On March 22, Hong Kong media broke the news that TVB veteran drama bone Liao Qizhi unfortunately suffered from cancer and had to stop all his work and be hospitalized immediately for treatment.
Everyone should be familiar with him, he has wonderful performances in movies such as "Infernal Affairs", "New Police Story", "Disciple" and so on.
In recent years, he has also insisted on being active on the screen, participating in films such as "Bomb Disposal Expert", "Over spring", and "Anti-Corruption Storm 4".
Therefore, many netizens left blessings in the comment area, hoping that he would recover as soon as possible and wishing him good health.
Sister Rice also saw another piece of news, Chen Jirong, who graduated from tvB's 20th artist training class, was once a TVB artist, but his acting career was mediocre and his income was very low.
Now, unfortunately, he suffers from lung cancer, and he does not even have the money to treat his illness, so he has no choice but to ask for help from all walks of life.
When Hong Kong artists learned about it, they generously donated money to help him fight the disease together.
Last month, Wu Mengda, who was very popular with the audience, also died of cancer.
The news is very sad, but also a little curious, which TVB stars have died of cancer?
01, TVB drama bones who died of cancer
In November last year, the news of the death of TVB actor Zeng Weiquan swept the screen, and some people may not be able to call his name, but they must be familiar with a role he has played.
Zeng Weiquan graduated from the last session of Li's TV artist training class, and in his early years, he starred in "Beacon Fire Love", "101 Arrest Order", and the protagonist "Zhuo Yihang" in "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch".
Later, in order to seek better development, he joined TVB, although he played a supporting role for 30 years, he was awarded the title of "Green Leaf King" for shaping countless classic images.
In Hong Kong dramas such as "Yang Guifei", "In Search of Qin", "List of Conferred Gods", "95 Supreme", "Peerless Good Father" and other Hong Kong dramas, he can be found, but he has been tepid.
In 2018, in TVB's annual blockbuster "Gong Xin Ji 2 Deep Palace Plan", Zeng Weiquan played princess Taiping's horse Wu Youji, who did not play much, but won a lot of attention with his brilliant performance.
He also participated in the TVB annual drama "Acts 3" broadcast in October 2020, in which he played a seriously ill policeman, who did not expect that he also suffered from lung cancer in reality.
At the beginning of 2020, after filming the TV series and learning that he had cancer, he emptied the social platform dynamics, quit the actor group, cut off contact with colleagues, and confirmed with TVB that he would not renew his contract.
Unmarried and childless in his lifetime, he wrote a will, asking for no spiritual hall, low-key burial, and handed over the inheritance to Gu Tianle to build a Hope Primary School in the mainland.
After that, he actively received treatment, but still could not beat the disease, and died on November 12, 2020, at the age of 58.
It is a pity that such a warm and kind person died after suffering from illness.
And TVB has many like him, before the age of flower nails, unfortunately died of cancer.
Actor Kwong Sa-fai graduated from the TVB Artist Training Class in 1978, and then joined TVB, where he has long served as the host of women's programs (leisure programs) and often guest appearances as doctors, judges, lawyers and other professionals in major Hong Kong dramas.
However, his most well-known role is Yin Zhiping played in Chen Yulian and Andy Lau's version of "Eagle Hero".
In 2014, at the age of 58, he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and he had just been married to his wife, who was 19 years younger than himself, for six months.
His wife accompanied him to take care of him, did everything she could to treat him, and hoped that after his recovery, they would both travel and make up for their honeymoon and wedding photos.
Kwong Zuohui was very grateful to his wife, believing that it was his blessing to meet the other party, actively cooperating with the treatment, and gradually improving.
Unfortunately, just a few months later, he was diagnosed with a recurrence of the cancer, which quickly spread to the organs of the whole body, and eventually, at the age of 59, he died in late 2015.
Lee Shau Kee, known as one of the "Four Evil Men of Hong Kong's Showbiz Industry", also died of cancer.
Originally from the underworld, he has played the big brother of the underworld many times in Stephen Chow's movies "God Eater" and "King of Comedy".
And his most classic role is the "Kigo" in the movie of Gu Qiuzai, which left a deep impression on the audience.
He suffered a stroke in 2015, developed liver cancer in 2018, and was hospitalized to remove liver tumors.
During the illness, his girlfriend outside the circle who has been in contact with him for many years has been taking good care of him, and in early 2019, after his condition was stable, the two registered for marriage, and unexpectedly, only 4 months later, he died of liver cancer spread at the age of 69.
In addition to these well-rooted supporting actors, there are many outstanding actresses who have also suffered from cancer, such as Leung Shun-yan, who is known as "Hong Kong TV Lady".
Ms. Leung Shun Yan, who was a salesperson in a department store when she was young, approached Lai's TV station with the encouragement of her husband, becoming one of the first actresses in Hong Kong to participate in television performances.
She has starred in hundreds of film and television works in her lifetime, including "Storm of Hearts", "Magic Hands and Benevolent Hearts", "True Feelings" and other works that are familiar to the audience.
Although she does not play many roles in each play, she can always attract the attention of the audience with her unique temperament and superb acting skills.
In particular, Liang Shangyan, the "superior person" in the TV series "True Feelings", is the most deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the audiences in the streets and alleys call her "superior people".
After that, she often starred in Hong Kong dramas such as rich people, nobles, rich families and rich people, and her graceful and luxurious image was very consistent with her own temperament.
Liang Shunyan is very passionate about acting, and in her later years she was still active on the screen, shooting 3-4 works a year.
In May 2019, she finished her last work, Chinatown.
At that time, she had been diagnosed with cancer and was in poor physical condition, but she still worked hard, and the actors in the same crew could not even see that she was seriously ill.
In June 2019, Liang Shunyan also went to participate in the promotional activities of the TV series "Good Day", and her son also told the media that her body was no longer in serious trouble.
But two months later, she was taken away by the disease at the age of 90.
Also often shown as a "noblewoman" in TVB dramas is an actor named Ma Jingyi.
She was the winner of TVB's inaugural Miss Bodybuilder, and played Aju and Azi's mother-in-law, Ruan Xingzhu, in the 1997 version of "Tianlong Babu", and became famous for this role and gained some attention in the mainland.
After that, she participated in "Giant", "Heaven and Earth Boy", "Laughing at the Wind and Clouds", "Difficult Brother" and other works.
She is a noble and powerful rich woman in the play, and she is also a well-bred rich family outside the play, but she does not have any big miss shelf, always smiles in front of the camera, and the actors who have worked with her also praise her, saying that she is very good at taking care of colleagues and friends.
In recent years, Ma Jingyi has hardly stopped filming, and it was not until 2017 that she heard the news again, but it was the bad news of her death due to cancer, at the age of 64.
And in the same year as her died of cancer, there is also the 83rd edition of "Divine Eagle Hero" "Huang Rong" Ouyang Peishan.
When Ouyang Peishan joined TVB, she was not outstanding in Zheng Yuling, Zhao Yazhi, Wang Mingquan and other Hua Dan, and always failed to be the heroine.
However, when she played a supporting role in "Chu Liuxiang", "Man in the Net" and "Shanghai Beach", she looked amazing, her acting skills were outstanding, and she also made her shine.
For mainland audiences, her most well-known and popular role is "middle-aged Huang Rong", and the popularity of this role has also pushed her career to the peak.
Her husband, Guo Feng, is also a veteran actor, and the two have been married for 40 years without children, but their relationship has always been very good.
In 2017, at the age of 63, she developed lung adenocarcinoma, and it was only 3 months from the onset of illness to her death, which was really regrettable.
Coincidentally, Liao Lili, a TVB actress who starred in the 1995 version of "Condor Heroes", also died of illness in the same year.
Liao Lili is an old drama bone that is very familiar to the audience, has starred in nearly 100 works, and is the "three sisters and six wives" used by TVB.
She is well known as "Sun Buji" in "Divine Eagle Hero", and has since repeatedly starred in roles such as Loving Mother, Kuo Tai, Seven Great Aunts and Eight Great Aunts, which makes the audience very kind.
"Everyone is Happy", "Magic Hand Benevolent Heart 3", "The Great Eunuch", "Golden Branch Desire" and other works, there are her wonderful performances.
Because of the good audience and many works, "Sunday Good Drama King" once awarded her the "Alternative Good Drama King - Loving Mother Award".
In 2011, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and soon after recovering from treatment, she unfortunately suffered from tongue cancer, and her tongue was cut off in half, making it very difficult to eat.
In 2017, she died of tongue cancer at the age of 70, but she has been fighting against the disease for five or six years before her death, and she has endured the pain of illness to shoot scenes, which is admirable.
02, high-intensity, low-income industry strange phenomenon
Life, old age, illness and death are the norm in the world, and time never stays for anyone.
Those old drama bones that are loved by the audience will eventually become the memories in the hearts of countless people.
However, I don't know if you have found that the proportion of TVB artists dying of cancer is getting higher and higher, and the age of illness is getting lower and lower.
Wang Mingquan Luo Jiaying had both suffered from cancer and survived easily; and Chen Jirong, mentioned at the beginning, was almost dragged down by cancer at the age of 37.
From this point of view, the health of Hong Kong artists may have something to do with TVB's harshness and oppression.
Hu Xing'er, who went out of the circle in the mainland with her acting skills, once described the former owner TVB as like a "Shaolin Temple", and everyone was working hard step by step.
When she first entered TVB, she had almost no rest time, and once shot twenty hours a day for a week, and when she came home, she could only sleep for 10 minutes, and she was so tired that she was dizzy.
Sometimes she was so rushed that she couldn't even go home, so she slept in a small room in the TV station that was rumored to be a "haunted house", so tired that she didn't have the energy to be afraid.
She Shiman also said in an interview: "When I filmed "Fire Dance Yellow Sand", I didn't even have time to take a shower, let alone sleep, and when I was filming, I didn't even think about sleeping enough, and I was already thankful that I could sleep for three or four hours. ”
At her busiest time, she did not sleep for 90 hours of filming, and her body was seriously overdrawn.
Wu Zhuoxi, one of the "TVB Five Tigers", once said in an interview that when filming costume plays, he had to get up at 4 or 5 a.m. every day to put on makeup, and arrived at the shooting site before the crew started work, "hanging Weiya as soon as he arrived, hanging from morning to night."
When Hu Dingxin was filming "Palace Heart", there was a scene that needed to fall from a tree, which was obviously a long-range shot, but she still had to fight herself, falling again and again.
Su Yuhua, who has starred in dramas such as "Rushing to the Clouds", "Criminal Investigation Files", and "Splendid Good Fortune", once said bluntly after leaving TVB: "Joining TVB is the most painful stage in life. ”
She confessed that every time she filmed, she would shoot until it was dark, she had been arranged to shoot three dramas at the same time, there was no time to sleep at all, and once there were many announcements, but the top asked her to complete, and she had to cry while working.
In addition to the heavy workload, bitter and tired, artists are constantly exploited, such as signing artists to go out to shoot, TVB's commission is at least 50%.
And when the artists stay up until they are older, they will not only continue to shoot all night, but also reduce their income, and even a normal life cannot be maintained.
Veteran actor Liu Jiang was in his early 30s, he had a stroke due to the upside-down work day and night, almost became half-dead, and after the rescue, he continued to shoot diligently for more than 30 years.
Unexpectedly, TVB saw that he was old and cut his salary sharply, from the original monthly income of more than 60,000 to about 7500 yuan per month.
Yu Ziming, a 70-year-old TVB gold medal "green leaf", is unwell and has to shoot all night, TVB also reduced his announcements, and his income plummeted from more than 10,000 monthly salary to more than 1,000 yuan per year.
The life of well-known artists is not good, Wu Qihua once complained that his monthly income was only 6,000 yuan when he was on TVB, but the rent at that time was three or four thousand.
There are also many artists who have to work part-time to deliver couriers, deliver takeaways, and work as decoration workers to earn money to support their families.
At this year's TVB celebration, Wang Mingquan couldn't help but stand up for the artists, "Is it okay to give us a little extra salary?" ”
When they were young, they were overdrawn, and when they were old and helpless, it is no wonder that many TVB artists chose to turn to the mainland market or find another way to make a living.
03. Conclusion
In fact, it is not easy to be a good actor, shooting scenes day and night, personally playing various dangerous scenes, and so on.
It is not easy to be an actor in TVB, working hard to fight for his life, and finally can only end up with a cup of water and a body injury.
Although it is not recommended that celebrities have too high incomes, like most TVB artists, even the basic life cannot be guaranteed, which is too regrettable.
I hope that future TVB artists can get more respect from the company, and they must also know how to put physical health first.
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Author: Asagiri
Editor-in-charge: Zeria