Source: SingTao
Translated by: Chloe.C
200 artistes attend TVB's 2015 Sales Presentation recording
TVB's 2015 Sales Presentation had their recording yesterday night, with approximately 200 artistes attending, led by Dodo Cheng, Charmaine Sheh and Roger Kwok. Together, the group presented the upcoming 17 dramas and variety shows in the new year to nearly 1000 clients. They also passed out gifts and took photos with them off stage. Different from past years where they show pre-recorded trailers of the series, this year, they had artistes act it out on stage.
In the 17 dramas, Tavia Yeung, who just renewed her contract this year, and the heavily promoted Grace Chan, both have 3 dramas each - the female actresses with the most dramas on hand. TV King favourite Wayne Lai has two dramas, while other first line actors like Myolie Wu, Kenneth Ma, Linda Chung, Kate Tsui and Moses Chan all have one drama only.
Louis Cheung and Kay Tse become leads
Speaking of other artistes like Bosco Wong who do not have any dramas in the sales presentation, Producer Wai Sai Fai explained that last night only included a part of the dramas, as they were not able to record all of them. In the coming year, actors like Ada Choi, John Chiang, etc are returning to TVB. Couple JJ Jia and Louis Fan will be cooperating in the same drama. Louis Cheung, who has been climbing up the ranks lately, will be the lead of upcoming drama "Close Regulations of Conscience", while his wife, Kay Tse will also be filming a drama for the first time. Last night, he even went on stage to introduce his wife's new drama "Vampire". "Vampire" leads Kay Tse and Kevin Cheng were absent from the sales presentation due to filming in the Netherlands.
In the sales presentation, Wayne Lai has two dramas, "The Lord of Shanghai" and "公公出宮" (previously known as "Eunuch Five Tigers"; 公公出宮 roughly translates to Eunuch Leaves Palace), which made him the male artiste with the most dramas. He humbly said: "It's just a difference of one and two dramas." As for the comedy "Eunuch Five Tigers", he will be cooperating with Ada Choi once again. The drama will also include the "Five Eunuchs" (from drama "The Confidant") and John Chiang, who has returned to TVB. It will be the spinoff of "The Confidant", revolving around how eunuchs blended into society in the pre-modern times. Talking about his high chances of claiming the TV King award again this year, he expressed that there are a lot of competitors, but admitted that "Over-Achievers" is his favourite drama in recent years. Asked if there's pressure in terms of ratings, he stated: "There isn't really a standard nowadays, there aren't any special reasons to why ratings may be good or bad. I hope that there will be positive responses online, attracting the audience to "chase" the drama."
