Ella Want to Sell Herself ~ Want to Be B&B Owner

Following after good sis Hebe investing in her brother's restaurant, Ella has the thought of becoming a female owner too, this year plans to invest about 10 million dollars to make one of Pintung's old empty house to become a bed and breakfasdt, she laughed: "Apart from the enjoyment of life, the other selling point is me of course." Since the whole family has moved to the new house, distance not far from the old house it's been empty, Ella had thoughts of changing it to a B&B long ago, "if one day I don't continue as an artist, would want to open a B&B to become an owner."It's becuase it's been so busy earlier, and worried that mom and dad would be too tiring, this dream has since been dragged, but it could be because of the influnece of Hebe's brother "Qing Tian" restaurant's successful encouragement; Ella's "B&B dream" finally can start making some actual developments.Ella says, already contacted designers to have them look at the house, she hopes to keep the exterior and style, but the rooms inside must be arranged in different styles, this is all out of her thoughts, having village style, modern style and so on, to give customers different feelings. She says, the old house is in the old hometown, there's village scenery, behind the house there a field, this can let customers feel leisurely and relax the "enjoyment of life" style.Of course changing to be a B&B is not easy, not only opening the doors for business, family and friends will also have a place to stay, once Hebe and Selina heard it, they loundly and excitedly reacted, hoping in the future they can also bring their family to Pingtung to play.Not worried of attracting fans bothering? Ella laughed: "Since most fans and my parents are familiar. And if they want to stay, there's still a fee." Becuase it's a B&B in a village earning a life it's another selling point.

SHE Earns NT$300m in a Year

The pop female group, SHE, has been in the entertainment industry for 7 years, and their popularity is still going strong. Despite many obstacles, their relationship remained steadfast and their earning capability also soared. Although they are daring on stage, their financial management style is just the opposite. They would use a small portion of their earnings to reward themselves and saved the rest. Hence each of them is a little rich missy.When one mentioned SHE, the impression would probably be 3 young girls (actually they are already in their 20s), bustling and energetic, even to the extent of being “a little crazy”. To share such a closely knitted relationship like them, one would think that they are probably friends since childhood.They have their different singing ideals and dreams when they first joined the singing competition, and when grouped together by the company after the show, they probably have some reservations towards each other. Yet the 3 girls with different family background, looks and personalities got along and their friendship blossomed within the short span of time they all stayed together in the hostel. Popular As EverSHE has been in the industry for 7 years already. When they released their 1st album, it coincided with the unfortunate 911 incident. Amidst all the sadness, they also thought that that would be their very 1st and last album. But yet, SHE remained popular till today. No disputes, no disband; they overcame moments of low in their emotions, and even the baseless political implications. SHE, is popular as ever.Just in 2007 alone, the estimated earnings of SHE is about NT$314m, with their endorsements for 15 advertisements in China & Taiwan. For 7 years running, SHE is no doubt the most popular female group in Asia, and hence, earning themselves the undisputable name of “No. 1 Female Group in the Chinese Entertainment Industry”.Each member of SHE is unique in their own ways. Selina is very girly, Ella is very suave, Hebe is in between. Their vocals also complemented each other, Ella with her low mellow vocal, Hebe with her high vocals, and Selina with her sweet medium range. Leaving Unhappiness BehindSHE won over the hearts of many fans right from their first album - “Girls’ Hostel”, with the song “Lian Ren Wei Man” (lit transl: Not Yet Lovers). They also led the trend to sing translated songs and showcased many composers in their recent albums. Their fan base comprises of males and females from all age groups. To add credit to their singing skills, SHE beat their seniors, Power Station, and won the Taiwan Golden Song Award for Best Group with the album, “Mei Li Xin Shi Jie” (lit transl: Beautiful New World).The biggest crisis for the group would be in 2003, when Ella suffered a spinal injury while filming for a variety programme, and subsequently a near-emotional breakdown. The cheerful girl was almost in tears throughout the whole period. Fortunately her sisters were around to support her and to help her leave the unhappiness behind.Selina said, “I keep telling Ella, she must not suppress her feelings before myself and Hebe. She must be honest to share with us as all 3 of us are in this together.” Since then, the company would give them all a month of rest annually.Encouraging Fans to Do Charity A baseless allegation of taking a political stand started with their song, “Chinese Language”, and all 3 girls were nearly involved in an uncalled for political upheaval. With SHE’s popularity; paparazzis are tailing them everywhere they go. But the 3 of them would just laugh the groundless rumours away. As long the photos are beautifully taken, they do not really care. Loud and a little crazy may be their screen image, but it is also how they behave in reality and the best way to relieve stress.Although they are always seen as merry and carefree, SHE also has a sentimental side. Since a long time back, they have already urged fans to stop giving them presents and to make donations to the charitable organisations instead. As a result, fans would end up sending them a big stack of receipts from charitable organisations now. Ella often says, “We are public figures and should take the chance to influence, encourage and lead our fans to do good.” Hence, she would join her friends to help out with the poor in the mountainous regions. She also dedicated a song, Qiang Qiang, for her late pug and donated all proceeds to the home for the strays.In 2007, SHE also visited India. In the dirty and smelly streets of the poor dwellers, it was surprising to see that SHE, who are used to being taken good care of, would even take the initiative to approach and even carry the kids on the streets. None of these were pre-arranged kids, nor poses meant before the camera. The princess-like Selina let the little India girls, full of admiration for her, put their hands around her waist and hug her; Hebe who often pride herself as one who does not shed tears easily also cried; while Ella, who was the most emotional, could hardly take a bite from her meal, as she recalled the contrasting disparity between them and the unfortunate people on the streets. Unity in StrengthWhen SHE first started out, they would produce an album once every half-year and their hectic lifestyle was like a spinning top at full force. Ella was once unable to adapt to such “fatigue”. However, now all 3 of them have matured and gotten used to such a lifestyle. Occasionally they would share that as young artistes, they have lost their youth, playtime and quality time with their family. Their hard work also bore sweet fruits. All 3 of them are seen often at the top of the charts for being highest earning artistes in recent years. Ella and Selina bought houses for their families, while Hebe rewarded herself with a long trip to England. All 3 of them have very prudent financial management concepts; spending a little, giving to their parents, and saving up the rest. Till now, even fans are already numbed to the rumours of them disbanding; SHE is still very much a group. They would call each other “Lao Po” affectionately and no one is trying to outshine each other, as they often says, "We are inseparable."

Ella organises barbeque gathering over CNY, turns into high-school student to tease S.H.

▲Hebe and Selina were tickled upon seeing Ella and her family's getup during the barbeque gathering.

The fun-loving Ella has to have a barbeque gathering every CNY, this year her good sisters Selina and Hebe reported to her house as of old. Lin You Jia who lives in Pintung, Jeff Chang and Kang Kang also attended. Ella who loves to dress up, transformed into a Japanese gangster high-school student to welcome the guests.

As last year's barbeque gathering saw more than 100 guests squeezing in, some of whom Ella didn't even know, the event became more low-key this year, but still more than 50 people came. To satisfy 50 appetites, she bought two car-loads of meat and other ingredients from the market and spent $14,000. Ella's mom even spent $30,000 to prepare various dishes and three large pots of soup, even though the guests were well satisfied, she said jokingly, "Can we not have anymore of such labour-intensive, resources-squandering gatherings?"Gambling is a must during the new year, in hopes of being lucky this year, Ella wore red underwear from her first day at home, red underwear plus bright red lipstick, really equated to winnings, and Hebe who suffered great losses last year, won more than $2000 for the first time playing mahjong at Ella's house, making her overjoyed.

祝福，要不要?

S.H.E dress up as maids , face frozen but still cute

S.H.E engaging in cosplay, following the Japanese maid craze? Recently filming a commercial in Beijing, the three dressed up as maids, their faces were obviously stiff with the cold, but they still played cute, even the most 'man' Ella had a head of curls, actually coming in tops in terms of prettiness.S.H.E signed a contract with a famous contact lens brand in China, recently went to China for still shoots and to film a TV commercial, however just happened that the weather was wintry cold, all their costumes consisted of short sleeves and short skirts, the normally active trio were so cold that they either hid in the heated resting area, eating snacks to keep warm, or were huddled around the few small heaters.To keep with the commercial, S.H.E were changing in and out of outfits nonstop, the funniest costume was the maid outfit, the three for the first time were transformed into pretty little maids, turning into "Marias", holding brand new cleaning props and pretending to be the real deal. Ella was in long sleeves, already causing Selina and Hebe to complain of unfair treatment, she even made her hair into little curls, causing her cuteness factor to skyrocket, the most 'man' one actually becoming the prettiest maid.However the weather was much too cold, S.H.E tried all means to keep warm, even wearing tights under their miniskirts, but afraid this would be revealed, they had to keep on rolling them up. S.H.E laughed and said, "We are fashionable maids, under our work uniforms, we have inner trousers with bling bling on it!" The maid costumes were so cute that S.H.E were tempted to bring it back to Taipei, perhaps they could be of use during future costume parties.

S.H.E donates $300 000 at HIM year end party

HIM, having successfully created the Xing Guang legend and having pushed S.H.E as the top singers of the year with $3.14 billion earnings in 2007, held its year-end dinner at the conference room on the 5th floor of Taipei 101. To go with the "All walks of life" dress code, all the singers under the HIM stable exercised their creative cells to dress up for the event. Once again, S.H.E stole the show: Ella appeared in a figure-hugging yoga outfit as a yoga instructor while Hebe played Spiderman, leading her to complain: They don't even let people dress up nicely to have a meal." Selina was late as she was recording a programme; together the three very generously donated $300,000.HIM's year-end dinner last night had more than 10 tables and cost $500,000 to organise. Top stars S.H.E originally intended to donate $80,000 each, hoping that in the new year, HIM would continue to "prosper, prosper, prosper", however upon reaching the venue they increased their amount to $100,000 each. FRH's Wu Zun and Jiro were busy filming, sending Aaron and Calvin as representatives, the four together donated $80,000. With albums selling like hotcakes the moment they entered the scene, XGB's largest amount was Lin You Jia's $30,000.

Hebe had originally wanted to go as a Rocker musician, but was afraid of being spurned by others, so had to take out her "secret weapon" Spiderman costume. She lamented: Aiyoh, having worked hard for one year, for the year-end dinner they don't even let us dress up nicely to have a meal. Ella's outfit was equally outrageous. Her sister is a yoga instructor, so Ella wore a figure-hugging leotard yoga outfit to attend the dinner, evoking laughter all around. XGB's boys, with the exception of Lin You Jia as a doctor, Zhou Ding Wei appeared as a Marine, the rest appeared in various strong men roles.As for Power Station, although they had not released an album in 3 years, the two still appeared in 50 corporate events n China last year. With earnings of US$30,000 for each event (about NT$970,000), their earnings also reached $50 million. Tank who appeared as a water-electrical utilities workman was HIM's most talented young composer, sales from his two albums had exceeded quite a few Heavenly Kings and Queens, and he was also a regular guest at school concerts and corporate events