"Taiwan production costs for a prime-time TV series of ten episodes is NT $ 500,000, but in mainland China even the smallest productions will run at least RMB200,000 renminbi (nearly NT $ 900,000), while larger productions cost at least RMB400,000, which is four times the cost in Taiwan," explains famous agent Chen Shih-lung.
「台灣電視台八點檔連續劇製作費一集給五十萬，但在大陸最小的製作都有二十萬人民幣（近九十萬台幣），大型製作則一集最少四十萬人民幣，已是台灣的四倍之多，」知名經紀人陳世龍指出。