Life and survival of writers: no attention paid to arrears

"I know the woman heart" still a few days ago, microwave authentication user Writer "Tianbo" post accusation "I Know Woman Heart" producer owed its remuneration "rouge snow" still famous writer existed revealed, by Fan Bingbing as the producer of the TV series "Rouge Snow" in the form of the series of water in arrears of the writer pay a brother, a push cup change light, In the "pure time" of the dream of film and television, human favors are always much more attractive than money, but after that? After that, money will not come back, "human" has become the writer's growth in the pseudo concept. In the booming film and television industry today, the box-office high, the ratings are good, those pleasures don't seem to have much to do with the writer, about the screenwriter, can always hear is wages, rights, and the recent "palace" drama caused by the great heat of the writer plagiarism doubts-China every year to make script shortage, but the writer's rights and interests are few people concerned about, In spite of occasional cries, they were so faint that they could scarcely be heard.　　Once again, the weekly magazine assembled three reporters, interviewed all the people in the industry chain, and asked senior lawyers to advise us, not only to describe the status quo, but also to provide the direction of thinking and action. Reporter Zhang Ye Xiaoping Zeng Minghui Qian February 7, a micro-Boga v User "Tianbo" published Weibo: "I know Women's Heart" recently released film, American Dede Nickerson (once producer "Kill Bill") invited me to screenwriter in 2008, in order to finance not in place for the reason, arrears of remuneration for more than 2 years, I have the confidence and understanding of the production of the difficult attitude, after completing the three drafts from the outline to the script, the person turned, refused to pay the full remuneration, stripped of the writer's signature. Remind fellow peers. Many lines of righteousness will kill you! "No matter how famous or not famous, almost every screenwriter has had a similar Tianbo encounter, but in addition to private complaints, the writers have almost no voice rights." They do not have the right to know the project, heard the most words may be, "you first write it, wrote, and the money here do not worry, there must be a guarantee." "The producer's good promise is only to deliver the written Zhang of the live TV series" Lala Promotion, on the 2 anniversary of the establishment of a television company to thank for a cocktail party, found that the company on the big screen on the blatant play 2011, it is her, and she and the company is only contact. Don't say sign the contract, not even oral agreement.　　Zhang tried to communicate with the company many times, and finally did not get the word. Pan, a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy's Department of Literature, told the weekly that he had prepared a TV show for Pan and Pan when helping his daughter Pan debut. The producer who claimed to be the acting director of the play found the master graduate as a screenwriter to prepare the script, the producer who claimed to be acquainted with pan: "Investment is not a problem, signature is not a problem, all relations are not a problem", but when the writer completes the story sketch, the step-by-step work more meticulous,　　Waiting for the "story is Dead" news. Another screenwriter, Little A,Through a film and television company as a screenplay planning duties of students introduced, joined a Taiwanese investment Idol play script writing team. In the preparation of the script to travel between Beijing and Shanghai, the package of eating and living conditions so that small A is still reliable, so "try to write", "five set a settlement" and other oral commitments, small a also don't care.　　But she didn't know that there was a writing team in Taiwan that was also "trying to write", and the result was that the investors decided that Taiwan's writing team was better and preferred Taiwanese writers. What is the reason for so many trained writers willing to pay first, then expect return? Our correspondent interviewed several writers who have been active in the film and television circles, and concluded that China's screenwriter industry has not formed a standard. One is the domestic writer threshold is low, as long as the money, there is a relationship, can write.　　Based on the 2nd of the 1th is, the domestic famous screenwriter is just that a few, no famous writers want to have fame, can only write more, know more producers, directors, in this circle to mix a familiar face, often have a job. The internal rules of the Writers ' circle Lanhuo the gunman. This chaotic situation is not only between the producer and the writer, but the writing field, the situation is very complicated. A well-known domestic writers have specialized staff division of work, and some watching American dramas, some see historical dramas, some read novels, group grilled jokes. A well-known young director also often told the table to his story, feel good to take to shoot. A producer told reporters that the Gunners TV series is almost an industry-approved form, that is, the producer and a famous writer signed a contract, the writer out of the story, and then work with the fixed gunmen to help him complete the script. This, Ning Mammon also to be confirmed, he said, because "the volume of TV dramas, some writers wish to write dozens of episodes of 100 episodes a year, it is impossible to complete this workload, the Gunners help him to complete a number of transactional work, but the Gunners also adhere to the industry rules, you are apprentices, to feed the family, do not listen to the teacher, later also mixed up　　”。　　There is a so-called rules and regulations but lack of standard legal words, so the writers of the "right" of the definition is ambiguous, so, to "safeguard", it becomes a seemingly can not be a matter of fact. Dilemma 1 overlord clause on Weibo the angry Tianbo encountered a situation like this, "I know Women's heart" the producer found Tianbo write the play, although the two sides have signed a contract, the contract also clearly marked the right to pay and signature, Tianbo also received 10% of the deposit, but the provisions of the contract after the signing of the remaining 30% within 15th The deposit was delayed for two years before it was settled. By the time the deposit is settled, the producer has interrupted his cooperation with Tianbo by saying that the "investment is not in place", which is familiar to the writers industry. And the recent release of the "I Know Woman Heart" of the writer adapted a column, became the director himself. Tianbo that the producer of "I Know the woman's heart" and the reason he interrupted the contract may be that the other party has not got the copyright, and the writers of the copyright side do not want to have other writers ' signatures, but because the Director can participate in the adaptation of work, so the signature of the writer's adaptation will be shown. Screenwriter Zhang before a burst of signing a contract, did not scrutinize the terms, then urge royalties, the other side check the contract unexpectedly said, Yi, the contract does not require a few days to give you dozen money! She found out, "the original contract stipulates that they can delay the time of payment indefinitely." If I do the overtime, I'll default. If they don't give me a time-out, I'll break the contract. If I default, I'm 200%. For 10 years, still be the rogue contract. According to our correspondent, many of the party's contracts often contain this article: "Until the modification to the film party to pay the party." "If you sign a contract like this, the likely outcome is that you're still working on it, and the producers have already changed the script to make a new one," he said. In the view of the producer Zhaojun of Guanyin Hill, this is a typical vague statement, she said that the more normative and fair contract should be, the producers agreed that the writers in the prescribed time to complete a certain amount of work, "for example, I asked the screenwriter in 20 days to hand over 1000 words of the story outline, the mirror sketch is a very detailed task, After that I will sign a contract with him again, this is the progressive type contract. "2 in arrears, whether it is the Shi Zhong Shan, or the positive, seemingly strong writers are also annoyed by the arrears." Shi Zhongshan said that the arrears is actually with you, duly handed in the draft, the film and television company said that you have not written before the time so good, or that you play in the film director will change, so you did not complete their request, the money can not give you the full, it is impossible to get. "The literary thing is not clear, two is sometimes, you only when the TV play, you know they say these are not true." The producer is party A in the contract, the writer is party B, party A is always stronger than party B, these things are also the unspoken rules of the industry, party B will always yaba. "Another form of default is the problem of film and television drama, existed said, he gave Fan Bingbing wrote" Rouge Snow ", the amount of 32 episodes, the investor asked him to compress to 25 sets, he collected 25 of the money, finally made out is 30 episodes," Still owe me two set, also do not give, Lai off. " I can't say anything to Fan Bingbing because she's a producer, not an investor. "It's the most important thing for a fledgling screenwriter to have a 3-net cast." From the beginning of the story to the creation of the script to the final works, in the middle, may pass through more than 10 production companies or producers of the hand. Some producers ' mailboxes are crammed with a lot of scripts every day. Producer Zhaojun told the Weekly that when the writers offered the script to the producers, they would verbally request that "the script should not be leaked", but it was clearly an oversight and a guarantee, "he usually cast a net, not just to seek a producer to cooperate." Zhao June also encountered in distress, in 2006, she invested in a writer's project, filming into a TV movie. A year later, another producer friend found her, said that there is a project is particularly good, hoping to invest together, she saw, it is her film, but changed the mainThe name of the horn, the writer after a year Chine himself a copy. Dilemma 4 plagiarism to define the most bufen of the writer's book is copied, become someone else's child. When this happens, the writers often point to the production companies and assume they are irresponsible. But in the view of the filmmakers, sometimes it is difficult to judge who is the true master of the story. "Some people will take the script to the Intellectual Property Office for the record first, that from the legal point of view, he is undoubtedly the copyright owner." For example, a wrote a case, b see, in their own name to do the record, if a works first made, and B said that is his work, to sue, in the law can only be defined a plagiarism B. "Zhaojun Frankly, the production company is in fact the most afraid of plagiarism," when signing a contract, I will ask the writer to bear all the disputes arising from copyright. But the real occurrence of such disputes, the loss of the film side, because another screenwriter if he saw that he was copied, as long as he went to the radio and television Bureau to bring a reconsideration, my film is not released. "Bridge plagiarism" is more difficult to determine, the current domestic very hot TV series "Palace" was criticized by netizens and "Meteor garden" there are similarities, but a senior producer in the circle that this kind of scenario is difficult to be defined as plagiarism, "if the palace is about the Qing Imperial, four boys met a girl, This can be judged as similar, but is doing very smart, the background to replace, only the bridge section, back and forth tile. This kind of thing before Hong Kong in the 1980 's film also often happened, to Hollywood grilled bridge section. "The Hong Kong scholar Ni, who wrote a lot of plays in Hong Kong's Book of Revelation, said:" In the cinema, except for the words of the film writers belong to me, the other has nothing to do with me. "In recent years, mainland writers have faced such problems as income and status, the script has been hacked or stolen, and the television writers in Hong Kong, who are ahead of the entertainment industry, have also suffered." Who wrote "I have a date with a zombie" for ATV, Chen, has been involved in the film industry and the mainland TV series, in his words, the screenwriter is a "offensive trade", no professional dignity: spent a lot of time and energy to write a book, even unrelated retirement lady walked, can be said that your play so bad, should write it, And the writers have no final decision on the script, or follow the direction of the Director, when the work came out, passers-by said, "he is a good shot ah", referring to the director. In fact, the writers are not high in income, just into the TV station trainee writers, income in 9,000 or slightly over 10,000 HKD, in Hong Kong is a low salary. According to TVB before the gold pipeline Zhang Huapei introduced, in TVB such "Big Taiwan", endure to drama branch editor, creative director, such as middle-level staff, income can reach the social middle class. And outside the project, there will be the top writers eat the lower writers, the producer of the money to eat writers chaos. Even in the film industry, a mature screenwriter in the cast members are often the lowest paid, not only do not have foreign writers to get dividends, and80% of writers don't have bonuses. At present, the only screenwriter industry organization in Hong Kong is the "Hong Kong Film Writers Association", which was established 20 years ago, and it seems to be more about service than defending. In the face of various difficulties, Hong Kong writers own methods: Chen face "Copy bridge" often only write 70% stories, even if copied is usually copied to 50%, but also left 50%. The Bank of the West chose not to exchange ideas, nor with any apprentice, "because this will cause trouble," unless "really very familiar with the people." In frustration, they will also choose a more positive way: Success is the best revenge. And the future of the writers of Hong Kong, there is a way to adhere to the creative, Zhang Huapei, for example, ran away to a more lucrative and respected platform, as did Chen 13, who set up his own studio and expanded to the mainland, and more known from creators and producers, such as Wei Jiahui, Mak and Pang.