Leon's Gossip Corner
Source: Sony
Music Taiwan - March 16, 1998 (Translated by Jessie Sun & Kim Quan
from Leon Newsletter)
Leon has Joined with SONY
MUSIC!!!!
Just wanted to let all of you know that Leon has officially
decided to join with Sony Music. Sony has already announced this news on
their website and they will have a press conference for the signing of
the contract on March 23, 1998. They said, the main reason that Leon decided
to join Sony was because Leon noticed that they have successfully promoted
such singers as Coco Lee in a short period of time. Sony has also promised
to support Leon with promotions and give him greater freedom with his singing.
The contract includes 4 mandarin albums and 4 cantonese albums.
Source: LA Times - March 6, 1998
'Comrades' Tells Timeless Tale of Romance
Article
Source: ?? - February 25, 1998 (Translated
by editor @ - HKSAR
Film Top 10 Box Office)
City of Glass begins production
From Hsu Chi's principal of film making it would appear that she and
Leon Lai Ming will soon have rumors flying!
The Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting directed new film Bo Lei ji Sing (Lit: City
of Glass) on the night of the 25th shot on location at the Ho Tung building
at the Hong Kong University. The building would be torn down in two weeks.
Both Cheung Yuen Ting and Alex Law Kai Yui were HKU alumni, thus they hoped
to leave a bit of memory before the building is demolished. The film's
cast members Leon Lai Ming, Hsu Chi, Nicole Cheung Sun Yu and Yam Bo Lam
were also there.
Since she began directing, this is the first time her film is about Hong
Kong. Besides Hong Kong, the film will also shoot on location in London
and Paris. The film cost 15 million. There were many fans waiting for Lai
Ming. Since it was the first time Cheung Yuen Ting worked with a pop star,
she was scared by the number of fans. She hoped the fans would not affect
the production's progress.
In the film Hsu Chi plays Lai Ming's girlfriend. They already did a scene
together on the 24th with Lai Ming carrying her on a bicycle. During the
production of Storm Warriors (Fung Won) Hsu Chi was rumored to be dating
with Aaron Kwok Fu Sing. Thus when asked if she was worried about rumors
with Lai Ming due to the film, Hsu Chi replied, "I feel if a romantic
scene between two people is to be good, one has to fall in love with the
other. That way it's easier to get in character. Like when I made My Dad
is a Jerk (Dui But Hei, Dor Je Nei), I really fell for Lau Ching Wan."
She said that was the most difficult time because it took her two weeks
to leave the role behind.
The reporters asked, "Then when you made Storm Warriors with Kwok
Fu Sing were you able to leave your character?"
"I didn't feel like that during Storm Warriors!" (Why not?)
In the film her role is full of challenges, as she would play the character
from the age 18 to 80. Cheung Sun Yu would play her daughter.
The lead actor Lai Ming arrived an hour later at the opening production
ceremony. When the reporters informed him of Hsu Chi's secret to romantic
scene, Leon madly laughed, "Oh! My God! Then I have to love her even
more! In order to get in character, I am afraid I will have to learn more
from her!"
Source: ?? - February 11, 1998 (Translated
by editor @ - HKSAR
Film Top 10 Box Office)
Leon Lai Ming and Hsu Chi headline City of Glass
Let's try to imagine what Leon Lai Ming and Hsu Chi (Shu Kei) will
look like if in a movie they dressed up as politicians Martin Lee Chu Ming
and Lau Wai Hing.
The Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting directed new film Bo Lei ji Sing (Lit: City
of Glass) has cast Lai Ming and Hsu Chi in the lead roles. Besides borrowing
the Hong Kong University dormitories for location, the film will portray
the two lead characters from their 20s to their 40s, from the end of the
60s to the 90s. The latter part of the film the leads look like Lee Chu
Ming and Lau Wai Hing.
The film's producer Alex Law Kai Yui said during the press conference
for The Black Sheep Affairs (Bik Huet Nam Tin), "Lai Ming and Hsu
Chi's college student roles will take them from their youth to their middle
age, thus in terms of images they will be constantly changing. Because
of the different eras, their hairstyle alone changed 3 times. The first
will be the younger Beatles hair, then the later Beatles hippie hair, finally
one will look like Lee Chu Ming and Hsu Chi in the middle age stage will
look like a pretty Lau Wai Hing."
Law Kai Yui also revealed although Bo Lei ji Sing is a romance, the
film will utilize computer special effect. "Because the plot has Lai
Ming after school attending the Save Dao Yu Tai campaign, thus we will
edit photos of (John) Shum Kin Fun and Chan Lau Cheung from the period
and add in computer effects to make Lai Ming a member of the campaign."
The budget of the film will be rather high, costing HK$15 million. Besides
building sets in Hong Kong, the film will also shoot on location in English
and France. When asked why Lai Ming and Hsu Chi are chosen, he said Lai
Ming has a scholarly flavor and is still acceptable playing an university
student. As for Hsu Chi, Law Kai Yui expressed he has always admired Hsu
Chi's acting and feels she can hold her own. She works so hard to improve
her acting that playing gang girl characters is a bit of waste. Knowing
Hsu Chi wants to play different roles, he gave her this opportunity.
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