TAY PING HUI has Tay signed with China-based entertainment company Perfect World Pictures to venture further into the China market.
“There’s an old saying: ‘You go through many hours of training just for that moment on stage. What I’ve been through with Mediacorp in the past 19 years was amazing. I had so many years here to hone my skills and a large part of what I have today is dependent on Mediacorp,” said Tay Ping Hui when he revealed that he was leaving the company after two decades. The announcement was made by Mediacorp’s Chief Content Officer Doreen Neo and John Ho, CEO of entertainment and production company Perfect World Pictures (Singapore), at a press conference last week. The 47-year-old actor will be joining Perfect World Pictures (Singapore) as their first local artiste.
Perfect World Pictures, which is headquartered in China, invested in and produced a remake of Chinese TV series The Legend of the Condor Heroes, which aired last year. And Ping Hui was part of the period epic’s cast, playing Mongolian conqueror Genghis Khan. The actor has also been cast in an upcoming Chinese period drama Handsome Siblings, as well as a redux of classic Ch 8 drama The Awakening to be produced by Perfect World Pictures (Singapore). It was also revealed during the press con that the company has acquired the intellectual property rights to The Awakening and The Little Nyonya.
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