I couldn't sleep last night because there was constant thunder and lightning, and I couldn't help but worry about the charity concert. I hoped that the gods would be kind and the concert could take place smoothly. I was worried but because I had to be interviewed by someone from an American magazine the next day, I kept trying to make myself fall asleep. I don't know if you've experienced this, but the more I wanted to sleep the harder it was for me to. I was stuck in this state, tossing and turning in bed, counting sheep and even ants, and yet I still couldn't sleep. Eventually I slowly drifted to sleep.
The next time I opened my eyes was when my assistant came to get me out of bed. I checked my watch and it was 11:30am; I guess I slept around five hours. Even though I was tired I still got out of bed, showered, and got dressed to be ready for the interview. I would do my best because the interviewer came to Nanjing all the way from Chicago to do this interview with me. Thankfully the meeting place was in the conference room in my hotel, so I could save traveling time.
After being interviewed for over an hour I was scheduled to go to rehearsals. However, because of the heavy rain from yesterday (we'd had to rehearse with umbrellas in our hands) there were puddles of water everywhere around the venue. To ensure safety the organizers insisted on clearing all the puddles before letting any artist rehearse on stage. They also had to take down the lights and electronic equipment because they were worried that lightning would prove dangerous. I therefore had no choice but to wait in the hotel for news. This unexpected change gave me a chance to rest and I immediately went to bed.
When I woke up I walked into the hall in a daze. In the dark I vaguely saw a few people sleeping on long chairs. I guess there hadn't been any news and my assistants were tired, so I decided that I should also continue to catch up on sleep. When I was awakened by my assistant it was already past 4pm. I opened my eyes and opened the curtain, and I was so happy because I could see sunshine outside. I immediately got out of bed and got ready to go.
When I got to the Olympic Sport Center I could see signs that it had rained, but under the bright sun I believed that the rainwater would evaporate soon. I was rehearsing with a lot of my good friends from the mainland and Taiwan, including the MCs Cao Qi Tai and Hou Pe Cen, two newcomers named The VC Girls, Zhou Hui, Zhou Bi Chang, Po Shu, Zhang Yue, Power Station, Cao Ying, Lin Zhi Xuan, Jiang Yu Heng, Sha Bao Liang, and Korean beauty Zhang Na La. I am so grateful for their support because they all promised to find time in their busy schedules to come to the charity concert. Even though there is no reward they accepted my invitation immediately. It really touched me so much and I want to say "Thank you" once again. That extends to all the crew who was working in front of and behind the stage, because the rain increased everyone's workload and the audience did not witness what they had to do. But I know the hard work they put in and I must thank these behind-the-scenes heroes.
After rehearsing for an hour I rushed back to the hotel and got changed to prepare for the concert at night.
We played Three Dreams as a prelude to the concert. After Three Dreams introduced my charity work around the world with footage, I went on stage to meet the audience. I even joked with them, saying, "Dragons stop rain and tigers stop the wind. Look! The rain stopped as I stepped on stage!" making the audience laugh and clap. I confessed that I am not a professional singer, and I came to Nanjing to sing only for charity so I thought the audience would forgive me. All proceeds from this concert will be given to the "Loving Capital: Fortune Elders Construction" and would build a Dragon's Heart Fortune Elderly Residence.
Midway through the concert there was a check exchange ceremony, and apart from donations from sponsors I personally donated 2 million dollars plus when we were at the venue I took out 1,000RMB and placed it into the donation box, hoping to be an example to the audience to give generously. The American who interviewed me for the magazine and followed me around for two days covering the events saw all the charity work I was doing, and he was deeply touched. During the concert he gave a US$10,000 check as a donation. I was so extremely happy because I once again influenced someone else to do charity.
Afterwards I premiered the music video of Rob-B-Hood to the audience, and I told the audience that since making Rob-B-Hood I realized how tough it was to carry a child. The mothers of this world are so great, and during the filming I deeply understood their sacrifices. I wrote a song called "The Sacrifices of Parents" (Theme from Rob-B-Hood) for all the parents in the world. Unfortunately during the playback there was a problem with the machinery, and the Nanjing audience could not watch the whole music video. Hopefully I will have another chance to show you all another time.
Afterwards, I went on stage with Jiang Yu Heng and Lin Zhi Xuan and performed a newly arranged "True Hero" and this song wrapped up the concert. Even though it was pouring down with rain in the morning, thankfully the heavens granted our wish, and the 2006 Jackie Chan and Friends Nanjing concert was completed without any problems. I took sixteen friends and gave the 50,000 audience members in Nanjing a fantastic night, and raised over 10 million RMB for charity.
After the concert I returned to the hotel's ballroom to have a wrap celebration with the local officials, all the performing artists, all the crew, and sponsors. Even though the concert was over, I was unable to relax yet because tomorrow I would have to take an early flight to Harbin to prepare for the next leg of the charity concert.
After the wrap party a few good friends came to my room to chat. They were drinking beer and were still talking about the concert excitedly. I really wanted to tell them that I had to rest because I still had the Harbin concert to deal with. But to see them so happy I didn't have the heart to tell everyone to leave. After everyone had gone it was already 4am, but I had to meet with everyone at 6am the next morning to head to the airport. I didn't think too much; I just got ready to go so I could rest during travel.
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在南京的第二天：
昨晚睡不著，因為昨夜不斷打雷和閃電，不禁又為今天晚上的慈善演唱會擔心，希望今天天公造美，令演唱會得以順利進行。擔心歸擔心，因為明早要接受一本美國 雜誌的記者訪問，所以我不斷催促自己睡覺。不知大家有沒有這個經驗，越是想睡，越是睡不著，我就是在這種情況下，在床上輾轉反側，不要說數羊，就是螞蟻也 數了，我還是不能入睡。最後，我不知在何時，迷糊間睡了。
再次張開眼睛時，就是助手叫我起床。看看時鐘，早上十一時半，我想大概睡了五個小時吧，雖然有點累，但是還是起床梳洗更衣，準備接受訪問，我一定會全力以 赴，因為記者是從老遠的芝加哥來到南京為我做訪問，幸好訪問的地點就在下塌的酒店的會議室，可以省了舟車勞頓的時間。
接受了一個長達個多小時的專訪後，本來我要去排練，但是昨天連場大雨，記得昨日大家是打著傘綵排，但是卻弄至表現場地到處積水，主辦單位為了安全的緣故， 務求把所有積水清理以後，才讓藝人上台綵排。而且，還要把燈光和電器拆下來，因為擔心打雷會造成危險。所以，我只得留在酒店裡等待消息。這樣的一個變動， 反而給了我一個休息的機會，我立即睡覺去了。
我醒來時，朦朧間，走到大廳，漆黑中，依稀看到幾個人各據一張長椅睡著了。我想還沒有消息吧，助手們都累了，就讓大家繼續睡吧。當我被助手叫醒時，是下午四點多，我張開眼，打開窗簾看看，真的很開心，因為我看見正在放太陽。我連忙起床梳洗。
到達奧體中心體育場，雖然還看到一些下過雨的痕跡，但是在陽光普照下，相信這些雨水很快就會蒸發掉了。我跟很多來自國內和台灣的好朋友排練，他們包括司儀 曹啟泰和侯佩岑、兩位新人VC Girl、周蕙、周筆暢、許慧欣、朴樹、張玥、動力火車、曹穎、林志炫、姜育恆、沙寶亮和韓國美少女張娜拉等等，真的很感激他們，他們都是百忙中抽空出席 這個慈善演唱會，既沒有酬勞，當我邀請他們時，他們更是一口答應，真是令我深深感動，我要再次在這裡說聲：「謝謝！」，還有所有台前幕後的工作人員，因為 天雨令大家做了很多工夫，他們所付出的是觀眾看不到的，但是我知道，我一定要感謝這一群幕後英雄。
排練了一個小時後，我匆匆趕回酒店更衣，準備出席晚上的演唱會。
播放‘三個夢’作為演唱會的序幕，‘三個夢’介紹我在世界各地做慈善的錄影後，我立即上台跟觀眾見面，還跟他們說笑：「龍停雨，虎停風，我一上台雨就停 了！」，逗得現場觀眾開心拍掌。我不諱言自己不是歌星，我來到南京唱歌完全為了慈善，所以我相信觀眾會原諒我的。這次演唱會收入都會捐給‘博愛之都幸福老 齡工程’建設，並將在南京建立一所龍子心幸福老年公寓。
演唱會中段時，舉行了一個支票交接儀式，除了贊助商的款項外，我以個人名義捐了兩百萬，在現場我又掏出一千元人民幣塞進捐款箱，以身作則呼籲民眾慷慨解 囊。之前訪問我的美國雜誌的記者，這兩天跟著我出席各個場合，看到我所做的一切慈善公益工作，他深深被感動，所以在演唱會時，他也立即開出一張一萬美元的 支票作為捐獻。我真的好高興，因為我又一次影響到別人做善事。
其後，我首次把“寶貝計劃”的音樂錄像公開給大家看，我告訴觀眾，自從拍“寶貝計劃”之後，才知道抱小孩很辛苦，這個世界上媽媽好偉大，通過拍攝此片讓我 感觸很深，我特別為天下父母編寫了一首歌曲‘爸媽的苦’。可惜，在播放途中，機器出現了問題，南京的觀眾未能看畢整個MTV，希望下一次有機會再播放給大 家看。
最後，我和姜育恆、林志炫3人一起登台，重新改編演唱了‘真心英雄’，以一曲完滿的結束了整個演唱會。雖然早上瓢潑大雨，但還好天公作美，‘2006成龍 和他的朋友們’南京演唱會終於順利舉行。我帶著16個朋友為南京五萬觀眾奉獻了一個精彩的晚會，為大會籌得過千萬的善款。
演唱會結束後，我和當地官員、所有表演嘉賓、台前幕後工作人員、贊助商等等回到酒店的宴會廳舉行慶功宴。雖然演唱會已經曲終人散，但是我的心情還沒有放鬆，因為明天將會乘搭早機到哈爾濱，為下一站的慈善演唱會做準備。
慶功宴後，幾位好朋友來到我的房間跟我聊天，他們喝著啤酒，還興奮地談論演唱會的情況。我很想叫他們早點回去休息，因為我還要應付哈爾濱的演唱會呢。可 是，他們談得好開心，我也不好意思叫大家離開。當所有人離開之後，已經是深夜四時了，可是明天早上六時集合，出發到機場。不要多想了，我馬上梳洗，爭取時 間休息。
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posted on Wednesday, Jun 23, 2010
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