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...life she bargained for. Two and a half years ago, Chen was a newly minted college grad just entering the working-stiff world as a credit analyst in the Hong Kong branch of a foreign bank. That was before she decided that her brother, teen idol Edison Chen, was having way more fun than she was. Meetings were held, a contract was signed?and Chen popped out of the Hong Kong star-making microwave like a sugar-coated pineapple bun. Her first single, Future Tense, was released to local radio stations last month, and her debut album, a self-titled...
...stage experience had been in an elementary-school musical. But she had been exposed to glamour in other ways. Although she grew up in Vancouver, her father, business tycoon Edward Chen, took her to star-studded parties and exclusive backstage events whenever she visited Hong Kong. Later, Chen watched Edison launch his career armed with little more than some hip-hop Canto-pop tunes and a lust-inducing smile. Although she had blossomed attractively herself, Chen remained a bystander, attending university in Canada, earning a bachelor's degree in commerce and business administration. She accepted a job as a credit...
...siren call became too tempting, especially after an offhand-yet-impeccably-timed remark made last spring. She and Edison were lounging around the spacious apartment they share in Hong Kong's Mid-Levels when Chen observed that her brother's life looked "kinda fun." During a radio interview the next day, Edison was asked if either of his two sisters (eldest sister Olivia is a marketing manager in Hong Kong) wanted to be artists. He responded that Tricia did, and the media spread the news. Paparazzi started chasing her. Not long after, Albert Yeung, chairman of Emperor Entertainment Group...
...leaders issue directives from red, doily-covered armchairs. Katy Tsim, a marketing manager at Century Elements, says signing international brands, including Hugo Boss and a Korean cosmetic company, to back Chen's debut album has been a snap: "People know CITIC, and they also know Tricia because of Edison and her father. Sponsors think that CITIC will put a lot of effort and money into promoting their new artist. So the noise will be bigger if they do a joint promotion with...
...Chen feels frustrated, she can't say she wasn't warned. Edison says he tried to talk her out of entering the business. "I'm happy that she can do what she wants to do," he explains, "and that her dream will hopefully come true. But the unhappy part is that I go through 20-hour-a-day work periods, and I do not wish to see my sister do that. Who wants to see their loved ones going through so much pain?" Two days later Chen says over the phone that she thinks she performs better when...