Some time ago, TVB's online drama "Glory Family" was launched, and the discussion continued to rise for a while.
What is amazing is that a familiar figure was found in the play, that is, 78-year-old TVB veteran Liu Jiang.
Sometimes I have to sigh about the gap, as long as the mainland stars are a little famous, they can make a lot of money, but the artists of TVB in Hong Kong, China can only wait for their salaries to be cut without filming.
And the old drama bone Liu Jiang is now 78 years old, and he still has to run for his family's livelihood, which is sad.
Liu Jiang himself is not from a wealthy family, and when he was a child, he had many brothers and sisters in the family, and they all relied on his father to support him. The children of the poor are in charge of the family early, and 12-year-old Liu Jiang wants to study drama, including food and accommodation without paying tuition.
Ten minutes on stage, ten years off the stage. The drama industry is not easy to go, and Liu Jiang has been beaten and scolded by his master. A few years later, Liu Jiang followed his master to perform in the north and south, and even had a car accident and almost died returning home.
When Liu Jiang returned to Hong Kong, China, he found that this Peking Opera skill was not popular, and survival was a problem.
In the end, Liu Jiang could only find a job as a martial arts instructor in the crew, Liu Jiang was a hard-working person, and he had been working for more than 10 years.
It wasn't until later that he jumped to Jiayi TV and signed up for an artist training class on a whim, and his life trajectory changed.
Since then, Liu Jiang has been in TVB, and finally settled in TVB, where he has stayed for more than 40 years.
At this time, Liu Jiang is already in his 30s, and he has passed the most golden period of development as an actor. However, Liu Jiang doesn't care about these, as long as he can eat enough and act.
Liu Jiang has played more than 200 roles in his life, including Huang Rihua's version of "Dragon Babu" and "Temujin", the overlord of the grassland in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", etc., all of which are profound roles played by Liu Jiang.
It's just that after decades of struggle, Liu Jiang plays supporting roles, and has no chance to get better development, as he gets older, Liu Jiang has fewer and fewer opportunities to film, and his annual salary is only 90,000 Hong Kong dollars, and it is a big expense to train his children and grandchildren.
This also made Liu Jiang very helpless, but there was no way to solve it, so he could only take one step at a time.
In fact, it is already very good that Liu Jiang can get to this point. When he was learning to perform in Peking Opera, he was killed in a car accident, and at the age of 33, he suffered a stroke and was paralyzed due to overwork in filming......
If Liu Jiang hadn't breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, worried that his beloved wife would remarry with their children in the future, maybe he would really not be able to stand up, and the life at home would be even more difficult.
After surviving this hurdle, Liu Jiang still has the next hurdle, that is, to earn money to support his family, train his children to grow into talents, and send them to study abroad.
As the so-called "difficult to pass the pass", Liu Jiang, who had gone through thousands of sails, finally came to the age of 69, and his body changed again this year, which is said to be vascular calcification, and the future is endless.
At this time, Chow Yun-fat appeared like timely rain. Inspired by Chow Yun-fat, Liu Jiang cheered up and began to exercise actively to strengthen his body, at least to stay away from some diseases.
Today, Liu Jiang's physical condition is not bad, he has left TVB a few years ago, he is grateful for TVB's kindness, but sometimes he has to think about his livelihood.
Previously, it was reported that Liu Jiang signed a contract with a brokerage company in the mainland, and the 78-year-old still has to work hard to support his family, which is sad, but I think that after developing in the mainland for a period of time, the situation will improve.
I wish Liu Jiang good health and a better and better career!