February 22, 2009


Things That Happened Before Resuming Work, Part 2:

It’s already the end of February! Lately I’ve been involved with making a public welfare movie in Beijing, participating as a volunteer actor. This particular film is made for young children. Initially, the producers of the film said that they wanted to pay me an actor’s fee for being in the movie, but how much can they give me? I think if I can help young children, that’s a good thing and it’s payment in itself. Even if I can help just one child, it will be worth it.


We started at six o’clock in the morning, and filmed all the way through until the evening. While I was on the set, I saw many senior actors and production crew members. Everyone was working hard and contributing their efforts for this public welfare movie. Filming was rather tiring so I fell asleep on the spot.


The next day, I went to visit my friend’s museum.



It’s such a pity how people in the past cut down all these trees. My friend really likes this piece of wood so she put it on display at the entrance of the museum. Some of you may recall that I’ve introduced this museum before. Every time I come here, I think it’s so beautiful. I guess you can say that this place is the largest red sandalwood museum and it’s owned by my friend Miss Chen Lihua. (http://www.redsandalwood.com/english/jianjie.htm)


Red sandalwood (zitan) is one of the world’s most valuable woods and since it is so rare, it’s very difficult to find. Take a look at this pair of cabinets. I believe that the current market value for them is over USD $10 million.


In the evening, I had a meeting with director Zhang Yimou. A while ago we were in discussions and had originally planned to cooperate on a project together but unfortunately, he’d already agreed to direct the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2008 Paralympics and Olympic Games so our plans were temporarily put aside. We decided to wait until after he finished doing this work before continuing our discussions of working together.


You see me having lots of meetings right now but it might be at least 2 years down the road before any of these things actually take place; it’s even possible that this is all just talk and it might not happen at all. However, I still need to have these meetings every day. It doesn’t matter if these plans go ahead or not, I’ll still talk about the possibilities because if I don’t even try to make it happen then it never will happen.

The following day I went to Shanghai. I’ve actually become the International Goodwill Ambassador for the upcoming World Expo. I met with the officials and then looked around the site of the World Expo. The Olympics was an arena for athletes; the World Expo is the equivalent for those in the business circle.


I took a look around the site of the World Expo and also some other areas that were under development. After seeing all the different facilities and constructions at the site, I felt very proud for what the World Expo will have to offer. Look at these national flags; they represent all the different countries that will participate at this event:



Afterwards, I went to look at my own museum called the “Jackie Chan Film and Arts Center.” It’s scheduled to open in 2010 near the site of the World Expo. At the moment it’s undergoing renovations.


I also looked at some of my own furniture collection. This is jinsi nanmu (gold cedar). See how big and how long it is:


If you were to ask me how heavy this piece of wood was, I don’t think I’d be able to answer you. This piece of wood is an antique and I initially had plans to move it into my museum. However, transporting the wood has proven to be a problem. Even if I wanted to move it, I couldn’t. So, it’s a pity because I have to cut the wood into pieces to move it.


All of these wooden items are actually newly made from old wood and a lot of the wood is over 400 years old. Furthermore, I like to bring back a lot of wooden things that people throw away and then do a little bit of repair and restoration work on them.

This is the door knocker for my new house. No matter how hard I try, I can’t seem to move it.


In the evening, my good friend Emil Chow was holding a concert in Shanghai. I didn’t even bother to think twice and decided to go and support him. No one knew about my decision. Even Emil had no idea that I was going to be at his concert. I went backstage and the crew members were absolutely stunned to see me. I grabbed hold of a microphone and then went out onto the stage. Emil, who was performing a song at the time, never expected that I would show up. He was so surprised and happy at the same time! At first I pretended like I was going to steal the show, only talking to the audience and counting down with them. But of course, I eventually hugged and said hello to my good friend and lead host of the concert, Emil Chow. We spent a very fun and enjoyable concert together.


Emil Chow is one of the singers I admire the most. There are a lot of songs I listen to these days that don’t seem to leave much of a lasting impression. I don’t have any feelings when I listen to the songs. However, I never get sick of listening to Emil’s songs – his songs are worth hearing a hundred times. Even now, they’re still very popular karaoke hit songs.

It happened by chance that I saw a Christmas tree that hadn’t been taken down yet so I stood next to it and took some photos. I’d like to say my [very] early Christmas greetings to everyone: “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!” The reason I’m doing this is because previously when I was filming overseas, I didn’t have time to express my well wishes to you all. But as the saying goes, as long as you have the thought, you can still wish season’s greetings any time of year. So, I wholeheartedly hope that everyone enjoys smooth sailing this year. Forget about the bad things that happened in the past. You need to look forwards; you cannot change the things that have already happened, so work hard for the future!


Today I had to fly again. Lately I’ve been flying all over the place to participate in different events and activities. Quite often I have my New Seven Little Fortunes accompanying me. Apart from giving them the chance to absorb new experiences, broaden their views, and gain more knowledge of the work involved in the entertainment industry, I want them to have even more performing opportunities.


While waiting at the airport, I was inside a bookstore looking at some books. Why did I end up going into a bookstore? Well, it’s because there were a lot of people crowding around me at the airport. I couldn’t have any quiet time to myself, so when I saw the bookstore, I immediately went inside to look at some books. It felt a little more peaceful for me. But I never expected that while I was browsing through some books, I would hear voices from a group of young children saying, “Please come out Jackie! Please come out Jackie…” I listened to see where the children’s voices were coming from and then looked in the direction outside the bookstore. I saw a group of young children all lined up outside waiting for me. I had no excuse not to go outside, so I went to the entrance of the bookstore and took some photos with them.


After taking photos, I continued to browse through some of the books. Maybe some of you might be curious to know what kind of books I would choose to look at. Well the answer is – any book that is related to design. In fact, I’m very interested in design, any kind of design, no matter if it’s product design, interior design, or any other design.

After I returned to Beijing, I had dinner with some friends in the evening. Since coming to Beijing, I’ve met a group of very nice friends. They are all very significant people from different places around the world. I guess you can say that we’re like sworn half brothers. While we were casually talking, someone jokingly said that we didn’t have a uniform. So I brought out my “Jackie Chan Outfit” that I designed myself and gave it them to wear as our brotherhood uniform.

Honestly, I think I’m very lucky. Wherever I travel to around the world, I get to meet so many good friends and also receive their heartwarming hospitality. Chinese people have a common saying: At home you rely on your parents; traveling abroad you rely on your friends! I think these words are very true. Honestly speaking, I’ve always relied on my friends because my parents lived in Australia. I fought everything alone. Whatever corner in the world I happened to travel to, I had to rely on help from friends. Luckily for me, I’ve been fortunate enough to meet some very good friends who have helped me succeed with half the effort.


At the previous two charity auctions that recently took place, the price at which this item of leather clothing auctioned for was over RMB$1 million (USD$ 146,000). The response was extremely good. Because the clothing produced is limited, selling one piece meant that there would be one less left. At the moment, I won’t bring anymore out to be auctioned off. I’ll only give them away to friends as souvenirs. After these prominent people put on my outfits, there were ladies from behind who came up to them, wanting to join in with the excitement and take a big group photo wearing the leather clothing as well. Look at how happy these ladies were:


Ha ha ha!

Apart from meeting with my brothers after coming back to Beijing, I also had a meeting with the designer for my new house and we talked about the renovations, furnishings, and decorations for my home.

Here are some photos of the main room of the house, the living room, and also the room I pay special attention to – my exercise room:




Recently I visited the National War Museum. Before going to the museum, I always thought that there would be nothing interesting to see there; the displays would either be airplanes or big canons. But I was wrong. There were so many things worth seeing here. Inside the museum, I saw things about China’s history that took place nearly 5,000 years ago, and there were explanations on how people fought wars in the past. I hope that in the future, if you have the opportunity to come to China for a holiday, and if you have time, you must go to the National War Museum and have a look around. My initial intention of visiting the museum was to do some research and gather some useful inspiration for an upcoming movie I plan to start filming that is related to war. I never imagined that coming here was like entering a mountain full of treasures. There were a lot of things here that were unforgettable! I spent half an hour looking around at the displays but with such little time, I only managed to view one tenth of the museum. I didn’t even get to see the airplanes or the big canons. I think I’ll need a whole day if I wanted to see everything in the museum.

Afterwards, I went to a small island in Singapore. This little island is a vacation area and cars running on gasoline are not allowed to be driven here. They hired 50 Segways (I’m a distributor for Segway) and they intend to use them here, making the whole island environmentally friendly, which also means that they won’t have any pollution problems. On the island, you see everyone riding on the Segways. They even have a Segway tour where you tour the island riding the Segway, admiring the sights and views. The scenery is absolutely beautiful and it’s very comfortable.


The Singaporean government has one good advantage, and that is they do what they say and whatever they say will get done. This is something I admire quite a bit. I’m not just saying this because they hired my Segways, but I can see that the Singaporean government has done so many things for the benefit of the local people and even things to help with environmental protection. Some people might think that the Singaporean government is rather autocratic by banning a lot of things. However each time the Singaporean government announces a ban for something, they always provide a valid reason for doing so; they’re not deliberately doing something for no reason.

Recently I heard about a female officer from the Tobacco Control Office in Hong Kong who was physically assaulted by a civilian when she penalized a smoker who was breaching the smoking rules. I think that this smoker who used violence should be punished and sentenced heavily because he was already in the wrong by breaching the smoking rules, and then he assaulted a law enforcer. Not only did he break the law, he also used brute force to attack someone weaker. This kind of action is totally unacceptable. If he isn’t punished with a heavy sentence that sends out a clear warning to other people, there will be more cases in the future where Tobacco Control officers are attacked by smokers. If that is the case, how are officers suppose to enforce the law? This trend must not continue any longer.

Feb 22（星期日）

 

复述之前发生的事情之二：

 

          现在都已经是二月尾了，最近我在北京参加了一部公益电影的义演。这一部电影是为了小孩子而拍的，本来电影制作人说要给我片酬，他们能给我多少呢？我想如果我能帮助小朋友当然是一件好事，如果帮不了多少，也总算帮了一个朋友吧。

          从早上六点开始，一直拍到晚上。在现场，我见到很多资深演员和工作人员，大家都是为了这个公益电影出一分力。拍得累了，我就地而睡了。

          第二天，我去参加朋友的紫檀博物馆。

          这叫金丝楠木，你们看看，有多大的一块木，以前的人把它砍下来真的非常可惜。朋友很喜欢这一块紫檀木，就把它放在博物馆的门口。相信大家有印象的话，还记得我曾经介绍这个紫檀宫，每一次来都觉得很漂亮，这里可以说是世界上最大的紫檀博物馆，陈丽华小姐就是紫檀博物馆的馆主。

          紫檀是世界上最名贵和罕有的木，大家看看这一对柜，相信它们现有的价值已经超过一千万美金了。

          晚上，我跟张艺谋导演见面开会。本来之前我们在倾谈一个合作计划的，可是他答应了当2008年残奥和奥运的开幕和闭幕导演一职，所以我们的计划暂时搁置了，待他完成这些工作以后，我们继续谈合作事宜。

          大家看到我现在开会，可能这些事情要在两年后才能实现，也有可能只是谈，最后都不会实现的。可是，这些会议我天天都在开，不管将来是否成事，我都会商讨，会谈，因为不尝试去做，永远都不会实现。

          第二天，我去了上海。我已经成为了世博的国际亲善大使，我跟领导们见面，还参观了世博园。奥运是给体育健儿竞技的，世博就是给商界比赛的。

          我参观了世博的场地，还有一些将会兴建的东西等。看到种种的设施和建设，我真的为世博感到骄傲，你们看看这些国旗，就是将会参加世博的国家。

          然后，我去参观自己的博物馆，名为‘成龙电影艺术中心’，将于年在世博会址附近开幕，现在装修中。

          我去看自己的家俬，这叫金丝楠木，你们看看，它有多大、多长！如果你问我这木有多重？我也答不出来。本来我打算把它搬到我的博物馆，可是搬运也有问题，想搬都不行，很可惜一定要把它切割。

          这是一对门其中的一道门，这些木制品全都是旧木新造的，很多木都超过四百年了。还有，很多人不要的木，我把它们收集回来，加以维修和翻新。这是我新屋的门环，我怎样也搬不动它呢。

          晚上，我知道我的好朋友周华健在上海开演唱会，我毫不考虑就去支持他。我的决定是没有人知道的，就是华健都不知道我会去他的演唱会。我来到后台，工作人员对我的出现也感到愕然，我拿过米高峰就出场了，当时正在唱歌的华健万料不到我会来，他既惊且喜呢！我先是装作喧宾夺主的只跟观众聊天和倒数，当然，最后我都要跟我的好朋友和演唱会的主角周华健相拥问好，我们过了一个很好玩的演唱会。

          周华健是我欣赏的歌手之一，现在很多歌听过了就没有印象了，很多时听的时间也没有感觉，可是华健的歌却是百听不厌，现在仍是卡拉OK的热唱歌曲。

          我在偶然机会下，看到一棵过期的圣诞树，我就站在它旁边拍照，顺道向大家来一个提早的圣诞祝贺：「圣诞快乐和新年愉快！」因为之前在外地拍戏，没有时间跟大家祝贺，常言道：只要有心，十月也是拜年时；所以，我衷心的祝愿大家今年事事如意，忘记过去不好的事情，要向前看，过去的已经追不回了，就努力未来吧！

          今天，我又要飞了。最近我都是四处走来走去参与不同的活动和工作，我经常都会带着新七小福，除了让他们增广见闻，多认识娱乐圈的工作，就是要他们争取更多的演出机会。

          在机场等待的时候，我在一间书店看书，为什么我要进书店呢？因为在机场有很多人围拢着我，我想清净一下也没有时间。当我看到这间书店，我马上进去，挑挑书，感觉比较安静。岂料我在挑书的时候，听到有一群小朋友的声音：「成龙哥哥请出来．．成龙哥哥请出来．．．」。听着这些小朋友的声音，朝书店外看去，看到一班小朋友排着队在门口等我，我没有办法不出去了，那我就到书店门口跟他们拍照。

          拍完照以后，我继续挑书。可能大家都好奇我会挑什么书？答案是：有关设计的书。其实我对设计是挺有兴趣的，任何设计都有兴趣，不论是产品设计、室内设计等。

          回到北京以后，晚上跟朋友一起吃饭。我来了北京以后，我认识了一班很好的朋友，他们都是来自不同界别的猛人，我们可以说是半结拜兄弟了。我们在闲聊时，开玩笑说我们没有制服，那我就拿来我设计的‘成龙服’给他们穿，作为我们兄弟的制服。我真的很幸运，到世界各地都认识到一些好朋友，在当地都得到他们的照顾，中国人有一句话：在家靠父母，出外靠朋友！说得非常正确。坦白说，我一直都在靠朋友，因为我父母在澳洲，我一个人打天下，到世界任何一个角落都要靠朋友帮忙，幸好我能够遇到一些很好的朋友，才能事半功倍。你们看看这些制服，也挺有意思的，因为是限量制造的，每一件都有生产序号和我的签名。最近两次慈善拍卖会上，这件皮衣的拍卖价都超过一百万人民币，反应都非常好，由于是限量生产的，卖一件少一件，我现在都不会拿出来拍卖，只会送给朋友留念。这些猛人穿过后，他们背后的女人也来凑热闹，也要穿上皮衣来张合照，你看看这些太太团多开心，哈哈哈！　　　

          回到北京以后，除了跟兄弟见面，还要跟新屋的设计师开会，谈谈新屋的装修和摆设。这是大堂、大厅，还有我特别注重的练功房。就算大家认为一个很简单的洗手间，我也会考虑很多事情，因为这个厕所不一定是我用的，或者有客人来到，拿纸巾的位置和距离，是否就手，我都会想到，很多时我是以实用为主，设计师却以美为主，所以我一定要把我的意见清楚表达给设计师知道。

         

          后来，我去参观‘国家战争博物馆’。我还没有去之前，我以为没有什么好看的，不就是去看飞机大炮而已，可是我错了，那里有很多很多值得一看再看的东西。我在博物馆里，看到中国的历史，打从五千年前猿人的时候说起，还有解释以前怎样打仗。我想大家日后有机会到中国旅行，有空的话，一定要去‘国家战争博物馆’看看。我当初打算来这里参观，是因为我将会开拍与战争有关的电影，想来这里看看有什么有用的数据，想不到尤如进了宝山，有很多很多令人难忘的东西呢！我花了半个小时去参观，可是只看了博物馆十分之一的地方，还没有看到飞机大炮，如果要看完整个博物馆，我想要一天吧。

          后来，我去了新加坡的一个小岛。这个小岛是一个渡假区，不许行汽油车，他们租了我代理的五十部思维车，那整个小岛就比较环保，不会有废气的问题了。在岛上，所有人都开思维车的，这里有一个思维车之旅，开着思维车环岛参观，风景很美，很舒服。

          新加坡政府有一个好处就是他们说什么就是什么，就推行了，我是挺欣赏的。不是因为他们租我的思维车，我才这样讲，而是我看到新加坡政府做了很多很多的事情都是为了人民或是保护环境而做的。有人可能认为新加坡政府比较专制，要禁的事情非常多，可是，新加坡政府每一次宣布禁止什么都是有合理理由的，并不是无理取闹的。

          最近，我听到香港一位控烟办的女职员因为检控一名违例抽烟的市民时，被这位市民打，我觉得这位用暴力的烟民应该判以重刑，因为他违例抽烟已经不对了，还要打执法的职员，不仅是罔顾法纪，而且以强凌弱，实是要不得的行为。如果不判重刑以警效尤，日后就会有更多控烟办的职员在执行职务是被打，那他们如何执法呢？这风是不可长的。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

         

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