisive and swift, Xu Can soon signed all the various contracts.

This time the film would also be screened on all the major media platforms.

But he also wanted this film to enter the domestic market within Huaxia.

That required multiple layers of review, and there was no way it could be released in a short while.

Now he understood why the release dates of films sometimes didn't line up.

Beyond the exit-review process, there was also a distribution review, and it needed the import approval of the National Ministry of Culture!

This whole chain of procedures would still take some time.

Xu Can tried submitting an application.

To his surprise, he got a reply in less than an hour.

The moment the other side heard it was Xu Can's film being imported, no one refused—so they quickly submitted the approval.

Xu Can was rather surprised at how fast this round of the process went.

Since the most important step was already done, he left the remaining reviews to his assistant to handle. 【】

This way they could release the film simultaneously.

The publicity team also spurred on at full gallop, kicking off the promotion for the final release period.

But they didn't dare stop.

The cities for the roadshow and all the personnel arrangements also had to be locked down in advance.

But for some reason, there were always people who couldn't arrive within the scheduled time—probably due to traffic and flight-ticket issues.

Xu Can began to think it over.

It looked like a private helicopter needed to be put on the agenda.

In the subsequent film-promotion process, situations like missing personnel shouldn't crop up.

Otherwise it would really affect everyone's viewing experience.

What they wanted to see was the entire main creative team.

But the various sudden incidents that kept popping off always left people with a sense of satisfaction that fell short of expectations.

Xu Can didn't want the roadshow to become anything less than perfect.

When Sister Gu learned of the confirmed schedule, she hurried, flustered, to Xu Can's office.

She'd been flustered at first, but the moment she saw Xu Can's handsome, elegant face, her expression turned shy.

Xu Can cleared his throat lightly, easing the mood that had only just settled from the dusk.

"Are you here to ask me about the later roadshow plans?"

"I… I'm not, because I haven't even seen the finished cut myself, and honestly I'm really nervous—there's really no way to re-record my part, is there? Everyone's paying so much attention to this film right now—if I'm the one dragging the whole team down…"

Xu Can gave a faint smile.

The two of them sat down on the sofa chairs beside them.

He handed over the coffee next to him.

"Relax—if you didn't have the ability, I wouldn't have let you keep playing Sister Gu. You've already completely merged with this role, and when you perform, you are Sister Gu herself. Just show your true self—what's there to be unsure about?"

Xu Can pressed his lips together slightly.

"Unless you don't trust me, or you think my directing isn't that great—that's the only reason you'd have a worry like this."

"Or do you feel that working with me isn't as good as working with someone else?"

Sister Gu instantly panicked.

He quickly waved his hands.

He hurriedly set the coffee in his hand down.

With a slightly drifting, evasive gaze, he looked at Xu Can and spoke in a rush, eyes tinged with melancholy: "Everyone has such high expectations of you—I don't want to drag the box office down just because of me…"

"If you were afraid of dragging down the box office, that worry should have existed during filming—and the final box-office numbers aren't even out yet, so a worry like this is completely pointless. Unless you've lost confidence in my script too!"

Xu Can's reassurance let Sister Gu feel a little more at ease..