A career that will last forever.
"In China, you can't do charity without faith." Jet Li said.
What is faith? In Jet Li's mind, faith is the religion he believes in, and this religion supports him to formulate a kind of values, which makes people believe that the One Foundation is kind and makes him fearless to question.
In order to set up the One Foundation, Jet Li has been planning for a long time, and invited various think tanks including Harvard University to make suggestions. He has been thinking: What kind of mechanism should China establish? This mechanism needs to be tested by western civilization and conforms to China's national conditions.
"In addition, I have an idea from the beginning that this mechanism will continue after my death. For example, why did the Red Cross last so long, because it advocated neutrality and fraternity ... As long as human beings agree with these values, the Red Cross can continue to do so. So I want to establish a belief that anyone can survive, so I put forward the concept of' home', which is what everyone on the earth cares about. Unless one day humans say that we are not a family. Then the one foundation will be finished. "
"Moreover, I am a rational person. I think this fund must be normal ... I don't like emotional donation. If I am happy today, I will donate one million tomorrow and three months' salary. When you want to donate five months' salary, your husband or wife must work with you. Therefore, I advocate that the One Foundation is the charity of ordinary people. I will build a platform and invite entrepreneurs, professionals, ordinary people and children to come to this platform. "
Deloitte Certified Public Accountants estimated that the intangible assets of One Foundation: more than 654.38 billion RMB. Jet Li likes to push himself and Clinton together. "In the past four years, Clinton has been doing his own charity fund and raised $46 billion. Through this platform, he has contributed $46 billion to society. How amazing this number is. "
Not long ago, the negative news of "changing nationality" broke out in Jet Li, which made the One Foundation, which has just been established for two years, questioned by netizens. Jet Li said that he didn't want to associate his name with One Foundation so closely at first, but it involved intellectual property rights, so he had to register as "One Foundation in Jet Li".
"If my name is One Foundation, after three years and five years, there will be a' Cangzhou One Foundation' in front, and this property right is not protected. In fact, in the mature western charity system, these doubts will not exist. To be extreme, it has nothing to do with what kind of fund you set up. Charity has just emerged in China, and everyone still can't understand it. "
In 2009, Jet Li made efforts to institutionalize the One Foundation.
For example, a fund's credit card only mentions one fund; Not long ago, after the flood in Liuzhou and the earthquake in Yunnan, Jet Li checked more than 20 pieces of news, only two of them were about "How about the One Foundation in Jet Li", and the others were all about "How about the One Foundation". "How happy I am! We are deliberately changing. I said early in the morning, give the One Foundation a little more time, it will take 30 years and two generations to make everyone accept this thing. "
His recent short stay in Beijing was for the "model project" of One Foundation. This project is to select China NGOs favored by One Foundation and then give them funds. In 2008, the One Foundation gave 7 NGOs, each of which gave 6.5438+0 million yuan.
Jet Li used a very popular metaphor to describe this project as "China Charity Marriage Agency". "Enterprises don't know who to donate money to, and NGOs don't know who to look for when they lack money. One Foundation is a platform for you to spend your money on the cutting edge. This is the second important project of the One Foundation besides fundraising. "
Now, when I ask which organizations Jet Li won last year's selection and what kind of charity project it was, the person who often turned a blind eye to his first half of life in the face of the media has a surprisingly good memory.
He is now thinking about how to make the One Foundation replicate every day. He wants to make the One Foundation a cause that will last for generations.
Let go of a life of hatred
Jet Li didn't inform anyone when he visited Sichuan after the earthquake in May this year, but as soon as he got off the plane, the airport lobby was packed with media. The staff of One Foundation was so anxious that they shouted at the airport: Who informed this? On that trip, Jet Li once again failed to really go deep into the disaster area.
As a public figure, Jet Li is used to such troubles. He can even interpret people's onlookers in another way.
"I am afraid of causing harm to others." Jet Li explained, "For example, I can't meet the requirement that everyone should sign. If I don't do it, others will feel sorry, but maybe I have signed 1000 today. So this contradiction has never been solved. Bring unhappiness to others' feelings. What should I do? Also, people always scold me, not long ago because of my nationality. It doesn't matter how you scold me, but I can be happy and better after you scold me. It is not good to be unhappy. "
Black or white is no longer Jet Li's outlook on life. His world is "black with white" and "white with black". He said that nothing could make him angry. For those who brought him pain when he was growing up, he now has no hatred in his chest.
Jet Li is now more open to its own good and evil. Not long ago, when he visited the post-disaster reconstruction experience in Taiwan Province Province, a host asked him if he was determined to help others when he grew up because he was poor from a small family. He said frankly: "No, I grew up in a poor family. I just want to make money. " He has repeatedly said bluntly that before 1997, his donation for the flood and earthquake was by no means voluntary.
"I didn't have a great mind from the beginning. For example, the world is too painful. I took a lot of money to help you. At that time, I didn't consider the value of people at all. Like ordinary people, I thought I would donate less. People have to evolve, and I have experienced a lot. I have evolved into me today. "
Before the foundation was founded, a famous Buddhist monk gave Jeter Ali a nickname: the son of mercy, which means the son of compassion for the world. Jet Li didn't dare to use it because he thought it was too big. "Called the son of compassion, kindness is the father, sadness is the mother, this name is too big. Everything you have to do must be merciful to the world. " Jet Li shook his head and said, "This name can only be kept in my heart silently, and it can only be used when it can be used."
An unfinished life movie.
1 1 years old, Jet Li told President Nixon that he wanted to protect hundreds of millions of people in China, which was a boy's announcement to the world. /kloc-When he was filming Shaolin Temple at the age of 0/7, Jet Li told the media that his lifelong wish was to carry forward China Wushu, which was a declaration that a teenager wanted to conquer the world. Jet Li, 46, who has made fewer films, said, Let me help you. Your happiness is more important.
If you ask Jet Li about these fragments of life, he will half-jokingly say that some details of the past will never be finished.
He mentioned the word "fate". He said that fate is not accidental, but inevitable. "All the happy and unhappy things I have experienced are reasonable."
Jet Li once told a story, "When I was filming in Hollywood, my arms and legs were always broken. Foreigners have said that international superstars can't even walk. I told them, you know, my legs have been kicking people since I was 8 years old, and I have been kicking for more than 30 years. It should be unlucky. " ?
Want to know more about Jet Li's attitude towards life, see Huo Yuanjia. Huo Yuanjia was 42 when he died, and Jet Li was 42 when Huo Yuanjia was filmed. He declared that this was the last kung fu film in his life, and he didn't want to do it again. I have been practicing martial arts for many years, and the only time I used violence to solve the struggle was when I first arrived in the United States in the 1980 s and was provoked by two strong American men. To this day, he is still ashamed of this past. ?
If we put the name "Jet Li" in the context of China, there is no doubt that he wrote a legend with Spartan struggle in the first half of his life; The theme of the rest of his life is only two words: faith.
"Will you make a movie called Jet Li?" The reporter of China Weekly asked.
"I'm already filming. This is a film that everyone can write and direct. This film is engraved in my life, sometimes with film and sometimes without film. It is a story in human history. Life is a movie, a story and a play. " Jet Li said.
Perhaps from the age of six, this film called Jet Li began to be staged, and it has continued to this day. What is the ending of the movie?
"You can't judge me until I'm dead!"