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Vanness Fan Clubs Acknowledged by Vanness, Fans of High Priority to Him August 9, 2005
Celebrating his 27th birthday last weekend, Vanness was overwhelmed by his fans all over asia. He was not expecting to receive affectionate greetings from his fans. He also did receive many gifts from his fans which he thought as normal thing to do by the fans who voice out their feelings and support by means of showering him with presents on this special occasion.
Think about how much mail the average person gets, then multiply that by ten (imagining 10 of you). Celebrities get a lot of mail- even if you don't count mail from the fans. Think about all the paperwork they must read, contracts, scripts, invoices, invitations, business proposals, personal mail, memorization of lyrics for song albums etc. On top of that, they must work to make money, and most celebrities have very hectic schedules, often traveling or pulling 16 hour- days on set/studio. Reading and answering all mails could take hours per day, that is why most have help in that area, especially fan mails. On top of just letters, celebrities also receive lots of gifts and not just from fans. Like in the recent Birthday of Bond or MeiZuo who is still has not forgotten his name in famous Meteor Garden and Star Runner, he gets items from movie promoters, film festivals, endorsements, manufacturers sending free products hoping for endorsements plus things from friends and relatives. Needless to say, it is possible that the mail could pile up and/or be read by an assistant in order to keep up with it.
From what other fans know, Vanness Wu does not respond to mailed requests for autographs or other such requests. The plan and simple fact is that a lot of Vanness fans who have sent requests for autographs and no one has ever gotten one through the mail, or maybe few only. He would probably much rather sign them in person as they are more meaningful anyway. He is very agreeable to autographs in person and will even go out of his way to greet fans and sign autographs. That is just the way Vanness Wu is; more of a face-to-face kind of guy. But, it even hurts to ask by mail if you have your mind set on it, as long as you know ahead of time that there is a slim chance of getting a response. When requesting an autograph, you should send the photo or item for him to sign along with a self-addressed stamped envelope for return postage.
For Vanness, he treats his fans with high respect, as much as possible with regards to the gifts he gets, he doesn't tolerate fans spending loads of pennies just to be able to give him a special gift. According to him, he understands the demands of the fans, but if he were a fan, it wouldn't be as thrilling as watching one celebrity personally sign the copy for him.
Vanness Wu appreciates gifts from his fans, but of course, he doesn't have time to acknowledge these things. You can take comfort in the fact that he has a room in his house just for storing things like these and according to him, he doesn't throw nor give away things given to him by his fans even if it means "he already has everything" according to him, "I don't throw special meaningful things away, especially from the fans who exert effort to support me in this way. But my advice to the fans is to not spend too much money because you might get frustrated if I don't and can't personally thank you. But I am sure you know that I acknowledge everything my fans do and give. The most treasured things I receive are those meaningful hand-ful paintings personally done by them, it's just too personal that stores special place in my heart."
Vanness Fans Club or even F4 Fans club usually does a gift once a year for his birthday and one during Christmas season. They contribute message clips, poetry books, christian books and even joke books from fans all over the world. A postcard album also with all Vanness Wu pictures from past to present. This is a good way to get a sentiment across without having to take the time and money to send a gift yourself. Fan clubs don't get any special treatment over other mail, but a group gift can help reduce the amount of mail Vanness or assistants has to go through and still get the same messages across.
Miracles do happen. One fan club member (who fail to disclose identity) said she joined numerous vanness clubs in the internet as such: Vanness-korea, sunshine-vanness, onlyvanness, Vannesshome, lovevanness, Vanness blog Japan, vanness and we and only f4 to get updated with Vanness & had written to Vanness through Sony numerous times with various requests and she thought he would never respond. In fact, he never expected he would, until one day. It was not a kind of attention-getting letter either. It was a simple letter with goodluck, special messages written in a plain white business sized envelope, nothing fancy nothing extra ordinary. She had attached a picture of Vanness with her and she wanted to make it more memorable so she sent the said picture for vanness to sign. After 1 1/2 years of waiting, she then suddenly received a mail. It was simple, in big size white envelope, with autograph of Vanness at the back of the picture, with a simplest note on a separate piece of paper that says : "I remember you!" This just proves that he reads mails, he answers mails, but you just have to be patient. He is just too busy. For him, his fans may be of a high priority to him, but he probably feels the best way to please his fans is to work and not just to sit down at home and read mail.
Source: Azaq Japan
Translated & Credit to shekhung of onlyvanness
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