Raymond Lam is Blindly in Love with Michelle Ye
Filming for mainland Chinese drama, Legend of the Purple Hairpin<紫钗奇缘> is coming to an end. Directed by Tan Qiao (谭俏) and produced by Michelle Ye (葉璇), the drama is a loose adaptation of the classic Ming dynasty opera, The Purple Hairpin <紫釵記>.
Legend of the Purple Hairpin takes place in the Tang dynasty, a time when Chinese art, fashion, music, dance, and novel inventions were at their highest peak. Although the drama will touch upon these cultural achievements, it will be the engrossing love story between the four main characters that will grasp the most attention from fans and audiences.
Raymond Lam (林峯) portrays the heroic Nalan Dong, known as the “Yellow-Clothed One”, who falls in love with beautiful dancer Huo Xiaoyu, played by Michelle Ye. However, Dong’s best friend Li Yi, played by Cheng Cheng (程诚), is also deeply in love with Xiaoyu. Choosing brotherhood over love, Dong decides to step down in his pursuit of love.
Raymond Lam is currently actively filming Legend of the Purple Hairpin in Hengdian. When discussing about his heroic and passionate character, Raymond described his role in two words – easily infatuated.
“He is a hero. He is all about chivalry and fighting for justice, yet he is unable to unbind himself from the constraints of love. But love is something that cannot be explained. The Yellow-Clothed One is very loyal and dependable to his love. He is willing to sacrifice everything for Xiaoyu, and expects her to give him nothing in return. This is the beautiful side of the character. I have to admit, I am very touched by him.”
Tragic the Yellow-Clothed One may seem, but Xiaoyu is not the only character who is drowned by the love of other characters. Raymond revealed, “The Yellow-Clothed One has his fair share of being popular with the other sex like Xiaoyu,” he joked. “Michelle Chen’s (陳妍希) character, Lu Jinglan, is blindly in love with the Yellow-Clothed One. Sometimes, a person’s infatuation can really affect others!
“But the Yellow-Clothed One is a very kind person. He is in love with only Xiaoyu, but he does not want to hurt Jinglan. He really does not know what to do!”
Raymond Lam is a Love Fighter
Raymond admires the sacrifices that the Yellow-Clothed One has made for love, but what about Raymond himself? Is he willing to give up his true love for the happiness of others?
“Absolutely not. I believe that you should not cower in the face of true love. You have to fight for it if you have to. If my best friend and I fall in love with the same woman, I will treat it as a fair competition. I will only do what I have to do. In the end, it is the woman who makes the final decision.”
The blind love that the Yellow-Clothed One has for Xiaoyu is romantic, but for Raymond, such blindness in love is impractical. “In real life, we will eventually meet someone who we admire deeply in our hearts, but does that mean that the person will be compatible with you? When it comes to finding a lifelong partner, it is important that this person is willing to be with you forever, live with you, share with you, and protect you. We must all choose wisely.”
Highlights of “Legend of the Purple Hairpin”
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Source: QQ.com
This article is written by Addy for JayneStars.com.
OMG finally videos of this series is out! So excited to see this – I’ve been waiting for RayMic to collaborate again since Lofty Waters, Verdant Bow wayyyyyy back in 2003. That ending was so brutal.Michelle definitely knows what her fans want haha.
But this series might have a sad ending too. 🙁
LF’s voice sounds so sexy in mandarin even though I can’t understand it all.
I agree! I got so excited about his Mandarin album when it came out in 2011. I love Michelle’s Mandarin, too.
Yeah…tell me about it. I saw the video and it likely will be tragic. At least I’ll be prepared this time – I was completely unprepared for LWVB and I cried my eyes out at the end. T___T
OMGMGMGMGM!!!! I WANT TO WATCH THIS NOW!!!!! I miss Michelle and Raymond couple!
me too….support support!!!
You are going to have to wait until Oct.2013 since I heard that is when it will be aired.
I can’t wait to see this drama! I miss seeing them as a couple 😀
Looks good. Can’t wait. Michelle looks like she hasn’t age at all.
Between Ray and Michelle, I am more skeptical about Michelle’s would be performance. Both of them were terribly dramatic and operatic in their acting when they first started, then both toned down a bit and now Ray back to being a bit dramatic and Michelle is errr.. OTT again. I suppose they mirror one another.
I blv Michelle’s acting is in a bearable OTT. At least I find she is less OTT than many Txb artists – even some veterans. Comparing to herself when she first starts, I think she is simply suitable for a stronger role than a crying baby. However, it’s ok since she dun look emotionless in loving scenes.
For LF’s acting, you really think he was dramatic in his first ASITP? Hmm, it’s quite new to me.
They might as well film this in Cantonese since most of the main and supporting casts can speak Cantonese.
The trailer looks good but the story fails to interest me. And are they going to be dubbed cos the voice quality is not that clear (?noisy background when filming)?
This is a mainland series so of course they have to speak Mandarin. Most of the cast is from China and Tammy is from Taiwan so they can’t speak Cantonese. You don’t know how the story is yet and don’t think you can tell by just the trailer. I heard that Michelle’s productions were not dubbed so this one may not be dubbed, but lets see…
They better dub the one with the thick taiwanese accent. It’s so jarring and out of place, and stands out too much in a bad way. Michelle has a nice accent.
Michelle’s original is Chinese.
Yes, Michelle was born in China should Mandarin should be her native language…
omg………..CAN’T WAIT……..OMG……………….I LIKE RAYMOND’ EYES EXPRESSION…..VERY IMPRESSIVE……OMG….I WANT TO WATCH NOW…..I BELEIVE THIS FILM WILL BRING RAYMOND’POPULARITY IN MAINLAND AND CHINA TO THE TOP PEAK IN 2013, OTHERS, HE ALSO HAS 2 MOVIE 3D WILL AIRED IN 2013 : SAVING GENERAL YAND AND BABY BLUE…….. 2013 WILL BE THE YEAR OF THE TOP CAREER OF RAYMOND LAM FOR SURE…AND ALSO CONCERT IN THIS MONTH!!!!! RAYMOND LAM WILL BE ‘ANDY LAY’ 2 IN CHINA VERY SOON !!!!!!1
RAYMOND LAM – HE IS REALLY SO SO MULTI-TALENTED
——–>> LOOK AT ALL AWARDS –>> UNBELEIVEABLE:::::
2001
Three Weekly – Favourite Character for “A Step Into The Past (尋秦記)” (Zhao Pan/Ying Zheng 趙盤／秦始皇)
Next TV – Favourite Character for “A Step Into The Past (尋秦記)” (Zhao Pan/Ying Zheng 趙盤／秦始皇)
2003
TVB 36th Anniversary Award- Most Improved Actor (飛躍進步男藝員) for “Survivor’s Law (律政新人王)” (Ben Lok Bun 樂斌)
2004
Astro Wah Lai Toi TV Award – Favourite Themesong for “Forget Pain (忘記傷害)” in “Survivor’s Law 律政新人王)”
2005
Astro Wah Lai Toi TV Award – Favourite Actor for “Twin of Brothers (大唐雙龍傳)” (Kou Chong 寇仲)
Astro Wah Lai Toi TV Award – Favourite Character for “Twin of Brothers (大唐雙龍傳)” (Kou Chong 寇仲)
2006
Fung Yan Award (China) – Favourite Character for “The Last Breakthrough (天涯俠醫)” (Ken Tsai Bak Heng 齊百恆)
Fung Yan Award (China) – “Potential Star”
2007
Astro Wah Lai Toi TV Award – Favourite Character for “Yummy Yummy” (Yau Hock Lai 游學灃)
Astro Wah Lai Toi TV Award – Favourite Themesong for “愛亦近” in “The Last Breakththrough (天涯俠醫)”
TVB 40th Anniversary Award- Favourite Actor (in Mainland China) for “The Drive of Life (歲月風雲)”
QQ Entertainment Award – Favorite Hong Kong TV Actor
Metro Radio Hits Awards – Best Newcomer (新城勁爆新登場男歌手)
IFPI Gold Disc Award – “Searching for You in Loving Memories”
IFPI Highest Album Sales Among Newcomers (最暢銷男新人)
2008
Astro Wah Lai Toi’s Award – Favourite Character for “La Femme Desperado (女人唔易做)” (Chai Foon 齊寬)
2007 Jade Solid Gold – Most Popular Male Newcomer – Gold Award (最受歡迎男新人-金獎)
Next Magazine TV Artists Award – 6th
IFPI Double Platinum Disc Award – “Your Love”
China Fashion Carnival – Most Fashionable Artiste (年度星光大道風尚人物)
TVB 41st Anniversary Award – Favourite Male Character Award (我最喜愛的電視男角色) for “Moonlight Resonance” (Kam Wing Ho 甘永好)
TVB 41st Anniversary Award – TVB Blog Most Popular Artiste (tvb.com人氣大獎) with 16 million views
TVB Long Term Service and Outstanding Staff Award
9+2音樂先鋒榜 Best Male Actor-Singer Award and 1 more award not sure of name
TVB 8 Music Award – Top 10 Golden Songs of the Year (十大金曲) for After Tomorrow (明天以後) with Vincy Chan
Yahoo!Buzz Award – Most Popular TV Male Artist (最受歡迎電視男藝人)
Yahoo!Buzz Award – Most Searched Song (最受歡迎電視劇集歌曲) – Love with no Regrets (愛不疚)
Asian Television Awards 2008 – Best Drama Actor (最佳戲劇男演員) for “The Master of Tai Chi (太極)” (Tuen Hiu-Sing 段曉星)
Music Chart Awards 9+2音樂先鋒榜 Most Improved Singer
Music Chart Awards 9+2音樂先鋒榜 Best Television Singer
Metro Radio Hits Awards – Music Songs Award (新城勁爆歌曲) for Love with no Regrets (愛不疚)
Metro Radio Hits Awards – Karaoke Songs Award (新城勁爆卡拉OK歌曲) for Love with no Regrets (愛不疚)
2009
2008 Jade Solid Gold – JSG Top 10 Song Award (十大勁歌金曲) for Love with no Regrets (愛不疚)
2008 Sprite Music Charts Awards (Mainland) – Most Outstanding Newcomer (Hong Kong) (香港最優秀新人獎)
2008 Sprite Music Charts Awards (Mainland) – Most Outstanding Duet Performance (Hong Kong) (香港最佳對唱歌曲) for After Tomorrow (明天以後) with Vincy Chan
2008 Sohu.com – 50 Most Beautiful Person on Earth – Ranked 29th
2008 SINA Music Awards – Top 20 Most Listened to Song (最高收聽率二十大歌曲) for Love with no Regrets (愛不疚)
2008 RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Presentation – Top Ten Gold Songs (十大中文金曲) for Love with no Regrets (愛不疚)
2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi’s Award – Favourite Character for “the Drive of Life” (歲月風雲)” (Wah Chun-Bong 華振邦)
2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi’s Award – Favourite On-Screen Kiss with Charmaine Sheh “Drive of Live (歲月風雲)”
2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi’s Award – Favourite Couple with Linda Chung “Heart Of Greed (溏心風暴)”
Singapore Entertainment Awards – My Most Favourite Hong Kong Drama Series Actor
Singapore Entertainment Awards – OMY Web Hottest Celeb
Next Magazine TV Artists Award – Most Popular Artist Of TVB (2008)
IFPI Top Ten Sale Record Singers
IFPI Top Ten Cantonese Albums Sale Record – “Finding You in Loving Memories”
IFPI Top Ten Cantonese Albums Sale Record – “Your Love”
Best Performance – “Roadshow Award”
Most Improved Male Artist – “Roadshow Award”
Jade Solid Gold 2009 Round 1 – Best Mandarin song “After Tomorrow”
Jade Solid Gold 2009 Round 1 – Top 10 Best Song “If Time Comes” 如果時間來到
Jade Solid Gold 2009 Round 1 – 22000 Power
Jade Solid Gold 2009 Round 2 – Top 10 Best Song “Let’s Get Wet”
Jade Solid Gold 2009 Round 2 – Most Favorite icon
Magazine award – Best Karaoke Song
Yes! Magazine award – Most Favorite Male Idol
Face Magazine award – Face Icon
Yahoo Buzz 2009 – My Favorite Themesong “Worthy Tears” 值得流淚
Yahoo Buzz 2009 – Most Popular Artist
TVB8 2009 – Most favourite Cantonese song “If Time Comes”
Metro Radio Award 2009 – ‘Best Karaoke Song “If Time Comes”
Metro Radio Award 2009 – ‘Best Original Song “If Time Comes”
RTHK Award 2009 – Top 10 Best Singer
Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards – JSG Top 10 Song Award – Top 10 Best Song “If Time Comes”
Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards – Best Lyrics “If Time Comes”
2010
2009 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards – Best Arrangement Song “If Time Comes”
2009 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards – Bronze Prize of Best Mandarin Song “After Tomorrow”
2009 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards – Asia-Pacific Most Popular Male Artist
Metro Radio Mandarin Hit Music Awards – Most Global Pop Idol
Metro Radio Mandarin Hit Music Awards – Hit Song for We are Fine
Metro Radio Mandarin Hit Music Awards – Asia’s Most Hit Idol
Astro Wah Lai Toi’s Award – Favourite Character for “Mysteries of Love (談情說案)” (Kingsley King Bok 景博)
TVB 43rd Anniversary Award – TVB Blog Most Popular Artiste (tvb.com人氣大獎)
TVB 43rd Anniversary Award – Favourite Male Character Award (我最喜愛的電視男角色) for “Mysteries of Love” (Kingsley King Bok 景博)
Yahoo Search Award
Yahoo Top Ten Search Song Award “直到你不找我”
Yahoo Popular Movie Theme Song Award “直到你不找我”
TVB8 Mandarin Music On Demand Awards Presentation 2010 – Golden Melody Award: “我們很好”
TVB8 Mandarin Music On Demand Awards Presentation 2010 – Most Popular Cantonese Song: “直到你不找我”
TVB8 Mandarin Music On Demand Awards Presentation 2010 – Most Popular Male Singer
TVB8 Mandarin Music On Demand Awards Presentation 2010 – Golden Award: “我們很好”
Metro Hits Male Singer Award
2011
2010 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards – Best Arrangement Song for Until You Don’t Search For Me “直到你不找我”
2010 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards – Gold Prize of Best Mandarin Song “初見”
2010 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards – Bronze Prize of Best Mandarin Song for Always be Here “一直都在”
2010 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards – Asia-Pacific Most Popular Male Artist
2010 SINA Music Awards – Best Series Theme Song Award for Until You Don’t Search For Me “直到你不找我”
2010 SINA Music Awards – All Rounded/Multi-Talented Singers Award
The Most Valuable TV actor
IFPI Top 10 Most Broadcasted Son for We Are Fine “我們很好”
IFPI Top 10 Best Selling Local Artiste
IFPI Top 10 Best Selling Cantonese Album
IFPI Best Sound & Visual Live Recording For Concert DVD – “Come 2 Me Concert DVD”
IFPI Year Round Best Selling Male Singer
Music Pioneer Award – Most Popular Online Male Singer
Music Pioneer Award – Best TV-Movie-Singer
Music Pioneer Award – Gold Prize for Best Duet for Always Be Here “一直都在”
Music Pioneer Award – Most Welcomed HK Singer
Jade Solid Gold 2011 Round 1 – Most Popular Mandarin song “讓我愛你一小時”
Prince Jewellery and Watch Classic Cup – TV Elite award
Starhub Award – Favourite Male Character Award for “Mysteries of Love” (Kingsley King Bok 景博)
Starhub Award – Favourite Themesong Award for We Are Fine “我們很好”
Metro Mandarin force ceremony – Asian Idol
Metro Radio Awards – Most Popular Mandarin Song for Let Me Love You For One Hour “讓我愛你一小時”
Jade Solid Gold Selections 2011 Round 2 – CHOK
Shanghai Global Chart Award – Best performance on stage
Shanghai Global Chart Award – All-rounder Artist
CNTV Music Awards – Golden Melody Award for Let Me Love You For One Hour “讓我愛你一小時”
CNTV Music Awards – Most Popular Male Singer in HK & Taiwan
CNTV Music Awards – All-Rounded Artist
Astro Wah Lai Toi’s Award – Top 15 My Favorite Television Character Awards for “Men with no Shadows” (Typhoon Toi Fung 邰風)
U-Channel – Top Ten Most Popular Song for Let Me Love You for One Hour “讓我愛你一小時”
U-Channel – China’s Most Popular Singer
U-Channel – China’s Most Popular Hong Kong Album for “First”
TVB Top Earner in Mag Advertisement
Music Pioneer Award – Top 5 Pioneer Singer
Music Pioneer Award – Top 10 Pioneer Golden Song for Let Me Love You For One Hour “讓我愛你一小時”
Music Pioneer Award – Best Male Singer in HK & Taiwan
Esquire Award – Fashioned Male Artist in HK & Taiwan
TVS Awards – Most Popular TV Male Actor in HK for “Lethal Weapons Of Love And Passion” (Fung Hung Lit 風行烈)
TVB8 Mandarin Music On Demand Awards Presentation 2011 – Most Popular Cantonese Song for “CHOK”
Yahoo Asia Buzz Awards – Most Searched TV Themesong for “Light Up My Life”
Yahoo Asia Buzz Awards – Popular Dance Song for “CHOK”
Yahoo Asia Buzz Awards – Most Popular Idol
Metro Radio Awards – Best Karaoke Song for Let Me Love You for One Hour “讓我愛你一小時”
Metro Radio Award – Metro Singer voted by Metro Audience in China
2012
Sina Music Award – Sina Music Most Viewed MV for Chok
Sina Music Award – Top 20 Most Listened Song for Chok
Sina Music Award – SINA MUSIC All Rounder Singer
SMG Star Award – All Rounder Artist
RTHK Music Award – Most Popular Weibo Singer Award
2011 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards – Best Arrangement Song for Chok
2011 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards – Silver Price of Most Popular Mandarin Song for Let Me Love You for One Hour “讓我愛你一小時”
2011 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards – Asia-Pacific Most Popular Male Artist
2011 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards – Golden Song Award for Chok
OneFM Malaysia Radio Station Award – Most Popular Male Singer
Metro Radio Awards – Asia Most Popular Male Idol
Metro Radio Awards – Most Favourite Asia Male Idol
Metro Radio Awards – Most Popular Mandarin song for Even Stone is Moved “頑石點頭”
I know that you are Raymond’s fan . But do you need to put in the whole list of Raymond’s award ?
WOW, sorry but I feel that you are spamming this thread/article. We don’t need to know all of the awards that he has won here and it is not necessary to post it here. I bet you will be sad when Ray does leave the e circle one day…
he is breaking andy lau’s record for most awards
But he will never be near to Andy Lau’s popularity by any means.
LF should treat andy as his target to achieve icon status
it is ohay…i am with you…love to see Raymond’s fans…
HELP!! I am drowning from the statistics!! Can’t breath!!
Don’t be worried, it’s only a part of the list :D.
Ok, I guess they are not done filming this series yet. I thought they already finished but I guess not. I saw that trailer already and it looked really sad. It is great that they aren’t dubbed in the trailer and hope that the series will not be dubbed too.
Heard that this will not release until Oct of 2013 so it will be a long wait…
Not necessarily. I have seen some trailers undubbed and then final outcome, dubbed. Michelle Ye shouldn’t be dubbed but not sure about Raymond… oh sorry, should be
RAYMOND!!
HTS said she hope the series will not be dubbed.
From what I heard, Michelle’s other 2 productions were NOT dubbed so this one may not be dubbed. Also, at times the actual actors and actresses dubb with their own voices so at times you do get to hear their real voices.
I just heard that they were done filming on Dec.24 already but then this article said that they are still filming. Therefore, I am abit confused…
Articles are not always correct.
I’m sure they are done with filming since the late December.
This looks really good and I especially love the vibrant colours of the beautiful costumes. It gives off a really fresh feeling.
NO. RAY WILL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN ANDY LAY BECAUSE HE ALREADY SUCCESS IN TV AND MUSIC,,, NOW THE ONLY ONE IS MOVIE…I THINK HE WILL EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN ANDY LAY IN THE FUTURE, THIS WILL HAPPEN VERY SOON,,,RAY IS REALLY SO MULTI-TALENTED!!!!
Of course he will be more successful than Andy Lay but I doubt he can reach the success of Andy Lau as an actor, singer and producer. please, ease on the caps will ya?
ACTOR+SINGER+BUSINESSMAN
I guess you are so bored, Funn Lim?
I agree with Funn, well said. He may be more successful than Andy but not sure if he can reach the level of success that Andy has reached…
raymond wong is right. when LF left tvb, he should set up his own management company like andy lau and jay chau. his music contract should stay with eeg music
Another area In which ray will “surpass” andy would be the obsessive behaviour of his fans.. Andy ended up with the fans hiding under his bed, and the fan with the father who killed himself, etc. I can see that you will top them all.
I wonder if Ray will have any crazy fans save their virginity for him like that one crazy Andy fan?? If not, then Andy still tops Ray or anyone in the obsessive behavior of fans.
RAYMOND WONG (PRODUCER OF SAVING GENERAL YANG ) SAID THAT RAYMOND WILL BE ‘ANDY LAU’ 2 IN CHINA…OTHERS MANY FAMOUS ARTISTTS ALSO SAY THE SAME THING!!!
I BELEIVE THIS WILL HAPPEN VERY SOON.. LET’S WAIT….
looks like they both can’t act, Michelle looks fake with ingenuine expressions. And Raymond looked like he didn’t think he even needs to act, just stand there, have the camera roll and call it acting.
Maybe you should be in front of the camera and see if you can be as popular as them…. LOL
One is talking about how well can they act, the other one is talking about popularity. They don’tt go hand in hand, don’t you know that?
Look at boybands and twins etc.
@Nicole: But in many cases, acting and popularity go hand in hand.
I agree with Fox that in many cases acting and popularity does go hand in hand. But it is also true that in other cases, acting/talent and popularity don’t go hand in hand..
I do think that to be popular, the artists must have some talents, maybe some can see these talents while some can’t.
Some don’t have talent and still hugely successful, like Twins.
Many think Twins are entertaining and love their songs as well as their singing. What do you say to them? That your opinion is that they are not and these ppl have to follow you?
“What do you say to them? That your opinion is that they are not and these ppl have to follow you?”
Funn never said that.
“Many think Twins are entertaining and love their songs as well as their singing”
You yourself don’t dare to say ‘Many think Twins are talented’. No mention of the word ‘talent’ in your sentence even though talent is what in discussion. Shows that you yourselves have doubts whether people who like them really think that are talented.
Once again, talent is in the eye of the beholder… Also, I think we all know that it takes much more than just talent to be popular and successful…
@Kidd: There are ppl who think Twins have talents, ok? Some among my friends think so and they enjoyed their concert. I don’t think Twins have good live singing, but it doesn’t mean I doubt there are ppl who think they have talents.
Funn Lim hinted that by her posts, if you ask me.
What did I hint? I did say outright Twins have no talent.
But I did not say you must follow what I say. You Fox of all people is the last person I can ever get you to follow anything anyone says unless you want to. Please do not put words into my mouth, hinted, said outright or anything else.
is it just me or does this seem straight out of the storyline of a midsummer night’s dream? two guys love same girl, another girl loves one of guys but he doesn’t know…it looks like raymond is playing the role of demetrius here.
oh wait, i mean he doesn’t love her back, not he doesn’t know.
Raymond actually has a very mature view on love. Finding myself to agree with him.
He does but sadly his actions did not seem to prove them. Actions are stronger than words..
Sadly, that happens often in life where your actions dont support what you believe in.
But I think celebrities are hard to judge when it comes to their actions since the media is never reliable. Even when theyre reporting “happy stuff” there are too many times its either over exaggerated to please the readers or straight up false.
I think his actions are perfectly fit his view on love: Love = love but if the feeling goes, then goes with no dust left.
The trailer looks really good! I hope there is a cantonese version or hoepfully someone generous could sub it for us 🙂
There will definately be a Cantonese version so you don’t need to worry. I hope that it their real voices(for Ray and Michelle anyways) when they do dubb in Cantonese.