The 18th Shanghai Television Festival flourished with TVB artists. Aside from Moses Chan and Ada Choi promoting for TVB's
Beauty at War,
the other HK artists Charmaine Sheh, Myolie Wu, Kevin Cheng, Bosco Wong
and Bobby Au Yeung were all there to promote Mainland dramas. It was
said Mainland artists' salaries skyrocketed, taking up 60% of the crew's
production costs, and therefore the production companies are forced to
use TVB artists because they are "beautiful bargains". Also, TVB artists
are respectful towards their work, hardworking and able to bear
hardships, and aren't as troublesome as Mainland artists.
A
producer from Mainland expressed the current TVB artists working in
Mainland aren't considered too expensive compared to local artists. The
highest paid is
Startling By Each Step's Kevin Cheng. He currently makes 25K RMB per episode, but other Mainland artists on his level are already asking for 40K RMB.
As
for other HK artists, Ada Choi makes 20K RMB per episode; Bosco Wong
19K per episode; Myolie Wu 13K-14K per episode after she became TV
Queen. Steven Ma and Bobby Au Yeung each make 12K RMB per episode and
Sheren Tang gets paid separately of 15K RMB for guest starring in a
Mainland drama.
TVB's Director of Production Resources Virgina
Lok expressed its 'triple win' for those artists developing in Mainland,
which includes gaining more fame, broaden acting career and skills.
Artists' income also increases along the way, so even she has to make
artists' schedules in Mainland a priority.
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