F4 gets 40 million to unite again as Taiwan Tourism Ambassadors
Source: Lian He Bao
http://udn.com/NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/ENT1/3489135.shtmlAugust 27, 2006
Ge Fu Hong and Angie Chai join hands for F4 idols in a project to make them Taiwan’s tourism ambassadors. The tourism office also allotted an 85 million budget to promote “ a media plan for Korea and Japan international promo” where F4 will shoot Travel advertisements and also to film a 20-25 episode long idol drama. According to reports, F4 will immediately take away more than $40 million just for this project alone.
Yesterday, Angie Chai indicated, “ F4 unites as Taiwan’s Tourism ambassadors, and I will be responsible on proposing for the drama part. Other ads, pictorials and other related activities will be handled by elder sister Ge to plan. Regarding the division of the talent fees for F4, filming expenses will be already be about 10 million, so I have to look for other sponsors for the project.” Presently, the drama title and story is not been settled yet, and the initial proposal was to make it a song and dance drama presentation.
As of now, Jerry’s present talent fee per episode is $500,000, Zai Zai is $480,000, Ken is also $480,000 and Vanness is $400,000, so just for the talent fees of the four is already sky high. But the four now belongs to different management companies. Jerry has gone solo flight, and his manager and consultant Jing Yi Peng said, “I don’t know what plans for the drama parts are, and details must be discussed again, la!”
Tourism office expressed that these proposals for the travel promos will be inside a one-year contract. It would require completing a 20-25 episode video collection which will be aired in Japanese and Korean major TV channels. Taiwan’s eight major tourist spots National Palace Museum, Taipei Financial Center 101. Sunmoon Lake, Ali Mountain, Jade (Yushan) Mountain, Love River of Kaohsiung City, Kenting Nature Park and Taroko George National Park, will be featured, with its 4 major features like good food, night market, 24-hour available travel, and the friendly, courteous and hospitable people of the country,. At present, the Tourism Office is popularizing at the South East Asian regions, and invited A Mei as spokesperson with a budget of $70 Million.
Translated by Jerry’s Kingdom. Thank you for the credits.
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Places which F4 will be promoting:1.National Palace Museum
2.Taipei Financial Center101
3.Sunmoon Lake
4.Ali Mountain
5. Jade (Yushan) Mountain
6. Love River of Kaohsiung
7. Kenting Nature Park
8. Taroko George National Park