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Vivian said the new pool hall is big and pretty,
trying to hard-sell the place. (Picture from SingPao Daily)
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The celebrities participating in the invitational
pool tournament took a group photo before the competition. (Picture from
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Vivian loves playing American pool, but she's not
used to competing with strangers. (Picture from The Sun)
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Vivian dressed beautifully to congratulate her boyfriend
for opening his pool hall. (Picture from Oriental Daily)
Joe Ngai Jan and two of his friends invested together in an American pool hall. Yesterday (1/8) was the grand opening of the pool hall, and there was a ribbon cutting ceremony. Also, there was an All-Stars Invitational pool tournament, which included Vivian Chow, Leo Ku, Mark Lui, Edmund Leung, Emme Wong and others. There were two celebrities on each team for the competition. In the end, Edmund defeated Joe to be the winner of the tournament. Joe and his girlfriend Vivian had to compete against each other during the first round. Vivian highly praised Joe for having better pool skills than her and said Joe was her first pool instructor. Joe said Vivian would have a great performance when playing pool in front of a crowd, while he was the opposite, as both of them praised each other.
Joe revealed that he invested a 6 figure amount of money, and the total investment was a 7 figure amount. He currently isn't thinking about the problem of making back the money. The most important thing is to keep the place up and running and not lose money. Besides the pool hall, the place also has an American style restaurant and a bar, and it's all open to the public. He hopes his place becomes a spot where celebrities are seen at and said he's not worried that the place would become complicated (like attract bad people to the place). It seems Vivian is even happier for the opening of the pool hall. Joe said, "Vivian didn't see this place until a much later period. She was as happy as if she was opening a present. I gave her a very big surprise. We had happy times with our social interaction in Canada, and about 70% of our friends were made while playing pool, so this year I will quickly be organizing an American pool competition and everyone can make friends while playing pool. An award will be given at the end of the year."
Playing pool with Leo Ku from morning till late night
Vivian acted as the hostess at the event to greet the guests. She was
constantly being called 'boss' by her friends to congratulate her for
the opening of the new pool hall. She clarified that she didn't make an
investment in the pool hall and was just there to show support, but she
didn't deny that she was very happy and praised the place for being spacious,
and she could play pool and eat. She said, "This place feels just
like when we're back in Canada. A lot of my friends also play American
pool. This is the perfect place for them!" The entire place was designed
by her boyfriend. She was only responsible for choosing the photos of
some cats and dogs playing pool. She also said in the past, she and Leo
Ku Kui Kei played pool all night and didn't go to sleep. She admitted
that one time she and Leo played pool from morning till dinner time and
then continued to play pool after dinner, playing for more than 10 hours
straight. Joe's pool hall closes at 5:00AM, which is most suitable for
her, since she's a night owl. She and Joe don't sleep until morning, so
their whole living cycle is delayed.
In order to increase business, Vivian made a big promise saying, "If fans want to see me, this would be a good place." The reporter asked, "Aren't you scared of being disturbed or needing to socialize with other people?" Vivian said, "I seldom socialize with others. I can play pool by myself. I seldom play pool with people I'm not familiar with. I'm a shy person. When I play pool, I'm really serious. When I was with Joe in a pool competition, the other people thought we had an argument, because we didn't say anything to each other. We would talk after the competition."
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