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 A document issued by the Chinese film, TV & radio industry association states that celebrities in Chinese TV dramas should no longer receive ‘excessive’ salaries. Top-earning stars’ high fees are considered ‘harmful’ for a healthy development of China’s entertainment industry.

 

On September 22, the China Alliance of Radio, Film, and Television (CARFT) issued a statement regarding the pay of actors in Chinese television dramas, Xinhua News reports.

 

The CARFT, a non-profit organization that works under the government, orders China’s production agencies to limit the expenses for cast salaries to no more than 40% of the total production costs for online/TV drama series. Within this percentage, the salary of the show’s leading actors cannot exceed 70% of the total salary paid to all actors.

 

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The measurement is meant to improve the “healthy and orderly development of the [entertainment] industry.†China produces the largest amount of television dramas in the world.

 

According to DW News, around 50% to 70% of current total TV drama production investments goes to actors’ salaries; in countries such as the US, Korea, or Japan, this is only 10% to 20%.

 

In 2016, the lead actors for the 90-episode Chinese TV drama Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace, actress Zhou Xun and actor Wallace Huo, each made $22.5 million. The series production costs were $1.35 million per episode.

 

Chinese actress Angelababy is one of China’s top-earning actresses. She makes around $200,000 for every episode.

 

It is not the first time the high fees of Chinese actors make headlines. In 2016, The Beijing Review reported that Chinese stars’ salaries were under fire for being excessively high. A member of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, Sun Baoshu, stated that since casting takes up such a large part of production funds, producers have to cut budgets for things such as scriptwriting, stage setting, and sound recording. This leads to poorer productions, Sun said, harming the development of China’s entertainment market.

 

On Weibo, many netizens expressed their support for the latest measure, although others said it would be better if authorities would not meddle so much with the entertainment industry. “The higher ups have policies, while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them†(“上有政策,下有对策â€), one user said, meaning that production companies and actors will always find other ways to channel money in the industry.

 

By Manya Koetse 

 

https://www.whatsonweibo.com/celebrities-in-chinese-tv-dramas/

 

It is good news because more money will be used in production, editing, costumes, etc. But it also means that the chances of getting a lot of my favorite celebrities in one drama have dropped down to zero. We will get more dramas that have one popular celebrity and lesser known actors in other leading roles. I have seen rumors that the reason that YangMi's latest dramas weren't with well known TV actors was that the production company couldn't afford them after hiring YangMi. This is probably true and I think it will happen more often with these new regulations. 

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The problem is not that they're paid too much. They're paid too much relative to the budget. I don't care if you want to pay Angelababy 100M per episode, as long as it doesn't take up 70% of the project's budget. 

 

 

Putting it into perspective, someone like Kaley Cuoco gets paid $900,000 per episode of TBBT.

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The problem is not that they're paid too much. They're paid too much relative to the budget. I don't care if you want to pay Angelababy 100M per episode, as long as it doesn't take up 70% of the project's budget. 

 

 

Putting it into perspective, someone like Kaley Cuoco gets paid $900,000 per episode of TBBT.

 

yeah, but they probably have a bigger budget for The Big Bang Theory. 

 

Popular c-celebs get paid too much but they expect it now and I wonder how this will affect casting in the future. Another problem that they have is a big disparity between how much popular actors and actresses get paid. If the lists going around are true. Male actors always get paid more unless they are way less popular that the actresses. 

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I just have to quote and say I agree.

I wouldn't mind so much if the acting was u to par, but that's not always the case.

The problem is not that they're paid too much. They're paid too much relative to the budget. I don't care if you want to pay Angelababy 100M per episode, as long as it doesn't take up 70% of the project's budget. 

 

Good; put that money into quality productions

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The problem is not that they're paid too much. They're paid too much relative to the budget. I don't care if you want to pay Angelababy 100M per episode, as long as it doesn't take up 70% of the project's budget. 

 

 

Putting it into perspective, someone like Kaley Cuoco gets paid $900,000 per episode of TBBT.

 

This!

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