"For this beating incident, please allow the crew to sincerely apologize to the two extras, all extras who have worked hard at work and the people affected by the incident.

Due to serious omissions in the management of the production department of the crew, the severe beating incident occurred at the filming site, which caused serious consequences and adverse social impacts. The crew expressed sincere apology. After the incident, the crew actively cooperated with the police's work, and the police had implemented administrative detention of the person involved in the case in accordance with the law. In addition, the production department seriously and deeply reviewed the problems in the management work, and punished the person who beat Lin Nengping for the contract. All members of the team will take it as a warning. Next, the production department will do a good job in managing the crew with a more serious and rigorous attitude.

For the two injured extras, after coordination by the Actors Guild, the crew properly arranged and treated in a timely manner, and all medical expenses incurred will be borne by the crew. The crew has reached an agreement to settle the reasonable compensation proposed by the two teachers.

At the same time, the crew will welcome the extra-song teachers to continue to support our work with the most sincere attitude, and the production department will also do its best to do a good job in logistics support for the extra-song teachers and give the crew the most heartwarming care and treatment within the conditions.

I sincerely apologize again and thank you everyone!

"Straight to the Clouds" crew

November 3, 2012

At 11 a.m. the next morning, the official Weibo of the TV series "Straight to the Blue Cloud" sent a sincere apology letter, and at the end of the apology letter, there was also a photo of the producer and the beaten extra hugging in the hospital.

After seeing the apology letter from "The Sky", all the extras who were concerned about the development of the matter were very excited. It was not because of how sincere the apology letter was, nor because the crew fired Lin Nengping, who beat someone, but because of the four words "extra teacher" in the apology letter.

Extras have never been regarded as real professions. In the eyes of producers and directors, they are just chores. Their status is the lowest in the crew. Anyone can bully them, even beat them whenever they want, scold them when they want, without any dignity. Many extras themselves even think they are inferior. They never dreamed that one day the crew would add the word "teacher" behind the extra, and someone would respectfully call them "extra teacher".

In the post bar where extras gathered, someone excitedly said: "I can't believe it. I feel like I'm dreaming and actually called us extra teacher!"

"Yes, I've been an extra for more than three years and I've been beaten and scolded. This is the first time I've been called a teacher by someone!"

"Oh my God, extra-star teacher! I didn't expect that I would be called a teacher one day! Hahaha! I was a little nervous when I heard this title!"

The actor who beat someone was fired, and the crew apologized, but the matter was not over yet. Countless people in the entertainment industry were waiting for the results of the Actors Guild's investigation, and everyone wanted to know what the Actors Guild would handle this matter in the end.

After two days of investigation and discussion, the Actors Guild announced the investigation results on Weibo on the evening of November 4th and the final solution.

The official Weibo account of the Actors Guild said: "On November 2, 2012, the Actors Guild of China Film and Television Alliance received a complaint from members that a crew member beat the extras of the guild. The guild attached great importance to this and quickly organized an investigation team to investigate the incident and verify the specific situation as follows:

During the filming process on the afternoon of November 2, 2012, actor Lin Nengping had a conflict with extra Liu and had a fight, but was quickly pulled away. At 7 o'clock in the evening, Lin took the crew to the martial arts, found Liu, and fought with Liu and other extras. During the fight, two extras were injured and sent to the hospital for treatment.

According to research by the Actors Guild, Lin Nengping beat people first and took personal revenge later, seriously infringing on the life safety of the guild actors. Therefore, within three years from now on, the China Film and Television Alliance regards Lin Nengping as an unpopular person and will refuse to cooperate with him. The film and television bases of its film and television bases also refuse to provide services to Lin Nengping's crew. At the same time, the Actors Guild recommends that other film and television companies carefully consider the adverse consequences of cooperation with Lin Enping."

In Hollywood, it is common for actors to issue ban orders. For example, when Peter Jackson was filming "The Hobbit", he believed that the salary offered by "The Hobbit" was too low, and seven organizations, including the American Actors' Union, issued a statement calling on union members not to star in "The Hobbit".

However, this is the first time in China, and it is also the first time that an industry association has issued a ban to protect extras. Extras have always been the least status in China and can be bullied by anyone. Now there is finally an organization coming out to support them!

After the ban from the Actors Guild came out, many extras were red in their eyes, and some of the female extras cried into tears. At this moment, they felt that they were no longer lonely and that they had a home.

An extra wrote in the post bar: "From today, the day when our extras are bullied is over!"

Someone else wrote: "Zhang Ran is the god in my heart. Whoever dares to hack him will be my enemy!"

The extras' gratitude to Zhang Ran was beyond words, and they all hoped to do something for Zhang Ran, but they really had nothing to do. The only thing they could do was write a sentence under Zhang Ran's Weibo: "Thank you, Teacher Zhang!"

As a result, Zhang Ran’s Weibo was quickly flooded with extras, and in a very short time it exceeded 100,000, all of which were the same words: "Thank you, Teacher Zhang."

Zhou Zhenhua did not leave a message on Zhang Ran’s Weibo. Now he is no longer an extra, but the boss of a film and television company, but his gratitude to Zhang is no less than these extras. If he hadn’t met Zhang Ran, if he hadn’t been inspired by Zhang Ran, he might have gone back to the countryside to farm.

Thirteen years ago, Zhou Zhenhua went to Peking to work as a Beijing drifter. At first, Zhou Zhenhua also fantasized about being able to make a name for himself and become a big star. But he soon realized that this was impossible. Extras at most show their faces, and most of the time they just show their numbers and their bodies, and they could not be remembered by the audience. So he was as discouraged as many extras. He either played cards or slept on the set, and was like walking corpses, and was scrambled for a day. Until he met Zhang Ran who brought students to the crew to experience life in the crew, he heard Zhang Ran say the words he would remember for the rest of his life: "Being above people, treat others as human beings; under people, treat yourself as human beings! Remember, extras are also actors, and they are not inferior to others."

Because of this sentence, Zhou Zhenhua has grown from an extra to a large group in eleven years, and from a large group to the boss of a film and television company; and Zhang Ran has also grown from a young teacher who can only use his fists to protect his students to a towering tree, supporting the sky for extras and all actors!

Zhou Zhenhua looked at Zhang Ran’s sentence after sentence “Thank you Teacher Zhang” below Weibo and said softly: “If you really appreciate Teacher Zhang, just work hard and make a personal appearance!”

Li Song is a small group leader in Peking City. He is at the lowest level in the group leader chain and holds dozens of extras. His daily job is to gather extras and register his name, phone number, deduct his ID card, and then stay on the set with extras, waiting for the big names to film or wait for the announcement of the show.

After the beating incident of Lin'an Century Film Capital, more than a dozen very good extras under Li Song went to Lin'an, saying that they would not be bullied there. Seeing that the team he had finally developed was about to disperse, Li Song naturally hated Zhang Ran, the culprit. He sat in the corner of the set, wrote the word "Zhang Ran" on the ground with a stone, then posed a fork, and cursed fiercely: "Dog Zhang Ran!"

At this moment, the extras around him made a lot of discussion. Li Song looked up and saw a beautiful girl with a graceful figure walking towards him. This was his former extra, named Sun Yuehong. Because of his good looks, he quickly made a special appointment and is now well-known in the extra circle. Li Song quickly smiled on his face: "Xiaohong, why are you here?"

Sun Yuehong looked at Li Song and smiled and said, "Brother Song, I am going to go to Lin'an Century Shadow Capital to develop. I have been cared for by you in the past two years, and now I am leaving. I must come over to say goodbye to you!"

When Li Song heard that Sun Yuehong was about to go to Lin'an, he couldn't help but say, "Xiaohong, are you crazy? You have made a special appointment, and you will become a real actor after another break! Why do you have to leave? In Lin'an, you are not familiar with the place, everything has to be started over again!"

Sun Yuehong shook her head gently: "So what about special appointments? Special appointments are no different from those who do odd jobs in the eyes of others. If you want to beat them, you will be beaten and scold them. Last time on the crew of "Gods and Demons", the deputy director asked us about the costumes and demons, and I said that the costumes were too exposed and could not be worn. The deputy director came over and slapped you, a bitch, pretending to be pure! You have to start from scratch when you go to Lin'an, but at least I won't be beaten anymore. At least someone will stand up for me when you are bullied! We are human beings, and we also have dignity!"

Sun Song stared at Sun Yuehong's words, Yes, extras are also human and have dignity! If there weren't any better choice, who would be willing to be so cowardly! After a while, he sighed and waved his hand and said, "You go! Now many film and television companies have moved to Lin'an. You are beautiful and can endure hardships, and you will have a chance!"

Within a week after the Actors Guild issued a ban order, tens of thousands of extras rushed from film and television bases across the country to the Yangtze River Delta. In front of the certificate application window of the Actors Guild in Century Film Capital, Hengdian, Chedun, Xiangshan and other film and television bases, there were long queues of extras waiting for the certificate application. What was surprising was that there were many well-known actors among the people waiting for registration. They were waiting in line as honestly as extras.

In the certificate application hall of Lin'an Century Film Capital Actors Guild, the reporter found the actor Li Binbin who was queuing up to register. So the reporter conducted a brief interview with Li Binbin: "You are a first-line star, why do you still want to join the Actors Guild?"

Li Binbin explained: "In the past two years, I have participated in some Hollywood movies and joined the American Actors Guild. I found that they have a very good protection for actors. There are many protective regulations in membership contracts. For example, when shooting scenes involving stunts, the set will be equipped with qualified medical staff and mobile nursing vehicles throughout the process. A few days ago, after the extras from the Industry Alliance Actors Guild were beaten, the guild issued a ban order, which gave me a sense of belonging and security. I feel that there is finally an organization in our country to protect actors! In this way, when things that damage our rights in the future, there will be a place to protect our rights!"

The reporter immediately asked: "Will big stars like you have any rights and interests be infringed?"

Li Binbin nodded and said, "Of course, there are, for example, many actors will encounter the problem of work timeout. I have had 12 bags of instant coffee and filming for 48 hours in a row. I was exhausted. I hope that the actors will help limit the actors' timeout work..."

After Li Binbing's interview, he quickly became a hot topic after he was published, and it also attracted more actors to enter the door of the actors' guild. Even Li Binbin joined the guild. What reason do we have to refuse?
Chapter completed!