Michael Tao is not part of any ‘cliques’ or ‘parties’; speaks out against TVB
3/19/2010 12:51:00 AM
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After Stephen Chan was arrested on alleged corruption charges last week, his ‘power’ at TVB has disintegrated. Recently, it has been rumored that TVB’s Assistant Manager Au Wai Lam has already taken over some of Stephen’s GM responsibilities and may eventually take his place. According to reports, Au Wai Lam is not only a low key manager who does not belong to any ‘cliques’, he is also highly favored by TVB Vice-Chairman Mona Fong. If this is true, it has been said that those artists who don’t belong to ‘cliques’ and previously fell out of favor with TVB’s management because of this – artists such as Michael Tao, Lawrence Ng, Ada Choi – may finally get a chance to ‘resurrect’ their careers!With regard to rumors about possible ‘changes’ at TVB due to new management, Michael Tao – who ended his contract with TVB last year – expressed that he did not know whether the rumors are true or not, but took the opportunity to ‘reprimand’ TVB for not knowing how to properly utilize their resources [their people]: “TVB really needs to be more pragmatic; in the past, those artists who worked hard were not given opportunities, yet those who were ‘lazy’ and ‘don’t know what they are doing’ were given a lot of opportunities! When it’s questioned, there is no response given! I hope that TVB gets back on the proper path – a TV station is a place for ‘production’ not a place for ‘cliques’!” He also pointed out that the reason he decided to leave TVB last year was because he did not agree with the way they operate: “It’s too biased toward one side – since they use mostly their own ‘sons and daughters’, artists like me had to ‘sit on the bench’!” (Since you’ve been at TVB over 20 years, have you seen these so-called ‘cliques’ in existence?) “Of course there is favoritism – and it is unfair! They need to find a better balance and not let it get so disorderly.” (How about giving gifts to upper management?) “Well, since I’m not ‘heavily utilized’, I don’t have money to buy gifts for them!”
Former TVB actor Lawrence Ng indicated that if TVB really does make ‘changes’, it will definitely be a good thing, as having ‘cliques’ will not produce any good results. Being at TVB over 20 years, he indicated that he has never given any gifts to management and has never participated in any ‘cliques’ or ‘parties’: “I’ve worked with both Catherine Tsang and Tommy Leung in the past and both of them have been very good to me – they give me a lot of series to film and we collaborate very happily together. However, I have never given them any gifts.”
Since she just returned from Beijing, TVB veteran actress Liza Wang indicated that she is not aware of any new management taking over and will await the decision of the company. Also, she pointed out that she is not too familiar with ‘cliques’ and has not heard of artists giving gifts in exchange for ‘opportunities’: “I just returned to Hong Kong from the mainland, so there are a lot of things I still don’t know. Most of what I have heard has come from the media. I actually do want to know who will be taking over as GM, however I feel that whoever it is, the effect won’t be that huge, since this is a big company after all. I’m not worried, since I usually do what I’m supposed to do anyway.” As for Jessica Hsuan, she indicated that she is not very close with Stephen Chan, however if he says he didn’t do it, then he should have nothing to be afraid of. In terms of who the new GM will be, she says that it should not matter – plus the ‘rumored’ names that have come up so far are all ‘TVB people’.
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