news about f4

[Jess]

YaMaha "s News

right now the most famous in asia it must be F4 from Taiwan So, anyone want them to be persenter of their product for make Image and revernue.
Yamaha has got a big change all of strategy in asia. under project 'SWITCH Campaign'.Thailand 's the first for this project. the poist is open the new target to Teenages from now they have 10% from this group but the teenages have power 60%.
So, F4's the best choice for this campain by Ad. Newspaper Poster and braner ad. They use all of location in Thailand for ad. film. The first series would be onair this1st, Octerber.
For Opening the project 'Switech Campaign'. Vic and Ken 2of F4 member came to joined here.
They said that they feel great for this chance with Yamaha and the important thing, they used to had yamaha motercycle before. Ken said that he knew some Thai language because he used to live here when He was 9.
for vic,he said something about his girl type.He likes the girl who have good heauthy skin like thai girls.
Yamaha will be susesful or not. we will wait and see!!!!

u can see the original of this news at www.manager.co.th/Motoring/ViewNews.asp?NewsID=4690935952066 -------- Have some piz hereTEXT

ps. sorry if my english was wrong

[sien]

F4 unite for $20million Advert:

After the March 8th Pepsi Event, the four boys have separated and gone their own way to film movies or serials. But lately, F4 have united for "money", taking up 2 massive contracts for commercials, raking in NT$100 million (HK$20million).

After F4 separated, they have gone into their own work, Jerry and Vanness are filming movies in HK - Magical Kitchen and Star Runner. Whilst, Vic and Ken have stayed in Taiwan to filming the serial Love Typhoon, and at the same time have released the OST to the serial. Each of the four will also be releasing their solo album in the near future.

However, F4 have united this time to film 2 massive commercials. F4 are filming a commercial in Thailand for the first time, becoming the spokespeople for YAMAHA. They will appear as "You Xin Che Shou" and the commercial has been released a few days ago. It is separated into 2 episodes. The first with ZZ and Ken, the latter with Jerry and Vanness. On top of the TV commerical, the promotion also involves poster, stickers and badges featuring the four. At the same time, there is also a bus that has the four guys on it. Fans waited over 2 hours just to get on the F4 Bus!

Ever since the broadcast of Meteor Garden in Thailand, they have swept yet another F4 craze in the country. They are all over magazine covers and the four were in Thailand filming the commericial not long ago. Everyday over 200 fans would chase them around. Apparently, many business people are trying to invite F4 to have a concert in Thailand, the payment for each concert is as high as NT$10 million. This is still under negotiations.

F4 have also collaborated on the new S&K commercial. The commercial features the four of them happily playing tug-o-war, with a rope connecting the four guys. Of them Vanness was the most "hardworking", pulling to show his muscles. This commercial will soon be released in China, HK and Taiwan.

Apparently, F4's YAMAHA and S&K commercial together raked in over NT$100million. They are now the highest paid commercial artists of Taiwan. Earlier, America's New Weekly reported on F4 pointing out that F4 are an idol miracle. Not only have they broken into the China, Taiwan and HK market but also the impossible Phillipines, Thailand, Japan, Korea and Vietnam markets. F4 were in Manila not long ago for a concert, tickets cost as much as US$200. This is equivalent to most people's monthly wage, but the tickets still sold like hotcakes!


Source : Singtao daily 30/9
thanks Lilian of onlyf4

[admin]

Details From The Yamaha Promotion That Just Passed Just 2 Hours Ago..

**UPDATED VERSION**
In this promotion, only special guests can enter the event. Whether it's going to be the dealers, high staffs of Yamaha both from Japan and Thailand, and the others. They will receive tickets to enter the event. The people who don't have the tickets, will be forbidden from the interrior of that location where the event was held at, because there are guards guarding the entrance. This event took place in Pattaya (a famous outter region of Thailand where there are beaches and lively entertainment places), and there will be another night of that event tomorrow, but no confirmation of who will come to that night among the members of F4 (but a very high possibility of ZaiZai).
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The Promotion

First, there were clips shown from MG1 and F4's concerts. After that, there was a voice of Jerry saying "Sawasdee Krub", "hello" in Thai. Following with ZaiZai and Vann's voices. Then there's a voice saying "Where's the other F4?". Consequently, "Here We Are" was played and Ken walked out wearing a white T-shirt inside, covered by a white and black striped shirt, a bleached pair of jeans, and white shoes.
During the interview, it was in English. Ken told the interviewers that he once lived in Thailand for 1 year. He showed off his talent in the Thai language by counting 1-10 in Thai (the reporter of this news stated that he had a very good accent and said it very clearly). Then, he said "Hello", "Thank You", and "I Love You All".
When asking about Yamaha, he said it was fun working with them, and he pretty much supports them.
An interviewer asked him that at this time, Marmalade Boy is showing in Thailand. He said he knew about it, but nothing much was said after that.
Then, they referred back to Love Storm, and he said that in new drama, he had a Yamaha too. Subsequently, clips from Love Storm was shown on the monitors.
Lastly, it was the end of the interview. The interviewer asked if he had anything to say to the Thai fans. He said that, this is the first project that he worked in with Thailand, and he hoped that all the Thai fans will still be very supportive towards their works in the future.
But, last but not least, the "highlight" of the promotion, the interviewer let Ken count 1-2-3, and let everyone raise up their right hands very high, and say "Switch Together" (the model of Yamaha that they're promoting). When Ken was about to leave, the fans of F4 were screaming "Ken, Zai Jian!"
It was predicted that Ken will depart from Thailand by tomorrow.

thanks to yaayee leonyn and Chu_AiMing of F4 BO Club

Ken is doing also his new video called happy.

[admin]

Two popular singers "Vic-Ken" of F4 came to visit Thailand. Many ladies were going all crazy and screaming all over Pattaya, and booked the same hotel as the stars, hoping to be close to them. If not seeing them, at least getting to smell their scent would be great. The owner of the event was putting on security on the people who didn't have any privilege to enter. "Vic" was doing the sweet talk, saying that Thai girls are cute, Thailand is beautiful, the food is delicious. He also revealed that his type of girl should be healthy and have a tan skin color. Another side, "Ken" the lead male star of "Marmalade Boy" on Channel 3 appeared not so long, quickly went up to take some rest, because he got a high fever. Nonetheless, need to call up a doctor to come and help cure him in emergency, also he had to go on drips at where he's resting at. When the fanclubs received the news, they grouped together and started to cry tremendously.

On the 27th September at Royal Cliff Beach Hotel at Pattaya, there was an event called "Switch" promotion campaign or the slogan "To make life different", which was organized by the Thai Yamaha Motor company. They had two famous foreign singers, very popular among the teenagers, from Taiwan the group called F4. Which includes Zhu Xiao Tian or Ken, the leading male role of "Marmalade Boy" from Channel 3, and Zhou Yu Min or Vic. In the earlier times, there were a lot of fanclubs waiting to get to meet the singers. Some people even booked the same hotel rooms as the two, hoping to see their famous stars. However, the organizers ordered tight security for safety. Only the public medias and dealers can enter the event, because to prevent the chaos that might happen.

The reporter reported that the event started on night of the 26th September. The organizers presented the new model of the motorcycle also with the famous singer presenters. On the first night, the openning consists only Ken, which came earlier, while Vic will arrive to the event later for the next day instead.

After that, there was a little interview with Ken about Thailand. He said that he was living here when he was little. Also, he had a Thai name which is Umporn Kowittumakorn, which was an adopted son of Somboon Kowittumakorn, which was the owner of Tiparos Fishsauce company. He can also speak a little bit of Thai like "Sawasdee Krub" (Hello in a polite way), "Pom Ruk Khun" (I Love You), and also said that he loved Thailand very much, which can lead a big scream from the fanclubs. Later, he went up to rest on the 18th floor, because he was sick. The organizers had to call a doctor to give medicine to him at the room.

Later that night at 2am on the 27th September, another famous singer "Vic" also came to rest at the hotel. There was another promotion conference at 10:30am, which only Vic came down and saying that he was very impressed with the Thai fans, because he didnt thought that they would give such a warm welcome, and some of the people even went to welcomed him at the airport. He was very proud and hornored to be selected as the presenter for this commercial.

After that, Diana Jongjitanakarn or "Dai" (pronounced exactly like Zai) and Sutipong Tudpitakkul or "Hart" asked about coming to Thailand, do you ever felt impressed about Thai girls? Vic gave a big smile and said in chinese "Hao Hao" he was very impressed with Thailand, delicious food, and the most important thing thailand did a very good job preserving the environment. The beaches are nice and very attractive to visit, and also because Taiwan doesn't have all of these things. The interviewer also asked that if he wants to have a Thai girlfriend. Vic did not try to answer in the right subject and instead, he said he liked girls that look healthy and have tan skin color.

The medias asked why did he want to become a presenter for the motorcycle. Zai replied that he felt impressed with this brand a long time ago. If they released a F4 model, it would be very nice and honored; however, he warned to motorcycle drivers to becareful, always wear a helmet, and don't speed too fast.

The reporter also reported that, after the conference Vic went up to rest at his hotel room, due to how he has to get interview on a talk show. Ken still cannot join the show, because he was still sick and had fever. When the fanclubs knew this, they grouped together and started to cry.

The reporter also reported that after the ken interview ken is reshoot his album in his hotel room.

from daily news


dont beleive romurs...

[rosanna]

I just called up the Hk Ticketing Office to verify if F4
is participating in the Hk Harbour Fest --- the answer
was, there is no confirmation yet. Still praying that
they will come.

[admin]

FROM MANILA STANDARD (9/30/03)

ABS-CBN eyes F4 for local ‘chinovelas’
By Jude O. Marfil

Cashing in on the popularity of Taiwanese pop band F4 (Flower Four) in Southeast Asia, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. is negotiating for the stars of “Meteor Garden” to do a soap opera here.

ABS-CBN president Federico Garcia said he recently came from Taiwan and negotiated with the talent managers of Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou, Ken Zhu and Vanness Wu to star with Filipino actors.

“We talked about a joint venture to invite the stars (of Meteor Garden) to do a TV show here. Once everything is final, the (chinovela) will be aired maybe in March or April next year. But we haven’t signed anything yet,” Garcia told newsmen in a luncheon yesterday.

Garcia said they are particularly keen on bringing Jerry Yan and Vic Zhou, who haven’t been to the Philippines. “They are the more popular (band member).”

ABS-CBN’s chairman and chief executive officer Eugenio Gabriel Lopez III said the project is part of the television giant’s aim to capture the whole Asian market, especially where their locally produced shows are being aired.

“That’s big bucks. Imagine capturing a $1 billion market? It’s been the direction we are aiming... to go regional and co-produce shows,” Lopez said.

He said in Shanghai, China alone, there are 100 million households with television; Malaysia, seven million; Indonesia, 44 million; and the Philippines, 12 million.

The ABS-CBN chief added the network has recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the Chinese government for an exchange of TV shows.

Owing to the success of Meteor Garden, ABS-CBN has earned P1 billion for five consecutive months since May, a month after the chinovela graced the Philippine boob tube.

“We hit a billion again. Meteor Garden is still the major driver,” Garcia said.

For the co-production to push through, Garcia said ABS-CBN talents might be asked to study Mandarin for the chinovela to have a bigger market.

“The Chinese don’t want the program dubbed in Filipino. They’d rather that Filipino actors will speak their language,” he said.

<b>To rosanna thanks for the info ..just update us if they will in the habor fest thanks...</b>

[admin]

Vanness Complimented...Thai Fanclubs Are Cool

Even though they headed back already, but the vibe of frenzy over the 4 guys F4 in Thailand still didnt vanish. This is because the fans of F4 are sitting in front of their television screen to watch the Yamaha commercial that includes the 4 Chinese looking guys as the presenters. In the present times, only the commercial version of Ken and Vic's that is on air right now. But for the version of Jerry and Vanness, it will be on air at about November, and it will only be on aired for one month. This made the fanclubs of F4 complained with disappointment that they will only get to see them for a short period of time.

Also, there are advertisement banners of Yamaha that have the pictures of the 4 guys in some of the skytrain stations. This made the fans can't hold it, so they had to take pictures of the banners, due to the actual size of the banners that were the same size as the guys.

The only Thai TV show that got the opportunity to interview the F4 member is "Samakhom Chom Dao" (interviewed Vic) and Channel 3's entertainment news (interviewed Vanness), hence there were numerous phonecalls asking when the show will be on air. This repeated the popularity rate of F4 in a very good way.

Even though the arrival in Thailand of the 4 guys 4 corners were different times, but the reaction from the fanclubs didn't decrease much at all; furthermore, it also even created much more popularity among the Thai ladies.

Incredibly, since the first second that the 4 guys came to land on Thailand's ground there were thousands of fans that were waiting to see them at the airport. Although this arrival was unofficial and "secretly" towards the contract with Yamaha, no matter how long the fans have to wait for them, or got tricked with rumors repeatedly, but the popularity points of the 4 guys didn't decrease at all. This is because the fanclubs understood that their management company made restrictions on the 4 guys. This event made Yamaha's manager and the crew that shoot the commercial got the fanclubs complaining at them in the websites. (lol..if they understand why they do like this? ) Also, they will translate the messages both in Chinese and English and send them to other foreign international fanclubs.

Some of the fans invest so much for 2 days and 2 nights, just to follow Vanness and Jerry till they didnt get to sleep at all. They followed everywhere from the commercial set to the front of the hotel door. This made some fans got to see them, but some didn't. Lately, the day of their departure, hundreds of fans went in front of the Shangri-La hotel to hold up signs of apology. But got tricked by the personal manager of Jerry, which made them waited for hours with no sight of any shadow of Jerry's. In that day, there was a helicopter that went to pick up Jerry and deliver him to the airport straight away. There were also rumors that Jerry is a person who really cares about the fans, and this made him have an arguement with his personal manager -- not to let him go down to meet the fans downstairs.

From the motivation of the fanclubs, which went to wait at the commercial shoot till 4am, made Vanness very impressed with the acts of the Thai fans. He also broke the rules by waving his hands, purposely sliding down the car's window to let the fans take pictures of him, and also recorded on his video camera of the fans which he will go brag it to Ken and Vic. Plus, there was a replied message from him, due to the fanclubs that sent apology messages to him.

For what Vanness's replied translated to Thai....(according straightly to his original message [dont hafta translate lahz]) "I would just like to say thank you guys...seriously, from my heart. I never thought that people in Thailand would have this kind of reaction. Your love, support & words mean more than you'll ever know. Thank you again for making my first trip to Thailand a memorable one. God Bless, Love, Vanness Wu. P.S. You Guys Have A Really Cool Club!"
This even made the fans more impressed with him. The other two that didn't come this time also received presents that the fans gave to them via the crew.

[admin]

Portrayed as Mei Zhuo, Vanness is the most loyal and faithful among the F4 member in the popular tv series Meteor Garden. In real life, is the character that he portrayed in MG same with his character in real life? Vanness defends :
”F4 were not close the first time we filmed MG, but as time went passed by, since we were the main characters of the series, we became constantly attached to each other. We protected each other, defended one another and even if one would get hurt, we would extend our arms at once to help. Ken even joked that without us, he would die a very appalling death, I don’t know if he was joking at the time. When one of us had an accident, we made sure that we’d not want it broadcasted nor taken a shot because it’s gonna be embarrassing on such situation. We thank not only ourselves but also our parents during concert speech.
One of the most memorable things in my life is having to meet the 3 of them.
Others just say we are not close that we have rivalry, in the industry its always like that, we are being compared to each other, worst is they really don’t know the whole truth and yet they speak with dishonesty. During our shows in Japan or Singapore, we even shared same room and we chatted the whole night as if we were not tired and sleepy knowing us, we need to get an 8-hour sleep everyday, but look what we did, we chatted, laughed together, story telling non-stop and mind you we even shared clothes. And that happens every time we do a concert and we never forget to say Jia You before the concert or show starts.
When we have the time, we get together, and we even share our handy phones, its always a great feeling when we unite together.
We never get too nervous, or scared alone, because somehow we know we are not alone, we are always 4. It’s like a one happy family, Ken is the dad, I am the mum and our kids are Jerry as the older brother and Zai as the younger one. We wish each other good luck on our daily activities, future endeavors and all, we support each other always. We love each other and we always hug each other. It’s a sign of closeness.
F4 doesn’t only mean Flower Four, everybody knows that already but for us its Friend4 to Him. What you see in MG is not only a script, we had a bonding while filming that and it didn’t stop there, we still communicate and we love each other very much like real brothers !
How much ?
Like if I get old and get sick and confined in the hospital, I Would have 3 chairs by my side for Jerry, Ken, Vic
The good thing about us is that even if MG has ended, we are still together no matter what happens, the characters that we portrayed in MG may not have a continuation in the Series, but in real life our friendship is eternal We are four people with one heart that means “Togetherness”

and guys, try to read this article made by david celdran (the guy who used to host ung BATTLE OF THE BRAINS.

www.pcij.org/imag/Society/asian.html

[admin]

Yes, the F4 is coming for a concert sometime in November. An executive of ABS-CBN (which is producing the concert) is now in Taipei to sign the contract. Barbi Xu (Shan Cai in the Meteor Garden chinovela) might do for ABS-CBN a teleserye (not a Star Cinema movie as Funfare earlier wrongly reported) with Piolo Pascual.

Here's the link, pero nakasingit lang ung article ha.

www.philstar.com/philstar/index.htm

[admin]

F2 schedule in Indonesia
10/20 ZZ, Ken & Vivian in Indo

20 Oct : Arrive in Soekarto HAtta airport
21 Oct: Meet n greet at Indosiar studio
22 Oct : Visit one of the Orphanage in Jakarta
23 Oct : Depart to Taiwan


translation from www.detik.com

Vic Chou and Ken Zhu arrived in Jakarta

they arive at 13.00 with China Airlines. Fans were waiting at the airport since early morning. F4 Indo fans club wearing a black uniform and id card.

The airport security is not to strict. There is no police security around the airport (hmm.. good sign... they consider Indonesia as a safe country now..)

F2 still now showed up, the fans were waiting eagerly for their 2 idols.

seems like F2 will stay at the hotel this afternoon to take a rest. There will be a press conference tommorow at 9 o'clock at Mulia hotel.


source: Evi - kcifc indonesia

- as soon as they went out from the plane.. a mercedez van already waiting and take F2 to the hotel..means they didnt go through the normal procedure such as imigration etc ..hmm... VVIP treatment. ken n zz were in the same car.
- ken wore a white shirt, and ZZ wore a white sleeveless shirt
- Vivian was no where in sight


by evi k KCIFC Indonesia

ken n ZZ were staying at Mulia hotel, presidental suite at the 40th floor. This is the same room Vanness used during his visit to Jakarta long time ago. The Presidental suite has a very hightech room facility including the bathroom. Remember, we watched Vanness happily played with the fancy hight tech shower at the AZIO show? yup.. thats the same room that ken n zz have now.

Many thanks to karenina of www.pure4.net/forum


From a king of http://vicbbs.com:

Translated by Amy of f4ever.azn.nu

This morning, October 20th Zai Zai took the 9:10a.m. plane to Indonesia’s capital to promote Love Storm. At 8:50a.m. he got on the plane. Today Zai Zai was in a pretty good mood. He wore navy blue and his hair wasn’t as straight as the time he went to Lee Hom’s concert. He must have just woke up so maybe that’s why it wasn’t as straight. When Zai Zai was inside lining up, his head was down; no one knows what he was doing. Later Ken and Vivian went inside. Ken looked as if he cut his hair a bit. He wore black and sunglasses, giving you a mysterious feeling.

[hellokitty]

Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou
coming for TV special
Posted: 9:52 PM (Manila Time) | Oct. 25, 2003
By Marinel R. Cruz
Inquirer News Service

AFTER the successful if riotous concert of F4's Vaness Wu and Ken Zhu at the Philsports Football Field last September, the two other heartthrobs from the disbanded Taiwanese pop group are also coming to Manila.

Jerry Yan and Vic Zhou are set to perform at The Fort in ABS-CBN's "Happy 50 TV: The Concert," on Nov. 29, according to Maloli Espinosa-Manalastas, the network's vice president for government, corporate affairs and public relations.

Network officials refused to disclose the amount of the talent fees of the two Taiwanese stars. But the fees alone are said to be in the whopping eight figures.

Jerry and Vic will perform with Barbie Xu and her younger sister Dee Xu, who had also performed with Vaness and Ken at the Ultra last Sept. 13.

Negotiations to bring Jerry and Vic to Manila started last month, when ABS-CBN executives met with the Taiwanese producers and talent managers of the artists. The deal was sealed only recently, when network officials led by senior vice president for TV production Cory Vidanes went abroad to sign the contract.

Jerry and Vic, stars of the phenomenally popular chinovela, "Meteor Garden," will be joined in the Fort show by local stars such as Ai-Ai de las Alas, The Hunks, Vina Morales, Kristine Hermosa, Claudine Barretto, and young love teams John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo, and John Prats and Heart Evangelista.

The Ultra concert of Vaness and Ken was produced by Susan Lim's Big Slim Productions, with ABS-CBN as co-presenter. The show of Jerry and Vic at The Fort will be produced solely by ABS-CBN.

Both born in Taiwan, Jerry and Vic hardly speak English, unlike Vaness and Ken. An interpreter will be on hand when Jerry and Vic visit Manila next month.

Jerry is said to be coming to Manila earlier, in the first week of November, to hold a press conference for Bench, of which he is a new image model. He will return to Manila with Vic on Nov. 28, a day before the concert.

Bench reportedly paid Jerry 250,000 dollars, or 14 million pesos.

[admin]

Unofficial split since February

WHILE there has never been an official announcement from F4's management company on the split, it's a known fact that the four boys have gone their separate ways after the release of Meteor Garden II in February.

This can be further confirmed by the fact that sponsors now have to sign separate contracts for each F4 member, compared to just one for the group previously.

However, F4's management company has always insisted that F4 has never been a group to begin with.

The spiel is that F4 is a group only in the Meteor Garden I and II shows, and in their albums.

Apart from that, they prefer to think of F4 as four separate artistes.

here the breaking News
Mega Taiwanese boy band F4 has gone splitsville. And Ken Zhu is the first among the boys to release his movie Sky Of Love, which opens today. But the three other members have not been twiddling their thumbs either. WENDY TEO checks out their solo paths


JERRY YAN, 26
What's up: Fighting with Andy Lau for Sammi Cheng's affections
Wants to be: Faye Wong
BREAKDOWNS, tantrums and a volatile temperament.

You can get away with such diva-esque behaviour - only if you are one.

And Jerry definitely earned his diva stripes one day last November, when he broke down in front of the media and accused his manager of being a 'bloodsucker'.

But, despite his reputation for being difficult to work with, there's no denying that everyone wants a piece of him.

His first project after F4's split is the movie, Magic Kitchen, for which he shares top billing with Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng. With the strong cast and a release slated for Chinese New Year, it's almost impossible for this movie to flop.

Jerry is also keen for his singing career to take off. Unfortunately, a tantrum in the recording studio involving a smashed mike has been blamed for the delay.

It is rumoured his record company is suspending work on his album to punish him.

But we think otherwise. At his birthday party in January this year, Jerry said his birthday wish is to become a male version of Faye Wong - to sing as well as her.

To wish for a miracle - even if it's on your birthday - is a bit too much.


KEN ZHU, 24
What's up: Nothing much, that's the problem
Wants to be: More famous?
SCORING a movie opposite Gigi Leung should have been big news.

In Ken's maiden movie, Sky Of Love, the two play star-crossed lovers who live two decades apart and communicate via a short-wave radio.

But judging from the lack of fanfare surrounding the movie's release, well, let's just say that we would start worrying if we were Ken. After all, a lack of media interest is almost like the death knell for a celebrity.

Even his latest idol drama, Love Storm, which co-stars Vic Zhou and Vivian Hsu, didn't do much to boost his flagging popularity. Poor Ken was side-stepped after news broke that his F4 colleague, Vanness Wu, is secretly dating Vivian.

Then when Ken recently flew to Hong Kong to promote Love Storm, he was greeted at the airport by only 10 fans.

When he was still part of F4, Ken was often touted as the relatively talented one.

He plays the quitar, and is into writing songs. Moreover, he is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

He was into writing songs, too.

Unfortunately, his album - after much talk - is still nowhere in sight. Maybe Ken should start looking for an alternative career.


VIC ZHOU, 24
What's up: Fighting with Ken for Vivian Hsu's affection, and Making A (second) Wish
Wants to be: Rich and retired
SOME people have it, others don't.

And when you have the X factor, fame comes almost effortlessly.

However, Vic has always been open about his reluctance to be a star.

He makes it no secret that he wants to quit showbiz once he has made enough money.

But we doubt that his fans or his managers will let him.

Vic is second in popularity to Jerry and, like him, has not been affected by F4's split.

Thanks to his looks and passable talent, Vic's career has been one easy ride.

First among the boys to launch an album, Vic's Make A Wish release was an instant success last year, selling 30,000 copies in just two months.

So while bandmates Jerry and Ken are waiting for their solo albums to materialise, Vic is already going on to his second.

According to his record label, Sony Music, Vic's album could be out by the end of this year.

On the acting front, he has recently completed idol drama Love Storm with Ken Zhu and sweetie-pie Vivian Hsu.

In it, he vies with Ken for rich girl Vivian's affections.

Vic's schedule might not be as packed as Jerry's, but that could be because he is also completing his part-time studies for a mechanical engineering degree.

At least if his career ever takes a nosedive, Vic will still have his degree to fall back on.


VANNESS WU, 24
What's up: Punching Korean star Won Bin
Wants to be: A winner
IF his talent doesn't get him anywhere, his determination probably will.

Vanness is known to take his showbiz career very seriously, having dreamt of being a star when he was growing up in Los Angeles.

He works hard and is very appreciative of his fans' adulation.

Post-F4, it appears that Vanness has managed to hang in there without slipping down the popularity ladder.

It probably helps that he's still riding on the success of his debut album, Body Will Sing, which went platinum in two weeks when it was released last year.

GOOD VOICE

Vanness surprised many with his vocals, sounding like a cross between David Tao and Wang Lee Hom.

He also cemented his reputation as a dancer with the sleek moves that accompanied his faster songs.

Like Vic, a second album is in the pipeline.

Acting-wise, Vanness still has room for improvement.

From what we have seen in Meteor Garden I and II, and Peach Girl, his acting is limited to hair-tossing.

But his upcoming action movie, Star Runner - which stars Korean big names like Won Bin and Kim Hyun Joo - may just be his big break.

Well, provided he remembers to flick punches rather than his hair.

[iloveken]

ken without glasses.with hat fans screamed when seeing him. then fans in front made a silence signal/gesture to the following ones.so fans there
are all quite at once......later i knew that. ken did that gesture as soon as he showed. .....no one flashed him(with camera)---just followed him. he
went into the check-in counter rapidly.---with smile, fans say goodbye to him in a low voice, then waved heavily .to fans n say googbye by month(--
the kind of no sound, just do it by month.) then disappeared. then fans
made a loud cheer n hugged each other


10/26 Ken, Vivian and Winnie in HK for Love Storm

I]You Xian started its broadcast of Love Storm in Hk last Sunday.
Yesterday, they specially arranged for character in the show, Ken , Vivian
and Qian Wei San to come to Hk to do promotion for it. Only 350 fans
were allowed for this event. Although rumours were flying around
betweenKen and Vivian, they showed no fears of it. They were still
laughing and playing around yesterday. A few times when Vivian played
too hard and almost fell off the stage, Ken immediately held on to her.

Ken arrived in Hk one days before, however, number of fans at the airport
was a little pathetic. When asked if he was dissappointed, he said that
fans might not know of his flight, as long as they come and support the
Love Storm event.

Vivian's role in the show made her to be alike to a Barbie doll, thus being
critise as acting cute, she did not deny on this too. As her co-roles in the
show like F2 was younger and "expensive", and her role in it was to be a
girl who have not suffered any hardships before, she had to lower her age
in order to potray herself in the show. However, Ken claim that he could
not stand girls as Barbie dolls.

During fliming, Vivian expressed that she once wore slippers and walked
around the flim set, a nail got stuck but she could not get it out. IN the
end,she had to depend on Zaizai to help save her. When mentioned
about Jay Chou and Ken one after another, reporters asked if she had
become the rumours queen, she said no choice, all were her best friends,
and it would not affect their friendship no matter what rumours are there.

Ken had to act as a fat guy in the show, whenever after the show, he had
to spend another 2 hours to get off the"fats". making him feel like
throwing his temper. Luckily there was Vivian who would cheer him up, and
priase him as a good boy, stopping him from getting angry.

Lastly, there was also Zaizai, although he could not attend the event, he
took a short clip for promotion

[iloveken]

Ken, Not brave enough when facing Love

When Ken talk about his role in Love Storm, he says that he is a little alike to his role in Love Storm. He don't agree to falling in love crazily and agrees that he is not brave enough when in love. He said, "I have never fall in love crazily before, but i did fall in love with a girl secretly for 4 years before. It happened in my secondary school year in Singapore, i still did not tell her in the end until i called her when i was in Taiwan, she kept laughing but did not give me any answer. We still keep in contact, but as an artist's life is busy, its only friends. I dun expect to fall in love crazily, it's tough to commit. When discussing about reality love, he said, "I have not been in love for a very long time."

Regarding news about Vanness and him fighting for a girl, plus rumours of F4 not on good terms, he commented that," Those fake reports are silly, although we are busy over our own stuffs, we are still good friends!"

[coiwen]

hi! i have 2 friends working in taiwan. when they called up i asked about the F4. surprisingly, they don't know them.

but when i asked them if they know barbie xu, they said they know a little about her.

is the group only popular in other asian countries, from hongkong down to indonesia? and not in their home country?

can anybody from taiwan clarify this thing? i seem to read lots of news from filipinos, indonesians, but none from taiwan. could it be that this boy band is already passe in their own country?

just curious! coz i, too, like the band. thanks.

cheekie