Zhu Xiao Tian will be the first to have a concert tour in Japan.
F4 has abandoned being together, let’s see who can move the hearts of
the Japanese fans, this year Yan Cheng Xu, Zai Zai Zhou Yu Min or Wu
Jian Hao. Last Month, Zhu Xiao Tian continued this with a fan meeting in
Japan. Around March, in an unprecedented move, Zhu Xiao Tian is going to
be the first among F4 to have a concert tour in Japan.
F4 members have all gone to Japan separately, the flower boys not only
parted; they are also ready to attack the wallets of the Japanese fans
separately. Last July, Wu Jian Hao had a three concert series in Tokyo
and attracted 15,000 fans, Yan Cheng Xu’s two fan meetings also sold
15,000 tickets, Zai Zai participated in a program and 2000 fans lined up
to see him. A few days ago, Zhu Xiao Tian held a fan meeting in
Yokohama, 3,000 fans were very enthusiastic and almost tore his clothes.
F4 is still popular in Japan, a sponsor has already invited Zhu Xiao
Tian for a series of concerts, its is planned for March or April next
year included in the itinerary is Hokkaido, Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka
etc. all in all there will be 12 concerts. He will be the first amongst
F4 to have a series of concerts. F4 manager Zhi Xiang Li has admitted
that preparations are on the way: “Xiao Tian has two more dramas in his
schedule, its really tight and we hope to arrange his time to finish
filming before Chinese New Year, have his concert tour this Spring then
do the other drama afterwards.”
Zhi Xiang Li expressed, Zhu Xiao Tian likes perform music in its most
natural and purest form, it will be unplugged instead a dance concert.
Next year, Zhu Xiao Tian will also present to the public his second solo
album some producers in Japan have already expressed their interest. He
is now practicing and learning the Japanese language to conquer the
Japanese fans. Zhi Xiang Li revealed; “Definitely no dancing, a totally
different feeling from the previous concerts.”
United Daily News
December 5, 2006
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Ken Chu, the first person amongst F4 opens concert
tour in Japan
As F4 is still hot in Japan, there is an organiser inviting Ken Chu for
concert. It will be around March and April next year for places
including Hokkaido, Japan, Osaka and Fukuoka, 12 shows in total. This is
the first F4 member who have solo concert tour. The manager of F4 Mr.
Chih confirmed that the preparation is already in progress. "Ken still
have 2 drama/movies (?) on hand and now we try to arrange the schedule.
We hope that we can finish the first one before Chinese New Year, then
starts the Spring concert tour, and then continue for the second
drama/movie afterwards.
Mr. Chih also said, Ken prefers natural, pure music performance. The
concert will be an unplugged one instead of focusing on dancing.
Besides, Ken will release his second solo album next year. He is very
interested in the invitation by the Japanese organiser. He plans to
conquere the Japanese fans by spending more time on rehearsal and
studing Japanese. Mr. Chih said: "It is definitely no dancing, totally
different from the F4 concert in Hong Kong before."
December 5, 2006
Lian He Bao
Credit: simple of kenforever
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“Tai Liu” Fever prevails, F3 snatch at Japanese market
Both “Zai-zai” Zhou Yu Min and Yan Cheng Xu will be on the January issue
of a well-known Japanese idol magazine Junon next year. Other than
publishing a special issue on Zai-zai and Yan Cheng Xu, they also
conduct an exclusive interview with Zhu Xiao Tian for the February issue
next year, trying to “catch the whole lot in a dragnet” on F3.
Major coverage interviews on Japanese mainstream magazine
Junon is a Japanese mainstream idol magazine which focus on popular
Japanese idols. Out of an ordinary, three non-Japanese artists, Zai-zai,
Yan Cheng Xu and Li Zhun Ji are going to be on the cover-page of its
latest upcoming January edition. On this issue, major coverage
interviews with Zai-zai and Yan Cheng Xu will be presented on
cross-pages format, comparable to most local well-known Japanese idols.
In addition to the two, Zhu Xiao Tian also had an exclusive interview in
Tokyo for the February edition of this magazine.
Taiwanese idol well planed to pursue Japanese market
“Tai Liu” brought by the F4 bloom in Japan in recent years. Numerous
Japanese magazines had major coverage to report on Taiwanese idols. Not
long ago, our reporter witnessed that Zhu Xiao Tian coincidentally found
a magazine with Yan Cheng Xu on its cover page when he browsed through
some magazines.
This “Tai Liu” trend is a result come from years of hardworking. F4’s
official fan club F4ever is run by experts with work experience from
Kennis. They are also responsible for publications, fringe products,
organize events and coordinate with local media, taking a well planned
approach to capture the Japanese market.
Source: Liberty Times
Date: November 29, 2006
Reported by: Yi Wei Ci from Taipei
translated by and credit to weiwei of
www.kenforever.com
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Taiwan wind blows in Japan, Zhu Xiao Tian promotes his
recipe book.
Japanese fans: “Xiao Tian, We love you!”
Following Yan Cheng Xu, ZaiZai, another F4 member has accelerated his
entrance into the Japanese market and released his very own recipe book
creating an upsurge in the Tai Liu fever in Japan. The fans at the site
broke the boundary lines; the mood at the hall was very enthusiastic
even before he arrived. Reporter: “Do you have scratches?”
Xiao Tian: “My microphone fell.”
TVBS
December 1, 2006
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Bold and generous Chu Xiang Shuai¡¨ comlooks more like
¡§Wu Tie Huai
At night, Zhu Xiao Tian munched Sashimi in a Japanese restaurant.
Talking loud and boldly, he enjoyed some wine pleasantly. He jested that
he¡¦s born to drink. When he was young, he went with his father for
business and got drunk at the early age of 10.After couples of drinks,
he straightly confessed that he is a bad-tempered person. He said, there
was one time during filming in the middle of the night. The time was up
but he was not allowed to go. He could barely wait for his manager to
coordinate and started scolding. He then talked about his grievance and
bad experience from work.
He bluntly admitted that he would not be as gentle as the other members
of F4 when he run into fans who amid or chase after him. From his
viewpoint, this is his private time. He does not want to put on a
smiling face but would rather show a straight face and flee away.Looking
at this outspoken soaker, I wonder, ¡§Is this the same serious Zhu Xiao
Tian that was in the studio this afternoon?¡¨ Compared to Chu Liu Xiang,
you, Chu Xiang Shuai, looks more like ¡§Wu Tie Hua¡¨!
Date: November 28, 2006
Author: Yi Wei Ci
Translated by: weiwei
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Zhu Xiao Tian will turn to jobs behind-the-scene after
2 years
Zhu Xiao Tian¡¦s Japanese version cuisine book will open sale this week
in Japan. He is the first Chinese artist being invited on live news
program ¡§News Zero¡¨. On top of showing his special tactic to aspire
girls, he also demonstrated his proficient cooking skills which deeply
impressed the host. While cutting an onion, he said, ¡§I¡¦d purposely
let the girl look at me with running tears when I cut onion. She will be
deeply impressed. As long as showing the girl how you cook, you can do
whatever you want to afterwards.¡¨ His words surprised the host,¡ Can we
talk about this on TV ?¡¨ Zhu Xiao Tian laughted, ¡ Does it matter? I am
also a normal man.¡Recently, Zhu Xiao Tian obsessed with Tai Chi.
Everyday he wakes up early at 4 to learn Tai Chi from a teacher in the
park. He baldly described that he lives like an old retiree. He plans to
turn to off-stage works after his agency contract expire one year after.
First of all,he intend to work on a TV drama which is a story about a
young man with super-natural power.
Source: Sing Pao
Date: November 28, 2006
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Zhu Xiao Tian’s “Love Bear Hugs”
Two days ago in the evening, Zhu Xiao Tian held a Fan meeting at
Yokohoma in Japan. Organizer invested 20 millions Japanese yen (close to
7 million NTW) in order to impress 3000 “Shou Nuu” participant ladies.
Zhu Xiao Tian rendered so many “Love bear hugs” making winning girl fans
wailed excitedly.
3000 fans burst the conference hall
This fans meeting was exclusively for F4ever official club members. Each
member spent $2000 yen (close to $700 NTW) for admission. The conference
hall was mean to hold only 2000 people but 3000 people rushed in. All
are lady fans. Several media also surged for it.
Touches and scratches, prim ladies threw away manners
The weather was cold outside the venue but zealous inside the hall. When
Zhu Xiao Tian walked into the hall across a short distance of 100 meter,
Japanese “Shou Nuu” (ladies), who were known to be prim and quiet,
totally lost control. They broke through security and reached out to
touch and scratch him. After the event, Zhu Xiao Tian said, “I got
scratches all over. I even lost my microphone that was set on me.”
Fans cried for winning flights and bear hugse
He (Ken) shared some photos and cooking techniques from his cookbook
with fans. They played games and sang together. One of the fans won a
Taiwan-Japan round trip flight ticket. When she came up stage to collect
the prize from Zhu Xiao Tian, she cried. She wept and said that she had
a car accident the day before the fans meeting. She thought she could
not come to meet Zhu Xiao Tian. Finally she made it but was surprised to
win the grand prize.
Zhu Xiao Tian kindly gave this girl fan a “Love bear hug” and made her
cried with excitement. Other than this girl, Zhu Xiao Tian also
generously gave so many “Love bear hugs” making every hugged lady
blushed and other fans jealously yelled off-stage.
Zhu Xiao Tian expressed that it was so warm and cozy to spend an evening
with fans at this time in Japan when places are dressed up for
Christmas.
Source: Not list
Date: November 27, 2006
Report by: Yi Wei Ci
credit to kenforever and weiwei
Translated by : weiwei
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Zhu Xiao Tian is a dependable person who always
ardently to help others.
Last month, it was a hot discussion ever since news revealed that Zhu
Xiao Tian helped “Taiwan's first beauty
Xiao Qiang to do massage when filming “the Legend of Chu Liu Xiang”.
However, both parties had never laid any official comments. It then
greatly reduced its reliability.
Life in Studio
Frequent Red-wine party
Many people are questioning about its validity since news disclosed that
Zhu Xiao Tian helped Xiao Qiang to do massage at the studio. Yesterday,
Xiao Qiang made her first comment on this incident. She said, “Zhu Xiao
Tian is a dependable person who is always ardently to help others.
Filming movie is really tiring. He is very good at massage. So I request
him to come to my room and massage on me. He pressed so hard and I
usually scream loud. But that's very comfortable.” Xiao Qiang further
expressed that Zhu Xiao Tian not only do massage for her, so are many
other crew members.
Source: Hai Xia Du Xi Pao
Date: November 18, 2006
By: Wu Kai Xing, Xiao Chun Dao
Translated by: weiwei –kenforever
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F4 : Phenomenally popular but not set apart
After boy band Little Tigers¡¨ dismissed in 1991, various types of boy
bands emerged in the oriental region. Nevertheless, they were seldom
able to make a furor throughout China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Asia at the
same time. Not until the rises of F4 had boy bands become the focus of
entertainment world again. There are many differences in between the
Little Tigers and F4 on their success. The most important difference is
F4's popularity was propagated by idol drama. However, they still have a
common factor. That is, both bands got an aggressive lady back on them.
For the Little Tigers, that's Miao Xiu Li, whereas, for F4, that's Chai
Zhi Ping.
At the beginning, F4 could only buy cheap clothes
Yan Cheng Xu, it was a coincident that Chai Zhi Ping saw his photo; Zhou
Yu Min, who came with a friend for audition; Zhu Xiao Tian, a waiter
worked in a BBQ restaurant; Wu Jian Hao, who ran into Chai's colleague.
These four handsome sunny boys were recruited by Chai Zhi Ping for her
Meteor Garden¡¨ TV series in February 2001. Later on, they began having
the same name as they had in this drama, F4 (Flower boys). At first
during filming, Chai Zhi Ping did not intend to group them into boy
band. At that time, all of them were not wealthy.Chai Zhi Ping said, I
remembered the first time I brought them to shop clothes. We did not
have enough budgets so we can only buy cheap clothes. I urge them to do
their best. If they become famous, they may have a chance to make
records or even have world tour concerts.
Mainland China and Taiwan, both regions were obsessed with F4
The success of Meteor Garden rewards them with rocket flame. Both Chai
Zhi Ping and F4 were so excited. Meteor Garden broadcast in 2001, when
internet was well developed. Fans from Mainland China downloaded the
drama through various means. They witnessed F4's success with the
Taiwanese at the same time. During those years, many fans who like F4
said, other than interested in their handsome appearance, more
importantly, this drama fulfill their dreams and fantasy.
Meteor Garden got Part II
Chai Zhi Ping realized the powerful influence of drama on boy bands. She
decided to invest in Meteor Garden II¡¨ in April 2002. Since part I were
so popular, Part II could even invited famous filmmaker Hou Xiao Xian to
be the producer.
Unfortunately after filming started, they encountered many problems,
like changing directors for 3 times, Da S tried to resign from it. All
these brought along with the rapid success of F4. They had to run for
all kinds of commercial events between China and Taiwan, shooting
numerous advertisements. Although F4 did not have long-term training
like the Little Tigers, they were born in an open-minded decade. This
further proves an old saying, the most important factor for the success
of Chinese boy band is a matter of right timing.
further proves an old saying, the most important factor for the success
of Chinese boy band is a matter of right timing.
After Meteor Garden broadcast, F4 started have conflicts with Chai Zhi
Ping's agency company due to disagreements on commission distribution.
Their conflicts broaden as number of fans increased and got worst at the
end of filming Meteor Garden II. Appeared mature yet innocent Yan Cheng
Xu complained Chai Zhi Ping as the Vampire¡¨ on couple press
conferences. Chai also geared her effort on Comic
boys¨. Even-though both parties tried their best to liaison and
compromise, F4's contract ended up being transferred to Fu Long under
Yao Yi Jun on January 2003. This marked the beginning of their
individual ventures.
The situation for F4 is better than a dying skinny cameli
March 8, 2003, many presses reported that it was the last event F4
showed up together on the Pepsi Stars Charity Concert¡¨ held at Hong
Kong Coliseum. July 2005, F4 were surprisingly found not set apart when
they once again appeared together in Japan and announced the opening of
their official Japanese Fan Club. Their situation is described as much
better than a dying skinny camel¡¨. March 22nd to 25th , 2006, the four
held 4 concerts in Hong Kong which still made a fruitful return.
Will F4 be reunited? The key factor rests on their solo development.
Currently they all accomplished certainly success
individually.Notwithstanding this, they can always come back like many
other foreign rock bands tens of years later. As long as they are still
in fans' hearts, they will always be here in the entertainment world.
Source: http://ent.sina.com.cn Xin Jing Bao
Date: November 18, 2006 20:50
translate by weiwei
credit:kenforever
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Interview with Ken
The interview with Ken started in a classic Vietnamese restaurant by the
Yen Dien Chao at Hou Hai. Sitting on the third floor, you can feel
cheerful sunlight shone through the skylight. Ken opened up his heart,
talking to us right from the bottom of his heart. From the interaction
with Ken, I noticed that I have overlooked F4.
H: Do you think you have a distance with your fans? What distance do you
wish to keep?
K: I think the word distance has two definitions. The first one is the
literal meaning, the real distance. The other one is the gap between out
hearts. These few years, I¡¦m very glad. Some fans want to get close to
me, literally. To me, it¡¦s bothersome. When I¡¦m working and you try to
get near me, you won¡¦t be able to get anything. You see the real me,
but you haven¡¦t gained anything. Another type is that our souls are
very close. I discover that there are more and more of this type. They
don¡¦t have to be in the same place as I am. But when they see my
productions, they¡¦ll understand the message I want to convey.
H: Can you tell us about your personality? Some people say you look very
good-natured, but actually you¡¦re a little rebellious.
K: My character is I like to simplify complicated things.
H: You have had a few years of stage experience; so do you still get
nervous now?
K: It¡¦s my fifth year now, I still get nervous, but it's also this
nervousness that gives me the "explosive power" I have on stage.
L: So what's in Ken's head most of the time?
KC: Oh, everything. But these days, all I can think about is rest!
L: Vanness once described you as "cool and collected - but a deep
thinker." Did he nail you down to a T?
KC: That's just one side of me. But that's probably how he sees me.
L: You've gone through hard times and taken on odd jobs as a gardener,
waiter, and even worked in a pet shop. What life lessons have you
learnt?
KC: From young, I didn't have everything. For me, to set your sights
too high is only setting yourself up for disappointment. It's hard to
always remain at the top. I only strive to be happy and contented in
hard
work. Make an honest living.
L: Sound like you're a very contented guy!
KC: Well, I can't complain... my career has been going pretty well!
L: What touches you most about your work?
KC: People who take me seriously and follow me around everywhere just
to show their support. To me, it really means I'm appreciated for my
efforts. It makes me contented to think I made a difference in their
lives.
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