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Yesterday Myolie Wu, Linda Chung, Bobby Au Yeung and JJ Jia attended TVB series House of Harmony and Vengeance promotion event. Bobby was hilarious as he had on the ancient Chinese bra ('to dou') while playing the games. Regarding the ratings, Myolie laughed: "I heard the ratings were 29 points, considered above average!" Bobby sighed and expressed the leads are jointly treating the cast and crew a meal on the finale night, but Linda is busy shooting another series and may not be able to make it.

Bobby appeared at the event dressed casually and teased that he's pretending to be Ron Ng and then dragged Myolie into the water, by calling her Viann Zhang. Bobby teased Myolie, that she has to rely on materials to be able to have a figure like Viann's. When speaking of the heavy storyline in new series Master of Play, Bobby directly admitted that House is a no brainer and the happy feeling is like celebrating new years. Bobby said: "Disgust, action, handsome or Chok series are not for me. The silly and funny roles are more suitable for me because there's only me in TVB that hasn't left, but there are also Fuk Luk Sau (Louis Yuen, Wong Cho Lam, Johnson Lee) and Evergreen Mak. I have an old contract with TVB and still owe them about two series. We haven't discuss the contract renewal terms yet, but if I don't renew my contract, I will no longer have a hobby. If I go to Mainland and then back to HK, I'm worried I may be unemployed, so most likely I'll be renewing my contract. After all, I have been with the company for 30 years, and will eventually need to settle at one network."

Lately Myolie has been working in Mainland and each day she eats all three of her meals. She revealed she gained 10 pounds and is busy trying to lose the weight now. She said: "My lower body is the disastrous area, I have never had a pat pat (butt) in my 30 year lifetime. (What about your upper body?) Not sure, didn't measure." Does boyfriend Bosco Wong have anything to say about her weight gain? Myolie expressed he's busy shooting in Shanghai, and she hasn't seen him for several months. She feels her career should be the priority, it's fine if they don't see each other often.

Linda clarifies sister isn't sick

It was reported Linda is a 'stingy girl' and is actively saving up to help pay for her seriously ill elder sister's medical bills. Linda clarified: "Absolutely a misunderstanding! The reporter misunderstood my meaning when they interviewed me. My sister is very healthy. The report has caused unhappiness in my entire family. Friends and relatives were very worried, so I must explain and clarify this rumor. (Are you a stingy girl?) I spend when I should spend, just considered a normal girl. I don't have a domestic worker at home, so I go grocery shopping and cook myself, that is normal. Should I be going out to eat every day? So, in no way am I deliberately saving up to buy groceries."

JJ Jia feels unhappy scolded by Netizens

In the series, JJ Jia plays a villain, and is getting scolded by Netizens daily. She admits her EQ is low and is thin-skinned, so she's been feeling unhappy. JJ helplessly said: "I hope the ending will air soon, so I don't get yelled at anymore. Although this is the case, I won't resist to play villains in the future. In my next series, I'm a villain again. Because I want to try everything, I feel like I'm contradicting myself, so the only thing I can do is to have self-control."

Bobby Au Yeung has been acting for 30 years and been in numerous series. He has entertained an unlimited number of audience over the years and is the audiences' "Happy Fruit". Although his body figure is 'growing' every day, but the FaDans he co-stars with are getting young and younger. Lately, his youngest co-star is Linda Chung, who is 23 years his junior, that honestly makes people jealous.

BOBBY: I've been in a countless number of series and have paired up with many different FaDans, and they're even getting younger and younger too. Indeed, people envy me, but what's interesting is I never had a rumor. Perhaps everyone knows I had a girlfriend all along, then after I got married, I had a wife. Also I have a good record, so the female artists that collaborate with me can always relax.

When speaking of my youngest co-star, you can say she's Linda Chung in the latest series House of Harmony and Vengeance. Although our age gap is huge, there is no generation gap between us at all. Perhaps she matured early, whereas I matured late. Linda is a very gentle, but playful little girl and because of this we had a pleasant collaboration. Just like the bed scene we had, it was about her moaning while taking off her clothes after being drugged. Before the shoot, she asked me how she should approach the scene. Linda has never been drunk before, so she didn't know how to do the moaning. I taught her to scream the word "two" in Mandarin, but unexpectedly she sounded pretty good screaming that "two" and we completed the scene in one take.

Aside from Linda, I don't know why the female artists I work with, are all mean women. Perhaps I'm too naughty, and if not mean enough, I can't be tamed!

Jessica Hsuan - No One Dares to Touch her Chair

The meanest is definitely Jessica Hsuan. I have the guts to say that it is all because Jessica can joke the most. She is so mean, the whole industry knows. When we were shooting A Pillow Case of Mystery II, each artist had their own work chair, for the sake of convenience. After work, we leave the chair at a public area in TVB City, and on the next day anyone can just take the chairs to use. My work chair is fairly new and clean, but one time I didn't have to work for a week, and didn't want others to use my chair, Jessica suggested: "You write my name on it, no one will dare touch it!" I wrote Jessica's name on a piece of paper and drew a skull with cross bones below it. Results, when the week went by, the chair really was left untouched. Touch Jessica Hsuan's chair? You really haven't died before! Haha...

Let me give Jessica some justice, she's actually not mean. She's just someone who has a lot of principles. She will absolutely not let others borrow her chair because she believes the chair is a very personal article. If you want a chair, bring one yourself. Well, she's not wrong at all.

So Wet No Bra To Wear

Jessica is really a playful person. When I was shooting A Recipe from the Heart, there was one scene where John Tang and I had to use a cup of water to wake up the passed out Jessica. I suggested we put water in our mouths and then spray it on Jessica to wake her up, that's how cravings are satisfied! Jessica didn't have a problem with that, and I thought to myself since she's so quick and easy, I'll take it to the max. First I'll chase her around spraying her with the cup of water, then hide a bucket of water under the sofa. Jessica saw something was wrong and avoided the 'trap', but I still dumped the bucket of water on her back. She was completely soaked and the outcome of that scene turned out really good. Jessica was not upset at all, she just told me off when we got to the costume room: "You should have told me earlier that you were gonna dump the water on me, I didn't bring an extra 'Ba Ba' (bra). What am I going to do now that I'm all wet!" Only Jessica can be that playful, we are like a family. We don't get upset after playing.

Esther Kwan "Explodes the Room"

In fact, what I really want to do is find a boyfriend for Jessica. Unfortunately all the men around me are married. I told her to wait and see which one of them divorces. Many people apparently think Jessica is a dog lover, so any who's a dog lover like herself will be right for her, but she shocked everyone. Even her ex-boyfriend, the South African veterinarian (Ruan), couldn't handle her. I think only a lion tamer can handle her, tame her with a lash!

The second meanest is Esther Kwan. She really can't take any jokes, only Nick Cheung can deal with her, everyone else are just going to die if they tried. When we were shooting Legendary of the Four Aces, one time she had a scene with Nick. At the time they were already living together, Nick told her to go back to TVB City to do her hair first, then he'll go later. When Esther finished setting her hair, the PA (assistant director) suddenly said Nick got sick and passed out. I saw Esther rush out to get her car, at the time she didn't know what was going on and only saw Nick at the studio later that evening. She said you know how big of a mess I was in this morning? Esther was so upset she rushed back home, kicked the bedroom door loudly, and yanked the covers off, at the time it was cold weather too, Esther shouted: "Sei Lo (bad man), you can even prank me!" It's really like wow that can happen? They are a match from heaven, no one can replace them.

Yoyo Mung very open testing the kiss

In my theory, [my] mouth and face on the side, it looks like salted pancakes all piled together. What's so great about kiss scenes? You think it's Michael Tao? He has a taller nose, a sharper chin and better skin, his side face kiss scenes are pretty good to watch. I saw his kiss scenes with Flora Chan and Jessica Hsuan, it really looks smooth and free. When it was my turn to shoot a drunken kiss scene with Ada Choi in Armed Reaction 3, we completed the scene first by a kiss on the cheek, then the forehead and then finally a hug. All you have to do is display the feelings, there is no need for an intense kiss. Even the director couldn't refute.

But, later I had another kiss scene with Yoyo Mung. It was only then that I learned kiss scenes could be rehearsed! That time, we were at Tsim Sha Tsui shooting a kiss scene on the busy streets. Before we started shooting, I was so nervous, I walked back and forth, drinking water and eating gum. Yoyo came over to provoke me, "What? You really nervous? Got bad breath? You're eating so much gum. Seeing you so scared, there's not many people around now, want to give it a try?" You can rehearse a kiss scene too? Usually, I don't rehearse these scenes, only when we actually start shooting, I do the kiss. Fine! I gave it a try, she kissed me, and asked me if it felt good. I said it's good. She even asked me if I wanted to try another time? Usually after completing the scene, the actor would act like a gentleman and thank the actress. To my surprise, after we finished, I said thanks, but she says thank you back to me. What girl would say that? She's just unbelievable!

Later when I was shooting House, Yoyo saw me at the makeup room and said: "Hey! It's so miserable being a woman, you were just kissing me before, and now a few years later, you get to pair up with Myolie Wu and Linda Chung." I purposely said, "Yup, in the next few years you'll be my stepmother!" Just to upset her.

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Name: Au-Yeung Tsan Wah (Bobby)
Age: 50
Background: Joined TVB's Acting Training Class in 1982. From playing small roles to supporting roles, he finally got a lead role in 1995's File of Justice. In 1997, he won 'Most Comedic On-Screen Duo' with Esther Kwan for Taming of the Princess and then the 'Best Actor' award in 2000 for hsi role in Witness to a Prosecution.

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Jessica and Yoyo shares their Bobby stories

Jessica: "I had a kiss scene with Bobby one time, and before the shoot, he circled the director 10 times. He was constantly trying to convince the director to cancel the scene, but in the end the director did actually cancel it. I saw Bobby going in circles, it was just so funny. I haven't turned my back on him yet and he's not willing to kiss me."

Yoyo praised Bobby as a good partner and with him around, she has never been bored on the set. One time Bobby found her car keys and planned to prank her with it. When they were getting off work in the middle of the night, he insisted that he'll accompany her to her car. He thought she'll freak out when she can't find her keys, but little did he know, Yoyo was calm and pulled out her keys right out of her pocket. Bobby was startled and took out the keys he picked up, "Then who's keys are these?" It turns out, before when Yoyo was filming with Alex Fong, he would hide her keys to prevent her from leaving early. Since then, Yoyo always carried spare keys to work. Couldn't believe she pranked Bobby back with it that time, she laughed: "I really have to thank Alex Fong!"

Although Joe Ma's contract with TVB ended, he still went back to shoot the promotional clip for his upcoming starring series Tiger Cubs. Yesterday Joe, Him Law, William Chak, Oscar Leung and Vincent Wong were in Sham Shui Po shooting an explosion scene. During the time, an object flew and got Him on the eye, but fortunately it was nothing too serious.

Joe, Him and William have all recently been involved in the Lau Ding Sing male artist nude photo scandal. It was rumored Joe was one of the main artists Lau 'stamp collected', but Joe stressed he does not know him. He asked reporters back: "Is it because the Tiger Cubs actors are too handsome, so we are all dragged into this?" He admits he has done a swimwear photo shoot back when he was 18 or 19, "Because I was part of a swimwear show, so I have done a photo shoot in my swimwear for the advertisers as part of the audition, but I don't think that is a problem at all." He urges young people to be cautious of traps and should choose to collaborate with professional companies.

As for Lau Ding Sing has been convicted of sexual harassment and criminal threatening charges, Him expressed he has also followed the development, but will not comment. Also, he won't avoid Joe because of the gossips and expressed if there are good ratings, he is willing to go topless to thank audience. Joe said: "Revealing [our bodies] can be seen positively, let audience know how much we trained for this series."

William Chak was rumored to be Lau's godson, but he expressed he has no comment because he had just been lectured by his company and will be more careful when meeting people in the future. "Because of this case, many people have been worried about me. My mom is asking me about it day and night."

Jack Wu and his wife June Chan are pregnant again. June is currently 3 months pregnant and expected to due in December. Yesterday morning, Jack announced on Weibo that he's going to be a father again and uploaded June's ultrasound. He wrote: "Pride is a type of force that can make people become more diligent towards their work! Some people like to place the feeling of price on materials! My pride is only on my dearest daughter. Here, please forgive me for adding a little more pride [in my words] because there will soon be a new member in the Wu family! To all my good friends, I hope you can give my wife and I unlimited blessings, wishing them good health! Thanks! -- The Wu Family" Many good friends from the industry including Felix Wong, Niki Chow, Nancy Wu, Sharon Chan, Tavia Yeung, Raymond Wong, Raymond Cho, etc. all congratulated Mr. and Mrs. Wu.

Jack's daughter is already two years old, but during June's first trimester in this second pregnancy, she vomited severely and the doctor said her baby is a little unstable. She was encouraged to be on bed rest for a some time, so lately Jack has been responsible for the majority of the house work.

Yesterday Moses Chan and Maggie Siu attended the promotional event for TVB series Master of Play. Aimee Chan was absent because she was ill. At the event, Moses performed magic on stage, but was pretty clumsy revealing the tricks, and resulted in laughter among the audience. Moses expressed: "She (Aimee Chan) was going to come, but because she's been working too her, she feels unwell. I will take good care of her or accompany her to the doctor. Most important is she gets lots of rest. (You'll take care of her so she doesn't have to work?) She likes to act, I respect her aspiration. She has high flexibility in her acting, and has performed very well this time!" Moses expressed he has done a lot of homework on the magic and performed 60% of the magic scenes from the series. "I've learned a few tricks before, but of course the large-scale magic tricks, I need a professional magician to direct me."

There were many complaints on the bloody and terrifying scenes, Maggie strongly supported that the scenes were necessary for the plot. "If it were too simple, then the scenes would look fake. Of course, we have to have strong seriousness in the shoot to be able to explicate the later story. If the housewives have to look after their children, then don't watch. Save it for the evenings to watch online with husband. My mom is watching the series and is also not understanding the plot, I will explain it to her. In fact, the housewives are very smart, just they are too busy and cannot concentrate on watching series. Have to give it some time to digest."

Nancy Wu is often a villain in TVB series, which has led the public to believe she has a negative character. Earlier it was reported she went after 7 men, but being in the industry for 11 years now, Nancy is immune to all the rumors.

Nancy deeply understands that she does not need to explain her relationships nor does she care how people defame her: "In the past, I would feel unhappy by negative news, but now that I'm older, I matured and don't care about these news! It's not the first time the magazines wrote negatively about me. I just feel the news could affect other colleagues.

In fact, I really thank the magazines because coincidentally my series Gloves Come Off was airing and they gave me free promotion. As for the stories, I just laugh it off! The purpose of entertainment news is to entertain the public. I won't explain my relationships to the public because I am the one who knows best of my personal relationships. There is no need for others to comment on my relationships nor do I care if people defame me!"

Today, by age 25, women who are still not dating or married are seen as 'middle-aged', and those reaching age 30 are labeled as 'sing lui' (left behind women)! 30 year old Nancy frankly expressed she will not fall into this label nor is she afraid how people see her. The most important is to live a true and brilliant life: "30 years ago, this is actually the most brilliant age in life. I also want to remind all girls in Hong Kong, why must we be so silly? Why must we fall into that label and have something control our lives? I think the term 'sing lui' is just a fad. I believe after some time, we won't be using this term anymore!"

Epilogue

For the majority of TV series Gloves Come Off, Nancy and Power Chan were acting using sign language. Nancy said: "When Power and I were rehearsing the scenes, the people around us did not know at all what we were saying or doing. When it was time to actually shoot the scenes, we called cut and NG ourselves because even the director didn't understand sign language. It was only the two of us that knew what was going on, so we were considered the big shots, haha!"

It has been a long while since we seen former TVB Australian actor Gregory Rivers (Ho Kwok Wing). Just when we thought he retired from showbiz, he appears in the latest Aaron Kwok film Floating City. Gregory expressed over 20 years ago, he collaborated with Aaron before in a TVB series: "Working together again, we are good friends. He's very nice and doesn't have an attitude or temper. I have never seen him upset." He expressed Aaron taught him singing: "He taught me the pronunciation and how to say the words clearly. One time, we were quietly singing his song Strong as we were putting on makeup."

When asked if he plans to duet with Aaron when he releases his self-produced record? He laughed: "Never crossed my mind. I can ask him." In 2008, because of Hollywood film Dragonball Evolution, Chow Yun Fat hired Gregory to be his English tutor. At the time, Chow said he won't hire him again in the next 3 years because he wants to see what accomplishments he'll have in the 3 years. When speaking of Gregory and Chow's 3 year meeting, Gregory said he hasn't seen Chow yet.

TVB American actor Brian Burrell's smooth Cantonese all started in 1995. Within six months of learning Cantonese, he already learned all the basics and was able to communicate. Even with such high language ability, Brian still encounters difficulty when speaking his Cantonese lines: "A colleague told me: 'Usually when we chat, you do fine, but when you start speaking your lines, the pronunciations are off!' To increase my knowledge of the Chinese language, I don't allow myself to speak any English!"

Brian is very serious towards his acting. In his new series, he plays an English official, and has especially learned the English accent in hope to perform his best. He has a mission in his acting career, and it is all because of Gregory Rivers. When Gregory left TVB, he told him: "With you here, I can leave relieved because there will at least be one foreigner at TVB."