Thursday, August 31, 2006

Interviewing Li Sheng Jie for My Paper

Though I was informed abt that my article will be out on yesterday ‘s(30 Aug) copy of My Paper 《我报》, but I didn’t expect it to be on the back page. It was really uncomfortable seeing my own pic right in my face when people held up their papers.

Ok so now back track what happened on 16 Aug 2006.


Thanks to My Paper 《我报》, I have a chance to interview 李圣杰。

I couldn’t help being nervous. Cos firstly, I had not be conducting interview for about 4 years.（最后一次以学生通讯员身份访问好像是在我21岁那年。）Even though I was told I need not write the report (all I had to do was to do research , prepared 10 questions and asked them at the interview), I still worry abt my 临场表现 ;wondering if I am able to came up with sub-questions on the spot after he had given his answers.

Secondly, I had never interviewed a celebrity before (Yah nowadays, the new batch of TXY can get to interview artistes.),. And what make it “worse” is that I am going to interview my fav singer on the eve of my birthday. Unbelievable! A birthday present huh?

I am still rational ok. At times, I worried whether if it is a good thing to get up close to a celebrity. What if he turned out to be a nasty person in real life. ?

我的顾虑是多余的。Because he ‘s really very very nice.



Ok , I’ll get into the details.


Meet up with the “real reporter” in the hotel lobby (yah all interviews were conducted in his suite, I think). Was told that the photographer was caught up with another assignment and trying to rush down. Ahhh, I was praying hard that there wouldn’t be any problems.
I wouldn’t want to be caught in the same situation as Big Cow when he interviewed 周华健。

A promotional executive came to pick us up from the lobby and led us to 17th floor.
Think the room was 1729. Saw that Shengjie was still in the midst of his other interview.

My interview session was supposed to start at 4pm and had to be done by 4.30pm. But at 4.15pm, Shengjie was still being interviewed.

The photographer came just in time (and it turned out to be zhiyang from SYD) . Phew!

Meanwhile, while the “real reporter”, Mervin went down with the promo exec to fetch the photographer, the 宣传told me to do a quick interview as they need to be leaving for NTU at 4.45pm. Arhh, I thought of Big Cow’s 状况again.

Meanwhile, I just gazed around. Shengjie seemed to be in a good mood. When he was asked to posed with his tennis racquet as if it was a guitar, he not only did so and sang a few lines.
Woah free concert for me siah!

难得看到一个艺人接受访问时那么relaxed 。


Yah, 他是轻松的，我是紧张的。（我知道这里语法不对）

While Shengjie excused himself for a while before our interview, we were setting up the area. I was stunned when they made me sat on the same couch with me, not at the chair opposite him where the previous reporter was sitting. It made me more nervous. I was like asking Mervin whether my volume is audible to be recorded in his MP3 player and they all said “不要紧张。”

I can’t helped it mah. And I also dunno why for my interview, all the滚石宣传，“老板”和经理人都站一旁看着。圣杰在进行上一段访问时，他们都不理,还各自聊天。 怎么我有那么特别的待遇呢？

Anyway, Shengjie stepped into the area within seconds we saw him reappeared at the connecting door. 脚长的人 走得特别快！哈哈。

Sam was really friendly and nice. It’s not that I am bias towards him. He is the best “interviewer” I had ever encountered . He gave direct eye contact, listens attentively to the question asked (I kind of pity him, cos due to my nervousness, I was almost “firing” my 1st few questions) .

I myself know that some of my questions were those with “ 爆点” and was prepared to face with short answered from him. But my worries were unfound, for he seems to be enjoying the process.

Cant’t forget the look on his face when he said “你们上那里查的？查得那么仔细？”
(I was asking abt his fear of ghost and heights and he was laughing out loud, hands slapping on his thighs).

“我得做功课的啊。” 我回复。

“那你工课也做得蛮仔细的.”

And then he continued telling anecdotes of his childhood, (rather animated, hahaha), such a pity that most of them were unmentioned in the report.

He definitely helped to make the report interesting with his answers. 如果说我的问题很精彩，那也得靠受访者的配合呀。

These are the questions I had asked:
1) 对于你所创作的《很想说》，报章都大幅度报道那时你为前女友所写的歌。这 难免会令人联想起你的成名曲《痴心绝对》。而且，《很想说》的歌词里也有提到“痴心绝对”这四个字。请问你是不是想树立个“痴心男子”的形象。

2) 在《关于你的歌》专辑里，你不只为6首歌作曲，4首歌作词，还尝试幕后工作，担任7首歌的制作。然而，你在这专辑里的造型亮丽许多。究竟你是希望成为偶像派歌手，还是实力派歌手？

3) 很多人都反应：你的新歌虽然很“K”, 但不容易唱。尤其是那首《眼底星空》，真是考转音与换气技巧。有人甚至埋怨：“他在录歌时有没有考虑到我们这些平凡人是唱不上去的。” 请问你对这有什么看法。

4) 对你来说，这张专辑里所收录的歌曲当中，哪一首最具有挑战性？而哪一首花了最长时间录制？

5) 《痴心绝对》和《关于你的歌》这两张专辑中分别有和萧煌奇及林隆璇两位男艺人的合唱。请问如果有机会，你最想和哪一位女歌手合作？为什么?

6) 出道以来，你好象没传出什么绯闻。就连那个关于你和张玉华的绯闻也因你所创作的《很想说》而不攻自破。如果非要你制造写新闻不可，你会爆些什么料。

7) 从网络上的报道得知你怕高也怕鬼。真难想像高大英挺的你居然有惧高症，而还那么胆小。是不是经历过灵异事件所以特别怕鬼呢？

8) 请问你是否考虑进军演艺界？如果有导演想开拍一部与网球有关的偶像剧，你会去试镜吗？

9) 许多艺人都有自己的部落格， 你也不例外。听说你的部落格是公司替你设立的。（网址：http://www.wretch.cc/blog/samleee）。我注意到你部落格的第一篇有提到你是电脑原始人，而你也开始学习打字。请问你的打字技术练得如何了？

10) 从新闻报道中得知你前阵子在台湾渔人码头办了场演唱会。当晚你不只唱了蔡依琳的《MrQ》，还破天荒地为这首歌排舞。是什么原因让你决定如此“豁出去”？可不可以在此秀出一小段舞步？


And this was the report after being edited & compiled by the reporter.



I couldn’t help comparing mines to Big Cow’s report on Emil Chow. Big Cow was telling me that only a few questions will be selected . But I counted and saw that one one question was omitted, which was regarding the most difficult song in his album. It seems like the editor had tried to retain as many “gossipy” questions as possible. Hahaha.

I kinda feel sorry abt the 标题。“李圣杰怕高怕鬼怕打字”。好像“害”了他。


Hai, actually have a lot more to type but do not have time. As you can see, I am doing my entry “bit by bit” and it’s 6 Sept today .


Still have lots more regarding my recent happenings to report on…

Nevertheless, I am really thankful for this experience. Can say it was a nice birthday present from heaven.

Thank you , My Paper, Mevin and Zhiyang for providing me with the pics ; recording
A big thank you to Giant & little grass for helping me to scan and send Giant’s grass report for my reference.



As for pics of us together, check out my friendster. I wanna keep it private and besides I looked rather tired.(ya, lack of sleep) ...

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