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In TVB, Hong Kong's largest star-making dream factory, more than 50 years have produced too many excellent TV people. There are also many impressive expatriate faces, and Bu Weijie, now 49, is one of them.
In 2018, after Bu Weijie's contract with TVB expired, he actively jumped out of the comfort zone. Chose not to renew the contract with the old owner, left the TVB that has been in service for 11 years, and went out to develop.
However, in the fiery show business circle, there are not enough connections, backgrounds, and age has no advantages, and it can be said that it is a difficult thing to make a breakthrough.
Recently, Bu Weijie appeared at the scene of an event, and in an interview with the media, it was also rare to reveal the development of the past three years after he left TVB.
Probably in order to pursue his acting dreams, after leaving TVB that year, Bu Weijie once went to Hollywood in the United States to develop. However, the reality is quite cruel, and it has not been able to gain a firm foothold abroad, and can only return to China to develop in ashes.
In addition, since last year, due to the influence of the external situation, almost all acting careers have been hit hard. Such a blow may only be short-lived for many first-line and well-known artists. But for an artist like Bu Weijie, the situation is really difficult.
In an interview, Bu Weijie mentioned his development in the past three years, although slightly embarrassed, he was still quite frank in front of the camera.
According to him, he has always adhered to the principle of how much to earn and how much to spend, so he has hardly saved up for so many years. Due to the influence of the external situation, he could not receive any work in the first half of last year, and his income was naturally zero, so he could not pay the rent at the most difficult time, and could only borrow his friend's money to rent a house and receive his friend's money to eat.
Later, as the external situation slowly improved, Bu Weijie's acting work also improved to a certain extent, but he was never able to reach the previous income.
Coincidentally, his friend recently opened an art center in Hong Kong, and he was invited by a friend to work as an English teacher at the art center. At present, Bu Weijie has been an English teacher for a while, and for him in a desperate situation, the current profession is also a comfort.
Bu Weijie came to live in Hong Kong in the mid-1990s, and before coming to Hong Kong, he was known to be a very promising engineer with an annual salary of more than one million. But since he was a child, he had dreams of becoming an actor, so he resolutely gave up his high-paying job and came to Hong Kong alone.
At that time, the Hong Kong showbiz circle was also in the most golden age, so Bu Weijie also chose to stay in Hong Kong and settle down.
Probably since 2000, Bu Weijie has frequently appeared on the screen of Hong Kong dramas, and it was not until the 2007 TVB situation drama "Colleagues and Three Points" that the audience really remembered the foreign actor who was as tall as 1.86 meters.
In the play, the role of Wei Yi, he played quite a lot of scenes, and can be regarded as one of the protagonists of the series. And that year, he also officially signed a contract with TVB and became a contract artist in the station.
However, the dream is full, but the reality is the backbone. At TVB, Bu Weijie did not get a good development, most of the time in the series of cameos, over the years became TVB's gold medal foreign green leaf.
Low salary, acting work has not broken through, I believe this is also the most important factor that Bu Weijie decisively chose to leave the nest.
I don't know that Bu Weijie, who is 49 years old this year, is looking back, the engineer who gave up his million annual salary did not do it, chose to come to Hong Kong as an actor, but did not make a good breakthrough, and now he will not have a trace of regret.