| Mainland version of Ti- an Long Ba Bu has ar- rived in Dali. During th- e opening ceremony, almost all the cast we- re present, except Chr- isty Chung. Moreover, TLBB golden couple, Jimmy and Liu Yi Fei were the main focus of the star-goers, signing autographs on the spot till their hands were aching. China's star-goers were usually more fan- atic than Taiwanese fans. To Jimmy and Liu Yi Fei, they were already used to the k- ind of chaotic situations created by the fa- ns, but this time, the fans that Jimmy and the other casts faced were none other th- an the media reporters, giving them quite a big surprise. This time, as the China media rarely had the chance to see such an impressive nu- mber of TLBB stars present, many of th- em even turned to fans, requesting autog- raphs from their favourite stars. Among those that were the main focus of the media were none other than Jimmy and Liu Yi Fei. Unsurprisingly, they were surrounded. The most popular among the male actors is Jimmy, who was present in his character's white costume, portraying the role of Duan Yu. Liu Yi Fei's appearan- ce also created a spectacular situation, becoming the centre of attention with her sweet and elegant looks in her role of Wa- ng Yu Yan. Initially, Jin Yong, the author of TLBB had planned to participate in this press confer- ence, but on the actual day, the media on- ly got to hear his voice from a phone call instead of seeing him in person. He expl- ained that he wasn't able to be present as he was still recovering from a cardiac dis- ease treatment and the doctor had forbid- den him to take flights within these few months, therefore he had no choice but to give this ceremony a miss. (27/12/2002) |
| The computer can be regarded as a neccessity in this modern age and newscasters and artistes are most sensitive to the new techn- ological trends. Acer has innovated the world first flat plane laptop, which enable wireless online connection on your palms, and enjoy the feeling of writing on the screen. Yesterday, Jimmy who had ret- urn to Taiwan for a few days, with many other celebrities, went to see for themselves and realised that computers can be very fun too Everyone of them started drawing on the flat screen, enjoying the- mselves. At this 'Acer Travel Mate C100' try-out seminar, Jimmy realised that this new laptop is really great, having a great change from the trad- itional computers. As he is very familiar with computing, he is able to try out the various fu- nctions of the newly designed computer. He said that this computer is very user-friendly, with lots of functions included, and very light-weight too. Jimmy who fiddles with new tech- nology everyday was experimenting with the new product for a very long time. He said, "I am the most easily contactable person in the world. No matter where I am, the laptop is always by my side. Everyday I go online with ICQ, MSN, internet phone, video conference function. On comparison, this new computer is really very convenient." Jimmy also drew a Santa Claus on the screen, hoping to spread some happiness to everyone in this festive season. (17/12/2002) |
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| Jimmy Not Afraid Of Love Sparks From Liu Yi Fei |
| Just 15 year old this year, Liu Yi Fei has a slim figure, soft long hair, a pair of nice single-eyelids eyes, just the type of girl Jimmy likes. In the show, both of them have many intimate scenes toge- ther. He said, "Liu Yi Fei is very light-weight, slim waist and her body is flexible, very easy to carry, not too streno- us." Hearing Jimmy words, he seem to like her very mu- ch. He said, "She had spent some time in USA, and se- em to be more mature and easy-going that the local gi- rls of her age. But on menti- oning Japanese cartoon ch- aracters like 'Chibi Maruko Chan', 'Detective Conan', her eyes will shine and start talking non-stop, very naive and adorable. But upon thin- king, she's still so young, really very hard to have any sparks." Jimmy often teas- ed that she has the body of a young lady, but the mind of a child. Although there are no sparks between the both of them, Jimmy takes great care of her. Like when filming many dangerous ac- tion scenes, such as when bringing her on the horse in the rain, galloping very fast when escaping from trouble. He said that she is very light, about 42kg, but when he had to display his 'Ling Bo Wei Bu' martial skill, he se- em to be swaying to and fro, obviously that it's still diffi- cult to bear after carrying her for too long. When they were filming an escaping scene in the rain, before filming, Jimmy speci- ally taught her a trick when filming raining scene. Both of them wrapped themselv- es with cellophane film in their inner costume. |
| Jimmy who always has a strong sense of public spirit would always vote in every election. Even though he is busy with his new film in Ch- ina, he still brought forward his Christmas break in exc- hange for his return to Taiw- an in time for the new Taipei city mayor election on 7th December. Working in China, it isn't ea- sy to apply for leave, but in order to be able to cast his vote, he tried his best to get his leave to return home. Th- erefore, he could only sacri- fice his Christmas holidays. Jimmy who often participate in community service activit- ies said, "My father often tell me 'whatever we get from the society, we must return our service to the society'. Since young, he would bring us siblings to participate in many activities, like helping the elderly, children and the unfortunate. Whether getting involve in politics is not imp- ortant, more important is th- at I'm able to do something to help others." But Jimmy also added jokingly, "The fortune teller said that I'm suitable to go into politics." In the film 'TLBB', Jimmy and newcomer, Liu Yi Fei portrayed as Duan Yu and Wang Yu Yan repectively. Both of them are involve in an entangled love relations- hip. But outside the scene, no matter how pretty she is, facing this 15 year old girl, Jimmy said, "She's simply too young, not easy for us to have any spark, but I'm real- ly envious that she has su- ch a great mother, making bird nest soup and tonic so- up for her anytime. Even I benefited, having great so- up to drink everyday." |
| He said, "She's just like a small girl. Initially keep com- plaining that she hate to film in the 10 degree celsius so- aking in the rain, but later she enjoyed it, jumping and laughing around while stan- ding next to the water spray- ing vehicle." And Liu Yi Fei praised Jimmy, "He is such a gentleman! After the scen- e, he hasn't even dry him- self yet and he passed the towel to me first, so warm- ing." Since the filming is still rus- hing work, it's estimated to end filming by Chinese New Year, and after Jimmy applied this leave to return back, the coming Christmas holiday for him is gone, and he can only take some pho- tos in the filming studio to mark the special day. But Jimmy who's always recog- nised as the 'Entertainment Leader' said that even if he has to work during Christm- as, he will also think of an activity to entertain everyone. Today, he will return from China, and although he has- n't been in Taipei all these while, he knows all the situ- ations of the elections, and expressed that everyday, he goes online for 3 hours, and brings his laptop whe- rever he goes, managing the matters in his Taipei office. It can be said that he's in China, but his heart is in Taiwan. (5/12/2002) |
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| Jimmy Became Master Of The House |
| With the mayoral election, Jimmy who is filming in China, found some time to retu- rn, not only to vote for the election, but al- so to buy his very first house. Having the pressure of paying the property credit, Ji- mmy has a heavier responsibility and will work harder to earn money. Jimmy had worked in this line for 10 ye- ars and has made quite a lot of money, but he had never thought of buying a hou- se. Jimmy's father help to manage his fi- nance and is quite relaxed with his spen- dings, such as on his cars, Jimmy Creat- ive Studio, computers. Recently, Jimmy's father joked that he's afraid Jimmy will become 'lazy', so he decided to buy him a house. Jimmy preferred a high-class co- ndominum located in Da Zhi, Ming Shui Road, worth more than NT15 million. Aft- er buying, he'll have to carry the burden of the housing credits. Jimmy said that, actually he is afraid of credits, as it feels like taking loans, but towards his work, this would give him a positive motivation. Actually, these few ye- ars, Jimmy had set some 'rules' for hims- elf, including filming 1 serial per year, wo- uldn't accept if it's period drama or having to stay in China for too long, etc. Since he had never thought of investing on hous- ing properties, to encourage him, Xia Yu Shun often joked with him, "Look at Alec Su, he had bought quite a few houses, you should follow him." Being over generous with his money also caused Jimmy's father much headache. When Jimmy and his friends went out for meals, he likes to be the first to pay. Man- aging his Jimmy Creative Studio for 5 ye- ars, he had given off 7 months of bonus- es, thus everyone jokingly call him 'CEO Lin'. There was once, Wallace Chung jo- ked, "I love to go out for meals with Jim- my, no need to pay." Everyone tried a few times to persuade him to end his JC stu- dio, but Jimmy said that in order to allow the interaction between his fans, no matt- er how much money, he must maintain it. (8/12/2002) |
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| Jimmy Doing His Part For Charity |
| Currently working in China for the filming of Tian Long Ba Bu, though busy with wo- rk, Jimmy hasn't forgotten about charity, and persuaded everyone to help raising funds in buying 'Christmas Red' (a kind of plant called poincetia), and the money collected will be donated to aid patients with spinal deformities and damage. Jimmy said, "There's many people in this world who needs help, and since there's an opportunity to lend a hand, I'm very wi- lling to do so, and also hope that more people would join in as well." In order to help these patients, the pri- vate organisation centre of spinal defects specially held this activity and upon recei- ving news from them about this meanin- gful event, Jimmy specially called his off- ice to buy a few pots on his behalf. Other than doing a small part, most importantly is to help spread this message to the public, to let more people know and parti- cipate in this activity. For this filming stint, Jimmy could only wait until soon before the Chinese New Year in order to return home, thus this year, he has to spend his Christmas day in China. In order not to pass this day ob- liviously, he plans to buy some Christma- s items to decorate his room. He said, "Although I'm still unsure if I need to film on that day, whether I have the time to ce- lebrate on Christmas, but at least I have to decorate my room first, feeling the airs of this festive season. This way I would feel like I'm celebrating too." (14/12/2002) |
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| Going Online To Relieve Homesickness |
| Yesterday afternoon, the 40 episodes serial, Tian Long Ba Bu held a press confer- ence to mark the start of fil- ming in Dali. From Beijing, Zhe Jiang and now, in Yun- nan, this is finally the last station for the filming -- Da- li Ancient City. With regards to the charact- er of Duan Yu, Jimmy said his understanding of him is very simple. "He is very kin-d-hearted with a silly pers- onality. From certain persp- ective, there's some simila- rities between our person- alities. Therefore when the production approached me in the beginning, I immedi- ately accepted after review- ing the script. In the past, I acted in several impish an- d funny roles, but at that ti- me, I didn't have a very de- |
| ep understanding of the character. Until these 2 ye- ars, I'm able to have the ri- ghts of choosing the roles, and understand exactly wh- at kinds of roles are suitab- le for me to act." Currently, TLBB has almost complet- ed 2/3 of its filming. Jimmy gave himself a score of 80 for his performance. And fr- om his past serials like JDSJ, LXF, BLD till this ser- ial, among all these period roles, he is most satisfied with the role of Duan Yu. "Credits must be given to Director Zhou for his guida- nce. He helped me to anal- yse the character thorough- ly. Initially, I still wasn't use- d to it, but very soon, I'm able to settle into the role. His style of work is very diff- erent from the Taiwanese |
| and Hong Kong directors who are more concern ab- out fulfilling the completion dates, starting filming even though the acting crew may not be fully settled into their roles." Every 2 months, Jimmy ha- s a break of 5 days to retur- n to Taiwan. But in the oth- er days, what happens if he misses home? "This is easily solved. Now the tec- hnology of the internet is so advanced. I make use of the internet video confer- ence to contact my family members, friends and my office." Therefore, no matt- ter how busy, he would tak- e out half an hour everyday to go online and relieve his homesickness. (26/12/2002) |
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| Tian Long Ba Bu Opening Ceremony In Dali |