[USA Group Order] LâOfficiel Hommes August 2015 - Kris Wu
Hey guys! Iâve set up a group order for the LâOfficiel Hommes August 2015 issue with Kris on the cover. The form link is here.
This is mainly for USA, but Iâm willing to take orders for Canada. Last time for Vogue, shipping the magazine from the USA to Canada was $20.85 flat rate so if youâre willing to pay that, I have no problem taking your order.Â
If you have any questions, you can contact me via twitter, askfm, or email: [email protected]. I donât check my tumblr account that often so it wonât be the fastest way to reach me.Â
[ANNOUNCEMENT] Meigeni Express Subbing team is recruiting!
Attention Meigeni! As you know, our wonderful, fantastic, amazing Kris Wu has joined a new variety show, Challengers Union! Meigeni Expressâ subbing team would love to sub the future episodes for everyone, but we are in need of help!
We are looking for translators and video encoders to join our team! More team members mean faster subbed episodes that get released to our lovely international fandom!
Do you have a good grasp of the Chinese and English languages? Come translate for us! Donât want to translate? We are looking for timers as well!
Canât understand Chinese but want to join the team? Be a video encoder! No experience? No worries! We are willing to teach you!
If youâre interested in joining our friendly subbing team as a translator, timer, or video encoder or have any questions please contact Katie via direct message on twitter @shuaijerks or through tumblr ask:Â http://www.shuaijerks.tumblr.com/ask
I just realized that I have messages on this tumblr account that I never checked. Iâm sorry!! I promise I wasnât ignoring you guys.. but I really wasnât on this account much and didnât get notifications. Sorry!
ok Iâm writing this just to let everyone know that if you ever get the chance to see kris and pass along letters or gifts to him, I already took care of littledragonmaidenâs final letter to kris. if you were friends with jade, who passed away last year, I wrote out her letter and I made sure it got to him when I saw him in the airport on 150506. I donât know if anyone else had the idea to do this for her, so Iâm announcing it just in case, so he doesnât get it multiple times.Â
In this generation where everything is possible,
We still often gain surprises ---
For example, the power of Lu-fans as though they are crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood,
For example, those potentials on this (almost) 25-year-old boy, is like a thick diamond that hasnât been polished but is already sparkling.
This make us decide to âbe willfulâ one last time and put this fresh idol on the cover of GQ style.
This new idol that is full of youthful ambition and is shining did not disappoint us.
The shoot was arranged in a hidden studio on Changan Street. In the morning, the empty studio still had echoes, until when Luhan suddenly walked out of the dressing room, the crowd then surrounded him, and the atmosphere immediately became lively. Shooting, resting, shooting, resting, eat, shooting, resting, this kind of schedule was continued until the afternoon. In the midst of filming, he and his managing team walked out of the studio, when they came back, he walked in by himself through a side down, he was walking very fast, leaving the other people far behind him. When the site was changed to a bar counter, he even played on the guitar that was used for filming.
He is full of energy from the start till end. This makes it easy for people who come in contact with him for the first time to have a good impression â You have to know when most celebrities start their day of work from morning, they still have the tiredness from the night before. When he put on the first outfit, he automatically took his phone out and connected it to the loud speakers, and in this environment, he didnât hesitate and chose a rap album.
With this, the international tag that he has on him was activated again.
When treating celebrities with such background, Chinese fashion magazines are always full of affection. One side, they are infected with culture of prototype for many years, trying new styles may be a little difficult, another side, with the immense number of fans and the ability to influence is beyond ordinary, which makes people curious
Why would you be curious? We all ask ourselves. Before this, we must know clearly what kind of method people use to understand and know him.
From his first album, to Baidu Tieba (a social networking site in China)âs innumerable video montage, even going back to the past year, a single Weibo post that was authenticated by the Guinness World Records, to the movies he participated in recently. This is probably not enough. With the help of social networking, fans gain endless information about every single public appearance; and they spread it again, letting more people know. The more it continues, the more you realize, you will never know as much as them.
Donât give up on any chance. We even observe his condition during shooting, this is a normal shooting process, and to observe the artistâs state at every moment, on these bases, the cameraman might adjust their own shooting scheme, change his style according to his fashion edits, we also have to conjecture what differences a new generation idol has with artists from before.
Not the same aged artists, but way earlier ahead, the way kings and queens (referring to the senior artists who have been in this entertainment industry for a long time) deal with the camera in front of them. The latter has accumulated the experience of taking an exquisite photo in a short amount of them, they know where to start focusing, know how to pose, and they barely make any mistakes, so it makes the shoot very safe.
In front of the camera, Luhan needs to act out the rock nâ roll style; the speed he uses to change clothes is very fast, not wasting a single second. If he needs to move his body, his movement will fit the rhyme of the music, but his eyes wonât move away from the camera. When resting, he moves over to look at the photos that were taken, looking at them very carefully, this way he will know how to adjust himself in the next shoot, this makes him seem very well trained.
âI have started to become interested in acting, I might spend more of my time on acting. So recently I have starting getting training in this area.â This might result in him paying more effort than before. The reality is like this too, comparing Luhan from <Back To 20>, the Luhan in front of eyes looks slimmer. Commenters are not as strict to his performance in the movie as they treat other new actors, in the feedback that surrounds us, most people think he did pretty good.
âWhat kind of hard work did you put into your first movie?â
âHard work, I donât think it should be said this way⊠ I think, why people think my performance wasnât that bad was probably because most of the movie was the true character showing.â
âAlso because the director was good in teaching meâ He immediately added, âThe other actors also taught me well.â
I was told that apart from acting, recently he has been trying to train his ability answer in interviews. He realizes that he is utterly unskilled in confronting media interview, âIn this stage, people are still laughing at me for being a beginner.â He self-mocked. I think they are reminding me if I should be slower or what. But look at how he is able to talk now, why should you worry.
Luhan stopped to laugh for a bit, his tone and attitude is the exact same as a normal Beijing boy.
Luhan Speed Interview
What kind of movie do you want to film?
Comedy
What type of character?
A funny one.
Are you a person that could remember dreams?
No
A person you worship?
C Ro (Cristiano Ronaldo)
Youâve always been?
Since he joined Manchester United.
You want to become him?
At the time, I would.
Appearance wise as well?
Oh, not that. (laugh)
If you were a stylist?
Natural, bareface, center part hairstyle.
How many colors have you dyed your hair?
Many colors.
Love shopping?
Itâs alright.
Where do you buy?
No set place.
Recently bought?
Ironman action figure and Moncler down jacket.
Something you regret buying?
Bought too many IronmanâŠ..
Friends that you currently play with?
Lao Gao
What type of guys could become brothers?
Depends on fate
What kind of girl would move your heart?
If the feeling is right then itâs right.
Beijing boys are the same. How should you describe it? Itâs the type of boy that check Weibo while resting and play games. Looks at hot news casually, âalso including political news, to get an understanding of the countryâs policies and what not.â He is extremely fascinated with the Ironman series, even âcollecting Ironman action figures.â He also plays game, recently he has been researching on a type of bracelet that could play games.
He even has similar childhood memories as these boys. In the summer of 2002, the situation of Chinaâs team participating in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea made the boys fall madly in love with soccer.
âAt that time, a lot of the atmosphere was of playing soccer.â Soccer took over his childhood and youth, becoming his known hobby. As a celebrity member, you could see him play with professional soccer players on the soccer field, that could be a certain charityâs themed competition. He even told us that he has a plan related to this. âIf there is a chance,â he said seriously, âI always had a wish, itâs that within Chinese youth soccer⊠basically to make soccer be a little more popular amongst youth, hahahaha.â We were shocked. He then explained and said, because this type of exercise firstly trains the body, and also develops team awareness.
In reality, since really early on, he already had wishes to participate in different charity events. Including one that fans found, during his pre-debut student days, he left messages on certain forum supporting charity. Recently was on a certain program, he donated his own earbuds to put up for auction to raise money for hearing impaired children. After becoming a celebrity, he learned how to use his own aura to continue to call on fans to join together for charity, acquiring a charitable image, this made him face an even more perfect, more professional artist career. However, from today starting with this little wish, you will realize he might not be completely for his profession.
I donât even know what to say. From the start, it seems I learned about them too late, this may be due to a natural generation gap, but that doesnât stop you from admitting he is not the same as past idols.
Luhan is very clear that the internet brought a huge change to the world. The most evident is on social media platforms, fans messages immediately enter into his life. âNow, you just need to pick up your phone and you will be able to find out what theyâre saying.â Not only his fans, media also surprisingly found that the internet is changing the worldâs media system: through using the internet, fans are able to use social media to create a bright picture of stars.
In the past, a very short while ago, he went from a normal soccer playing and student Beijing boy into the super idol whoâs one Weibo post could break a Guinness World Record. Luhan said he the most memorable image of Beijing to him since then was Tiananmen Square because he would pass by it frequently. After that, he went through an unusual, concentrated, and intensive few years. Sometimes during this time, or maybe within a period of time, he also gained quick maturity.
âSo what is something that you used to believe, but you donât believe now?â
âIâve never really thought about it, what I believed in before, I should still believe it now.â
Even when Beijing has already enter into the spring, getting close to 5pm, the natural light gradually dims, the photoshoot is already entering itâs completion. Even after a dayâs shoot, he still maintained an energetic spirit: from the setâs bar, following the camera to the fire exit door, the crew and all the lighting are accompany him. Honestly speaking, I didnât care how the photos came out, I woke up too early, at the time I was falling asleep.
It seems while taking the last few photos, he accidentally kicked the electric fan, âkadunkâ for a bit, it was not a small move, everyone looked over.
âEveryone woke up?â He said embarrassingly.
After the dayâs shoot, he straightforwardly expressed his fondness of all the outfits. Because he really liked the green jacket he was wearing, he planned to continue to wear it for us to record a video, after that, he still had another media shoot waiting for him at night. He cautiously placed the clothes on top of the chair and decided to return to the make up room.
He secretly slept for a little while there, but no one woke him up.
[FULL TRANS] 150416 -Â Wu Yifan âshook handsâ with Paramount, millions watch the opening of an international picture
Paramount executive taking a selfie with Wu Yifan
Two people chatting backstage
Original article: iFeng
Translation under the cut.
Yesterday, popular young actor Wu Yifan attended a movie press conference as a guest. As one of the leading young actors in Chinaâs movie industry, Wu Yifan once again shows his modesty, talent, and potential as he spoke purely in full English with Paramount Pictures' Vice Chairman, Rob Moore, receiving favorability from this important figure in the international film industry. Rob Moore also expressed then that he had a strong interest in the young Chinese actor, Wu Yifan, and immediately extended an invitation, hoping for more collaborations in movies.
Wu Yifan stood on stage for friendship, giving effort for Chinese traditional culture
At the event, Wu Yifan unexpectedly appeared, making the room fall into a warm atmosphere with sharp screams and flashing lights. The media at the event were guessing whether Wu Yifan will be participating in the film. However, as Wu Yifan stepped on stage he instead introduced himself stating that he was on stage for a good friend and to support traditional Chinese culture and classics, as one of the generations of Chinaâs youth, he too has responsibility to give effort in promoting traditional Chinese culture.
After returning to China to expand his career, Wu Yifan, who is favored nonstop by seniors, has been strongly associated with Xu Jinglei, Feng Xiaogang, Guan Hu, Stephen Chow, and others, allowing him to take three steps further with each step in the movie industry. Â These all go hand in hand with Wu Yifanâs modesty, being full of talent, and his respect toward his seniors in the industry.
Paramont expresses alliance, Wu Yifan opens up an international picture
As a representative of Chinaâs most popular new generation actors, Wu Yifan also received attention from an international big name in the film industry like Paramount Pictures. In recent years, the top 8 production companies in America have been actively trying to break into the Chinese market. Other than investing in big films, Chinese-American collaboration productions are even more of what they are hoping for, and new generation actors like Wu Yifan who are "good looking, popular, and fluent in Englishâ are the exact talents they are desperately in need for.
Yesterday at the event, Paramount Picturesâ Vice Chairman Rob Moore had active interactions. Something worth mention is, Wu Yifan made an impromptu introduction of himself in full English. His fluent English amazed everyone. His perfect accent in English changed the stereotype that Chinese actors are not fluent in English. Mr. Moore expressed, he has personally seen Wu Yifanâs works and also really admires him and Paramount Pictures needs to collaborate with excellent young actors in China like Wu Yifan. Afterward, he âshook hands in allianceâ with Wu Yifan.
This translation is more based on the video (posted by ćŸźćsuper性èŻæĄ on Tudou) of what he actually said, but since I originally translated based on the transcript, then edited it based on the video afterward, I will include that as one of my sources as well.
Transcript text: Sina
Original speech video: ćŸźćsuper性èŻæĄ
Hello everyone! I am Wu Yifan. Iâm especially nervous. Thank you Sina for giving me the Outstanding Youth award. Outstanding Youth is something I donât dare to represent, when I was told to make a speech I actually rejected it at first because I was really nervous, especially in front of so many seniors. However, Teacher Sina said to me that I could talk about my own story, so I will share some stories of the things Iâve experienced and am currently experiencing. The story begins a long, long time ago, when I was little, my dream was to become a basketball player. Actually, Iâm quite lucky because my height is tall and my skills were not bad. I always thought this dream was not a far reach. I even thought that this wasnât even really a dream, it was a goal I could reach as long as I worked hard. So during this time I worked really, really hard.
For a long time, I knew what Vancouver looked like every day at 4AM, but fate never follows the path. When I was almost 190cm, I went for a bone age test. I said to my mother, if I surpass 190cm I will go play basketball professionally, if I donât surpass it I will obediently go home and study. So the result from the bone age test was 188cm. Iâm now 187cm. I even shrunk a centimeter. Later, because I injured my ankle from playing basketball and broke a bone so it was really easy to get hurt again, so I gave up the basketball career and gave up this dream. Later.. although my dream was over I still had to continue on with life.
The year I was 18 years old, I coincidentally had a chance to enter the entertainment industry. It started another dream. At first, when I became a trainee in Korea, my mother was actually against it, she was very worried. I thought that when a boy become 18 years old, he must become independent. Since I was young, I hoped to become independent when I turned 18 years old and I hoped to be able to share some of my motherâs pressure so I determinedly went to Korea.
The Korean entertainment industryâs system was comprehensive but very strict. I learned a lot of things, went through a lot of hardship, and also really missed home, especially when New Years came around. But these werenât considered as anything. The thing that was the hardest to endure was that, sometimes, your future is uncertain, youâre lost, youâre scared. You may not have any idea when youâll be able to achieve your dream or maybe you wonât be able to achieve it at all because no one knows what the road ahead looks like. I once thought of giving up but in the end I held on. What gave me the most motivation and encouragement was my mother. She said, âSon, if youâre tired, come home. Donât worry or be afraid, mommy is waiting for you to come home.â These words gave me an extreme amount of energy to strive. It didnât make me step back, instead it gave me a reason to carry on, allowing me to not give up and not disappoint the hopes of my family. After making a decision, do not regret. So a while later, I said goodbye to idol Wu Yifan and am now standing here. I hope to face an identity change. I want to become an actor. Director Xu Jinglei, Director Guan Hu, and Director Feng all gave me a lot of help and assistance. I feel very, very fortunate. Therefore, I also hope to work even harder in order to not let down their trust in me and not disappoint them.
I remember when Director Guan Hu and Director Fengâs collaboration first started, I was very nervous. Of course, I wasnât against it, I was just nervous. However, when we later started filming, I realized they were people who were especially willing to help and assist juniors. Their ways to teach me were not in a strict style. They were generous in praises, saying âit was pretty good,â ânot bad,â âcontinue to work hard.â I was extremely happy throughout the entire process. I kept sneaking goodies, kept learning. I hope to be able to collaborate with many more seniors in the future, portray many more different characters, experience different lifestyles, become a good actor, and enjoy the fun of being an actor.
So from basketball player, to idol singer, and lastly to movie actor, each of these identities are forms of dreams. The thing I currently believe in is the significance of dreams. Dreams to me are a type of promise, a promise to myself, a promise to my mother, and also a promise to every person that supports me. So I will work even harder to become a better me. I think that in this world, dreams are something that can make a person, little by little, step by step, move forward and gives a person strength.
I believe that as long as you firmly commit and believe, everyone could become the outstanding youth of their own hearts. So today, I hope to share these personal experiences with everyone who has a dream. Work hard and strive because as long as you worked hard you wonât regret.
