 Zhang had to work closely with government censors during production of the film . He related how the censors " kept reminding [ me ] not to show China as too backward and too poor " , and said that on the title cards at the end of the movie he had to write that the number of rural children dropping out of school each year was one million , although he believed the number was actually three times that . Not One Less was Zhang 's first film to enjoy government support and resources . 
