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Hong Kong Film New Action -- Film Industry and Multimedia Industry Cross Platform Collaboration giant promotional project press conference took place yesterday.  Attendees included the Film Council vice
chair Peter Lam Kin Ngok, with the Cheung Sing Seung, Teddy Chan Tak Sum, Lawrence Cheng Tang Shui, Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Josie Ho Chiu Yi, Conroy Chan Chi Chung and Teddy Robin Kwan formed Hong Kong new century producer representative team.  They later would conduct an exchange event in Taiwan.  Lam Kin Ngok pointed out that on this trip to Taiwan, he will be able to directly exchange the latest film and multimedia industry market information with Taiwan producers.  He hoped to open the door of collaboration.  Next March many events will also take place during the Hong Kong International Film and Television Market, which will provide a negotiation platform for Hong Kong new century producers and Mainland and overseas filmmakers to assist them and the Internet industry and the new media industry operators to confirm commercial collaboration projects.

Earlier reports claimed that Lam Kin Ngok led show business personnel to participate in the Chief Executive electoral commission, Leon Lai Ming clarified that he did not participate.  Stephen Chow Sing Chi who was rumored to take Lai Ming's place also said that he had to consider it.  Lam Kin Ngor said that they had to select someone who could represent show business.  Through deep consideration, each organization had a representative.  They mainly wanted to help the show business.  He said, "Anyone I approach is out of representation.  Leon thought that he would go himself, but actually his assistant didn't apply for him."  Now has he approached Sing Yeh?  Lam Kin Ngok said that he did not know but he would find someone recognizable in show business and everyone will know tomorrow.  Lam Kin Ngok said that singer representative included Alan Tam Wing Lun.  As for confidence, he said that reporters asked about confidence, he never talked about it.  He was only responsible for organizing.  He was not qualified to invite anyone.  As for his choice, he joked it was himself.  He too wanted to do something for the Hong Kong film industry.

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2011 FIRST youth film festival two nights ago took place at the Xinning Qinghai University.  Zhang Ziyi with LOVE FOR LIFE (JUI OI) won Best Actress again and the "the Chinese filmmaker with the most international university student attention".  Daniel Wu (Ng Yin Cho) with OVERHEARD 2 (SIT TING FUNG WON 2) defeated SHAOLIN (SUN SIU LUM JI) and DETECTIVE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME (DIK YUN KIT ji TUNG TIN DAI GOK)'s Andy Lau Tak Wa to win Best Actor.  In the Best Actress category, Zhang Ziyi had over 30,000 votes more than second place Fan Bingbing.

This event hoped through young university student exchanges to discover even more new filmmakers.  When jury members and guest presenters Teddy Chan Tak Sum and Guan Hu presented the award to Zhang Ziyi, she humorously said, "I too just ended my summer vacation.  I am preparing to start school with my course DANGEROUS LIAISON, thank you everyone for your recognition and high grade of my course last year LOVE FOR LIFE.  I hope very much to have the chance to work with young directors in the future.  I too hope that I will be able to provide them with an even better platform, for young filmmakers with ideas in China to be able to display their own stage."  At the same time she again won the "Chinese filmmaker with the most international university student attention".  She took a deep breath, carried that heavy "brick", smiled and said, "Tonight all the friends who won said that this award was heavy like a brick.  I too told friends that this could be called the 'youth film golden brick award'.  I volunteer to be the best spokesperson."

Ziyi also said, "Among Chinese actresses I have to the one who have been beaten with bricks the most and the most viciously.  Yet I want to tell everyone, as long as you still have a breath, as long as you haven't been beaten to death, you have to bravely stand up and happily run toward your goal and your dream."  This self ridicule won the cheers and the applause of the entire venue.  Later reporters asked her about her gossip with Leon Lai Ming.  She said, "It's absurd.  I hope from now on people will keep making up stories for me, after fooling reporters they can fool me."

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Derek Tsang Kwok Cheung, Teddy Chan Tak Sum

Ethan Juan (Yuen King Tin)

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The New Year film BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS (SUP YUET WAI SING) has already completed half its shoot in Shanghai. After the appearance of Fan Bingbing and Li Yuchun, the film's other female lead, Zhou Yun, who in the film grew up with Nicholas Tse Ting Fung joined the cast quietly on the eve of June 1 Children's Day. Since both Tse Ting Fung and Zhou Yun are parents, although they met for the first time the topic of children brought them closer and very quickly put them into the film's "lover" condition.

Zhou Yun who was busy slimming down after giving birth was absent from the film's earlier press conference, but director Teddy Chan Tak Sum expressed, "Zhou Yun was our first confirmed actress." As early as eight years ago, Chan Tak Sum has wanted to work with Zhou Yun on a new film; after several misses they could not work together successfully. This time he approached Zhou Yun again but learned that she just gave birth to her second son. He thought that he would have to be sorry again. Then Zhou Yun read the script and was very attracted to the character. She immediately decided to train for this "eight year long appointment" and rapidly slimmed down.

Ting Fung and Zhou Yun on the set talked about their children. Although both families' "star babies" had different educational environment, they agreed that they could not spoil their children. When they should educate them they would have to "educate" them. On their children's future choices, they felt that they should respect their children, but both seemed to lean against letting their children come in contact with show business too soon.