Tao Zi's Interview with F4
Date: December 30, 2002
Interviewer: TaoZi
Guests : F2 - Jerry and Vanness (first part of the interview)
F2 - Ken and Vic (second part of the interview)


Translation - credit to Xu's Words, a taskforce formed to translate classic and must-read interviews and articles relating to Jerry Yan.


Taozi: LET'S WELCOME JERRY and VANNESS!! It's been a long time since we last interviewed you two. You guys are really special.

Jerry: (Standing in front of Taozi, with his back facing the camera, tries to read the headline news)
Headline news, Ming Sheng Bao ……

Taozi: (Pulls Jerry back.) You’re standing in my way! We've just finished reading through those.

Jerry: Oh, really?

Vanness: I know how to read too. "Rundown…..

Taozi: AI YOAH!! He's reading the part which is written in English!
(In the meantime, Jerry moves forward again not noticing that he is having his back towards the camera all the time.)

Jerry: We haven't introduced ourselves yet.

Taozi: And you have your butt facing the camera all along!
(Jerry grins and turns back to face the camera immediately.)

Taozi: Right! Introduce yourselves first, R-E-A-D-Y…….GO!

Jerry: How are you everybody, I'm "5566".

Vanness: Hi, everyone, I'm "Energy".

Taozi: HA! HA! Ha! …..Frankly speaking, a lot has happened to F4 since they made their debut, but……

Jerry: (Determined to distract Taozi. He started to meddle with Taozi's fur coat.) Is it really that cold today?

Taozi: No, not really.

Jerry: Hey! This fur is really quite good.

Vanness: Is it genuine?

Taozi: Yes, yes.

Jerry: Oh! I'm sorry. Where were we just now?

Taozi: I was saying that you guys have come across a lot of things, but at the same time you have also received innumerable awards…………

Jerry: (Resumed his tricks and turned to Vanness.) There was traffic congestion when you came was it because you were coming so they all came as well?

Vanness: Yes, it was.

Jerry: (grins) Let's break here for the commercials first!

Taozi: HEY! ! Breaking for the commercials already?! What I was trying to say is, I am really happy to have you two here because the other F2 will show up later as well. Among the four of you, Zai Zai is the one who needs the most time for make up and styling, right?

Jerry: Not necessary so. It depends. For example, Sometimes Xiao Tian may be feeling rather tired, or Vanness maybe……..

Taozi: I always think that Vanness's hair looks as if it has received a hair straightening treatment.

Jerry: He had done something to it actually. We were talking about it just now in the car.

Taozi: Did he?

Jerry: Look at his nose, it is taller now and he has something put inside his lips to make them look fuller.

Taozi: You two are a nuisance!! By the way, you can't stand here.

Jerry and Vanness: Why?

Taozi: You are blocking out the light from me.
(Jerry moves to another side of Taozi.)

Taozi: He's too tall. LOOK! See how glossy my face is.

Vanness: It's glossy because it is too oily!

Jerry: HA! HA! HA! Makeup artist…….

Taozi: Elephant, Xiao Ai!

Jerry: Xiao Ai! That's not right of you!

Taozi: Wait a minute! Now that New Year is on its way, you must….. you know, show the audience something different.

Jerry: OK, I'll give you a present. (grinned and started to walk towards the camera man)

Taozi: NO! (pulled Jerry back)What I wanted to say is, since you've asked her to come, you should show us how you turn Elephant in the air single-handedly.

Jerry: EXACTLY! That's what I wanted to do!

Taozi: YEAH! Elephant! Come on! Come on!
(Jerry quickly moved towards the camera man where Elephant was standing, picked Elephant up by the waist and spun her around as he moved back to where Taozi was.)

Taozi: THAT WAS REALLY SOMETHING! Bao Long!(Jerry's nickname) But aren't you going to do it single-handedly?

Jerry: (Put Elephant down. He didn't let her go but pulled her back instead.) That day, I picked her up and spun her around like I just did. The centrifugal force was really strong. It must feel like as if she's on a plane or something. Ask her yourself.

Taozi: Oh my god! The feeling must be like being spun by a washing machine or dryer.

Jerry: Xiao ai! Tell us what it feels like.

Taozi: She was walking away like this. (Taozi staggered as she tried to pretend how Elephant walked.)

Jerry: It was like flying on a plane, wasn't it?

Elephant: Yes,

Jerry: What I wanted to say is, whoever is going to be my wife in the future would be very fortunate for I will spin her around everyday.

Elephant: IT WAS DAMN DIZZYING!!!

Taozi: HA! HA! THAT'S WEIRD! Why would you want to spin your wife around? By the way, you guys had better introduce your new album.

Jerry: Right.

Vanness: Did we have a new album?

Jerry: Did we? Aren't we here today because of…….

Taozi: "Can Never Lose You"

Jerry: (saying this almost at the same time as Vanness) Oh! That's his album

Vanness: That's my album. We are such good friends you don't really have to mention it.

Taozi: (She picked up a copy of the album and said in a singing voice) "Can Never Lose You…."

Jerry: We've already autographed it here. (He showed Taozi the album.)Look! "To Taozi"!

Taozi: And you've put the "To" right on top of my name!

Vanness: When you transcribe the word Tao into English, it sounds like "To.."

Taozi: Well, T-O

Jerry: You see, he's an ABC!

Taozi: Well, this ABC thinks he knows everything! Anyway, don't fool around anymore. As we all know that F4 had been very busy during the second half of this year and the results that they've acquired were very, very good. You have been to many cities and had actually just came back from your concerts in the Mainland and Hong Kong. How did you guys feel about it?

Jerry: Very happy.

Vanness: Very happy but a bit downhearted as well.

Taozi: Why is that so?

Vanness: I feel like going back there to sing again.

Jerry: Yes, It was fantastic! The feeling we had there was really memorable.

Taozi: Those who were at the HK stadium would know that you had all four sides of the stage opened to the public. Let me see, the stadium holds 20,000 people per show and you held extra shows as well. Every time you guys appear on stage, the screams were deafening! I can see how Comic Boys cried after they did their parts. Did you guys feel the same after your first show?

Vanness: No, not on the first night. But I did almost cried in the last show. That day, as I stood on the rising platform, just about to sing the first song, the 4 of us were about to sing our first song, tears almost dropped as I suddenly realized that it was the last show. You know…

Taozi: Didn't want to it to end. How about you, Jerry?

Jerry: I almost cried on the first day! I was so upset that I almost cried. You see, I was not feeling well that day and was unable to do my best on stage. I had diarrhea and felt as if I was about to faint while I was dancing. It was a pity.

Taozi: But I saw that you were driving yourself really hard. It was very touching.

Jerry: Really?

Taozi: We all know that Vanness's body can sing. He's always moving around. He's moving around everyday. But you, you forced yourself to work as hard as you can so as to give your best on stage. How long did the dance show last?

Jerry: about 5 minutes.

Taozi: 5 minutes! And you make yourself worked 8 hours everyday!

Vanness: He trained for 8 hours everyday just for a 5 minutes' show! (He gave Jerry a thumb up gesture.)

Taozi: Vanness, since you are the professional in dancing, what grading would you give to Jerry for his dance show?

Vanness: Am I to tell the truth?

Jerry: Yes, the truth. Ah! No, better not the truth first.

Taozi: HA! HA! …………. He's getting worried.
Vanness: If it is to be a lie then I'd say it wasn't bad.

Taozi: And what about the truth?

Jerry: I already know what the truth is! It's better than just "it wasn't bad".

Vanness: Right, right.

Jerry: (Someone in the studio laughed, Jerry looked up and asked.) Who's the one who's laughing so loudly?

Taozi: She's Dou Hua Mei, one of the crew.

Jerry: I see.

Vanness: Every time I see Jerry dance I'd say he's really something. In my case, I learnt to dance since I was very young. But he's different. Dancing is something which he's not strong at. Yet he really strives hard to do his best! When I saw the good results that he came up with, I was really touched. That's why whenever I see him practicing at the backstage, I shouted," ADD OIL! ADD OIL! STEADY! STEADY!"

Taozi: In my opinion, Zai Zai is the only one who doesn't work hard among the 4 of you!

Jerry and Vanness: No! He works very hard.

Taozi: NO! he does not!

Vanness: You didn't see how hard he worked in order to flirt!

Jerry: The Flirting Prince!

Taozi: OH! The Flirting Prince!

Jerry: He was trying so hard during the last show that he took us all by surprise!

Vanness: Yes, he did.

Taozi: What had he done?

Jerry: (Turned to Vanness. ) Didn't he copy the tricks that you've used before?

Taozi: Talking about the tricks, there was one show when I saw you guys giving out scarfs, candies, flowers and so on.

Jerry: We were driven by each other to ……...

Taozi: YOU saying that of all people! You were the one who came up with the trickiest idea! We were watching the monitor at the backstage when it was your turn. Everyone was wondering why Jerry didn't do any tricks, as everyone else was being so creative. Then we realized that you had asked a dancer to bring a …(she made a gesture to show that it was a camera). The middle-aged woman who had the photo taken with you was all smiles! (She imitated the woman by putting up a gleeful expression). You know how happy everyone was when they got the photo? Who won the last match?

Vanness: I did!

Jerry: But I think it was Zai Zai!. I think he was really remarkable!

Vanness: Why do you think so?

Jerry: He had, you know, tears in his eyes and was very touched. Even I was…

Vanness: BUT I TOOK MY PANTS OFF!!!

Taozi: YOU TOOK YOUR PANTS OFF???

Jerry: Ah right! You removed pants.

Vanness: I asked a dancer to buy me an extra pair of pants and had it cut beforehand. Then I tore it apart on stage.

Taozi: You see how tricky they all are! Each of them would secretly ask an assistant to buy this or that.

Jerry: Now you will understand why we are on bad terms! (All three laughed at this.) We were trying to beat each other in our tricks.

Vanness: I was telling them, "Tomorrow we'll compete to see who brings up the best gimmick!"

Jerry: I remember! That day we had just finished one of the shows and he came up with the idea. The rest of us then agreed saying, "OK! Let's see who wins!"

Taozi: (asked Jerry) He removed his pants and what about you? What did you do in the last show?

Jerry: Nothing special.

Vanness: "Nothing special" means he didn't do anything at all!

Taozi: REALLY?

Jerry: No, not really. Just that what I did wasn't as good as what they've done. They were fantastic! Take Zai Zai for instance, he had tears in his eyes and…

Taozi: HUH! I really want to punch him.

Jerry: He was fascinating! I think what he did onstage was…..

Vanness: He was not putting up an act or something. He was really touched!

Taozi: Oh! I see. So he was really touched.

Jerry and Vanness: Yes.

Taozi: If you did go to see F4 in their concerts, you'll notice that each of them gained new experience in every show. Then as they began to relax they will put in new ideas to their performances.

Jerry: Actually we tried to have something different in each of our shows. We'll say to each other, "Ok, I'll try something new tomorrow. " I've heard that there were people who bought tickets to see all 5 shows. We didn't want them to think that the shows were the same and therefore feel bored about it.

Taozi: And I know that the songs you sang were also different.

Jerry: Right.

Taozi: Later on F4 will hold concerts in Indonesia, Vegas and New York. Those who want to see them can still get the tickets. And they've also released their new album: "Season of Fireworks." There is something different about this album, right? You were being put into groups of twos, weren't you?

Jerry and Vanness: No, twos and one.

Taozi: You two?

Vanness: No, Ken and I.

Jerry: Vanness and Ken, then Zai Zai. Because, at that time, I….

Vanness :Couldn't sing!

Jerry: I lost my voice then.

Vanness: Yes.

Taozi: (laughed and asked the crew)Do they look like an alien coming from outer space who had two heads but one body? One would start off with half a sentence then the other would finish it off.

Jerry: Hello! I am "H".

Vanness: Hi! Everyone, I am "E"

Jerry and Vanness: We are "HEE! HEE! HEE! HA! HA! HA!

Taozi: They are driving me mad! But at the same time we can see that F4 had become closer friends after their tour and have acquired a lot of experiences onstage. This year, at the Azio New Year's Eve concert; we are going to see the same performances that F4 gave while they were in HK.

Jerry: Oh, really? I didn't know about that.

Taozi: Your dance show…..

Jerry: What?

Taozi: Will you be dancing?

Vanness: Come on! Show us part of it now!

Jerry: I think I'd better not.

Taozi: Then we'll have something special instead. You used to pick a fan to get into a large cage with you while you sang "The Moon Represents My Heart" right? I've made arrangements for you this time.

Jerry: Ok!

Taozi: Kuan Jie! We'll have her locked in the cage with you. Miss Qiu Li Kuan!

Jerry: Oh! Ok. By the way we haven't seen her for a long time.

Taozi: We'll give her a call later. But in the meantime we'll see clips taken during the rehearsal today.
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Taozi: All those who want to see the show, are welcomed to make their entry before the show starts. As the stadium is very big, if you don't come early you might not get to your seats in time. People can start to come in at 5:00pm. Mr. Yan Cheng Xu! Please answer the phone at the counter. Mr. Yan Cheng Xu!
(The camera then showed Jerry sitting at the far side reading incoming fax.)

Taozi: He is reading the incoming fax. Many people have faxed in letters to encourage F4 today.

Vanness: Are they letters of encouragement?

Taozi: Are there any that criticizes you? If there is any, we'll have to put up an announcement.

Jerry: They are letters of condemnation. Don't try to deceive the audiences!
(At this moment, they succeeded to make it through to Kuan Jie by phone)

Vanness: Hello!

Taozi: Kuan Jie.

Kuan Jie: Yes, speaking.

Taozi: Taozi here.

Kuan Jie: Hello! How are you?

Taozi: Kuan Jie, are you free tomorrow?

Kuan Jie: What do you have in mind?

Taozi: Could you come and join Yan Cheng Xu in singing "The Moon Represents My Heart."

Kuan Jie: HA! HA! STOP KIDDING!

Vanness: We are serious!

Jerry: We are serious about this!. I really would love to invite you to our show. Or would you want me to write you a formal invitation?

Kuan Jie: Who's THAT?

Jerry: I am Yan Cheng Xu. How are you Kuan Jie?

Kuan Jie:Oh, hello! Hello! What are you guys doing? Don't tell me that this is part of a live show!

Taozi: 'Course not! We are now pausing for commercials.

Kuan Jie: Oh! So you are just chatting with each other.

Jerry and Vanness: Right.

Jerry: We haven't seen you for a long time.

Kuan Jie: I was worried that this might be a live show and our conversation would go on air. Don't fool around with me or my mom would wonder what I am up to.
(Vanness and Taozi both bit their lips in keeping themselves from laughing.)

Jerry: Don't worry.

Kuan Jie: I wish you the best in your performance tomorrow.

Vanness: Thank you.

Jerry: Kuan Jie, would you come and sing with me?

Kuan Jie: Don't fool around! I was just joking the other day. Taozi was making fun of me.

Jerry: Oh, really?

Kuan Jie: It so happened that when I stood up to go to the restroom, you started to invite somebody to go onstage. The people sitting with me asked where I was going so I made a joke and said that I was going onstage to join you. Since I didn't smile some of them really thought that I really mean it.

Vanness: In that case, Kuan Jie, would you dance with me?

Kuan Jie: STOP JOKING!!

Taozi: (Continues to make fun of Kuan Jie) We all know that Kuan Jie is a very influential manager in the show biz. Now since Jerry wants to invite Kuan Jie, we will ask Jerry to describe what he thinks of Kuan Jie.

Jerry: I think she is a sentimental and intelligent woman. The fact that she is able to train an artist like Faye Wong proves that she is very talented. I hope that one day I will be as good as Faye Wong.

Kuan Jie: Don't say something like that! Hearing these flattering words send goose bumps down my neck!

Taozi: HA! HA! We'll have to put a stop to this conversation. Thank you, Kuan Jie. Thanks for joining us in this part of the show which was aired live.

Kuan Jie: OH *-beep-*!! (Taozi, Jerry and Vanness all laughed.)
Kuan Jie: @ # $ %OH! All right!

Taozi: (Laughed) My mum will also attend the show tomorrow. Thank you, owner of Baleno and S&K. Thanks!

Kuan Jie: Bye bye! Bye bye!

Taozi: Thanks again Kuan Jie.

Vanness: HO! HO! HO! ……………..! (Playfully points a finger at Taozi)

Taozi: You guys have met Kuan Jie before?

Jerry: Yes, we have.

Taozi: She is as her name suggested: a big lady. (Taozi here is making fun of Kuan Jie's name. The word “Kuan” means broad and therefore could be interpreted as big as well.)

Jerry: Yes.

Vanness: No! I don't think so.

Taozi: You think that she is very charming?

Vanness: Yes.

Taozi: I'll leave it to you then. By the way, the programs of the New Year's Eve concert held by Azio this year are remarkable. And today many of your fans were waiting at the stadium already. They were waiting at the entrance ever since this afternoon. And speaking of your fans, many who live overseas or even those who live in Taiwan, let's say those in Taiwan for instance, do not know that you guys have filmed some marvelous commercials in Mainland China.

Jerry: Right.

Taozi: The one that I saw the other day was ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! You know, the one showing the 4 of you in a shower, you guys had lather in your hair as you turned around.

Jerry: Oh! That was a commercial for instant noodles.

Vanness: Yeah, right!

Taozi: NO!!!

Vanness: Then it must be a commercial for "Fa Cai"! (a kind of chinese food which looks very much like human hair.)

Taozi: It's the one for shampoo!!

Vanness: OH!

Taozi: How many commercials have you guys filmed?

Vanness: Not many really. We haven't counted them seriously. HEY!!

Taozi: It's this one here.(They all watched as the television in the studio showed the commercial .)

Jerry: OOOH!

Taozi: HERE COMES THE PART!! HERE IT IS!! OOH! …. AAH!

Jerry: WOW!! How decent we look!

Taozi: We've never seen this commercial in Taiwan. Oh my God! Were you wearing anything?

Jerry: No.

Taozi: Nothing at all?

Jerry: Because, they were worried that….

Taozi: That there might be a leak. This is a commercial which is only shown in Mainland China. We are going to show another one as well. F4 has been really busy and hard working during this past year, and they have come up with many good results. The next commercial we are going to show is actually from the same line of product.
(The television on the set showed the 2nd commercial)

Taozi: OOH! Very handsome! I think all of you have very good hair, except that Zai Zai's hair might be a bit curly. (The screen showed Jerry tilted his head as he washed his hair.) OOH! (Nudges Jerry on his arm)Why do you have to look so sexy? See! With your face tilted and…… (The screen showed Zai Zai washing his hair.) OOH! ……….. (The screen then showed Jerry again, this time with his mouth opened slightly.) AI YEOH!! Who would open his mouth while washing his hair? OOOH! Very handsome indeed!
(Jerry looked embarrassed.)
(The commercial ended.)

Taozi: I want to ask the two of you first as the other 2 will show up later. I'll let you 2 do the voting first. Who do you think is the sexiest and alluring when shooting this type of commercial? Vanness, what’s your opinion?

Vanness: Sexy and alluring? What does that mean?

Jerry: (strides to the far side of the shooting spot)I'd say it is Taozi!

Taozi: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING?

Jerry: (turned to face Taozi again.) Nothing really! Just that I saw a commercial recently which showed a man stroking your hair like this. It makes others want to become the man too.

Taozi: Did you see it?

Jerry: Yes, I did.

Taozi: Would you want to be the man?

Vanness: No! I don't.

Jerry: I' m sorry! (Turned his back against Taozi again as he said it and walked away again.)

Taozi: (punches Vanness on his arm then turn to Jerry.) Why are you wandering about? Frankly speaking, this commercial shows us a side of F4 which we have never seen before. The commercials we were used to seeing showed you guys riding on bikes and bumping into a stack of soft drinks or something like that. But in this one, you were shown to be grown up boys with a sexy appearance. Vanness, who do you think is the sexiest amongst the 4 of you?
(Vanness rests his chin in his hand and pouts. Jerry in the meantime, returned to where Vanness and Taozi were and began to turn over the newspaper that was on the counter.)

Taozi: WHAT KIND OF EXPRESSION IS THAT?! He is having something tricky on his mind. Come on, "Yankee!"

Vanness: I'm still thinking! The sexiest, Mm………………

Jerry: "Yankee" (He imitated Taozi and said this with a raised voice but didn't look up from the newspaper.)

Vanness: I think we are all different.

Taozi: Say for instance Jerry tilted his head like this and opened his mouth slightly….

Jerry: (Looked up from the newspaper and commented suddenly.) I think it was so unreal! How could an actor act in such a way?!

Vanness: You are right! I almost threw up when I saw it!

Jerry: (Shook his head to emphasize his disapproval.) I don't understand why anyone would film their commercial in such a way! If I own the product, I'd…….

Vanness: I'll give them a call.

Taozi: We'd better drop this discussion! So you see, F4 has improved a lot. Each of them enchants the audience in his own way. Jerry, who do you think is the most enchanting amongst the 4 of you?

Jerry: Hum……….Zai Zai !

Taoz: What makes you think so?

Jerry: I think he looks very much like a prince. But, I think Ken is becoming really good now! Everything about him is just not the same….. I don't know how to put it……

Vaness: In other words, they are beginning to look like me!
(Taozi looked as though she couldn't believe her own ears.)

Jerry: HA! HA!
Jerry: I haven't finished yet! I always think that he is the one who's the most masculine. (He pointed to Vanness)

Vanness: OH, REALLY?

Taozi: Why would you say that?

Jerry: He has this charm in him that comes naturally whenever he dances. For the rest of us, we have to look at the audience deliberately before they will give us any response. But the moment he appears onstage people would go "Ah!!!" See! I have to make my voice coarse to do it.

Taozi: You guys are always humble when commenting on yourselves.
(Vanness gave Jerry a punch.)

Taozi: I've seen you guys perform in HK and in the Mainland. The truth is everyone started to scream the moment you appear onstage. Can you imagine someone having this kind of charm? You don't even need to sing, do you? Look at his expression! (She pointed to Vanness, then imitated him by biting her lower lips) You'd think he's being very humble!

Jerry: Oh, really? I thought the word "humble" never exists in his dictionary!

Vanness: It was your dictionary that I've been using!

Jerry: Oh!

Taozi: HA! HA! HA! That's a very smart reply. Now this year, at the Azio New Year's Eve concert, we are going to see the same performances that F4 gave during their concert at the HK Colleseum.
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Taozi: Each stop of your tour leaves you with different memories. You have to work hard in different areas and you encountered different sorts of stress and difficulties. The worst part of it was, I suppose as you guys told me before, the disparaging remarks.

Vanness: Disparaging remarks?

Taozi: Those made by the media! You know, articles that they wrote that have no grounds at all.

Vanness: I don't take them seriously!

Taozi: That's because you don't understand what they have written! You ask Ken to read the newspaper to you every time on the plane! Then he'll tell you what the media has written.(Vanness didn't comment any further but started to look into Taozi's face instead, so Taozi turned to Jerry.) Ok, he doesn't take them seriously. What about you, Jerry?
(Vanness began to study Taozi’s face.)

Jerry: I don't feel as bad now.

Taozi: Don't feel as bad……..
(Vanness laughed as he sees something funny on Taozi's face.)

Jerry (Pretended to look angry and walked away.) THAT”S WEIRD! You two can do the show on your own!

Taozi: HEY!! (Pulled Jerry back) Don't do that! Don't do that!

Jerry:(laughs)I was just kidding! (Turns to Vanness) What's that you want to say?

Vanness: Nothing really!

Jerry: COME ON! What is it? You were laughing.

Vanness: Nothing really! I'll tell you later.

Jerry: SPIT IT OUT!! YANKEE!

Vanness: Her false eyelashes are about to fall!

Jerry: Oh!

Taozi: Oh! Which one? Is it the one on the left?

Vanness: This one.

Taozi: Give me something to hold it in place please!

Jerry: Quick! Let's break for the commercial! It's not good to let the audience sees it!

Taozi: That's ok! That's ok as long as it doesn't drop onto my mouth. Come on! What do you think about the media?

Jerry: I don't feel as bad now! Because, frankly speaking, I had come across many of these disparaging rumours. And gradually, as I hear more and more of them, I stop to feel anything about them anymore.

Taozi: I see.

Vanness: What's important is that you know in your heart that…..

Jerry: That's why I'd like to take this chance to say thank you to one person and that is Taozi Jie and Jia Qian, because…………….

Taozi: HA! HA! One person? ? The two 2 of us……..

Jerry: You know, people like the two of you have your own standing, yet you still take the trouble to care for new comers like us. To me, this is very touching.

Taozi: I see.

Jerry: Frankly speaking, there were times when I didn't even have the courage to show up in entertainment shows. Because I was afraid that, with all the disparaging reports, even people like Taozi or someone else might misunderstand me.

Taozi: Misunderstand you? No! I won't! But I no longer dare to speak in favour of you guys, because the number of people who think otherwise is growing ever so quickly.

Jerry: Right!

Taozi: However, every time someone speaks anything against you guys, people from fan clubs like "Xu Zai Hau Tian" or "Zui Ai Yan Cheng Xu" would send me chocolates and cakes. And I'd say "Ok! I'll eat and hasten to speak in favour of you guys!" So please don't send me anything next time or I won't be able to scold anybody even if I wanted to!

Vanness: You can scold me if you want. You can give me a call and ………….

Taozi: I wouldn't have the heart to scold you! The only one that I wanted to scold is Zai Zai!
(Vanness and Jerry both laughed as they saw Zai Zai and Ken entering the scene at this very moment.)

Taozi: HEI! WECOME ZAI ZAI and KEN! Oh! How nice to see you Zai Zai!.

Zai Zai: I came just in time to hear that!

Taozi: The Flirting Prince!(She started to imitate Zai Zai in singing "Turn the World Around", the Cantonese song which Zai Zai sang during the HK concert. Vanness, Jerry and Zai Zai all joined in.)

Taozi: Zai Zai! Why do you have to bundle yourself up like that?

Zai Zai: A rice bundle!

Jerry: The Dragon Boat Festival is on its way!
(Zai Zai pointed to Jerry and laughed. )

Taozi: Let's move over to this side! (She led F4 to the other side of the studio where there was a trolley which was loaded with presents for F4.) As we know that F4 will get together on New Year's Eve we can see them on Azio. The audience can start to enter at 5:00pm. (Turned to ask the crew)How can they get there? Where? Oh! At the Dong San Men Interchange! What time? Five!. You should give us the full detail at the first start! (Turned towards F4 again) There are many people who love F4 and who regularly send in presents to us. I would like to take this chance to thank them. And we know that you have your birthday on 1st January and Ken will have his in January.

Ken and Jerry: 15th January.

Taozi: So we will be celebrating your birthday as well after the count down. Kuan Jie will also come tomorrow.

Jerry: We've already extended the invitation.

Taozi: And my Mum as well! Either Kuan Jie or my Mum will come. By the way, we have to tell the audience about this! (She picked up a magazine and turned to Jerry.) Some of your fans had put up a full page of advertisement in the newspaper to wish you Happy Birthday. There are others who had planted acres of trees under your name too.

Jerry: Yes, I knew about it.

Taozi: Ken, your birthday is on its way too. What would you want your fans to do for you? Or what kind of presents would you like to have? Just name it!

Ken: Well! Nothing in particular, actually I am not keen on celebrating my birthday.

Taozi: I've heard that you don't like the atmosphere of a party coming to its end when everybody leaves.

Ken: Yes,

Jerry: I think it is the characteristics of all Capricorn!

Ken: You know, when you see people starting to leave after a party you will feel very lonely indeed and you'll start to think: Oh! I'll have to wait until the next year before…….

Jerry: Yes, take myself for instance; I've almost never celebrated my own birthday since I was a child.

Vanness: You guys can treat it as my birthday that you are celebrating!

Ken: It seems to me that you are celebrating your birthday everyday!

Vanness: I'm talking about attitude of how you see it!

Taozi: He is right! You shouldn't take things too seriously in life. Zai Zai! According to your knowledge, what do you think Jerry and Ken need most?

Zai Zai: What do they need most? ………….. hm…………

Ken: We need LOVE and CARE!
(Vanness immediately gave Jerry a big hug.)

Taozi: OOH! ….Zai Zai! Why didn't you say anything? We will continue with the interview later on. We have here many presents as well. We will open them later on. This one here, (she picked up a box of cake.) there were two of these and we've eaten other already. A GREEN CAKE!!

Vanness: Wasabi flavour?

Zai Zai: Is it the one that will glow in the dark when you switch off the lights?

Taozi: Luminous? No! It's not that. This one is from Singapore or Malaysia, from Singapore actually.

Taozi: Now first of all, we will sing Happy Birthday to Jerry and Ken.

F4: Ok!

Taozi: Zai Zai, give us a note. R-E-A-D-Y, GO!
(Zai Zai started at a pitch which is much higher than usual.)

Zai Zai:(Laughed) It's too high!

Taozi: Come on! come on!
(Zai Zai starts again, this time at the usual pitch.)

Zai Zai: "Happy Birthday to you. Happy…."

Ken: With passion, please!
(Zai Zai made a funny sound and everybody laughed. Then they all joined in the song.)

Taozi: HAPPY BIRTHDAY JERRY AND KEN!

Jerry and Ken: Thank You.

Taozi: Now please remember that there's going to be remarkable performances at the New Year's Eve concert tomorrow. As for the next part of our program,(She turned to Jerry and Vanness)you two can stay with us if you have the time, if not then you can head off to your next appointment. Zai Zai and Ken will stay here with us. Zai Zai! What have you got underneath?

Zai Zai: Nothing special!

Vanness: Not a thing probably! (Looked under Zai Zai's overcoat) AI YOAH!

Taozi: What is it?

Zai Zai: Just a vest.

Vanness: A bra!

Taozi: WHAT? A BRA?! You guys are driving me crazy!

F4: Hey! Elephant!

Taozi: HA! HA! Stay tuned. We'll be back shortly.
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Taozi: Welcome again Zai Zai and Ken! F4 are taking turns to show up in this show. I was talking to the other two just now and we agreed that the 4 of you have improved a lot and had become more mature now. Zai Zai, do you see any difference in yourself after the live tour? Say your performance onstage for instance, have you become more carefree or…..
Zai Zai: Difference? Well, my throat no longer feel the same!

Ken: HA! HA! HA!

Taozi: Is it because you were too tired?

Ken: He is is now more hip hop onstage. This is something which he emphasizes most!

Taozi: Oh! Well, are you planning to take up a Hip Hop style or what?

Zai Zai: I am a Taiwanese!

Taozi: I beg your pardon!

Zai Zai: I wasn't saying anything in particular. Don't look at me like that! My mind is still on something else.

Taozi: Everybody agrees that there is something weird about Zai Zai. You know, everytime you see him at the back stage, he looks as though he was being stupefied or something. He would just sit and stare blankly ahead while he had his hair done. But once he is onstage, he is a changed person! He would point to the camera or to the audience, or move his lips like this. Ken, do you think Zai Zai is like that?

Ken: Actually, every time we were about to start a show, we would say to each other, "Let's see who could impress the audience most."

Zai Zai: People always find me looking very sleepy while I am at the backstage.

Taozi: Excatly!

Zai Zai: That's because if I talked too much beforehand, I would feel very tired onstage. That's why ….

Taozi:You always give others a feeling that you neither had enough food nor sleep!

Zai Zai: That's really the case!
(Everybody laughed.)

Taozi: Zai Zai is really cute! You see, no matter where they go, they can't go out at their own will. They can't shop around or see the city itself. In the end, Zai Zai came to me and said,"Let me tell you, there aren't many good food in HK!"
I said,"How come? There are so much to eat in HK."
Then he said, "There's not much really. As far as I can see, the only thing that's good is curry chicken!"
I thought this sounded ridiculous. Then I realized that it was because you guys could only order room service while you were in HK! How many days did you had curry chicken then?

Zai Zai: Quite a few! It was towards the end when I started to have a flu that I was told to stop. Because the dish was too spicy and they wouldn't let me have it.

Ken: They wouldn't let him have curry chicken and he cried because of that.

Taozi: I see. That's why the only impression that he had on HK was curry chicken! As for Ken, he acts in the craziest manner while they are at the back stage.

Ken: Right! That's because I have to be careful that I don't go crazy while I'm onstage!

Taozi: When I was in Wuhan I saw all of you drinking a special kind of Chinese wine to keep yourselves warm, because the weather was extremely cold there. Your face turned really red afterwards!

Zai Zai: That’s because he was drunk!!

Taozi: He was?

Zai Zai: He really was!

Taozi: And he went singing, "JIU ZHE YANG BEI NI CHENG FU……." as he strum away with his guitar like this. (Taozi imitated how Ken sang the song.)Then he ran around as if he was Bambi. How did you do that? You know, acting stupid.

Zai Zai: Come on! Show us how!

Ken: But how?

Taozi: You know, like this. (She tried to imitate what Ken had done)

Zai Zai: Just do it the same way as you did then!
(Ken got up.)

Taozi: Here is Ken acting stupid!!
(Ken ran around.)

Taozi: NO! It wasn't like that! You have to hang your head to one side like this. (She showed Ken the way to do it.)
(Ken did accordingly.)

Taozi: THAT’S IT! THAT’S IT! See how funny it was. So you see, they all acted differently at the backstage. Ken's face remained red all the time, Zai Zai almost fall asleep, Jerry needed to be alone and what did Vanness do? He didn't say much as well, did he?

Zai Zai: At the backstage, you mean?

Taozi: Yes, at the backstage.

Zai Zai: He talks to God.

Ken: He prays.

Taozi: Yes, because Vanness is a very dedicated Christian. He reads the Bible when the hair stylist does his plaits. So you see, each of them is kind of weird. Each gets their energy from a different source. Speaking about your concerts, Ken, you performed something different in HK. You played a guitar as you sang right? Also, that song that you sung was really well chosen. Everybody in the audience waved their luminous stick as they joined you in singing the song.

Ken: I thought the song was really nice when I heard it when I was younger.

Taozi: What was the name of the song?

Ken: "Lover."

Taozi: Show us part of it now! Let's give a hand to Ken……

Ken: I have flu today and I've lost my voice.

Zai Zai: Come on! Come on!

Taozi: (To Zai Zai) Do you know how to sing that song?

Ken: He knows.

Zai Zai: I can sing it if I know the lyrics.

Taozi: Darn it! You know, Zai Zai is very sly indeed. Give him the slightest loophole and he can get away with it!

Ken:(Gives Zai Zai the lyrics word by word )"Pan-wang-ni-bie ………"
(Zai Zai then sang the lyrics in a monotone.)

Taozi: HA! HA! You see, F4 have introduced some special programs to their concert. Like you, Ken, there was a part when you posed as a DJ and played certain instruments on stage.

Ken: Yes, a kind of electronic instrument.

Taozi: An electronic instrument. You looked really cool ! With your hair pointing upwards and a pair of sunglasses! Everyone was asking who you were.

Ken: I enjoyed that part a lot.

Taozi: So you guys introduced different gimmicks to your performances. Zai Zai, what special things have you done?

Ken: The crown, probably.

Taozi: Was it the crown?

Zai Zai: Well, I don't think I had introduced anything special, but I did have plenty of facial expressions.

Taozi: Yes, you did.

Zai Zai: I was very high myself!

Taozi: That is, you planned to kill with your charm, right?

Zai Zai: Not really! Just that I am not good at moving my body around so I worked hard with my facial expressions.

Taozi: Your source of energy is your facial expressions, so to speak.

Ken: You know, the part where he came out sitting on a crown, he had tested 3 times before he found a position that suits him.

Zai Zai: You see, I was sitting like this on the crown the first day. (He showed Taozi how he sat. He crossed his right leg over his left one.) When he saw me later at the backstage, he said," you can't sit like that. It makes you look like a girl." So on the second day, I sat like this. (He put his leg up so that his right ankle rested on his left thigh.) But then my pants were too tight. I had a really hard time. It was just not the right position. I almost had a cramp!

Taozi: And in the end?

Ken: Then there was one day, when he sat down and found everything was as he wanted. He was so happy then.

Zai Zai: You see, there was only very little time for me to get ready. They would raise the crown to halfway and I had to sit on it as quickly as I could. Then one day, as I sat down, I found everything was exactly as I wanted! The robe was in the right place and I felt comfortable. It was just perfect! Someone was taking a DV of me and I couldn't help…… (He held his thumbs up.) even though I was already half showing myself onstage.

Taozi: Zai Zai is a simple person. To him, everything is fine as long as his robes falls into the right place and that he doesn't get a stroke with the position that he takes.

Zai Zai: That's right!

Taozi: F4 will still be continuing with their world tour in the early months of the coming year, that is 2003. They will be visiting Indonesia, New York and Las Vegas.

Ken: Singapore and Malaysia as well.

Taozi: Ah right! Singapore and Malaysia as well, you see, their schedule is really tight. Is it getting any better now? Did you have time for rest?

Zai Zai: Yes,

Ken: We did when we got home.

Zai Zai: I slept from the 24th till the afternoon of the 25th.

Ken: I got up at 7pm.

Zai Zai: I got up at 3pm so you won!

Ken: I slept 4 hours more so I beat you!

Zai Zai: Congratulations! (They shook hands and Zai Zai made fun of it and said) So you became a Christian, Congratulations!

Taozi: " Became a Christian?!" What's THAT suppose to mean? He must be off his mind! By the way, you guys had better introduce your new album. The other two who came earlier, called themselves "5566" and "Energy". So, come on introduce your album.

Zai Zai: How come?

Ken: We were just talking about it.
(The two began to giggle)

Zai Zai: In fact we are…….

Ken: HA! HA! HA!

Zai Zai: "Twins" the 2 girls from HK!

Taozi: Come on! Introduce your album.

Ken: This is F4's second album. There's something new about this album. Actually, this one is a deluxe version. It is no longer available now. In this album we are more mature and….

Taozi: Zai Zai, your turn, what else?

Zai Zai: We appear to be more mature in this album and the style of the songs is better as well. In the previous album, the producers were worried that we might not be able to reach the higher notes. But in this one, everyone of us was made to sing at a higher pitch so it was a challenge to us all.

Taozi: That is each of you had improved in his own way. We'll stop for a while and when we return, we'll talk about the interesting things that you guys have come across while you were in the Mainland. For now, as we know that when one is in a new environment….. ZAI ZAI!!!

Zai Zai: The camera wasn't focusing on me!

Taozi: I think it was.

Zai Zai: We can check it out during the re-play.

Taozi: He was pulling at Ken and said, "Passed away"! (In Mandarin, the words for "things that are of interest" and "passed away" are homophones.) He is driving me nuts! I meant interesting things! But for now, we'll look at what happened to Qi Qing. As I was saying just now, when an artist is away from home, he may find himself in an environment which he is not familiar with. Take myself for instance, the last time when I was in Chang Sha, I was not allowed to go out for dinner. I kept wondering why. They told me that it was because I was too popular there. But I doubted it, since I was able to go shopping in Beijing. It was only when I read the newspaper later that I found out why. It was because a man carrying 2 guns was found amongst the crowd.

Zai Zai: You mean during one of our shows?

Taozi: NO, when I was in Chang Sha. Chang Sha is a lovely place. Anyway, back to what happened to Qi Qing, it is fortunate that it was not anything serious. Let's have the details of what happened.
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Taozi: So everybody ought to be very careful when you are away from home. Talking about you guys, I’ve only watched one of your shows in the Mainland. The one in Wuhan and I'd say I was shocked by your popularity! That morning, Zai Zai, you remember, the day when you commented on how puffy my face was….

Ken: See how sober she was!

Zai Zai: Good thing I didn't comment on it today!

Taozi: (Jumped up immediately.)Does my face look puffy today?!

Zai Zai: No, not really. Just that you brought it up yourself, so…..

Taozi: (punched Zai Zai ) He's driving me nuts! But I did witness how popular F4 is. You remember the function that was held in Shanghai earlier. Some of the people came from places like Mongolia. They were wearing only a T-shirt regardless of the weather and stood waiting for you guys for hours. Then there was the media as well, didn't they wait for you at the car park and came up to you the moment they saw you leaving the hotel? And have you seen the way how some people were being dragged away? Say, some of the girls were rushing towards you calling," Zai Zai ! Ken!" Then suddenly they were being "SH-WINNNNNNNNE!!!" (She showed with her hands how the girls were being dragged.)

Zai Zai: Like a…. What's that thing? (He moved his lips as if he was saying the word "spring" but no sound was made.)

Taozi: HA! HA! The audience must think that we've muted the sound.

Zai Zai: The word is too difficult to pronounce so I won't say it.

Taozi: A spring!

Zai Zai: It was like being pulled by a coil or something. Like this. (He showed it with his hands.)

Taozi: EXACTLY! It was like"SH-WINNNNNNNNE!!!" and they were being dragged backwards. How about the 4 of you? What was the craziest encounter that you have come across during this tour to the Mainland?

Ken: Where was it? Was it Nanjing? Jerry was pushed to the ground by somebody.

Taozi: Yes! I've heard of it! I think the person who faxed in was the person who pushed Jerry to the ground, or was it?
(Ken and Zai zai looked amused.)

Taozi: Did you see how it happened?

Ken and Zai Zai: No. we were inside the lift then.

Ken: We were inside the lift, the 3 of us. We did wonder why Jerry hasn't show up, but we thought we'd go upstairs first. We found out later that Jerry was being pushed from behind as he entered the hotel.

Taozi: Did that person received training in wrestling or something? How come she can be so strong? I've also heard that she came up from Jerry's back, put a hand round his neck and pulled like this! (She showed Ken and Zai Zai how the girl did it.)

Ken: I wouldn't know whether this is an act of love or hatred!

Taozi: HA! HA! How could you love someone to that extent! So you have had many usual encounters. Like no matter which city you go to, you can't go anywhere else except the airport and the hotel.

Zai Zai: Not even the lobbies!

Ken: Even the lobbies are out of our bounds!

Zai Zai: We don't even know how the lobbies look like!

Taozi: Not even the lobbies! So what can we do Zai Zai? Everywhere is about the same, everywhere you go you can only eat rice with curry chicken!

Zai Zai: As long as there is rice to eat. Rice is a very good food.

Taozi: You see, they make so much money yet they can't even go out for their meals!

Zai Zai: Well, I'm not picky about my food as long as there is rice in my diet.

Taozi: So long as you have enough to eat, that is. Anyway, F4 will be visiting many other places in the future and they would be times when they need to pay extra attention to. So we wish them success in everything including their performances onstage etc. For now, we'll see what happened to Anita Mui. Stay tuned.
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Taozi: We can see that being an idol can be miserable at times. They don't have any privacy. Zai Zai! Why did you do that? Your mouth looked like that of an ape.

Zai Zai: I can be a monkey too!

Taozi: Show us then, come on!
(Zai Zai pretended to be a monkey)

Taozi: HA…..! Why would anybody want to….

Ken: Where does this monkey come from?
(All three laughed)

Taozi: Where were we just now?

Zai Zai: Idol.

Taozi: Ah right, Idol. Life for them could be miserable at times. Take you guys for instance; everybody is waiting to see what they can write about you, whether it is your performance or anything that you do, right? Ken, as for as you can remember, which report that you have come across so far that you think is the most disparaging?

Ken: For me, I think it is ok. I think, I….

Taozi: There were too much of it?

Ken: I don't take them seriously anymore.

Taozi: Say the reports which were written by people from the Mainland, they can be pretty harsh at times, right?

Ken: I think it's the way their culture is!

Zai Zai: What about you, Zai Zai?

Zai Zai: I'd like to have one of those paper dolls which we can poke a needle with. Then whenever anybody says anything bad about us, I can poke it with needles.

Taozi: HA! HA! HA! But according to what you remember….

Zai Zai: From what I remember….There was one which I think was really weird. I was in Hong Kong yesterday and saw a report which commented on our clothes. I think it was rather ridiculous and couldn't tell what it was trying to point a finger at.

Taozi: What do you mean?

Zai Zai: First it said that the costumes we wore at the concert were to glamorous then it complained that they were too plain and that the styles don't go with each other. I just don't know what it was trying to say!

Ken: You can't tell what the main point was in general.

Taozi: I see.

Zai Ziai: I think they just wanted to let out their emotions whatever it is.

Taozi: To tell the truth, each of F4 has his own way in handling these kind of criticisms.

Zai Zai: What else can I do other than crying?

Taozi: What did you say?

Zai Zai: I said I'd cry!

Taozi: So each would handle it in his own way. Like Jerry for instance, I was with him at one time and I asked him,"Here's some newspaper. Do you want to read it?"
I thought he might.
He said "No," and simply returned the newspaper to the racks!
What about you Ken, I've seen you reading out the news to Vanness.

Ken: If Vanness wants to know what they were saying then I'd tell him. But I seldom read them myself.

Taozi: Of course there are times when we need to take what other people say. But if the comments are offensive and insulting then we ought to learn how to live on without being affected. Zai Zai, is there any thing that you think F4 should should improve on?

Zai Zai: I ………I can't describe how I feel. It wasn't our plan to form a group at the first start, so we don't have to learn how to dance in the same steps or anything like that. That's why I think everyone of us is different and we are all good in our own way. F4 is the best!
(All laughed)

Taozi: You sound as if you're a nanny or mother who had a close tie with her child! Ken, what about you?

Ken: Let’s see, how long has it been now? It's more than a year……..

Zai Zai: HEY! I just come to think of it! You know, your nose pin, does the stud ever fall out when you sniff? And sends the pin flying off?

Ken: The stud? I've swallowed 3 or 4 of those already!

Zai Zai: AI YEOH!!

Taozi: YOU MEAN THE STUD AT THE BACK? It fell down your throat when you sniff? Is that what you're saying?

Ken: Sometimes I forgot that I had it on when I woke up in the morning. I thought I had something in my nose so I sniffed and down it went.

Taozi: OH!

Ken: Then I realized that there was something wrong! Wasn't that the thing from nose pin? I had swallowed 3 or 4 of those in a similar way.

Zai Zai : Is your bowel movements still ok recently?
(All laughed.)

Taozi: Anyway, F4 will stay here with us for a little while longer and then we'll let them go. Right now we'll see what happened to Anita Mui when she attended her own autograph session
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Taozi: HA! HA! HA! We were just discussing how to improve our intellectual life as none of us have the time to do so. Say you guys for instance; since you can't go anywhere else.don't you watch VCD or video tapes while you are staying in a hotel? S Zai Zai, you look as though you feel guilty about something.

Zai Zai: I ain't guilty about anything! I like to watch "Sex and the City."

Taozi: Sex and the City? You like it?

Ken: Because Ken……

Ken: I bought it and I watched it with him.

Taozi: Which of the 4 characters impresses you most?

Zai Zai: The one who's the horniest, you know the one who's always in want of it.

Taozi: Samatha!

Ken: Samatha!

Taozi: Really? Which do you think is the best part? Which encounter that she had that you think is………..

Zai Zai: I didn't watch too many chapters actually.

Ken: We haven't seen much of it really.

Zai Zai: There was a guy called "xxxxx". You know the one whom she can never get things clear with.

Taozi: Right, right, right! But was it a pirate copy that you were watching? Samantha had never had anything to do with xxxxx.

Ken: He's not sure who's who!

Taozi: Got their names mixed up, that is. But anyway, he likes that series a lot and that's it. There has…. Ai Yeoh! I spat! There has been……

(Ken and Zai Zai were fooling around.)

Ken: (To Zai Zai) Has it gone through?

Zai Zai: ???????(He mumbled something.)
(Taozi glanced at them and continued with what she was saying.)

Taozi: There has been a lot of discussion regarding F4. One of them is about Meteor Garden II. What do you think of it? Being part of the crew, what do you have to say about the script? There were lots of different opinions on the internet and many people were asking why the story developed as it did now. Lei, what's your opinion in this? (She was referring to Zai Zai's character in MG.)

Zai Zai: I don't care how the story runs. As long as Dao Ming Si and San Cai gets together in the end just as the original story suggest then I think it is ok.

Taozi: I've heard that they've made a few different versions regarding the ending, is that true?

Zai Zai: We don't know about this!

Ken: We don't know about this.

Taozi: FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!!! I tell you I almost got tricked by Jerry. You see, I was travelling with him on one occasion and I asked him, as if I was an ordinary audience.
I said, "Who did Dao Ming Si end up with?"
He said, "With Ye Sa."
I went mad immediately and said, "WHAT! You ended up with Ye Sa?"
He said," Yes, I remember filming that part, Ye Sa and I."
Also, I've heard that they've prepared various endings to the story. Anyway, while we are on the subject, Ken, do you think that the script would be better if the story line for the 3 of you is strengthened? Or if there are more twists and turns in your encounters?

Ken: I think it is ok. Actually I can't remember it now.

Taozi: What do you mean?

Ken: I forgot about it once it was over.

Taozi: Oh!

Ken: Yes.

Taozi: So what is your opinion on all the criticisms about MGII?

Ken: What sort of criticisms are there? I haven't watched it myself, to tell the truth.

Zai Zai: We weren't in Taiwan during that period of time.

Taozi: Oh!

Zai Zai: We weren't able to see it when the series was released, so we don't know what happened.

Ken: We left for, where was it? Ning Bo, I think. We left for Ning Bo in the early hours of the very next day that we finished filming MGII.

Zai Zai: We went straight there, the same day!

Ken: We finished filming at 2:00 am and flew directly to the Mainland!

Taozi: That is you didn't get to see it even though you were in it. But there will be VCD on MGII, so those who would like to keep it can go ahead. As for these guys, they can see the story for themselves with the VCD as well! But there was one scene which I thought was really touching, you know, the part when Dao Ming Si met you guys in a pub and fought for you. Then he ran away. You guys then chased after him. Then when you get to the intersection, Zai Zai, you cried out that line that was almost heartbreaking.

Ken: You cannot forget about San Chai!!
(All three laughed.)

Taozi: Come on Zai Zai! Show us here right now. Just now Ken showed us how Bambi gallops. Now you can pick between singing" Turn the world around" or saying the line that you said on the intersection.

Zai Zai: Do I have to do it with the same loudness?

Taozi: Yes.

Zai Zai: Then I'd do "Turning the world around"!

Taozi: Yeah!

Ken: Come on!

Zai Zai: I've always wanted to show the audience in Taiwan this song!

Taozi: READY GO!
(Zai sang a few lines and stopped with a funny face. Everyone laughed.)

Taozi: HA! HA! HA! You were a bit nervous just now. But onstage you were even moving your shoulders around as you sang.

Ken: Actually, we were talking about that dance everyday as we were planning on what tricks to play.

Zai Zai: You know, there weren't any plans for this gimmick thing at first. But on the second day Ken started it off. You know, each of us would bring 2 dancers with us during that part. Then suddenly we saw Ken giving out paper flowers and it tookeach of us by surprise! We all wondered why he did it. Then that night, it was very late actually, Vanness came knocking on each of our doors and said, "Let's compete and see who brings up the best gimmick. You guys won't beat me too easily" I said, "Ok! Ok! I got you! Then I started to buy handkerchiefs and stuff.

Ken: We ended up competing against each other everyday.

Taozi: I see, so you went to buy the handkerchiefs then. I saw Vanness giving out flowers and what did you give out? Was it chocolate?

Ken: Yes, chocolate.

Taozi: It almost drives me crazy watching you guys at the backstage! I kept saying you guys might as well give out compressed noodles instead!

Zai Zai: You know, the part when I came out sitting on a crown, I had wanted to give out chocolate at first. But then I thought it would be too much trouble.

Taozi: HA! HA! HA! You might not get them to where you want, right? Because the place where you were wasn't anywhere near the edge of the stage, so if you do that you might end up having chocolates scattered all over the stage.

Zai Zai: I had planned to use a candy box you know, and then I'll tease them and ask who would like some. Then I plan to use the candies that will turn bubbly in one's mouth. So when they bite they will ……….

Taozi: See how evil they are! Anyway, F4 has gained much experience onstage and we'll wish them all their best in their new album and their future. Add oil!

Ken and Zai Zai: Thank you.