The movie "The God on the Roof", produced by Hou Hsiao-hsien, has a cast including Ariel Ariel Lin, Yi Min Zhou, Ethan Ruan, and Chang Hsiao-chuan. It was only shortlisted for the Venice Market Exhibition in July, but recently a controversy over unpaid wages broke out.

reporter Xiao Caiwei/Taipei report

The movie "The God on the Roof" (tentative title) is produced by Hou Hsiao-hsien . The cast includes Ariel Lin , Zhou Yimin , Ethan Ruan , Chang Hsiao-chuen , July Cai Fengguang was shortlisted for the Venice Market Exhibition, but recently a controversy over wage arrears broke out. The film invited well-known "miniature model artist" Zheng Hongzhan to make models of scenes such as Chiayi Station, but 35% is still unpaid. Zheng Hongzhan said helplessly: "The producer called directly and said that the director said he was not in the mood to see us."

▲Art master Huang Wenying served as director for the first time, filming the feature film "Xuan Tian God on the Roof." (Photo/Provided by Jia Shang Entertainment)

"Xuantian God on the Roof" is the directorial debut of Huang Wenying, who has served as the film art director of "Assassin Nie Yinniang" and "Millennium Mambo". Huang Wenying's hometown, Chiayi It is also the main scene of the movie. When Zheng Hongzhan was interviewed by the reporter of "ETtoday Starlight Cloud", he said that when the crew took the initiative to ask him to cooperate, "I didn't ask them to do it, but now they don't pay."

Zheng Hongzhan returned to the original story. He didn't want to take the job at the time, but Because the crew begged hard, a team of eight people was finally assembled to produce the film, working 12 hours a day for three months. The original contract stated that production would begin after receiving a 50% deposit, 40% would be paid after acceptance, and the final 10% would be paid after the work was taken away.

▲Art master Huang Wenying served as director for the first time, filming the feature film "Xuantian God on the Roof of the Car". (Photo / Provided by Jia Shang Entertainment)

The original 50% deposit was successfully obtained. After the model was completed, Hollywood producers came to see it, "Foreigners kept saying 'good! good! good!' I didn't know this It didn’t count as acceptance, but they took the model away afterwards,” Zheng Hongzhan said. According to the contract, you have to pay 40% before you can take away the model. "But this is where I'm stupid. I wanted to say that it's okay if the delay is a few days, but I asked them to pay the remaining 50%, but they kept pushing back."

▲Well-known "miniature artist" Zheng Hongzhan sued the movie "The God of Xuantian on the Roof" for unpaid wages. (Picture/reproduced from Facebook )

The money that was supposed to be received at the end of April has never been found. Zheng Hongzhan even said that during this period, the producer came to talk to him, but he kept finding trouble with the work, including "the proportion is wrong." ”, “The director felt it felt wrong”, “It was not like the Chiayi Station in the director’s memory, and he would have to look for CG and scenery to enhance it later.” Zheng Hongzhan said: "If the proportion is wrong, use a ruler to measure it. What they said is that I asked them to increase their budget."

▲Huang Wenying used to be Hou Hsiao-hsien's royal art master. (Photo/Provided by Jia Shang Entertainment)

In the end, the crew of "The God of Xuantian on the Roof" proposed to pay 15% after estimating the extra shooting budget on June 15, but the final 35% balance has not yet been accounted for. Zheng Hongzhan said helplessly: "How could they have the money to set up the scene? They came to me because they wanted to save money." He even admitted that the crew directly stated that they had no funds at the moment, and it was not until yesterday that the producer left a message, "Anyway, if there is money, we will give it to you." .

▲Zheng Hongzhan sued the movie "Xuantian God on the Roof" for unpaid wages. (Picture/reproduced from Facebook)

Zheng Hongzhan decided to take legal measures to protect his rights and interests, but he was unwilling to disclose the specific amount of money he was owed. The Taipei Film Commission, which invested in the film, said: "We are currently understanding it." The film company Jiashang Entertainment, which is responsible for the distribution, said: "Jiashang Entertainment is responsible for the distribution of the film. The production of this film is Sanshi Multimedia. We will wait until we have a clear understanding of the situation and Sanshi Multimedia’s clarification and response before making a reply."