Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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Summary translation by sytwo @ asianfanatics

- ZZ said that Ariel has grown up as an artiste, no longer the innocent girl of 8 years ago but have learnt how to handle herself in the entertainment industry.

- Ariel said that ZZ's smile is still as warm as 8 years ago. Ariel also said ZZ is a good senior and takes care of his juniors (like herself) very well.

- ZZ said he wants to focus on acting and do not have plans to come out with a music CD. He also said that he has a new "big" work that he is working on this 2nd half of the year. But when asked if that is B&W movie, he said he cannot disclose.

- On the other hand, Ariel said she is focusing on her singing career now. When asked if she has a chance to work with ZZ, she will choose spy film. Also said that if her music CD continues to do well and she can make another MV, she request Zaizai-ge to star in it.

Story about Jasmine Tea Event in Guangzhou and Nanning



Credit english translation : siewleng @AF

Hi junkies....here is a fan report about what happen to ZZ this morning from ZZ hotel going to GuangZhou airport to take the flight to Nanning to attend the next Jasmine Tea event.

A report from fan said that around 7.50am this morning already around 70-80fans waited at the lobby for ZZ to come down from the hotel in order to take the next flight to Nanning.Around 8.08 ZZ come out from the hotel.Fan said ZZ eyes look small most probably last nite didnt sleep much.A lot of fans will be following ZZ boarding the same flight with him to Nanning to attend the Jasmine Tea event today.

At around 1.04pm,fan said that Nanning fans successfully welcome ZZ at the Nanning airport.ZZ wore his legandary Adidas 32 jacket with a grey mask,black trousers and white sport shoes.Fans said ZZ feeling very happy,in a very good mood,kept smilling although wearing a mask but his smile can be seen clearly through his eyes.A fan said he notice ZZ eyelashes is 1cm long.Eyebrow got 2cm long.

Here is some special things that happen at the scene....

1.There is one male ZZ fan who kept on screaming "Zhou Yu Min you are very handsome,Chen Zai Tian you are very handsome!"ZZ heard the male fan scream and smile by himself!

2.At the GuangZhou airport got two female air-stewardess shouted "Zai Zai i love you!"

3.And also an aunt bring along a small boy following ZZ fans,interview both of them,that small boy said "Zai Zai very handsome,i very like him!".

4.Fans who followed ZZ said there were a lot a lot of people just like the old days F4 momentum atmosphere.Therefore ZZ fans have to protect ZZ from getting out of the airport.

Zai Zai shyly reveal upper body publicly,prohibit Xiao Tian to reveal the half upper body photograph



English Translation by siewleng@V.I.C.

Zhu Xiao Tian engage himself in photography for nearly six years now,no matter work or go vacation,go overseas also bring along his heavy camera equipment together with him.

The rest of the F3 members,occationally also become his camera target,he laughingly said ("I have a photo of Zai Zai nude photograph")But Zai Zai is shy,actually i request to display out the nude photograph at the exhibition show,he immediately screamed out ("Don't want la")

Zhu Xiao Tian own photography subject title is "Conveniently Get It"(siewleng :- not sure how to describe this title but something like this)The four differently F4 also have the chance appear on the camera shot as the lead,he wickedly laugh ("I have a photograph of Zai Zai in nude!")This sparks up the medias curiousity on how nude the photograph is,he solve the curiousity and said ("Upper half naked with lower part wearing trouser la!")Actually there was one time Zai Zai went over his house for dinner,after eating naturally took off his upper clothes and sit at the sofa,he very naughty straight away went and took his camera and took a photo of him revealing his upper body picture.Less took Yan Cheng Xu.

This time holding this photo exhibition reminds back Zhu Xiao Tian a few years ago of this photo of Zai Zai,immediately call him and hope he could let him display out this foto at his exhibition show,Zai Zai unbelievingly cry out (How you get this photo),then right away begged and said ("Please!Don't want la)No option but to agreed.

Staff revealed that both of them are good friends,plus Zhu Xiao Tian is more senior than him,very like to tease Zai Zai,Zahu Xiao Tian also admitted that he seldom take Yan Cheng Xu photos.

End.

New ZZ's Scedule



credit thank : Orange_vic @ Pantipmember

B&W Promotion 29 Jul 09
Time: 19:00 Wednesday 2009/7/29
Location: Taipei Xinyi Village Roadshow Studios
Tickets: 200 yuan each, and each person is limited to purchase four


06 Aug HongKong UNICEF Press
ConferenceUNICEF Press Conference
Time: 06 August 2009
Place: Hong Kong

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08~11 Aug Singapore,<;Black & White>;Promotion
Singapore, <;Black & White>;Promotion
Time: 08~11 August,2009
Place: Singapore


Credit Thanks : Michi @ OnlyF4 and V.I.C for info.

Black & White / SingTel mio TV Star Tour
Meet & Greet Session ( Not Confirm)

10 Aug, 3pm
Bugis Square, Level 1

Catch artistes Vic Zhou & Mark Zhao, stars of the upcoming mio tv Mei Ah Drama Channel Drama "Black & WHite" in this meet & greet session

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26 Aug Shanghai <;Master Kong>Meet and Greet Session
<;Master Kong>;Meet and Greet Session
Time: 26 August,2009
Place: Shanghai

Credit Thank : www.vic-fanclub.com for information.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

ZZ schedulle



Credit Thank : IloVic @ asianfanatics

09/07/24, ZZ arrived in Guangzhou.
Flight number: BR1707 Evergreen
Departure Time: 9:40 am
Arrival time: 11:40 noon
Categories: Zhou Yu Min endorsement Kangshifu publicity tour

09/07/25 Master Kong fan meet
Time :18:30 - 20:00
Location: Guangzhou, Jinan University Auditorium

09/07/26 Master Kong fan meet
Time : 19:00 - 21:00
Location: Nanning Convention and Exhibition

BLACK AND WHITE airing
Time: July 27, 2009, 21:00 - 22:00, every Monday to Friday
Location: Public Television Channel 13

09/07/27, ZZ return to Taipei
Flight number : BR1708 1250/1500

United Nations Children's Fund press conference in Hong Kong
Time: August 6, 2009
Location: Hong Kong
Categories: Zhou Yu Min speaking tour activities
Flight number from Tw to Hk :CX403 0920/1111
Flght number from Hk to Tw : CX468 1955/2140 ( in the same day )

BLACK AND WHITE promo
Time: August 8 - 11, 2009
Location : Singapore
Categories: Zhou Yu Min ruffian hero propaganda

Shanghai Qing Yu about honey will you meet dependencies
Time: August 26, 2009
Categories: ZZ Kangshifu trip activities

Friday, July 3, 2009

Vic Chou - the real side of a 25 year old

This English translation is based on the chinese translation by wanpaku_doggy. I've benefitted so much from translations by huilo, wanpaku_doggy, gk, etc., so this is a little contribution in return.

Credit thank : test 1 @ ThaiTv3 BoArD

2006/11/23 JUNON

Vic Chou
LOVE



A step closer to the prince (the youngest of F4) who captured the hearts of all females over Asia with his super adorable smile

Vic Chou - the real side of a 25 year old


Vic Chou, a member of the super group F4, popular not only in Taiwan but in Asia as well, starred in Meteor Garden as Huazelei and made female fans all over Asia fell in love with him. He stole hearts with his large eyes, perfectly (my added adjective, hehe) proportioned face and melancholy expressions. He likes sleeping and eating and being the youngest of F4, is especially loved. Since spending 5 years in the profession, the 25-year old is now becoming more and more mature. In our first interview with Vic, let’s explore the charisma of this Hua Liu star.

Although he’s gorgeous, he has a forthright personality and comes across as very approachable and at ease. He is able to let anyone who meets him to be open and frank with him. Although Vic exudes a princely aura, he is down to earth and his favourite food is curry. Smiling shyly, “I received so much curry mix from fans from Japan I won’t be able to finish eating.” “What other Japanese food do you like?” Vic told us with a contented smile: “Roast meat is especially good, and oh, today when we arrived in Japan, I went shopping in a convenience store, and found that....อ่านไม่ออก is also very good. We had grilled eel rice for lunch today with our colleagues, I inadvertently swallowed a small piece of bone which got stuck in my throat, that was a bit uncomfortable but I’m all right now, not to worry.(smile)”

Vic, who has been straight forward and forthright during the interview interspersed with humorous responses, is affectionately referred to by fans as “ZaiZai”. Translated into Japanese, this means “little boy”.
This is what my grandmother called me when I was little. But I am already 25 years old. Although I may still be childish in certain aspects, I know I am an adult now, and I feel that I need to progress and mature.

So what is his personality like? He’s the youngest member of F4 and tends to be spoiled. When the four appear together in press conferences, he always manages to liven the occasion and atmosphere up with his smiles and jokes. And because of ZaiZai, other members of F4 can respond to reporters’ questions with relaxed and happy state of mind. “People around me tend to say I am able to liven up an occasion, in Chinese we usually refer to someone like this as..ตัวจีนอ่านไม่ออก(a person who is able to make people around him happy), and I have been referred to as a ตัวจีนอ่านไม่ออกtoo. Apparently ตัวจีนตัวเดิม..55 is a kind of food that can make people feel happy. Because I am the youngest of the 4, I can joke in interviews and be light hearted, and probably because of this, people tend to think of me as an adorable little brother.”

In addition to this innocent side, as an actor, his improvement is extensive and obvious. As widely known, when he entered the profession 5 years ago, he had no interest in the entertainment world, and was discovered by the producer of Meteor Garden coincidentally when he accompanied a friend to the audition, to become HuaZeLei.

In the beginning when I first entered this profession, I didn’t really have any goals to work towards as it was not something I had wanted to do in the first place. After Meteor Garden was aired, all of a sudden as if overnight, there was a lot of commotion around us. Thinking back, I felt as if I was at loss of what I should be doing (smile). If I can say something to the Vic then, I would tell him to be articulate with his dialogue.

As for Meteor Garden being broadcast in Japan again, zaizai blushes, drops his head and said “It’s a bit embarrassing; I somehow can’t bear to watch my performance”. Zaizai’s charisma comes from consistently treating people with sincerity and being genuine, unchanged even though he has already become a superstar. So which aspects would Zaizai prefer to be complimented on?

I have often received compliments on my looks and being cute/adorable, etc, these being more superficial aspects. Of course I am happy since people are sincere in their compliments. However I would prefer to hear people’s compliments about my acting, such as how I have acted very well in a certain scene.

Although he entered this profession with absolutely no prior training and foundation, Zai Zai is raising the bar on himself as an actor. And as a matter of fact, after Meteor Garden, Vic starred as the main character in Poor Prince, and he also showed his serious acting skills in Mars. As an actor, his improvement is obvious to all. Currently, Vic has a challenging role in Silence, which is being broadcasted on BS TV, as a young man with only 3 months to live. Being a drama series about a couple that fate has played a joke on, Zai Zai hopes that the series can show the intense belief about love. This leads to our interest for zaizai’s views on love that are consistent with his age.

What is love? This is a difficult question. I think it is about facing it with courage but this is not enough. I am not qualified to elaborate on the topic of love. (Smile) I think love is a topic that a life time may not be long enough to understand. Silence talks about obstacles to love, I am a person who dares to take on and face the obstacles around me. Even if it is not very romantic, I think some kind of obstacles to love may happen to anybody. I am a person who is loyal to my own feelings, and will not be influenced by opposing views around me. Other that this, I think it is important to be confident. If there is no confidence, everything will be difficult to achieve.

Ny aspiration is to be a responsible and reliable man

Although Vic chooses his words carefully, he still comes across as sincere and genuine with no pretence. We are deeply attracted by such a straightforward person. More importantly, his charisma is complemented by the masculinity that is increasingly emanating from him. During the F4 concert in HK this spring, as if wanting to be rid of his princely clean image, Zai Zai will show audience a sexy and bold performance of dancing off his clothes while he sings.

I admire men with marked individuality, very masculine. In terms of appearance, they should have telltale signs of age on their forehead and eyes. For the middle aged men, they don’t need to do anything except stand in front of the audience and they can exude their charisma. In terms of acting, my current exercise is how to project and express a mature image beyond my age through changes in inner expressions rather than through appearance.

Zaizai is concentrating on working concurrently on his debut movie and another drama series. So what are Zaizai’s dreams for the future?

I am actually quite greedy (smile). I want to try out all kinds of things. I want to challenge the roles that I have not played before. I want to play somebody who has been deeply pained, or try playing someone who is abnormal psychologically. Through books and reports, I know that these parts cannot be fully and effectively portrayed without the prerequisite good acting skills. So I hope that one day I will have the opportunity to take on this type of roles.

From his earnest and sincere attitude towards acting, I believe the day that ZaiZai can play this type of role will not be far. Lastly, in terms of goals as a grown man, Zaizai said a bit shyly:

First of all, I hope I can become an upright and responsible person. I hope I can be regarded as trusting and dependable by the women and everyone else around me. I will work diligently towards this goal.


Credit English translation by abcdef4zz@vicpower.net

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Vic Zhou’s special interview: I want to turn 30 quickly

June 12, 2009

Source: http://nbweekly.oeeee.com/Print/Article/7890-0.shtml
Translation: ling gan @ http://asianfanatics.net
Credit Thank : ling gan @ asianfanatics



Time is the most skilled thief in the world. The series
created the F4 fever, and in the twinkling of an eye, it was around 8 to 9 years ago. When the pretty boy era hasn’t completely passed, the extremely introvert Zai Zai, has unwittingly walked away farther and farther. But, you can see an actor named Vic Zhou Yu Min, who would in a cool manner chewing his gum from on the television until in the press conference, giving an unrestricted yuppie look. Recently, Vic Zhou and director Cai Yue Xun were in Guang Zhou to promote their latest work , while also celebrating CETV’s fifth anniversary. In this interview, Vic revealed his metamorphosis since he embarked on his career 9 years ago.



Zai Zai in acted as police who handled cases with his intuition, his character there was very “man.”



When being interviewed, Zai Zai spoke freely and frankly, and his expressions were quite amusing.

Once had the thought to muddle along with the contract
20 years ago, Zai Zai Vic Zhou was a small boy who lived in his own world. Every day when he got home, he would lock himself in his room watching movies or listening to music. When going to school, he felt uncomfortable seeing people walking to and fro, he would rather climb the wall to enter his school. Zai Zai’s career starting experience has that kind of unreal similarities compared to the other actors’. He was accompanying his friend to have a screen test, but he was the one being selected. At that time, he was a total nerd. When he was accompanying his friend for a screen test for , he was hiding in a trance in between dark stairs, and Angie Chai Zhi Ping had to coax and lie to him in assuring him to act as Hua Ze Lei. But Zai Zai in the beginning, who accidentally entered the entertainment circle, had no interest at all toward acting, he was indifferent even though he was called as the male ornament: “I don’t care whether people were calling me a male ornament, or that I depend on my good looks, doesn’t matter to me, because I really had no feelings.”

Zai Zai said that not long after he started filming , he once was on Matilda Tao’s show, and when the advertisement was on,
Matilda asked Vic to take some kind of a psychological test by asking him some questions, and after they finished, Matilda’s conclusion was: “The entertainment circle doesn’t suit you.” Zai Zai pondered over Matilda’s words, and finally confirmed: “Maybe the entertainment circle really doesn’t suit me.” He secretly calculated this, the contract was 3 years, but he’d been working for only 1 year, so at that time his biggest idea was “how to muddle along with the contract.” But after he got along with the other actors and seniors, he felt that his personality was truly accepted and understood, and unwittingly he managed to go on, “I’m very happy that I can stay here up until now. My inherent quality hasn’t changed, and it is life and working experiences that have made me mature a lot.”

Cai Yue Xun prophesied: Zai Zai is the next Tony Leung Chiu Wai
2 years after finished filming , Zai Zai was unable to let go the pretty boy image, not until in 2004, where he played as twins who suffered from dissociation of personality in Cai Yue Xun’s series . He was able to make a breakthrough through his performance in the dark idol series, he also thinks that starring in the series marked a turning point in his career: “I filmed after , and then l realized that I was dealing with the issue of being an actor, and I started to ponder over how to make plans for myself. When I was filming , I was determined to be an actor.” In , Zai Zai played as a policeman who handled cases with his intuition. He had to look handsome, while he also had lots of psychological and action scenes to film, and for him, this performance of his is his third model in his acting career. He also claimed that when filming, he would use some improvisations. Although he would still stick to the script in the order of the filming, but when the filming was officially started, people would realize that suddenly he’s using different methods to act, “At that time, there would be 2 kinds of powerful results. The first one was the actor who saw this kind of acting would laugh, the second one the cameraman sometimes thought that it was too funny, when he’s replaying the scene, all of us would notice that the camera was trembling.”

Having been in the showbiz world for 9 years, Zai Zai’s change is the most evident compared to the other F4 members. From being a pretty boy, he gradually changed into an actor who has self-control and is detailed. His face is not that delicate now, you cannot play the tricks of pinching his face to make water come out of it anymore. Instead, there’s a vague smoke and dust of experiences and vicissitudes of life. Witnessing Zai Zai’s 9 years of maturity and “aging” process, the habitually so-called father of Taiwanese idol drama, Cai Yue Xun, has good expectations of him: “If he continues to walk along on this road expanding himself, I believe that one day Zai Zai would become like Tony Leung Chiu Wai, the former will have the capability of the latter. Tony Leung is also someone who lives in his own world, an extemely quiet and introvert person. Only these kinds of people who can try lots of things and have lots of imagination.

Southern Metropolis Entertainment Weekly (SMEW) X Vic Zhou Yu Min
I will say no if I don’t want to do it

Zai Zai’s metamorphosis history: From a pretty boy to a handsome actor



In 2001, in , he was the melancholic Hua Ze Lei, while in real life he was actually an introvert boy who came from Yi Lan.



In 2004, in , Zai Zai acted as twins who suffered from disassociation of personality, and his performance there was a breakthrough. He started to have plans for his acting career at that time.



In 2009, in , Zai Zai acted as a ruffian policeman. He’s a big brother in the acting world who takes cares of the newbies well outside filming.

SMEW: What kind of temperament do you think you have, and how do you adjust your psychology?
Vic Zhou: My temperament is unpredictable, to others, also to myself. At one time, I can be very gloomy, so silent that everyone will think that in my territory, all of my appearances are black, very murky. But sometimes, when I’m being dark, I can also have this sudden idea to tell a joke that makes people think that I’m an eccentric person. I’m very happy that in all these years, I’ve been able to stick to my characters, as I have the guts to say no, if I don’t want to do a thing; I’ve done it.

SMEW: You’ve also said that you like to act old, is it true?
Vic: Yes, I hope my youth will pass quickly, as I want to turn 30 quickly, because I think when men are turning 30 years old, it’s the time when they become real men, that charisma that those man have are hard to imitate. I will try not to remember about the circulation of time, as after a couple of years, I will turn 30.

SMEW: While filming , did you give some suggestions to Mark Zhao You Ting?
Vic: I’ve once seen him being in an inexplicable doubt; he didn’t know whether he should listen to his seniors, or just use his own method to present his role. I just told him that, it is their own business, if you tell them to act in a certain way, they will do so, but your role Ying Xiong, it’s your role, you have the say how to act it, it’s your business. As long as the director doesn’t have any complaints, everyone’s opinions are just suggestions, I think this is a more powerful way to act.”