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While Little Fang's wedding with Sir William takes place at Shanghai's Grand Hyatt Hotel, Lulu, Niuniu, Beibei and CC go to see the new Gong Li movie Zhou Yu's Train.

In the movie, Gong Li plays the title character, a tempestuous painter who is torn between her two lovers. One is a poor, sensitive poet, played by Tony Leung Ka-fai, who works as a librarian to support himself. The other is a macho veterinarian.

Later at a Haagen-Daz shop, the friends order a chocolate cocktail to share and start to talk about the movie.

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As usual, Beibei, the boss in the clique, makes the first comment. 'Tony Leung's performance was so brilliant. I fell in love with him 10 years ago when I saw him in the French movie The Lover. His heavenly butt was so unforgettable. He is as sexy as ever.'

Lulu adds: 'I read in the newspaper that Gong Li in real life is like the woman she plays, and prefers poetic types to that veterinarian character. What about you guys? Who do you prefer?'

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'I like the poet better,' Niuniu jumps in. 'The type of men I like is gentle, sexy, a bit vulnerable, sensitive, smart, sometimes a bit melancholy. They have a tender side that when mixed with passion, becomes quite combustible. They make you feel motherly and make your heart tremble and ache, and you feel on fire when they touch you.'

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