Argh! F4 "Ghost" Tickets 300,000 Baht 10,000+ of Fans
Waited For
Nothing - Not For Long, The Biggies Took It All And
Put Them On Sale

Khaosod Newspaper 17 March, 2004

"F4" fans complained about the tickets to see "Jerry"
1 of the 4 "F4"
that will come to meet with the fans in Thailand this
Sunday. Even
though the fans followed the rules and regulations,
brought 100 Pepsi
caps and went to sleep and wait overnight to exchange
with the free
tickets, but all the tickets were all gone in a short
period of time.
After that, there were people who came to sell the
tickets in an
extreme price that reached ten thousand baht. On the
latest, there
were people announcing and selling the tickets on the
internet in a
price that went up to 300,000 baht!

On 16th March, news reporters reported about
Pepsi-Cola Thai Trading
Limited company will bring superstar, the member of
the F4 band,
Jerry Yan Cheng Xu from Taiwan to show up and
participate in
activities "meet and greet" with fans in Thailand at
Bangkok
Convention Center room - Central Ladprao on this
Sunday 21st March.
The fact that they let the F4 fans to bring Pepsi caps
of 100 in
total to exchange with tickets to the event of the
capacity of 2,000
in total. Eventually, there were some chaos that
happened on the day
of exchanging tickets. Plus, there were some greedy
people who used
the tickets to sell them in high prices, so much that
it was rumored
it reached 300,000 baht.

A member from a Jerry Fanclub phoned and complained to
Khaosod that
on the day of exchanging tickets on 12th March that
just passed by at
Central World Plaza, Central Bangna, and Central
Pinklao there were
numerous fans who admired Jerry that went to wait and
queue in line
overnight. They were there at each of the Central
Plaza's branches
and queue in line since the 11th March, before the day
of exchanging
tickets on the 12th. Only 5 hours passed, there were
people in queue
more than half of 10,000. Everyone who came to wait
had to sit and
wait till the malls open to eventually run in and
exchange the
tickets. There were some pushing and shoving, till
there were small
chaos going on.

Fans of the Taiwanese star declared that there were
still groups of
Jerry's Fanclubs in Thailand that collaborated with
Jerry's Fanclubs
in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, etc. to invest and
hired motorcycles
each at 800 baht and scattered to the three locations
where there
were tickets exchanging. At each place, there were not
less than 50
people to queue and get the tickets with the groups of
foreign fans
who will travel here and participate on the event on
Sunday. And
there were many Thai fans who went to wait and queue,
but they were
too late and missed the chance to receive the tickets
because they
didn't know about the strategy and tactics that were
being used by
the others.

"Mostly, they were Jerry's fans that really wanted to
participate in
the event, but there were some people who didn't want
to go watch but
came to reserve the tickets for another purpose - sell
them in a
higher price. About 11am, there were the staffs from
the Pepsi
company to come and count the number of caps and give
the queue
tickets. After that, they let you wait till 5pm and
then started to
call each names to get the tickets. The people who
didn't receive the
queue tickets were still waiting for the chance if
anyone gave up
their right, until the tickets were out. Then, there
were people who
came to sell the tickets and negotiate. The people who
really wanted
to watch came straightfoward and asked will they sell
for 2000 baht.
The highest that I heard with my ears was how an
auntie bought the
ticket for 30,000 baht," an F4 fan declared.

Jerry's F4 fan continued that now there were
announcements of selling
the tickets on the internet, similar to how you
auction if you're
interested just insert the amount you're willing to
pay. Like there
was a person who she contacted and originally had 4
tickets. 2 of
them were his and they were the seat numbers that were
next to each
other. They were sold at 12,000 baht. Another 2
tickets, there were
someone who let him sell for the person, which will
add another 20
percent. If you buy one ticket, it will cost 6,000
baht, but if you
buy two tickets, each will cost 5,000 baht. But the
most bizzarre
would be a person in the company that will organize
this event took
the staff pass and sell it, which will earn the person
a very close
seat to the stage. Now, the price of that pass climbed
till 300,000
baht.

That same fan still told us that one Hong Kong
newspaper had one news
about Jerry's travel to meet with Thai fans that now,
Jerry's company
are negotiating to let Jerry travel by a private jet
with security of
100 Thailand's policemen. They will also not reveal
the landing
place, because they didn't want the fans to come in
and create a
stampede. Jerry will also participate acitivities in
Thailand for
only 25 hours, then he will fly back immediately.

On the side of Mr. Charlie Jitjaroongporn, chief
marketing management
of Pepsi-Cola Thai Trading Ltd., talked about this
situation that
Pepsi released the same type of tickets to everyone.
There were no
VIP tickets, and including with creating strict rules
and regluations
that is bring 100 Pepsi caps in an exchange for a
ticket - one person
per ticket. The tickets were distributed to each mall.
If you were
missing one cap, you'll lose the privilege. He also
went to see the
situation at Central World Plaza that day, and he saw
that Jerry's
fans were very good in following the rules. Fans came
to wait at the
mall since 5pm on 11th March. An example would be the
400 queue which
was an auntie fan which came to wait at 3am. She was
willing to stay
up this much to wait in line. She should be a real fan
of Jerry's, or
else she wouldn't wait in line this early.

In the case of greedy people who took this chance and
take the
tickets for sale in an extreme price, Mr. Charlie said
he couldn't do
anything to it. This is because the sellers followed
the rules and
regulations and they can exchange the tickets. It
should just be an
occurence that creates a vibe. Because in this
situation, there were
not many people who received the tickets. So, the
people who got the
tickets might think they are valuable. It is possible
for the sellers
to think in two different ways. But anyways, he
confirmed that Jerry
will travel here to meet with the Thai fans according
to the schedule.

"If you look in an optimistic way, we Pepsi people
felt very content,
because this acitivity received a great feedback and
response. But we
feel a little bit sad that we cannot allow everyone to
participate in
the event. This is because actually, Jerry will come
to Thailand for
only activities that involves music of Pepsi's only.
But when there
was a great response, we then thought of an activity
which lets
Jerry's fans to come and meet and greet with the real
Jerry. Which we
couldn't believe we had received this much amount of
great
responses," chief marketing management of Pepsi said.

The reporter asked about the news vibe from Jerry's
fans that waited
in queue to exchange tickets on 12th March at Central
World Plaza
that there was a fan who got stressed out, got fits,
and bit her own
tongue till she died. Mr. Charlie exclaimed that it
was all a fraud.
This is because he himself went to observe the
situation in that day.
But there was a teenage fan who started to faint and
got fits due to
the hot weather. About Jerry's schedule on that day,
we cannot tell
100 percent what will happen, because now we are
consulting with
Jerry's manager. But there would be a welcome event.

In the case of Jerry's arrival, Mr. Charlie confirmed
that Jerry will
not travel with a private jet like what the news
reported. Because
this is an event to meet with the fans. We should let
the fans close
up with Jerry as much as possible. And about meeting
with the press,
there would be one but after the event had ended
because Jerry will
need to use much time to prepare himself before the
event starts.

credit *HaTerPunKz* of onlyf4

Where the big bucks are
posted: March 19, 2004

HONG KONG – Retired actress Lin Ching-hsia may have
backed Kuomintang leader Lien Chan for president, but
younger Taiwanese stars are a more shy lot –
politically speaking, that is.
Sing Tao Daily says presidential campaigning
committees are offering as much as NT$6 million
(S$410, 8000) to the top pop idol, Jay Chou, to sing
three songs at a rally.
This is more than what some singers are paid for a
full concert.
Likewise, boyband F4 has been offered NT$5 million.
But Chou and F4’s record label, Sony Music, has
declined on their behalf, because it has no wish for
its stars to take a stand on politics.
Meanwhile, girl group S.H.E sang at Lien’s rally
recently, for NT$1.2 million. But the girls said their
performance was just part of their commitment to a
company they were endorsing.
extracted from Life, The Buzz, 17 Mar 04

*Credit to Jordan, Only F4 and Cun Zai of
f4exclusive@yahoogroups.com
*thanks to crissy of FAITHFUL4EVER

 F4 JOINS GMA
 posted: March 19, 2004

 The group of Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou, Ken Zhu and
 Vanness
 Wu collectively known as F4, joins GMA's stable of
 talents.
 
Starting at 11:30 am this Sunday, the four will be
 featured in the new show "Meteor Fantasy
 Paradise",
a
 weekly show in Taiwan where the group gets up
close
and personal with their fans.

The show's Philippine version will be hosted by
 the Sex Bomb Dancers.
 Fans will get to see the real person behind the
 handsome faces and winsome smiles of the F4 as
they > > let their guards down during the show which
 features two segments called "Meteor Laugh Garden" and
 "Call  Me Mail Box"

In the first segment, fans will reenact classic
 scenes from F4's television show. In "Call Me", F4 will
 answer fan mail on air.
 
For its initial telecast this sunday, the show
 will  have a sneak preview of "Love Storm", a new
 chinovela that will premiere on GMA at 4pm Monday. It stars
 Ken  Zhu and Vic Zhou.
 
Source: PDI, March 18 

> >
> > *thanks to candytuft of FAITHFUL4EVER
> >

Jerry Yan - Dream Prince Becomes Rock and Roll

Fades from F4's image, works hard in studio, one
year's hard work to give fans a surprise this holidays

Jerry fans please look this way, Jerry has spent over
1 year on his album and will release it in May this
year. Singapore producer has flown over to Taiwan to
work with Jerry and will let Jerry fade from the F4's
dreamy image. Jerry says: "I don't want to be a
prince, rather I'm a rock and roller." Producer Liu
also says that Jerry has cleared his other duties to
focus on his album, not eating and drinking to record
through the nights. Jerry's beauty and endurance is
surprising and has a very broad voice range. Some fake
sounds, he can sing up to 14 degrees.

Even though there are many films requesting Jerry from
HK, Jerry's main focus now is his album. To give
audience a good listen, he went to Japan to learn
singing for about 4 months. The results are audible,
Jerry now knows how to control his body and voice to
express the mood of the song.

In regards to this album, Jerry was very assertive
about what he wanted and told them to his producers.
He wanted it to have a unique lang zi rock and roll
feel, as well as a cultural feel, with a taste of
south east Asia. There's also slow songs as well but
focused more on rock. His image is completely
different to before and hopes that fans will get a
surprise out of it.

When he's in the recording room, he is very focused
and would stay until midnight, full of energy.
Producer Si saw his persistence and was moved by it.
Jerry even tries writing his own songs and according
to producer Liu, Jerry has a talent for it. Jerry has
completed 7 songs out of 10, which he had to choose
from a selection of over 1000. Jerry says that if he
doesn't sing well, then he's not living up to the
fan's expectations. When F4 sang Meteor Rain, no one
could clearly hear Jerry's voice, but this holidays,
he will bring rock and roll to the hearts of his fans.

source: ming shen bao 18/3

Please credit Lilian and http://onlyf4.proboards4.com

THE POP BOYBANDS ARE ALRIGHT
By Xtian Ji Huang
CN TV, China
March 17, 2004

IS it time to wave bye, bye, bye to teen pop? Critics
seem to think so.
But they were sounding the death knell for teen ear
candy back in January,
after Vic Chou's album failed to sell high-expected
figures.

Even as boy band 5566 releases "Second album" - one of
the year's most
in-demand discs - music critics are predicting the
death of bubble-gum pop.

FTV declared in a headline on Friday, "Boy bands
starting to feel some backlash."

" 'Pop' Goes the Teen Boom?" asked Entertainment U in
February, after Chou released the single
"Ji De Wo Ai Ni." The article went on to say the
"music industry is anticipating a downturn because it
believes teens are burned out on the sound."

And Asia News Service recently reported, "Teen pop may
be petering out."

It's more a matter of taste than truth. Sure, F4 not
the Beatles or even the Spinners, but
don't tell that to 14-year olds, who still cause a
traffic jam in Taichung when any of
their pop idols are on.

Hey, critics never liked teen pop to begin with. And
teen pop idols like F4 and 5566 don't like
critics as well, to begin with.

And, if teen pop is a fading fad, store owners don't
know it. They've ordered million copies of
ZZ's new album, the same number they ordered for the
group 5566 mega hit "Second Album."

But if *ZZ's and soon-to-release album Ken and
Vanness's new effort fail to match or
exceed their first album sales (group or solo) - the
disc will be deemed a failure.

And critics will start saying it's over for the
pop-culture phenom.

But that's wishful thinking.

Even dumber are those - like Apple Daily - who suggest
Yen's very adult problems of
immaturity and unprofessionalism signal the end of the
teen musical trend.

If booze and the blues could end a musical trend, rock
'n' roll would have died
long before Elvis did and we'd all be doing the waltz.

F4 will always remain in the history of Music,
Entertainment and Asia. The hell with the critics.
If the critics say Vic's album expect to sale 2M, and
he only sold 1.5M, does that mean his
album is a failure? I don't think so...

*thanks to starsailor2003 of http://www.pure4.net

ZZ - 20,000,000 a month
     
 
Rich commerce likes young girls with a good stature.
Rich women like cutie gigolos and bold men with
well-built bodies as well as handsome guys. The
entertainment circle is the headquarters of ferocious
males. It’s only natural that this is the holy place
for millionaire ladies.
From the 80s’ Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Ray Liu to the
90s’ Tony Leung, Leon, until today’s Zai Zai, Jerry
Yan and Bae Yong Jun, all are the most wanted male
celebrities of rich ladies. In order to touch the
hearts of these actors, wealthy women are willing to
take out 5,000,000 to 8,000,000 HKD (NT 22,500,000 to
36,000,000).
A few days ago, handsome Korean actor Bae Yong Jun
promoted his new movie in Taiwan arousing madness
among female fans. But looking ahead, among these
females, the majority are wealthy ladies. They have
money and leisure. When they chase celebrities they
obviously spend a ton booking charabancs, rooms, and
fields. They make people aware of middle-aged women’s
grand offerings, not losing to young people.
With the same principle, if millionaire women have a
male celebrity as their target, the money they throw
out really can kill people. Last year, Vic Zhou and
Ken Zhu promoted their drama “Love Storm” in
Indonesia. The two created a whirlwind, receiving a
very warm welcome by young female fans.
However, this is not what confounded the staff members
because there was a middle-aged lady who claimed to be
rich. She said she owned a bank, forest, department
store and other industries. She said, “As long as F2
Vic Zhou and Ken Zhu are willing to be supported, just
give me a price!” This almost frightened the two guys
to death.
The upper class in Hong Kong has always had a price
list of supported female celebrities. They also have a
price ranking of the most popular supported male
celebrities. From this chart, it’s not difficult to
see that male celebrities that the rich ladies like
sequent with generation and trend.
Next few paragraphs on some Hong Kong celebrities and
the amount rich ladies gave to support them.
In 2000, these celebrities are in their 30s and 40s so
they do not meet with wealthy ladies’ demands of
“young and fresh.” Therefore, nowadays, Zai Zai, Jerry
Yan and Jay Chou have become the three most wanted men
by rich ladies for care.
In order to take care of these 3 handsome celebrities,
these rich ladies have offered millions. For Zai Zai’s
support price, a month is 5,000,000 HKD (NT
22,500,000), Jerry’s is 3,000,000HKD a month and Jay’s
is 2,000,000HKD a month.
The reason why all 3 stars are from Taiwan is probably
because there hasn't been any new artists that stands
out in HK and the old ones don't have anything
refreshing.
Rich Ladies Love Zai Zai Most
This person expressed that Zai Zai's gentilesse and
obedient appearance not only attract young girls, but
also recieves gazes from wealthy women. And Zai Zai's
shyness and his lovable traits arousing rich ladies'
maternity. That's why he is the champion for most
popular male celebrity wanted by rich ladies.
Still translating.....

Source:
http://www.tvbs.com.tw/TVBS_WEEKLY/weekly_...020040318053825
Translated by Amy of http://f4ever.azn.nu

Jumpy, goofy Vanness
DIRECTLINE By Boy Abunda
The Philippine Star 03/19/2004

If you don’t know F4 sensation Vanness Wu by now, then
you must be living in a cave for the past six months
or so.
Ever since Vanness Wu and his F4 buddies Jerry Yan,
Vic Zhou, and Ken Zhu made their Philippine TV debut
on Meteor Garden, the entire nation has been gripped
by chinovela-mania, fanatic mass hysteria that is
reminiscent of the Beatlemania we witnessed in the
‘60s. Come to think of it, they’ve also been dubbed as
an Asian Fab Four of sorts. These Taiwanese pop idols,
however, seem determined to make their own distinct
mark in the entertainment industry. The most gung-ho
of the Gang of Four is Vanness Wu, who charmed all of
Manila when he (and Ken) visited late last year for
the smash concert The Event.
Indeed, Vanness consistently wins points among Pinoys
because he’s the only one who speaks English fluently
(having been raised in the US) and seems the most glib
and gregarious of the four. He once confided to a
Filipina interviewer that he had lots of Filipino
friends when he was in high school and that he has
kept in touch with most of them. When he told them
that he was visiting Manila for a concert, his Pinoy
pals were stunned. "It’s funny," he relates, "but they
told me that they haven’t been to the Philippines in
19 years, while I am going there to perform!"
He also stands head and shoulders above the other F4
members because he not only possesses the silkiest
tresses, but because he is also the most gifted when
it comes singing and dancing. If Jerry is the Bad Boy
F4, Vic is the Quiet F4, and Ken is the Most
Unintimidating F4, Vanness takes home the prize as the
Most Talented F4. And his F4 gangmates wholeheartedly
agree.
"I’m his no. I fan," Jerry himself concedes. In fact,
when Vanness launched his solo CD, Jerry dropped by,
lined up with the fans, and got an autograph from his
idol. "He is my singing and dancing instructor," Jerry
attests. "I think he is the most well-rounded one
among the four of us." When they’re already old and
gray, Jerry opines, Vanness will still be around, "as
the international king of the dance stage." "I admire
Vanness’s courage and determination," Vic asserts. "He
really prepared himself for all this. His singing is
the best among the four of us. and his dancing is also
tops. Moreover, he is the least likely to be moody
when working."
Ken concurs and singles out Vanness’s positive work
ethic as his friend’s most endearing attribute. "He is
very generous. His knowledge about music is very
broad. His easy-going attitude allows other people to
get close to him. He is probably the most normal among
us four!"
He’s also the funniest, it seems. And the most
mischievous. People who know the real Vanness say that
he’s the eternal child at heart. He once pulled a
prank on their clueless manager, putting sugar in his
shoes. The problem was, it was unbearably hot day. So
by the end of the shoot, the sugar in the shoes
melted, leaving the poor manager with a sweet yet
sticky mess.
He also admits being a bit hyper. "I’m really an
active, sporty type of person," he pipes up. "I love
running around. Jumping around. Just goofing off."
That’s why he was offered an action flick, Star
Runner, for his big-screen debut, he didn’t have to
think twice about it. "That was awesome," he recalls.
"I felt so fortunate because everyone involved in the
project poured 100 percent into it. All their time and
energy."
For his first big movie (and all his hard work), he
was nominated Best New Actor at the HKFA Awards in
Hong Kong. Colleagues also claim he is the most
finicky about his looks. That he is Mr. Vain. That
much was confirmed by Barbie Hsu or San Cai of Meteor
Garden fame. "We often talk about facial masks and
stuff like that!"
In fact, he was given the nickname Barbie King Kong,
because he exudes both macho and prissy traits.
Because he constantly struggles with his Chinese, he
oftentimes mixed up his lines of dialogue on Meteor
Garden 1 and 2. Once, instead of saying "Hello
everyone!", he absent-mindedly cracked "Hello big
chickens!" As such, he is almost always the recipient
of gentle ribbings from his F4 cronies.
Jerry once joked that in "Vanness’s dictionary,
there’s no such word as modesty." Quick on the drew,
Vanness wittily retorted: "But I only borrowed the
dictionary from you!"
Because such good-natured camaraderie is daily fare
for the F4 guys, rumors of jealousy and in-fighting
confound and exasperate Vanness so. "Everyone is happy
for each other," he exclaims. "We’re really excited
for each other’s solo projects."
He rules that media seem to prefer to focus on nasty
rumors. "People say we’re not friends, that we don’t
get along," he explains. "Why would they all show up
at the premiere of my movie in Taiwan?" The press made
a big deal out of it, he bristles, "We’re friends!
What’s wrong with you? We don’t envy each other at
all. We’re all very happy for each other’s success!"
That’s the real Vanness, in a nutshell. Slick,
straight-shooting, and sharp. Pinoys will again get
the chance to know the real Vanness Wu when he stages
a major concert tour in the Philippines this March. He
is set to headline Crazy In Love with Vanness, with
guests Pops Fernandez, Francis M, Jay-R and the
Hotlegs. Also guesting on March 27 and 29 are Mark
Herras and Yasmien Kurdi, and Star In A Million
champion Erik Santos. Direction is by Rowell Santiago.
It will go onstage at the Expo Filipino in Clark Field
Pampanga (March 26), at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon
City (March 27), and at Abellana Sports Complex in
Cebu City (March 29), with the Quezon City Performing
Arts Foundation, Inc. as beneficiary.
For ticket inquiries, call Ticketworld at 891-9999,
the Expo Filipino Office (843-6589), and Mindworks
Consulting Co. (255-8388, 253-0891).
http://www.philstar.com./philstar/index.htm
Taken from: VicZhoufamily

Zhan Lian's call for voluntary enlistment strikes a
chord with idol
draftees
Posted: March 17, 2004

Presidential candidate Zhan Lian proposes voluntary
enlistment and
says he would push to enact enlistment if he gets
elected.  At that
time, military services will no longer be mandatory
for draftees.

At present time, there are many idol draftees,
including Energy,
Youwei Lin, Wei Lee, Zaizai, 5566's Menze Xu, Taro
etc; they are all
assent to voluntary enlistment.

It is not that thy want to avoid military services.
All things
considered, enlistment is a better policy than the
current mandatory
conscription.  They also don't have to worry about
their careers, for
which they have been striving so hard, being
interrupted by military
services.   Of course, they are all for it.

Zaizai currently is a college sophomore and will soon
face the
problem of military services.  He thinks one year and
ten moths of
training do not improve the military power. 
Enlistment, which
treats soldiers as a profession with full benefits,
serves as a
better national defense policy.

The rest are comments made by Youwei Lin and members
of Energy and
5566.

Source: Da Cheng Bao
----------------------------
This is written by the head of China Economics
Research Institute in
Taiwan.  He used F4 to illustrate the concept of
opportunity cost.
Only that part is translated.

[size=5][b]Conscription versus Enlistment[/b][/size]
Posted: March 17, 2004

National defense budget does not represent the real
military cost. 
Under conscription, people go to the armies without
pay.  But this
does not mean that the cost of building up military
forces is zero. 
The real cost of military forces is what people need
to sacrifice in
exchange for being in the armies.  Let's assume that
F4's annual
singing income is 10 million NT dollars, and then the
social cost of
F4's military service is 10 million NT dollars.  Under
conscription,
all male draftees who have passed physical
examinations will have to
join the armies regardless of their potential income
is 10 million NT
dollars or zero.  If we don't need that many soldiers,
it is obvious
that we should choose only those with zero income to
be soldiers and
let F4 continue its singing careers.  As such, the
society as a whole
can lower its opportunity cost.  But, isn't this
unfair? Of course,
it's not fair. So we should pay appropriate salaries
to those who go
to the armies, and let F4 pays income taxes which in
turn are used
for salaries for these people. This is what enlistment
is about.

Source: China Times Daily

Translated by laiou2002 of
<http://www.vicpower.net/asp>

Thanks to MaanZHOU and Kenzie of F4Pilipinas

Jerry Yan - Dreamy prince transforms to rock wastrel
Posted: March 18, 2004

Jerry fans please come over. Jerry Yan spent 1 year to
manufacture his first album. The earliest the album
will be published will be in May. Producer Si Song
flew from Singapore to Taipei to manufacture Jerry's
album, making Jerry fade away from F4's dreamy
appearance. Jerry said, "I don't want to be a prince,
this time I want to become a rock wastrel." The
producer Liu Tian Jian expressed that Jerry excluded
other work to concentrate of recording for his new
album. He frequently records until midnight without
eating or drinking. Bao Long's perseverance and
endurance is indeed astonishing. Moreover, his bass
larghetto, in one, two fake sounds can sing to the 14
degree.

Recently Jerry only wants to concentrate on recording
his album despite several Hong Kong movies wanting to
talk to him. In order to make the songs well-turned,
he was sent to Japan to recieve vocal classes. He
learned singing skills as long as 4 months. He
exercises during the day and exercises during the
night and surely enough he put forth good preformance.
Liu Tian Jian said that Jerry already knows any
position that uses the body completely, conveying
emotions.

Regarding his first solo album, Jerry has his own
views. He told Si Song and Liu Tian Jian that the
music can't "spill dog blood" (this is probably some
slang or something that i don't know how to translate,
so i'll just put a direct translation^.^;;;;) it needs
to have a unique wastrel rock style. His wastrel rock
plus nationality style has a somewhat Middle Eastern
rock flavor. Apart from rock, it also has a little
ballad. But the principal axis is rock. This is
completely different from his past image, making fans
have mixed feelings.

As long as Jerry enters the recording room, he doesn't
want to be distracted and talk about other things. He
was "sharpened" until midnight by Si Song. Yet he is
still vigorous. Si Song was touched by his
persistence. Not only that but Jerry also made his
first attempts at writting lyrics. Liu Tian Jian feels
that he has talent in writting lyrics. Currently,
Jerry has already finished recording 7 songs in
Taipei. From thousands of songs, about 10 songs were
selected. Jerry said that if he doesn't sing
seriously, he'll feel very sorry to fans. Before, when
F4 sang "Meteor Rain," everyone can't attentively
listen to Bao Long's voice. This year, before
vacation, he will be using rock to touch fans.

Source: Min Sheng Bao

Translated by Amy of http://f4ever.azn.nu

Zaizai to cast his first presidential vote
posted: MARCH 19, 2004
 
In the face-off of blue and green,
one and half million voters,
their first time,
will decide the future of Taiwan
Yesterday Central Election Committee announced that
there will be 16,507,079 voters for the presidential
election on March 20,
more than one million additional voters than last
presidential election.
There are more than 1,580,000 people of first time
voters,
ranking only after Taipei Prefecture and Taipei City
in terms of voter population.
As the number of 20-24 age groups is sufficient enough
to determine the outcome of election;
these young people have become crucial to both
parties.
Negative propagandas not appealing
What image of a president do these young people have
in mind?
Negative propagandas are not appealing to them.
Entertainer Jolin Tasi says:” I feel the character and
personalities are very important. Most of all is
responsibility.
He works for people’s welfare.”
Wei Lee says:” My ideal president is someone with
intelligence, good disposition, a broad mind and
humanity;
helping minority groups and spending money on taking
care of people instead of buying missiles.”
Vic Zhou who can cast a ballot for the first time has
already talked to the production crew to take that day
off.
He definitely will squeeze time to vote.
Source: Apple Daily of Taiwan
Thanks to laiou2002 of http://www.vicpower.net/asp
*thanks to AMY OF FAITHFUL4EVER