Steven Ma Adapted Well to Mainland Lifestyle

There are 3 news articles in Wenweipo on Steven.  Wenweipo is one of HK more reputable newspapers. So its write up on artists are usually well-written and neutral. However, these lengthy articles are rehashing old news.

wenweipo part 1

已融入内地的拍剧节奏 马浚伟多搞作 设小马工作室

Steven Ma Adjusted Well to Mainland Lifestyle, Multi-Tasking, Setting Up Xiao Ma’s Studio
In any set rules, variables inherently exist so as to cope with the inevitable changes wrought by time and circumstances as such change is the true constant. Last year, Steven Ma (Mazai)insisted on terminating early his contract with TVB. Although he is now soaring in open skies and over blue seas, but still humans being emotional creatures, especially having to abruptly leave one’s habitat it is only natural that the new environment needs some getting use to, initially.

news: Steven Ma Plans to Open a Film Production Studio

So people, what are your thoughts on Steven starting his own film production studio late this year?

馬仔開公司圓導演夢
6/19/2012

Steven Ma is currently at Hengdian filming the series, Yuan Yang Pei.  The shot for today is a fencing scene. Because of the heat, Steven is sweating profusely. He says he has lost quite a bit of weight. He reveals that the series will wrap up in late June so like a horse he will have a break in summer. However it won't be a complete break because he has other stuff to attend to.

In August he will go to Shanghai to discuss with a music company about releasing a music album. In mid July he will go to Beijing and Wuhan for meetings to prepare the establishing of his own film production studio 『小馬工作室』in year end. In September he will film a new series in Shenzhen with a script he co-writes with others. 

news - Mainland Artists' Fees Inflation, Producers Favor TVB Artists.

内地演员片酬飞涨 制作方偏爱TVB艺人 sina entertainment.com
2012年06月13日05:11  东方早报记者 骆俊澎

Paraphrasing only Steven related news
Gist: Mainland tv producers considered TVB artists to be more cost-effective, professional, and hard-working; and compare to their counterpart mainland artists, less troublesome, moreover, TVB artists as topics can be used as a publicity tool. Because of the rapidly escalating fees of mainland (elite) artists, the production companies now favor tvb artists.

Yesterday, Shanghai 18th TV Festival entered its 2nd day. The theme activities commenced with the successive opening of the TV programs trade show, and the Magnolia Forum. The hot topic of the forum this year is the skyrocketing fees of the mainland elite artists that have the film production companies and buyers alike lamenting. Yesterday the tv programs trade shows highlighted the vicious circle -because smaller film production companies cannot afford the artists' astronomical fees in proportion to their production costs, under pressure they elected to leave the television circle. And video websites, in an effort to circumvent the rising royalties to series, have opted to buy the broadcasting rights as a group network or as re-runs syndication. However, the astronomical mainland artists fees inadvertently created many opportunities for the TVB artists. In yesterday trade show the presence of TVB troop brightly 'lighted up' the festival starlight.

To counter the high fees of mainland artists, many production companies have begun using the cheaper but high quality TVB artists, this phenomenon is especially obvious in this Shanghai TV Festival.

Yesterday in the trade show, the presence of TVB artists was pervasive. There were Myolie Wu and Charmaine Sheh, Kevin Cheng, Bobby Au Yeung, Bosco Wong, and Steven Ma, plus TVB's own War and Beauty II cast members: Moses Chan, Ada Choi, all came to promote their series in their respective booths. If didn't know any better one would have thought Shanghai TV Festival was TVB "Anniversary Gala" instead

YYP-media onsite reporting

Don't know why I can't upload videos onto here.

Little Actress Ignored Steven

2012 June 6 Hengidan
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