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New Face (NF Group) Agency?

Recently I've been trying to get back into the "fit" routine. I've been trying to hit up the gym at least 3 times a week. Last weekend I took a break from the regular clubbing routine and just relaxed. Sunday was pretty good I was out with Clare, Iris, and Diana playing tennis. I finally got to use that racket I purchased so long ago. My performance leaves much to be desired, but I was able to return some balls. Thanks go out to my friend Wins, she hooked me up at Waterfall to get the court booked and other perks she managed to swing for us.

One of the reasons for focusing on my fitness lately is recently the whole modelling thing has swung around again. A Carmen Leung left me a message from Starz People to update my photos. They have never contacted me in the past but it is nice to know that I'm still in there someplace. I wanted to drop by Dreamodels as well to get a couple of snapshots done so that I'm on file with them as well. I really want to try modelling, I think the stories would be so interesting.

Which brings me to the point of this post. Afterwork today I walked towards one of my favourite sandwich shops (Thanks Karen), Pret A Manger. Located just beside Lee Garden's LV shop in Causeway Bay I was hoping to get a sandwich before going to get my hair trimmed at my regular salon Sharon Island (샤론허어사롱). What bad luck Pret closes at 7:30, right when I got there. I figured I would at least try for the hair salon since that closes at 8pm. I was talking on the phone to Diana while walking towards Times Square when someone stopped me on the street talking to me in Cantonese. I started talking to him in English hoping that would scare him off but it didn't he stayed persistent talking to me in Chinese. I thought maybe he heard me talking on the phone in Cantonese so I actually switched back to Cantonese just so I wouldn't seem rude. He was looking for a clothing model from what I gathered and wanted to know if I was interested. Obviously I'm very careful about these things especially after the scam Dragon Eight Limited (D8) tried to pull on me. The business card he handed introduces him as Dee Siu, the Assistant Production Manager at New Face Group (NF Group). They're located at:

2/F, Capital Building, 6-10 Sun Wui Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

Basically right near Lee Gardens. I asked if they had a website, which they couldn't give me. When I walked into the office they looked like they just moved in and were just finishing up their renovations. I asked some very specific questions about contracts and payments but did live my basic contact information with them. I'll give them a chance but I'll obviously be very careful. They talked about money and payment right away which I found was a little strange. Quoting figures around $320 HKD/hour for shots. It isn't a lot of money, which just might mean their target market is that range. I'll keep my readers posted if this ends up to be another fake modelling company.

Labels: Scams

posted by Tempest7 @ 23:53