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The Herman Yau Lai To directed, Elanne Kong Yeuk Lam and Chapman To Man Jat starred film GO GUI OI CHING (HIGH LIFT LOVE) two nights ago held a wrap banquet.  In the film Elanne played a weightlifter so she was asked to carry Ah Jat.  Ah Jat's face unexpectedly turned red.  He joked, "With this pose of course I would have a reaction!"  Elanne's birthday would be on the 30th.  The film company made a bar bell cake for her.  The director and Ah Jat even gave her a celebration kiss.

Speaking of the production, Elanne not only had to lose 20 pounds but also due to the fitness beverage powder her skin suffered a reaction.  Now she had to see a Chinese medicine practitioner and lose weight.  She already has lost five to six pounds.  In addition, because she had many weightlifting scenes, she injured her shoulders and hip.  Was she worried about fertility?  She said, "It's not that spot, higher on the hip, only the soft tissue muscle damages."  This time the team even shot at the weightlifting home Shek Lung.  She said, "In the film I have many classmates who in reality are real weightlifters."  She not only gained weight but also strength from the training.  She remembered at the wrap she broke the dressing room door knob.

Because on the day after her birthday she had to work in Dunhuang, she hoped to have a simple meal with her family to celebrate.

Ah Jat revealed that this year he already made eight films, has he made a lot of money?  He joked, "I have always been very poor, my monthly income has been around 15,000 only.  It's lower than 16,000 when I left ATV in 1999.  Because my salary goes directly to my wife, my wife pays me a monthly salary.  My expenses are mainly 'treating' and gas.  (Did you ask your old lady for a raise?)  No, she said that now was a stock market low point and that no flower would blossom forever."

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Stephy Tang Lai Yun and Elanne Kong Yeuk Lam two nights ago attended a fashion label store opening at Admiralty.  Stephy said that recently she has been busy acting in the Mainland.  Later she will head to Beijing for another film.

Kong Yeuk Lam said that earlier she was busy with GO GUI OI CHING (HIGH LIFT LOVE) with Chapman To Man Jat.  Because she had to gain over ten pounds and cut her hair short, she has not dressed up for awhile.  She said that now she has already lost five to seven pounds, but her arms due to too much lifting were so built that she had to use a beauty salon machine to tone them down.  She also said that because the weights were very heavy, her hip could not withstand them and hurt a lot.  Later she needed to seek physical therapy when she had time.

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Earlier the Xinhai Revolution commemorative film 72 HEROES (YING HUNG DIP HUET) held its premiere in Guangzhou.  The film's actors Tse Kwan Ho, Liu Kai Chi, Elanne Kong Yeuk Lam, Irene Wan Bik Ha and Eric Tsang Chi Wai walked the red carpet.  TVB executive Elaine Lok Yi Ling led artists in support.  This was Kong Yeuk Lam's first historical subject film.  While promoting in Beijing, her acting received many praises.  That night Kong Yeuk Lam dressed up for the premiere.  In six inch high heels she had to withstand a lot of pain because earlier her weightlifting practice put too much weight on her waist and led to hip pain.  In high heels her pain was even more severe.  In he recent film she had to display her manly side.  She has not worn high heels in a long time, so she could not take it even after half a day.

Kong Yeuk Lam recently gained weight.  She said that after the film promotions she would lose weight.  She said that her appetite increased recently, now she still felt hungry after a bowl of rice.  Her manager has been keeping an eye on her and prohibited her from eating too much.  Speaking of playing a female revolutionary in a man's disguise, Kong Yeuk Lam said it was a lot of fun and hoped to erase her flower vase title.  She said that this subject was very serious.  When she performed she paid a lot of attention and did her homework before taking her mark.  She was the happiest to receive Best Actor Tse Kwan Ho's praise, which truly encouraged her and motivated her to work hard to play every character well.  Kong Yeuk Lam's Guangzhou fans even prepared a cake and gifts to celebrate her birthday at the end of the month in advance.  They also sang the birthday song on the spot, which touched her a lot.

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Elanna Kong Yeuk Lam in the Herman Yau Lai To directed new film GO GUI OI CHING (HIGH LIFT LOVE) played a weightlifter.  In order to coordinate with the weightlifting athlete image, Elanne gained weight and everyday practiced weightlifting for three hours.  For the ideal result, even after the shoot she did not dare to rest at home as she continued to keep eating and doing push ups.

In one scene Elanne participated in a weightlifting contest and needed to truly lift up 30 kilogram weights.  Before the shoot the director asked her many times whether she was confident that she would succeed.  She said, "All the tough training is for this scene to be realistically made, in addition during practice I was able to lift it successfully."  Yet during the official shoot, when she lifted up the weight her arms had no strength to support it, her hands loosen and the weight dropped on her back, putting her entire body on the ground.

After the fact she was still frightened.  "When I fell on the floor I screamed.  The director and the crew were very nervous.  Everyone ran over but didn't dare to move me.  The director immediately called for an ambulance but I felt I could still move.  So I told them to let me rest for a while before deciding."  However the director was still worried and decided to halt production, demanding her to go to the hospital to be examined.  Luckily she only injured her muscles and not her spine.  Thus Elanne quickly put on bandage, took some pain medication and returned to the set to continue the shoot.  She believed that this was the most painful film production experience in her career.

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