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Director Chou buys 9 cars in a year
by kelvin@multistars - 19th May 2004Jay has always cherished cars like his life, buying curio cars he doesn't even blink when taking out the money. From last year in April to now, in a short year and he has bought 9 cars. But recently he has actively wanted to sell a black Benz 203 and a pink Benz 280S. Why is he, who loves cars, selling cars? He said coolly: "Now I have researched more about cars, that's why I am selling the cars that don't suit my taste." After a month of our reporters filming, lets make appear Director Chou's 9 treasures.
The two cars Director Chou wants to sell has been exposed to the media before, one black Benz 230 that is parked in front of the curio shop "omni by JFK", another pink Benz 280S that appeared in the "Broken String" MV. "At the start I didn't understand cars, as soon as I saw one that I liked on the road, I would immediately tell my assistant to buy it for me." He said that at the start when he was buying cars he emphasised "looking right to the eye", as long as he felt this car had a quality feel, he will buy it even without test driving it. Now he researched about cars, naturally he will eliminate cars he doesn't love.
Market price about 5,600,000
Rumour says Director Chou has curio cars, one more expensive than the another; the number of cars is even more a mystery, he said: "At the moment I have 7, 8 curio cars (in reality there is 9), but every one of them is very cheap, they are only 100, 200,000, so adding up the car prices, it is the money other people use to buy a new car." According to Director Chou's wording, he bought these 9 cars for 2,000,000, but reporters asked dealers to estimate the price, these treasures have a market price at most of 5,600,000. According to the reporters investigations, after he bought his first car last year in April, till now he has gathered 9 cars. In them 5 are registered under the name of "2nd Movement Corporation" that his mother Ye Hui Mei is in charge of.
Last year in April, Director Chou discovered a blue Jaguar XJ-S curio car in the "A Light Year" MV Kuang-Sheng Fu was filming. He bought the car right there and also launched his life of buying curio cars. Old Benz, he buys; a stressed old style appearance with technology inside Cadillac, he will also buy; even a car that needs to be transported from America to Taiwan, Packard that is Lincoln and Cadillac name, he also buys.
Rides in BMW
Other people are "Good car goes with beautiful woman". Yet Director Chou would never pick up Jolin with a curio car. In fact there was a time, Father Chou drove his curio car out, the car broke down in the middle of the road, making his father start to see Jay's cars as "scrap metal" and because of this lesson, from then on he wouldn't dare use a curio car to pick up Jolin, he changed to using the high tech BMW X5 the company gave him.
Renting over 10 parking spaces
Because Jay is busy with work, some old cars still haven't got license plates, some just don't function well, maintenance is troublesome too, so he just gave them to his friends to take care of, Jay also interestingly said to the reporters: "If you want to drive one, just get the key from me, don't be polite!"
The manager at Jay Chou's company's car park said that he has 10 parking spaces nearby, he has to pay over HK$10,000 for rent, to this Jay said: "The company will help share half of the parking cost, ok!"
Jay's old treasures all coming out
Dodge
Production year: 1970-1980
Players estimate: 100-200,000
Remarks: Dodge made engines in the early stages, if this car is maintained well, it is a good car
Cadillac
Production year: 1980-1990
Players estimate: 500-700,000
Experience of performing: This car once appeared on Dong Feng programme "Hip Hop Group"
Benz 280S
Production year: 1970-1980
Players estimate: 200-300,000
Experience of performing: Jay once appeared with it in the "Broken String" MV
Pontiac Grand Prix
Production year: 1970
Players estimate: 600-800,000
Experience of performing: Jay and this car helped new group "Nan Quan Mama" film the "Childhood" MV
Jaguar XJ-S
Production year: 1990
Players estimate: 600-800,000
Experience of performing: Once appeared in "A Light Year" MV directed by Kuang-Sheng Fu
Benz 230
Production year: 1970-1980
Players estimate: 500-600,000
Experience of performing: This car is the treasure of the curio shop "omni by JFK" opened by Jay
Volkswagen Carmen
Production year: 1960-1970
Players estimate: 700-1000,000
Experience of performing: Jay still hasn't appeared with his white Carmen, but he has the same type in Taipei
Packard
Production year: 1940-1950
Players estimate: 600-700,000
Experience of performing: This car was transported from America to Taiwan
Benz 280SLC
Production year: 1970-1980
Players estimate: 380-500,000