Entering March 2022, it can be said that everything is recovering and full of vitality, but the film and television industry still seems to be in a cold winter, causing a depression and recession, which is called "film and television winter". This is the case for the mainland film and television industry, and the situation of Hong Kong TVB is not optimistic.
On March 24, Hong Kong TVB officially announced layoffs, causing heated discussions among netizens!
On the 24th, TVB Executive Chairman Xu Tao sent a letter to employees, announcing that he would introduce an optimized cost and resource management plan, and about 5% of employees would be laid off in terms of human resources. The aim is to save 260 million yuan this year.
It is reported that TVB has a total of 3,907 full-time employees, including contract artists and staff of overseas subsidiaries, but excluding directors and freelance staff. At 5% layoffs, about 200 employees will be laid off.
In addition, TVB will also strictly control expenses such as rent and outsourcing work, and face the baptism of the film and television industry in the new era.
Hong Kong Entertainment Records said that the Hong Kong Artists Association, chaired by Koo Tianle, had more than 600 stars unemployed. Now coupled with TVB's layoffs, it is even worse, its artists can't even keep the base salary of 2,000 yuan, and the prospects are worrying.
Although I have long known that TVB artists have low salaries and salaries and business abilities cannot be directly proportional, netizens are still embarrassed to see an actor's basic salary of less than 2,000 yuan. But Yuji then broke the news that other first-line artists were not having a good time.
TVB's artist director Le Yiling once said in court that an artist of She's level who attends the ribbon-cutting event is paid about 20,000 Hong Kong dollars. But for the sake of face, they and the reporter revealed that they received 100,000 yuan.
With She Shiman's popularity and coffee position, she is definitely a first-line artist of TVB, and their income is so meager that other ordinary artists can imagine.
However, although these artists have a meager income, they have a job, and some of them can't find a job at the emperor level, and they can't return if they want to return. Hong Kong Entertainment revealed that there were 2 TV emperors who left TVB, and now they want to come back but are rejected.
Entertainment records said that Luo Jialiang and Wu Qihua, two TV emperors, revealed their thoughts of returning to TVB during the Spring Festival in 2023, but they were unsuccessful.
Luo Jialiang, who was born in 62, is 60 years old this year, and although he has faded out of the film and television industry now, Luo Jialiang also had a period of turmoil in TVB when he was young.
Luo Jialiang entered the industry in 1984 by participating in the TVB Rookie Singing Competition, joined TVB 2 years later, and then became popular with Yang Kang in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and Xu Jiali in "Heaven and Earth Boy". Since then, Luo Jialiang's "Hard Brothers", "Pride of Heaven and Earth" and "Golden Years" have won the Best Actor Award at the TVB Thousands of Stars Awards Ceremony three times, and he is the first TVB artist to win this award three times, and his status is self-evident.
Now Luo Jialiang has signed a contract with Huayi brothers Liu Na Studio, although there are no scenes to film, but there are only a few dramas a year and they are all insignificant supporting roles, which is obviously not the same as back then.
Looking at Luo Jialiang's last work, he still played a role in the "Qianhai" unit of the TV series "Our Decade" in 2022, which is little known.
Now Luo Jialiang can only rely on some small business subsidies to supplement the family, but he has two families to support, his son is still in college, with today's exposure is obviously not good, this wants to return to TVB, but unfortunately TVB itself is difficult to protect, has long lost his place.
The situation of Wu Qihua, another emperor, is also not optimistic.
When he was young, Wu Qihua also starred in many TV series and won the title of Emperor of Vision. But now there are few works, and his income is worrying, and he can only make money by walking holes.
In 2014, Wu Qihua divorced Shi Yangzi, and the custody of his daughter Wu Xier belonged to Wu Qihua. In order to raise his underage daughter, Wu Qihua naturally had to make money desperately.
As far as Luo Jialiang and Wu Qihua are concerned, Wan Ziliang's situation is no better.
Yuji revealed that Wan Ziliang, who is now living on the street, is willing to sing everywhere for 10,000 yuan. No one is willing to withdraw, but unfortunately the monks have more meat and less meat, so they can only reduce their own value and rely on their own abilities.
It is said that actors and amateurs have walls, but it is not easy in all walks of life, only by relying on strength to speak, can we go long!