So if you read the Wrap Up post below, you must have realised Rain’s new job. The video up there is the peep-out of the CF making.
Rain and his long hair has been chosen as Samsung Olympic Image Ambassador, as officially announced on the press con held on 21st of February in Beijing, China. Rain will sing “I’m Ready”, the song specially made as Samsung Olympic song. The MV will be out this April. Samsung love Rain’s “healthy, diligent, confident, and spirit of fighting to realize his dreams”, they even make him a series of cell phone after his name, “Rain Phone”.
This musical-phone-but-doesn’t-look-like-one SGH-F258 is already out in HK and China, while the rest of the world shall just sit and wait till the phone reach our countries. More of the series will be released. More money will be spent by Rain’s ahjumma girlfriends for the phones. (which btw, i always like Samsung, maybe i’ll consider to be one of Rain’s ahjumma this time.)
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[21-Feb-08] [PChome]
Rain is invited by Samsung to be its Olympic Image Ambassodor
The global cooperation partners for Olympic wireless communication (TOP) as well as Samsung, the cooperation partners of 2008 Beijing Olympic Torchbearers Relayeurs made an official announcement today, that Asian super star RAIN (Jung Jihoon) will work together with Samsung and becomes its Olympic Image Ambassador. Rain will sing a specially featured Samsung Olympic theme song and participates in the theme MV as well. On top of that, Samsung plans to release the first Samsung handphone which is named after artists, i.e. “Rain Phone”, which is a publicity event to promote sales for Samsung during Olympic.
With his healthy, diligent, confident and the spirit of fighting to realise his dreams, Rain has perfectly interpreted the concepts that Samsung would like to deliver: Never stop dreaming and never give up to make the dreams come true. Hence Rain becomes the Samsung Olympic Image Ambassador, who shall express the Olympic spirits of always challenging and surpassing oneself. The cooperation of Samsung and Rain reflects the combination of Olympic games and the latest entertainment icons, where another wave of Olympic idolism is expected to come after that, and hence to encourage more harmoniuos atmosphere in 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The Olympic theme song and MV shooting shall be completed in this April. It will be used all the marketing sales events of Samsung in China and Hong Kong, in which including the Olympic Torchbearers Relayeurs activity that takes 97 days and passing by 113 cities. On the other hand, OR@S (Samsung Olympic Exhibition Hall) that is located at Olympic park will keep playing this song during competition period.
The CEO and VIPs from Samsung, Rain and Liu Xuan attended the press release and left their handprints, respecively. This event was witnessed by over 400 media personnels, consumers and the representatives of fanclubs.
In addition, Samsung also exhibited its participation history in Olympic games through video clips and photos. Rain felt honoured to be the Samsung Olympic Image Ambassador and he found this role is very meaningful. He mentioned his great concern on Beijing Olympic Games and he is always ready to contribute to make this grand event a great success. In future, he shall have more interactions with his fans in China.
Since 2005, China Samsung started a public charity project called “Samsung Anycall Hope Primary School” and this project is quite successful. Today, Rain will join this team and donated stationery and study materials to the students.
“… A Samsung theme song and MV presented by Rain is a new trial and also a new leap for us, especially in terms of Olympic marketing & sales strategy..”
In recent, Samsung Anycall has released the first model of “Rain Phone” (Samsung musical handphone SGH-F258). This model was already sold in China and Hong Kong. In the meantime, Samsung plans to release other products of “Rain Phone” series later on.
source: PChome
edited / translation by jjbug@rain-malaysia
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i love the new cell of rain. i love any samsung mobel phone so that why, 3 of my cellphone is samsung U600 & U700, but now my new cellphone is G800 super do super nice the video and the camera is great. i shall buy the new cell of birain here in the philippines.