How F4 Came to Be
It all started with "Meteor Garden/¬y¬Pªá¶é" the Taiwanese version of a Japanese comic book series known as "Hana Yori Dango (Boys Rather Than Flowers)/Mr. Handsome/ªá¼Ë¨k¤l." Chai Zhi Ping, an executive producer of a show called "Super Sunday," loved the four characters so much, she decided to find four guys to play the human adaptation to the comic. It wasn't easy, but she managed to find all four Mr. Handsomes.
Jerry Yan was already an actor when his picture was spotted on the newspaper. His look matched the character, Doumyouji Tsukasa, so he was contacted about the plan.
Vic Chou was seen talking on the phone, in his Hanazawa Rui's way, while accompanying his friend to an audition. Ken Zhu was a waiter in a barbecue restaurant and for a second, he was thought as Nishikado Soujirou, with his long hair. Vanness Wu was working out in a gym when he was spotted as the live version of Mimasaka Akira. These four strangers joined together with Da S (Barbie Hsu) in the series "Meteor Garden," and the ratings went up the roof when it came out. The four became stars overnight and opened this whole new opportunity for Taiwan shows to go nationwide as did "Autumn's Tale," for Korea.
Sony Music immediately asked them to join together to make their first audio CD "Meteor Rain" and decided to call them "F4" which was their group's name in the series. F4 mainly means "Flowers 4." Luckily, the four guys all have some knowledge of music. Vanness knows a lot about Hip Hop, R&B and Rap since he was brought up from the states. Ken was in a band. Together, the four took singing lessons before their recordings in the studio. Thinking that probably no one was going to buy their CD, they've decided that they would buy 10,000 copies themselves if that was to happen. Amazingly, their CDs sold like hotcakes and they've won the hearts of many fans.
Written by Swallow
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