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A lot has changed in TVB since Eric Tsang took office. A few members of upper management have resigned one after another. Felix To is leaving in September, and the new projects of his producers have also been halted. The scripts have to be approved by Chairman Thomas Hui's team before deciding whether filming can commence. To producer Chan Kiu Ying's beauty pageant series, a lawyer series starring Kenneth Ma, and "Rosy Business IV" are the first to be affected; Yoyo Chen has levelled up due to variety programmes, but her dream of being the first female lead has been shattered!
Although [Felix] already announced that he will be leaving in September, he has already not gone to work since last month. Seeing his production, "Murder Diary", recently hitting a record low in ratings, with an average of only 15.5 points, has prompted Thomas, who is the highest person in charge, to give an order for the scripts of all new series that TVB is preparing to start filming to be reviewed again so that the approval team examines it before deciding on whether filming commences.
Although "Murder" is a carefully produced work, the content is too mind-twisting, and it has been released on a Mainland website, becoming the biggest reasons for the ratings failure. The ratings have fallen into the warning line, causing TVB to sound the alarm and to think carefully about making it from now on. It is known that Thomas hopes to make up for lost ground, and has already collected and given the series scripts to the approval team for review. Recently, most of the scripts that he selected for approval are the works of producers under Felix, which has inevitably led to the illusion that he has been targeted. These include "AI Romantic" producer Chan Kiu Ying's beauty pageant series, "12 Nights of a Beauty Pageant", the Fong Chun Chiu-produced "Rosy IV", and a Chan Chi Kong-produced lawyer series, which have been halted even though they are about to start filming.
"12" was originally scheduled to start work at the end of the month, with Yoyo being the first female lead for the first time and acting with Crystal Fung, Jessica Kan, Yeung Chiu Hoi, et al. They have already looked at the content of the story and are quite satisfied with the characters. In order to match the beauty pageant content, the series team will be taking advantage of the fact that this year's Miss Hong Kong contestants are training at a hotel, finding the time to shoot what actually happens in a beauty pageant, such as the contestants' training, the swimsuit segment, etc., and putting it in the series like a reality show. In order to share the resources, the innovative genre is a 'mockumentary' beauty pageant series. Filming was originally in order, but Thomas' new orders have caused "12", which is only three episodes short of the script, to halt the start of filming due to having to be submitted for approval under the new system. Because Miss Hong Kong has started location filming, if work is halted, [they] basically cannot keep up with the progress; this series is getting scrapped at any time.
Yoyo, who originally had the first female lead role in the bag, is continuing to wait for her luck to arrive, and it is inevitable for her to feel disappointed. Yeung Chiu Hoi expressed in an interview [today] that the beauty pageant series will delay the start of filming: "Only received a notification about the postponement of the start of filming for the time being. Was originally scheduled to start filming at the end of July. (Worried that it won't be filmed in the end?) If it is true, then it would certainly be a pity!" As for the lawyer series produced by Chan Chi Kong and led by 'TV King' Kenneth and Joman Chiang, it was originally scheduled to start work in September, and the script has also been 80 percent completed. It is now tentatively delayed for one month in order to comply with the new procedures, but everything still depends on the results of the review. Regarding the new system for scripts and re-approval, Thomas has yet to make a response.
"Rosy Business IV" Runs into Difficulty, No Hopes for Sheren Tang and TVB to Break the Ice
Recently, it has been said that "Rosy"'s collaboration with the Mainland platform Youku has run into difficulty. After looking at the scripts for the first three episodes, [they] expressed that [they] could not collaborate and pulled the plan. In the absence of financial support, TVB's new team also has to re-examine the script; thus, "Rosy" is getting scrapped at any time. Sheren [Tang], who was originally returning to Hong Kong to start work on this series, is still in Hengdian discussing other work; it is believed that she does not have plans to return to TVB to work yet. As for Wayne Lai, who is also in Mainland, he responded, "Don't know what happened. It is truly a pity. Cannot collaborate this time, so can only wait for the next time. There is always a chance".
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