A 39-year-old actress, Zhu Rui, lost 700,000 yuan trading stocks. Now she’s unemployed and at home, and her living expenses have to be taken from her mother.

Zhu Rui has appeared in TV dramas such as “A Servant of Two Masters,” “Doctors in Obstetrics,” and “Brilliant Mrs.,” and she looks somewhat familiar.

She recently revealed that she hasn’t been working for a long time. The money she had saved from years of acting was used to trade stocks. She initially invested more than 400,000 yuan, and after incurring losses she added another more than 300,000 yuan—only to become increasingly trapped, until her cash flow was completely affected.

According to her, she is still carrying her own expenses. The main reason for the severe losses is the volatility of tech stocks. She is still waiting to break even, and she also won’t make money by livestreaming to sell goods.

When things were most difficult, she even asked her elderly mother for 2,000 yuan in living expenses.

The impact of AI on the film and TV industry is still significant. Many celebrities have openly said they’re getting fewer and fewer gigs. For lesser-known, third-tier actresses like Zhu Rui, there basically isn’t much work to be found. In the future, there will be even fewer acting roles.