I got the top pulled down, I'm a movie star

You know my everyday life may sound dramatic

But when you got it like this, gotta make it a habit

Ooh, I can't explain my love for love

I got it, yeah, it hits the spot

I'm feeling myself

Sunny, it's been way too long, man

Yeah?

Last time was four years ago in Amsterdam?

Yeah, a little over four years ago

Anyways, it's good to see you and I appreciate the generosity

In your welcoming attitude for making time in your busy schedule

Anything for you, brother

I heard you were doing three projects at this moment

Yeah, actually, I am filming a lot

We are doing a gangster project called Ka Tao

So Ka Tao in Taiwanese and in Chinese means gangster

So the gangster culture is very prevalent amongst society

It fits your style also

Yeah, thank you, thank you

I like that, you know, the gangster style

But yeah, that's where I caught my big break

Was the original movie about eight years ago, nine years ago

And you know, now I'm doing that project

Then I'm also doing another action comedy

I'm also doing a documentary on Taiwan shipwrecks

So I'm doing a lot of projects

It is very time-consuming, it's very tiring

And you have a family

It's good to see you

Yes, yes, I have a family

You know, beautiful wife, beautiful daughter

My wife is doing a lot of hip-hop stuff

She's a rap star in Taiwan

But yeah

I love that

But the gangster role is what launched your career

Yes

So for the people that don't know you

Of course, you're here

You're a local superstar

In multiple disciplines, even

Thank you

But besides acting, you also enjoy freediving, I heard

Yes, I love diving, freediving

I love the ocean, man

I love sports, I love activities

That's something I'm passionate about

So we do a lot of ocean conservation projects

Shark conservation as well

So that's part of life, I guess

Something that I believe in

You know, besides my acting career

And being in the entertainment business

But also, you know, I'm passionate about just life

Well, I think you're also a style inspiration

And especially when it comes to two things

One, obviously, is our mutual passion

Which we're going to talk about in a bit

But you have another passion

As you opened the Empire Motor Club

Can you tell us a little bit about that?

Empire Motor Club

Of course

It's actually a project that started off

As just a passion project

Between my best friend and I

And we love cars

We love tuning cars, modifying cars

You know, hooking up cars

And we were really influenced by Paul Walker

You know, Fast and the Furious style

So we decided to just do YouTube vlogs

And then it naturally became a brand

A culture brand

You know, the street culture

You know, the street scene

And it became a big community

And, you know, I want to take you

To my little garage later

And check out something special

And I think you would like it

I'm not a big car guy

But if you say something like that

It must be good

Yeah, man

Want to hop over there?

Yeah, let's do it

Let's go

All right

So, welcome to my little

Empire Motor Club garage

It's a very small garage

But actually inside is where we do

All our video content

For YouTube and everything

So both for Empire Motor Club

As well as Empire Watch Club, right?

Exactly

So, you know, we like to talk a little bit

About watches here and there

I mean, we're not as pro as you

But, you know, we try

But you have both the Motor Club

And the Watch Club

Yeah

So tell me about the overlap

And the pros and cons

Compared to watches, compared to cars

Stuff like that

Okay, so

Well, I admire your Porsche

Yes, yes, yes

So, yeah, so this is

Well, first of all, so this is the Porsche

That I wanted to show you 996

Yes, this is the 996

I don't know a lot about cars

But I know a couple Porsches

And I love the color, too

Yes, I knew you would appreciate the color

This is the 996 Turbo

It's a 2002

I basically, you know, rebuilt it

Redid everything to this car

Whatever you can think of

But, you know, most importantly, I think

For you, I think the color, the wheels

And the Empire Motor Club stuff here

Yeah, we have the Empire Motor Club wheels

That we make

They're forged wheels

You know, everything about it is

It's completely new, but it's also very retro

So what I would like to say is it's

You know, when you say something that's neo-vintage, right?

So for me, it's a modern classic

Something that's about 20-something years old

Something that I think when we look back

And we would be like, wow, why didn't I think

That this would be a modern classic?

I like collecting special watches

From vintage all the way to modern

But I think somewhere in between is the sweet spot for me

Exactly, because you have both modern pieces

Both vintage pieces and, let's say, neo-vintage pieces

For example, the watch you're wearing

Which you bought from me

Of course, it's a little bit more vintage

It's from the 70s

But the design is so contemporary still

And it's so up to date

It will never lose its face, just like a Porsche

Yeah, it's iconic, it's classic, it's beautiful

So this one, I think, will make a comeback

You know, mark my words

The 996, I know everyone does not like the headlights

But I'm starting to like it, I'm starting to love it

So I think they will make a comeback

But this car that we drove earlier

This is actually my wife's car

It's the C63 Black Series

And this is more of a modern car, but they discontinued it

And everything is stock, actually, except for the wheels

And it's actually only 800 ever made in the world

So this is super rare

So that's why my wife and I were both into cars and watches

And, you know, we like to collect rare things

Because she actually picked out this watch, right?

Yes, my wife was actually looking for a 5402 for me

And she actually stumbled upon this watch with you guys

And then so she told me about it

And that's how we reached out

And you will meet her later, you will meet Dizzy later

Amazing

But yeah

We had a drive in this one?

We had a drive in this one, now let's go for a drive in the 996

Dope, let's do it, man

Let's do it

Where are we going to?

Let's go to my house because, you know what?

It's almost sunset

And let's go check out the scenery

Check out everything about Taipei from my balcony

I'm down, bro

Let's do it

You made me fall in love with Taipei in just one day

Actually in a couple of hours, maybe two or three hours

You've been the best host so far

And this view is mesmerizing

It's gorgeous

Incredible

You can see the entirety of Taipei

And, you know, we're surrounded by mountains on a beautiful day like this

So it's pretty breathtaking to see and to wake up to, you know

And then with the sunset, this is what I wanted to show you

You know, it's gorgeous because we're facing west

And then you can kind of see the newer area of Taipei

And then the older area

So it's just gorgeous, man

Dope, dope

I'm glad you like it though

No, seriously, I do

I'm glad you like it

So it's...

I really feel like you're a very passion-fueled guy

In all the fields you excel in even

So what ignited the passion for wristwatches?

I would have to go back to my uncle giving me a graduation present

When I was in high school

So I was about 17 years old

He gave me a Rolex, a Perpetual

And it was just something that ignited it

Because I never expected him to give me that

Like, of all people, it should have been my dad or my mother

Or maybe grandma or grandpa

But it was my uncle because he was into watches

And he was the one that was really into cars

And he kind of was the one that helped me become a man

And also, you know, my father was there as well

My father did like some watches

But he wasn't like a hardcore watch guy

He liked cars, but he wasn't a hardcore watch guy

I mean, he liked cars, but he wasn't a hardcore car guy

It was my uncle

And then my grandfather gifted me a Cartier Pasha

When I was in college

I was about to graduate

Those were the first two nice watches that were gifted to me by my family

Amazing

I was very lucky to have

And that kind of started me off in the watch path

And it gave me, you know, kind of like the fuel to learn more

Because just like you said, whatever I do, I want to learn

I want to do all my homework

I want to become passionate about

But that has to come natural

So it did take me a little bit of time

And it wasn't until I started to make money myself

So what was the first watch you bought from your hard-earned money?

It was the Offshore Diver back in 2010

Everybody makes mistakes, my friend

It just shows you, you still had a lot to learn, right?

Yeah

No, just kidding, just kidding

No, that was...

No, I made more mistakes after that

I made more, I made plenty more, to be honest

I bought a Panerai Radiomir

Eight days

You tossed it off of the building?

Your eyes are just like, what the fuck are you talking about, bro?

You should not be on this vlog

Well, honestly, you have been an ambassador of Iblo

So I'm open to anything, my friend

I'm open to anything

I knew you'd have to stick that in, though

Yes, I was, I'll openly admit it

I was an Iblo ambassador

You know what?

Let me hear it in the comments

There you go, there you go

You're not going to like the comments, though

But seriously, it goes to show you, though

You're a very influential guy in the watch scene in Asia