Feng Subo, a veteran Hong Kong actor who has worked for TVB for decades, recently announced his departure from Tseung Kwan O TV City, and also said that TVB cannot provide employees with pensions, and the existing system is not suitable for elderly artists, which has aroused widespread interpretation from the outside world. On the 7th, some Hong Kong entertainment media published a new interview article, which explained the reason for leaving the nest and expressed dissatisfaction with some high-level executives.
Feng Subo told reporters that he had adapted to the new situation of TVB many years ago and signed a "one show a year" contract, so after completing the agreed work, he wanted to work freely outside to shoot drama films, and every time he reported and applied to the company in advance in accordance with the terms, but how did he know that the pass rate was not high, especially when he wanted to shoot for another TV station ViuTV, he would encounter huge obstacles almost every time.
"The company has never had clear restrictions, it hasn't told you what you can't do and what you can't do, but if you want to stay in the company, you have to respect them. They always say that if you want to shoot outside, you just need to apply to the company, but most of the time they don't approve it, because they want to guarantee the ratings!" Feng said.
The reporter was surprised by this and asked how he could take the opportunity to stop the contract from being free when the terms of the contract clearly stipulated that the completion of the working hours would be free. Feng Subo explained that TVB has its own evaluation strategy, if it is to make a movie, or to shoot a co-production drama, foreign drama, the application approval rate is very high, but if you want to shoot for ViuTV and other Hong Kong TV stations, it will put forward various conditions, such as asking to know the broadcast time, try to avoid the two TV dramas that you participate in at the same time, etc.
But if there are such regulations, why can the TVB drama "Super Messenger" and the ViuTV drama "Rope Horn" in which she participated two years ago be broadcast at the same time? In the face of a reporter's inquiry, Feng Subo gave an answer: "It was not TVB that let me participate." Because I had already completed the show stipulated in the contract when I was filming "Rope Horn", TVB's work had been completed, and I had filmed more than a dozen shows. ”
In addition, in order to participate in this ViuTV series, Feng Subo also encountered a lot of difficulties. According to her, she applied to TVB for filming as soon as she got the invitation, and the person in charge of the artist department (suspected to refer to Le Yiling) said that he would not stop the filming, and only emphasized that he would report to the company after signing the contract with the ViuTV crew, but then there were some difficulties, and the two sides had friction.
"Of course there are unhappy things happening. She asked me why I didn't say it earlier, but I once asked if I could shoot it, and she said yes, so I went to negotiate the contract. I didn't get the script, I didn't implement it, I didn't sign the contract, and of course I couldn't go back and report that I would shoot. Feng Subo complained.
Feng Subo emphasized that the crew was very sincere, it only took one day to confirm the signing, the script had been obtained, and ViuTV handed over the drama to a third party for filming, and he only indirectly shot for ViuTV. On the contrary, TVB's senior management repeatedly made it difficult for them, and even later suppressed them for an excuse to reduce their workload, making their experience very unpleasant.
"If you tell me to notify, I'll notify! If you make it clear that you won't approve it, I won't contact them at all. It's a kind of gray area. In fact, a lot of the filming work of the current TV station has been outsourced, can't I do all of it? After that, the company gave me less and less work, or even didn't do anything at all. ”
Of course, Feng Subo also emphasized that he did not have an opinion on TVB, the relationship between the two sides was still very good, and it was only the person in charge of the artist department who made him feel unhappy. "I seem to have angered her a little, angered a person in the artist's department. I didn't anger the company, so she used Shaw's power to punish me vigorously. She said.
In the end, this incident prompted Feng Subo to make up her mind to leave the nest so that she could take over the filming work freely in the future, but she was not averse to continuing to cooperate with TVB, and said that if there was a suitable invitation in the future, she would gladly agree.
In fact, it is a huge step forward for TVB to allow "one sow" contract artists to shoot for other TV stations, and I believe that ViuTV may not allow its own artists to follow suit, and it is a routine procedure to apply to the company for registration, and it is normal for the company to minimize the broadcast collision after understanding the schedule.
The editor believes that TVB is not deliberately making things difficult for Feng Subo, and does not think that the participation of a green leaf actor who is close to old age will affect the ratings of his Jade Channel, but there is just a problem in the communication process. Some TV stations especially want to use the old TVB actors who participate in the show to hype and attack, and some senior executives in TV City are too sensitive to this, which hurts the heart of an old actor, and I hope to deal with it more properly in the future.