60-year-old Yuan Qiongdan announced that she would no longer film movies at the end of October last year and focused on the live broadcast market.
Recently, she accepted an interview with Hong Kong media and talked about the inside story of her feud with Xue Jiayan and her determination to stop filming.
Having been in the industry for more than 40 years, Yuan Qiongdan invested wisely. Not only did she buy a car and a house, she also ran a hair growth center with good business. In recent years, the live streaming business that she has been focusing on has made her feel that it has opened the door to a new world. From the beginning, the turnover was only 1 million yuan, and after 4 shows, it quickly exceeded 2 million yuan, with a total commission of more than one million yuan, and the income was more than that from filming.
She said frankly that the hard work of filming in the first half of her life was like a waste of time. In comparison, live broadcasting is much more interesting and relaxed. She was filming and studying scripts, but neglected her life. The live broadcast not only allowed her to learn a lot of knowledge, but also made greater use of herself while making money. Selling is not easy, it requires enthusiasm, passion, human feelings, and even emotion. She is quite business-minded and plans to set up training courses to train live-streaming talents, and even establish a live-streaming platform in Hong Kong.
Yuan Qiongdan bluntly stated that she will stay in the live broadcast industry for the next five years and focus on doing what she likes to do. Even if Stephen Chow invites him, he won't consider it for the time being, unless it's just a day of shooting, but it's not interesting to shoot for a day without anything special. In 5 years' time, they may become old, weak, sick, and disabled, and they may not be able to get good jobs.
She also admitted that it wasn't that she didn't like filming, but she was too passive because she thought there was no way to get to the next level and become an actress. Moreover, filming was very stressful and she couldn't help herself in many situations.
She currently prefers to be a heroine on a live broadcast platform without pressure, without having to react to her opponents, worry about whether she can chat with them, or look at people's looks.
She also rarely talked about the turmoil during the filming of "As You Like It" in 2003. At that time, Yuan Qiongdan argued that Xue Jiayan was two minutes late. Yuan Qiongdan said with a smile: "I don't know who the protagonist is! Looking back, it's not because of this. Even if I feel discouraged, I will not leave the TV station and go back to the mainland to develop and let myself go up. Why should I treat it as a tragedy? Thank you for that experience. I have grown up. I have taken a step back and the world is brighter, and let myself go."
asked if there was any chance of being with me at the same table. Have a meal? She said she didn't know how to make a date: "Actually, it's not easy for friends to date me. I must not have thought about dating in the past five years because I have to work hard to do a good job." Yuan Qiongdan admitted that she has a bad mouth and must have more experiences and lessons than others. After the interview with
came out, it quickly aroused heated discussion among netizens. Some people understand Yuan Qiongdan, but others think she is doing this to steal topics for her live broadcasts. Others think that Sit Jiayan is gathering and communicating with other actors in "As You Like It" and question Yuan Qiongdan being more difficult to get along with.
In fact, this is not the first time Yuan Qiongdan has mentioned the conflict with Xue Jiayan, and the Xue Jiayan and Zhou Xingchi she mentioned in this interview happened to be the key figures in her decision to change filming positions twice.
Yuan Qiongdan, formerly known as Yuan Liqiong. Yuan Qiongdan, who graduated from middle school, accidentally passed the ATV Artist Training Course. When she first debuted, she also followed the innocent route and starred in many films such as "Yunhai Jade Gong Yuan" and "Fairy Passionate". drama.
In fact, her appearance is delicate and pretty, but she has caught up with the golden age of beauties in Hong Kong, so she is not outstanding. She can only play some supporting roles, and her career has been tepid.
Her career changed significantly in the 1990s when she began appearing in Stephen Chow movies. The broadcast of films such as "Fight Back to School", "Nine Levels of Sesame Official", "Tang Bo Hu Spots Autumn Fragrance" and other films made her a prime supporting role and her career became a hit.
In "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", her makeup is exaggerated and narcissistic, and the way she gets along with Zhu Zhishan, one of the four great talents, makes people laugh.
After she shifted her focus to live broadcasting, she also teamed up with Chen Baixiang, who played Zhu Zhishan, which brought back many people's childhood memories.
The last movie that Yuan Qiongdan and Stephen Chow collaborated on was actually "The Legend of The Nine". The reason why they no longer collaborate is that during the filming, Yuan Qiongdan was scolded by Stephen Chow for her lines and was too embarrassed, which made her blame herself and feel confused. During dinner, Ng Man-tat noticed her depression, so he enlightened her and cheered her up again, and decided to return to the TV industry.
Although she did not collaborate with Stephen Chow again, when Stephen Chow was criticized by Xiang Taihe and other actors, she would speak out to defend Chow Xingchi and thanked him many times for inspiring her in acting.
After she went to TVB to develop, although she was still a supporting role, she still had many masterpieces. The most unforgettable one for mainland audiences was Yin Shiniang in "The Legend of the Gods".
"As You Like It", in which she had a conflict with Xue Jiayan, is a costume light comedy launched by TVB in 2001. Xue Jiayan is the heroine You Nianci/Sai Fenghuang/Queen Zitong, and she is the princess of Shasha.
While filming, it was reported that Xue Jiayan and Yuan Qiongdan had a conflict, which was caused by these two minutes.
Yuan Qiongdan said that Xue Jiayan was two minutes late, but Xue Jiayan firmly stated that she was not late because the time on her watch showed that she was not late, and the time on her watch was consistent with that of the radio station.
However, the two showed closeness offline and took the initiative to break up the rumors of discord. But Yuan Qiongdan later left TVB and shifted her focus to the mainland.
However, when the cast of "As You Like It" reunited after all these years, Yuan Qiongdan was not present, and the feud started again.
Yuan Qiongdan mentioned again in 2023 that she was bullied by the actress in the play when filming "As You Like It" because Yuan Qiongdan felt that the other party was two minutes late, but the actress said that she was not late, and even pointed out that Yuan Qiongdan had no tutor.
Now Yuan Qiongdan mentioned this matter again. It seems that after so many years, there are some things that I really can’t let go...
