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Vonnie Lui Hoi Yan during the 3D SEX AND ZEN: EXTREME ECSTASY (3D YUK PO TUEN ji GIK LOK BO GAM) promotion won over boss Stephen Shiu Yeuk Yuen because she was willing to cooperate. Yet later she claimed due to enormous pressure she began to lose control and started to "cover up". Earlier she went with the team to Cannes and saw how successful the film was. When Stephen Shiu Jr. asked her to promote in Thailand, she immediately replied with a seven figure "promotional fee" demand via a text message.

Stephen Shiu Jr was stunned and did not comment. Siu Yan continued to shut off her phone and remained out of contact. The film company has already dumped her and confirmed to head to Thailand on the 6th with Hiro Hayama, Tony Ho Wa Chiu and Leni Lan Yan. As for future productions, the film company has also taken a "laissez-faire approach". Reportedly Stephen Shiu Jr has already informed company employees, "Use her if she is right, don't go out of your way."

Since returning from Cannes, Siu Yan has kept her phone off and did not even post online. She seemed to be disillusioned with show business. She said in Cannes, "I am too tired, it's time to rest. I would go to school and learn a trade. (Are you worried about your previous effort being wasted?) I am not worried, I am very easy going. In the future if the right script arises I would think about it then." Siu Yan's so-called pressure came from the media coverage. She referred to rumors of her renting a place in Sham Shui Po, "I grew up there, I never moved. I always lived with my family. This isn't true."

Hiro Hayama honestly said that he too could not find Siu Yan. Speaking of her retirement from show business, Hiro Hayama honestly said, "I won't make another category III erotic film, if I do I would be in big trouble. I want to try something new too. Right now I am in negotiation for a Mainland film. (Did you ask the film company for promotional fee as rumored?) I wouldn't do that, initially the contract was written like that. If other people wanted a bonus then let them, it's not my problem."

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The Vonnie Lui Hoi Yan and Hiro Hayama (Yip San Ho) starred 3D SEX AND ZEN: EXTREME ECSTASY (3D YUK PO TUEN ji GIK LOK BO GAM) will soon be released. Lui Hoi Yan for the film went on a diet to lose weight, stopped going out at night and drinking, but she did not lose a single pound in a week. She said, "Maybe I was nervous, the more I wanted to lose weight the more I couldn't. The more I couldn't the more I didn't dare to eat. On the second day of the production, I didn't eat after being on the set for 24 hours. When I heard others eat I wanted to vomit." Yip Ho San said, "I was very worried about her. She not only didn't eat but also didn't make a sound. She hid in the bathroom and cried." Lui Hoi Yan said that later she went to the doctor, who said that she had minor depression. Luckily she caught it in time.

Did they fall in love after such a long time together? Lui Hoi Yan said no, but they became the best of friends and talked about everything and anything. Yip San Ho also praised that Lui Hoi Yan as attentive, a good cook who often cooked for them, like drunken chicken, Korean rice cake, and cake. He said, "She absolutely is suitable for marriage, she definitely will be a good wife." As for why he did not pursue her, Yip San Ho joked that because her chest was too big. Actually he is already married, his wife is Japanese and lives in Japan.

Did his wife object to him making category III film? Yip San Ho said, "I made this movie because of what my wife said. Without her support I wouldn't be able to let it go." What did his wife say to him? he said, "Since you have never been naked before you should get naked." He not only let go with his body but also his personality. He used to be shy and was poor at communication with others. After making this film and meeting the happy Lui Hoi Yan, he became more talkative and humorous.

Vonnie Lui Hoi Yan and Hiro Hayama two nights ago attended the 3D SEX AND ZEN (3D YUK PO TUEN) celebration. The film will open in mid April but has already promoted intensively for awhile. Did it still have any secret weapon? Lui Hoi Yan said, "Actually some stills were held up just in case."

Lui Hoi Yan also pointed that some Mainland film critics gave positive reviews after the screening and thought that the film was not just selling sex. She said, "They clarified for us that the selling point was not just category IV or real sex, it is worth watching and worth paying to go." Hiro Hayama joked, "How do you know whether it was real sex or not?" Hiro Hayama said that it was not and he did not dare to because he promised his wife. Lui Hoi Yan and Hiro Hayama both agreed that during the shoot they had no biological reaction. Lui Hoi Yan joked that because the character in the film was trained in martial art, Hiro Hayama did not have a chance to touch her.

Reportedly Lui Hoi Yan due to the film had more suitors. She clarified that many of opposite sex contacted her. "They included old boyfriends, but I don't consider them suitors. Everyone is giving me a chance. I for now want to focus on promotion, after which I have to consider whether I will continue to work in show business; dating would affect my work, so I have to do my job well first before thinking about a personal life. (Would you work toward becoming a full time category III actress?) If the script is good I can; I also heard many Mainland and Taiwan artists turned down this film, they all regretted that they didn't participate."

Vonnie Lui Hoi Yun and Stephen Shiu Ting Yat yesterday attended an ATV program taping. After learning about Japan's 8.9 earthquake and the severe destruction that it caused, Shiu Ting Yat was very worried about the safety of his new film 3D SEX AND ZEN: EXTREME ECSTASY (3D YUK PO TUEN)'s Japanese actress Saori Hara. The other actress Yukiko Suo was in Shanghai. He said that originally he arranged for the cast to promote for a dozen days or so in Taiwan at the end of the month and in Hong Kong from April 7 to 12, now he did not know whether anything has changed. Shiu Ting Yat also said that after the Hong Kong Entertainment Expo the film will negotiate its Japanese sales. Now he was worried if due to the earthquake he would need more time, ultimately Japan was a very primary overseas market. Because he had many friends in Tokyo, many local film companies have made contact. In addition actor Hiro Hayama's entire family was in Tokyo and currently they were intensifying their communication.

Lui Hoi Yan also worried about her Japanese co-stars' conditions, but she immediately changed the subject to herself and the film. "It was like the end of the world. Time passes terrifyingly quick. Last year we just said the film was completed and would be released in half a year. In the brink of an eye it would be released next month!" Although the film has not yet been released, she was already so busy that she could not stop at all, due to the enormous stress she suffered insomnia. However she was not unhappy. With more work her income naturally increased. Even if she felt like the world would soon end, she would not squander her money. For her family's living situation she has been working hard to save money for a place. She wanted an unit that was large enough for her family of five and two dogs. She even saved the HK$6,000 from the Hong Kong government as she hoped to be able to fulfill the home ownership dream within the year.

She expected viewers would ask about the film and sex at yesterday's taping. She would raise her bottom line for the audience to discuss appropriate sex knowledge. She would even share her own experience but would not make any gesture. However the station was not an adult station, she had to keep underage viewers in mind.

Vonnie Lui Hoi Yun, Hiro Hayama

Vonnie Lui Hoi Yun, Hiro Hayama (Yip San Ho) two nights ago attended 3D SEX AND ZEN: EXTREME ECSTASY (3D YUK TUEN PO ji GIK LOK BO GAM) held a wrap banquet in Causeway Bay. When asked to pose on the sofa, Hiro Hayama immediately bounced away. Lui Hoi Yun denied that she was mean and said, "He is very shy, during rehearsal he was somewhat

embarrassed, but not during the official shoot." Yip San Ho said that he felt relaxed after completing the new film and gained weight. "I was sucked dry everyday at work." He denied that he was in a dispute with co-star Leni Lan Yan and revealed that he had several non category III films in negotiation and probably will not make another one.

Leni Lan Yan and Vonnie Lui Hoi Yun along with director Christopher Sun Lap Kei under boss Stephen Shiu Ting Yat's arrangement attended the category III film 3D SEX AND ZEN: EXTREME ECSTASY (3D YUK PO TUEN ji GIK LOK BO GAM) trailer premiere. As for the first 3D erotic film in history, its production effects have been anticipated. Yesterday in the short 5 minute trailer, the effects indeed pleased surprisingly. With the 3D effects, visually it indeed was more shocking than the general category III film. The visuals stood out more and were full of realism. Shiu Ting Yat stated that today he and lead actor Hiro Hayama (Yip San Ho) will head to the U.S. today to promote the film, which already has been sold in Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. The film's total investment of 25 million has already been half recovered.

Lan Yan said that she planned to invite her parents to attend the premiere. Will she invite Stanley Tong Kwai Lai? She said, "I would invite all male friends, but I no longer had any contact with him. Let's not mention this person anymore! We can talk more about the movie." She said that during her first trailer viewing, she was nervous while watching due to her poor heart. Luckily the effects were pretty and visually shocking. She said that the most difficult was the two day erotic scene shoot under water around 16 degrees Celsius in temperature. After that she was completely exhausted. She has not been scared off yet though. In the future if she had a chance to make another category III film, she still would as long as the team and the script were good.

Lui Hoi Yun also said that she has not seen the trailer before. After two months she was no longer embarrassed. Instead she felt her acting has greatly improved. She said that her family knew the production was difficult and would attend the premiere to watch her performance.

Many male friends have said that their necks were sore from waiting so long. She said, "Online some children left messages that they would like to download it because they were one year from the legal age. I urged them not to download and wait for next year to watch."

Shiu Ting Yat yesterday said, "The film is still being edited. It is very challenging to film censorship standards, but I deeply believe that the European version will definitely be released. If it can't in Hong Kong it will be available on DVD." SEX has been scheduled for an April 21 release in Hong Kong. Currently the film is 2 hours and 20 minutes long but will be cut down to 2 hours. Shiu Ting Yat said that he was considering an extended version.

Jordan Chan Siu Chun and Cherrie Ying Choi Yi early this year registered their marriage in the U.S. They even planned to hold their wedding banquet on November 13 in the Hong Kong Disneyland. The newlywed Chan Siu Chun not only displayed his honeymoon photos but also

worked. Today the film company unveiled photos from Chan Siu Chun's first film after his wedding, ISLAND (GOO DOH GAING WON). Reportedly, this horror film was completed and was in post production stages.

ISLAND gathered the top youth idols from three lands on both sides of the straits like Chan Siu Chun, Yang Mi, Hiro Hayama, Janel Tsai (Choi Suk Chun), Wong Yau Nam, Tsui Tin Yau, Anya, Shaun Tam Chun Yin, Maggie Lee Man Kwan, Jessica Xu (Tsui Ji Yin) and others. The youth horror film ISLAND Even from creative, production to costume and art brought viewers an ultimately horror film. From the currently under exposed Chan Siu Chun's stills, ISLAND's ultimate horror strategy has paid off.

Chan Siu Chun was full of horror film experience and could be called horror king. This time working with Chan Siu Chun was top Mainland actress Yang Mi, who has countless recently works and worked with Chen Kun on the horror film THE DOOR. She would likely take Angelica Lee Sinjie's ghost queen crown. Such a royal team, a few stills was enough to whet viewers' appetite.

Vonnie Lui Hoi Yan yesterday with Yukiko Suo, Hiro Hayama (Yip San Ho) worked on the category III film 3D SEX AND ZEN: EXTREME ECSTASY (3D YUK PO TUEN ji GIK LOK BO GAM). Lui Hoi Yan stated that the most passionate parts have already been completed. Because the scene had six actors and the costume's sequences, she was all scarred and already collapsed from exhaustion; aside from her, other actresses could not help but cry from all the tough shoot. Did she ask her adult video co-stars for advice? She thought it was too awkward so she did not ask. Also because they were too professional she did not dare to ask. She joked that she had to perform even wilder for the pride of Hong Kong.

Yukiko Suo stated that she has never made an adult video with wire work. She said that her first wire work and love scene crossover shoot was very memorable for her. Hiro Hayama said that now he was used to working with the actresses and he no longer had biological response.

However he stressed that it was not a problem, the reason was only because he was used to the pain of the tapes everyday. He also revealed that he would appear in the buff in the film.

After Leni Lan Yin exposed her sexual history, anyone of the opposite sex who had any contact with her was in danger. Her SEX AND ZEN 3D: EXTREME ECSTASY co-star, Japanese actor Hiro Hayama (Yip San Ho) yesterday admitted, "I just found out, I am a little scared because in the film we played a couple. We had a lot of bed scenes. Luckily my character released prematurely, which enabled me to avoid excessive bodily contact."

Supposedly, on the production start ceremony day they did not know each other at all. She was "all over him" and appeared arm in arm with him. Later she even "complained" that Hiro could not coordinate with her. "He said I should give sweeter answers to the reporters so everyone would have something to write about!" Hiro also claimed, "This is no ordinary sex film, which is why I took it. Everyone is so serious, I am very worried that such news of her would drag us down!" As for the sexual history with the handsome producer being exposed, Hiro said, "That producer and I know each other. We would meet for drinks and food. The impression I have is that he is very nice. Whether real or not, should anyone say about sex all over the place?"

Co-star Jason Yiu Lok Ming also revealed that she was passionate. "I have known her for half a year. She is pretty passionate and crazy. (Has Lan Yin mentioned her old romance with the handsome producer?) I know a little, she mentioned it to me before. She is rather emotional.

(Would her daring comment cross him?) I am not at liberty to respond."

Japanese adult video actress Saori Hara and Reiko Suho, young model forerunner Vonnie Lui Hoi Yan, Taiwan actress Irene Chen Chue-Ping, Mainland actor Leni Lan Yin and Hiro Hayama (Yip San Ho) yesterday attended a 3D SEX AND ZEN (3D YUK PO TUEN ji GIK LOK BO GAM) press conference. Lui Hoi Yan stole the show from the two adult video actresses and other co-stars.

Despite being adult video actresses, Saori Hara and Yukiko Suo were kept under wraps. Perhaps as they said they were very shy normally. During the performance they would give their all.

When asked about co-star Lui Hoi Yan's figure, they both praised her figure as good and very cute. In the first Hong Kong costume film they said that their costumes were very pretty, like making adult video movies they had no stress. They worked at ease and were the most

concerned about the language barrier. How sexy and passionate would they be in the film? They said that it will be very passionate.

Did Lui Hoi Yan feel like she won for Hong Kong? She said, "Earlier in Taiwan I already won for Hong Kong and was chosen as the Hong Kong bust goddess." To prepare for this film, she did a lot of body treatment and exercised like crazy in order to firm up every inch of her skin. She revealed that she would have a naked bed scene with Yip San Ho. As for full nudity she would have to see the shape she would be in. If she would be in good condition she would not eliminate the possibility.