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9/12/2000- After filming for almost half a year, Qing Sen Sen, Yin Men Men has finally finished filming! All the actors, actress, directors, and workers have put their one hundred percent effort into the making of this serie, which is due to be broadcasted in either late October of November on China TV. Everyone has high hopes for this serie.
Zhao Wei (Yi Ping): This time, my character is different than 'Siao Yan Zi' that's why I'm a bit nervous, and a bit anxious about my performance. However, I really like it.
Sue Yu Pen (Du Fei): Du Fei is a real interesting character. He is the first 'happy' character that I have acted as since I've entered the acting circle. I really hope that whenever everyone sees Du Fei, they will be happy.
Ruby Lin (Lou Ping): I'm very happy to be a part of this production. This time the script is very different from the earlier serie and the novels. There are a lot of new things. I said to myself, I will 'use my heart' to act.
Leo Gu (She Hen): I was very into this new serie. To be truthful, I'm would be afraid not to get into it. I hope this new serie will open up a new path and give everyone a suprise.
Qiong Yao (producer): This new serie was re-written to give everyone a different feel after HZGG. Alot of things have been changed. Even though I have been in Twaiwan most of the time, I was very involved with the filming anyhow. I saw all the actors and actress' performance and has been very satisfied.
9/12/2000-What does the rest of the cast plan to do now that Qing Sen Sen, Yin Men Men is finished?
Zhao Wei-After QSSYMM, Zhao Wei will immediately hurry to start filming Stephan Zhou's new movie, Sao Lin Soccor Team where she will act as an ugly girl. The movie is planned to become a New Years one. Then after that, she is planning to film a new movie called, "She Neu Lan" where she will become a brainless fashioned crazed girl that makes nothing but trouble with a Japanese actor. Nothing has been really set yet, but if all goes without trouble, than you shall see Zhao Wei in She Neu Lan next year.
Sue Yu Pen: Having waited all this time, Yu Pen's new album was finally released in August. Though he wanted to fly back immediately to Twaiwan to promote it, he was forced to stay in Shang Hai to finish filming QSSYMM until now. He plans to spent the rest of the month promoting his new album in various places. However, he had to hurry back to Shang Hai in October for his new serie, "Ban Shen Yuan" This is a novel-then-movie-then TV serie story that was written by the infamous chinese write, Zhan Iye Lin, which is set in the 1930's. The movie Ban Shen Yuan has already been filmed before by Leon Lee, HK's heavenly king. Now, Sue Yu Pen, the "little heavenly king" was all set to take his place, this time in a TV serie.
9/1/2000-Zhao Wei and Ruby Lin doesn't fight over men, they fight over clothes!
In QSSYMM, Zhao Wei and Ruby Lin's characters will both fall in love with the same man, therefore they 'fight' over Leo Gu's character in the serie. In real life, the only thing that good friends Vicki and Ruby ever fights over are 'clothes!'
Because the time of QSSYMM is set in the 1930's of Shang Hai, both Vicki and Ruby was required to wear 'Qi Pao.' Since Qiong Yao (producer and writer of QSSYMM) was a perfectionalist, she required them both to wear the traditional 'Qi Paos', not the newer version. Ruby protested that she didn't look good in 'Qi Paos' and Zhao Wei added that she looked chubby in them. But Qiong Yao stood to her own opinions. She wanted to 'preserve the old fashioned look' and so she had the clothings all personally designed by various designers in the world. At first Vicki was a bit envious of Ruby's costumes, as Vicki's role was the poorer sister, therefore her clothes were shabby and plain at first compared to Ruby's silk and satan. But when Vicki's character became a singer, Vicki was pleasantly suprised by the beautiful stage costumes that she got to wear. The end result was, as Qiong Yao had expected, beautiful. The girls looked elegant, straight from the 1930's.
Not only were the girls costumes beautiful, but the men's costumes were also very costly, very handsome. Just the 6 old fashioned specticals that YuPen wears in the serie costs a small fortune already. It's believed that other than our dear perfectionist Qiong Yao, no one else would spent so much money merely on costumes.
9/1/2000-QSSYMM was due to finish filming at Shang Hai on the 6th, and then, the entire cast will switch to Nanjing to film a battle scene where the male actors will become soldiers and fight for their country. They will be using an army camp and thousands of real soldiers in the scene.
Agent Lee says that filming QSSYMM was really hard because even though it was humid summer right now, many scenes in QSSYMM was set in the winter times. Therefore the actors/actresses has to suffer, wearing heavy winter clothings while sweating under the blazing sun, yet act deeply in love with their 'partners'.
Qiong Yao says, "At first, Leo Gu's martial arts were very lame, more for show, than actual use. But as time progress, he's made some amazing advancement. Now his martial arts movements are not only handsome but also very useful!
Even though the four main characters have each had their own music album out before, the four 'professional singers' had to NG singing a birthday song almost 800 times before the director sucessfully called out, "cut!"
It was mostly because Qiong Yao changed the lyrics of the traditional "Happy Birthday" and because she wanted nothing but the best for her series.
Ruby Lin kidded, "Thank god I come into the scene when they are almost dryed out with the singing! That's when I arrive at 'Vicki's' house in the serie.
Because Vicki's new serie, Xia Neu (Swordgirl)'s rating wasn't very successful, Zhao says that other than Qiong Yao's QSSYMM, she will not be taking on any more TV serie this year. Hopefully, QSSYMM will help Vicki 'retreive' her success.
Message left by Vicki's fan, Zhou Yi
Dear Vicki's fans,
how are you. I'm a new comer - Zhou Yi. You can call me Joey.
I'm a Shanghai Vicki fan, and I happened be able to see Vicki quite often recently, cos I managed to become one of the extras for QSSYMM. Although the weather is hot, the work is tiring, and we're paid very little, I'm very satisfied as long as I get to se Vicki. She's nice to everybody, and she even asked me if filming at night is too tiring for me, and whether my parents would be worried if I don't go home for the night, etc. She looks so energetic. Sometimes she'll read the script cery seriously, sometimes she'll sit on a stool at the entrance to the set and relax in the cool or call her friens over the handphone, smiling and sweet like a little girl. She has slimmed down a lot, and looks more beautiful!!!! (Prettier than Rxxx, Rxxx is very snobbish and never mixes around with us. She doesn't even pay attention to us when some approached her for autograph) But Vicki, Alec and Leo are very nice to everybody!!!!
Filming is really very laborious. We may have to take a few times, even ten or twenty times for just a single scene. When we were shooting a fighting scene the other day , Alec and Leo took turns to be hung on wires and wounded themselves. Of course there're stunts men, but it's still a lot of hard work for the two of them. Alec fell and his clothes very dirtied all over. It's very tiring. Vicki often has filming at night alone......
8/14/2000-Right now Zhao Wei, Ruby Lin, Leo Gu and Alec Sue were hurrying frantically with the filming, but unexpectly they got a one day break when the weather worsen. With that, the members of the cast happily got on the phone with their friends and go out for some much needed fun.
8/14/2000-Because Xia Neu was now airing in Hong Kong, there has been many comments that Zhao Wei and Nicky Wu really looks great together.. Maybe even more so than Alec Sue and Vicki someone said. Because, they added, Nicky Wu's cool appearance was the exact contracts of Zhao Wei's outgoing. Not only that, their physical appearance was very compatible..
Upon hearing this, Nicky Wu quicky added that he really wasn't as "cool" as the fans think. In reality, he protested, Alec was even more "cool" than him.
Perhaps he is afraid Yupen will see this news and get jealous?
8/3/2000-Zhao Wei and Nicky Wu was at a radio interview in Hong Kong while promoting ATV's Xia Neu (Swordgirl) on the 31st of July.
In the interview, the hotess asked straightforwardly about Zhao Wei and Sue Yu Pen's rumors and such. Here is some parts of the interview.
One host asked Zhao Wei, "In Xia Neu, there's a person that really likes you, Zhu Yu Lan (2nd Prince), and yet, you only loved another (Sua Lou Han-Nicky Wu). In real life, have you met this kind of people before?"
Zhao Wei said straigthforwardly, "yes, alot."
Then the host asks: Then how do you deal with it?
She answers: I would just tell him cleanly that sorry, I don't love you.
Host: But that would really hurt him, no?
Sitting by Zhao Wei's side, Nicky Wu says, "Zhao Wei is a really straightforward person. Zhao Wei's words might hurt the person, but it would clear up any misunderstanding, and the person will stop imaginating a future between them. Just say it out, I don't like you, I don't love you, it would mean less pain.
Host: Have you ever said those wors to Sue Yu Pen?
Zhao Wei: No Because she doesn't know what Sue Yu Pen's thinking.
Later, the hostess told her: Sue Yu Pen has admitted before that he has feelings for you. If you say you don't like him, he will be very hurt.
Zhao Wei: He wouldn't be hurt at all. Because she doesn't think he really especially likes me at all. Yupen is a person that holds on to the past, I am a really outgoing person. If I think someone likes another, then they should let the other know. I don't think if you leave your feelings inside you, that it means this person likes you.
Hostess (seriously): Oh! He needs to show his feelings! Now I know! Let Sue Yu Pen know, if you like someone, then show it!
7/24/2000-Because reporters weren't allowed to interview any of the cast of QSSYMM, or visit the set, as the company wanted to keep the entire film a secret until it is finally done, many news have been exagerated by the media. In the end, the company finally stood out to clear up the misunderstandings.
First of all, even though Producer Qiong Yao was very concerned about the filming progress of QSSYMM, she was not bossing everyone around as rumor suggested. In fact, the cuttings are merely sent to her, and after she has reviewed them, she will tell her comments to the director and they will discuss her suggestions.
Second of all, earlier on, Zhao Wei's eyes became inflamed. She was immediately taken to see the doctor who replyed that her eyes only became swollen and red because she was too tired, and because of the eye makeups that she needs to wear every day. He suggested that she rest from 8 to 10 days. Seeing that, the company allowed her 2 days off to rest her poor eyes, and now, she is back to work, and her eyes are fine once more.
Last of all, Yupen's horse thrown accident was also greatly exxagerated by the media. In fact, after he was thrown, he was shaken but seem fine. It wasn't until later that his arm started swelling. He was taken to a hospital, and after some examination, the docter proclaimed that he had some little bits in his arm. So he was allowed a one week rest from the cast, and now he was back once more, still recovering but seems all right.
QSSYMM is planned to end filming at the end of August to the beginning of September. Right now, the filming was going normal, and was only taking a bit longer because the directors and company were very concerned about the serie, and wanted everything perfect down to the last detail. Everyone hopes this new script of Qiong Yao's YYMM will be a hit.
7/20/2000-Translated by ________?
HZGG AND OHHJ HAS STIRRED UP CHINA POPULARITY IN KOERA!
Over the past years,beside Korea's own dramas, American series are the most popular shows over there. But when one of their tv station-ITV aired China's serie, HZGG in Korea last year,everything changed. Because of HZGG,more and more Korean began to watch china's drama. Because of this reason ITV decided to show OHHJ again from this month from the 22nd onwards.
HZGG is still the highest rating compared to other Korean dramas. More and more fans are setting up HZGG fan clubs there. Especially Vicki, her pair of big eyes plus her extrovert character attract lots of people there. Because many fans there hope that vicki can go there personally to meet with them, ITV is planing to invite vicki to korea some time in the future.
7/16/2000-It has been three months since Guo Zhu Zhe, (Leo Gu) has returned to HK as he has been in Shang Hai all this time filming QSSYMM. He finally returned this time to stay for two days to go to a couple of shows.
When asked about him fainting, Leo answered that it was the truth, but the media had made it out to be alot more serious than it actually was. The temperature in Shang Hai was almost 37 degree celcius....it was just too hot for him.
When asked about the earlier rumor about him and Zhao Wei getting too into character, and falling in love, Leo just denied it saying, it was all just rumor. But he said in these 5 months he promise he won't fall for her.. After 5 months, well...he couoldn't promise!
7/16/2000-Qiong Yao Visits Shang Hai.
This time Qiong Yao and her husband visits Shang Hai just to see how the shooting is going. At first, Qiong Yao was worried that Leo Gu wouldn't be able to potrait her character Zhan Hen, but after seeing his amazing acting, she was finally able to rest. As for her favorites, Zhao Wei, Ruby Lin and Sue Yupen, they of course lived up to her expectations. After all, they were all actors/actresses, which she had used before and had full knowlege of.
She noted that Zhao Wei's acting was especially outstanding. Her character in the serie was especially rewritten for her, just so she could get rid of her Siao Yan Zi image. And Zhao Wei has said, that she was really thankful to Aunti Qiong Yao for her care, and she will try the hardest she can to make the character come alive.
However, these two almost mother-daughter person did not get to meet yet on Qiong Yao's visit. Because the cast was split into the A and B group which was filming different parts at the same time, Qiong Yao only got to see the A group on her visit. And Zhao Wei was in the B group. But the manager said she will try to arrange for the two of them to meet up soon.
7/14/2000- Today Yupen hurried back to Shang Hai to continue filming QSSYMM. His partner Zhao Wei, Leo Gu and Ruby Lin was overjoyed when he came back, "No more eyebags!" They screamed.
Since Yupen had to rest for a week in Twaiwan, all the scenes with him was put behind, and so during that week, Zhao Wei and Leo's scenes were added heavily, and they had to film both night and day, making going out impossible.
Zhao Wei says, "I had so much scenes that I couldn't even go out with my boyfriend like I did. All I can do after the scenes are going into my room and sleep!" Just too tired I suppose..
As for Ruby, her scenes were almost all linked with Yupen's, and so, she also took a couple of days off and headed back to Twaiwan for some shows.
Even though Yupen's arm was not completely healed, nor was he completely rested, YuPen still continued with the shooting as he didn't want to hold everyone up. Manager He Siou Xin said to the reporters that Yupen could now hold a pen, as well as use his hands for other daily jobs just fine. So he should be okay.
7/10/2000-Ever since QSSYMM has started, there has been problems. First, it was the female lead, Siua Lin, who backed out of acting the serie at the last minute. Then, everyone on the cast seems to have gotten sick; Zhao Wei's eyes became infected with the overload of work and too much makeup, Leo Gu couldn't stand the heat and the harse demands and fainted, Ruby Lin having problems with her kidney, and now, YuPen's accident.
It seems nothing was going right with everyone hurrying with the filming. But than god, Vicki said, that they all had a day of rest the day after Yupen's accident and everyone stopped work for one day.
Ruby Lin said jokingly to Yupen, "You should act like the accident was more serious, then everyone could have a break. Or maybe I could just be your nurse and take care of you?" From her tone, it seems that Yupen wasn't that bad off, his accident not as serious as rumored.
Ming Pao Weekly-1643 May 6, 2000
Translated By Melanie Alec and Vicki are currently filming in Shanghai, QSSYMM. The cast often goes out together for Karaoke after work. Vicki explains that Alec and her are like brother and sister now. Because they have worked together so often, their fans have began to care about their relationship. Alec has explained that he only likes Vicki as a friend and their relationship is quite natural now. He explains that his past feelings for her probably resulted because they acted together as lovers. They are like relatives now.
Leo Ku has the main male lead in QSSYMM and Vicki has the main female lead. Everyone is very concerned about the show because the writer is so big. This is the first time that everyone has worked with Leo and the cast has to get use to it. Because of the schedule the actors can't accept any other movies at the same time.
Alec and Leo often play "UNO" when they are not working. Several times Vicki has fallen asleep while the crew was setting up the set because of Karaoke the night before with the others.
Vicki was taking acting school at Beijing Acting School and is suppose to graduate July. The school has critised the paper she supposedly wrote and has said that is was not done well, but Vicki says she never handed in this paper. Before graduating from the school, students are required to fill in a form for recommendation for a job but no one accepted h Vicki for a position after she handed in the form. This form also acts as proof of where you graduated, but being accepted doesn't matter because some departments accepted Vicki before she handed in the form. Her relationship with her school is not good. When she was asked if she would stay and teach at her school, she said that she was too young. But the real reason is because of all the disagreements she had with her school. Vicki attended this school for 4 years. She has a lot of memories there.
When she first did HZGG, Vicki explains that it was for fun. But after she acted in "Sword Girl," she was no longer playing around. She says that her acting has matured. Vicki says she really likes the part she is playing on QSSYMM, and that she will do her best at acting it.
Alec and Vicki Timeline
1997 -Vicki is going out with her Shanghai Boyfriend
-Rumors of Alec and Ruby relationship
1998 ¡Vfans in Taiwan prefer Vicki and Alec
-fans in China prefer Xiao Yan Zi and Yong Qi
-Alec and Vicki are good friends
1999 June ¡VRumors that Ruby and Alec aren¡¦t getting along.
1999 July ¡VAlec admits that he likes Vicki
1999 August ¡VRumor and news of Vicki¡¦s engagement to her boyfriend
-news that her boyfriend cheated on Vicki in Hong Kong with another girl, Vicki says she believes her boyfriend
1999 October ¡VAlec and Vicki are in Hong Kong working and see each other
-first time seeing each other for half a year (not since the Taiwan Flood Relief Show)
-Claims made that if Vicki didn¡¦t have Boyfriend Alec would date her. Vicki says that if she didn¡¦t have a boyfriend she would consider Alec as choice. Friends of Alec claim that Alec doesn¡¦t want to talk about Vicki.
2000 April ¡VAlec and Vicki working together again
7/7/2000- Sue Yu Pen and Vicki's serie, Lau Fan Yiu See, or Biao Mei Xi Sian, has started airing in Twaiwan! After HZGG's trememdus popularity, Lau Fan Yiu See was filmed using the two main characters from HZGG, YuPen and Zhao Wei, hoping the fans will like the serie.
And when Lau Fan Yiu See was aired in Hong Kong and Mainland China, the ratings for this low budget serie was better than expected. The airing a success.
Because of the minimum time there was left, with the main characters including Zhao Wei and Sue Yu Pen needing to hurry back to Beijing to film HZGG II, the filming for the serie had to be hurried. And as most of the filming was placed on Zhao Wei and Yupen's shoulders, they could only sleep about 3 to 4 hours each day. the pressure on them was trememdus.
Instead of getting fatter like the rest of the cast, Sue Yu Pen got thinner and thinner as filming progressed. Because Yupen wasn't used to the area, he had diarhea bad, and had to visit the bathroom daily. His face got thinner and thinner, and his jeans looser, making him look great infront of the camera.
Zhao Wei's most important acess was her lovely eyes, capturing the hearts of the male leads, and the rest of workers on the cast. Because her character was really important in the serie, she had to be almost every single scene. One night, Zhao Wei couldn't stand her tireness any more, and broke down infront of everyone, crying, "I want to sleep, let me sleep!" Everyone felt sympathy for her and comforted her the best they could.
But soon, with her ongoing personality, Zhao Wei was fine once more, her smiles just as bright as ever, the incident forgotten.