More than 600 artists in Hong Kong have lost their jobs. What is the situation of Hong Kong stars now?

According to Hong Kong’s senior entertainment reporter Zhu Pi, there are currently more than 600 artists in Hong Kong who are unemployed and unable to film. Some artists who are in financial difficulty have even needed to receive HK$9,000 from Louis Koo’s relief fund. .

Although HK$9,000 seems to be a lot, Louis Koo's rescue fund can only be received once, and this amount of money is not particularly large in Hong Kong Island, which is expensive.

Even TVB’s popular actress Charmaine Yu only paid a little over 20,000 Hong Kong dollars to attend the ribbon-cutting event. Compared with the ribbon-cutting fees of domestic A-list celebrities, which often cost hundreds of thousands or even millions, it is definitely The price of cabbage has gone up.

Are Hong Kong stars who were once famous throughout mainland China really so depressed now? 1. Why do artists lose their jobs?

The most direct reason why Hong Kong artists are unemployed at this stage is that due to the epidemic, many program groups have been forced to suspend work, so these Hong Kong artists have also lost their source of income.

For those big-name Hong Kong stars who have savings, this is okay, but for those third- and fourth-tier Hong Kong artists, this epidemic has really become a disaster.

There are even reports that some not-so-famous Hong Kong artists already need to take part-time jobs to support themselves.

But the epidemic may be the most direct cause, but it will not be the root cause. 2. Has Hong Kong entertainment really declined?

Now that I think about it, it seems that I haven’t seen a popular Hong Kong movie or TV series for a long time. Maybe there are still TVB drama fans who are persistently chasing Hong Kong dramas, but it is undeniable. The thing is that Hong Kong dramas and even Hong Kong movies are in decline, and it can even be said that they have already declined.

The highlight era of Hong Kong's entertainment industry should have been in the 1980s and 1990s of the last century. However, after entering the new century, Hong Kong entertainment seems to have fallen into an embarrassing situation of "a lack of continuity".

Thinking back to the Hong Kong movies of the late last century, Andy Lau's "Infernal Affairs", "Carmen", or the stories of The Crow and Young and Dangerous, all influencing the young people of that generation. Even Hong Kong movies at that time still had considerable influence in Southeast Asia.

But if you think about it, today’s young people either like American blockbusters or some domestic traffic dramas and idol dramas. Films and TV dramas from Hong Kong have long lost their popularity at the time.

Speaking of the unemployment of Hong Kong artists, the most direct reason now is the impact of the epidemic, but the fundamental reason is the gradual decline of Hong Kong entertainment in the mainland. These Hong Kong artists have either moved to the mainland circle, or they have saved enough Enough money to retire.

After all, the highlight era of Hong Kong’s entertainment industry is over. 3. What is the current situation of Hong Kong artists?

The total population of the entire Hong Kong Island is just over 7.5 million. Even if other migrant workers are included, the total population will be in the tens of millions.

A movie market with tens of millions of people will definitely not be able to support so many Hong Kong stars. Even if a movie is only released in Hong Kong, it will probably be difficult to make back the money.

For this reason, it can be said that most of the current Hong Kong artists have begun to develop in the mainland. No one will have trouble with money, right?

In fact, even at the peak of Hong Kong movies, the income of these Hong Kong artists was not particularly high.

Looking at Chen Honglie's time in the 1980s and 1990s, when he was filming a TV series, he could get 2,500 Hong Kong dollars per episode. Even if he could schedule 20 episodes a month, his income would only be 40,000 to 50,000. What the Hong Kong dollar looks like.

An income of 40,000 to 50,000 Hong Kong dollars seems good in the 1980s and 1990s, right? But even after several decades, TVB's salary is still not much higher.

Let’s take Charmaine Yu as an example. It is said that her current income from filming TV series for TVB is only 40,000 Hong Kong dollars per episode, which means that Charmaine Yu’s monthly income may only be several hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars. , at most one million Hong Kong dollars.

This income is not low today, right? But this does not mean that Charmaine Yu can earn more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars a year, because there are not dramas to be filmed every month, and it is normal for her to have no dramas for several months or even half a year.

To put it bluntly, Charmaine Yu’s annual income may only be a few million Hong Kong dollars most of the time. It is true that it is a huge sum of money for us ordinary people, but it may not be true for celebrities. It’s not particularly high, especially in a high-cost place like Hong Kong.

And judging from the position of a popular TVB star like Charmaine Yu, she must be at least a second-tier star in mainland China, right?

But for the second-tier celebrities in mainland China, their annual income of tens of millions is considered low. It is normal for the top traffic TV series in those circles to charge tens of millions for a TV series.

Compared with Hong Kong stars, mainland stars’ income seems to be much higher.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Hong Kong stars have begun to move to the mainland on a large scale.