The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 180 New System (for collection)
Among the Hong Kong film crews, the director has the greatest power, almost covering the sky with one hand, but the power of the producer is relatively weak.

In Hollywood, the producer has the most power, followed by the director.The director's power is under the control of the producer. Although this limits the ability of the director, it ensures that the film can be shot smoothly.

Xu Guanwu has not overly interfered with filming, because he himself does not know much about film production, and the directors he hired are well-known directors with a long history, Xu Guanwu is also willing to let them play freely.

But today when this incident happened to the crew of "Big Brother Cheng", Xu Guanwu had to change his view and pay more attention to the producer system.

"If the power of the producers is strengthened so that they have the ability to control the directors, I'm afraid those directors will be unhappy." Liang Shuyi frowned.

Xu Guanwen nodded. He is a director himself, so he naturally knows that as a director, he hates when he is filming, someone is pointing fingers at him.

"But if there is no control, the power of the director is too great." Xu Guanwu said, "Although many directors such as Big Brother, Sanmao, Aaron, and Zeng Zhiwei are very down-to-earth, if you meet such a crazy director as Gui Zhihong, if you produce The filmmakers cannot be restrained, and if they act recklessly, it will really cause huge losses. Therefore, the director's power must be restrained, and the producer's power must be strengthened."

"Directors like Gui Zhihong are in the minority after all, you can't punish all directors just because of him." Liang Shuyi persuaded again.

"Brother, what do you say?" Seeing this, Xu Guanwu threw the topic to his elder brother Xu Guanwen.

Xu Guanwen couldn't help pondering for a while. Although he is the director of the movie, most of the time he also works as a part-time producer.most understand the relationship between the two.

If the producer's power increases, it will indeed cause a lot of trouble for the director.But if the director has too much power, sometimes it will cause a lot of losses.

Because the two have different perspectives on filmmaking.

The purpose of the producer is to save money for the film and ensure that the director completes the filming of the film on time and at fixed points according to the script.

The director wants to make the movie his own style, so that the movie can be made better and more perfect.This will inevitably delay the schedule or increase expenses.

"In my opinion, directors are divided into ABCD levels. A-level directors have the most power, and D-level directors have the least power. Let's list some rules and regulations. How many points will be deducted for violating this one? How many points will be deducted for one point. We give new directors a B grade, and if the deduction reaches a C grade, we will increase the power of the producer. If the deduction is a D grade, then the producer has the right to stop the filming at any time." Xu Guanwen said.

"Of course, if the director has been performing well and earning more box office, we can give extra rewards." Xu Guanwen thought for a while and added.

"Brother's suggestion is very good. In fact, in Hollywood, directors are divided into three, six, and nine grades. High-level directors have the same power as producers, and low-level directors are just tools for filming. They have to improve Level also needs to be considered by all parties." Xu Guanwu nodded.

"Since the United States has this system, it's good for us to learn from it." Xu Guanjie nodded.

"Then let's formulate the rules in detail now, so that the director knows what can and cannot be done." Liang Shuyi suggested.

Everyone nodded and discussed together, and then formulated the first guidelines for Hong Kong film directors.

"Okay, since everyone has no objection, let's implement it like this." Seeing that no one raised any objection, Xu Guanwu announced the official implementation of this system. "The company now has a total of seven directors. I suggest that Cheng Long, Hong Jingbao, Mai Jia and Zeng Zhiwei are rated B+, Zhang Jian and Zhang Guoming are rated B, and Gui Zhihong is rated D because of this incident. If he makes another mistake, I will expel him."

Although Xu Guanwu cherishes the talent of Gui Zhihong, he knows that he has produced many classic masterpieces and can earn a lot of money for the company.In the future, I also want to bring him to the United States to shoot horror masterpieces such as "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Black Friday".

But if he is so unscrupulous in filming and jokes about the lives of crew members every time, it will be too much.

If such a cold-blooded director is really brought to Hollywood, and then he makes such unscrupulous filming, even one filming will not be enough to compensate for the medical expenses.

Everyone nodded, no objection.

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The news that Xu Brothers' company had injured actors due to filming happened just after noon, and it was directly published in the Evening News at night.

"Wow! It's outrageous. In order to film a movie, the actors are jaywalking. Who is this director? Damn it!"

"Cold-blooded director! What a beast, why doesn't he cross the road by himself? This way of doing things will kill people!"

"As far as I'm concerned, that company is even more hateful. Knowing that the director is so cold-blooded, and still letting him go to filming, it's really a waste of life just to make money."

"Which company is so wicked?"

"It's not the Xu Brothers Company. I heard that this director got injured while filming. It's not the first time."

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Many newspapers, magazines, and radio stations also paid attention to this matter, which brought a lot of public opinion pressure to Xu Brothers, and was labeled as a "cold-blooded factory" by the outraged citizens.

After all, Chen Guantai is a popular star, one of the disciples of director Chang Cheh, who has made blockbuster films such as "Ma Yongzhen" and "Chengji Tea House", and is very popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Nanyang.

Now, he has to be hospitalized because of injuries caused by the filming. While attracting the attention of movie fans, he also condemned the film crew and producers.

Although Xu Guanwu owns two newspapers with the largest circulation, if he fights a public opinion war, he may not be left behind, but because he knows that something is wrong, he only publishes a letter of apology, taking all the responsibilities he should bear down.

In the letter of apology, Xu Guanwu promised to give the injured the best care and compensation according to the injury.In addition, we also guarantee the future filming, try our best to ensure the safety of the actors, and ensure the safety of the actors to the greatest extent.

Finally, I hope that the British Hong Kong government will support the filming of the film and allow film and television companies to close roads for filming.

Regarding this letter of apology, the senior management of the company, such as Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanjie, and Liang Shuyi, originally did not recommend that the company publish it.They worry about damaging the company's reputation by taking all their faults on them.

But Xu Guanwu still felt that he had to admit that he was wrong, and he had to stand up when he was beaten.Now that something has happened, covering up or whitewashing is more likely to cause dissatisfaction.

On the contrary, acknowledging one's mistakes and taking corresponding measures to ensure that similar incidents do not happen again is the best method of crisis public relations.

Sure enough, after the release of this letter of apology, the public felt the sincerity of Xu's company and reduced their dissatisfaction.

Although the adverse effects caused by the accident have gradually faded, it does not mean that the matter is over.

The new rules and regulations were immediately implemented within the company.

Now and in the future, all crews will arrange producers to supervise all actions of the crew.Producers have the right to limit directors and, if necessary, stop shooting directly.

This means that the power of the producer has increased greatly, while the status of the director has decreased accordingly.

Although there was a producer in the crew before, most of the time, the producer served the director.Apply for funds from the company for the director, apply for shooting locations, apply for props, etc...

But now the power of the producer has been equal to that of the director, and even surpassed the director.If the producer feels that there is something wrong with the director's filming, he can appeal to the company.If the appeal is successful, the director will deduct the corresponding points. Once the points are deducted to a certain level, the director will be downgraded. ,

After the relegation, the power of the director will be reduced again, and there is even the possibility of being directly expelled.

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After the promulgation and implementation of the new regulations, directors such as Cheng Long, Hong Jingbao, Zeng Zhiwei, Mai Jia, and Gui Zhihong unanimously protested, believing that if the producer's power is too large, it will directly affect the director's directing ability, and then affect the quality of the film.

Furthermore, they also pointed out that although this system is borrowed from American Hollywood, the producers in Hollywood are all experienced filmmakers with a lot of experience in making films, and they are able to shoulder the responsibility of selecting themes, directors, actors, and crews. members etc.

However, the film producers in Hong Kong are very unprofessional in comparison. Some films have never been shot, and they don't know anything about the filming process.Letting their power override the director and instruct the director how to make a film is simply an outsider leading an expert.

(End of this chapter)