

[Ta Kung Pao, The Sun]
Dayo Wong and Ada Choi's new series "To Catch the Uncatchable" reached average ratings of 31 points in its first week, peaking at 33 points and this is a good result for recent months. To celebrate, Dayo dug deep into his wallet to take the cast and crew out for a meal and those who took part included Ada, Claire Yiu, Elaine Yiu, Cheung Chi Kwong, Woo Fung and Lo Hoi Pang.
How much did they spend on the meal? Dayo laughs: "It wasn't too much, I will just treat it as giving up my fee for one or two episodes. This is the first meal, for every point it continues to go up, there will be another meal. I hope that we can have ten meals, but the ones later will be paid for by Ada. (Do you hope to reach 40 points?) I dare not dream about it, the TV atmosphere isn't so great at the moment - since Ah Wong, 40 points is not an achievable rating in this current climate."
Dayo will soon be releasing his own album, with a band he has formed with a few friends called "Happy". Their record should be out in September and there will be a song released next week. This venture has been financed by Dayo himself in the hope that it will not exceed seven figures. Talking of Athena Chu's venture into the music industry losing her a fair amount of money, he says that he has mentally prepared himself to lose money because it is difficult to make money from the music business nowadays. His investment is purely to create an opportunity for the band to perform, so sales are not important, what is most important is that someone will ask them to keep singing in the future, otherwise this will be a great loss. Dayo hopes that when Sam Hui retires, he can have the chance to perform in the Coliseum in the "Wishing you Happy Concert".
Ada's performance in the series has been noted and some people have praised her for letting herself go in the role, whilst others have felt that she is copying Dodo Cheng's character in "War of Genders". Ada says that maybe Dodo's 'Miss Mo' and her own 'Vivi Lee' are both business professionals and many of the cast in "To Catch" also appeared in "War", them many people mistake the show for copying Dayo's last series.
Ada says: "Being like Dodo is not such a bad thing, because she is a very strong character actor and also a 'best actress', so being compared to her is a great deal. On the other hand, if you said my acting was poor, then I would mind that." She also says that her own character is a little like that of Vivi, for example she is not vain and is very bubbly and lively, but she is not as miserly as Vivi.
As for Dayo saying that Ada has to pay for future meals, she laughs that she is just a supporting actor in the show and it should be Dayo paying for them. However, she says that as long as everyone is happy, then she doesn't mind paying. As for Dayo saying that she has to wear a bikini if the show's ratings hit 40 points, Ada says that if this is the case, then Dayo should get married and if the ratings reach 45 or 50 points, then he should have kids straight away.
Ada indicates that she will be heading out to Xinjiang next Thursday to film for a China Central TV and Tsui Hark co-production entitled "Seven Swords of Tianshan". The trip will last for a month and a half and co-stars include Chiu Man Cheuk and Julian Cheung. She will return to TVB to film a new series in November. Having had her calendar shoot paired with Bowie Lam yesterday, Ada reveals that she has been busy moving house recently: "I managed to fill a ten tonne truck, so it will take me a while to sort through it all!"
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