TVB's Executive Chairman Thomas Hui-to announced earlier that the company's profit had increased and all staff members had received a pay raise. A few days ago, he even summoned a group of artists back to the company to listen to their views, and it was known that more than a hundred of them attended the meeting. Among them, senior actor Henry Lo Chun-shun expressed his views to Hui for as long as 10 minutes, and he was very agitated, complaining that his income from being a part of a cut show had decreased drastically, and that he had been taken the bread out of the singers of Midlife, Sing & Shine!.
TVB's General Manager ( program content operation), Eric Tsang said he was not present on that day, but he heard from his colleagues that it was not special news, because as they grow older, many artists have to face this problem, "We are such a big TV station, there are so many actors and actresses, and I am an actor who is not so young, so I understand it even more. TVB has tried its best to keep as many of the old guard as possible. As we age, our workload will decrease, and the number of suitable roles will decrease even more, so the number of working days will naturally decrease, and the workload will decrease! However, TVB still has the feeling to keep you all, even if you sign a show, at least it has TVB's name on it, so it will be more convenient for you to do things on the side. In fact, no actor can make it all the time, as long as everyone understands the reasoning. I hope that TVB will keep you company as you grow up, and if you feel the need to leave, then leave!"
Tsang also pointed out that not only are TVB staff under-employed, but the whole industry is like this, and the movie industry has entered the winter.
He said, "Now the movie industry has fewer film work, a lot of people have switched to driving cabs, TVB is already the only one day to work tightly, but also to help the limited number of people in the industry. Now, 80% of the industry's work is in TVB, so the commitment is huge."
"As an actor myself, I would like to take care of my peers, but we have to face the reality that some people have something to gain and some people have something to lose".
He does not think that Midlife, Sing & Shine! singers to take the bread out of someone, "the industry is like this, as there are online taxi also have cabs, which one do we want to take? In fact, there is nothing to say, it is a matter of demand in the industry."
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