After Mike He entered the industry, riding on the popularity of female artists Ariel Lin and Rainie Yang after collaborating with them in idol dramas, he quickly became famous himself. Earlier, he switched to the film industry and collaborated with Andy Lau, however all the limelight was on Andy, hence now he has returned to his ‘profession’ – collaborating with Hong Kong TWINS Ah Sa to film idol drama ‘Calling Big Star’. His pay has also gone up; he really is ‘fated to depend on females’. Mike takes good care of Ah Sa Although Ah Sa is still busy with her theatrical performances, ‘Calling Big Star’ will officially begin filming after Chinese New Year, however test filming has already begun. On the 7th of January at 10pm, Mike and Ah Sa were seen filming; the storyline tells of an entertainment circle story, and Mike plays a popular big star, while Ah Sa plays a taxi driver. Because of an incident when Mike as the star, was being chased, they developed an idol-and-ordinary-girl love. That day, Ah Sa was wearing taxi driver’s uniform, and Mike came to the taxi company to find her. Although the 2 were constantly arguing, just this scene alone took many takes to complete. In the scene, Ah Sa’s arm gets strongly pinched by Mike, but outside filming, Mike is a very caring guy, and whenever there was a break, he would initiate and ask Ah Sa if it hurt. Also, seeing that Ah Sa did not bring a personal chair to Taiwan, Mike told the staff to find a director’s chair for her. The 2 also chatted non-stop, seems like their relationship is not bad. Mike also told the staff in private: “Ah Sa is from another area, she’s not familiar with the place and the people, we have to take care of her la.” However, afterwards, the 2 will film their solo parts separately, and while Mike is filming, Ah Sa put on a jacket and hid indoors, and afterwards she and staff took a car and left, leaving Mike behind to film by himself. Twins go solo; Ah Sa attacks Taiwan On the 12nd of January, just past 1pm, Mike and Ah Sa were seen in a ‘Love Fight Team’ taxi car near Miramar. Mike was sitting in the passenger’s seat in the front, and Ah Sa was sitting in the driver’s seat. The 2 were both in the same car, however the car was not moving. The main reason for this is because Ah Sa hasn’t got her license, and doesn’t know how to drive. However, she is planning on getting her driver’s license in Taiwan once filming finishes. According to sources, the female lead for this drama initially wasn’t Ah Sa, but Rainie Yang and Mike was very excited about the chance to collaborate with his best partner once again, however, Rainie had already accepted another idol drama ‘Superstar Express’ that also tells of a entertainment circle love story, hence ‘Calling Big Star’ had to find another female lead. After Gillian Chung’s nude photo scandal last year, TWINS seemed to disband, and not only did Ah Sa take over Gillian’s market, she also began attacking Taiwan, collaborating with many Taiwanese male artists. First, she collaborated with Wu Zun in film ‘Butterfly Lovers’, then she collaborated with JJ Lin in a duet and MV, and now she has ditched her boyfriend Ronald Cheng, and moved to Taiwan to film ‘Calling Big Star’. She even said herself: “Very coincidental, lately I seem to have a lot of fate with Taiwanese male artists.” Depend on females; Mike’s price goes up In the past, TWINS would get $4,000,000yuan per month for doing films, and Angie Chai revealed: “This time, Ah Sa will be in Taiwan for 3 months to film this drama. Her pay is considered to be the price of Taiwan’s front-line female artist, including 5-star hotel and her own make-up and hair stylist.” According to sources, Ah Sa’s pay per episode is actually even higher than Taiwan’s front-line female artists, she will get $200,000yuan per episode. However, Angie does not wish to talk too much about pay, she only said: “Ah Sa gave discount, Mike’s price went up.” According to sources, while Ah Sa enjoys high pay and special treatment, male lead Mike getting jealous is inevitable. Hence, to narrow the gap between the 2’s treatment, the film crew also gave $200,000yuan per episode to Mike, so to comfort him. This price is almost double the price he got for ‘Bull Fighting’ and the staff commented in private: “Mike really got a good deal.” In reality, Mike has always been regarded as ‘depending on females.’ From when he entered the industry, first he collaborated with Ariel Lin in ‘Love Contract’ and after sparking rumors with her, he began to go red, afterwards, he then collaborated with Rainie Yang in ‘Devil Beside You’ and ‘Why Why Love’ and the 2 became the best on-screen couple and Mike became one of the idol drama big brothers. However, in comparison, Wu Zun collaborated with Ah Sa in Hong Kong film ‘Butterfly Lovers’ but box office was not too successful, no wonder people in the entertainment industry all joked: “Not every male artist depends on females, Mike just has this life.” Source: hliang Translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net
Ooh, a new film by Mike He with ah Sa, I wonder what it will be like watching them. This does sound interesting. So what if Mike He gets famous from working with female, not all people will, like wu zun. I think it all depends on being charismatic and I do think Mike has a good charisma
