Among Hong Kong film crews, the director's power is the greatest, and it can almost be said that he has the power to cover the sky, but the producer's power is relatively weak.

And in Hollywood, the most powerful is the producer, followed by the director. The power of the director is controlled by the producer, which limits the development of the director's talents, but ensures that the film can be shot smoothly.

Xu Guanwu has never interfered too much in filmmaking, because he himself does not know much about filmmaking, and the director invited is a famous director who has left a name in history, Xu Guanwu is also willing to let them play freely.

But when this happened to the crew of "Big Brother Cheng" today, Xu Guanwu had to change his views and attach importance to the producer system.

"If the power of producers is strengthened and they have the ability to control directors, I am afraid that those directors will be unhappy." Liang Shuyi said with a frown.

Xu Guanwen nodded, he is a director himself, so he naturally knows that he is a director, and he hates it the most when he is filming, there is someone next to him who is pointing fingers.

"But if you don't control it, the director's power is too great." Xu Guanwu said, "Although many directors such as Big Brother, Sanmao, Ah Long, and Zeng Zhiwei are very down-to-earth, if they encounter a crazy director like Gui Zhihong, if the producer can't control it and acts recklessly, it will really cause huge losses." Therefore, the power of the director must be controlled, and the power of the producer must be strengthened. ”

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

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

Xu Guanwen couldn't help but ponder for a while, although he is the director of the movie, most of the time he also works part-time as a producer. I know the relationship between the two best.

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 angle of the two is different for the film.

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

The director wants to make the movie in his own style, so that the movie can be made better and more perfect. This inevitably leads to delays or increased expenses.

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

"Of course, if the director has been doing well and earning a lot at the box office, we can reward him even more." Xu Guanwen thought about it and added.

"The eldest brother's suggestion is very good, in fact, in Hollywood, the United States, directors are also divided into three, six, nine and so on. High-level directors have the same power as producers, and low-level directors are just tools for making films. If they want to move up the ranks, they also need to be considered by all parties. Xu Guanwu nodded.

"Since the United States has this kind of system, it is not bad for us to learn from it." Xu Guanjie nodded.

"Then let's make detailed rules now, so that the director also knows what can and can't be done." Leung suggested.

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

"Okay, since everyone has no objections, let's do so." Xu Guanwu saw that no one raised any objections, so he announced the official implementation of this system method, "The company now has a total of seven directors, I suggest Cheng Long, Hong Jingbao, Mai Jia, Zeng Zhiwei B+, Zhang Jian, Zhang Guoming B, Gui Zhihong because of this incident, was classified as D-level." If he makes another mistake, I will expel him. ”

Although Xu Guanwu cherishes Gui Zhihong's talents, he knows that he has made many cult masterpieces and can make a lot of money for the company. In the future, I want to bring him to the United States to shoot horror masterpieces such as "Ghost Street" and "Black Friday".

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

Such a cold-blooded director, if he is really brought to Hollywood, and then he is filming so unscrupulously, he is afraid that just filming a movie will not be enough to compensate for medical expenses.

Everyone nodded, no objection.

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The news that the Xu Brothers Company caused the actor to be injured due to filming happened just at noon, and it was directly published in the evening newspaper in the evening.

"Wow! It's outrageous, in order to film, I was stunned to let the actors jaywalk. Who is this director? What a damn thing! ”

"Cold-blooded director! It's really a beast, why didn't he cross the road himself, doing it like this, killing people! ”

"According to me, that company is even more hateful, knowing that the director is so cold-blooded, and letting him go filming, it is really to make money and waste people's lives."

"Which company is so lacking in morality?"

"Isn't it the Xu Brothers. I heard that this director was filming and got someone injured, and it is not the first time. ”

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

After all, Chen Guantai is a popular star, one of the disciples of director Zhang Cheda, who has filmed blockbuster films such as "Ma Yongzhen" and "Cheng Kee Teahouse", and is very popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Nanyang.

Now he has to be hospitalized for filming and has to hurt his muscles and bones, which has attracted the attention of fans, and naturally he has also lashed out at the crew and producers.

Although Xu Guanwu owns the two newspapers with the largest circulation, and if he fights the battle of public opinion, he may not be left behind, but because he knows that there is something wrong with him, he only publishes a daoqian letter and takes all the responsibilities he should bear.

In the Daoqian letter, Xu Guanwu promised to give the injured the most haode care and would compensate according to the condition of the injury. In addition, it is also guaranteed that in the future, the safety of the actors will be ensured as much as possible, and the safety of the actors will be ensured to the greatest extent.

Zuihou hopes that the British government in Hong Kong will support the filming of the film and allow film and television companies to close the road for filming.

For this daoqian letter, Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanjie, Liang Shuyi and other senior executives of the company were not recommended to be published by the company. By taking all the blame on them, they fear that the company's reputation will be damaged.

But Xu Guanwu still feels that if there is a mistake, he must admit it, and he must stand up when he is beaten. Now that the matter has come out, it is more likely to cause dissatisfaction by covering up or whitewashing it.

Instead, admitting one's mistakes and taking appropriate measures to ensure that similar incidents do not happen again is the best way to publicize a crisis.

Sure enough, after the release of this daoqian letter, the people felt the sincerity of Xu's company and reduced the dissatisfaction in people's hearts.

Although the adverse effects of this accident have 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 have appointed producers to supervise all actions of the crew. The producer has the right to restrict the director and, if necessary, to stop filming outright.

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

In the past, although there was a producer role in the crew, most of the time, the producer served the director. Apply for funding from the company for the director, apply for shooting venues, apply for props, etc......

But now the power of the producer has been equal to, or even above the director. If the producer feels that the director has made something inappropriate, he can appeal to the company. If the appeal is successful, the director will deduct the corresponding points, and once the points are deducted to a certain stage, the director will be demoted. 、

After the demotion, the director's power will be reduced again, and there is even the possibility of direct dismissal.

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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 ability to direct, and then affect the quality of the film.

In addition, they also pointed out that although this system is borrowed from Hollywood in the United States, Hollywood producers are experienced filmmakers with a lot of experience in making films, and are responsible for selecting themes, directors, actors, and crew members.

However, Hong Kong filmmakers are very unprofessional in comparison, and some films have never been filmed, and they don't know anything about the film shooting process. Let their power override the director and guide the director how to make a film, it is simply a layman leading an insider.