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Jerry Yan earns $40k at Hong Kong's countdown party
Tuesday January 27, 2009 Hong Kong
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Jerry Yan earns $40k at Hong Kong's countdown party
Yahoo News
Taiwanesepop idol Jerry Yan arrived in Hong Kong for a countdown party on LunarNew Year Eve. This is the first year that he is spending the festivalwithout his mother. Hundreds of passionate fans gather at the airportto welcome their idol. Yan, who was clad in a Bally leather jacketworth about $100,000, was terrified that his fans' might tear hisjacket in the chaos.
Yan smiled and said he was happy to bespending the New Year abroad. His manager Fenny expressed otherwise."There are way too many people! He must have been touched from head totoes!" she said.
He made appearance at Hong Kong's Tuen Mun TownPlaza last night on the countdown party. As the event was scheduled tobe at 10pm, Yan, who is from a single-parent family, is unable to be byhis mother's side during countdown. In showing his filial piety, heinsisted on having a reunion lunch with her before leaving for HongKong, and even gave her a six-figure ang bao for the New Year.
Yanrushed home to mommy as soon as possible on New Year's Day and will bespending the rest of the holidays at home with his mother.
Accordingto reports, it took about S$40,000 to invite Yan onto the countdownparty on New Year's Eve. The fans would also have to pay a ticket priceof about S$187 just to get into the party to watch their idols onstage. Last year, the plaza invited Korean idol Lee Jun Ki to welcomethe New Year with the public.
Though F4 has not been attendingto the Hong Kong market in recent years, Yan has visited the country byhimself twice in just two months. Last December, when he was in HongKong for an annual fans gathering, fans crowded the airport to welcomehim and created a majestic scene. |
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