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Being a superstar mum is hard, for Sylvia Chang's stage play [Design for living], the last half-year Joe Cheng (Xiao Zong) has been in China touring, the time spent at home was never been longer than a month. Mother Cheng 54 years old to show support for her son's journey, she secretly joined Joe Cheng's fan club group on the internet, even paying the joining fee. She also left encouraging messages on the website to tell his son to Jia You.

While he was far away in a strange land, when Joe saw it, very emotionally he said " I really feel regretful, almost wanting to cry, after becoming an artist it's been a few years since I've spent new years at home".

Although his parents have split, Joe lives with his mum but still has a good relationship with his dad, his parents are his most loyal fans.
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Source : JF Daily
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Joe Cheng and Sylvia Chang came together to a certain IT company in Taipei on March 10th, experiencing the real life of workers, at the same time promoting for their modern stage play [Design for Living]'s stop at Taipei in mid-April. Joe Cheng said, if Sister Chang (Sylvia Chang) was not married, he would consider an eager pursuit. On one side, Sylvia Chang thanked Xiao Zhong for showing her such favour, on the other side jokingly saying that the intimate scenes in the play are all to satisfy her own little desires.

In [Design for Living], Sylvia Chang acts as a middle-aged female boss who has an ambiguous love relationship with the newly-stepping into the working world character played by Joe Cheng, having many intimate scenes opposite each other. Joe Cheng said that in real life he also does not object to older woman, younger man relationships
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Zheng Yuan Chang and Lin Yi Chen, what kind of love is this onscreen couple is going to spark out in their new series [Love or Bread]? Will their personal view on love be the same as their characters in the series? Will they get a bloody head when they comes to love? Or are they able to retrieve themselves completely? What kind of love will they consider as [wealthy bread]? So let’s hear what they have to share in their battle for love and sweet thoughts report!

Question: Which points in [Love or Bread] is most attracted to you?
Yi Chen: The understanding and tacit understanding that the 2 leads have build when they started to live together, because both of their personalities are the total opposite of each other, the way they are attracted to each other has attracted me greatly.

Xiao Zhong: Character, the female lead is Yi Chen and Director Lin He Long, those are the things where [Love or Bread] is attracted to me. Because the personality of the male character is a role that I have never tried before, even though I’m not sure that I will be able to grasp the character when I first accepted it but no matter what, I still want to take on this role bravely, this is what I was feeling when I first accepted this role.

Q: The characters in the series, are there any similarities to yourselves?
Yi Chen: Shan Mei is as boring as me, like even though she is exhausted, she still has the momentum to continue on to do things, this is very similar to me, many people often thinks that I am very boring, has a very difficult life and when I joined into this field I have become even more boring! It’s not that I am always in a combat mood but I will have nightmares very often, I have never stop from having these dreams, it's like I am having a minor nervous breakdown or something (Smiles). Now I have learned how to search for happiness from my pressure, and I will have a regular time for me to ride my bikes, riding on the paths in Ba-Li, wind blowing, watching sunset, that’s my greatest enjoyment!

Xiao Zhong: Frank is similar to me, if I get to sit then for sure I won’t be standing and if I get to lie down then for sure I won’t be sitting. (Reporter: It’s that the meaning of laziness?) Just trying to get the chance for me to rest; allowing myself to feel comfortable.

Q: Which scene is the most unforgettable and which scene was the hardest to film?
Yi Chen: The hardest part is not about those physical difficulties! It happens to be where you have to film about 30 scenes in 1 day, all happens to be the emotional heavy scenes, so the director has started to tell us a lot of his past and very sad love story, there’s a big gap for sure but I was able to understand them! (Ha) After filming these kind of scenes, you will be very exhausted, sometime after all these crying you will feel very enjoyable, it’s very contradicting sometimes. To me, sometimes it is like I am showing the emotions that I have suppressed within myself. (Reporter: You are very quiet, so normally how do you release your emotions?) I am similar to everyone, I will go to sing sad songs in KTV and just release them (emotions) by simply singing a song.

Xiao Zhong: I think that since the beginning when we were filming the main location, the scenes that were involved in that location were very difficult, because that time (we) just started to get into the role and has to film about 100 scenes within 4 days; under this kind of circumstances, and with my own logic and experience, it is totally impossible, but we did able to finish filming those scenes within 4 days as planned. I still remember that day when we finished those scenes, I sat on the bench in the park, looking at the sky, with a blank face, recalling what has happened during those 4 days, what did I do that could actually accomplished this mission impossible.

Q: To you, what type of [Wealthy Bread] are you looking for in your life?
Yi Chen: Able to have a lot of people who love me and who I love continue to enjoy my life with me, and hope that in the future there’s a significant other who will also do the same as me.

Xiao Zhong: I think that it doesn’t have a particular exact shape, should be [Xin Fu]! Like when you have a full stomach, get to eat delicious food, being in love, good friends celebrating birthday with you, giving red packets (money), actually we can have xin fu very easily, as long as you know how to cherish it. Maybe when you’re thirsty, drink the water and soothe your thirst that is one of the xin fu too. I really believe that all the tiny things that happen in life, you will be able to notice those tiny xin fu feelings, it only depends on whether you know how to cherish it or not.

Q: In the series, you are willing to become a fool when it comes to love, in real life, how do you view love?
Yi Chen: I think when a girl is in a relationship! Their belief has to be slow but their tactics have to be wise. Like you cannot give a fake heart to the person, but to maintain a long relationship, you still have to have a bit tactics and small tricks. (Reporter: If you have slow belief, wouldn’t your mind turn into emptiness as well?) Nope! Even if the bottom is a sea of knives, I will also jump but I will be fully prepared with safely suit before jumping. It’s a pity that I haven’t met that person yet, at the moment, there's nobody that can make me willing to take the jump yet! But I feel that if I love a person, then I should work hard on it! No matter what happen, at least I have worked hard on it!

Q: In the series Tsai Jin Lai is a person who loves to imagine, loves money and power, did you ever find yourself getting lost from your values in money and fame?
Xiao Zhong: Should have at least a little bit! When you shot to fame that quickly, sometime you will get lost in it when you have some comments that comes from a certain group of people! And (you'll) see things in 2 extreme versions, sometimes you will be utterly depress while sometime you will be utterly happy. (How do you pull yourself back?) Rely on my ways in handling them or guidance from my seniors or elders who remind me. (The best solutions will be?) The critics from the elders, it is very useful for me, will wake me up very easily. So even if I get lost in it for just a little while, I am able to wake up very quickly. (Laughed)


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Don’t expect to see Zheng Yuan Chang as [Prince Charming] in [Love or Bread] because this time I will be sacrificing for art, throwing away all the image.] [Xiao Zhong] Zheng Yuan Chang was busy filming scenes in a mansion that worth millions of money, during his break he has accepted our interviews that have traveled from a far.
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On the night of the 29th, Ent.163 reporter met Taiwan beauty Joe Chen who became popular in Taiwan after starring in "Fated to Love You". Wearing a checkered short skirt, she revealed her beautiful long legs and ignored the near ice temperature of Beijing. When the ent.163 reporter congratulated her on being nominated for the Golden Bell Award and wished her luck in getting the award, she happily responded and thanked her for the support.

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Before 7, there were already more than ten fans waiting at the airport exit in a formation to await their idol. It was until 10 that Joe Chen, in a pair of huge sunglasses, and her assistant slowly walked out. Joe who filmed a very exciting bed scene with Ethan Ruan in "Fated to Love You" wore a short checkered skirt to match with her boots
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Zheng Yuan Chang (Xiao Zhong) and Lin Yi Chen are the best couple onscreen; Xiao Zhong’s family especially looking forward to the two going from reel to real. Unfortunately the two don’t telephone each other, from beginning to end not getting involved in rumours. However, when Zheng Yuan Chang recorded [Shen Chun Hua Life Show] last night, he revealed that he had previously been rejected by Lin Yi Chen, causing Lin Yi Chen to shriek loudly: “Really? You have pursued me before?"

Starting from the [It Started With a Kiss] series, Xiao Zhong and Lin Yi Chen play couples for the 3rd time in the new drama [Love or Bread]. Last night the two brought older Zheng sister Zheng Qi Xuan and younger Lin brother Lin Wei Sheng together to the show.
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20th October, Taiwanese Idol Series male actor Zheng Yuan Chang has accepted an interview with yule.sohu.com when arrived to Changsha to record the Happy Camp show. The interview session was conducted under a quick questions and answers condition, from a list of questions that were being asked by the reporter, Zheng Yuan Chang was giving tight-lipped answers while answering them, sure living up his title as [The King of perfunctory] in Taiwan’s Entertainment Industry.

Not afraid of bed scene during acting
In Idol Series [They Kiss Again] because of Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin’s passionate bed scene during their [First Night], the tv series was be called as [TV version’s of Lust, Caution], widening the measurement for the first time for the idol series. While in [Honey and Clover], Zheng Yuan Chang also share a daring lingering bed scene with Tarcy Su in Japan, sharing a bath together, startling everyone. Seems like even idol series is also taking the sexual passion path; about the filming measurement,
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Taiwanese Popular Male Artist Zheng Yuan Chang has especially traveled to South Korea yesterday to attend the [3rd Seoul Drama Festival]. Yesterday afternoon he has also held a fans meeting over there and have attracted about 500 South Korean fans for the event. Zheng Yuan Chang keeps charming his fans by giving them hugs, mesmerizing all the South Korean fans.

Zheng Yuan Chang who enslaves the South Korean Fans through Taiwanese series [It Started With A Kiss] has held a fans meeting at Yeouido Park, Seoul entertaining about 500 fans from [Zheng Yuan Chang’s South Korea Backstage Member].

Using Korean to introduce himself
Among the fans their majority age group would be around 24 – 40, all of them were holding light blue balloons while attending the event. Zheng Yuan Chang releases his charm during the event, other than shaking hands and hugging the fans.
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Source : Udn [2008/9/25] Images from Mingpao
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[Love or Bread News] Joe Cheng hurt himself with a brick; takes the opportunity to drive a Hummer

Xiao Zhong, Zheng Yuan Chang who belongs to non-car owner category sits in a NT$3,000,000 secondhand Hummer just to see how it feels! Not only he didn’t get to drive the car but Xiao Zhong has do lot under the hot weather. He needs to run around in the street and even has to use a brick to hit his head, he let out a big sigh and said: [Just another bloody and sweaty day!]

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Yesterday Xiao Zhong was a car salesman for GTV’s [Love or Bread], during his break, he has taken the opportunity to sit in the NT$3,000,000 worth of Hummer. Xiao Zhong’s arms and legs are long so when he sits on the driver seats and posing like he’s trying to turn the steering wheel, he looks very cool and stylish.
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Taiwanese idol series main actor Zheng Yuan Chang rose to fame in one night because of [The Rose] and because of [It Started With A Kiss] he is now famous all over Asia. Even a coffee shop in Korea is opened with his name. Maybe he has acted in too many idol series already and started to get bore so the main actor have decided to venture on to stage play, to test out whether he still got his charm or not.

Heard that in the coming November, there will be a world premiere in Shenzhen for the play [Life & Survival] and this will be Zheng Yuan Chang’s “first step” in stage play. The main cast for this play will mostly be Taiwanese. Will lead by Hong Kong’s famous actress Sylvia Chang with Hong Kong talented director Edward Lam’s finest creation, David Wang, Xie Ying Xuan, Kate Yeung, Zhu Hong Zhang and Huang Jian Wei will be among the cast.
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