Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 172: The Conflict between Hong Kong Actors and Mainland Actors
The formation of a film crew is not completed by simply finding good actors.

There are many miscellaneous positions such as photography, assistant director, script supervisor, lighting, etc.

Hengyu Films has just been established, although Johnnie To has already expressed that he can bring in a group of people from the Met.

But those people need to wait for Metropolitan Pictures to disband.

Therefore, there are actually very few people in this field in the crew of "Tazza".

Fortunately, a group of people were brought from Zhuying, otherwise Zhou Ziheng really wouldn’t know what to do.

People from Zhuying joined, and a few were recruited from Hong Kong.

In mid-May, after much trouble, the crew of "Tazza" was finally formed.

The assistant director is Wai Ka Fai, who is not an employee of the company but was brought in by Johnnie To to assist.

The photographer came from the Pearl River.

His name is Huang Weimin, and he was not originally on Zhujiang’s resignation list.

Zhou Ziheng was recommended by someone and personally went to invite him.

This is an old photographer who has participated in many films in Zhuying.

Except for a few major positions, most other positions also come from Zhujiang.

“I know that the outside world has great doubts about our crew, but I don’t want people to bring such doubts to the crew.

Whether the movie ends up being a bad one or a good one, it doesn’t really have much impact on us.

This is my business, and I don’t want people to question me just because I’m not a director.”

Before the director started filming, Zhou Ziheng gathered the crew together and gave a speech.

In fact, he knew very well that many people present were skeptical about his ability as a director.

It's normal to have doubts.

After all, he is not a director by profession, and he has only acted in one movie.

But Zhou Ziheng didn't want these guys to be hypocritical towards him during the subsequent filming just because he was a new director.

Therefore, these early warnings are necessary.

Fortunately, these people are paid by him to do this job.

He is the boss and most people respect him.

Especially those people from Zhujiang Film.

Zhou Ziheng offered them a pretty good salary.

Therefore, everyone took Zhou Ziheng's words seriously and no one stood out.

In fact, Zhou Ziheng still really hopes that someone will come out and make an example of him.

Unfortunately not!

"'Tazza' has officially started filming. Come on everyone, if the movie does well at the box office, I will give everyone a nice red envelope."

"come on!"

"come on!"

……

The crew composition is a bit confusing.

Some came from Zhuying, and some came from Hong Kong.

A lot of things happened during the early stages of filming.

The first is the issue of coordination.

The people in Zhuying and Hong Kong have different working methods.

In addition, employees in Hong Kong are generally very arrogant. They are used to the fact that the salaries of employees in Hong Kong are higher than those in the mainland.

They were not used to suddenly coming to a crew where the mainlanders were treated the same as their Hong Kong staff.

It can even be said that he was dissatisfied.

Therefore, shortly after the filming of the movie started, two major conflicts broke out between the Hong Kong and mainland staff.

One of these was a conflict between actors.

There was an actor named Wu Jiajun, who started working with a minor supporting actor from Zhuying on the set because of a problem with the use of the dressing room.

After Zhou Ziheng learned about the situation, he fired Wu Jiajun without saying a word and regardless of what other actors from Hong Kong thought.

He wanted to tell these Hong Kong actors that his crew was not like other Hong Kong companies' crews. He was from the mainland, and in his crew, the mainland and Hong Kong staff and actors were treated the same.

He would not treat the Hong Kong staff like pizza like other crews did.

After Zhou Ziheng ruthlessly fired an actor, the filming of the crew did progress much faster.

However, Zhou Ziheng still discovered a problem, that is, the relationship between mainland actors and Hong Kong actors seemed to be getting worse.

Not only the actors, but also the staff.

The two sides were directly divided into two factions in the crew.

In terms of actors, both sides are headed by Tony Leung Ka Fai and Wong Chi Man respectively.

The behind-the-scenes staff is headed by Wei Jiahui and Huang Weimin.

Because of Zhou Ziheng's presence, both parties did not have any problems at work.

But usually, once the filming is finished, the two sides become complete strangers.

Even Wang Zhiwen and Tony Leung, who had a good relationship because of Zhou Ziheng, were affected by this atmosphere.

It’s not that these two people look down on each other.

But they represent different things.

Wang Zhiwen is the most famous actor from the mainland in this crew besides Zhou Ziheng.

Tony Leung is the big shot among the main actors in Hong Kong.

In fact, they both have a pretty good relationship in private.

But there's no way around it, they represent their respective groups.

Especially when the mood on the set was somewhat antagonistic, they were stepped aside as leaders.

Sitting in the director's seat, Zhou Ziheng watched the actors and staff from both sides gather into a circle. He couldn't help but hold his forehead.

This was the last thing he wanted to see.

Don't think that everything is fine now.

But if it continues, maybe one day the suppressed atmosphere will explode.

If it really exploded, the impact on the crew would definitely be huge.

"I was negligent. I knew that the relationship between actors from the mainland and Hong Kong would be difficult, but I didn't expect the atmosphere to be so tense."

Zhou Ziheng said with a headache on his face.

Upon hearing this, Florence Hui, who was calculating the budget next to him, took out a newspaper from her bag and said, "This is more of a headache for you."

Zhou Ziheng took it and took a look.

[Zhou Ziheng looked down on Hong Kong actors and suppressed them on the set]

The cover of the newspaper shows a man being interviewed.

This person was none other than Wu Jiajun, who was kicked out of the crew by Zhou Ziheng.

"I received a call from Hong Kong this morning saying that this incident caused a big stir in Hong Kong. Many well-known actors and directors are very dissatisfied with what you did."

Florence Hui explained.

"Tsk!" Zhou Ziheng put down the newspaper, but he wasn't too angry.

He had anticipated this situation when he kicked Wu Jiajun out.

But he doesn't care.

He is now a representative figure among mainland artists. If he doesn't give preferential treatment to mainland actors, how could he give preferential treatment to actors from Hong Kong?

Moreover, he also learned it from people in Hong Kong.

Why can Hong Kong crews treat mainland actors and staff differently?
He just improved the treatment of mainland actors and did not treat Hong Kong actors differently!
"This matter still needs to be explained, otherwise it may affect your image among Hong Kong movie fans.

Don’t let that cause the movie to flop at the box office after it’s released.”

Huo Wenxi said.

Zhou Ziheng nodded.

Indeed, he may not care about the Hong Kong entertainment industry, but he still needs to explain to his fans.

"Please help me contact some media in Hong Kong! Tomorrow is a day off, so I can accept their interviews."

(End of this chapter)