Monday, February 23, 2009

[09.02.22] A rainy night of car chase action for Junjin in Shanghai

Junjin unexpectedly ended up as the lead of a reality action film set in Shanghai, when more than 20 vehicles carrying fans chased Junjin’s vehicle in the rain for an hour in the early hours of 22 Feb, a clear demonstration of his overwhelming popularity in China.

After successfully concluding his first solo concert in China on 21 Feb, Junjin and his entourage headed to a restaurant for dinner, and that was where the unintended drama and action kicked off.

Fans followed in hired vehicles all the way from the concert venue to the restaurant, and a group of fans somehow got wind of Junjin’s itinerary and managed to get to the restaurant ahead of time while keeping tabs on Junjin’s whereabouts via cellphones with fellow fans who were tailing Junjin’s vehicle.

For the whole one and half hours Junjin and company were having their meal, the fans stood outside in the rain, waiting for Junjin to step out. When the group was about to head to the next venue for the post-concert celebration party, these fans once again got into their hired vehicles, following Junjin every step of the way despite the rain.

Although it was already rather late with fewer cars on the road, the 20 vehicles continued to hog the roads and some even ignored traffic stops. Despite attempts to shake off the fans, the fans’ vehicles continued to tail them from 1am to 2am.

A source from Junjin’s side said, “We did not expect a situation like this to crop up, so we were quite shocked. Although we can understand their intentions but Junjin does not wish for this kind of car chase to happen.”

“Honestly Junjin is not too concerned about fans following him, but he’s more worried about the safety of the fans who are chasing our vehicle in the rain.”

Source: Star News
Chi trans: jojoyu7@shinhwachina
Eng trans: midnightgirl13@absolutshinhwa.wordpress.com

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