Thursday, July 13, 2006
crazy over JY.
August 15 is about a month away. That's when The Hospital will start broadcast in TW on weekdays, 8p.m. Its ratings will be closely watched by a lot of ppl as this time slot is a very fiercely competitive one, its the time slot where a lot of Tw soap operas are shown. The Hospital was not chosen to broadcast on the much easier time slot of Saturday or Sunday nights [which its when idol dramas the likes of God Mars, Green Forest, Prince Turned To Frog, Love Magician, Silence, etc are shown & whereby its easy to get good ratings] as The Hospital is not an idol drama. So The Hospital, a serious drama, will go on a headlong clash with soap operas on prime time week nights. It will be a tough fight & bear in mind the fact if some newspapers start comparing The Hospital ratings with those dramas shown on weekend nights, that's no comparison between a tough, prime time weekday slot and a much easier weekend slot.
Message from Star Jerry
Dear All
Drama series "The Hospital" charity premiere is confirmed to be held at Aug 13 in Taiwan. We sincerely invite all fans and friends to support Jerry and at the same time also contribute your strength to charity.Fans gathering date and venue to be confirmed. For overseas fans convenience, we will coordinate with other parties to arrange the gathering date close to "The Hospital" charity premiere.We will announce the date and time once confirmed.
Thank you for your support and cooperation.StarJerry (Jerry YanOfficial Web Site)
Message from Star Jerry
Dear All
The long anticipated drama series "The Hospital" is confirmed to be hosted starting August 15. Correlated promotion schedule is still under discussion, and there is no confirmation on any programme at the moment, please wait for our official announcement. Understand there may be a lot of fans from overseas coming to support Jerry, we also hoped to take advantage of this opportunity to arrange Jerry to have the similar type of gathering like two years ago with everybody, the timing and format are yet to determine. We will try our best to fit the gathering on the same weekend of drama promotion for overseas fans convenience. We need to collect the number of fans who are interested to come to Taiwan by Jul 15 latest. Updates: Jerry has just finished Mia's advertisement photo shooting, and is recording the theme song for "The Hospital" at present. He will attend a show in Indonesia on July 22. We will announce his work schedule one after another after confirmationps:If you have any suggestions or questions before Jerry's official website is established, you may email them to this email address: fennyhsieh@gmail.comStarjerry's staff will squeeze out some time to reply as much as possible.
Pepsi Cola advertisement of 10 stars has changed to 7 stars, F4 is 3 persons less, through 鈥淏ao Long鈥?Yan Cheng Xu bridges the big gap makes an effort to influence the crowd without, 鈥淶aiZai鈥?Zhou Yu Min, Zhu Xiao Tian and Wu Jian Hua, the reason: F4 is not a fresh idea!Cola business says F4 isn鈥檛 a fresh idea.Possessing a huge array of big stars Pepsi Cola says they signed F4, Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai, Louis Koo, Edison Chen, Nicholas Tse and Rain collectively known as 鈥淧epsi 10 Big Stars,鈥?among them F4 the most senior, they will enter their 5th year now but adding Rain a few days ago and shocked people saying Pepsi doesn鈥檛 want F3 they only want Jerry Yan.At the end of last month, Jolin Tsai, Louis Koo, Edison Chen and Korean Rain came out in Pepsi鈥檚 TV commercial entitled 鈥淐ircus鈥?and besides having no F4, they changed the their position lowering it. This year鈥檚 TV advertisement have no F4, will they have the same level of ads, this year Pepsi will have 3 campaigns, last week we released the first one the main stars there were Jay Chou and Jerry Yan, the second wave is Jolin Tsai, Nicholas Tse and Edison Chen, the last wave will have Edison Chen, Rain and Shao Le 鈥淔3鈥?Zaizai, Ken Chu and Vanness Wu.Jerry Yan鈥檚 overseas sales is strong. The pass 4 years, F4 never had their own ad, they were absent from TV ads, according to our sources, last years blue hair commercial was shown in Taiwan and HK, for this year only Jerry Yan will have an activity for Pepsi, they really didn鈥檛 sign up F3. Jerry Yan has millions upon million of NT dollars in his pocket, it seems F3 has lost many millions. Signing up as his own boss, Jerry Yan has gotten rid of/eliminated [gan4diao4] the other F3, turning solo, he regards this as a personal victory. It is reported that because of 鈥淢eteor Garden鈥檚鈥?fresh role, and mesmerizing eyes, amongst F4 he possesses the most 鈥渘aifensi,鈥?Pepsi has prepared his overseas market event. F4 agreement as spokesperson is until next year. This year we chose Jerry Yan to act in behalf of F4, on the other hand due to this year鈥檚 Circus motif, there are not a lot of roles to offer, adding to that every year you will see F4 there is no fresh feeling anymore. F3鈥檚 manager Zhi Xiang Li said, 鈥淧epsi has already arranged their advertisement, 鈥渢hey really don鈥檛 have to put together all the big stars in one advertisement, F4 has an agreement with Pepsi until next year. They are still Pepsi spokes persons; afterwards they will shoot their own kind of advertisement.
The Hospital" was filmed for 8 months, finally it was finished this spring. Currently, editing work is in the final stages, so that can be shown in Taiwan in August. This tv series will surely become Jerry's turning point. Since "Meteor Rain", how was it for Jerry to be working again with Director Cai Director Cai has different shooting locations, the atmosphere is very relaxed. At first, it seems that Jerry was not used to this. Most of the staff/crew liked to joke around,but as the filming progressed, Jerry also had very good interaction with them,also plays around with them. This is how Lin Wen Kai, the cinematographer responsible for all of Director Cai's works since [Meteor Garden], described Jerry during the first stages of filming.Moreover, we interviewed some actors who worked with Jerry for the first time. First is Xiu Jie Xie, who acted in "Ming Yang Si Hai" and "Mars". He said: our ages are very close, we chat together and talk about basketball. It was the same with ZZ, we became familiar with each other very quickly.鈥?br />Lead actress Ms. Zhang said: 鈥淏efore we met, I thought he must be a very handsomebig brother. At first, because he is a big star, I was afraid that it would be difficult to go near him. But in reality he is very warm and very easy to get along with. By working with him, I discovered that he is a very serious and earnest person. He has high demands for himself. He diligently works hard so that he could perform better. Jerry certainly is not just an idol with a face.鈥?br />鈥淛erry is very serious.鈥?This is a statement that came out of every person we interviewed. 鈥淚n shooting locations, Jerry is very absorbed. That鈥檚 why I don鈥檛 disturb him as much as possible. As he holds the script and focuses on it, we all won鈥檛 dare to speak with him.鈥?Xiu Jie Xie said.During filming, the drama team basically just prepared a small personal resting room for Jerry. Only a small number of people are allowed to go in and out of his room. Among them is hairstylist and make-up artist Pan Lun Lin. She said: 鈥淲hen Jerry is reading the script and memorizing hislines, he hates it when he is disturbed by the noisy surroundings. He is very serious.鈥?Can youjust imagine a Jerry with a stoic face.鈥淗owever, after filming has started he becomes very relaxed, he tells jokes and loosens up.鈥?br />It was also reported in the news before that filming was done in various places in Taiwan. According to Pan Lun Lin, most of the time Jerry drives a black Cefiro car to shooting locations. However, according to Lin Wen Kai, the cinematographer who has personal contact with Jerrysince MG days, 鈥淭his Japanese car is the company鈥檚 common car. Jerry is an extremely thrifty person, he still drives the same car that he bought during his modeling days. It鈥檚 already tattered (Laughs). When I saw that car, I was very shocked.ZZ and the others drive very nice cars.鈥?br />In order to protect Jerry鈥檚 privacy, the car that Jerry drives is kept a secret, they didn鈥檛reveal it to us. In order to avoid paparazzi, Jerry makes a detour when going home, normally it takes a lot of skill. Furthermore, Lin Wen Kai said: 鈥?It seems that Jerry doesn鈥檛 like to drive cars very much. But in long distance driving, he takes care of his assistant and drives the car. When being chased by paparazzi, he also drives the car, because he drives fast but very carefully.鈥?br />Of course the lead actress has the most interaction with Jerry. Ms. Zhang has acted in movies, but has no experience in tv series yet. Jerry then is very considerate and looks after her. 鈥淎fter acting in a sad emotional scene and I鈥檓 unable to release the feeling,and when my sentiments are low, Jerry always walks over to comfort me.When I鈥檓 nervious, he would also teach me how to relax. 鈥榊ou鈥檙e still a newcomermah.鈥?Even though he somehow teases me, he takes care of me like that.鈥?br />However, people all have times when their mood is not good. During this time what does Jerry do?Pan Lun Lin said: 鈥淲hen his mood is not good, he will say, 鈥楤ecause of some matters my mood is not too good today,鈥?and informs everyone in advance鈥?This allows everyone to prepare themselves mentally. It is also a kind of misgiving. When Jerry is angry, it seems his appearance is very frightening, so what exactlyis his appearance like? Lin Wen Kai said: 鈥淔or example, he doesn鈥檛 speak, and it鈥檚 hard to approach him. But he doesn鈥檛 take it to heart, given that he got angry at certain matters, that day it鈥檚 very frightening, but after going home and thinking it over, the next day he wouldcommunicate in a new mood.鈥?If this is really the case, that even an angry Jerry has positive constructiveness, isn鈥檛 it lovable too?Of course if he鈥檚 in a good mood, he also shares laughs with the staff and cast who likes tocrack jokes. His cold jokes are not few either.鈥淎fter telling a joke, he will look at the other person鈥檚 reaction like this.鈥?Ms. Zhang said while imitating that _expression. It seems that compared with his jokes, Jerry鈥檚 expressionsmake people laugh more. It鈥檚 a pity there鈥檚 no picture of it.鈥淎t shooting locations, Jerry also helps the staff move things.鈥?Ms. Zhang confirms thatJerry and the staff worked together harmoniously.Lin Wen Kai鈥檚 deepest impression on him is: 鈥淲hen we were filming on the mountains,even though we asked help from the local residents, the manpower is still not enough. Jerry also went all out to help.鈥?br />It was on an early spring day when filming finished. The drama team specially arrangeda joint performance of the two main leads, Jerry and Dai Li Ren, as the last scene tobe filmed. When the final 鈥渃ut鈥?was called out, Director Cai and Jerry reportedly hugged each other crying. On this matter, we asked confirmation from Director Cai. 鈥淎fter filming the last scene, everyone opened up bottles of champagne that they prepared. There was champagne everywhere, then we recalled our continuous hardships, unconsciously we hugged together. Jerry and I were drenched in champagne from head to feet.
there are like some rubbish chinese here n ther..dunno wads wrong..just try to make sense out of those words..haven posted for a long time..more news coming up!!
Vanness Kangta -
Scandal hits JapanFollowing Korea & Japan, Vanness & Kangta continues to conquer Japan.Their Scandal album was released in Japan on 5th July, and on the 10th there was a hand shake session & interview at HMV for 250 fans. After that, they attended a famous radio program "TOKYO ENTERTAINMENT STATION". Over 1500 fans gathered at the open studio to support them. At 8pm, they went on Fuji tv "Super News", and next week they will be on "The Wide" program. This Japan trip is very successful.
Vanness & Kangta meets fans in Kuala Lumpur & Penang in September Vanness & Kangta will promote their Scandal album in Malaysia in early September. They will hold 2 autograph sessions, said to be in Kuala Lumpur & Penang.Malaysia SongBMG is actively trying to arrange for Vanness & Kangta schedules to visit Malaysia early September, currently waiting for their companies replies. If the plans work out, besides having a autograph session in Kuala Lumpur, they will also meet fans in Penang. KV will bring along 6 of their dancers, and show their dance moves to Malaysia fans.
Mr Chih's msg
Dear All, Just came back from Tokyo's, VanNess¡¦s first solo
concert in Japan was extremely successful, we would like to thank you for your support, VanNess will work even more diligently in return for your affection. I knew that many of you are concerning the news about 713 "Volunteer Beijing¡¨ and would like to let you understand what had happened from the very beginning to the end regarding this matter.
MTV, the organiser of the Beijing 713 "Volunteer Beijing¡¨ activity, has contacted Korean management company for the activity, but when the Korean company notified us about the activity, VanNess¡¦s schedule was fully booked for series of promotions in Japan already. We have immediately turned down MTV¡¦s invitation immediately at the reason of VanNess¡¦s tight schedule. Therefore we were astonished to read some of the reports saying that VanNess has ¡§withdrawn suddenly¡¨ from the 713 activity. We have asked our Korean partner to clarify with the organiser. Although we understood that the 713 activity is meaningful and significant, we must also respect the signed contract with other organiser that has reached us earlier. We can only say that this circumstances arose due to the different contact windows link up errors, and it got no relation with any commercial interest or country issue whatsoever. We will carry on follow up with the organiser, please don¡¦t worry.
Ken has read all your encouraging messages, he was very happy and touched by your affections. Ken has been very strong and work earnestly under a very harsh environment. He will keep on his hard work and show you remarkable result.
Vic will go to Japan for promotion and fans meeting in August, we will announce his detail schedule later.
Respond to some of the fans' messages:
About Pepsi endorsement, F4 is still Pepsi¡¦s endorser at present. There will be new jobs together later. No matter which company they do belong, the revolutionary relations between F4 will not change. All four of them treasure very much for the chance of themselves getting to know each other, hope you will be so too.
For F4 concert DVD, the responsible releasing parties are Sonybmg and East Aisa, if everybody needs to understand the progress please contact the responsible parties accordingly.
Ken rushes for filming because of fathers critically illness..his last wish
New version "Legend of Chu Liu Xiang" is now speedily shot inXinjiang, Zhu Hsiaot'ien, the main leading actor, a few days agohowever receives news that his father is critically ill. ZhuHsiaot'ien urgently informs his younger sister who studies in France,wanting her to return to Taiwan first to look after his father, whilehe remains in Xinjiang to finish the drama serial. Zhu Hsiaot'ienthrough his agent indicates that, his father is very supportive of himregarding shooting of Chu Liu Xiang, therefore what he has to do nowis to shoot the play well to fulfill his father's expectation. Zhu Hsiaot'ien's parents had divorced while he is still young, hismother sent his sister and him to Singapore to study, fostering hisindependent personality. He once disclosed his feelings for his fatheris slight, but after he becomes famous, he still separately bought ahouse for his father and mother due to filial piety. Agent ShiJunxiang disclosed that, Zhu Hsiaot'ien upon knowing his father wassent to the intensive care unit due to liver cirrhosis a few days ago, although still diligently shoot the drama, but his mood is affected. Investor for the drama "Chu" You Jianming said that, when ZhuHsiaot'ien's Chu Liu Xiang image was settled, he once took the photofor his father to see, at that time still in ordinary ward Zhu'sfather, smiled once he saw it, felt he was very happy. You Jianmingdisclosed, if Zhu Hsiaot'ien leaves, the drama crew per day wouldstand to lose at least NT $2,000,000 (approximately SGD 1,000,000dollars), but family relations are the most important, if ZhuHsiaot'ien needs to return to Taiwan, everybody would wait for him. The drama serial "Chu" besides Zhu Hsiaot'ien playing the role of ChuLiu Xiang, also invited China star Hu Jin to play Su Rongrong, ChenHaomin to play Hu Tiehua, Xiao Qiang to play the villain Shui Mu Yin Ji.
City of the Sky: Very popular in Japan,Dong Sen takes advantage of this victory will start airing it this July
F4 member KEn Zhu's momentum is lately is especially vigorous, not only does he have a new drama "Chu Liu Xiang" but due to the drama "City of Sky" last month the drama was received very well by the Japanese fans. City of Sky became a hot item in one night; not only "Wu Xian" inquiried about this drama not stop but Dong Sen will air it this July during the prime time slot of 8 pm which was previously occupied by "Devil Beside You." They will release "City of Sky" this July 21 to continue its "unstoppable power." With regards to "Tian" drama in Japan it really received a very favorable opinion. Zhu Xiao Tian happily expressed "all my hard work were worth it, recalling the time when they were filming at XiShuangBanNa though the scenery was very beautiful but the washroom facilities and people's livelihood resources were really backward causing a deep impression on him. "City of Sky" became popular in Japan and Zhu Xiao Tian captured many more of the Japanese fans. Japanese female fans on the internet call him "Xiao Xiong" (little bear) because in the drama he was quite "plump" and they felt he was very "cute" just like Winnie the Pooh; a lot of Japanese fans said: Each time they pass through Seibu PARCO Department store and see the big poster of Zhu Xiao Tian they have this super strong urge to bring home the billboard! Zhu Xiao Tian shyly smiled and said: "During that time I was really fat, everyone has said that, so right now I am really controlling and taichi has made me thin ah! I wish that everyone would focus on "City of Sky" the drama it's really great. Since "City of Sky" was broadcasted in BS TV Japan it later gave way to discussions of film fans, they will anticipate the buying of F4 goods, often they can go to the internet and buy Taiwan DVD then go home and watch it but it doesn't have Japanese subtitles they can only understand the general plot of the story and it can be a strain. It was very rare that "City of Sky" made its first global broadcast in Japan, also the TV station arranged to have it aired during prime time, now the Japanese fans will rush home every Thursday nights to catch the 9 pm showing of "City of Sky" there are no ratings for a satellite channel so the TV station surfed the internet to read the fans reactions. Since the time BS Japan is a satellite channel there are no ratings, but since the airing of "City of Sky" crazy fans have been calling the station and everyone's reaction is that "City of Sky" is very beautiful. And airing it once a week makes them feel unhappy and they hope that the TV Station can air the drama everyday and don't make them wait too long. And also the fans leave messages on the internet, we feel that "City of Sky" is very picturesque, the plot, the music are all arranged very well particularly the ending song of Zhu Xiao Tian and Huang Jie Ning chorus of "Rainbow Gone" is super popular everyone will leave a message hope BS TV Channel can release the original soundtrack. "City of Sky" is a drama that describes China's tropical rainforest and preservation of ecological systems and keeping it intact, as an example, this biggest area all year round they protect its natural resources, silently working around the forest and preserving it are unknown heroes, they are the Chinese Academy of Sciences and and the United Nations UNESCO accredits Xishuangbanna as a conservation area. This vanguards shuttle back and forth every day in the nation's natural protection area 3,600,000 Chinese acres, the research and the protection 700,000 Chinese acres preservation of an all virgin forest, now the Earth has a few natural wonders and biological warehouses, flora and fauna where plants and animals can live. "City of the Sky" is about all these; it's a tale which can make the viewers emotionally stirred because of its story and backdrop and the beautiful Lan Cang river, its sweet, romantic and very touching background music.
Jerry Fans goes on a religious journey, Following after "The Hospital" as they travel to Taiwan
The Hospital copyright is hotly sold abroad. At the same time, it also attracts study tours to come to Taiwan, and to dash against Jerry Yan. Japanese fans also formed a group to come for a "The Hospital" trip, and to travel all over its several location shootings. From the planning stage up to the last shooting day of "The Hospital, Director Cai Yue Xun and wife Yu Xiao Hui spent 2 years of rushing through and from the north in Tainan to survey and look for location filming sites. These Jerry Yan fans, however, went out all resourceful, and only relied on some listings and pictures before they could find the filming site. such as in Na Wei Xiu in Taipei. don't Hua's Nan Street and Ren Ai Road rotonda, Mu Zhi mountain, Gao Xiong's Love river, oil refinery depot and so on, and to follow on their idol's foosteps thoroughly and to walk along all over Taiwan. When chasing a star, the Japanese fans become more enthusiastic . The Hospital drama crew revealed that the Japanese fans contacted Jerry fans through local newspapers and gossip star magazine groups, in order to take advantage of 'The Hospital's " First Preview meet. The big group of 300 planned for a 5-day Taiwan tour travel. discreetly among also those driving to Taiwan on study tour, where their idol's charms are indeed so irresistable.
Jerry Yan goes out for check-ups, Sucks in 200 Million from abroad
Jerry "Bao Long" Yan puts into use to breathe in ways to earn huge money. Because his own leading role in the new TV drama "The Hospital" will be having its intitial broadcast on August 15, its overseas copyrights stepped this early to heat up the sales fever, and madly selling to 8 countries that scraped 200 million! Jerry spent 2 years hard work to put into the filming of "The Hospital" These times, he is not working up with any new project, but he came out with a very astonishing great look. In the past, because of Jerry's present idol stature, he was often downgraded by the outside world of having a poor acting talent. However, after watching a few of the earlier episodes of "The Hospital" , producer Yu Xiao Hui cant help but to question this view. She said, " After too many people have watched the first episode, they immediately decided that they must buy the copyrights, like these Japanese, Hong Kong, etc. The Japanese are also very surprized that Taiwanese can make this kind of a huge-structured drama, and also having an unusual star actor like Jerry Yan.
Overseas Money power of US$20,000 per episode
The Hospital has not yet been aired, and relying on Jerry Yan, overseas copyrights has immediately been sold to countries like Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, North America, etc. With an average of 60 minutes per episode, it was sold at US$20, 000 each. The Hospital's whole series was then sold in each country at a mighty sum reaching to US$6,080,000, and sucking in a surpassing amount of $200 Million from abroad. With a hot overseas copyright sales, Jerry Yan's success in his money-making strength became even more powerful. Producer Yue Xiiao Hui said, "The Hospital spent 80 million in costs. When the filming was about to end, it had already recovered all of its expenses with its related drama products including the DVDs, original tapes, T-shirts, posters, etc. which were released later in coordination with the drama team. We are also preparing to have a wave of sales events"
First Showing is for a Fund-raising Charity
causeThe Hospital has not yet shown its first launch. Although the drama already sold like hotcakes, Jerry's strong drawing force still calls on the fans for love and compassion. Yu Xiao Hui said that this is also her and her director husband Cai Yue Xun's idea, hoping to give back to the society. The initial showing of "The Hospital" was first scheduled to be held on August 12 and they now prepares to select the procedures for the holding of the Fund-raising Charity. It will be open to all Jerry fans coming from all parts of the world to join. Each entrance ticket will cost NT$1,000, and requires everybody to donate any amount for The Hospital's charitable institution beneficiary.
oooooolala..haha..ok..this time not much of news on jerry himself.lots of vanness one n some of ken's too..anyway enjoy!! cnt wit for the hospital to be aired!!!!!! iwanna see jerry on tv again!!! cant wait cant wait cant wait!!
Signing off...
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