When it comes to the classic lines in Hong Kong works, this sentence "The most important thing is to be a person, the most important thing is to be happy" is one of them.
The Hong Kong entertainment industry, which once guided the direction of domestic entertainment, has long been much worse than before, and many actors have difficulty maintaining their livelihoods by relying on their meager income.
Unlike Chen Xiaochun Ying Cai'er, Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Yuen Wing Yi and Wang Zulan, these star artists who transferred their careers to the mainland early, many Hong Kong film and television actors have chosen to change careers early.
Switching careers for the sake of subsistence
Actress Yang Qi, who was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2004 for the movie "20 30 40", turned into a college student Ann. However, she did not plan to do it all the time, and recently she received a job in stage drama, and she temporarily left the university where she worked for a year.
Huang Junfeng, who has starred in film and television dramas such as "Sweeping Drugs", "Infernal Affairs", and "Beijing Meets Seattle's Love Letter", initially did part-time teaching boxing in the fitness center, and later after the business of the boxing gym was dismal, he also went to the restaurant to work part-time as a waiter. For him, it was a steady job with a steady income.
TVB's artist Wu Weile, because of the impact of the industry, did not have any opportunity to perform, so he began to change his career to be a bus captain to make a living.
Cha Paul, a famous TVB actor and golden supporting actor, has now switched to working as a supervisor in the wet market. He has a very rich acting experience, and in 2019, he was nominated for the Best Actor at the 21st Taipei Film Festival for the movie "The Old Man and the Dog".
Switch to insurance
The insurance industry is the first choice for many Hong Kong artists to change careers. Dai Zhiwei, who played Zhao Zhijing in Gu Tianle's version of "Divine Eagle Man", has devoted himself to the insurance industry in 1999, selling insurance while filming to support his family, and has now become a district manager.
The speeches that impressed the audience in "Journey to the West" and "Searching for Qin" also chose to change careers to insurance in 2015, and he generously admitted that doing insurance not only makes money, but also helps people, and is happy to try. He also declined the invitation to the film version of "In Search of Qin" and stopped becoming an actor.
Also switching to insurance is the most flattering Arjuna in the 97th edition of tianlong eight parts. In the past few years, Liu Jinling did not shoot, the exposure rate was close to zero, the average monthly salary was only 4500 yuan, and she had to start working as an insurance salesman.
"A generation of ghost queens" Wang Yuhuan believes that many people are more or less impressed, she stopped working as an actress in 1994 and chose to do insurance. He has achieved great success in this industry, known as the "Asian Insurance Diva", and has also authored his autobiography "Charming Confessions - Wang Yuhuan's Insurance Struggle Story".
Start a business and make a living
The online program "Fat Mother's Kitchen" produced by the well-known actress Fat Mama has a good response in the mainland, she has already had three or four advertising revenues, and there are more than a dozen advertisements waiting in line for sponsorship. She bought five apartments in the mainland, one of which is located in Taishan, Jiangmen, worth 520,000 yuan, the house is far from the downtown area, and the surrounding area is almost all deep mountains and dense forests.
Hong Kong's former Hong Kong sister, plain face "sexy goddess" Mak Jiaqi settled in Shunde and opened a restaurant. During the May Day period, Mak Jiaqi also went to Shenyang for tourism. Dressed plainly, she goes to the Internet celebrity shop with tourists to queue up for special snacks.
He Meidian has starred in film and television dramas such as "Tianlong Eight Parts", "Clever Little Don't Understand", "Tang Bohu of the Merry Young Man", and has also gained a large number of fans. But no matter how beautiful the skin bag is, it can't withstand the years. He Meidian has now faded out of the entertainment circle and opened a nail studio by herself, and life is very comfortable.
Today's Hong Kong entertainment industry is not as good as the mainland, and the remuneration of any actor in China is enough to make these artists sigh. Mao Xiaotong's film remuneration of 12.5 million yuan is something that many people cannot earn in their lifetime. This may be why so many Hong Kong artists are rushing to the mainland to develop.