Timing is everything

posted: March 31, 2004

with a movie under his belt n a soon-to-be-released album, its no
surprise tat jerry yan is excited about his post-f4 prospects.

members of the malaysian press r happily chatting amongst themselves
at the sheraton imperial kuala lumpur on a bright n cheery thursday
afternoon. they're at the presscon of jerry yan's debut film, magic
kitchen, waiting for the star to arrive. hwr, their smiles gradually
turn to agitation as word filters thru tat he is going to be late.
the taiwanese star finally materialises - three-and-a-half-hours
later! by then, most of the irate reporters have bolted. the few
who stayed on r the lucky recipients of yan's profuse apologies n
undivided attention.

wearing a green evisu t-shirt, the 27-year-old yan is one of asia's
hottest pin-ups. with his layered shoulder-length hair, cute dimples
n a winning smile, its not hard to understand y. his fan base spans
the whole of asia. on a recent promotional trip to the philippines,
yan visited president arroyo at malacanang palace, while swooning
girls in singapore have been known to go giddy at their white-
stockinged knees at a mere glimpse of the taiwanese star.

a former model, jerry yan chengxu burst onto the entertainment scene
as part of the group f4 in the tv series meteor garden. based on the
work of cartoonist kami youko, the series proved to be a sure-fire
hit n led to the release of an album entitled meteor rain tat sparked
sales of a million copies in asia. the 4some proceeded to embark on
an asian concert tour as well as host a tv show called abcdef4.
considered by many as merely possessing oodles of style n very little
substance, the group's popularity has been attributed to the fact
tat "women cant find romance in real life" or so says angie chai f4's
manager. she personally selected the 4 heartthrobs according to the
following criteria: good looks n a minimum height of 180cm.

interestingly the series was banned in china. mg was once described
by the mainland chinese media "as an updated version of the hippy
lifestyle with the concept of beauty being the most important thing n
men portrayed as being superior to women." hwr, the series
popularity has proven to be so great tat yan n his fellow group
members vanness wu, ken zhu n vic chou can embark on solo careers.

Its now yan's turn to show us wat he's made of as he follows hot-on-
the-heels of wu's debut in the movie star runner. he recently
appeared in his first movie role n starred alongside luminaries andy
lau n sammi cheng in the comic culinary spectacle entitled magic
kitchen.

how different was it for the fledgling actor to make movies compared
to a tv series? "making movies is much easier than shooting a tv
serial. its more relaxed n we're less pressed for time. when i was
working on mg, there were times when i had less than 4 hours sleep.
there is also less chance to develop a character on tv. we're always
under pressure," explains yan. "but i'll always have a soft spot for
tv bcos its where i started off." yan speaks fondly about working
with big-time stars like lau. "I enjoyed working with andy. we had
a lot of fun on the set. he's very easy going n gave me a lot of
advice. he's a person with many years of experience n someone i can
learn a lot from."

n on pairing up with sammi cheng in the film, he says, "she's like a
sister to me n helped me with my lines. we had a blast on the movie
set."

certainly, mk's director, lee chi ngai placed a lot of confidence in
yan's acting ability n gave him equal billing with the film industry
veterans. "The character i play in the movie is quite similar to my
personality. But i'd like to take on more challenging roles in
future. there's always room for improvement," says yan earnestly. a
good eg. is yan's cantonese skill - his voice was dubbed in the
movie. but the rookie actor is optimistic, "i'm planning to make a
movie where i speak in cantonese soon."

at a recent presscon in singapore, yan said tat he's getting more
comfortable in his own skin: "i've become a happier person. my
mentality has changed n i enjoy interacting with crowds more now."

with a movie under his belt, wats on the cards for yan?

"i'm planning to release an album in the next few months. the
project has been in the works for 2 years n i hope tat it will be
well received." he says.

whether its acting or singing, wats certain is yan's admirers - many
of whom dont even understand mandarin - will wait excitedly for their
idol's next project. with adulation like tis, who needs f4? yan
just needs to turn up on time.

Thanks to hermaning of http://groups.yahoo.com/group/onlyjerry/

Thanks to sasa of ninglun for the scans below:
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Zaizai and Lin

Source : http://appledaily.atnext.com

Brief trans.
Zhou Yumin cooperates in his new drama "War-god", with
Taiwan actor Lin
Chihwen. They play as schoolmate which have
differences in the
drama because of a misunderstanding,

ZZ and Lin Chihwen will have scenes such schoolmates
fights. When
asked about his view in cooperates with Lin Chihwen,
ZZ said:
"My first impression, Lin Chihwen looks like a very
cruel person,
but afterwards discovered he is very kind. Everybody
when in Japan,
often cracks a joke"

Thanks to pepss of Pure4

Vanness dislikes that his sister is too obese

Suggests that she lose weight before releasing her
album

It is said that Vanness Wu's 2nd older sister, Wu Xin
Ying (Wendy),
is entering the entertainment circle. She is only a
year older than
Vanness and is also an ABC. She's been in Taiwan for
several months.
Her Chinese isn't as good as her brothers, however her
dancing is
more ferocious. It is said that she will be releasing
a hip hop album
this year, preparing to sing and dance.

Sisters, brothers, all performers
Vanness and his 2 sisters are all performers. His
oldest sister for
previously a member of the idol group Baby. Nowadays
she is married
with a child living in the US. Now her sister has
taken over. It has
also been heard that before, when Vanness attended
events, he would
ask Wendy, "What should I wear today?" When Wendy was
in the US, she
was originally the fashion director of the famous
brand Morgan. She
therefore is a good fashion coordinator. She abandoned
her high
salary and came to Taiwan to take the celebrity path,
very
courageous.

Vanness knows that his older sister will be entering
showbiz, he
especially warned her, "It's not easy to develop in
this circle!"
Moreover, this 'ungracious' little brother, also gave
his sister a
very hurtful suggestion, "First lose weight!" But this
suggestion is
relevant.

Source: Taiwan Apple Daily

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

Vanness' Comments on Filipino Fans

Hey guy! You are an awesome performer, how have you
enjoyed
performing
in the Philippines, all 4 of you?
VW : It's been fantastic! Philippines is such a cool
country and we
were so pleased with the support we've got from the
people there. The
filipinos are so cool!

How different are your other asian fans to those
filipino fans?
VW : Well, we really get a real mixture of people and
cultures coming
to the
shows but I'd say the girls in the Philippines are not
as full-on as
the American ones. American and Japanese girls are
quite scary
sometimes, once a whole load of Japanese girls slept
in the lobby of
our hotel, they wouldn't leave.

So the Filipinos are a bit quieter?
VW : Filipinos are more reserved, but that's no bad
thing! We thought
the fans would be the same everywhere we went to. [
we're reserved?
after "the event"'s stampede he still thinks this?]

So what advice can you give all the wanna be F4
someday?
VW : The only advice I could give would be to write a
good song and
take it from there! Unless you write your own music,
it's pretty hard
to get into this whole thing. You can have a hit song
and still not
get recognized the whole time, the goodness of us is
that our very
first song hit Asia with which I'm very pleased about.
Dedication and
determination and love your craft.

Credit/Thanks to Vanness Wu/F4 Interactive

Jerry Yan being listed as 1 of the Top 3 fang4 dian4
nan hai

Having interviewed numerous politicians and artises,
which male
artises does Cai Kang Yong (host of Zhen Qing Zhi Shu
& Kang Xi Lai
Le) think is very good in fang4 dian4? Cai Kang Yong
revealed
that; "For me, fang4 dian4 describes someone's
behavior and attitude,
those artises who are cool more often is more capable
to fang4 dian4.
Therefore, the friendly and easygoing Hong Kong star,
Tony Leung is
not in his Top 50 list. In Top 3 positions are Takeshi
Kaneshiro, Fan
Zhi Wei & Yan Cheng Xu.

Takeshi is a typical super shuai ge, whenever he
appears, it seems
like there was a typhoon. His "electricity" is very
strong!

Fan Zhi Wei has many small movements, he's little
rebelious, hopes
others will notice him.

As for Jerry Yan, he has the superstar charisma, cold
expressions,
but is very attractive.

Others such as F4 & Lan Zheng Long are also in the
list.

only translated the part related to Jerry

Source: Xing Bao 28.03.2004 (Taiwan)

Translated by Mishieru of http://onlyf4.proboards4.com

Jerry reiterates that F4 may reunite anytime

Jerry was in Thailand a few days ago for the Pepsi
Meet the Fans
Session, which attracted 3000 fans. In Bangkok, Jerry
was very keen
on the Taiwan election. He voted on in Taiwan before
leaving for
Thailand and people sent messages to him throughout
the event. Jerry
hopes that everyone will support peace and hope that
Taiwan will not
erupt into violence. News are spreading that F4 are
disbanding, Jerry
explains that ZZ and Ken are busy filming a serial and
Vanness and
himself are working on albums. The four of them rarely
get together
but this does not mean that F4 are not getting along.
If there is the
chance, F4 will still sing and film together.

source: singtao
*thanks to lilian of onlyf4

Ken as Shape Rebuilding Spokesman!,
 
http://www.kenforever.com/kenforum/viewtopic.php?p=12240

Ken as Shape Rebuilding Spokesman

There is great competition between beauty salons nowadays and all of them want to be more outstanding. Sammi Cheng and Anita Mui have successively been Modern Beauty Salon’s spokeswomen. Now, they’re planning to go beyond customs and invite F4 to be their spokesmen.

After a round of discussions, they decided to choose Ken. The main reason is because Modern Beauty Salon has business in Singapore, and Ken happens to be from Singapore too! (He used to study there only-Jessie) He's rather well known there and would make promotions more effective.

Moreover, they are offering a 7-digit pay. The company wants Ken to appear shirtless showing his muscular trunk. Both sides are still discussing on this point of the issue. When the reporters asked the management spokeswoman, Kitty about this, she replied, “I can’t reveal anything in the mean time. Our sub-office will be in charge of Singapore artists, but the result will be announced soon. "

There’s already great competition among female artists, now, male artists are fighting for it too!

Ken gives people the impression that he has a big build.

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Mars went to Japan for racing scenes
Zaizai's stand-in was unconscious after his motorcycle
overturned
2004/03/24 ETtoday of Taiwan


Mars starring Yumin Zhou and XiYuan Xu went to Sendai
Japan to shoot racing scenes.
To make Zaizai¡¯ character, Ling, looks more like the
professional racer depicted in the Comic, Mars crew
spent a fortune of 500 thousand NT dollars hiring a
Japanese designer to design Zaizai¡¯s two racing suits
and two helmets.
While at work in Japan, what impressed Yumin Zhou most
was the warm-up exercise of shoveling snow every
morning before work. Whether it was an actor, an
actress or a staff member, everyone had to shovel the
snow on the racetrack before filming could be started.
To ensure actors¡¯ highest safety, sometimes they even
had to use heaters to melt and dry the leftover snow.
The Japanese production crew specifically hired many
racers who have ranked top three in Japan many Grand
Prix as Zaizai¡¯s stand-ins. Members of Mars crew were
all very appreciated of it. Producer ZhiPing Chai kept
on saying:¡± We all have to be very careful in safety
measure. Should any accident happen, we won¡¯t be able
to afford the damage.¡±
One very scared thing happened when they were shooting
racing scenes. The director asked a professional racer
to do a demo in one of Zaizai¡¯s racing scenes. It was
a scene where groups of motorcycles sped forward
simultaneously at the start line. Zaizai¡¯s stand-in
started the motorcycle and jumped off his motorcycle
when he saw the one in front of him collapsed because
its engine died. The stand-in¡¯s motorcycle slid and
hit the one in front of it. Everyone was in shock by
the series of crashes. Meanwhile, before he could get
up, Zaizai¡¯s stand-in was hit by the motorcycle
rushing from behind at him. He suffered from shock and
was unconscious for a while.
After the ambulance arrived, when the paramedical
personnel was just about to lift the stand-in racer to
a stretcher to take him to a hospital, miraculously he
suddenly woke up. Everybody was relieved. Zaizai
watching the whole thing kept on saying that it was so
dangerous. If he had been the one on the motorcycle,
he couldn¡¯t image what could have happened.

Credit to laiou2002 & www.vicpower.net Thanks Onlyf4

From an exchange of blows a friendship grows between
Steven and ZZ
Posted: March 25, 2004

http://www.vicpower.net/asp/UploadFile/2004-3/200432502540249.jpg

Machi's Steven is the cousin of the former L.A. Boyz
member, Lin Zhi
Wen. He will be officially be advancing towards idol
dramas. He'll be
acting with ZZ in "Mars." In the drama, from an
exchange of blows a
friendship grows between the two, the more they fight
the stronger
they get.

Steven and ZZ have a fighting segment in the drama.
When seeing his
opponent, his chest muscles will strengthen. The thin
and weak ZZ
hasn't even gotten in place and he's already
shivering. The director
especially invited a martial arts for guidance and
protect ZZ's
safety.

Source: Da Cheng Bao

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

Please vote for Vanness For Best New Performer
Here is the link :
http://events.sina.com.hk/hkfa/vote9.html

choose vanness and press the button on the left at the
bottom. it'll
then lead you to a page.

first box: email
next: gender (first one is male, second female)
next: year of birth, fill in last 2 digits
next: education, just select one of the four
next: occupation, just choose one
next you'll see a picture with 4 numbers, type the
numbers you see
in the box below it.
then click the blue button at the bottom.


thanks to sarah of f4group2003