Censored scene from Chinese TV drama

[rob07]

Bumped into the following

from the 2009 Chinese TV series 蜗居 on Youtube. It is pretty dirty but also quite funny. For me, the more interesting question is, did the producers seriously think they had a shot at getting away with this, or did they shoot the scene mainly for their own amusement? The whole series was very controversial and envelope pushing.

The older guy in the scene is the Communist Party official in charge of Shanghai (ie: he is at the same level as Bo Xilai was before he was sacked). His character is based on a real person who ended up getting sentenced to 18 years jail in 2008. The pretty young girl he is sharing a hotel room with is, well, a pretty young girl he is sharing a hotel room with. The younger guy the pretty young girl talks to on the phone is her boyfriend, who thinks she is on a work trip (actually she is, but that is another story).

Some may find the scene offensive. Those in a hurry to be offended may wish to skip to 6:20 - 7:30. Actually most of the 8 minute scene did make it to the TV series, but an important bit was left out.

[大肚男]

For a second I thought what's the big deal, but then I thought join three middleeast this also would be censored

[imron]

Top comment:

傻B，根本就没有被禁又听法轮功那帮人吹。

[Hofmann]

So was it included or not?

[zhwj]

Song Siming is secretary to the city mayor. It's still a high-ranking position, and one that's well-positioned for graft and corruption, but he's not the head of the city.