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叶蒨文分享成功之路
My road to success was PURE LUCK. That is why I appreciate my life
so very much. I was just so lucky. Ever since I was 6, I would sing
and sing and sing at home. My training. I would barge into my Aunts
room when I went to Taiwan in the Summer, and play her record player
over and over again, and she would be so pissed, I was ALWAYS
interupting her. I couldnt do without my music. By the time I was 14
my Mom was so worried that I took the radio even to my Bath and she
said that no one would marry me cos I had to sleep with my radio!
But it was really my calling and I wished and dreamed for it. When
I was 14, I wasin Taiwan and watching those soap Operas which I never
did before and there was this cutest girl in one the series, so I
wanted to meet her. My Aunt just happened to know her teacher and
so she arranged to have her come to my house. The reason she did that
was because my Grandfather was in the legislature and quite famous
so when they mentioned our name they were willing to come. (Not a
good thing to use our name but anyways..) well they came and the girl
was really nice and took me to the Station. I met alot of actors on
the series and had so much fun, I would go back almost everyday. They
were as fascinated with me as I with them cos I was from Canada and
not many from out of the State then in fact almost none adn they were
amazed by my very "CAnadian" attitude. Always speaking English and
just being very crazy and naughty and so talkative ha ha! Anyways, I
got to know a lot of people and one day the next year, I was getting
some 2nd hand english books at this place far away cos only 1 English
books store then and I was on my way home and trying to decide to
get some fried Chicken cos ALWAYS eating Chiense food. But I was a bit
worried my Grandma would get upset so I was thinking and thinking in
the car and the red light was coming up to turn to the Chicken place
and I had to decide, but mouth watering so, I told my driver to turn
just in the nick of time! JUST as I was walking out with my chicken
front the shop, I bumped into one of the guys I'd met at the studio
an actor that I'd only seen like 3 times there. He said "OH HI!!" and
immediately said, OHHHHHH HEY, you are perfect! dumbfounded me
holding my Chicken didn't know what to make of it but was urgent to
go home or be late for lunch and Grandma not happpy, so I said I have
to go, but he made me sit down adn explained to me that his friend Ma
Yung Ling was movie star, of course I know him, and he needed a
leading actress cos Ling Ching Hsia turned him down already, hey can
I do it he said. I said very excitedly, no cos I still have to go to
school, only summer holiday and he said oh won't take long to shoot!
I was all confused and then he aske me to stand up. ha ha so funny.
Cos he said Oh, no, don't think so, maybe not. Ha ha. I was wearing
my typical Canada Attire. T-shirt, grubby jean cut-off shorts with
broken zipper, and biggets taboo, THONGS on my feet. Decent Girls NEVER
wore thongs then. Only for hawkers and stall people! So I was a mess.
He took down my number and I said I really have to go.
Funy enough he really called me and Ma Yung Ling met me and he wanted
me to do it right away. So I got my first movie from buying fried
Chicken and being at the right place at the right time and because
someone else didn't want to do the movie. Then came the theme song. Chi
Yu was supposed to sing and she refused too. One of the criteria
amongst many requested by my family (they thought I was nuts to do this,
protested so much) to do this movie was that I must be chauferred to
work and back. So this Ma Yung Ling, the boss, and lead actor, did it
himself. He had music in his car and I would love the songs adn sing
along everyday. Then he realised hey she can sing, maybe she can sing
the lead song. So he took me to the composer and he liked me a lot
too and said my voice was very special so I sang my first album because
I happen to sing in the car, and Chi Yu didnt' want to do it either.
After this movie came out I had to finish school and turned down a
number of movies in Taiwan which I thought were sappy and unsuitable
for me. I wanted to at least finish high school so that I could at
least go to University shoudl the opportunity arise. When I was back
in Taiwan ,one day, Mr. Ma said that I should visit this woman in HKG
when I go to get my Visa renewed every 3 months (Canadian Passport
have to leave Taiwan to re-enter so visa can be renewed every 3 months,
closest place was HKG so I came here everytime)cos this woman is editor
of a magazine and she was very helpful when we needed her with our
promotion. I procrastinated everytime cos I hate to do this kind of
thing, but one day she came to Taiwan and told me she knew everytime I
came to HKG and didn't call her, so embarrassed, I called upon her
office the next trip over. As soon as I walked in I heard her on the
phone saying "I got her she just walked in!!". Apparently this film
company was desparately looking for a leading actress for film cos this
other girls passport had problem and couldn't go to Phillipines so
since I had a Canadian Passport, it was perfect, so when she saw me
she grabbed me and asked me to do this HKG film, which I was so dazed
and confused cos I just went to say HI to her. So the first HKG film
I got cos this other girl passport was void, and I was again in right
place right time. This film catapulted me to fame in HKG but I was
still used to wearing my shorts and thongs and skimpy T-shirts cos it
was soo hot in HKg, and I was branded SEXY new star which immeditaely
I started to wear Turtlenecks any chance I got! Then came WArner and
Lam. Lam had a song and asked Lyriscist to write lyrics. When it came
back, it unexpectedly was written into a duet. So what to do? Look for
a partner. Lam first choice was Anita Mui but she was contractd to
another company so that was out. No other way, so look for new girl.
couldnt' find any, and one day Yang Fan this photographer I worked with
on my first movie told him that he remembered that I can sing and I
had albums out in Taiwan. They all couldn't believe it but a meeting
was set up anyways. So then I met Lam and the rest is history! I got
the job cos they couldn't find anyone else! Well, just luck for me really!
As for your question of my failures. My ONLY REAL failure is constantly
buying into the Stock market at the wrong times, and always wasting my
money which I'm working on how to use it very very wisely now, but other
than that, all my failures have been a lesson for me, therefore, I don't
see them as failures at all! Even what I conceive as a failure, which
is stocks, I'm trying to learn something from and turn it into a positive
lesson for me. I'm still losing but I have GREAT hopes that I will get
my money back. I don't even want to be greedy and try to get more, just
want to get back what I put into it. Thats all. I'm still laughing and
living my life in the meantime. Not sulking or basking in the bitterness
of it. I've had a few sleepness nights over it but I have not bothered
any one else with it. It is my own mistake and I take all the
consequences. One day I just woke up and said I won't let this money
thing consume me so I resumed my own happy self and ...
Sally
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