anyone know when will Ken's new series "City of the sky" be on air?

12/17 Overseas Popularity, F4 sales wins over S.H.E

F4 have not appeared in the circle for a long time. However, even if it's just Jerry Yan and Ken Chu who is endorsing for SNK together with S.H.E, comparing with the overseas popularity, they still won S.H.E loads.

Depending on the 3 years of Meteor Garden, F4 broke into the Asia market, very popular. Not only had they held a concert in Thailand, they were also invited to a award cermony - Asis Song Festival at Korea, being the only Taiwan representative. Even when Korean female star Zheng Duo Shan came to Taiwan for promo, also said that she admired F4's Jerry Yan alot. Thus, even if stickers of F4(original price at 45 dollars is reduced to 10 dollars in Taiwan record stores, from the shocking amount of overseas fans, F4 is still the industry's love.

AS to the results of endorsement, at first, everyone thought that S.H,E's album sales were very good, thus, they can definately help the manufacturer to kill off lots of clothes, but the manufacturer commented that, males line was going off faster then the females line.

"F4 has lots of overseas fans, and those in Asia are the die-hard ones. When they come to Taiwan for holidays, they would come to us, and buy a few winter clothes as a gift to their family and friends. From this, we cannot underestimate F4's gold-getting , that's because even if these fans do not wear male's line for their life, as long as their F4 is endorsing in it, they would not say any extra words, taking out money to support till the end.

Source: Shi Bao Zhou Kan.

Please credit Xiujuan@OnlyF4 Singapore if you are posting the above translation elsewhere.


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F4 $30 million to act as killers:

F4 will reunite again next year to act as killers in a new movie. It will be invested by Korean movie company and they will put in US$4million. Jerry, ZZ and Vann who were meant to arrive today for HK's Pepsi event arrived last night in secret.

Jerry, ZZ and VAnness will attend tonight's <<Pepsi Charity Concert>>. F3 were supposed to arrive today but arrived last night, earlier for rehearsal. They are also here for the release of the Pepsi short film. A member of F4 will also appear in Du Qi Ko's new movie.

In addition, Korean's Cinema Service revealed that it has invested US$4million (HK$30million) to invite F4 as killers for the new movie. Manager Yao admitted that lots of companies have invited F4 to film, over 3 has invited all four. However, its still in discussion, no confirmation as yet.

Next year Ken will release his album in January and will devote most of his time in the singing area. F3 all have movies on hand. Other than <<Killers>>, another movie wants F4 as <<policemen>>, some ancient drama has also been considered. Different roles and movies, up for them to decide. The common thing is that it's all action films.

F4's embarking in action films, Vanness is most excited, who has just returned from Shaolin. As for the foursome becoming killers, Vanness says ZZ is most like a killer, as he loves to act out.

F4 will separate for Christmas. Jerry will be spending Xmas Eve in Tian Jing, Ken in Taiwan recording, Vanness and ZZ busy with their filming and commercial work. They can only use SMS to contact each other.

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Credits to Lilian

HK AIRPORT
19/12/04 at 9.48 pm.

F3 (Jerry, Zai and Vanness) arrived at the airport, some said Vanness was the first who arrived at the airport and waiting for Jerry and ZaiZai. While Jerry and Zai took a flight from Taipei and arrived at HK together.

Zai and Vanness wear glasses while Jerry was in a good mood, he didn't wear a cap or glasses.

Jerry seemed happy, he greeted his fans very well.

Vanness put his arms around Zai and Jerry while walking out of the airport. The guys had some good conversations and laughed along the way.

Tomorrow (20/12/04) Jerry will be a guest to appear in Pepsi Charity Concert with Vanness and Zaizai.

thanks to TIFA of faithful4ever

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thanks to Kaye @ zaizaicrib and Spunky @ Faithful 4ever forum

*Thanks to 1missbebe of OnlyF4.

fan report from NicoleF4
ok. i'll just go thru on what happened. the first part was nothing much. the mc came out and talked, then some ppl came on stage and gave a speech (not sure who they were because i wasn't listening lol) then, they showed some clips like behind the scenes of the 'commercial' or short video. i swear, everytime vanness's face came on, ppl screamed. um...then.. the mc invited vanness, edison and louis on stage and they talked. i didn't really listen though because i was too busy trying to take photos of vanness. ok all this may not be in the exact order.. sorry haha. anyway.. they showed the full video. it was really well done!!! and big applause to ken (not ken zhu) who was at the end of the video - he only has one leg but managed to ride the bicycle. afterwards they invited ken on stage and blah blah he talked..

there were the clothes of the pepsi stars on both sides of the stage and the mc introduced each piece of clothing. and there were A LOT OF SCREAMS whenever he talked about f4's clothes. for zz's one he was like 'i can still smell the scent of zz' which resulted in THUNDEROUS screams (which of course i was a part of) ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! i'm getting so giddy just thinking about it.
ok anyway, thennnn... louis koo sang.. along w/ a whole bunch of young ppl on stage.

AND THEN!!!!!! vanness sang!!! SCREAM!!! he looked so friggin hot. i don't remember what exactly he was wearing but i remember he had a pinkish blackish striped sweater wrapped on his waist which looked so cute. and he had a walking stick kinda thing. he first sang 'body will sing' then 'lonely mall'.. then..did he sing a third song? shoot i forgot.. anyway, during one of his songs he walked off the stage and to the audience... everyone was goign hysterical!!! we were in the 13th row or sth, and the ppl around me all rushed to the first row hahaha.

after vanness, Shine and denise ho came on and sang. the girl beside me (who was a zz fan ) was like 'haiii, don't do this to waste our time' LOL. yeah! we want f4!!! or zz to be specific. ok i digress..hm.. they sang dare for more. ok enuf of them. oh during the rap part , edison came and sang.
ok after shine and denise ho, it was edison and his two partners. sang two songs from his new album, and then 'xiang gang di' (or in canto, 'heung gong dei')

OKAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after edison... it was.... my beloved...... no! actually they showed zz's new commerical and he looked so f*cking HOT in it. there were a lot of close up and WE WERE ALL SCREMAING!!!!! OMG!!!!!!! SCREAM!!!!!!!!!! sorry i wish i was still at the concert so i can release all this.......energy. AHHH! okok. so now we ALL KNOW THaT ZZ IS gonna come on stage. so everyone was screaming there lungs out, including yours truly. and everyone like RUSHED to the first row. he came out!!!!!! he was wearing this blue shirt..and outside was a longish browish coat. it looks reeeeeeeally cute. he looked so effin HOT. first he sang the new cm song just for you AND ITs REALLY GOOD!!!!!!!! VERY NICE SONG. and nice voice and nice person ahhhhh... ok anyway. after that he sang xin teng.. or was it ni de ti wen first?! i forget. too busy staring at his godly sight. he sang really well!!!!! but during xin teng i think he sorta forgot some lyrics at one point so he started mumbling and sang really softly. sooo adorable.

after zz, it was jerry. he wore a black coat and he looked really good!!!!!!!! first he sang 'pei chen pin' and he forgot some lyrics but the fans sang along then he sang another song.. 'be a good lover' .after that the securities told us to go back to our seats so we were all like... 'pretending' to move along. lol. and then he sang 'di si ying li' (gravity) and then during the song he walked off stage to the audience so we ALL RUSHED to the first row leaning on that metal barrier and he was walking over to our side!!!!! i almost dropped my camera. but then he turned and walked the other way. boooooo..

hehe anyway, after that he was like saying bye and thank yous and stuff and walked off stage, and then vanness came out singing happy birthday and pushed jerry back on stage!!!! and then zz puished out a cake!!!!!!!! we all sang along hehehe. it was so sweet. and the mc asked vanness and zz to give jerry a kiss on the cheek so vanness sorta 'cheek to cheek'ed jerry but zz really kissed him!!!! so cute. then the mc asked if we wanna see more f4 and if we want them to hold a concert again?? god, the reply was THUNDEROUS. OMG!!! of course we do, don't we?!?!? AHHHHHHHH!!!!! come again f4!!!! (w/ ken next time) after that they went off
I WANt MORE!!!!!! MORE!!! really, it wasn't enough!!!!! i haven't got to touch them yet, they haven't had eye contact w/ me yet!!! waaahh!!!

but i'm so so happy. my first time seeing f4 in real life. i was breathing the same air as them. wow.
i always thought i was a 'tamed' fan, like never screaming, cheering.. ha. just take me to an f4 concert

this is my rahter brief recount of my experience. my pictures sorta suck because my camera couldn't really zoom that far. boo. oh well!!!


zai sang xin teng, just for you and Ni De ti wen.....

van+zai celebrate birthday for jerry, they say hope to hold a concert again.....

zai fans more hysterical then jerry fans....zai really kiss jerry on the face (birthday) van only touch face-face

Pilot image is very good looking, the most creative commercial among all previous zai's...many close up and the snow background is beri attractive.........

during event, there a part when they come on stage with kids...zai with a boy and girl, holding their hands just like rowing a boat, he play with kids and almost ignore the fans....

he play with the girl more....

thanks to wee @ zaizaicrib

omg..happy that they back..well not exacly back but yeah. too bad ken wasn't there. but jerry was. hehe. he's my no.1 out of f4. can't wait until there movie comes out.

F3 @ PEPSI concert
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Jerry Yan, Peng Zhao Jiu Wang, Airport shakes

F3, including Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou and Vanness Wu came to Hk the night before. 500 over fans recieved them at the airport and even sang birthday song to celebrate Jerry's birthday on the 1st of January, their sounds shook the airport. Other than that, there's also rumours that Pepsi got Jerry to be the VIP guest this time was because their ticket was going out very badly and they got himto save the day !

The night before at around 9pm, Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou and Vanness Wu arrived in Hk together to attend the Pepsi Charity Show. The event had actually only arranged for Vanness, Zaizai, Edison and Louis Khoo to attend, but the special guest part for Jerry to appear was added later on. It was passed on that the tickets were not going out too well and Pepsi had to think of a way, and to get Jerry Yan to help out. And the moment the news was spread, the results were seen !

Before F3 arrive, around 500 fans were already waiting there. 50 securities came to maintain order, and police were there in case anything happens. When the threesome came out, all fans rushed up to give their presents. Under the escort of securities, fans were still pushing. Vanness, who was wearing a singlet, and have went to Shaolin had seen such things. He used his hands and did a kungfu style turn and to protect the assistant who was beside him, his action was very gentleman (feng du).

Sang Birthday Song together

After that, as fans were heading to the van together with the threesome, as 1st of Jan was Jerry's birthday and fans didn't c their idols often, they grab the chance to celebrate his birthday for him. Many fans couldn't stop screaming Jerry, and wished him happy birthday and they even sang him a birthday song, afterwhich, they book cars and chased him all the way to the hotel.

As to rumours of Pepsi getting Jerry for help, it was asked from Pepsi's spokesperson, Miss Li, "I have mentioned long time ago that there'll be a secret guest for the event, there's no such thing as to the rumours !" F4's manager Miss Tao said, "Pepsi have never made adverts that Jerry would be coming , so how does it help the ticket then ? I think it's just a wu liao saying." And in regards to rumours of F4 going to come to HK to work with Du Qi Feng, both Du Qi Feng and Miss Tao denied to it. However, Miss Tao hoped F4 could work with him.

Thanks to the-sun.
21st Dec 2004

*Thanks to Xiujuan of OnlyF4.

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news article...

F3, Jerry, Vic and Vanness were in HK yesterday for the Pepsi Charity Concert. Along with them were Gu Tian Le, and Edison Chen. The 2005 new commercial and Pepsi' charity movie was shown.

Arrival of the threesome attracted over 200 fans to the airport and 30 guards were proven inadequate. ZZ was the first to come out, with his newly dyed coffee yellow short hair. Fans complimented his good looks. Vanness and Jerry trailed behind. They had their arms around each other and were laughing out loud. It was because Vanness stepped on ZZ's shoes and Jerry could not help but laugh. Fans gave presents and one was a stick of candy to ZZ, which he held tightly.

F4 has been doing their own things and rumours are they will film a movie together next year. It is invested by Korean company worth over US$4million. They will be acting as killers. However, F4 management Ms Yao says that there are 3 movies in discussion, none has been confirmed as yet.

Vanness earlier revealed F4's plans for next year. When asked who would be best suited for killer's role, he laughs and says that ZZ is most suited. Other than movies, Ken will be releasing his own album

ming bao 21/12

*Thanks to Lilian of OnlyF4.

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F4 comes to HK , Short of Ken, Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou, Vanness Wu, caused fans to go crazy

F4's three, including Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou(Zaizai) and Vanness Wu came to HK the night before, to prepare for the performance on the Pepsi Charity Show that happened yesterday night. Although Ken Chu was not here, the scene of the threesome appearing together was very less seen, thus, the airport was crowded with hundreds of fans, the whole place was in chaos. Some fans book cars to chase, some was even risky when they tried to get good places to flim. Some super-vanness fans even booked a ten thousand car to chase their idol !

Another person who was involved in the Pepsi Charity Show last night together with Zaizai, Vanness Wu, Louis Khoo, He Li Xiu, Shine and Edison, the crew promised that there will be a secret guest. There was a period of time when they rumoured that the guest would be Jay Chou, but the answer was out, it was Bao Long, Jerry Yan. This made all the hungry Baolong fans go crazy.

Jerry Yan as Pepsi Show's Guest

Pepsi's guest-star, at around 10pm, together with Zaizai and Vanness, walked out of the airport. Alth9ough the set have already arranged for around 50 securities, they still could not defend the 300 fans who arrive at the airport early when the threesome appeared. The whole scene was so chaotic, there were people who fell, and middle-aged fans who hurled scoldings at the reporters. When they finally got out of the crowd and onto their van, but there were many fans who book cars to chase, some fans even book cars alike to their Baomu cars in order to see their idols. At the Pepsi show last night, Pepsi played Zaizai's new Harerbin commercial, and Zaizai sang the commercial song, Just For You.

And the new flim which was directed by Du Qi Feng, Chi Xing Wo Lu was premiered. As the night's show was to give the correct message to youths, the set even arranged for 300 over children and youth associations to perform as well.

Thanks to Singpao.
21st Dec 2004

*Thanks to Xiujuan of OnlyF4.

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F4 to hit the big screen

HONG KONG - Girl fan killers F4 are set for their new role next year as screen killers.

Sing Tao Daily said Korean movie producers are trying to unite the Taiwanese boyband idols Jerry Yen, Vanness Wu, Ken Chu and Vic Chou in movies to play gun-toting killers and cops in thrillers. They might even take on swordsmen roles in preiod movies.

Korean film company Cinema Service is talking to the four to star in a US$4 million (S$6.6 million) thriller, a spokesman said.

The news has reportedly pleased Wu, a Shaolin lay disciple who said his new fighting skills will be put to good use.

Source: life! 21 december 04

*Thanks to LuvZaiZai of OnlyF4.

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*Thanks to Xiujuan of OnlyF4.

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*Thanks to vicshi of OnlyF4.

Top earner this year(estimate):

1) Jay Chou- 300 million NT$

2) SHE- 230 million NT$

3) Jolin Tsai- 170 million NT$

4) F4- exceeding over 100 million NT$

5) Wang Lee Hom- 100 million NT$

6) Elva

7) Mayday

8) 5566

9) A-Mei

10) Tao Ze

Source: www.ettoday.com
Translated by: Clarepeppermist (www.jay-chou.net)




F4 electrifies, not letting Bae Yong Jun monopolize
Countless females in Japan are crazy over Bae Yong Jun, creating a Korean invasion. F4's "Meteor Garden" is slowly gaining attention in Japan, not letting Bae Yong Jun monopolize like before. And in HK F4's storm still remains. At Pepsi's charity event their popularity surpassed Louis Koo, Edison Chen and others.

Meteor Garden upsurge

Yesterday "Ri Kan Ti Yu Bao" predicted daringly that there might be a gust of "Taiwan Meteor" wind because not only did the drama "Meteor Garden" starring F4 create an upsurge in Japan, but more than 30,000 of its DVDs, which was released in January of this year, were sold.

Besides TV serials, Jerry Yan's pictorial "Amphibian" just got on the Japanese market. Following in January of next year, Zai Zai's pictorial will also be attacking the market. If flower four promotes in Japan they will surely win the hearts of females with their charm.

Actually, although "Meteor Garden" was broadcasted on cable in Japan, F4 never officially promoted the series in Japan. But they might be going to Japan at anytime. Many fans have started to learn Mandarin because of this.

In addition, when F4 went to Korea to participate in the "1st Asia Song Festival" earlier, there was also a Japanase magazine that crossed borders to interview them. With this one knows their influence in Japan is indeed starting to expand.

In the interview Jerry Yan said, "I hope that everyone can see the fascinating side of Taiwan series from Meteor Garden." Although there are still no plans of F4 visiting Japan, but promoting in Japan in the future isn't excluded.

Next Zai Zai's "Mars" will also be attacking the Japanese market. Maybe Taiwan will really be able to create an upsurge in Japan next year.

Long-tailed Bao Long, ZZ offers kiss

All the fans that believe F4 isn't as popular anymore should see the madness from HK F4 fans. They attended a Pepsi event in HK. Despite the fact that Vanness injured his leg he still danced with a stick. And Bao Long, who's birthday is on January 1st, celebrate his birthday early, had a wish, "I hope F4 will hold a concert again." Not only did Bao Long receive a kiss from Zai Zai, his fans gathered to buy him a grand piano worth NT$560,000, hoping that his wish of playing and singing can come true.

Source: Liberty Times

Translated by Amy of Faithful 4ever - http://f4ever.azn.nu Please give the proper credits when posting this elsewhere.



A concert will be organized for F4 in December 2005 in Hong Kong, we need your feedback to respond to the organizer for consideration of having more show for their concert.

1)How many show of the concert will you attend?
2) Where would you like the concert apart from Hong Kong?

Thanks to amycomicf4 of http://www.fc-f4ever.com


Angie Cai Guarantees F4 to Collaborate:

With Angie Cai embarking onto the China market, F4's expansion there is inevitable. With F4 working individually, will there be another Meteor Garden like collaboration?

"I don't think that's a problem, because getting them together is not a problem. But the important thing is the script. MG had 2 main leads, but we need something for all four. F4 all acting is not an issue but whether the script is good or not is the main factor. If a script meets our criteria, F4 working together is very easy." Said Angie Cai.

F4 have all made their way in the music industry. Jerry and Vic already with their new albums out. Vanness and Ken promises more. In regards to F4's contract, Angies says that F4 all have their contract, working on their own stuff is very normal. However, in certain circumstances permit, the foursome releasing an album together is not impossible.

As for rumours about F4 not getting along with Angie, is that true? "Rumours are spread by people outside, in actual fact, we get along really well. Even though they have become popular overnight, they are still very innocent people. There may be mood swings when work gets hectic but I think that's normal, I'm still their Cai Jie." Cai explained.

Zhi Fa Wan Bao 22/12
credit: Lilian @ OnlyF4




Vic Chou's new look praised
F3 arrives in HK, 200 fans welcome them


F3 of F4, Jerry Yan, Vic Chou and Vanness Wu arrived in HK to attend the "Pepsi Breakthrough Desire Premiere Concert." Louis Koo and Edison Chen were also at the scene. At the event the new theme for 2004 and the short charity clips were shown.

Losing shoes, Jerry Yan roars with laughter
Last night Jerry Yan, Vic Chou, and Vanness Wu arrived in Hk and attracted more than 200 fans to the airport. Thirty security guards were there to maintain order at the chaotic scene. Zai Zai was the first to step out, who died his hair gold, won many praises that he was handsome from fans. Vanness Wu and Jerry Yan followed behind. They had their arms around each other's shoulders and they were seen laughing loudly. It was because Vanness almost made ZZ lose his shoe and Jerry couldn't help laughing. Fans gave them gifts endlessly. ZZ got a candy bar in the shape of a cat which he held onto tightly.

In recent years F4 has gone solo but there's been news that they will be filming movies together next year. Among them, a Korean movie company will be investing USD$4,000,000 (more than HKD$310,000) in a murderers movie. But F4's manager Yao Yi Jun said that they are still in talks with 3 movies but they haven't signed with any of the companies yet.

Vanness thinks ZZ is like a murderer

Vanness revealed earlier there are plans for F4 to film a movie next year. He was asked that if they were to portray assassins, who among the 4 will be the best assassin? He laughed and said that ZZ is most like a murderer. Besides the movie, Ken Chu will be releasing his solo album.

Source: Ming Pao

Translated by Amy of Faithful 4ever - http://f4ever.azn.nu Please give the proper credits when posting this elsewhere.


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Big in Japan

TAIPEI -- Will F4 be big in Japan next, after Korean star Bae Yong Jun ?

The Taiwanese group's hit TV show, Meteor Garden, has been gaining fans in Japan since it started airing there last year on satellite TV.

In the pas year, 33,000 copies of the DVD of the drama have been sold there, says Apple Daily Taiwan.

Eva Yao, agent for F4 and Taiwanese-Japanese star Takeshi Kaneshiro, says there are plans for the boys to break into Japan's market.

Amphibian, the pictorial book featuring F4's Jerry Yen, was released there on Monday. Mars, a TV show starring his bandmate Vic Chou, will be aired there next year.

Meanwhile, Yen, Chou and Vanness Wu were in Hong Kong on Monday night for a Pepsi-Cola music party.

During the party, Chou made 2,000 fans scream when he gave Yen a birthday kiss on the cheek. Yen turns 28 on Jan 1.

Chou quipped: "I like kissing his face because his skin is good."

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Source: life! 23 december 04

*Thanks to LuvZaiZai of OnlyF4.

Vic left Jerry face full of spit
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SingTao News paper reported that Zai Zai accidentally left Jerry ‘yi men kou shui’ (face full of spit). Along with other Hong Kong stars, Zai Zai, Ken, and Jerry appeared in the Bai Shi (Pepsi) charity Concert on the night of 20th. Vanness couldn’t attend because he injured himself. Since Jerry's birthday is on the 1st of January, they decided that they should celebrate it early there. The host jokingly told Zai Zai to give Jerry a birthday kiss, and being as playful as he is, he went right ahead. But before he could ‘wen’ Jerry, he burst out laughing and spited all over Jerry’s face. Jerry, afterwards, kept wiping his face.

thanks to LovingVic

3 sOngs of F4 made it to the Year-End Countdown of MYX. Congrats to our dearest Jerry & Zai Zai!!!

Here's the complete list:

2004 MYX Hit Chart Year-End Countdown (Phil.)

1. Toxic - Britney Spears
2. GRAVITY - Jerry Yan
3. How Could You Say You Love Me - Sarah Geronimo
4. Come In Out Of The Rain - Sheryn Regis
5. Hands to Heaven - Christian Bautista
6. The Reason - Hoobastank
7. Yeah - Usher
8. This Love - Maroon 5
9. Everytime - Britney Spears
10. Mandy - Westlife
11. My Happy Ending - Avril Lavigne
12. REMEMBER I LOVE YOU - Vic Zhou
13. Muling Ibalik - Erik Santos
14. Because of You - Kyla
15. Rainbow - South Border
16. ONE METER - Jerry Yan
17. Noypi - Bamboo
18. Balisong - Rivermaya
19. Penny and Me - Hanson
20. Summer Sunshine - The Corrs

*Posted by: Da A of VicStorm & Jerry's Dreamer.

Ming Weekly 25/12/2004


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*Thanks to Kevral of OnlyF4.

F4 reunites, there's a list


Fans longed for it. F4 Jerry Yan, Vic Chou, Vanness Wu and Ken Chu reunites with a list. After "Meteor Garden 1 & 2" the 4 went solo. For the past 2 years many movie companies offered money to request them to "reunite." Recently a HK movie company offered a script where the 4 would act as assassins. This script caught the management company's interest. Currently they are waiting for the other party to propose a director and others.

Four years ago "Meteor Garden 1" brought F4 to fame. Afterwards commercials, albums invitations were endless. The 4 earned lots of money in a short period of time and also went to HK to hold a concert. Their popularity has even reached Southeast Asian countries. The degree of fans' enthusiasm even scare the security guards.

Two years ago F4 worked together in "Meteor Garden 2" but theh overall quality of it compared to "Meteor Garden 1." Ever since the 4 worked hard individually. Jerry Yan and Vanness Wu filmed movies, released albums, Zai Zai Vic Chou filmed "Mars", Ken Chu filmed "City of Sky."

Their manager Zhi Xiang Li said for the past 2 years fans endlessly requested them to "reunite" but the 4 developed separately. The timing was bad and their chances of working together slipped one after another. But HK movie company had sincerity. Currently there are 2 modern movies and 1 ancient that are in talks. "We already dropped the ancient movie. The 4 is hesitant about it. The product will easily be pick at by audiences."

As for the modern ones, one of them is acting as "Zhi Hui Xing Sha Shou" (Intelligent Murderer), which is very challenging. The other one is a youth aiming high movie which also has a selling point. The script is being studied. Zhi Xiang Li has asked for the opinions of the 4 and they are anxious to try things out. Zhi Xiang Li said that next their work is filled again but he stressed that HK movie companies' plans are feasible.

Source: Zhong Guo Shi Bao

Translated by Amy of Faithful 4ever - http://f4ever.azn.nu Please give the proper credits when posting elsewhere.

H2T Magazine Top 5 Asian Hotboys 2004 (Vietnam)

H2T is a teenage magazine in VN.
For voting, they accept only one vote from one tel.number or one E.mail address.

And here's the result, after 2 months:

1. Vic Zhou : 6,600 votes.
2. Jerry Yan : 6,110 votes
3. Ken Zhu : 5,600 votes
4. Vanness Wu : 4,560 votes
5. Edison Chen : 920 votes.

I don't like them,that is truthly from my heart,want to know why,send message to me.........

Not Meteor, but still heavenly

Wendy Teo
teowyw@sph.com.sg

AS MUCH as I hate to admit it, F4's Meteor Garden was probably the best teen drama ever released.

How else do you explain why it's always been used as a benchmark to measure others by?

And why else would the Hong Kongers - whose drama serials are revered by Chinese audiences all over the world - attempt to come up with their own version?

Hearts Of Fencing, TVB's answer to Meteor Garden, has taken the kiasu offensive. Not content with showcasing just a handful of newbies, almost the entire cast makes their acting debut here.

It's also laden with so much eye candy, you might just get diabetes. There are boybands Shine, Boyz and girl groups Mini Cookies and the Singapore-born girl duo 2R.

The plot is essentially similar, with the story taking place in a school (Sung Ngai Academy) and revolving around the students.

2R's Race Wong plays Ka Lam, the Shancai-like girl, whom the Dao Mingsi-esque Don (Eddie Lee) falls for.

As with all teen dramas, there is the angst of teenage romances and the switcheroo pairings. The fencing theme is just a ruse to get the handsome young boys dressed up as suave swashbucklers.

Besides the dreamy cast, certain scenes are also shot in soft focus, making the drama even more like a teenage fantasy.

While Hearts Of Fencing is quite enjoyable, it's a pity that with its short length, the characters are mostly two-dimensional and forgettable.

Not quite the worthy rival to Meteor Garden yet. But imitation is the best form of flattery, I guess.


Hearts Of Fencing is showing over VV Drama (StarHub Ch 55) on weekdays at 10pm.
source: http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/hey/story/0,4136,80186,00.html
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ive seen Hearts of Fencing, and i dont think it really "resembles" Meteor Garden.
when you read about it, yes, it does seem like it's followi g the MeteorGarden plot and storyline, but when you actually watch it, it doesnt really match.
in fact, i find more differences then similarities between Meteor Garden and Hearts of Fencing

Mars is definitely addicting. I bought the series when it came out because i love vic. After watching it I couldn't help but realize how good it is. I watched it a few times and i still love it I want to see poor prince, but can't get my hands on the series yet because i've got no cash

F4 attend Tsunami Charity Concert on Jan. 8th
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translation by joe of http://s8.invisionfree.com/XTfellows

f4 all of them will attend this charity concert in taibei on jan. 08 2005 fm 19:00---22:00 (beijing time)
which calls for more ppl to donate for the victims in the south asian tsunami

it is held by azio + by azio + red cross organization + era group

azio will air this concert live


others artist who will attend: jay chou, jolin cai, energy, f.i.r group

wow i didnt think that f4 series are good but after watching meteor garden i actually think they were good

Mars is really good. ZaiZai's incredible acting make me forget HuaZhelei.

You will fall in love with him again and again. It's really appreciate to saw director Chai drama again.

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*Thanks to cutezai2 of OnlyF4.

Almost 100 Taiwan artists gather to help relief effort

China, HK, and Taiwan will be helping out the South Asia disaster relief effort. Almost 100 Taiwan artists will be gathering. F4 will reunite earlier because of this, and rumored couples such as Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai, Leehom, A-mei and others will also be performing on the same stage to raise more money.

The event, "Love Has No Boundaries," will be on Jan. 8th at 7pm. This is will be the 2nd time after the "Hand in Hand" SARS activity that Taiwan artists will gather for a charity event.

AZIO contacted almost 100 Taiwan stars in only 2 days. Those that have already agreed to attend include F4, Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai, A-mei, Leehom, F.I.R, Guo Pin Chao, Vivian Hsu and others. All the money raised from the event will be given to Taiwan's Red Cross.

In recent years F4 rarely appeared on stage together. They were originally going to officially "reunite" in April when they were going to film a new movie.To keep a fresh feeling, they agreed to lessen the chances of them being on the same stage for now. Because of this, F3 didn't go to support Ken's new album earlier. But to help the relief effort F4 will "reunite" earlier. For now, it's been decided that they'll be singing 1 song together on the night of the event.

Source: Xing Dao Ri Bao

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F4 @ Tsunami Charity concert (Jan. 8, 2005) :jerry: :vic: :ken: :vanness:




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*Thanks to Spunky of Faithful 4ever Forum.

^They sang "Di Yi Shi Jian (At The First Place)"...

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F4 reunited to raise money and answer phones
5 year old girl wants to donate a piggy bank
Posted: January 9, 2004

For the past year F4 basically went their separate ways. Yesterday the 4 guys reunited for charity. The four's public appeal were indeed powerful. Just their fans raised more than $676,000.

For love, even if there were more sacrifice it would be worth it. Ken Chu, who just released an album, especially cancelled his Tai Zhong autograph session to gather more love. Besides singing "The First Time," the four guys acted as operators. Maybe it was because they were inexperienced, but all their faces were scrunched up, very solemn.

The first caller for Jerry Yan was a 5 year old girl. Because she was too small she didn't have a credit card. She said sadly, "Then can I donate a piggy bank?" Both parties were unable to speak for a time. Finally the little girl's mother came to help make this donation successful. While Vanness Wu was on stage recieving phone calls he kept on wanting to cry. Zai Zai said, "When he was just at the bottom of the stage he first cried." Vanness explained, "I've never heard the sound of telephones this energetically, it's really touching." But because his Chinese isn't that good, he needed help to get the job done.

Ken Chu was quite pleased with yesterday's results, "Even someone from Beijing called, I was surprised!" Zai Zai saw that the telephones were ringing endlessly and still kept on saying, "I hope everyone's love can continue on."

Source: Xing Bao

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F4 SANG "DI YI SHI JIAN".

there was a short interview before they sang and jerry said the four of them hasn't been together for a long time and then the host reminded them, yeah 2 years. jerry just laughed. the gist of his message was that they four gathered because they want to help. the three one by one agreed and didn't say anything else.

the scroll bar below the screencaps indicated the amount and donors while they were singing. i think they were from various f4 fans clubs and one donated up to 120,000. they gave large amounts. more than $6,000,000 in pledges were made when f4 appeared.

MUCH THANKS TO FAITHFUL4EVER FOR THE UPDATES.

Credit to welga ng bayan@F4 Affiliation

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source: taiwan apple

*Thanks to Aly of OnlyF4.

i think ppl lyk the f4 because the story meteor garden was good.......b4, not much ppl knew bout them. not includin zz n van because they werent actors yet =P im glad they became famous

"Gold Metal Producer" Angie Cai: F4 and I are doing mood tests

Angie Cai, known as Cai Jie, "Gold Metal Producer," "Mother of Idol Dramas," and also "Beautiful Producer," created the miracle of F4 and started the new age of flower boys. Cai Jie, not staying for a short time in Beijing, will be starting another new idol drama project. Her 3 newest idol dramas "Mars," "Ai Qing Mo Jie," and "Ai Zai Xing Guo Can Lan," have already been sold to a buyer in CHina. Bejing Ji Shen Wen Hua Chuan Bo Company will be in charge of releasing the mentioned dramas in the China market. This implies that idol drama fans will be seeing Vic Chou and Da S' "Mars" pretty soon.

Reporter: After "Meteor Garden," you released 3 new dramas, it's said that spectators will be able to see it this year.

Angie Cai: Yes, "Ai Qing Mo Jie" stars Zheng Yuan Chang and Xia Yu Qiao. It talks about an unmarried pregnant girl and her father. "Ai Zai Xing Guang Can Lan" stars Comic Boyz and Lai Ya Yan.

Reporter: "Mars" has Da S and Zai Zai, many spectators will be looking forward to it but can it surpass the last drama?

Reporter: In many people's hearts "Meteor Garden" is irreplaceable but in "Mars" I can see that their acting skills has improved greatly, especially Zai Zai. He portrays a bohemian racer, he had 4 roles and they were very challenging. His performance is exceptional, he improved in all areas. Da S portrays an autistic girl. Her performance, whether it's small motions or eyes, were good. Compared to "Meteor Garden," "Mars" isn't a popular kidult love story. I think some spectators aren't suitable for this story, but it's significance is that it talks about internal conflicts.

Reporter: "Meteor Garden" began the flower boys age but after a few years of work F4 has dropped, how do you view this fall?

Angie Cai: This is how life is. When you fall, I'll look at it as a life's test. Because of the success of "Meteor Garden" it has made everyone have high expectations for F4, but isn't this kind of expectation too high? And I take care of them like a parent.
One's outlook on life is most important.

Reporter: For the past few years, how as each of F4 changed?

Angie Cai: Each one is different. Overall, the first year they shot to fame, I'm sure there were things they weren't use to. When the applauses have passed you'd suspect if you really exist. For some time you'll think that you can't surpass yourself and you'll suffer. Then you'll slowly discover perseverance is even harder than surpassing. To stay in the entertainment circle for a lont time, including myself, we are doing mood tests.

Reporter: How's F4 now?

Angie Cai: This year the four might film a movie but it's still in talks. The company will create a drama especially for Zai Zai and Vanness. Next year Jerry will film a movie and Ken will release his album.

Source: http://ent.tom.com/1306/1655/200517-115973.html

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charity raised more than $46M. when f4 sang and handled the telethon, they raised $1M in less than 15 mins. somebody donated $5m on stage and the pledges immediately went up to moren $6M.
the host said when f4's answering, the calls are pouring in. true because after they left, calls slowed down but the concert was still able to raise $46M.




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Vanness looks like he lost weight....

F4 World Tour Concert - Christmas 2005 to 2006


After the autograph session, the fans crowded around Mr. Zhi and asked a lot of questions

He said, F4 will have a World Tour Concert during Christmas 2005 to 2006!!!

The first stop will be HONG KONG!!!!

They will announce that there'll be 6 concerts first, but there will be 8

They will also have concerts in Bangkok, but the number of nights and the date is not confirmed yet. They are not sure where else they will hold concerts in the mean time!

On the other hand, KEN WILL COME TO HK TO PROMOTE HIS CD AFTER THE LUNAR NEW YEAR!!!


F4 not much chance of “Regrouping”
Still no news of the assessment and approval of screenplay

Because each of F4 is busy with their own respective projects, regrouping F4 is not an easy thing. With US$40-million, a Taiwan-based Korean movie company planned to arrange for the four of them to film a movie together, but the China Bureau of Broadcast and Television still hasn’t issued any instructions. Therefore can the movie begin shooting in April? Wishful thinking. If the fans wants to see F4 perform together, they’ll have to wait for the world tour concert which will be held at the end of the year to see their hopes come true.

Zhou Yu Min prepared to film 4 days in one week

It is reported that the tailor-made movie for F4 is the movie about assassins “Feng Lin Huo Shan”. Everything has been arranged appropriately, and Zhou Yu Min, who is returning to school also plans to film four days every week, flying back to Taiwan on weekends to attend school. But the screenplay has already been handed over to the China Bureau of Broadcast and Television for 2,3 months already, and still there’s no news. Rumour is that they are worried about the theme being too sensitive, that’s why they still haven’t issued an approval.

Manager points out that they haven’t agreed

F4 manager Zhi Xiang Li says that, ever since Meteor Garden, the parties concerned also pays much attention on F4’s influence over Chinese youth. And although it is rare that the roles in “Feng Lin Huo Shan” are so equally divided, and the screenplay is also good, but he hasn’t agreed the film company that they will make the film, because F4’s schedule is already very packed. If we follow the work progress so far, the opportunity for the 4 of them to "regroup” will only be the world tour concert at the end of the year.

Source: MingBao News

Translated by grendel of http://www.vicpower.net
Thanks to luvyaf4 of jnb and faithful to vanness of http://vannessvannwu.proboards38.com

F4 reunion, might have to wait until the end of the year!
Posted: January 12, 2004

he collective power of F4 is once again exhibited last weekend during the disaster relief fund-raising party. But when is the soonest possible time they will regroup? It is reported that - two, three months after the draft and screenplay of the Korean-invested movie about assassins “Feng Lin Huo Shan” (the rumoured film title) has been submitted to the China Bureau of Broadcast and Television, there is still no follow-up. To start filming in April is already impossible, but an F4 world tour concert is already scheduled at the end of the year.

F4 had just demonstrated their collective power of appearing together at the disaster relief for South Asia fund raising party last weekend. Their fans donated a total of NT$670,000, the largest among fans of all the Chinese artists.

But for F4 to “volt in” like Voltes-V of Japanese anime and perform together won’t be soon. Manager Zhi Xiang Li indicated yesterday that the progress of plans for the F4 movie has so far come to a standstill.

According to investigation, South Korean movie company Cinema Service invested 4 million US dollars, equivalent to about one billion and 20 million–30 million Taiwan dollars in the assassin-themed movie tailor-made for F4 (rumoured film title is "Feng Lin Huo Shan"). If all goes well, the original plan was to begin shooting in April. Zhou Yu Min, who is still studying, is also prepared to film four days every week, then fly back to Taiwan on weekends to attend classes. But Zhi Xiang Li indicated that: "This is almost impossible right now." The reason is possibly because Chinese officials worry that the theme might be too sensitive, and so hasn’t pass its approval yet.

Zhi Xiang Li denies that they’ve already signed a partnership contract with the movie company. Even if their case pass assessment at the last minute, the respective schedules of F4 members are already full with other individual projects. So for F4 to regroup, we’ll probably just have to wait until the world tour concert at the end of the year!

Source: Liberty Times

Translated by grendel of http://www.vicpower.net
Thanks to luvyaf4 of jnb.

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F4: Everybody's Friends (Happy Reading Your Life) (2002)


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i read the ming pao newspaper the other day saying that F4 is reuniting to make a new series or something....... my chinese isnt very good so im not very surr. the title of the series is fone lum foor saan. //in cantonese// fone=wind, lum=forest/trees, foor=fire, saan=moutain. hope that helps =P ill try to get a scanner so i can scan da article in. do anyone know the whole story though??

there is a possibility that they will reunite to film a new series together but it's probably not anytime soon cause each of them seem to have a pretty busy schedule already as of now. so don't keep your hopes up too high cause it may not even happen. =/

Hi guys, just a few questions: How many episodes is MARS? and where can i buy the whole series? As i go and read all the good stuff you have to say about it, i'm having this suden urge to buy the whole thing and watch it too! blush

Doubt it... they seem to be going their own ways now. *sigh* But they do have alot of sepret movies and stuff...

a bit of info

F4 take the lead roles of Chinese-Korean collaboration movie "Feng Lin Huo Shan" (Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain)

Korea Movie Service Company (Cinema Service) is one of the most powerful manufacturing, investing, and publishing companies in Korea. The chairman of this company CEO Jin Ting Xiang went to Beijing in low-profile for the new movie that he'll be filming in January next year entitled "Feng Lin Huo Shan" (Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain). He's seeking a partisan to work with in China. According to what he revealed, he's already been in contact with a company he likes but nothing is set yet.

"We want to aim at some China movies in China's manufacturing market," said Josh Lee, manager of Korea's movie supervising group international market department. They'll be investing 50% in each movie and will find another investor in China for the remainder of the investment. According to what's known, these movies will have Chinese directors, actors, and will be filmed in HK or China. That means besides the script and funding from Korea, the other parts are by China.

Earlier there has been already 3 movies that China remade including "Sha Shou Gong Shi" (Guns & Talks), "Mama Xian Sheng" (Mr. Mommy), and Ireland movie "Waking Ned Devine." In January will be the Chinese version of "Sha Shou Gong Shi" --- "Feng Lin Huo Shan." The company has already been in contact with idol group F4 and have signed an agreement. They'll be the leads. The investments for this movie is estimated to be around USD$4,000,000 and it's also the biggest investment of the 3 movies by the 2 companies.

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BUT this hasnt been confirmed

on the other hand, movies/series arent confirmed...but CONCERTS! =)

F4 World Tour Concert - Christmas 2005 to 2006


After the autograph session, the fans crowded around Mr. Zhi and asked a lot of questions

He said, F4 will have a World Tour Concert during Christmas 2005 to 2006

The first stop will be HONG KONG!!!!

They will announce that there'll be 6 concerts first, but there will be 8

They will also have concerts in Bangkok, but the number of nights and the date is not confirmed yet. They are not sure where else they will hold concerts in the mean time

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sooo...a concert is always good =)
but Angie Cai said that as long as there is a good enouigh script, reuniting F4 is no problem =)

ahhh...F4.....actually dey r quite a gd band....!!
dere singin ish quite nice too...!!

yea!! i read that 2!! n i read wat the movies goina b lyk.......but i don really feel like typing it =P n zai zai is goina film the movie 4 days a week den fly bah ta tw for his classes on weekends n stuff.
i really hope they're going to have they're concert in san francisco >.< my aunties more into F4 then me!! shes the one who got me into it anyways.......heh

happy b-day to me!!!

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Ken Speaks about ZaiZai in 'Kang Xi Lai Le'

Ken spoke about encountering ghosts while filming the Pepsi ad in Jordan. Notice what he says about ZaiZai...

Ken: As soon as I went in there I heard weeping and crying all around, so I was very scared and didn’t even dare to move.

Ken: ZaiZai and the others were joking around, I said would you please stop playing, let’s go.

Ken: ZaiZai joked that he’d help me chant “Po Ye Po Lo Mi” (a Buddhist chant - the Heart Sutra) that kind of thing.

Ken: After he went home his house burned down. (laughs~~)

Xiao S: (shocked) …so it was because of that that his house caught fire?

Ken: I don’t know if it is...

Ken: ...but it was indeed after he came back from there that his house caught fire.

Xiao S: (in a panic)…I’m doomed! I also chanted the sutra a while ago!

Ken: (Laughing) I was just scaring you…just scaring you…the reason why ZaiZai’s house caught fire was because of faulty electrical wiring. Didn’t have anything to do with that.

Xiao S: But could it be that ghosts did it?

Ken: No…not ZaiZai. (his whole demeanour got serious, he was all smile and laughs previously) ZaiZai…nothing will touch him...

Cai: Why?

Ken: ZaiZai...his heart is pure, that's right...

Ken: ...those things can’t touch him


Cai: So you’re more complex?

Ken: Right…(laughs~~)

Cai: Really? Then why don’t you be a little more pure?

Ken: I’d also very much want to. But you know how society is...it's a big vat of dye..(laughs…rubs hands)

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Another anecdote from Ken about ZaiZai

Cai: So after you became famous, when you bump into these people and they start screaming when they see you, in your heart do you silently ponder and say that ‘I’m just an actor’?

Ken: If what you mean by always encountering screams and shrieks is the kind we see arriving and leaving the airport...

Ken: ...then during those times, I don’t say it in my heart.

Ken: My mouth will only say, “Zhou Yu Min, would you please walk a little bit faster!

Ken: (keeps muttering and laughing~~) Walk faster! Zhou Yu Min could you please walk a bit faster!

Cai: Does Zhou Yu Min walk very slowly? Does he enjoy the feeling of being surrounded?

Ken: No, he…I’m usually the first one to get away, but sometimes I unfortunately get stuck behind Zhou Yu Min (laughs~~)

Ken: ...and so it will be all stopped up (laughs~~) and then there’ll be traffic.

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Zhu Yan Ping: China lacks scripts


Zhu Yan Ping said, "China lacks scripts. If a Taiwan director offers a script they don't have to worry about not earning money." Next Zhu Yan Ping will be filming a costly drama called "Guan Lan" (Dunk) that costs around $200 million. It's been decided that F4 and other idols from both China and Taiwan that can play basketball will be acting in the drama.

Source: Min Shen Bao

only translated parts on F4

Amy @ Faithful 4ever

is there a new one or is it a movie?

I believe Mars as 20 episodes. My version came from Indonesia, so it has all 20 episodes on 15 disks.

But the series is quite good and captivating. You should definitely buy it if you're a Vic or F4 fan. Vic's character is quite dark and brooding in here (in a different was than he was dark and brooding in MG). Sometimes I kind of feel like his character is a mix between Hua Ze Lei (MG) and Lu Ying Feng (Love Storm). And that one Comic boy guy that plays the bad guy in here is scary at times.... ugh.

After 2004, in comes a more exciting 2005 with concerts being the main focus point of the year. The HK Coliseum is due to accommodate at least 22 confirmed concerts, among those are in the golden period of the Christmas season includes Joseph Koo, Joey, Hacken Lee and F4 who already submitted their reservation forms. However, it is known that Hacken's form have been rejected. Joseph Koo (the late James Wong's friend and fellow composer) have gotten permission to perform before Christmas; from December 11 for 6 shows.

Although Hacken's form was rejected, he will try to reserve the Coliseum for the Lunar New Year. As for popular Taiwanese group F4 and 2004 music awards winner Joey, both are awaiting approval. Only one of them will be approved.

oh really...ya rite....so is a movie or serie la...i really want to know..when wil it be out la.....

that be cool...

oh cool so they're gon' have a movie thats gon' be coming out? (;

F4: One group, four voices

They may be one for all and all for one but Jerry Yen, Vic Chou, Vanness Wu and Ken Chu are out to prove that they are very different on their own - as their solo albums will show.
CHANG MAY CHOON rates the foursome's individual efforts

KEN Chu sure took his own sweet time.
After 3 1/2 years of sweat and toil, he has finally released his own album, aptly named On Ken's Time.

That makes him the last of the F4 guys to debut as a solo artiste, after they put out two chart-topping albums as a group in the wake of their runaway hit drama serial, Meteor Garden.

But, how does Ken's album compare with the previous releases of his F4 buddies, Jerry Yen, Vic Chou and Vanness Wu?

Will his album be the best, since he had the longest time to prepare for it?


LAID-BACK ROCKER: KEN CHU, 26
FIRST SOLO: On Ken's Time, out this month.

Now more than ever before, Ken seems determined to prove he is not just a pretty face.

In this album, he makes himself out to be a rocker, complete with leather jacket, body-piercings, tattoos and a guitar strapped across his back.

Like Taiwanese alt-rocker Chang Chen-yue, he also formed his own band, Free Bird (whether the name has any remote link to Chen-yue's band, Free Night, is debatable).

Clearly Ken has nailed the right image, but whether he can pull it off is another matter.

What is most impressive about his album, which comprises mainly Brit-rock tunes and love ballads, is the list of names behind it.

It reads like a who's who of Mandopop, including veteran producers Sandee Chan, Francis Lee and Li Wei-song, rockers Mayday, Wu Bai and Tanya Chua, balladeer Chris Yu and celebrity lyricists Matilda Tao and Vivian Hsu.

ON THE CHARTS: Debuted at No 2 on Taiwan's G-Music Chart, one notch below label mate Lee Hom. Sales figures were not available at press time.

VERDICT: There is no denying the quality of music in this album, especially Francis and Wei-song's melancholic collaboration, But I, and Mayday's catchy, boisterous La La La.

But Ken lacks the attitude and edge of a rocker, and his sometimes strained vocals diminish his credibility.

Said You Weekly music reviewer Poh Hwee Cheng: 'Ken is lucky to have so many good musicians backing him up. The quality is there, but his voice is thin, and his singing is only okay.'


SENSITIVE NEW AGE LOVER: JERRY YEN, 28
FIRST SOLO: Jerry For You in August last year.

This debut album that took three years to produce chalked up many first experiences for Jerry, the most popular of the F4 guys.

For one, he actually learnt how to project his voice and do falsettos like a pro - much to the relief of his producers, twin brothers Li Wei-song and Si-song.

The diligent Jerry also took up piano lessons, got involved in the production process and practised hard to deliver a rap and pen lyrics for the first time.

His efforts paid off. Critics all over Asia were suitably impressed by his marked improvement in vocal techniques and his sentimental ballads befitting his sensitive new-age lover image.

ON THE CHARTS: Hogged the No 1 spot on G-Music Chart for two weeks, beating even Jay Chou. It also sold over 30,000 copies in 10 days in Taiwan.

VERDICT: For someone once slammed as the worst singer in F4, Jerry's debut turned out to be a very pleasant surprise.

He managed to hit all the right notes, be it his endearing snag image, his improved singing or his karaoke-friendly ballads.

Lianhe Zaobao's music reviewer,
Ng Chin Chin, noted: 'Unlike Vic, who is overtly mushy, or Ken, who is a bit stiff, Jerry comes across as natural in his solo album. His delivery is smooth and he aptly captures the mood of his songs.'


R&B/HIP-HOP WONDER BOY: VANNESS WU, 26
FIRST SOLO: Body Will Sing in August 2002.

Given his American roots, R&B/hip-hop was the only way to go for Vanness, whose beady eyes make him the least pretty of the group. When his first R&B single, My Friend, was released anonymously on radio in Taiwan, many listeners even mistook him for the more accomplished David Tao and Lee Hom - which must be such a compliment to him.

Being the most versatile of the F4 guys, Vanness also dazzled fans with his sleek raps, temperature-raising dance moves and sizzling showmanship on stage, proving that his Body Will Sing after all.

Naturally, music critics were won over, with some hailing him as the next Aaron Kwok.

But, judging by his reported lukewarm sales in Taiwan, many fans still preferred good looks over substance.

ON THE CHARTS: It is not known how many copies he sold in Taiwan, but in Singapore, Vanness hit 10,000 copies in three days.

VERDICT: Vanness scores for substance and versatility, but lacks the requisite fan support to rival the more popular R&B acts like David and Jay.

No wonder then, he has shifted his focus to acting. Recently he even entered a Shaolin temple to learn martial arts, supposedly in preparation for a fighter role in a Hollywood film.

Ms Poh said: 'It's quite a pity, because Vanness has the potential, but no luck. Maybe people still see him as a pop idol.'


PRINCE CHARMING: VIC CHOU, 24
FIRST SOLO: Make A Wish in February 2002 (followed by Remember I Love You in January last year).

Riding on the F4 fever that erupted across Asia in 2001, Vic was the first of the group to release an album.

He has everything to make girls swoon - boyish good looks, a soft, gentle voice and a Prince Charming image.

His CD even came with a freebie - a pillow case printed with his face on it, as if to provide bedroom fantasies for his largely teenage-girls fan base.

The mushy ballads included in his album, like Love Loves You and A Gentle Goodnight, were also tailor-made for maximum goosebumps-inducing effect.

Perhaps the best testament to his pop appeal is that he got to put out a sophomore album - Remember I Love You - last year. Needless to say, it was just as soppy.

ON THE CHARTS: Make A Wish sold over 30,000 copies in three days in Taiwan

VERDICT: His albums may not be the best in terms of production quality or vocal delivery, but Vic did reasonably well in living up to his carefully-crafted image.

Like Ms Ng said: 'His image is of a Prince Charming, and his songs are made to melt hearts.'

Source: http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/hey/story/0,4136,81605,00.html?





From Jan. 30, 2005 through Mar. 24, 2005, a F4 variety show will be aired on Japan BS satellite TV station, every Thursday night from 8:00 PM to 8:54 PM.

The variety show will feature episodes from "Meteor Dreamland", "Fun Fan Run", Meteor Garden locations, and music videos.



Source: http://www.bs-n.co.jp/pickup/c-pop/index.html

Thanks to laiou2002 of http://www.vicpower.net