Tavia Yeung’s (楊怡) management contract with TVB will be expiring in four months. The 36-year-old actress, who graduated from TVB’s 13th artist training course in 1999, has not formally said anything about contract negotiations, but a source says Tavia has her eyes on the Mainland Chinese market, and that her new contract may value several million dollars. After two years of taking small roles in numerous TVB television dramas, Tavia finally broke out in the 2002 period drama Eternal Happiness <再生緣>, which starred her 13th training course classmate Raymond Lam (林峯). Tavia then proceeded to win numerous television acting accolades, including Most Improved Actress in 2003, Best Supporting Actress in 2008, and Best Actress in 2012 for Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles <名媛望族>. But despite the impressive resume, Tavia has failed to achieve new representative works after her trailblazing success in 2012. The fadans of her generation, including Myolie Wu (胡杏兒), Kate Tsui (徐子珊), and even Fala Chen (陳法拉), have all left TVB, leaving Tavia to be one of the few TVB fadans left to hold the fort. With her contract expiring in four months, fans and media alike are wondering if Tavia will follow the footsteps of her peers, or remain in TVB like Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣), who said she still has “several years left” when she was prompted with the contract question back in 2014. But while Tavia may still be up in the air about her own TVB contract, the actress has many options left to consider. Sources say that Tavia was approached by several mainland agencies, offering her expensive contracts. The source, reported by Eastweek, said the price of her contract negotiations is quite high, in the millions. Tavia’s large contract is stemmed from the success of her performance in the 2011 Mainland Chinese drama The Emperor’s Harem <後宮>. Although The Emperor’s Harem was met with mixed reviews, the series did contribute to Tavia’s popularity in China. Tavia may use this opportunity to lure TVB into giving her better clauses for her contract, if she does decide to renew her relationship with her “mother station.” Paparazzi followed Tavia around for a few days, and noted that the award-winning actress was quite eager to invest in expensive purchases, which adds more truth to Tavia’s rumored million-dollar contract. The paparazzi spotted Tavia, who drives a white Land Rover, hanging out with her friends and looking into buying a new car. The reporters said Tavia was particularly interested in a black Porsche Cayenne S. Fans were worried for Tavia’s future in TVB when it was announced that her latest, and probably her last, TVB drama The Last Healer in Forbidden City <末代御醫> would not be airing on primetime television, but with these latest developments about her contract, it looks like Tavia’s future is nowhere else but bright. Creds: Eastweek
I would like to think it's not all about the cash, but also about whether TVB is giving her the opportunities she deserves, if not, then like any other job, you would move on to somewhere you are more appreciated with room for promotion.
