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Cola’s 7 array of stars shrinks F4, Bao Long solo, F3 out of the way.
Liberty Times
July 6, 2006
Pepsi Cola advertisement of 10 stars has changed to 7 stars, F4 is 3 persons less, through “Bao Long” Yan Cheng Xu bridges the big gap makes an effort to influence the crowd without, “ZaiZai” Zhou Yu Min, Zhu Xiao Tian and Wu Jian Hua, the reason: F4 is not a fresh idea!
Cola business says F4 isn’t a fresh idea.
Possessing a huge array of big stars Pepsi Cola says they signed F4, Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai, Louis Koo, Edison Chen, Nicholas Tse and Rain collectively known as “Pepsi 10 Big Stars,” among them F4 the most senior, they will enter their 5th year now but adding Rain a few days ago and shocked people saying Pepsi doesn’t want F3 they only want Jerry Yan.
At the end of last month, Jolin Tsai, Louis Koo, Edison Chen and Korean Rain came out in Pepsi’s TV commercial entitled “Circus” and besides having no F4, they changed the their position lowering it.
This year’s TV advertisement have no F4, will they have the same level of ads, this year Pepsi will have 3 campaigns, last week we released the first one the main stars there were Jay Chou and Jerry Yan, the second wave is Jolin Tsai, Nicholas Tse and Edison Chen, the last wave will have Edison Chen, Rain and Shao Le “F3” Zaizai, Ken Chu and Vanness Wu.
Jerry Yan’s overseas sales is strong.
The pass 4 years, F4 never had their own ad, they were absent from TV ads, according to our sources, last years blue hair commercial was shown in Taiwan and HK, for this year only Jerry Yan will have an activity for Pepsi, they really didn’t sign up F3. Jerry Yan has millions upon million of NT dollars in his pocket, it seems F3 has lost many millions.
Signing up as his own boss, Jerry Yan has gotten rid of/eliminated [gan4diao4] the other F3, turning solo, he regards this as a personal victory. It is reported that because of “Meteor Garden’s” fresh role, and mesmerizing eyes, amongst F4 he possesses the most “naifensi,” Pepsi has prepared his overseas market event.
F4 agreement as spokesperson is until next year.
This year we chose Jerry Yan to act in behalf of F4, on the other hand due to this year’s Circus motif, there are not a lot of roles to offer, adding to that every year you will see F4 there is no fresh feeling anymore. F3’s manager Zhi Xiang Li said, “Pepsi has already arranged their advertisement, “they really don’t have to put together all the big stars in one advertisement, F4 has an agreement with Pepsi until next year. They are still Pepsi spokes persons; afterwards they will shoot their own kind of advertisement.
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Hua Liu magazine Vol.3
credit okarei of nbbbs.com for translating from Japanese into Chinese
credit yami of nbbbs.com for English translation
"The Hospital" was filmed for 8 months, finally it was finished this spring. Currently, editing work is in the final stages, so that can be shown in Taiwan in August.
This tv series will surely become Jerry’s turning point. Since "Meteor Rain", how was it for Jerry to be working again with Director Cai?
“In Director Cai’s different shooting locations, the atmosphere is very relaxed.
At first, it seems that Jerry was not used to this. Most of the staff/crew liked to joke around,
but as the filming progressed, Jerry also had very good interaction with them,
also plays around with them. This is how Lin Wen Kai, the cinematographer responsible
for all of Director Cai’s works since [Meteor Garden], described Jerry during the first stages of filming.
Moreover, we interviewed some actors who worked with Jerry for the first time.
First is Xiu Jie Xie, who acted in "Ming Yang Si Hai" and "Mars". He said: “Our ages
are very close, we chat together and talk about basketball. It was the same with ZZ,
we became familiar with each other very quickly.”
Lead actress Ms. Zhang said: “Before we met, I thought he must be a very handsome
big brother. At first, because he is a big star, I was afraid that it would be difficult to
go near him. But in reality he is very warm and very easy to get along with. By working with him,
I discovered that he is a very serious and earnest person. He has high demands for himself.
He diligently works hard so that he could perform better. Jerry certainly is not just an idol with a face.”
“Jerry is very serious.” This is a statement that came out of every person we interviewed.
“In shooting locations, Jerry is very absorbed. That’s why I don’t disturb him as much as possible.
As he holds the script and focuses on it, we all won’t dare to speak with him.” Xiu Jie Xie said.
During filming, the drama team basically just prepared a small personal resting room for Jerry.
Only a small number of people are allowed to go in and out of his room. Among them is hairstylist
and make-up artist Pan Lun Lin. She said: “When Jerry is reading the script and memorizing his
lines, he hates it when he is disturbed by the noisy surroundings. He is very serious.” Can you
just imagine a Jerry with a stoic face.
“However, after filming has started he becomes very relaxed, he tells jokes and loosens up.”
It was also reported in the news before that filming was done in various places in Taiwan.
According to Pan Lun Lin, most of the time Jerry drives a black Cefiro car to shooting locations.
However, according to Lin Wen Kai, the cinematographer who has personal contact with Jerry
since MG days, “This Japanese car is the company’s common car. Jerry is an extremely thrifty
person, he still drives the same car that he bought during his modeling days.
It’s already tattered (Laughs). When I saw that car, I was very shocked.
ZZ and the others drive very nice cars.”
In order to protect Jerry’s privacy, the car that Jerry drives is kept a secret, they didn’t
reveal it to us. In order to avoid paparazzi, Jerry makes a detour when going home,
normally it takes a lot of skill. Furthermore, Lin Wen Kai said: “ It seems that Jerry doesn’t l
ike to drive cars very much. But in long distance driving, he takes care of his assistant
and drives the car. When being chased by paparazzi, he also drives the car, because he
drives fast but very carefully.”
Of course the lead actress has the most interaction with Jerry.
Ms. Zhang has acted in movies, but has no experience in tv series yet.
Jerry then is very considerate and looks after her.
“After acting in a sad emotional scene and I’m unable to release the feeling,
and when my sentiments are low, Jerry always walks over to comfort me.
When I’m nervious, he would also teach me how to relax. ‘You’re still a newcomer
mah.’ Even though he somehow teases me, he takes care of me like that.”
However, people all have times when their mood is not good. During this time what does Jerry do?
Pan Lun Lin said: “When his mood is not good, he will say, ‘Because of some
matters my mood is not too good today,’ and informs everyone in advance”
This allows everyone to prepare themselves mentally. It is also a kind of misgiving.
When Jerry is angry, it seems his appearance is very frightening, so what exactly
is his appearance like? Lin Wen Kai said: “For example, he doesn’t speak, and it’s
hard to approach him. But he doesn’t take it to heart, given that he got angry at certain matters,
that day it’s very frightening, but after going home and thinking it over, the next day he would
communicate in a new mood.” If this is really the case, that even an angry Jerry has positive constructiveness, isn’t it lovable too?
Of course if he’s in a good mood, he also shares laughs with the staff and cast who likes to
crack jokes. His cold jokes are not few either.
“After telling a joke, he will look at the other person’s reaction like this.” Ms. Zhang said
while imitating that _expression. It seems that compared with his jokes, Jerry’s expressions
make people laugh more. It’s a pity there’s no picture of it.
“At shooting locations, Jerry also helps the staff move things.” Ms. Zhang confirms that
Jerry and the staff worked together harmoniously.
Lin Wen Kai’s deepest impression on him is: “When we were filming on the mountains,
even though we asked help from the local residents, the manpower is still not enough.
Jerry also went all out to help.”
It was on an early spring day when filming finished. The drama team specially arranged
a joint performance of the two main leads, Jerry and Dai Li Ren, as the last scene to
be filmed. When the final “cut” was called out, Director Cai and Jerry reportedly hugged
each other crying. On this matter, we asked confirmation from Director Cai.
“After filming the last scene, everyone opened up bottles of champagne that
they prepared. There was champagne everywhere, then we recalled our
continuous hardships, unconsciously we hugged together. Jerry and I were
drenched in champagne from head to feet.”
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