I am sure many of you have waited for a long time in anticipation for Han Geng’s performance on CCTV Spring Gala Night..
I wonder what are your reactions and responses..
Did you find it great? Awesome? Innovative? Was it too short? Should they give Han Geng more airtime and make him a “regular” on the show? How I wish!! Or do you have any other views and opinions..? I hope you can all comment on this and let us share our thoughts on it..
I waited till the end of the concert just for Han Geng’s 2 minute performance..hai (sigh)..! While waiting, I fell asleep a few times..heehee…I read it in Geng Bar that he will only appear at the end of the program, so I had to make sure I can watch his act…It was worth the wait..but….too short.. I was hoping that he will be given more airtime next time..hehehe..!!
So here are the video clips for your watching pleasure…
Thanks to all our happy Gengfans and their hard work, we are able to avail of these videos…!
He was interviewed by the news reporter prior to the evening concert..As the reporter entered his dressing room, she commented to Han Geng that he seemed to be eating all the time when she caught him eating “pon kan” oranges..hahaha..Han Geng said that since he returned from Italy, his appetite wasn’t so good so he didn’t have a proper meal..and didn’t sleep/ rest much for the past two days..and that he has slimmed down a bit..! LOLs
She asked him about his performance for the night and assured him that he can now let on about the act that he is going to performance, no reason to keep it hidden now……hahaha..and Han Geng’s reply? Can I? Really? So cute..!
Reporter asked him if the costume is heavy and who designed it..Han Geng’s reply?….No, not very heavy, the producer and he did the design..notice the part where Han Geng spit out the seeds? That’s when the reporter told him to finished eating first before talking..hahaha..!!! His face is so clear and flawless without make-up..!!! His complexion is actually very fair and it was the make-up that make him look dark. Maybe because of the stage lights, they have to make his face darker in order for him to be seen..
The rest of the interview was about his performance…and that his father will be joining him in the audience..then she asked him to greet his fans by using a new year song..look at his face..! So innocent and cluless..! Upon the prompting of the reporter he sang the song…
He looked so confident and relax in this interview…! He was asked to dance to the songs that were sung by Tang Jing…
The real thing..!!
Thanks to all the Gengfans out there who kept vigil on his performance and uploaded the vids on YT so that we can enjoy Han Geng..
credits: thanks to those whose names are tagged in the pictures and videos..My DearHanGeng, and GengBaoChannel @YT
Han Geng has come a long way from the time he debuted as a singer to the time he became an independent actor..
I was watching through all those videos of Han Geng before and after 2009 and have realised that Han Geng has indeed been flying high with colours..!
Watching this clip, I began to count-off one by one the things which Han Geng has achieved according to his plans and wishes.. Watch the clip and you’ll know what I mean..Recalling all those things which he wanted to do and to be..
Warning: This video was shot in 2008 while he was still with the former agency, so if some of you find part of the interview unpleasant then please skip it..My purpose of showing this is to measure the time-line of Han Geng and show the consistency of Han Geng.. It also proved to me that Han Geng is a man of his word..his wishes and his dreams came to pass after some hard knocks and a rough period. One by one, Han Geng checks-off the agenda on the list of things he wanted to do.. We can’t erase the past but we can change the future! And this is what I hope to focus on here with this video clip..that is:- the positive energy from this clip.
Of course there are changes in some things..like his dream lover, for example, I wonder if that is still the same or he has moved on to some one else. I know for a fact that one of his dreams was to act opposite Maggie Cheung and then anything can happen according to time and distance, right?
From this interview, I was able to gather some precious gems and glimpses into Han Geng’s heart..like what is the most treasured moments in his life, his past ambitions, his frequently used interjection and etc…
Did you also noticed that he mentioned about being a temporary teacher for ten days in a primary school when he was 18 years old..? He also did the choreograph for their dance and the arrangement for the stage as well.. So now, I want to get back to 2012 Spring Gala Festival Night on CCTV ..it was said that he is involved in creating a new choreograph for a segment of the concert. We have all seen his costume for that event but what we don’t know is exactly what he will be doing..he did say that he can’t let on about the program because that was part of his contract..to keep things under wraps and to protect the element of surprise for that evening..! So let us just wait with anticipation for that evening and it’s coming soon… in just two days time for us here in the Eastern Hemisphere..
News excerpt
China’s first large-scale music festival that was combined with a marathon, the “2012 Xtep-Xiamen Music Marathon” was held at the Xiamen International Conference & Exhibition Center on the 7th of January. Artists hailing from China, England and France gathered at the scenic Egret Island, and put up a splendid stage that was full of the passion for marathon for everyone. Under the relentless cheers from thousands of fans, popular idol Han Geng, who was the guest for the final act, finally appeared in an all-black outfit and leather shoes. After performing the explosive “My Logo”, Han Geng removed his shades, and passionately sang to the soundtrack of the movie “My Kingdom”. Although he had only performed two songs, he was able to bring the atmosphere to its climax. It was unfortunate that he only performed such a small number of songs*, and others (people) are guessing that it might have something to do with Han Geng’s high net-worth.
Han Geng will be making an appearance for the second consecutive year on CCTV’s Spring Night Gala in the Year of the Dragon. The photos of him undergoing his practice sessions at CCTV wearing a “Dragon’s Robe” have been circulated on the Internet, but when he was interviewed, regardless of how everyone tried to pursue the question (about what’s in store), Han Geng would always use the words “watch it on the day itself”to parry these queries, maintaining a high degree of secrecy. Because of his participation in his first silver screen work “My Kingdom”, he had temporarily put his music career on hold, but this year, his main focus is on his music career, including the release of his new album in July and also embarking on his world tour.
* The original article employed the use of an idiom, 惜歌如金, to explain this sentence. It is literally translated as ‘cherishing song numbers as though it were gold’, meaning that the appearance fee is expensive.
Source: China News
Translated by eternalsnow @ SJ-WORLD.NET
So as we compare the time from 2009 to the present year, Han Geng had already achieved some of his dreams and still have a long way to go..So far he had visited a number of countries and cities..like Taiwan, Singapore, USA, Indonesia, Thailand and Hong Kong on official duties..On the side-lines, he has been to Germany and Italy, and on both occasions, he was the invited guest. In Germany, as the guest of Audi cars and in Italy, guest of Salvatore Ferragamor in Milan Fashion Week. For the past two years, he has vacationed in Hawaii and Hokkaido (both starts with a “H”) and Koh Samui Island in Thailand..(he went there twice!!)..
And nowwwwwwwww…………………Han Gen’s earnings for 2011……… as published was…. an eight digit figure..!! That’s all I can tell you..!! hehehe…!
For this year, we anticipate his 2nd album..and his world tour, included are Malaysia and Indonesia…then USA & Canada are under consideration.. hehehe . If I may make a suggestion, let’s go to Sophie Lee’s weibo account and petition for Han Geng’s concert for our respective cities and countries..what do you guys think? She is his promotional manager anyway, so maybe she can take into consideration our petitions..hahaha….
If I am not back here by Sunday, here’s to everyone who celebrates the Lunar New year..A Happy and Prosperous Year of the Dragon..
Credits :
As tagged in pictures and video..also to eternalsnow, thank you.
It is always pleasant to see Han Geng traveling to different countries..
In my own observations, he always seemed to be a different person totally outside of China..hehehe…
When in China, he has the aura like a Big Boss/ Big Brother disposition …and when he is away from China, he gives out different vibes which I believed it’s more like the aura of a heart-throb (lover-boy) He exudes sexiness in the way he carries himself..smart, elegant, charming and charismatic..
I would just let the pictures speak for themselves..feel free to make your comments below….
Actually these pictures have been circulating on the net for some time already..I am sure most, if not all of you have seen these pictures by now. It’s just that I can’t resist the urge to have them collected here because I want to keep a record of it in this blog..hehehe.. I really like these pictures.. Han Geng looked so delectable here…These fans are so fortunate that they were able to get Han Geng’s autograph..Han Geng is always exceptionally accommodating towards his international fans..and that’s not to say that he is not to his China’s gengfans…
Habits are hard to die…just look at Han Geng’s smirk..and these fans’ efforts to write in Chinese…that’s love for you!
Below are pictures of Han Geng attending the Salvatore Ferragamor fashion show..and he himself is wearing an outfit of the Spring & Summer collections of Salvatore..
Thanks to the fans in Italy for these beautiful pictures and I would like to share the fan-account from them..I hope you will enjoy reading it just like me…
120114 Hangeng in Milan Fanaccount
We knew from Hangeng’s staff weibo accounts that they were going to travel from Florence to Milan on the 14th. We live in Venice so we took the train to Milan at 5:27 am, and we got there at 8: 30 a.m. Thanks to a friend in Florence ( @derpguren ) who was at the station we found out that he left for Milan at 8:55 a.m. and that he would arrive at 10:40 a.m. So we waited for him at the station. During the wait we went and bought gifts for him, wine and chocolates. Then we made a sign which read “International 韓庚” and then “welcome” in chinese. We were 15 people. We knew from the arrival boards that he was going to arrive at platform 13, so we positioned ourselves in front of it, standing in line with the sign in the middle. We were incredibly nervous, but we stayed very silent and composed, because we had heard that he was a bit shy. The train arrived at the station and people started to get off. Time went by and the train emptied, but still there was no sign of him or the crew. We were starting to worry about him not being on the train at all when we saw him and three members of his crew walking down the platform towards us from afar. He was wearing a black cap, an elegant grey coat, black trousers and boots, and shades. He was walking quietly with his suitcase when he lifted his head and saw us; and he immediately hid behind a pillar (he was probably startled because he didn’t expect to be welcomed by so many fans). After talking with the staff for a bit he came out walking behind the crew members, while one of them filmed us with a camera. When he got closer we saluted him and he just passed by us bowing and saying hello back very quietly. He didn’t stop or take ourpresents. He seemed more than a little taken aback. So we followed him inside the station from a respectful distance; then one of us ( @Didi_AW_ ) called him briskly; he stopped and turned, so she and another one ( @carolctry ) tried to give him the gifts again. At first he didn’t seem to want them, but then he took them politely and said in chinese “Oh, all this stuff?”. He still looked very surprised and almost intimidated. He put them in one of the many giant shopping bags he had with him (they had a lot of suitcases). Thankfully we had a chinese girl in the group ( @Aliceluoluo ) so she helped the staff to get to taxis. She told them to take the elevator and explained how to get to floor ground. Meanwhile we walked down the stairs to wait for them there, but for a while they didn’t appear (theyprobably got confused about which floor they were supposed to go to). Then we found him again and we followed him and the staff out of the station in the taxi parking lot. He looked like he was going to walk away, so @Didi_AW_ stopped him again calling his name out and then trying to ask him to take a picture with us in chinese. The reaction was kind of comical because he didn’t get a word (the sentence was all messed up) and he said “what…?!” to one of his crew members with a very surprised face, then repeating the chinese phrase in a low voice, like he was trying to make sense of it. Then gesturing @Didi_AW_ managed to get the message across and he was like “Ooh, photo, photo. Yes.” in a very accented english. He looked very quiet, and at first we thought we were bothering him, but then he was very nice and polite so we understood he was actually well-disposed to us being there. Then he asked “All together?” and we said yes. So he left his suitcase with the smiling staff and said “Here, here” pointing at where he wanted the pic to be taken. He then standed in the midst of us and the staff took two photos for us (also with their own cellphones). He smirked. Then a girl ( @FAILTEUK ) asked him the autograph. He said yes so we stepped forward too, always paying attention not to stand too close or be noisy, seeing how taken aback and quiet he looked. We (@cosmichiccup, @SeynaToukai, @Didi_AW_ and @Sunako__Chan) had prepared pictures for him to sign, @carolctry had a copy of Geng Xin, others paper sheets or something else. All the time we were careful not to bring up anything that had something to do with Super Junior so he wouldn’t feel bothered or upset. He signed very professionally and very quickly. Meanwhile one of the crew members kept filming us with his pro camera. When he finished signing our stuff he said “Who’s pen?” which kind of sounded like “ooz pen” because of his strong accent (which was very endearing). His voice was incredibly soft and low, almost a whisper. He then walked away saying “thank you” and “bye” in english, stopped to talk with the staff for a second and then walked into a bar across the street. He walks very elegantly and coolly. We thought it was better not to follow him since he looked so shy and still a little lost. So we waited for their van to come and pick him up together with the smiling staff. We then started chatting away happily with them thanks to the help of @Aliceluoluo which translated from chinese to italian. They were very very nice to us and we asked them some things. First we asked if Hangeng was actually bothered by us since he looked so quiet and they assured us that he actually was very happy to be welcomed that way, he just didn’t expect that many people to come (which surprised us since we were just 15 and also very tranquil). Then we asked if the fanaccount which was spreading on the web about an Hangeng tour stopping in Italy (which also mentioned Super Junior but, again, we didn’t bring it up thinking it would have been inappropriate) was true and they looked quite astonished and said it was fake. We also asked them when were they going to leave and they said on the 17th. They told us that the photoshoot was going to be done outside Milan and they advised us that since the photoshoot isn’t going to be out until May it would be better not to publish Hangeng’s pictures with his hat off before that day, not to spoil the concept. We helped them with infos about the city and chatted about a bit of everything. The atmosphere was very relaxed and friendly (we even ended up saying that we loved them and they laughed). We also asked if they could take a picture of us with a polaroid to then give to Hangeng. They took two, one to give to him and one for us to keep. We wrote “Italy <3” on the one to give to Hangeng, and one of the staff members put it in his pocket with care. Afterwards we asked if we could also take a picture with them and they happily obliged, then saying that we looked very pretty. For a while they had a bit of trouble with the van (it couldn’t find them) but in the end they managed. We stepped back and let the Italian and Chinese crew put the luggage in the trunk, and then we saw Hangeng approaching us again. He waved, said “bye” and “thank you” and turned twice toward us before stepping into the van. We answered him both in chinese and english. We then waved to the back of the van while it was leaving. All in all he left us with the impression of a very elegant, beautiful man, with very delicate features and a slender figure. His complexion is a bit dark and smooth and he smelled nice. He was very quiet, almost didn’t smile, and sometimes looked a bit lost. But he was very polite and well-disposed all the same, and spoke in a very soft, low voice.
Credits: to all whose names are tagged on the videos and pictures..thank you!
Additional note:
According to the news from the link below, Han Geng was invited to the Milan Fashion week and was the only invited artiste from China to attend the Salvatore Ferragamo’s show. He attracted a lot of attention from the media..
