Jessica Hsuan and Anita Yuen are both up north earning the Chinese yuan. A few days ago, the two appeared on separate TV series promotional events in Mainland where they talked bad about TVB. They expressed the filming process in Mainland and TVB completely differs. When shooting TVB series, you can lose your life at any time. Jessica is currently in Shanghai shooting for new series Xiangzi's Story - New City People (祥子的故事之新都市人) with Lawrence Ng. When shooting in Mainland, Jessica is most satisfied with how comfortable the work is. In TVB, the filming hours are way too long, each day she had to shoot 20 hours and could only go home for a shower, then has to get right back to work. When she was shooting Curse of the Royal Harem, she had to shoot 18 hours a day! Jessica heard that the current TVB artists don't even have the time to go home. She expressed at her age, she can no longer work on that kind of schedule and can lose her life at any time. Currently working in Mainland, it is much more comforting as it is written clearly on the contract that filming cannot exceed 13 hours a day. If the crew is unable to complete the shoot by the scheduled time, she is willing to accept overtime work. Jessica also mentioned about her love life. Earlier she broke up with her 2 year Western boyfriend (Ruan), but she hasn't felt discouraged yet. She expressed without hiding that she accepts a 'sister-brother love' relationship (a boyfriend younger than her).
As for Anita, she attended the press conference of First Love's Letter (初戀情人的來信). She admitted the salary in Mainland is high, but the capacity of the work is the most attractive. This is something that is difficult for TVB to compare, basically not they are not at that level. She also appreciates the rich subject matters of Mainland productions, it is refreshing. The staff understands her situation, that she cannot be separated from her son for too long, so they complete her scenes in a short period of time.
Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum
