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Jay Chou: not getting back with Jolin Tsai, says there were times when he hated the life of an artist
by kelvin@multistars - 21st June 2009Source: Yangtse
Yesterday, Jay Chou participated in the recording of "I Am Listening" in Hangzhou, he made the media there work for a while, especially the fact that a certain Mainland China website yesterday posted up the news that Jay Chou and Jolin Tsai were opening a "husband and wife store" in Shanghai. Due to the rehearsal and Jay Chou's high requirement on clothes, the interview was delayed from 4 to 5:50, but the entertainment reporters still chose to wait.
Jay Chou is participating in this variety show in order to pick out the male lead for a commercial he is directing "I've never been a judge before, I think this is quite fresh. Of course I've taken part in competitions before, I think this is something that you need to do while you are still young." He revealed that the first time he entered a competition, he did it for the first prize money, it's too bad that he only got second place, he had to wait until the second competition before he realized his dream. "But this doesn't really matter, for the first competition I never thought about becoming famous. This thing about becoming famous, sometimes it's about luck, it's not enough just to have ability."
Jay Chou even expressed that there were times when he really hated the life of an artist. "Especially when being chased by the paparazzi or running into rumours. Afterwards, I learnt to adjust myself, thinking back at it now, I'm really lucky. There's a value in becoming famous, you can give a better home to your family, my mother can go abroad to play whenever she wanted, she doesn't have to worry about money."
He became famous in the music industry, now he is "switching careers" and becoming a director and actor, what Jay Chou said surprised everyone a bit, "I think it is sometimes very dull being an artist. That's why I thought of switching careers to become a director or learn magic. You see, I rarely come out to do promotions when I release an album, but when doing movies I don't get tired of seeing everyone. Maybe it's because singing is my own profession, it doesn't have as much freshness." Then did you just change purely because of interest? "Sometimes yes. A lot of the times, the change is because of my winning mentality."
Jay Chou said, there's great pressure on artists, but he has been lucky to have his friend Will Liu by his side. "He is the person who makes me happy. When I'm filming, he teaches me to exercise, he also chats with me to relax my nerves. Especially the fact his wife cooks stuff for me to eat. Because I'm single, when his wife cooks I can eat some too, such a scene is very warm."
Does he have a girlfriend, Jay Chou explained this himself. Yesterday there was news that "Double J" were getting back together to open a store in Shanghai, it would be strange if the media were nosey about this. "This is Icecream's business. He's the one who teaches a lot of Taiwanese artist to dance! You don't know him? Then I'll suggest he comes to Mainland China to do more variety shows." Jay Chou didn't forget to joke when he got to this point. "It's like this, besides teaching people to dance, he also likes to run a food and drink business. At the time when this restaurant opened in Taiwan, the main function of it was to avoid the paparazzi, because its third floor was hidden, the paparazzi outside can't photograph there. This time when Icecream said he wanted to open one in Shanghai, I thought it was something that was going to attract too much attention, I really didn't approve of it. I didn't invest anything into it."
Since it's not his own business, why is the name called Mr. J and Mr. Q? "Mr. J is mine! Mr. Q......I really didn't know she (Jolin Tsai) would sing a song called Mr. Q afterwards. I actually changed the name, I added a 'u' after Mr. Q and it became Mr. Qu, it's a dessert place right, isn't it great to eat it and feel QQ?" Jay Chou also explained, the inspiration for this idea came from magic. "I wanted to open a JQK chain of 3 stores. The only thing is I still haven't thought of the theme for K, J is the Italian French restaurant, Q is the dessert house, otherwise K will just be in Chinese style....I still have to think more about it."
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