Post by MYR Admin on Mar 9, 2008 21:10:13 GMT 7
Cinderella Queen
(Part 1 of 3)
Michelle in a Nutshell ~ You wouldn't want to miss!
Her Idea of Art:
...at times the ending needs not necessarily be crystal clear, the ability to bait on audience’ imagination deep enough should be the most successful point of a film.
Her Courage:
...when you are armored with knowledge and experience, there is nothing to be afraid of, you will realize that every effort put in has its rewarding value.
Her Modesty:
...it’s because I’m not smart enough that I need to listen to others’ opinions.
Her Belief:
...it wasn’t me who changed my fate, but it is me who stay strong and is determined to face anything the fate has in hand for me.
Her Devotion (standing up for TVB):
There are no employers who don’t wish their employees to listen to them and work as they instruct.
On Raymond Lam:
We know what to act by just looking at the other’s eyes, it is after all easy to act with yourself, if a duck were to act with a hen, then it would have taken some time.
Her Milestone:
If I want to accept more quantity and more inspirational challenges, I must move towards the movie sector, and to accept more series from Mainland producers, to attempt on productions of different cultures.
Their Recognition, Her Appreciation:
I’m embarrassed to repeat what they’ve spoken of me, but Alan Mak, and the rest are very supportive of me, they give me support beyond my potential, I sincerely thank them for that.
On Her Manager:
It is that kind of trust, that I tell him everything, even those that I shouldn’t tell him (laughs). He not only stands in the shoes of the company to consider all the companies point of view, but also stand as a friend to give me some opinions and help... Even if I do have my own stand already, I still wish to listen to his opinion.
Her Perception:
Isn’t it foolish to punish yourself with others’ mistake?
It is not I who have changed, but the views of others towards me which have changed.
Outdoing is challenging others, excelling is challenging oneself, and I choose to excel, not to outdo.
...since you’ve made a choice, you’ve to love your choice made.
Her Motto:
Down this lengthy path of life, I shall seek forth and around.
Her Fantasy:
...when people ask me what I’d like to act, I say the human version of Sin Chan, but no one has ever reported this before, really, I’ve mentioned it before! ...just let me talk like he does (laughs), mischievously, very straight forwardly, and yet no one will ever blame me.
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Page 49
Page 50
Middle words in red:
Even before meeting Michelle, I’ve already thought of that weird title (Cinderella Queen) for this interview, and was determined that Michelle is such a person. (Blur / missing words in scans) She is the queen - strong, independent, wise, elegant and mature. She is the Cinderella too - beautiful, compassionate, charismatic, courteous, as well as childlike.
Forewords
From 7 o’clock (at night), photo shooting, interviewing with crowds bustling past, it was quite a chaotic yet joyful environment. After sending off a bubbly yet chatty Michelle and her very, extremely pale-looking and sleepy manager due to my delay, I took a look at my wrist watch, it was already 2:28am, the weird thing was, I was still just as refreshed! I know… this is because of Michelle Ye…
The props for the shooting that day were all soft toys prepared by our junior producer However, other crews of ‘TV Series’ and all those around Michelle Ye snorted at our treasures, and even ‘abused’ them. When I pressed one of the soft toys into Michelle’s hands, she squealed in delight, thus I was pleased and immediately straightened up – see, we have found someone of the same wavelength! Michelle, you are the one who gave these beloved treasures the chance and the courage to be on camera! I hereby convey my utmost appreciation to you on their behalf!
Knowing Michelle’s nickname as ‘Hai Ma Xuan’ (meaning: Seahorse Xuan), the first (treasure) I sent to her hand is actually a ‘miniature of a seahorse dinosaur’! Michelle who was half way through her making up was so elated she couldn’t put her lips together, she was head over heels in love with it, although, frankly, the seahorse was a little oddly shaped… She kept saying we share the same passion, as we both love rounded mouth and face stuff!
Following on, I surrendered the entire collection of soft toys to her… her response is obvious.
As for our request for her to imitate Sin Chan, Michelle was a little reserved initially, but it was only a while later when that ‘Sin Chan butt face’ kept becoming her frequent expression. Besides having to constantly observe and be aware of when she might transform into ‘Sin Chan’, we too were forced to be mentally prepared that she might transform into a frog anytime, otherwise we would be laughing our heads off. She likes Sin Chan because Sin Chan dares to speak all his thoughts, and he speaks of all the truth, just like a kid, the heart of a child is very loveable. Sin Chan brings adults the most missed and desired truth in everything. Thus even reading this comic has such phenomenal significance. The Michelle sitting in middle of the bunch of toys reading fairytales looks very refined, she gives others the feeling of warmth yet serene, that is how her ‘Most Classic Beauty’ aura arises. She can fool around with her various transformations, yet she too can be silently elegant.
Michelle claims her memory to be bad, and that she is very outdated. First: Felix Lok who is also a cast of her new film, but she in fact thought this is their first collaboration! Only when her manager reminded her that she did gradually recall… ‘Triumph in the Skies’… Japan… pilot… father… Secondly: She never knew the Eason Chan she worked with for her new movie had sang the theme song for ‘Triumph in the Skies’, that was nothing compared to when she heard ‘fu shi shan xia’ 《富士山下》(a famous Eason Chan song), and earnestly recommended to Eason: “I think that this type of song will be popular in mainland, you should sing the national language (pu tong hua) version…” 《呼叫转移》(Eason’s the pu tong hua version song) was in fact already a long time KTV popular song! The last of the lasts, Michelle discovered another common fact she never knew, that Eason Chan is actually a very popular and established singer!
Because Michelle is quite absentminded, thus I gave her extra reminders to not forget to collect all her belongings before leaving, so she checked around thoroughly once, and confidently guaranteed me that nothing will be left behind this time. However, when sending them into their vehicle, I spotted the bottle of Michelle’s contact lenses solution lying forlornly in the wash room… She should have left something more useful to me, I don’t even use contact lenses….
Speaking out of the topic, this is my first time meeting such a ‘Sin Chan’ fanatic celebrity, thus I think that any investors who are interested to film the China version of Sin Chan should give TV Series a call, we’ll discuss about the contract…
Central Affairs: From fa dan to The One
KEY: TS = TV Series, MY = Michelle Ye
TS: You’ve ever written an article, saying the role ‘Season’ has some astounding similarities with you? Where do the similarities lie exactly?
MY: Yes, I’ve ever mentioned it, but it was most probably recorded (written) into an article by someone else. For example, Season’s ignorance, her blur state of when she entered the working society, until when she realized the society differs from what she had imagined, (the society is) very complicated. The process is quite similar (to her own), even some of the funny scenes were similar, but I’ve never experienced such exaggerated plots of the series, not the life and death, not the suicidal scenes. Basically, it’s just the experience of the process of how a girl enters the working society where there is similarity.
***
TS: Whose acting in that series left you the deepest impression?
MY: Definitely the one who can act two roles of the opposing extreme; it’s of course Patrick Tse. You see him as a wealthy man in the first one, but in the sequel he plays a hooligan. He can let go of his image and does not insist on acting ‘good-looking’ characters, thus he was willing to take off his shades in the last part! (We seldom see elderly Patrick who hasn’t his shade on) Yea, did you watch the scene he was on wheelchair, what do you think about it? Who else can be such a natural? On the other hand, I think Raymond Wong is quite good too.
***
TS: Like most audience who’ve watched this series, we felt the most touching scene was the ending, where Season was by Johnny’s sickbed, watching his severe wounds and disability to talk. Johnny’s confession as well as Season’s painful wails caused countless of audience to ache with them. Can you still remember how it was when you filmed this scene?
MY: Right, yes, that scene was a last minute addition of Raymond and I, and of course the director, we planned it ourselves, the original script didn’t have that part. Originally (in the script) it’s supposed to be his wife, which is my step sister, who’s supposed to be by his bedside, yes, that wealthy girl. But at that time, I felt that this relationship was quite deep, and it needs to be ended with some moral values! We can’t leave it hanging, unconcluded, it’s not necessarily that the bad people should just die insignificantly, there should be much stronger love within. But if we go into every detail, it would be too fake, too ordinary, there should be some space for deeper imagination, thus we briefly concluded the story between him and I, the love we shared to be a mere business advantage relationship.
Actually, it is a very foolish idea for a woman to revenge her most loved one, it is a very suffering matter in love. You love him so much yet you scheme on how to get back on him every moment, it just doesn’t make sense. (When crying, what emotion state were you in?) Hmmm, the dialogue while crying was made up by myself, because I was already immersed in that character. That scene didn’t have any rehearsal, right from when we had this idea (to add this scene), we did a one time ‘trial’ where the director had the video cameras on, with three cameras focusing on me, and I just began. I merely spoke out the most truthful words of that character, because I was actually that character at that moment.
***
TS: Were there a lot of edited or added portion in the series which varied from the original script? How did you guys just came up with a scene to add at the last minute? Do you like this method?
MY: Director, Raymond and I felt that we should have such a conclusion, otherwise it would be too superficial. Everything will always be much more interesting where love is involved, right? Including the origami swan in the middle part, do you remember? (Oh, yes, that was another fantastic scene!) Yes, the scene where he proposed to me with those origami swans was in the script, but the scene later was not there, I added it so that I used that origami swan to return to his side, to earn his trust that I really loved him. Without such a prop, on the plot, how can a sly character like him easily believe that I really loved him? Director agreed and we made used of the origami swans again, so it now became more logical!
Raymond said too that ‘he’ would not have been so stupid! He is smart enough to swindle the entire corporation, there was no way he would let such a hated figure back to his side so easily, it would definitely be too fake! Doing so allows us to take it to a whole new level (laughs). I also suggested that he write something for Season on the origami swan, so audience would be more convinced that we are in a relationship, this way, audience would be wondering the truth, if we filmed too expectedly, everyone would’ve guessed the ending already! Taking a balance with that, with the exchange of true love but fake intentions, it is only this way that we can appeal to audience, it will be much more alluring then. Director thus let Raymond wrote a phrase on the origami swan, it was: “You’re the woman I love most.” I was very touched in the series, and lots of audiences have asked me if I really did love him or if I faked my love.
(That’s true, I still want to clarify this point.) This is good, because if you can tell its fake right away, then what else would there be for the audience to anticipate on? To me personally, there definitely is true love involved. Most of the time, we leave some space for imaginations to the audience. There just can’t be clear cut classification of the good and evil roles. Nowadays, series too have lots of ‘Infernal Affairs’ theme, you can’t make out the good and bad clearly.
(Did any of the alterations cause the original plot to change?) Yes, there is, definitely. Gilbert Lam’s character was supposed to have ended up with that other female lawyer. But Gilbert felt that it wasn’t too acceptable since his relationship seemed to have developed quite strongly with me, also the role was not too bright nor the flirty type. He told the director of this problem, and director agreed too and allowed him to not be with that lawyer. There was a scene where I saw them with rings and I was devastated, and wanted to jump off the building. Then the director changed it to a misunderstanding – he was merely attending the banquet. That way, his role wouldn’t be too lousy. What do you think, when if everyone thought he’s such an undeserving man yet I still loved him so much, I would be even more foolish.
(Then I must represent the audience to ask, who do you actually love in the end?) Actually, at times the ending needs not necessarily be crystal clear, the ability to bait on audience’ imagination deep enough should be the most successful point of a film (laughs). I think that this is the artistic approach of filming.
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TS: What is the deepest impression this series has given you?
MY: The deepest impression must be the viewing points which excelled over TVB airing series of the same time slot, their competing series was ‘Always Ready’ and also another series which was aired at that period of time too, which was my last series in TVB, ‘The Herbalist Manual’. That was actually my graduation result just before I left TVB, my relationship with TVB caused them to be happy for me too, they also hope their ‘disciple’ be an honor to them, right? I appreciate TVB for that, it becomes a positive motivation for one another. ‘The Herbalist Manual’ was first for viewing rates, the same for ‘Central Affairs’ too, both series begin airing on the same day and ended on the same day too, where the first was taking the 8pm slot while the latter was the 9pm slot. Some audience says, since we’ve watched Michelle at 8pm, there’s no need to watch the 9pm Michelle anymore, so they watch others. That is one way of thinking, while others say watching Michelle at 8pm seems quite nice, so they stay on to watch the 9pm Michelle on ATV. I think this is a positive coincident, not some intentional plans to promote or to attack me.
***
TS: If it was you personally, which man would you love?
MY: Season loved them all in the series, but at different time. Gilbert’s character may be a little fickle minded, but he probably lets others feel some warmth, it is that simple and long lasting kind of relationship. Then again, Raymond’s role is romantic and very passionate, it leaves a deeper impact. (I still don’t really like Gilbert) In that case I’ll just say that I like Raymond, you’ll be happier then (laughs)!
***
TS: CA is a series you filmed not too long after you left TVB, did you feel unaccustomed to anything when filming it?
MY: Yes, yes, definitely, for example where our good ideas are accepted here. In TVB, it is a very organized procedure, everyone must achieve their own standards. Because it is a big producing company, when every element achieves its standard, everyone only needs to do their part accordingly, it will then be good enough, no need for improvements, because it is no longer necessary, because small alterations will then snowball into a big effect! Whereas in ATV it is generally in more minor productions, but everyone gets to put their effort in as they allow such major alterations, because it is not such major production, such alterations won’t cause big effects, thus it gives more space for creativity.
In TVB you will definitely guarantee the quality, in ATV the freedom is granted to the director and the casts, good alterations would result superb productions, but what is there to do if you made bad alterations (laughs)? Luckily for us, we did good ones, didn’t you say some scenes became more interesting then? This shows that the director’s decision was successful. Back when I was in TVB, I did meet some scriptwriter who kept making alterations too, but there are some bad alterations as well (laughs), ah, the acting ones (actors) are the ones sufferings! It got worse with more alterations. (Did the director allowed actors to alter as well?) Yes, because in TVB actors are the focus, not director, while the producer seldom comes to the set, thus the actors become the superior ones (at the set). This is when you really depend on the actor’s efforts, if the actors do well then it’ll be good, otherwise everything will be a failure. Well, there are pros and cons, both approaches are interesting, both are good experience and training.
(to be continued...)
(Part 1 of 3)
Michelle in a Nutshell ~ You wouldn't want to miss!
Her Idea of Art:
...at times the ending needs not necessarily be crystal clear, the ability to bait on audience’ imagination deep enough should be the most successful point of a film.
Her Courage:
...when you are armored with knowledge and experience, there is nothing to be afraid of, you will realize that every effort put in has its rewarding value.
Her Modesty:
...it’s because I’m not smart enough that I need to listen to others’ opinions.
Her Belief:
...it wasn’t me who changed my fate, but it is me who stay strong and is determined to face anything the fate has in hand for me.
Her Devotion (standing up for TVB):
There are no employers who don’t wish their employees to listen to them and work as they instruct.
On Raymond Lam:
We know what to act by just looking at the other’s eyes, it is after all easy to act with yourself, if a duck were to act with a hen, then it would have taken some time.
Her Milestone:
If I want to accept more quantity and more inspirational challenges, I must move towards the movie sector, and to accept more series from Mainland producers, to attempt on productions of different cultures.
Their Recognition, Her Appreciation:
I’m embarrassed to repeat what they’ve spoken of me, but Alan Mak, and the rest are very supportive of me, they give me support beyond my potential, I sincerely thank them for that.
On Her Manager:
It is that kind of trust, that I tell him everything, even those that I shouldn’t tell him (laughs). He not only stands in the shoes of the company to consider all the companies point of view, but also stand as a friend to give me some opinions and help... Even if I do have my own stand already, I still wish to listen to his opinion.
Her Perception:
Isn’t it foolish to punish yourself with others’ mistake?
It is not I who have changed, but the views of others towards me which have changed.
Outdoing is challenging others, excelling is challenging oneself, and I choose to excel, not to outdo.
...since you’ve made a choice, you’ve to love your choice made.
Her Motto:
Down this lengthy path of life, I shall seek forth and around.
Her Fantasy:
...when people ask me what I’d like to act, I say the human version of Sin Chan, but no one has ever reported this before, really, I’ve mentioned it before! ...just let me talk like he does (laughs), mischievously, very straight forwardly, and yet no one will ever blame me.
_______________________________________________________
Page 49
Page 50
Middle words in red:
Even before meeting Michelle, I’ve already thought of that weird title (Cinderella Queen) for this interview, and was determined that Michelle is such a person. (Blur / missing words in scans) She is the queen - strong, independent, wise, elegant and mature. She is the Cinderella too - beautiful, compassionate, charismatic, courteous, as well as childlike.
Forewords
From 7 o’clock (at night), photo shooting, interviewing with crowds bustling past, it was quite a chaotic yet joyful environment. After sending off a bubbly yet chatty Michelle and her very, extremely pale-looking and sleepy manager due to my delay, I took a look at my wrist watch, it was already 2:28am, the weird thing was, I was still just as refreshed! I know… this is because of Michelle Ye…
The props for the shooting that day were all soft toys prepared by our junior producer However, other crews of ‘TV Series’ and all those around Michelle Ye snorted at our treasures, and even ‘abused’ them. When I pressed one of the soft toys into Michelle’s hands, she squealed in delight, thus I was pleased and immediately straightened up – see, we have found someone of the same wavelength! Michelle, you are the one who gave these beloved treasures the chance and the courage to be on camera! I hereby convey my utmost appreciation to you on their behalf!
Knowing Michelle’s nickname as ‘Hai Ma Xuan’ (meaning: Seahorse Xuan), the first (treasure) I sent to her hand is actually a ‘miniature of a seahorse dinosaur’! Michelle who was half way through her making up was so elated she couldn’t put her lips together, she was head over heels in love with it, although, frankly, the seahorse was a little oddly shaped… She kept saying we share the same passion, as we both love rounded mouth and face stuff!
Following on, I surrendered the entire collection of soft toys to her… her response is obvious.
As for our request for her to imitate Sin Chan, Michelle was a little reserved initially, but it was only a while later when that ‘Sin Chan butt face’ kept becoming her frequent expression. Besides having to constantly observe and be aware of when she might transform into ‘Sin Chan’, we too were forced to be mentally prepared that she might transform into a frog anytime, otherwise we would be laughing our heads off. She likes Sin Chan because Sin Chan dares to speak all his thoughts, and he speaks of all the truth, just like a kid, the heart of a child is very loveable. Sin Chan brings adults the most missed and desired truth in everything. Thus even reading this comic has such phenomenal significance. The Michelle sitting in middle of the bunch of toys reading fairytales looks very refined, she gives others the feeling of warmth yet serene, that is how her ‘Most Classic Beauty’ aura arises. She can fool around with her various transformations, yet she too can be silently elegant.
Michelle claims her memory to be bad, and that she is very outdated. First: Felix Lok who is also a cast of her new film, but she in fact thought this is their first collaboration! Only when her manager reminded her that she did gradually recall… ‘Triumph in the Skies’… Japan… pilot… father… Secondly: She never knew the Eason Chan she worked with for her new movie had sang the theme song for ‘Triumph in the Skies’, that was nothing compared to when she heard ‘fu shi shan xia’ 《富士山下》(a famous Eason Chan song), and earnestly recommended to Eason: “I think that this type of song will be popular in mainland, you should sing the national language (pu tong hua) version…” 《呼叫转移》(Eason’s the pu tong hua version song) was in fact already a long time KTV popular song! The last of the lasts, Michelle discovered another common fact she never knew, that Eason Chan is actually a very popular and established singer!
Because Michelle is quite absentminded, thus I gave her extra reminders to not forget to collect all her belongings before leaving, so she checked around thoroughly once, and confidently guaranteed me that nothing will be left behind this time. However, when sending them into their vehicle, I spotted the bottle of Michelle’s contact lenses solution lying forlornly in the wash room… She should have left something more useful to me, I don’t even use contact lenses….
Speaking out of the topic, this is my first time meeting such a ‘Sin Chan’ fanatic celebrity, thus I think that any investors who are interested to film the China version of Sin Chan should give TV Series a call, we’ll discuss about the contract…
Central Affairs: From fa dan to The One
KEY: TS = TV Series, MY = Michelle Ye
TS: You’ve ever written an article, saying the role ‘Season’ has some astounding similarities with you? Where do the similarities lie exactly?
MY: Yes, I’ve ever mentioned it, but it was most probably recorded (written) into an article by someone else. For example, Season’s ignorance, her blur state of when she entered the working society, until when she realized the society differs from what she had imagined, (the society is) very complicated. The process is quite similar (to her own), even some of the funny scenes were similar, but I’ve never experienced such exaggerated plots of the series, not the life and death, not the suicidal scenes. Basically, it’s just the experience of the process of how a girl enters the working society where there is similarity.
***
TS: Whose acting in that series left you the deepest impression?
MY: Definitely the one who can act two roles of the opposing extreme; it’s of course Patrick Tse. You see him as a wealthy man in the first one, but in the sequel he plays a hooligan. He can let go of his image and does not insist on acting ‘good-looking’ characters, thus he was willing to take off his shades in the last part! (We seldom see elderly Patrick who hasn’t his shade on) Yea, did you watch the scene he was on wheelchair, what do you think about it? Who else can be such a natural? On the other hand, I think Raymond Wong is quite good too.
***
TS: Like most audience who’ve watched this series, we felt the most touching scene was the ending, where Season was by Johnny’s sickbed, watching his severe wounds and disability to talk. Johnny’s confession as well as Season’s painful wails caused countless of audience to ache with them. Can you still remember how it was when you filmed this scene?
MY: Right, yes, that scene was a last minute addition of Raymond and I, and of course the director, we planned it ourselves, the original script didn’t have that part. Originally (in the script) it’s supposed to be his wife, which is my step sister, who’s supposed to be by his bedside, yes, that wealthy girl. But at that time, I felt that this relationship was quite deep, and it needs to be ended with some moral values! We can’t leave it hanging, unconcluded, it’s not necessarily that the bad people should just die insignificantly, there should be much stronger love within. But if we go into every detail, it would be too fake, too ordinary, there should be some space for deeper imagination, thus we briefly concluded the story between him and I, the love we shared to be a mere business advantage relationship.
Actually, it is a very foolish idea for a woman to revenge her most loved one, it is a very suffering matter in love. You love him so much yet you scheme on how to get back on him every moment, it just doesn’t make sense. (When crying, what emotion state were you in?) Hmmm, the dialogue while crying was made up by myself, because I was already immersed in that character. That scene didn’t have any rehearsal, right from when we had this idea (to add this scene), we did a one time ‘trial’ where the director had the video cameras on, with three cameras focusing on me, and I just began. I merely spoke out the most truthful words of that character, because I was actually that character at that moment.
***
TS: Were there a lot of edited or added portion in the series which varied from the original script? How did you guys just came up with a scene to add at the last minute? Do you like this method?
MY: Director, Raymond and I felt that we should have such a conclusion, otherwise it would be too superficial. Everything will always be much more interesting where love is involved, right? Including the origami swan in the middle part, do you remember? (Oh, yes, that was another fantastic scene!) Yes, the scene where he proposed to me with those origami swans was in the script, but the scene later was not there, I added it so that I used that origami swan to return to his side, to earn his trust that I really loved him. Without such a prop, on the plot, how can a sly character like him easily believe that I really loved him? Director agreed and we made used of the origami swans again, so it now became more logical!
Raymond said too that ‘he’ would not have been so stupid! He is smart enough to swindle the entire corporation, there was no way he would let such a hated figure back to his side so easily, it would definitely be too fake! Doing so allows us to take it to a whole new level (laughs). I also suggested that he write something for Season on the origami swan, so audience would be more convinced that we are in a relationship, this way, audience would be wondering the truth, if we filmed too expectedly, everyone would’ve guessed the ending already! Taking a balance with that, with the exchange of true love but fake intentions, it is only this way that we can appeal to audience, it will be much more alluring then. Director thus let Raymond wrote a phrase on the origami swan, it was: “You’re the woman I love most.” I was very touched in the series, and lots of audiences have asked me if I really did love him or if I faked my love.
(That’s true, I still want to clarify this point.) This is good, because if you can tell its fake right away, then what else would there be for the audience to anticipate on? To me personally, there definitely is true love involved. Most of the time, we leave some space for imaginations to the audience. There just can’t be clear cut classification of the good and evil roles. Nowadays, series too have lots of ‘Infernal Affairs’ theme, you can’t make out the good and bad clearly.
(Did any of the alterations cause the original plot to change?) Yes, there is, definitely. Gilbert Lam’s character was supposed to have ended up with that other female lawyer. But Gilbert felt that it wasn’t too acceptable since his relationship seemed to have developed quite strongly with me, also the role was not too bright nor the flirty type. He told the director of this problem, and director agreed too and allowed him to not be with that lawyer. There was a scene where I saw them with rings and I was devastated, and wanted to jump off the building. Then the director changed it to a misunderstanding – he was merely attending the banquet. That way, his role wouldn’t be too lousy. What do you think, when if everyone thought he’s such an undeserving man yet I still loved him so much, I would be even more foolish.
(Then I must represent the audience to ask, who do you actually love in the end?) Actually, at times the ending needs not necessarily be crystal clear, the ability to bait on audience’ imagination deep enough should be the most successful point of a film (laughs). I think that this is the artistic approach of filming.
Page 51
TS: What is the deepest impression this series has given you?
MY: The deepest impression must be the viewing points which excelled over TVB airing series of the same time slot, their competing series was ‘Always Ready’ and also another series which was aired at that period of time too, which was my last series in TVB, ‘The Herbalist Manual’. That was actually my graduation result just before I left TVB, my relationship with TVB caused them to be happy for me too, they also hope their ‘disciple’ be an honor to them, right? I appreciate TVB for that, it becomes a positive motivation for one another. ‘The Herbalist Manual’ was first for viewing rates, the same for ‘Central Affairs’ too, both series begin airing on the same day and ended on the same day too, where the first was taking the 8pm slot while the latter was the 9pm slot. Some audience says, since we’ve watched Michelle at 8pm, there’s no need to watch the 9pm Michelle anymore, so they watch others. That is one way of thinking, while others say watching Michelle at 8pm seems quite nice, so they stay on to watch the 9pm Michelle on ATV. I think this is a positive coincident, not some intentional plans to promote or to attack me.
***
TS: If it was you personally, which man would you love?
MY: Season loved them all in the series, but at different time. Gilbert’s character may be a little fickle minded, but he probably lets others feel some warmth, it is that simple and long lasting kind of relationship. Then again, Raymond’s role is romantic and very passionate, it leaves a deeper impact. (I still don’t really like Gilbert) In that case I’ll just say that I like Raymond, you’ll be happier then (laughs)!
***
TS: CA is a series you filmed not too long after you left TVB, did you feel unaccustomed to anything when filming it?
MY: Yes, yes, definitely, for example where our good ideas are accepted here. In TVB, it is a very organized procedure, everyone must achieve their own standards. Because it is a big producing company, when every element achieves its standard, everyone only needs to do their part accordingly, it will then be good enough, no need for improvements, because it is no longer necessary, because small alterations will then snowball into a big effect! Whereas in ATV it is generally in more minor productions, but everyone gets to put their effort in as they allow such major alterations, because it is not such major production, such alterations won’t cause big effects, thus it gives more space for creativity.
In TVB you will definitely guarantee the quality, in ATV the freedom is granted to the director and the casts, good alterations would result superb productions, but what is there to do if you made bad alterations (laughs)? Luckily for us, we did good ones, didn’t you say some scenes became more interesting then? This shows that the director’s decision was successful. Back when I was in TVB, I did meet some scriptwriter who kept making alterations too, but there are some bad alterations as well (laughs), ah, the acting ones (actors) are the ones sufferings! It got worse with more alterations. (Did the director allowed actors to alter as well?) Yes, because in TVB actors are the focus, not director, while the producer seldom comes to the set, thus the actors become the superior ones (at the set). This is when you really depend on the actor’s efforts, if the actors do well then it’ll be good, otherwise everything will be a failure. Well, there are pros and cons, both approaches are interesting, both are good experience and training.
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Even if u take one month, no one btohers, wen u finally finish it, it will be there forever for fans to come and read wenever they are interested to do some readup... well that's my concept anyway so dun reli rush my translation other than news... 
