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A month ago because Amigo Chui was caught drinking and driving, his license was suspended. Severely damaging his image, TVB cut all his jobs, but he still has several years left in his contract. TVB executive Virgina Lok persuades him to change to behind-the-scenes work.

Virgina said: "I talked to Amigo earlier over the phone about this way out and to get the details of his disposition. He has talent, and it will be a waste if he doesn't be in this industry. However, he affected himself. Honestly speaking, it is not possible for him to have a glamorous life (artist life) in the short run. He is still young, he should try to switch over to behind-the-scenes work, even start from the bottom and work his way up. (TVB giving him an opportunity?) Not TVB giving him the opportunity, it is the fact that audience won't accept him. If audience accepts him, we can give him work, but getting complaints will just ruin him."

Has Virgina heard back of Amigo's decision? She said: "He needs some time to think about it, hope he can go think of it proactively. I am meeting with him next week to discuss about the matter. (Ask for Stephen Chan's advice?) Didn't discuss with him, nor did he come discuss with me."

TVB artists Linda Chung and Sunny Chan are currently shooting for new series Jiujiang's 12th Square and was cross contaminated, both caught the flu. This led to many of the cast and crew of the series to have fallen ill as well.

Linda was called 'Chung Source' by the series crew. She said: "They are just joking! I am not unhappy, I went to see the doctor three times and took a day off. Last week I got better, but my voice still has not recovered."

Sunny said: "I have experienced a lost voice in my life. I lost my voice 4 days and finally got better on the 11th day of CNY. My wife had a fever on the 4th day of CNY (the 7th). The doctor confirmed that it was the swine flu. (Wear mask after recovery for prevention?) Nope! I rely on my deep breathing exercises to maintain a strong body."

 The night before, Raymond Lam went to the man made beach in Malaysia to hold his first outdoor concert. Before the show began, it started raining. Fortunately when it was time to begin the show, the heavens went back to being beautiful and the concert was a success. The Malaysia concert is a new arrangement, besides having completely new dance clothing, the songs and the dances were all new arrangements. Although there was no rain during the concert, Raymond was still soaked on stage because of all his sweat. He expressed that first time holding an outdoor concert, it feels completely different. When sweat went down his back, he felt some coolness.

Malaysian fans were very bold and expressed their love to Raymond. Below the stage, they all shouted 'I Love You' and praised their idol to be handsome. Raymond responded: "I love you all too!" He then invited a female fan on stage to duet Lover and Sea, the two appeared very close and the other 'Fung Fans' went crazy. On stage, Raymond appeared extremely passionate with the fans. In order to get closer to fans, he did not care about his own safety, dancing from the 2 meter stage down to the audience. One 'Fung Fan' was able to give him a gift and another fan wouldn't let go of Raymond's hand. Because fans were too energetic and getting too close, Raymond had a painful expression. Later, he was asked if dancing off the 2 meter stage was dangerous? He laughed as he said at the time he was shaking hands with fans and did not think of the safety issue. He hopes that next time he can hold another outdoor concert. Besides Malaysia fans supporting his concert, Hong Kong and Mainland fans also made a special trip to support their idol.

Raymond reveals that his future work is very tight. He will be releasing his Mandarin album in March, and will be going to Taiwan to shoot the MV as well as prepare for the next stop (Singapore) of his Asia tour concert. In July, he will be holding his 3rd HK Coliseum concert.

Myolie Wu, Chilam Cheung and the rest of the cast to The Rippling Blossom held a celebration last night. The series received an average TV rating of 30 points, peaking at 33 points during it's first two weeks of broadcast. Myolie said in the series Chilam is often very sudden, and she has to change according to the situation. Earlier she was photographed with Bosco Wong looking at cars, Myolie admitted that she wants to buy a new car, Bosco was just accompanying her, but she hasn't bought one yet. Asked if Bosco is buying one for her? Myolie laughed: "If so, I don't mind!"

Asked if Chilam's wife Anita Yuen has commented on his new series? Chilam said: "She said I'm really funny, Myolie is fresh. In fact, my son is the one who has a lot of questions, 'why are you so close with that girl?' I didn't know how to answer, so I said because I am an alien." Chilam will be holding his concert on March 26th and 27th, he expressed that he is trying to lose 10 more pounds, so he does not dare to eat without restraints.

Yoyo Mung, Kevin Cheng, Kristal Tin, Evergreen Mak and the other 12 cast members to TVB new series Only You attended the promotional event.

When Yoyo appeared with Kevin Cheng in a wedding dress, she was teased by the other cast members as 'Mrs. Cheng'. When Yoyo appeared, Claire Yiu shouted: "Ekin Cheng! Mrs. Cheng!", Yoyo smiled sweetly in response. Kevin played along too, during the marriage oath he said: "I Cheng...Ka Wing wishes all the couples out there to get marry soon." Yoyo said: "I Do!" Then the 'grooms' took turns to carry their 'brides'.

Later, Yoyo was asked if she's in a hurry to be Mrs. Cheng? She said: "Don't say it like that, turns out that wearing a wedding dress is quite difficult. When I get married, I like to keep it simple and not too extravagant. That is if I really can get marry. I feel that I should hope for a marriage, and not a wedding. I hope my future wedding dress will be both black and white in color, but some people say it's unlucky. I'll just think about it when the time comes."

Natalie Tong's ex-lover Amigo Chui was told by Virgina Lok to change and work behind-the-scenes. She said: "We don't keep in touch. I think it's like running a marathon, may fall down in the middle, but it's important to get back up and help yourself. Give him some time, every person will have a period where they feel lost. (Do you believe he can work from bottom-up?) It is not important where he starts working from, what's important is to find a path for himself. I cannot help him because I am still in the race."

Regarding the rumors that Kevin and Charmaine Sheh sparked again, he said: "Don't believe in the magazines, we have always been good friends. I also sent a New Years greeting message via SMS on Lunar New Year to her." When asked if Charmaine is his cup of tea? He said it's hard to say, feelings are most important. Kevin also joked that he's Ekin's substitute and told Ekin not to worry, Yoyo is very light and can do pictures while carrying her for a long time.

The finale of TVB series 7 Days In Life aired last night. The series premiere started airing during the Lunar New Year period with no special response from the public. Unexpectedly, towards the end of the series reached a peak because of Joesph Lee's suspected indecent exposure. Yesterday on the discussion forums, Netizens posted photos from one of Joseph's scenes in episode 15, where he appeared naked, revealing his 'two dots' (nipples). Netizens were hunting down the shadow of the mysterious 'third dot' (referring to the penis) because he was suppose to be completely nude.

In this scene, the kidnapper Joesph was showering when he discovers that the kidnapped boy played by Coleman Tam was released by Kaka (Mimi Lo). Joseph immediately wrapped a large towel around himself and chased after Kaka and Coleman. Because Kaka wanted to stop him from capturing Coleman again, she stole his towel. This resulted in Joesph appearing completely naked, and relied only on a small wash towel to cover his private parts.

A Netizen discovered that when Joseph took the wash towel to cover himself, he was suspected to have flashed (indecent exposure) on screen. Netizens screen captured the scene and shared it on discussion forums and Youtube. There was also a message left on TVB.com "Bor Jai (Joesph's character) had an indecent exposure, truly sacrificing for performing arts! But how come TVB didn't cut it..." A more rational Netizen felt that Joesph couldn't have had something underneath to do the scene and suspects that it's just a shadow of the finger he used to grab the wash towel. Looking deeper into the screen captures, the 'move' is reasonable. There was also someone who praised 11th Brother (Joesph's character in Virtues of Harmony) to be very professional, sacrificing for performing arts...this episode got an increase of 180,000 clicks. Many people are curious of that scene and out of curiosity wants to investigate that indecent exposure too.

Happy to be praised sacrificed for performing arts

Reporters contacted Joesph on this matter, and personally explained the mysterious indecent exposure. He said: "I have also heard Netizens discuss about this hot indecent exposure topic. This is a 'beautiful' misunderstanding. I am really sorry to have disturb everyone, wasting their strength of vision. I am very certain that I did not expose indecently on screen. During the shooting process, I had on underwear and boxers. I feel gratified that people think that I appeared completely naked, and that I caught everyone's attention. It also proves that my acting was effective."

Some Netizens saw the mysterious 'third dot' shadow? Joseph said he had not seen the version online yet, but believes it's just a lighting problem that caused the misunderstanding. When they were shooting that scene, they NGed several times because his boxers were shown. Joesph said that when he received the script, he was also having a headache for two days thinking how he can give off an impression that he was completely naked and do it effectively. When it was time to shoot, he had on underwear and very short pants, and when he took the wash towel to cover himself up, it looked like bullfighting. There were many times during shooting that his short pants were showing, so he changed into boxers. The female artists and colleagues also present at the scene will have to watch him walk around in the studio in his boxers, it was already an unpleasant sight, so how can he go completely nude? He laughed: "Shooting films and going nude on the front end also needs tape, the TV scale is even more restricted, can't be that open. Also shooting in Tseung Kwan O's ocean area, there are lots of mosquitoes biting you, cannot go nude." Joesph said this was a 'beautiful' misunderstanding and feels happy to have strike remembrance for his own performance, attracting thoughts on how he's sacrificing for performing arts.

Reporters watched the clip of that scene again, and felt that the suspected 'indecent exposure' camera shot was just the shadow of Joesph's finger. When he was taking the towel to cover his important part, his finger was under the light and resulted in a shadow that became the so-called 'third dot'.

vIn the last year, TVB series has been suspected of plagiarizing other series. Didn't expect that even the new year series The Rippling Blossom starting Michael Tse and Chilam Cheung would get accused by Netizens of plagiarism. Netizens said that the sushi competitions and the brother quarrel scenes resemble Japanese drama Shota no Sushi and Korean drama Gourmet.

The plot describes Michael and Chilam as two brothers operating a sushi restaurant business and meets an opponent. During a sushi competition, Michael was defeated and goes to Hokkaido to start all over. Later, he discovers that he underestimated Chilam because he actually was actually a natural talent. Because of Michael's jealousy, the brothers' relationship ruptures.

Coincidentally, in a 1996 Japanese drama Shota no Sushi adapted from the manga is also about a sushi chef who grew up in Hokkaido. The sushi chef was also defeated in a sushi competition and went to Tokyo to become more skillful. Korean drama Gourmet is a story about two brothers becoming attached to food, later when the little brother's identity is cleared up, the brothers sink into a situation where they fall out.

Towards the Rippling being accused of plagiarism, Producer (Chong Wai Kin) denied over the phone, he said: "Intellectually it is identical, but the idea there is no need to copy. There are always competitions in the series, does Shoto have the identity mystery like Rippling? Does it have Michael Tse?" Netizens said Michael is too serious, often having a nasty look on his face. Producer Chong laughed: "Don't accuse him, that is the character design, his character is not smile much.