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used to be handsome men and beautiful women in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, and any TVB drama is Zhang Weijian, Tony Leung as the match, Andy Lau , Chow Yun-fat as the main beams.
Now the decline of the Hong Kong circle has also made many Hong Kong stars become a disaster for pond fish.
"Sister Ten Excellent Hong Kong" has become a commercial white-collar worker, selling insurance, making fish balls, and even the once popular student has become a gas station brother.
The most surprising thing is that the former TVB best supporting actress has also become a senior masseuse.
Chen Huishan: A Kochi woman who went from inside the play to outside the play, turned into an English teacher to pay off her husband's debts
On March 8, 2023, a video of TVB actress Chen Huishan's recent situation went viral on the Internet.
Who would have thought that the shrewd and capable "master Hua Dan" in TVB has now become a senior lecturer in the education industry.
Chen Huishan, who rarely appears in the video, sometimes uses Mandarin and sometimes English, fluent pronunciation, and extraordinary temperament, which makes people feel full of aura.
In fact, the reason why Chen Huilin has today's choice is also forced by the situation.
As a returnee elite who graduated from the Department of Communication of Boston College in the United States, she became a high-profile news anchor on TVB at the beginning of her career.
It is this unique intellectual temperament that attracted the attention of the well-known TVB director Zheng Texi and helped her transform into an artist;
The role of "Forensic Doctor Nie Baoyan" created by her is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has become a model for professional women in the minds of many audiences.
In just a few years, Chen Huishan has become one of the "Four Flowers of TVB" on a par with Xuan Xuan, Chen Huishan, and Guo Keying.
At the peak of her career, she met TVB, which was in full swing, and she was in the limelight for a while.
However, a twist of fate crept in.
In 2012, Chen Huishan's husband Zhong Jiahong's company went bankrupt, and the couple fell into debt.
Faced with questions from the media, she chose to face it calmly and said that she would tide over the difficulties with her husband.
After this turmoil, she also tried to re-film;
However, the years have passed, and in the entertainment industry where only the newcomers laugh and the old people cry, how can there be a lot of opportunities waiting for her.
In the past few years, Chen Huishan, who has been almost forgotten, has returned to people's attention in an unexpected way.
She is no longer a shining star on the screen, but a special lecturer at Shenzhen Youth English Education Institute.
In order to improve her major, she also studied for a master's degree and a doctorate in English at the University of Hong Kong.
As a Kochi woman, she finally chose to take education as her own responsibility, which is just a return to the right track for her;
And the ups and downs of TVB in those years are like a dream.
Jiang Hua: The onset of depression was unbearable, and I felt very down-to-earth when I changed careers to sell insurance
Jiang Hua was the only actor in TVB who could be equal to Andy Lau in terms of appearance.
Jianghu, known as the killer of "Grandma", has just become a popular first-line student on TVB for half a day, and has set many Hong Kong TV ratings records.
The TVB version of "Journey to the West" let everyone see the most handsome Tang Sanzang in history, and the time travel drama "Ninety-Five Honor" has the peak of the emperor Ama in history.
With a number of classic film and television dramas, he won the "Thousands of Stars Award Ceremony" My Favorite TV Character Award in one fell swoop.
Filming brought him fame and fortune, as well as love.
"I Wish People Were Long" met Mai Jiewen, and "I Have a Promise with Spring" met Deng Cuiwen,
He loves vigorously and vigorously, from being obsessed with the play to being obsessed outside the play.
However, in 2006, the onset of depression forced him to leave the entertainment industry and choose to recuperate at home.
During this period of silence, Jiang Hua focused on meditation and worshipping the Buddha, and even considered becoming a monk at one point.
The illness caused him to re-examine his life, and gradually, he let go of his baggage and decided to try a new career field.
However, when he appeared in the public eye again, he generously said that he was selling insurance.
"The advantage of running insurance is that the time is more flexible, and it can also be combined with acting in the future. ”
Like other salesmen, he was so busy that he went through the initial training, Xi, and exams.
Now he has to actively run his connections, and he is very happy when he meets a fan who tells him that he wants to buy insurance.
Even if I can't get the recognition of the team and fans, I feel very down-to-earth.
Aiwei: The gas station waiter didn't have to work hard for filming
Nowadays, most young viewers know Ai Wei in the divorce variety show "Goodbye Lover 2".
What makes people talk about is the love and killing of him and his wife Chen Meiling (Lisa).
After 18 years of ups and downs, he once sold his wealth to treat his wife, but chose to divorce at the age of 60.
is different from many Hong Kong stars who have become popular, just mentioning the name Ai Wei, few people remember who he is.
But seeing a series of classic supporting roles such as lawyer Zhao Wenji in "The Golden Years".
Many viewers will find him so familiar.
As TVB's golden "green leaf", now in order to make a living, he will go to work at a gas station after filming.
Aiwei's job at the gas station involves cleaning windows, filling up gas, and pumping tires.
Ai Wei's set of actions was done in one go.
No one would have thought that such a skilled gas station waiter was also a well-known actor in Hong Kong.
He said of the job:
"The gas station attendant is actually very simple, not hard. As actors, sometimes we wear a full set of costumes to shoot exterior scenes, which is more difficult. Then I have to shoot action scenes, and I will pant for breath after a few minutes. ”
The actors in those years were all really good, they would be dedicated, able to endure hardships, and it was nothing to be a gas station worker.
It is with such a tenacity and peace of mind that he faces life.
Guan Cong: took off the halo of the second generation of stars, and had no choice but to set up a stall to sell fish balls
On October 16, 2023, Hong Kong media disclosed Guan Cong's latest developments.
Now over 69 years old, he actually set up a stall on the street to sell home-made scallop sauce, so many passers-by sighed.
In the photo, Guan Cong is wearing a white shirt, thin but energetic.
He faced the camera calmly and calmly, and gave a thumbs up to the camera. A portable table next to him is filled with a variety of homemade sauces.
Even if some people ridiculed him for frying cold rice and relying on his previous fame to pull business, but in such a depressed situation, his spirit of self-reliance is still respectable.
Many people are not familiar with Guan Cong, but when it comes to his father, most of the audience suddenly understands.
His father is Guan Haishan, a well-known veteran actor in the Hong Kong circle, and is respectfully called "Uncle Shrimp" by industry insiders.
In the early days, he was also brought into the industry by his father, and he was the first student of Guan Haishan's wireless artist training class.
During the same period, there were Xu Shaoxiong, Guo Feng, Chen Meiqi and others.
and successively starred in "The Head of the Family", "Da Jiangdong Go", "Tycoon", "Chu Liuxiang" and "Heaven and Dragon Slayer".
However, it does not mean that Guan Cong's acting career is smooth.
His father's legendary experience is more like a magnificent story, but it does not cast a brilliant light on his life.
His life can be regarded as a "legend" in another sense.
Guan Cong, who was born in Guangzhou, was smuggled in Hong Kong when he first arrived.
In the early years, Guan Cong was well-known to the audience because he couldn't get the role of "Wei Guangzheng" in the TV series, but because he played the villain. His life has also been full of ups and downs, and he has been involved in financial cases, and eventually went to prison for it.
Now that Guan Cong people have settled in Taiwan, they have also been hit one after another.
When his father died, he fought for the inheritance and did the sauce business, but he encountered the epidemic, and as the boss, he had no choice but to distribute leaflets on the street.
In the interview, he revealed that he was defrauded of 20 million Taiwan dollars (5 million yuan), and he was so depressed that he set up a stall to sell fish balls, which is embarrassing.
Chen Siqi: The baby-faced Hong Kong sister changed her career to become a masseuse
Miss Hong Kong 2000, Chen Siqi, who has both a baby-faced pure appearance and a slender and slender figure, has attracted much attention.
Although she did not get a good place, she won the attention of the champion and runner-up.
Soon after, he entered the circle and filmed a series of works.
However, her innocent and childlike face is a double-edged sword for her, on the one hand, it has brought good audience popularity, but on the other hand, it has limited her acting path.
is the same as Zhao Liying before "The Legend of Lu Zhen", she can only spin in the roles of maids, sisters and other roles, as if she will never have a chance to get the heroine.
And Zhao Liying was finally lucky to usher in the transformation after many years of hibernation, but Chen Siqi did not have this opportunity.
Her acting career has never been able to go further.
Later, at the age of 40, even though she still had good looks and figure, she took off her halo and faded into the entertainment industry.
However, the industry she later engaged in made almost everyone unexpected, and some people even had a disdainful attitude towards her.
Chen Siqi, who retired from the film and television industry, has already become an aromatherapy masseuse, and he really has nothing to do with glamorous artists.
However, she said that only female customers are accepted.
Mak Mingshi: The champion of Miss Hong Kong changed her career to become a white-collar worker, and she deeply felt that it was not easy to work as a worker
If Chen Siqi's advantage in the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant is just a pure style, Mai Mingshi is a real bright and moving Miss Hong Kong champion.
She was the winner of Miss Hong Kong 2015 and the double winner of the Miss Photogenic Award.
The appearance is good, down-to-earth and generous, and the sweet smile is reflected in the minds of many people.
Recently, she was photographed eating instant noodles without makeup, while still busy with work, showing fatigue.
is completely different from her glamorous image in the past, and has become an ordinary worker.
Such a gap makes it difficult for people to associate her with the Hong Kong sister champion of the year.
However, it would be a mistake to define Mai Mingshi by appearance and think that she is a "vase".
In addition to being a Hong Kong sister, she is also a Cambridge scholar.
She has studied ballet since childhood Xi has an outstanding temperament, studied law Xi Cambridge, and is a proper beauty "elite".
Participating in the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant and filming on TVB may be a good opportunity for others to change their fate and become popular.
For Mak Mingshi, who is already excellent, it is just more of a life experience when she is young.
Now, she has chosen to return to the ranks of white-collar workers and become a business consultant.
Seeing that the goddess of childhood became a white-collar worker was also busy and haggard, which resonated with many migrant workers.
This kind of life under the halo that is completely different from her once brilliant conveys a sense of realism in the life of a migrant worker, but it is more down-to-earth.
epilogue
Looking at these TVB artists who have transformed, netizens have sighed: The Hong Kong circle with many talents is really rolling, and even if they change careers, they have also rolled up new tricks.
Those who have academic qualifications and knowledge to support them become teachers and white-collar workers, working hard but not losing their dignity;
And those who enter the industry early and lack knowledge can also put down their bodies and devote themselves to the service industry, selling insurance, setting up stalls, and massages can be done in a down-to-earth manner.
Their transformation is not only a change in the trajectory of their lives, but also a reflection of the current situation of the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry.
TVB's scenery is no longer gradually declining, and the transformation of artists in the Hong Kong circle is understandable.
After all, success is not something that can only be seen on the stage or screen, but every moment of hard work and struggle in ordinary life.
What is commendable is that these demobilized artists can support themselves with their hands with an attitude of no high or low profession.
People who choose the direction of their life and career deserve to be respected.