According to QQ, the film "The Big Businessman" (The Great Businessman) after 4 days of broadcasting has surpassed 1 billion views, the rating on CCTV-8 has exceeded 3%. But the focus of the audience's discussion was not only the plot, but also the issue of salaries and the performance of the cast.
A rallying list assessing the salaries and acting ability of the actors of the movie The Big Businessman has caused a stir.
In this group, actor Thanh Thai San received a salary of 6 million yuan (about 22 billion VND), not the actor with the highest salary in the group, but was rated the top acting player with 9.5 points.
Meanwhile, the male lead Tran Hieu received 10 million NDT (about 37 billion VND) - the highest among the cast - but his acting was only rated 3rd.
These figures have sparked debate over whether the actor's acting is commensurate with the salary level.
Thanh Thai San plays Thuong Tu Gia, who does not appear much, but just one scene is buried alive, making him known as the "secret card master" of the work.
In the scene, the soil is buried up to his chest, his neck is covered with green tendons, his mouth is crooked, and he is half-orange and half-challenging, his eyes turn fierce from fear. Without a single line, social networks were flooded with comments commenting: "Thanh Thai San's acting deserves to be emperor".
The audience was even more surprised when learning about Thanh Thai San's career. This 54-year-old man used to work at Son Tay Steel Factory (China), and at the age of 29, he left his stable job to take the Central Academy of Drama entrance exam.
In the film crew, he is called "Thanh Thai Y" because he often brings acupuncture tools to help his colleagues reduce fatigue. His "river-like" acting style is associated with a long-standing habit of practicing calligraphy and researching traditional medicine.
Actor Hoang Chi Trung also received 6 million NDT, but his acting is considered a "psill of pressure". In the role of Ly Van Duong, he just needed to sit on the monk's chair, sipping a sip of tea, the transit of the eyes also made the audience hold their breath.
In the confrontation scene with Tran Hieu in prison, the sparkling light in his eyes clearly showed the majesty of a veteran trader and the pain of a father.
The audience commented that the salaries of veteran actors are only 70% of young actors, but their delicate acting improves the quality of the entire work.
Tran Hieu's salary of 10 million yuan was the most controversial. However, the actor has sacrificed a lot to get this salary.
To match the image of a imprisoned prisoner, Tran Hieu lost a total of nearly 12 kg, the body fat ratio was 8%. The actor had to wear a thin shirt to film continuously for 6 hours in the snowstorm scene, with the weather negative 20 degrees Celsius.
During the drowning scene, Tran Hieu sang into the fish tank many times to practice holding his breath, until the director shouted "cut" him before bowing into the vomiting tank. In the scene of rescuing people in a muddy pond, the actor rolled into the mud more than 20 times to the point of exhaustion.
To show the image of a trader, Tran Hieu also studied tea smoking certificates in advance, practicing calculation by calculating the task of calculating the hand bottle.
Tran Hieu's dedication has been transformed into real data, when on the first day the film was aired, the actor directly attracted 470,000 new members to the platform.
However, fans were worried when Tran Hieu traded his health to accept the role.
Many opinions say that Tran Hieu's salary of 10 million yuan may be controversial when placed next to veteran actors, but with his dedication to the character, this salary is deserved.
