October 6 - 8, 2008
Something Very Meaningful
Today I have something I want to show you that I think is very meaningful. All over the world, there are a lot people thinking of ways to help other people. For example, there’s a group of martial arts students who not only practice kung fu to help strengthen their bodies and improve their health, they also have very kind hearts full of enthusiasm. After they found out about the Build a School for a Dollar project, they all contributed some money and sent me the donations along with some pictures that they drew.
Then there’s the lady from Germany who puts €5 Euros (USD$6.7) into a piggy bank every week. Originally, she wanted to send the piggy bank to me for Christmas but as soon as she found out that donations for the Build a School for a Dollar project had decreased, she immediately sent the piggy with the money to me, hoping to add a little contribution for the cause. Apart from donating money to help with constructing new schools, she also wanted to tell other people that this project is still active and remind everyone to continue supporting this very meaningful work.
Actually, there are so many other examples but it’s not possible for me to write them all in here. I am very pleased to know that there are so many enthusiastic and kind hearted people supporting my charity work. I know I can’t ask everyone to help other people by donating everything that you have. I only hope that if each person could donate a small amount, I could then put all the small contributions together and that will add up to a big amount, just like piling up many grains of sand will make a mountain.
My Treasured Items
Today I agreed to do an interview at my own studio and introduce my collection of antique furniture that I’ve accumulated and stored away for many years. All the furniture is made of zǐtán wood (red sandalwood). At present, zǐtán is no longer exported and I guess you could say that it won’t be produced anymore. As a result, my collection of antique furniture has become quite valuable and if someone was willing to pay the price, I would be willing to sell it all.
This zǐtán cabinet is a matching pair and it’s called the “Dragon Phoenix Cabinet.” The net weight of each unit is two tons. I invited a wood carving master to make these cabinets for me and because it was required that only one person worked on the job, I couldn’t ask someone else to help otherwise you’d see a difference in craftsmanship with the wood carving. Consequently, the cabinets took a total of four years to complete. One of my friends saw the matching cabinets and he said he’d be willing to pay HK $10 million to buy the pair. I plan to sell the cabinets at an auction next year with a start off price of $10 million.
These lights are of zǐtán wood and they're called “Heaven and Earth.” They're two of my favorite and most treasured items.
And this saddle - I used it when I filmed Shanghai Noon and The Myth. I plan on bringing out these items and selling them at a charity auction someday. Also, this is a zǐtán staircase; the start off price will be set at HK $10 million as well.
When I was young, I wanted to collect everything and bought whatever I could. But now I’ve changed. I like to give whatever I can and I make sacrifices. As long as someone offers me a good price, I’d be willing to sell everything that I have and then use the money to do charity work.
I also showed the reporter many of the drawings for the Build a School for a Dollar project, each with different currencies in notes or coins stuck on the pictures, all of them sent in by children and adults from all over the world. I’m not going to take the money off from the drawings. Instead, I’m going to take all the pictures and put them inside my museum. Originally, for every dollar donated to this project, I only needed to match it with one dollar but now I have to match it with two dollars because the money on the drawings will be put in my museum so in place of those donations, I’m going to give an extra dollar.
Here is a video I made for you to say thank you and to show you all the amazing drawings!
Actually, I know there are some friends who only send donations and don’t send drawings. I am very grateful to them as well. Tomorrow I’ll be going into China and will participate in a new round of Dragon’s Heart Foundation events. All the money you’ve donated will be used for the people in need. I’d like to take this opportunity and say thank you on behalf of the people who will benefit from your donations!
To learn more about Jackie's Build a School for a Dollar charity project, click here.
Oct 6 - 8 (星期一至星期三)
有意义的事情：
今天有一些东西给大家看，我觉得很有意思。
全世界有很多人想方法去帮助别人，例如：一群练功夫的人，他们除了习武强身健体之外，他们还有一颗热血的心，他们知道‘一元钱建校’的计划以后，大家都捐出一些钱，并绘了图画一起寄给我。还有，一个德国的女人，她本来每一个星期把五块欧元放进猪仔钱箱里面，希望在圣诞节寄给我的。但是，当她知道‘一元钱建校’的捐款数目减少了，她就马上把钱寄给我，希望尽一点绵力，除了帮助建学校之外，还想告诉其它人，这个计划仍在进行中，提醒大家继续支持这个有意义的计划。
其实，还有很多很多的例子，我不能一一尽录，我很高兴有那么多热心人士支持我的慈善工作，我知道不可能要大家把所有都捐出来帮助别人，我只希望每一个人都能捐出一点点，就这样积少成多，集腋成裘。
我的收藏品：
今天我到自己的Studio接受访问，还介绍了我收藏了多年的古董家具，这全都是紫坛家具，现在紫坛已经不会出口，也可以说不会再有的了，所以这些古董家具就更为珍贵，如果有人出钱买的话，我都会把它们卖出去。
还有这个紫坛柜，是一对的，名为‘龙凤柜’，每一个净重两吨。我请师傅为我做这一对柜也花了四年时间才完成，因为一定要一个人做，不能请人帮忙，否则雕工会有差别。我的一个朋友看到这对柜，他说出一千万买下它们。我打算明年把它们拿出来拍卖，底价是一千万。
这个紫坛木做的灯，名为‘天与地’，也是我喜欢的收藏品之一。还有这个马鞍，我拍《赎金之王》和《神话》的时候也有用它的，我打算在慈善拍卖会里面，也会把它拿出来拍卖。另外，这个是紫坛楼梯，底价也是一千万。
年轻的时候，我什么东西都买，什么东西都想收藏。现在的我变了，我喜欢什么都给，都付出，只要有人出好的价钱，我都会把所有东西卖掉，把钱拿去做善事。
我更向记者展示了很多很多的‘一元钱计划’的图画，画纸上都贴有纸币或钱币，全都是来自世界各地的大小朋友寄来的，我不会把那些钱从图画拿下来的，我会把它们存放在我的博物馆内。因此，本来每一元的捐献，我只是拿一元出来对应，现在要拿两元了，因为图画的钱放在博物馆，我要多拿一元代替这些钱了。
其实，还有一些朋友只是寄钱来，并没有画图画，我都很感激他们。明天我就要出发到国内参与新一轮的‘龙子心工程’活动，你们所捐的钱全都会用在有需要的人身上，我在此也为这些受惠的人谢谢大家！