Singer-actress Rui En looks back at her days as an undergraduate at the Nanyang Business School
By Christopher Ong
Rui En was at the iconic School of Art, Design & Media building to shoot the MediaCorp series, The In-Laws. She took time out of her hectic filming schedule to grant Hey! this interview.
She shot to fame as the iconic “running girl” in a SingTel hi!Card advertisement, and real life almost mirrored reel life for actress Rui En given that she came close to running away from school during her time as an undergraduate.
Indeed, if not for the help she received from some “angels” in her life, the Nanyang Business School Class of 2004 alumnus may perhaps not have graduated from NTU with a Bachelor of Business degree.
Back then, on the cusp of making the breakthrough she needed in the hugely-competitive media industry, she found it hard to juggle her work and studies. To top it off, she had to make regular trips to Taiwan to produce her debut music album, Rui Σn vol. 01.
All this led to her wanting to throw in the towel, studies-wise. Says the 30-year-old: “I’ll be really honest, there were times when I wanted to give up but I was persuaded not to by some angels in my life. I am so glad I persisted.”
“I guess it was the fact that I had already started. After a while, I figured I had to finish it no matter how tough it was.”
Perhaps this line sums up Rui En’s character as a fighter. In an interview she gave in 2008, she had talked about her tumultuous growing-up years: her parents divorced when she was 17, and she also smoked and drank from a young age to look “cool” and fit in. Asked why she agreed to such a soul-baring interview, she had said:”I am hoping that kids who read this might realise that no matter how bad your family situation is, you have a choice not to be a victim.”
Back to the subject of school, she says that her last year in NTU was especially difficult because “I had to be in Taiwan a lot.”
Little wonder then that Rui En feels she owes a debt of gratitude to her final-year project group, whom she says helped her greatly. “If I were in their position then, I would have been quite mad. But they were so accommodating and understanding.”
“I really want to thank them for their help, and still feel very grateful towards them today.”
The one with the baseball cap
Rui En kept a low profile in university. One former lecturer, Assoc Prof Joan C Henderson, remembers her as being quiet in class, and also describes the star as “nearly always sporting a baseball cap”.
During the interview, she comes across as engaging and sincere. Maybe this is why the actress has over the years been consistently voted one of the Top 10 Favourite Female Artistes at the local Star Awards. At this year’s Awards, she went one better by clinching her first Best Actress award for her role in the Channel 8 drama With You.
Her achievements also saw her recognised by the university in 2007 when she became a recipient of the Nanyang Outstanding Young Alumni Award, something she feels both “surprised and grateful” about.
Still, Rui En says that just being able to do something she loves on a daily basis is “enough of a prize”.
So, what advice would she give NTU freshmen who want to pursue their passions, be it sports, community service or acting, while studying? She says:”I get a lot of comments like, ‘Oh, you are still in this line?’”
“But I would say that you shouldn’t bother about what people think. Have the courage to pursue your dreams and to go through the difficult times.”
Source: Hey!
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管大马娱乐制作有限公司 出版 | 管雪梅著 | Page 126
瑞恩
在本地演员、歌手双身份的女歌手中，瑞恩是非常优质的一位，她不但戏好，歌也好，身上散发出来的特殊气息与众不同，只是她为人很低调，不爱宣传，因此，见报曝光机会少。
曾修读”银行业与金融管理”的瑞恩，曾出版专辑《芮恩RuIen》、《芮恩RuiEn同名专辑》，专辑完整地收录了瑞恩出道至今的心情点滴，及对人与事各式各样的想法，她也曾在专辑中亲自写了8首歌词，微妙且带点另类的文字充满著这位新新女生新鲜自主的想法。
瑞恩拍摄过的电视剧也很多，像《不凡的爱》、《书包太重》、《最火搭档》、《吃吃面包谈谈情》、《二分之一缘份》、《法医X档案II》、《爱情零度C》、《宝家卫国》、《破茧而出》和《过好年》等等；也多次获观众投选为”十大最受欢迎女艺人”。
瑞恩还曾担任周杰伦《八度空间》中《暗号》里头的MV女主角，她曾经是 ‘J女郎’ 之一。
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周杰伦的个性害羞又腼腆，追女生的方式喜欢“打暗号”，他帮师妹芮恩量身订做唱片广告，自编自演一套追女生的剧情，展现杰伦式的“黑色幽默”！
芮恩是阿尔发唱片的新女声，经过周杰伦的强力背书，芮恩还没有正式出片，已经受到各界的瞩目。周杰伦先是带着芮恩合拍《暗号》的MV，他在手机广告之中，也找来芮恩一起演出，师兄妹先是“打暗号”，再来“大头贴”。
周杰伦的演唱会将于十二日移师香港开唱，在红磡一连演唱五场，目前他除了积极在为演唱会准备之外，投入很多时间在芮恩的专辑上面。
周杰伦帮芮恩写了一首《白色羽毛》，而芮恩的唱片广告，周杰伦也来帮忙。周杰伦在广告片中，担任广告创意、造型设计，还自编自演热情站台。周杰伦在广告片中，上演追女生的剧情，内容是他带着学弟、朋友共三个男生，在一家咖啡厅里看到芮恩，三个男生一直窃窃私语讨论，但是都不敢有所行动，等到最后离开时看清楚芮恩的长相，而且听到芮恩的歌之后，周杰伦才突然觉得芮恩很不错。周杰伦说：“这支广告是酷中带了一点神秘的调性，很能够把芮恩的特色表现出来。”
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Source: Modern Music Field Magazine
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天王身价的周董向所有喜欢音乐的朋友们打暗号,友情跨刀现身拍广告推荐小师妹芮恩Ruien,在新人芮恩发片前为她注入一剂强心针;从一开始芮恩进入阿尔发唱片录音起,就受到大师兄的提拔,宠爱,不但邀请她当”暗号”MV女主角,拍Panasonic GD68手机广告之外,周杰伦更对这位小师妹的音乐赞赏有嘉,主动为她量身打造一首歌曲;发片近在眉梢时,杰伦还特别在百忙之中站出来,一下飞机就赶到拍摄现场,自编自演,自己设计一出广告,以周杰伦的方式向大家”打暗号”,推荐芮恩Ruien最新国语专辑.
周杰伦说这支广告是以酷中带了一点神秘的调性,把芮恩的音乐特色表现来,内容叙述周杰伦带着学弟,朋友三人在一家咖啡厅,看到了芮恩对她议论纷纷,不过三人不敢有所行动,离开时才回头小声说:”不错喔!”;时下唱片圈新人辈出,周杰伦平常也很注意国语歌坛的动向,尤其是像芮恩这样有特色的艺人, 和他一样唱歌咬字不清的,反而可以把人声变成一种乐器演奏,听起来更有味道;而芮恩专辑里丰富的音乐性,也让杰伦赞赏,特别为他写了一首融合中国风+日本风的歌”白色羽毛”推荐给大家.
许多人唱抒情歌,R&B,摇滚歌曲,芮恩的嗓音唱起来少了激情嘶吼的浮动,却多了一股音律流畅,咬字不清,恣意放纵的特色就成了运转音符的最大助力,让人听起来清新舒服,比起一般歌手来说,杰伦觉得芮恩的爆发力来自自然,不做作的嗓音,芮恩可以表现这么多种截然不同的曲风,也让杰伦十分欣赏,看好她未来的表现,大力提拔她,希望能为乐坛注入一股新潮流.
芮恩很感谢大师兄鼎力相助,拍MV,广告几次的相处合作以后,她觉得这位大师兄不但人很亲切,很会带人,还很喜欢帮人家做设计,从穿着,服装,化妆,发型给芮恩许多建议,连这次拍广告两位演员的造型服装,也是出自杰伦的意见,有机会的话杰伦还想发挥他的创意,帮芮恩从头到脚打扮一下.
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2003年12月10日
连载：就爱这样的周杰伦 出版社：中国旅游出版社 作者：曾小歌
周杰伦常常出席师妹芮恩的记者会，拉抬师妹声势。他对师妹芮恩不错，又写歌又帮她拍了推荐广告片，芮恩为了在今年有一次跟歌迷有相见欢的活动，拚命练舞。
他为了疼爱师妹芮恩，连专用的舞蹈老师阿宏，都因为芮恩签唱会要练舞，让他提早从美国回来帮芮恩排舞。
周杰伦唱歌的特色一向是咬字不清，没想到师妹芮恩也是一样，因此他为同样「咬字不清」的芮恩设计了一款广告，内容是周杰伦带著学弟、朋友三人在一家咖啡厅，看到了芮恩对她议论纷纷，不过三人不敢有所行动，离开时才回头小声说：「不错喔！」
而芮恩觉得师兄周杰伦不但人很亲切，还喜欢帮人家做设计，从穿著、服装、化妆到发型，给了芮恩许多建议，连这次广告中的造型服装，也是他的意见。有机会的话，周杰伦想发挥他的创意，帮芮恩从头到脚打扮一下。
周杰伦即使是得了肠胃炎，还会抱病为师妹「芮恩」的记者会站台，他帮她写歌、拍MV、拍广告，帮到最後，很多杰伦迷都在网路上骂芮恩「离周杰伦远一点！」、「给我小心点」，芮恩很委屈的说，「其实杰伦只是把我当妹妹，我跟他一点都不来电。他也不是我喜欢的型，我喜欢像金城武这样的男人，杰伦太臭屁了。我不会和你们抢杰伦的！」
芮恩趁周杰伦在香港举办演唱会之便，举行自己的第一张个人专辑发表会，周杰伦果然也在彩排的百忙中来为芮恩站台。台上周杰伦为师妹挂保证，台下两人斗嘴，问周杰伦会不会担心跟芮恩传绯闻，周杰伦说：「看也知道不会。」
原来周杰伦嫌芮恩胖，上镜不好看，常常念她不要吃太多；写给她唱的歌「白色羽毛」，也常说「我写的真好听」而不是「芮恩唱得真好听」，芮恩则不假辞色反击「我最讨厌臭屁的人」，两人你来我往不时斗嘴，周杰伦会用从蔡依林那儿学来的英文，糗她国语说不标准：芮恩则批评周杰伦「谁说英文这样说」，碰在一起，他们还真会斗嘴哩！
周杰伦还有一个小师妹ReiEu（黎安），他对她也很好。
当蔡依林频频否认和周杰伦谈恋爱，只表示是「好朋友」时；另一头周杰伦则与小师妹ReiEu（黎安）完成「暗号」ＭＶ，两人彻夜拍片玩扑克牌「大老二」提神，体贴的周杰伦还变魔术给师妹看，感情好的很自然。两人的「新关系」在萤光幕前曝光後，歌迷反应很好，不似蔡依林到处挨骂，相关人员都觉得：「好奇怪」。
周杰伦新歌「暗号」，同时也是他代言手机产品的主题曲。不过歌迷关注的，却是一直说自己个性很「怕生」，碰到不认识女生会觉得很困窘的周杰伦，竟然初次和一个漂亮美眉合拍ＭＶ，而且两人眉目传情，用手机传简讯，演得好自然。原来这个廿一岁、来自新加坡的女生ReiEu，是阿尔发总经理杨俊嵘刚发掘的新人，首度让她和爱将周杰伦一起合作。
当天从凌晨一点半，拍摄到隔天的清晨四点，大家都累垮了，只有周杰伦还兴致勃勃的找 ReiEu和工作人员，一起玩大老二。周杰伦玩的起劲，其他人则是狐疑：「周董」哪会怕生，很帮小师妹入镜。而看ReiEu长的有点像港星李彩桦，可是仔细看，她圆润的双颊和发型，也有像蔡依林呢！
至於新人游艾迪，也是周杰伦的小师妹。
游艾迪出唱片，在主打歌「Girl Power」里，作曲人挂的是「诗人」，其实就是周杰伦。这是周杰伦在替众多歌手写歌作曲以来第一次用笔名。
周杰伦帮蔡依林写歌时，用本名作曲；周杰伦帮游艾迪写歌时，为什麽要化名「诗人」？周杰伦的答覆是：「因为我想让大家真正注意到游艾迪的歌声！」
杰伦是不是对师妹们都很体贴呢？
对师妹好，是没错的。给师妹机会，就等於给自己机会啊！他不是老想交一个女朋友吗？师妹们都很漂亮，能进能退、可攻可守，万一都没搞头，说不定师妹们被感动，会介绍一个比自己更适合的美眉给他呢！
Source: Sina
Categorised in Rui ∑n vol. 01.
