Edison Chen: Talk of The Month (March)

I like Edison Chen in the movie of “Initial D”, he acted well in the movie. I guess somehow and someday I will do a review of “Initial D” movie and share my opinion post here.


Talking about Edison Chen, I think everyone knows what happen to him last year. I am not going to stand to neither side of Edison Chen nor the victims of the celebrities’ ladies that involve in the nude photos. I just want to analyses or share some of my thought that we should learn something from this incident and share some of the news that maybe you people doesn’t know about it yet.


Back to a year 2008, January 27th, the first nude photos of Edison Chen and Gillian Chung had exposure to the public. The incident shock the Chinese speaking world and it did affect the celebrities who involved in the nude photos. Edison Chen has a new movie called “Sniper” was going to release at theaters on May 2008, unfortunately the movie haven’t show after a year the incident has broke out. Edison Chen is the main role in the movie of “Sniper” that why without him the movie has no storyline at all. I guess the director and producers are very headache how to re-edit the movie and repackaging the product before release into the market because China government would not like to see Edison Chen on their big screen. If the film “Sniper” can’t release on China, that’s meant the movie it has the possibility making a lost profit and this haven’t include in other Asia territories as well. Who want to see Edison Chen on screen as well? A handsome guy who looks cool with the sniper and probably seeing him on screen an hour long without thinking what he did with the nude photos? I am not saying I blame Edison Chen, I am just saying something that majority people who would think of and possibility would happened if the movie of “Sniper” release right now.

The movie “Jump” also being affected by Edison Chen as well, directed by Stephen Fung and written and produces by Stephen Chow. “Jump” supposedly release on theaters somewhere on May or June 2008. Again it was on hold until today, the film hasn’t release yet. Heard that Edison Chen hadn’t completed his scenes but he had completely cut off all of his scenes in the movie and replace by someone. Stephen Fung has to re-shoot the scenes that all involved Edison Chen even thought he insisted Edison Chen to stay in the movie. Stephen Chow held a meeting to discuss about Edison Chen whether he should stay in the movie or not, at the end, still profit come to the first place and sorry to Edison Chen again. Edison Chen has a small role in the movie of “The Dark Knight”, I would like to say, IF the incident didn’t broke out, Edison Chen would possibly has another step toward to Hollywood of his career. Anyway, at the end “The Dark Knight” has cut out Edison Chen from around 2 minutes scenes into maybe 5 to 10 seconds scenes. Even the big budget movie like Hollywood “The Dark Knight” didn’t want to risk their film profit into the maximum profit, so what do you expect to those HK film industry want to risk their investment as well? It’s a human nature when come to profit, business and money; I wouldn’t want my movie being bully as well.

On March 6th, 2009 Cecilia Cheung broke her silence after a year the nude photos incident had happened. She accepted an interview from TV on iCable on February 27th, 2009 and broadcasted on March 6th, 2009 because of Edison Chen appeared to the public and he was on the TV again on February 23rd, 2009. He talked something about the nude photos incident after he had completely giving statement to cooperate to the nude photos incident on Canada court.

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Ok, something that I want to share with you guys that I have learns something from this incident. After the nude photos incident had broke out Edison Chen, Gillian Chung, Bobo Chan and Cecilia Cheung had the largest drop of their careers. Their movies had been cut off, the billboard and the advertisement had been pull down and the endless jobs had been cancelled. It’s the biggest lost for all of them who involved in the nude photos. However, Edison Chen still survive without his showbiz career, he invested in fashion and multimedia company and made himself as CEO of CLOT in February 2007.

At this point, always remember to yourself when you have extra money, do not use all your extra money to buy expensive stuff that you really can’t afford. Investment is a good idea for us to earn more extra money rather than you just earn a basic salary. Look at Edison Chen, he destroyed his career and those who involved in nude photos careers and he’s still earning money by his CLOT Fashion Cloth Company and his multimedia company. Gillian Chung said during the interview of “Be my Guest” at TVB and broadcasted on Match 5th, 2009, she had no paid for her salary since the nude photos had broke out. That’s why I am saying this, Edison Chen is a smart guy, and he understand, in order to spend more money, you have to earn extra more money to spend instead of just spend all your income and depended your income on your current job. This is what I have learn, imagine, if one day I have been terminated by the company I have no income to pay for my current loan and daily expenses. What a risk for all of us right? I am always looking a way to end my employee’s life because I always think being an employee’s life you will never know when you will have terminated by the company.

Edison Chen has other option to earn money besides being an artist, however Gillian Chung is not that lucky as she is. According to the interview Gillian Chung even said, if she quit the showbiz career she has no other option to earn money. What a pity right? Anyway, I don’t think so, there’s something behind. According to lovehkfilm.com even mentions it, because of Cecilia Chung broke the silence and talked about the nude photos incident and received positive review to the public, whereas Gillian Chung’s manager took the idea and do the same thing like Cecilia Cheung had done. It doesn’t work on Gillian Chung, people still commented that she is still being fake of all. Well for me, I don’t think I have been touched by the two actresses being interview, because they are ACTRESSES, you never know they are acing or not and the reason behind. For my personal view of Gillian Chung, it’s not because she has no other option to earn money besides being an artist. It’s someone control her willingness not to leave the showbiz career, Imagine if you invest a million dollars on a person and suddenly break off your business and you haven’t make enough profit on it, so why should you just stop like that. The entertainment industry is darker than us to imagine, you can’t talk whatever you like and a lot of things you are order to do so without your willingness. What to do, this is how the celebrities earn money being fake all the times. Never raise your kids to an artist, invest them to have a degree certificate. Believe me, being a celebrity means you have no freedom at all. It’s not worth it, unless you think its worth.



I think I had done this poster around March 2008


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Hopefully this post has fulfilled Yaya request, but I don’t think she will read all of them it’s too long for her to read. Will Nick read it all of them? Probably not, Nick is waiting my “Dragonball Evolution: Review” post. I haven’t start writing that yet hopefully I can be more professional to make comment on the “Dragonball Evolution: Review” post instead of just scolding the movie right?




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