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[ POP STOP ]
Compiled By Noah Buchan
STAFF REPORTER
Friday, Apr 18, 2008, Page 14
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Terry Gou may finally have found love.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Though bouffant-styled entertainer Zhang Fei (±iµá) might be able to teach Taiwan¡¦s ¡§home boys¡¨ (zhainan, ¦v¨k) a thing or two about picking up members of the opposite sex, he isn¡¦t the man to turn to for lessons in etiquette.
The ¡§eager old fellow¡¨ (¦â¦ÑÀY), known for his penchant for sweet young thangs, lived up to his reputation this week when he was caught in a fast food restaurant allegedly trying to pick up some hot young lasses by taking photos together and asking for their contact information, according to a report in the Liberty Times (the Taipei Times¡¦ sister newspaper).
Tame stuff, you may think, but what had Netizens in a tizzy was Zhang¡¦s apparent disregard for pedestrians; he had parked his huge road bike in front of the store¡¦s entrance, effectively blocking the way.
¡§I was only in there for eight minutes,¡¨ he said, when questioned by the press.
The flagrant flouting of social convention didn¡¦t stop there. The variety show host and one-liner king was said to have carelessly flicked a cigarette butt on the ground and left a pile of garbage on the table rather than throwing it in the trash can.
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Hu Ying-zhen is remarkably tolerant of her husband¡¦s ¡§social activities.¡¨
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¡§Look, I didn¡¦t put the garbage in the trash because I didn¡¦t know it was something I was supposed to do,¡¨ he said.
Bikes, butts and trash, a far cry from sex, drugs and rock ¡¦n¡¦ roll, but nevertheless a trifecta that goes a long way to explaining Fei¡¦s increasingly bad reputation in the vernacular media.
In other ¡§Godfather of television¡¨ (¤jô¤j) news, it seems that entertainer Hu Gua (J¥Ê) just can¡¦t get a break. Next (³ü¶g¥Z) magazine reported on Wednesday that Li Jin-liang (§õ¶i¨}), a plastic surgeon and husband to the variety show host¡¦s daughter, was allegedly caught entertaining two friends and three hostesses in separate rooms at a Taipei hotel.
In typical Next fashion, photographs were published showing a chronology of the plot as it unfolded: The arrival of the three young studs at the hostess bar (8pm); driving with the mama-san (¶ý¶ý®á) through the streets of Taipei to pick up three females (12:28am); the three men and three women entering a hotel (12:50am); and exiting the hotel (1:48am).
The denouement, however, was Hu Ying-zhen (J¬ÕºÕ) driving her husband home at 2:45am.
When asked by members of the press pack what her husband was doing with the hostesses, Hu Ying-zhen coined what could be a new euphemism: ¡§My husband was just engaged in social activities.¡¨
For Li, though, this is old hat. Loyal readers of Pop Stop will recall that while the couple were betrothed, Li was accused by porn star Hinano Miduki (Æ[¤ëÂú¤D) of sexually abusing her for two years ¡X this along with a whole string of rumor and innuendo of Li¡¦s sexual escapades.
On a more romantic note, Terry Gou (³¢¥x»Ê) might have finally found love.
The Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (ÂE®üºë±K) chairman ¡X considered by some to be Taiwan¡¦s most eligible bachelor because of his large bank balance and debonair deportment ¡X has previously been linked with actress Carina Lau (¼B¹Å¬Â) and model Lin Chi-ling (ªL§Ó¬Â). The lucky woman this time is a dancer named Delia Tseng (´¿Äɼü).
¡§I don¡¦t get the whiff of money from her,¡¨ (§Ú¦b¦o¨¤W»D¤£¨ì¿úªº¨ý¹D), Gou said, meaning that she¡¦s not dating him for his thick wads of cash.
It¡¦s nice to see that love isn¡¦t dead.
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