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)
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)
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)
Having Hands On With New Technology
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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