Hong Kong singer Eason Chan. (Picture / Retrieved from Weibo)
The new crown pneumonia epidemic has greatly reduced the job opportunities of many artists and singers. The 47-year-old Hong Kong singer Eason is no exception. It has recently been reported that he will return to Lu Zong, which is jointly produced by Hong Kong TVB and mainland TV stations, and will be paid about 1 million Hong Kong dollars for a single episode. (approximately NT$3.78 million), compared to the previous year’s appearance at the mainland party, when you sang 3 songs, you could earn 2 million Hong Kong dollars (approximately NT$7.57 million), and the salary had shrunk by more than half. Even the King of Songs had to cut the price by himself due to the shrinking of his wallet due to the epidemic.
According to Hong Kong“East Network”According to the report, Eason Chan has been greatly reduced in workload in recent years due to the new crown epidemic, but it has recently been reported that he will reappear as a “super guest” on the music variety show “Sounds Endless” co-produced by mainland and Hong Kong TV stations. It is reported that the program requires Chinese and Hong Kong heavenly kings and queen-level singers, including Hackin Lee, Miriam Yeung, Lin Zixiang, Coco Lee, etc. The program widely distributed “Hero Posts” in mid-February and invited Eason Chan to participate, but an insider broke the news that Eason Chan was delayed at first. I started to sign a contract until the epidemic has eased recently, and the show has caused great repercussions, so I decided to appear as a “mysterious guest” in a later show.
The news also pointed out that Eason Chan will receive the same remuneration as Hacken Lee, Miriam Yeung and others, about 1 million Hong Kong dollars per episode. However, compared with the previous commercial performance of pure singing, the workload and time of recording the program will be longer. 3 days to complete.
Compared to Eason Chan’s appearance at the Double 11 Gala held by Chinese mainland TV the year before, he was paid HK$2 million for sing 3 songs. Today’s TV program work is simply thankless. “Dongwang” analyzed that Eason Chan is because the show mainly promotes Cantonese songs, and the epidemic has begun to ease recently. At the same time, considering the show’s huge influence, it can be used to make a comeback in the Chinese mainland market, which will help to hold concert tours and endorsements in the future. Wait, Eason Chan will agree to take over the job of “Sound Lives”; and Eason Chan has previously revealed that in the past 2 years, due to the epidemic, he has almost zero income, and he laughs at himself suffering from “hardening of the wallet”. Now that there are program invitations, it is the best comeback. opportunity.
However, according to “Ming Pao”, Eason Chan’s agent Gan Jingjing replied to refute the rumors, saying that although “The Voice” did indeed invite Eason Chan to be the guest of the final episode 2 months ago, he declined before negotiating the price. At the same time, he said that because of the epidemic, a lot of work has been pushed.