Ken's
Message in 2nd F4ever magazine
Happy New Year from Ken
Hello everyone, I'm Ken. I'm happy to meet everyone
again. For the last half a year of last year, i rested for a period of time.
Other than the main motive of recuperating my health, the most important thing
was preparing for my new book Ken Zhu's Mei Wei Guan Xi. From the words in the
books, the recipes, the shooting and the design, I used up lots of time and
effort to complete it. I'm also very happy that this book has finally got to
meet everyone this year. The new book this time has a different meaning to me. I
finally have time and opportunity to pack myself. With the expression from words,
i shared my whole year of feelings with everyone. And, hopefully, the simple
recipes in the book would be of help to friends who loves to cook.
At the promo events of the new book, I'm happy to
see fans whom i have not seen for a long time. From the call-in interview in
radio interviews and the autograph session encouragement, i can feel your
warmth. I also thank you for your help, successfully giving me lots of
children's books for charity to help the kids. Such a present is better than
anything else. And, in future, I hope everyone would show their charity in
different ways to people who needs help.
In this new year, I should have new work to meet
everyone. I will also work hard to make sure my performance is better, hope
everyone would continue to support me and F3.
Lastly, to wish everyone a better year in this new
year.
Ken
F4ever 2nd issue magazine.
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*****
F4 reunite in
Hong Kong to salute
Leslie Cheung
Posted:
February 25, 2006
Taiwan Apple Daily,
Fri. Feb. 24, 2006
Reported by Wu Li Qiang in
Taipei
It's been more than 3 years, now F4 will
hold a four-show concert next month at Hong Kong Coliseum. Each will
have his own solo show. The biggest attraction is the latter part of the
concert. To salute the late performing artist, they will sing and dance
together to showcase some of Leslie Cheung's classic songs.
Preparing for their individual solo
shows
A Hong Kong concert staffer reveals that to
show to their fans how much they have improved over the past three
years, the concert will be a non-stopping, eye-catching song and dance
show. That's the reason why they've chosen Leslie Cheung's works. The
four of them have been working hard rehearsing their singing and
dancing. They plan to be in
Hong Kong at the
beginning of March to go through secret training until the end of the
concert.
Their costumes will be designed by Bruce
Yu. Each member will have at least 5 costumes. Each concert show will
cost more than 2 million
Hong Kong dollars
(about 8.40 million Taiwan dollars). Yan Chen Xu will play musical
instrument, Zhou Yu Min will do a musical, Wu Jian Hao will dance and
Zhu Xiao Tian will perform what he is best at, a live band performance.
English translation: laiou2002
(www.vicpower.net)
thanks to amy of faithful4ever
Leslie Cheung's songs F4 are said to be
performing at their HK concert
Vanness: Monica, Stand Up, Ce Mian
Vic: Wei Ni Zhong Qing
Jerry: Feng Ji Xu Chui
Ken: Zuo You Shou
Source: Sing Tao
*****
Ken and His Assistant at Supermarket
For the end of the month's well-known concert, the day before, all four
F4 boys went to the port to rehearse for the next day. Described by Hong
Kong media as the person with no fans to meet him at the airport,
yesterday (03/06/06), at one of HK's supermarkets getting healthy food,
but he went to the popular area to take a stroll. It took about an hour
for fans to recognize him and ask him to take pictures with them. As for
the whereabouts of the other three people, there were many questions.
According to media reports, last night Ken
and his assistant were at Causeqay Bay supermarket shopping, two people
at once bought vegetables, tomato sauce, white rice, red rice, mai pao,
and tea package and many other healthy foods.
But Ken, not trying to conceal his
identity, in a crowded supermarket. He wasn't recognized for an entire
hour. Finally, some fans recognized him, approached him to request a
group picture. Then Ken and his assistant leaves at the same time.
The shopping spree, Ken altogether bought
seven sacks of food.
According to HK's media reports, the food
that Ken and his assistant bought were not light, there were pretty
heavy. So heavy that it would give both of them a hard time to carry
around. From what happened at the supermarket, for this month's 22-25's
concert, there will be risks. Ken is probably preparing for them
already.
credit to asianfanatics.net
credit: Yahoo! News TW
Translated by: stephanieshieh
*****
Secretly Visits HK to Prepare for War, Ken Zhu Buys 7 big
bags of
things at Supermarket
Earlier on, when F4 was promoting for this
month's concert, they came to HK in a high profiled way. Ken Zhu of
the foursome came to HK
secretly the day before and was spotted by
our newspaper at Tong Luo Wan's supermarket buying big bags of
healthy food. It is said that
this is for preparation for the
breakthrough challenge performance of the concert.
The night before, Ken Zhu, together with
his assistant started buying
crazily at Tong Luo Wan's supermarket. They
bought rice, red rice, vegetables, tomato sauce, sesame bun, tea
packets. Although Ken appears at a busy supermarket, he appeared
bravely in casual look. At
the supermarket where everyone was walking
in and out, no one recognized him for a superstar identity for
a full one hour. Ken laughed and talked with his assistant as
they shopped for stuffs. However, he was still being recognized by
fans in the end and they approached him for a picture together,
scaring him that he quickly covered his face and got his assistant to
ask them to stop taking pictures.
After they finished shopping in the
supermarket, Ken and his assistant had their hands full of bags when
returning. In total, they bought 7 bags of food and Ken wasn't what people
have said. He was warm during the process of shopping, other than helping
his assistant with carrying the bags, he initiated helping and
placed the food one by one on the cashier. In the end, he paid the
amount of more than a thousand. According to observation at the
scene, they bags they were holding on to were rather heavy as they had
difficulty walking during their trip back to the car. According to
what is known, Ken's secret trip this time round is for the preparation
of this month's concert. As his performance carried a little risk,
he had to come specially to HK to perform. However, he was so healthy
even when shopping, we believe he'll challenge himself for the
show!
Orisun.com
Translated byXiujuan of onlyf4
*****
F4 HK Presscon
19:35 - MC and
fans chanted "1,2,3" as F4 stepped onto the stage, in the order of Ken,
Vic, Vanness and Jerry
Fans were over-joyed to see all 4 members
appeared; the mall was filled with loud screams. Began with "we're F4"
they spoke of their thoughts on the upcoming concert and their visit to
HK. Every now and then, they mixed their answers with some Cantonese,
delighting their local fans.
Ken: "The biggest difference in this
concert is that we'll sing more solos. We'd like to show you the new F4.
Jerry's gonna be hung by a wire and dance in the air; Vanness will break
some stones, and Vic will swallow a sword! There will be lots of
interesting things to see! Please look forward to our performances!" (gk:
I think he's kidding)
Vanness: "We'll integrate more dances in
this concert. Currently, I'm practicing with Vic. We're picking
costumes that are light enough to allow us to move more freely."
Vic: "I'm so happy to get to meet and see
the fans today! But it's a shame that I can't go out and enjoy good food
freely. The hotel is fully packed and surrounded by fans, so I think we
can only eat inside the hotel."
Jerry: "Our get-together after a while
reminds me of the good old days in 'Meteor Garden'. The F of F4 stands
for "Forever". The theme for this concert is that 'we're forever
foursome.'"
Then they lifted the curtains to display
the new concert poster and then made a toast in pepsi with the event
organizers.
After the fan meeting there was a press
conference at the backstage.
Q: What kind of solo performances do you
plan to show us at the concert?
J: Vanness is really good dancer so if
possible, I'd like to dance with superdancer Vanness.
V: Yeah; I'm thinking maybe I can do some
dance moves with Jerry.
K: I'll play the percussion (drums types).
Zai can be MC (grin)
Z: Yeah, it'd be nice if I can be MC (grin)
Q: Why did you decide to start your concert
tour in HK?
K: HK is considered the center of
entertainment in Asia and is well-equipped with all that's needed for a
concert. So we decided on HK as my first stop. We're still planning for
tours to other countries.
Q: We're very much looking forward to this!
F4: Thank you (in Japanese)
At the backstage they said "Thank you" and
"Hello" in Japanese. Also, they said they'd be looking forward to their
Japanese fans to come to the concert.
source:
http://www.hualiu.net/news.html?g=1&i=563
translated by
gracekayl pf
www.vicpower.net
*****
Reunites to do a start for, Concert Wants to hug F4, HK fans Out of
Control
F4, who have not appeared publicly
together, held their F4 Forever 4 concert press conference last night in
HK. The 4 of them arrived in HK airport at a different time, attracting
more than a hundred fans to receive them. Some even had the motive of
hugging their idol, the scene was a little out of control.
This concert had started its preparation
since mid last year and it would be held in 4 concerts on the 22nd of
March in HK. This is also F4's 2nd concert tour and the first station is
HK. After which, they would be going around Asia, Korea, Japan but Taiwan
have not been fixed yet. As all of them have their each individual
future, no one can tell whether there would be a 3rd world tour. Thus,
this might be the last anniversary of F4.
Ken Zhu arrived in HK on Wednesday and only
20 fans appeared to receive him. His attitude was very cold with his
face of moustache. Compared to the warm fans who receive Zaizai and
Vanness, they came out of immigration the night before at around 8.45pm.
They generously waved and greeted fans, very warmth attitude!
When Zaizai and Vanness stepped out of the
immigrations, fans went out of control. These faithful fans tried to
break the human barrier by the 10 securities to take pictures and give
their presents, causing the chaotic situation. Facing fans who have lost
control, both of them were so scared that they placed their hands on
shoulders with their assistant, placed their heads down and squeezed out
of the airport. However, they still didn't forget to turn around to face
up at their fans. Many fans fell when they forgot about the walking in
order to see their idol, luckily, nothing happened.
Jerry, who was rushing filming for The
Hospital took out time and flew to HK at 1130. Wearing a whole full
black outfit, Jerry appears in high spirits and kept showing his full
smile and greeted more than a hundred fans. In between, he even stopped
to receive a present from his fan. Although there were 15 securities,
looking at the appearance of their idol, these fans rush to break the
human barrier. Jerry who was in a good mood kept showing the big smile
and under the escort of the securities, he left in the car.
Thanks to Liberty Times.
19th Feb 2006
translated by Xiujuan @
http://onlyf4.proboards48.com
*****
F4 Bangs out Popularity, Develop individual lives
The same group, members rushing from the
same line but their fate of developing is different. The most famous F4
in Taiwan with members, Jerry Yan, Ken Zhu, Vic Zhou, Vanness Wu is the
best example. From them, we know that in order to be successful in the
entertainment circle, you must never be lack of time, place and people.
Jerry Yan, Becomes long-term popular after
he shot to fame
Among the 4, Jerry's placement have already
hit the international star position. When he goes around Asia to do
promo, people would crowd just to see him and he treats fans so well
that there's nothing to describe.
Many media saw with their own eyes that if
fans crowd him for pictures and autographs, he would reply with a smile
and patience. Even if his promo assistant by the side rushes for time,
he'll try to compromise with everyone, making people touched.
Many years ago, Jerry did have the chance
to come into the circle and have ever appeared in front of the media
before. However, it was only until producer, Cai Zhi Ping who was
looking for roles of F4 in Meteor Garden, then she chose him.
At first, he couldn't adapt to the shooting
to fame and lack of privacy situation and ever called up friends of the
media who was close to him, talking about his feelings to almost an
hour. His real personality was revealed in all.
In order to break the challenge, he took a
high challenge drama, The Hospital. In order to compromise with the
media, whenever Lin Zhi Ling is mentioned, he'll handle it with smiles.
His understanding, maturity is more like a superstar. His success is not
without a reason. Jerry fixes himself time and time again, that's the
basics of people to people.
Ken Zhu, To Live Himself
Some idols are far away, some celebrities
are very near. Ken Zhu is the celebrity who wants to be nearer to fans.
After he finished filming Far East Great International Trial, he rested
for half a year, and it seems because of his good appetite, his double
chin is showing. Attending his friend's wedding, he appears in casual
clothes.
Before Jerry got his way, Ken held his only
book autograph session. Fans from 11 Asian countries crowded the place.
He signed for a whole 3 hours, who would dare say he isn't popular, and
his fan club would show up to show their idol's hard work.
He ever said, "F4 isn't a group. It's a
title in Meteor Garden." It makes people suspicious whether he is trying
to kick off the F4 title.
He explains, "Everyone is a body, F4 is a
title in terms of the spirits. When there is a need, this F4 spirit
would be gathered, isn't this better ?" His opinion tells us that
Ken Zhu is definitely stepping down to reality.
Vic Zhou, Love Matters Covers everything
Vic Zhou's image is the most little boy in
the group. He loves driving at high speed and because of this, he got
into a accident and it's not only one time that he is on the headlines.
He was being checked by the media for failing his exams and skipping
classes. He treats his friends well and he doesn't have any idol way at
all. However, one thing that people is most curious about him recently,
is his relationship with Da S.
Ever since his start with Xu Wei Lun, his
relationships have become a attention with the media. Everyone could see
that, although it is like this, he seldom show the black face. Da S and
he will not avoid the paparazzi when shopping. Among the four, he is
the most honest with his love.
In his new drama, Silence, he is successful
in his career. Recently, in the trailer that's going about online shows
a scene of him crying in the car, many felt for him when they watch it.
His acting skills have improved, it could be the love life that's
helping him.
Vanness Wu
Vanness is the only one among F4 to be
single eyelid, ABC and who can dance the best in them. Compared to the
other 3, he is a little different. Too bad, his name is always the least
mentioned. And whenever his name is mentioned, it will always be
accompanied by his ex-girlfriend, Vivian Hsu.
Seeing that all the other F4 is showing
results, Vanness doesn't seem to be able to keep up. In fact, he is the
most talented one but the time, place and people are just different.
After Meteor Garden, although he went to HK to film Star Runner, box
office didn't do great too.
He seems to be walking even closer to Nicky
Lee, Ji Mi, Jeffery Huang and Stanley Huang. Maybe he is locked to be
developing in the album arena, to be able to walk out of the other 3 and
have his own sky.
Thanks to Singpao.
7th Feb 2006
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F4 REAL FASHION
CHECK!
A complete analysis of the four-men's
charismata from the popular stylist, Fuyu-san, who have styled for many
men's fashion magazines, big artists, current hot gorgeous actors.
Perhaps, in spite of himself, he will nod and say "Oh, yes! I
really like it there!"
A shot of four each shines with his own
personality. Although they all wore dark suits, the shot clearly shows
their different personalities.
"They all wore slender pants and looked
trendy. Ken wore the necktie tightly around his neck. Vic wore his
necktie loosely and had an accessory on his jacket. Jerry looked
sensual wearing a shiny shirt and with a pocket chief and
sunglasses. Vanness showed his personality, wearing a necklace but not a
necktie. In Japan, people usually match thin and narrow neckties of
matte tone with small-collar white shirts. The shiny neckties Ken
and Vic wore subtly suggest that it's a Taiwan look. As for
Jerry, the button pinned on his jacket looks to be a better combination
with his shirt." (Fuyu-san)
The pure look of dressing in whichever they
like looks cute
"The special characteristic of Asian male
talents is to match tight tops with wide loose pants. The main stream
of wearing pants with wide-diameter legs looks somewhat
nostalgic. It's not just F4 dressing like this, it's also commonly
shared by top stars of Hong Kong and Korea. However, today in Japan,
the man stream is wearing tight jackets with thin pant legs. I feel
that's where the difference is," said Fuyu-san.
As Japan and Taiwan are different places,
it's natural for them to have different fashion trends.
"Because its preference with individual
items and accessories, it sure feels carrying more power than the
Japanese fashion which tends to place emphasis on balance."
Japanese well-dressed talents with a
fashion mode covering the whole body look great, but the way they wear
whatever they like and dash around confidently, saying "This fits me!",
can be viewed as one of the reasons they look charming.
The person who set my stylist soul on fire
is Vic!
"Among the four, the one I most want to
style is Vic. Having a long neck and a slender figure, he will look
great in anything. He has a refreshing atmosphere and I will suggest
him wearing a thin suit with a knit turtleneck. I will also trim
his hair slightly into a wolf-like hairdo. It's a big makeover!"
As Vic has a pure image, any taste of
western clothes will suit him fine!! With big large dark eyes, his eye
power will be enhanced multiple times. He will win even more fans
than now. How I want to see him looking alluring and dressed
fashionably!
Jerry carries a sexy atmosphere, I would
very much like to fashion him in rock taste. As for brands, it will
be something like Gucci kind of costumes. Furthermore, it fits him
to look sexy in knit or jersey with his chest revealed. In terms of
color, it should be in grown-up dark tone, which matches his long
hair and atmosphere and will enhanced his charms.
He looks cute in casual wear, but still
sexy Jerry looks the best. I would like to move him in this direction
and take him to a sweeter world.
Is Vanness the one among the four with the
most fashion mode? I feel he should stick to used denims, silver
accessories, brass and belt. Recently the mainstream of Japan's
men's-wear fashion is wearing used-look tops with low rider jeans and
looking dirty, but Vanness should wear clothing items he likes in a
clean way. While exuding an aroma of the B family, cleanness is the
characteristics.
The reason to style him in items with Los
Angeles flavor but in a Taiwanese clean way is to look trendy but
with an approachable atmosphere.
For Ken, checker shirt and denim
coordinates suit him very well. He's tall, so American style of used and
manly clothes suits him to a T. Wouldn't he look very much himself,
not overly rough with his hair growing a little bit longer and
growing some beard on his face?
Come to think of it, he would look great
with beard on his face. I've found him a nice style of looking
grown-up and dependable, a little different than his characters in the
dramas.
Vic in dark suit and brightly-colored
jacket. With refreshing smiles, perfectly-fit tailored jackets
would have fitted him!
"I think suits fit him, but the sizes of
the jackets were wrong and the pants were too fat. They didn't look
bad, but because of those, they feel like just something worn by
normal white collars. The style of the suit without tie (lower left)
looks younger. Nowadays, should fashionable people wear their
jackets long or short? There are no set rules, but the jackets shouldn't
look old. Dark fat pants look old-fashioned. Contrarily, if dressed
with balance and wearing jackets of sizes that fit, according to the
fashion mode, he would have looked very stylish."
End of "F4 real fashion check!"
source: cocochan (www.vicpower.net)
English translation: laiou
(www.vicpower.net)
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