October 21 – 23, 2008

Traffic Lights Music Video

I flew to Beijing to cooperate with Mitsubishi in making a music video for the song, Traffic Lights (Hóng Lù Dēng). Why am I filming this music video? The main reason is because I know that in China 400,000 car accidents happen each year, causing over 800,000 casualties, 10% of them being children. Once, while I was shooting a commercial for Mitsubishi Corporation, we started talking about this and thought that we should do something for the young children as well. So we decided to start off with education first. Consequently, I recorded a song called Traffic Lights (Hóng Lù Dēng); I wrote down the lyrics in one of my previous diaries; now I’m filming the music video. My goal is that I want to educate and call upon young children to pay attention to road safety.

Today I filmed the music video together with the young children and wow! These children are so adorable, but working with them is honestly very hard work! Why? Mainly because we had to take into consideration the safety for these children. They kept jumping and bouncing around on the set, and getting this group of active children to settle down for a while so we could shoot the music video required quite a bit of energy. Nevertheless, if any one of them had an accident of any sort, my heart would shatter and I would be very upset because they’re all so sweet and innocent; especially the Chinese-Italian girl. She looked just like a living doll - absolutely adorable. Apart from her cute looks, she even knows how to speak Italian, English and Mandarin.

The purpose of this music video is to allow young children gain a better understanding about the importance of road safety. And to help boost their interest as well as broaden their knowledge, the whole concept of this music video is very suitable for young children; for example, using cartoons and animation techniques. In the video, I play a traffic officer.

At the moment wherever I go, I always have the Disciple members with me because not only do I want them to learn about the things that happen in front of the camera, I also want them to be familiar with the things that happen behind the scenes. Therefore, the Disciple members participated with shooting the Traffic Lights video as well.

After we finished shooting the music video, I gave out gifts to the young children. I said to them that each person gets one gift and everyone must line up in an orderly fashion. There was one kid who lined up again after receiving his gift. I asked him why he lined up again and he said that his mom told him to. Ha Ha! Young children are so naive and innocent!

Antiques and Collectors Items:

Today I met with Ma Weidu, an antiques collector and appraisal specialist, and I also looked at his collection of treasured items. Ma Weidu is an extremely knowledgeable person and I truly admire him. He’s been collecting antiques since a very young age and he is the owner of the first privately run museum in China, the Guanfu Classical Arts Museum. Mr. Ma’s collection is so impressive that there are honestly too many things for the eye to absorb; he has antique furniture, antique paintings, antique photos, and many other collectables. Among the items was a bed that director Li Hanxiang bought for four thousand dollars but he then sold it to Mr. Ma at a value of $600,000. I also saw a very interesting photo. Take a look at this picture; can you see why it’s so special and what makes it so interesting? Everyone in the photo looks just like chairman Mao and they’re all facing to the right.

Also, I saw a painting that depicted a war scene. It is very rare for Chinese people to draw a picture that portrayed war and this was the first. I can’t remember which war this painting is about. The ceiling is also very unique and beautiful, using Chinese characters to make patterns on the ceiling. I actually want to tell you more about many other things that were in the museum but I’m truly very sorry. Mr. Ma personally explained many of his collector’s items to me and unfortunately, I’ve forgotten most of them. The best I can do now is share these photos with you:

Visiting Mr. Ma’s private museum was an extremely beneficial experience. Apart from having the opportunity to see so many beautiful treasured items such as the antique furniture, calligraphy paintings and photos, I also acquired greater knowledge about China’s history and culture. The more I learn about Chinese culture, the more I love about it. Hopefully one day, I will have my own museum similar to this one, and I hope that I can learn even more things about Chinese history and culture.

Taiyuan:

We left the museum and then went to the airport to catch a flight to Taiyuan. Why did I go to Taiyuan? Let me explain. Twenty years ago, the father of one of my good friends only had $400,000 to invest and do business. Now he possesses assets worth $20 billion. Even though my friend’s father has already passed away, my friend wants to improve public welfare developments and give back to society so he established a foundation in the name of his father. And the reason why I’m in Taiyuan is to attend the launching ceremony of this foundation. The main purpose of this foundation is to provide financial aid to the widowed elderly, people with disabilities, and also reward people who have contributed towards educational and charity related causes. The foundation’s first charity project will be used towards improving the livelihoods for over 200 of the local Red Army veterans and the Eight Route Army seniors. And each year over the next ten years, the foundation will contribute $1.2 million to assist with this project.

Fuzhou:

After attending the event in Taiyuan, the next day I was on the plane again, this time to Fuzhou. The reason for going to Fuzhou was to visit the Mitsubishi car factory there. They’re manufacturing a line of cars specifically designed for China called the Zinger, and I’m the spokesperson for this car model. I don’t think there are many people in the world who have been able to cooperate with a particular brand name for over 30 years.

During the event, they broadcast a series of clips from movies that I’ve starred in over the years, including shots of the cars that were provided by Mitsubishi. But the most important thing is that Mitsubishi has supported and sponsored many of my Jackie Chan Charity Cup Races, enabling the charity event to run smoothly as planned and raise funds to help the people in need.

While I was looking around at the car factory, the manager told me that they have over 2,000 employees and the factory covered an area of 6,000 acres. They even have plans of expanding. They led me to the assembling area and showed me the car manufacturing process; I looked underneath the cars as well. Seeing Mitsubishi Corporation establishing a factory in China, China providing them with space and cheap labor, and the company bringing in new technologies and good management systems, I think this can be described as a win/win situation.

Text and photos Copyright 2008 The JC Group. All Rights Reserved.

Oct 21 - 23 (星期二至四)

红绿灯的音乐短片：

          这一次来到北京，是跟三菱合作，制作一个‘红绿灯’的音乐短片。

          我为什么会拍这个音乐短片呢？事缘是我知道中国每年有四十万宗车祸，超过八万人伤亡，当中有10%是小朋友。当我跟三菱公司拍广告的时候，就谈到不如我们为小朋友做些事情吧，最后就决定从教育开始。于是，我唱了一首歌叫‘红绿灯’，歌词之前已经写在日记里，现在拍音乐短片，目的就是想教育和呼吁小朋友要注意道路交通安全。

          今天跟小朋友一起拍音乐短片，哗！这些小朋友很可爱，但是跟他们一起工作真的很辛苦！为什么呢？都是因为要顾及他们的安全，可是他们在现场蹦蹦跳跳的，要把这一群活跃的小朋友停下来，好好的拍一个音乐短片，要花不少精力呢。可是如果他们其中任何一个有什么意外的话，我会非常伤心，因为他们每一个都很天真可爱，特别是那一个中意混血儿，就像个活动的洋娃娃，可爱极了。除此之外，她还懂讲意大利文、英文和国语呢。

          这个音乐短片是为了让小孩子了解和明白到道路安全的重要性，为了加深他们的兴趣和认识，整个短片的构思都很适合小朋友的，如使用了卡通手法，而我扮演交通警察等。

          现在，我到那里都会带着龙传的人，因为我要让他们除了懂得幕前的东西之外，也要认识幕后的东西。所以，龙传的人都有参与拍摄‘红绿灯’的短片。

          拍完音乐短片以后，我送礼物给小朋友们。我跟他们说，每人一份礼物，大家都要遵守秩序排队。有一个小朋友拿了礼物以后，他又排队，我问他为什么再排队呢？他说妈妈叫他排的。哈哈！小孩子真的很天真！

古董收藏品：

          今天，我去跟收藏家和鉴定家马未都见面，并参观他的收藏品。马未都是一位非常有学问的人，我很欣赏他。他自小就收藏古董，他更是中国首家私立博物馆：‘观复古典艺术博物馆’的主人。马先生的收藏品真的令人目不暇给，有古董家具、古董画和古董照片等，其中有一张床是李翰祥导演以四千元买回来的，但是他以六十万的价钱卖给马先生。我看到一张很有趣的照片，大家看看，照片有什么特别和有趣在那里？就是所有人的头都跟毛主席一样，都是向右的。还有一幅描绘战争的画，中国人很少画战争的，这是第一幅，我也忘了这是什么战争了。还有这些天花，是用了中国字做天花板，很有特色，很漂亮。其实，我还想跟大家介绍很多很多的东西，真的对不起，马先生亲自的向我介绍了很多他的收藏品，可惜有很多我都忘了，只能够与你们分享这些照片：

          参观过马先生的私人博物馆后，除了看到那么多漂亮的古董家具、字画、照片之外，也认识多了中国历史和文化，真的获益良多，我也越来越喜欢中国文化，希望有一天自己也可以拥有这样一个博物馆，自己也认识更多更多的中国历史和文化。

去太原：

          离开博物馆，我们就去机场，坐飞机到太原。我为什么到太原呢？因为我的好朋友的爸爸在二十年前，只有四十万资金去做生意和投资，现在已经坐拥两百亿的资产。虽然朋友的爸爸已经去世了，朋友为了更好的开展公益事业、回馈社会，以爸爸之名启动了一个基金，我到太原就是出席这个基金的启动仪式。该基金主要资助孤寡老人、残疾人，还将对为教育事业、慈善事业做出贡献的人进行奖励。基金会的首个慈善项目将用于改善当地200多名老红军、老八路的晚年生活，在10年内每年拿出120万元进行帮助。

去福州：

          完成了太原的活动以后，第二天我又坐飞机去福州。到福州是去参观三菱的汽车厂，他们专门为中国而制造了一辆叫‘君阁’（Zinger）的汽车。我是这部车的代言人，我想能够和一个品牌合作了三十年，全世界应该都没有太多人可以这样子了。

          活动上，他们播放了我多年来的电影片段，里面都有三菱赞助的车，最重要的就是三菱赞助了很多届的成龙慈善杯赛车，令这个慈善活动得以顺行进行，筹得善款帮助有需要的人。

          参观车厂的时候，负责人跟我说这里有二千多名员工，厂房占地六千亩，还在计划扩建呢。他们领着我看车的生产过程，车底也看呢。看到三菱公司在国内设厂，我们中国提供了廉价劳动力和地方，他们带来新的技术和良好的管理制度，可以说是双嬴的局面。