Ada Choi Opens Kidswear Store Offering Her Own Designed Clothing

Yesterday Ada Choi became a business owner, she and her good friends started a new company called Motion Picture (MP) (童夢工場 Children Dream Factory). Motion Picture offers designer kidswear and accessories, which were personally designed by Ada herself. Ada's husband and two daughters, Lawrence Ng, Flora Chan, Jessica Hsuan, Teresa Mo, Eileen Yeo and Mary Hon were all there to support her. As a business owner for the first time, Ada expressed she felt very excited when people called her "Lo Ban Leung" (female boss). She said: "I invested 7 figures into this business with two other friends. I will have to work harder to earn more money and open second store next season. I hope my business will make it in the stock market. (Your husband gave you the money to start this business?) We made this investment as a family of four, there is no distinguish of you or me in a family."

When speaking of Ada's "kidnap" incident in Mainland, she immediately stopped reporters from mentioning the terrifying event. "My lawyer and manager are handling the issue. (Will you work at Mainland again?) Of course! (Hire bodyguards?) This isn't about being careful or not, I've already done all my safety measures." She expressed she will teach her daughter to be aware of kidnappers and joked: "I will also teach my daughters to take up the responsibility as a [role]model, otherwise they won't get dinner." Yesterday Ada self-promoted her clothing brand on Weibo, while her husband reposted and joked: "Mrs. Choi, will family members get a discount?"

Source: Oriental Daily 
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Ada Choi to start her own fashion label for kids

It was revealed that actress Ada Choi has recently made an investment to start her own children apparel, "A Child's Dream".

As reported on HK Channel website, the 40-year-old actress invested a seven-digit sum into her new business that is co-owned by two other partners, and has been contributing a lot of ideas for the designs.

The actress revealed that her inspiration comes from her two-year-old daughter, "Before I had any children, I never thought about children's fashion at all. But after the birth of my first daughter Zoe, I realised that she knows how to pick her own clothes."

"She would pick up which shoes to wear, and would even decline the clothes I chose for her. She is very opinionated and it is never easy to control her. Sometimes she even refuses to wear what I bought her if she doesn't like them."

The actress also came up with the idea of designing T-dresses, where a T-shirt would be attached to a skirt as a one-piece, and offering children the option of selecting different patterns to create their own design. Ada stated that their brand emphasizes on creativity and wants to help children create the style of their choosing.

"We are looking for a retail shop space at the moment and we hope that we will be able to enter the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese children's clothing market soon," the actress enthused.

Source: Yahoo! Entertainment

Ada Choi Gets "Kidnapped" Calls the Public Security to the Rescue

Recently, Ada Choi has been focusing on filming Mainland dramas. Her latest drama Empresses in the Palace has brought her a rise in popularity, thus she's often attending functions in Mainland and earning extra income. Unexpectedly, Ada encountered unfortunate events in Xi'an and Tianjian. Not only was Ada forced to go to another function that wasn't mentioned in her contract, she also encountered several cars stopping her on the highway. The life threatening situation felt like she got kidnapped and is extremely angry at the company (Der德尔) for its shameful act. She is currently consulting with her lawyer to take legal action against the company.

Ada was so angry she posted on-the-scene photos and an apology letter from Der德尔 on Weibo. She wrote: "It was too terrifying! How could such thing happen! Yesterday I went to Xi'an for a function, we only signed one contract to attend one event at one location. I never imagined I would get forced to attend another one. The car just took me to the shopping mall and told me to get out of the car. Yesterday the company already sent me an apology letter and declared that nothing like that will ever happen again in Tianjian! Today, the arrangements at the Tianjian functions had been a huge mess and I'm already very upset. I already did everything I was suppose to do according to the contract, but I never thought the event organizer would come stop my car, while I was already on my way to the airport. This is the first time I felt my life was at danger, I felt like I was getting kidnapped! God! How can this happen! The only thing we could do was call the Public Security! Fortunately, the Public Security got to the scene on time and took us to the airport. I'm still very scared now. I am extremely angry at the involved company's shameful act!"

Ada's husband Max Zhang angrily scolded the culprits on Weibo: "What were you guys trying to do?! You guys said one thing in the apology letter, but then what are your actions like? You guys trying to bully a woman? She fulfilled her duties according to the contract, but then she's asked to do something outside the contract and that's call not cooperative? You guys were controlling her freedom, no different from kidnapping her. Ask any woman whether they would be scared to see several big cars stopping her car on the highway? You guys scared a woman that much, its not going to be simply telling you off." Good friend Monica Chan said: "That is just too terrifying, please respect the contract!"

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum