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Continue ReadingJim Carrey real life is not as funny as in drama / by investing man
" when I don't have money with me
I used to write a check for $ 10 million.
And tell myself by 1995
I need to get this amount for my price "
Jim Carrey, a famous Canadian-American actor, said in 1985
And finally, what he intended came true when he was hired to play a film to earn $ 10 million by 1995
But than Jim Carrey is successful like these days
What has he been through? Invest man will tell you about it.
Jim Carrey was born on January 17, 1962 in Canada, with a father doing an accountant, and his mother was a housewife.
Until one day his father lost his job. The family didn't have much money until he didn't have a home that he lived. It was
He and his family have to live in a small van around the relative's lawn because they don't have to pay for rent.
At that time, he had to work and make money to help his family by being a janitor cleaning the factory
Working part time makes him very tired. He doesn't know how to study until finally, he finally quit school..
When I left school, I decided to go to play comedy because it was his favorite job, which he was 15 years old.
One day while his stage comedy, his performance went to kick in the eye Rodney Dangerfield, an American comedian who felt like, and got Jim Carrey to a comedy show to debut his show.
Later he decided to head to earn in Hollywood, which is like a lot of people who want to succeed as actors.
In 1980 Jim Carrey had an audition to participate in Saturday night live, which was a United States variety show, but he didn't pass the selection at that time.
In 1985, he still works on acting, but most of them are actors in small forms, making his reputation unrecognizable. The money from work is barely enough.
He started to think that being successful in Hollywood could be far beyond what he thought, from the beginning he was getting depressed.
But in my heart, I always think that acting is still what he loves.
So he motivated himself by driving his old toyota up to Hollywood Hill before sitting down at Los Angeles.
In his head, I saw the picture he was playing drama and a movie where hundreds of millions of people watching him.
So he picked up a paper and pen, wrote a check for $ 10 million with the word "for acting services rendered which means" money for the actor's price he always kept this check with him to drive him.
And his efforts are slowly starting to see results.
In 1994, Jim Carrey began to play as lead actor in movies, e.g.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
The Mask
Dumb and Dumber
Especially the back 2 stories that make his reputation so famous.
The Mask that invested 730 million baht, but earn over 11,200 million baht.
Dumb and dumber. The movie that invested 540 million baht but made money over 7,904 million baht.
Dumb and dumber that made him $ 10 million as he told himself in the past and today he is an actor with assets of more than 4,800 million baht.
Despite Jim Carrey's childhood failed, dad lost his job, family had no address, he had to quit school to get a living comedy show.
But when he finally focused on work, he succeeds.
Jim Carrey's story may tell us about doing what we really like.
In 2014, Maharishi University held a ceremony to give him a Phd in fine arts.
One sentence he said to students that day was
His Father had the potential to be a famous comedian, but his father chose a safe path to be an accountant, but in the end his father lost his job anyway.
This makes you see that you can fail even if you do what you don't love, so it's better if you choose to do what you love in the beginning..
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References
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Carrey
-https://www.goalcast.com/2016/05/10/top-15-inspiring-jim-carrey-quotes/
-https://www.eonline.com/photos/9003/high-school-dropouts/289961
-https://www.neatorama.com/origin/2012/10/07/Jim-Carrey-Once-Wrote-Himself-a-10-Million-Check/
-https://constative.com/celebrity/jim-carreys-fake-10-million-dollar-check/
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_and_Dumber
-https://artplusmarketing.com/what-i-learned-from-jim-carrey-fc6fbb2c0620
-https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jim-carrey-delivers-commencement-speech-707059?fbclid=IwAR3-j122caoUpkMA3b0lsWJ0sdtt3CHru2SjsrVV8FS7vZgTP9HkV6-pF2g
-https://wealthygorilla.com/jim-carrey-net-worth/Translated
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ตั้งแต่ดูหนังมา. หนังเรื่องนี้เป็นหนังที่ผมกล้าแนะนำทุกคนแบบสุดเสียง
“2,215 เชื่อ บ้า กล้า ก้าว”
ไม่ใช่แค่”น่าดู”
“แต่..ต้องดู”
หนังเรื่องนี้สร้างจากโครงการ”ก้าวคนละก้าว”ของ”ตูน บอดี้สแลม”เมื่อปลายปีที่ผ่านมา
ซึ่งกลายเป็น”ปรากฏการณ์”ที่ยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุดครั้งหนึ่งของประเทศไทย
เมื่อคนๆหนึ่งวิ่งจากใต้สุดไปเหนือสุดของเมืองไทย
ก่อนที่”ตูน”จะเริ่มโครงการนี้. เขาเข้าไปคุยกับ”พี่เก้ง”จิระ มะลิกุล.
ตอนแรก เขาอยากให้ GDH ช่วยตัดฟุตเทจจากการ LIVE ของการวิ่งไปบางสะพานเป็นหนังหรือบันทึกความทรงจำ
แต่”พี่เก้ง”และ”วรรณ”วรรณฤดี. พงษ์สิทธิศักดิ์ โปรดิวเซอร์มือทองของ GDH บอกว่าการทำหนังกับการบันทึก LIVE นั้นแตกต่างกัน
ขอเป็นโครงการใหม่ที่”ตูน”กำลังจะทำดีกว่า
“พี่เก้ง”ชอบวิ่งอยู่แล้ว.
เขาเคยไปวิ่งกับ”ตูน”มาแล้วในโครงการบางสะพาน
ได้เห็นความงดงามและพลังดีๆตลอดข้างทางที่”ตูน”วิ่ง
GDH ดึง”ไก่”ณฐพล บุญประกอบ คนเขียนบทภาพยนตร์มือดี และผู้กำกับหนังสารคดีหลายเรื่องมาเป็นผู้กำกับหนังเรื่องนี้
“ไก่”กำลังเรียนต่อที่นิวยอร์ค เรื่องสารคดี
เขาบินกลับมาทันทีเมื่อรู้ว่าได้ทำโครงการนี้
”ไก่”และน้องๆอีก 5 คน ติดตามบันทึกภาพการวิ่ง 2,215 กิโลเมตรของ”ตูน”
สารคดีแบบนี้ไม่มี”บทภาพยนตร์”ล่วงหน้า
เพราะไม่มีใครรู้ว่าจะเกิดอะไรขึ้นตลอดเวลา 55 วันนี้
จากวันนั้นจนถึงวันนี้
7 เดือนกว่า
ฟุตเทจทั้่งหมดก็กลายมาเป็นหนังสารคดีที่ยิ่งใหญ่
“2,215 เชื่อ บ้า กล้า ก้าว”
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ผมดูหนังเรื่องนี้เมื่อสัปดาห์ที่แล้ว
ขอ”พี่เก้ง”เหมารอบให้นักเรียน ABC ทุกรุ่นได้ดูกัน
หวังจะเป็นจุดเริ่มต้นที่ดีของการร่วมบริจาคเงินตามเป้าหมายของ”ตูน”
ตอนแรก"ตูน"ตั้งใจที่จะให้ทุกคนได้ดูฟรี
"ตูน"ขอเปลี่ยน"ค่าตั๋ว"เป็นเงินบริจาคเพื่อจัดซื้ออุปกรณ์ทางการแพทย์ ให้แก่อาคารนวมินทรบพิตร ๘๔ พรรษา คณะแพทยศาสตร์ศิริราชพยาบาล
"ราคาตั๋ว"ขึ้นอยู่กับเราจะให้ค่ากับหนังเรื่องนี้แค่ไหน
"คิงเพาเวอร์"ให้การสนับสนุนโครงการนี้เต็มที่
เหมาโรงทั้งในเครือเมเจอร์และเอสเอฟให้คนดูฟรี 700,000 กว่าที่นั่ง
แต่ตอนหลังมีคนบอกว่าถ้าเปิดให้ดูฟรีอย่างเดียว. คนที่อยากดูแต่ขี้เกียจไปลุ้นหน้าโรงว่ามีที่นั่งว่างหรือเปล่าจะไม่ไปดู
เขาก็เลยเปิดขายบัตรตามปกติแต่ราคาถูกเป็นพิเศษ
และเพิ่มช่องทางให้คนที่อยากส่งต่อแรงบันดาลใจบริจาคเงินก้อนหนึ่งเข้ามูลนิธิและเหมาโรงให้นักเรียนหรือคนในบริษัทมาดู
"2,125 เชื่อ บ้า กล้า ก้าว"เป็นหนังที่น่ารักมากๆครับ
หนังเรื่องนี้พาเราให้ย้อนอดีตกลับไปสู่ช่วงเวลาแห่งความสุขอีกครั้งหนึ่ง
เรื่องราวของผู้ชายรูปร่างผอมบางคนหนึ่ง.
บนเวที เขาเป็น"ร็อคสตาร์"อันดับหนึ่งของเมืองไทย
แต่ช่วงเวลานั้น "ตูน"คือ คนที่ทั้ง"บ้า"และ"ดื้อ"กับเกมที่เขากำหนดขึ้นมาเอง
55 วันกับระยะทาง 2,215 กิโลเมตร
ไม่มีการผ่อนปรนอะไรทั้งสิ้น
มีฉากหนึ่งที่ทีมงานบอกให้"ตูน"เลิกแวะถ่ายรูปหรือทักทายกับคนที่ยืนรอตามทาง
แต่"ตูน"บอกว่าเขาทำไม่ได้
ทุกคนอยากเจอเขา
ถ้าเขาวิ่งผ่านไป. ภาพนั้นก็จะยังติดตาเขาอยู่
แล้วจะ"คาใจ"ว่าทำไมไม่ทักทายคนที่รอเจอเขา
นั่นคือ "ตูน"
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สิ่งที่ผมชอบมากในหนังเรื่องนี้ คือ บทภาพยนตร์
"ไก่"เก่งมาก
เขาเขียนบทจาก"ความจริง"ที่เกิดขึ้น
แต่เสริมแต่งอย่างเหมาะสม
ไม่ว่าจะเป็นการสัมภาษณ์พ่อ-แม่ของ"ตูน"ถึงวัยเด็ก
หรือการใช้เส้นเรื่องจากการสัมภาษณ์"กบ"บิ๊กแอส
คนที่แต่งเพลงให้"ตูน"
และเข้าใจ"ตูน"มากที่สุดคนหนึ่ง
เพราะ"ตูน"เป็นคนขี้อายที่จะพูดถึงตัวเองในมุมดีๆ
คำพูดของ"กบ"จึงช่วยทำให้เรารู้จัก"ตูน"มากขึ้น
ในมุมที่เราไม่เคยรู้มาก่อน
บอกได้เลยว่าหนังเรื่องนี้คมคายขึ้นเพราะคำพูดของ”กบ”
แต่ละประโยคของ"กบ"คมมากครับ
ในหนังเราจะเห็นว่าแท้จริง”ตูน”ก็เป็นคนธรรมดาคนหนึ่ง
ไม่ใช่”ซูเปอร์ฮีโร่”
มีทั้งอารมณ์เกรี้ยวกราด ขว้างของ บนรถบ้าน
ดื้อกับแม่
หรือมุขแป๊กในบางเวลา
แต่”ความยิ่งใหญ่”ของ”ตูน”คือ ขนาดของ”หัวใจ”
คุณเคยดูหนังที่ไม่อยากให้จบไหมครับ
ตอนที่หนังเดินเรื่องมาถึงเชียงราย
เรารู้แล้วว่าหนังกำลังจะจบ
เพราะอีกนิดเดียวก็ถึง”แม่สาย”
ปลายทางของการวิ่งครั้งนี้
แต่เรายังอยากดูต่อ
ไม่อยากให้จบ
แต่ไม่ว่า”ความปรารถนา”ของเราจะเป็นอย่างไร
“ความจริง”ก็คือ”ความจริง”
หนังเรื่องนี้ต้องจบ
เหมือนกับ”ชีวิต”ที่ต้องมีการแยกจาก
ถ้าถามว่าหนังเรื่องนี้ให้อะไรกับเรา
ตอบได้เลยครับว่าให้แรงบันดาลใจที่ท่วมท้น
ได้ตั้งคำถามกับตัวเองว่าเราได้ทำอะไรเพื่อผู้อื่นบ้างหรือยัง
ไม่ต้องเป็นสิ่งที่ยิ่งใหญ่ระดับชาติเหมือน”ตูน”
เพราะทุกคนมี”ขนาด”ที่เหมาะสมของตัวเอง
ไม่ต้องทำใหญ่เท่าเขา
แต่ให้ทำแบบเขา
ทำเพื่อคนอื่น
มีคนถามผมว่าเขามีเงินอยู่ก้อนหนึ่ง
จะบริจาคเข้ามูลนิธิทั้งหมดหรือเหมาโรงให้คนในบริษัทหรือนักเรียนได้ดูหนังเรื่องดี
คำแนะนำของผมก็คือ...
“เหมาโรงเถอะครับ”
เพราะผมเชื่อว่าหนังเรื่องนี้เหมือน”น้ำ”และ”ปุ๋ย”ที่จะช่วยให้ต้นไม้”ความดี”ในใจที่ทุกคนมีอยู่เติบโตขึ้น
ถ้าแค่ครึ่งหนึ่งของคนที่ได้ดูหนังเรื่องนี้คิดจะทำเพื่อคนอื่นแบบ"ตูน"
สังคมไทยคงงดงาม
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วันที่ดูหนังฝนตกหนักทำให้มีที่นั่งเหลือพอประมาณ
ผมติดนิสัยชอบดูหนังคนเดียวแบบโล่งๆก็เลยเลือกที่นั่งแถวหน้าๆ
เป็นแถวที่ไม่มีคนนั่งเลย
ช่างเป็นการตัดสินใจที่ถูกต้องมาก
เพราะหนังเริ่มไปแค่ 5 นาที.
นัยน์ตาเริ่มมีความเปียกชื้นมาปกคลุม
ถ้ามีคนนั่งติดกัน. ผมจะรักษาฟอร์ม นั่งนิ่งๆ ปล่อยให้น้ำตาเอ่อไปเรื่อยๆ.
ความมืดในโรงหนังมีประโยชน์ตรงนี้
ถ้าเราไม่แสดงอาการ ไม่มีใครรู้หรอกว่าเรากำลังร้องไห้
ถ้ารำคาญมากก็แกล้งคันตาหลังจากซีนนั้นผ่านไป
แล้วก็พยายามดึงอารมณ์ไม่ให้คล้อยตามหนัง
จะไม่ยอมเสียฟอร์มควักผ้าเช็ดหน้าขึ้นมาเด็ดขาด
แต่วันนี้สบายมากครับ
ทั้งแถวที่นั่ง ไม่มีใครเห็น
ผมควักผ้าเช็ดหน้าออกจากกระเป๋ากางเกงอย่างสง่าผ่าเผยเลย
ถอดแว่น แล้วซับน้ำตา
ก่อนเก็บผ้าเช็ดหน้าเข้ากระเป๋า
ผ่านไปอีกพักหนึ่ง. เฮ้ย...คลออีกแล้ว
เหมือนเดิม
ควักผ้าเช็ดหน้าขึ้นมา เสร็จแล้วเก็บเข้ากระเป๋า
พอถึงกลางเรื่องเอาอีกแล้ว
ครั้งนี้ผมควักผ้าเช็ดหน้าวางไว้บนตักเลย
ท้า”ไก่”ณัฐพล. ผู้กำกับฯในใจ
รู้แล้วว่าเขาไม่หยุดแน่
เอาเลย”ไก่”... ตามสบาย
"ผ้าเช็ดหน้า"พร้อม
"2,125 เชื่อ บ้า กล้า ก้าว"ไม่ใช่หนังเศร้า
แต่เป็นหนังที่น่ารักมากๆ
คุณเคยเจอหนังที่น่ารักจนจนน้ำตาคลอเพราะความประทับใจไหมครับ
หนังเรื่องนี้เป็นแบบนั้น
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ตอนใกล้จบของ”2,215 เชื่อ บ้า กล้า ก้าว”
มีฉาก”ตูน”บอกกับทีมงานก่อนลงไปวิ่งครั้งสุดท้าย
“จบแล้ว ไม่ทำอีกแล้ว”
เหมือนจะบอกทีมงานที่เหน็ดเหนื่อยทุกคนว่า”อาทิวราห์ คงมาลัย”จะไม่ทำอะไรบ้าๆแบบนี้อีก
ผมเชื่อว่าฉากนี้”ไก่”คงไม่ได้คิดเอง
แต่ทีมงาน”ก้าว”กดดันผู้กำกับ
ขอให้มีฉากนี้ในหนัง
เพื่อเป็นหลักฐานยืนยัน
เวลา”ตูน”คิดอะไรบ้าๆขึ้นมาอีก
ทุกคนจะเอาฉากนี้ให้”ตูน”ดู
“สัญญาว่าไง”
เพราะทุกคนรู้ดีว่า”ตูน”คงไม่จบแค่นี้แน่นอน
“เส้นชัย”สำหรับ”ตูน”
มันคือ “การสิ้นสุด”ของสิ่งหนึ่ง
เพื่อจะ”เริ่มต้น”สิ่งใหม่เท่านั้นเอง
เพราะนี่คือ”ความสุข”แท้จริงที่เขาได้ค้นพบแล้ว
Since I watched the movie. This movie is a movie that I dare to recommend everyone.
" Haha. I believe that I'm crazy. I dare to
Not just "nice to watch"
"But.. must watch"
This movie is made from the " One Step " project of " Toon Bodyslam " at the end of the year.
Which became the greatest "phenomenon" of Thailand.
When someone runs from south to the north of Thailand
Before "Toon" starts this project. He went in to talk to "Brother Keng" Jira Mali KUl.
At first he wanted GDH to help cut the foot from the live of running to bang saphan or a movie.
But " Brother Predatory " and " Wan " Wan Rit Dee. Pongsak, GDH's golden producer said that the movie making and live recording is different.
Let's be a new project that "Toon" is about to do.
"Brother Predatory" likes to run anyway.
He has been running with "Toon" in Bang Saphan project.
I have seen the beauty and good power on the side of the road that "Toon" runs.
GDH Pull "Kai" Nathaphon Bunprakkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
"Chicken" is studying in New York about documentaries.
He flew right back when he found out this project.
" Kai " and 5 other sisters follow the 2,215 km run of " Toon "
Documentaries like this don't have " screenplay
Because no one knows what will happen all the time 55 today
From that day till today
Over 7 months
All the footage became a great documentary.
" Haha. I believe that I'm crazy. I dare to
..............
I watched this movie last week
Asking for "Brother Predatory" to buy round for all models of ABC students to watch.
Hope to be a good start of donating money according to "Toon" goal.
First episode "Toon" intended to let everyone watch for free.
" Toon " would like to change " ticket " to buy medical equipment for Akaranwamin 8 4 Buddhist Lent of Medicine Siriraj.
"Ticket price" depends on how much we value this movie.
"King Power" supports this project.
Buying both major and SF group for more than 700,000 seats to watch.
But later, someone told me that if I open it for free only. Those who want to watch but lazy to see if there is an empty seat. I won't go to see.
So they are open for sale as usual, but it's cheap.
And add a way to those who want to pass on inspiration to donate money to the foundation and buy a school for students or company.
"Haha. I believe that I dare to step" is a very cute movie.
This movie takes us back to the happy times.
The story of some skinny man.
On stage he is the number one "rock star" in Thailand.
But that moment " Toon " is the one who is " crazy " and " stubborn " with his own game.
55 days and 2,215 km distance
No respite at all
There is a scene where the team told "Toon" to stop by to take photos or say hi to those who are waiting along the way.
But "Toon" says he can't.
Everyone wants to see him
If he runs through. That picture will still be stuck in his eyes
Why don't you say hi to those who wait to see him?
That's "Toon"
......
My favorite thing in this movie is the movie.
"Chicken" is very good
He wrote a script from "truth"
But enhance the proper decoration.
Whether it's an interview for "Toon" to childhood.
Or using the line from the "Kop" interview.
The one who wrote the song for "Toon"
And understand one of the most "Toon"
Because "Toon" is shy to talk about himself in a good corner.
The words of " Kop " help us know more about " Toon "
In a corner we never knew.
I can tell that this movie is sharp because of the words of " frog
Each sentence of "Kop" is very sharp.
In the movie, we will see that "Toon" is an ordinary person.
Not a " superhero
There is a temper, angry, throwing stuff on the car.
Stubborn with mom
Or a joke some time
But the " greatness " of " Toon " is the size of " heart "
Have you ever finished watching a movie that you don't want to finish?
When the movie came to Chiang Rai
We knew the movie was about to end.
Because just a little bit more to "Mae Sai"
Destination of this run
But we still want to continue watching
Don't want to finish
But no matter what our "desire" is.
" Truth " is " truth "
This movie must end
Just like "life" to be separated from
If you ask what this movie gave us
I can answer that it gives overwhelming inspiration.
Have you asked myself what have we done for others?
No need to be a national big thing like "Toon"
Because everyone has their own "size"
No need to do it as big as him
But let's do it like him
Do it for others.
Someone asked me if he had a bar of money
Do you want to donate to all the foundation or buy theaters for people in the company or students to watch movies?
My advice is...
"Let's buy the shed"
Because I believe that this movie is like " water " and " fertilizer " that will help the " goodness " in mind that everyone has growing up.
If only half of the people watched this movie think about doing it for other people like "Toon"
Thai society would be beautiful
..........
Movie day. Heavy rain makes a lot of seats left.
I'm addicted to watching movies alone, so I choose front row seats.
It's a row where there is no one to sit.
What a right decision
Because the movie started for 5 minutes.
Eyes are getting wet.
If someone sits in a row. I will keep the form, sit still, let the tears, uh, go.
Darkness in the theater is useful here.
If we don't show symptoms, nobody knows we're crying.
If you are very annoyed, pretending to be itchy after that scene has passed
Then try to pull the mood from the movie
I won't lose the form to take a handkerchief.
But today is very comfortable.
The whole row of seats, no one can see.
I took the handkerchief out of my pants gracefully.
Taking off my glasses and tears
Before packing handkerchief in the bag
It's been a while. Hey... again
Same same same same as usual
Finished taking the handkerchief and packed it in the bag.
When it comes to the middle of the story again
This time I put my handkerchief on my lap
Challenge "chicken" at cuddle thaphon. Director in mind
I know he won't stop
Go ahead "chicken"... at ease.
"Handkerchief" ready
"Haha. I believe that I dare to step" not a sad movie.
But what a lovely movie
Have you ever met a movie that is so cute that you cry because of the impression?
This movie is like that
..........
Near the end of "Haha. I believe that I dare to step"
There is a scene "Toon" to tell the team before going down to run for the last
"It's done. I won't do it again"
It seems to tell all the tired team that " Sunday, I will never do anything crazy like this.
I believe this scene "chicken" doesn't think about it.
But the team "step" pressures the director.
Let's have this scene in the movie
For proof of confirmation.
When "Toon" thinks more crazy
Everyone will show this scene to "Toon"
" What do you promise
Because everyone knows that "Toon" won't end this for sure.
" finish line " for " Toon "
It's the "ending" of one thing.
To "start" something new
Because this is the true "happiness" he has discovered.Translated
at this stage in a sentence 在 黃之鋒 Joshua Wong Facebook 八卦
泰晤士報人物專訪【Joshua Wong interview: Xi won’t win this battle, says Hong Kong activist】
Beijing believes punitive prison sentences will put an end to pro-democracy protests. It couldn’t be more wrong, the 23-year-old says.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/joshua-wong-interview-xi-wont-win-this-battle-says-hong-kong-activist-p52wlmd0t
For Joshua Wong, activism began early and in his Hong Kong school canteen. The 13-year-old was so appalled by the bland, oily meals served for lunch at the United Christian College that he organised a petition to lobby for better fare. His precocious behaviour earned him and his parents a summons to the headmaster’s office. His mother played peacemaker, but the episode delivered a valuable message to the teenage rebel.
“It was an important lesson in political activism,” Wong concluded. “You can try as hard as you want, but until you force them to pay attention, those in power won’t listen to you.”
It was also the first stage in a remarkable journey that has transformed the bespectacled, geeky child into the globally recognised face of Hong Kong’s struggle for democracy. Wong is the most prominent international advocate for the protests that have convulsed the former British colony since last summer.
At 23, few people would have the material for a memoir. But that is certainly not a problem for Wong, whose book, #UnfreeSpeech, will be published in Britain this week.
We meet in a cafe in the Admiralty district, amid the skyscrapers of Hong Kong’s waterfront, close to the site of the most famous scenes in his decade of protest. Wong explains that he remains optimistic about his home city’s prospects in its showdown with the might of communist China under President Xi Jinping.
“It’s not enough just to be dissidents or youth activists. We really need to enter politics and make some change inside the institution,” says Wong, hinting at his own ambitions to pursue elected office.
He has been jailed twice for his activism. He could face a third stint as a result of a case now going through the courts, a possibility he treats with equanimity. “Others have been given much longer sentences,” he says. Indeed, 7,000 people have been arrested since the protests broke out some seven months ago; 1,000 of them have been charged, with many facing a sentence of as much as 10 years.
There is a widespread belief that Beijing hopes such sentences will dampen support for future protests. Wong brushes off that argument. “It’s gone too far. Who would imagine that Generation Z and the millennials would be confronting rubber bullets and teargas, and be fully engaged in politics, instead of Instagram or Snapchat? The Hong Kong government may claim the worst is over, but Hong Kong will never be peaceful as long as police violence persists.”
In Unfree Speech, Wong argues that China is not only Hong Kong’s problem (the book’s subtitle is: The Threat to Global Democracy and Why We Must Act, Now). “It is an urgent message that people need to defend their rights, against China and other authoritarians, wherever they live,” he says.
At the heart of the book are Wong’s prison writings from a summer spent behind bars in 2017. Each evening in his cell, “I sat on my hard bed and put pen to paper under dim light” to tell his story.
Wong was born in October 1996, nine months before Britain ceded control of Hong Kong to Beijing. That makes him a fire rat, the same sign of the Chinese zodiac that was celebrated on the first day of the lunar new year yesterday. Fire rats are held to be adventurous, rebellious and garrulous. Wong is a Christian and does not believe in astrology, but those personality traits seem close to the mark.
His parents are Christians — his father quit his job in IT to become a pastor, while his mother works at a community centre that provides counselling — and named their son after the prophet who led the Israelites to the promised land.
Like many young people in Hong Kong, whose housing market has been ranked as the world’s most unaffordable, he still lives at home, in South Horizons, a commuter community on the south side of the main island.
Wong was a dyslexic but talkative child, telling jokes in church groups and bombarding his elders with questions about their faith. “By speaking confidently, I was able to make up for my weaknesses,” he writes. “The microphone loved me and I loved it even more.”
In 2011, he and a group of friends, some of whom are his fellow activists today, launched Scholarism, a student activist group, to oppose the introduction of “moral and national education” to their school curriculum — code for communist brainwashing, critics believed. “I lived the life of Peter Parker,” he says. “Like Spider-Man’s alter-ego, I went to class during the day and rushed out to fight evil after school.”
The next year, the authorities issued a teaching manual that hailed the Chinese Communist Party as an “advanced and selfless regime”. For Wong, “it confirmed all our suspicions and fears about communist propaganda”.
In August 2012, members of Scholarism launched an occupation protest outside the Hong Kong government’s headquarters. Wong told a crowd of 120,000 students and parents: “Tonight we have one message and one message only: withdraw the brainwashing curriculum. We’ve had enough of this government. Hong Kongers will prevail.”
Remarkably, the kids won. Leung Chun-ying, the territory’s chief executive at the time, backed down. Buoyed by their success, the youngsters of Scholarism joined forces with other civil rights groups to protest about the lack of progress towards electing the next chief executive by universal suffrage — laid out as a goal in the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s constitution. Their protests culminated in the “umbrella movement” occupation of central Hong Kong for 79 days in 2014.
Two years later, Wong and other leaders set up a political group, Demosisto. He has always been at pains to emphasise he is not calling for independence — a complete red line for Beijing. Demosisto has even dropped the words “self-determination” from its stated goals — perhaps to ease prospects for its candidates in elections to Legco, the territory’s legislative council, in September.
Wong won’t say whether he will stand himself, but he is emphatically political, making a plea for change from within — not simply for anger on the streets — and for stepping up international pressure: “I am one of the facilitators to let the voices of Hong Kong people be heard in the international community, especially since 2016.”
There are tensions between moderates and radicals. Some of the hardliners on the streets last year considered Wong already to be part of the Establishment, a backer of the failed protests of the past.
So why bother? What’s the point of a city of seven million taking on one of the world’s nastiest authoritarian states, with a population of about 1.4 billion? And in any case, won’t it all be over in 2047, the end of the “one country, two systems” deal agreed between China and Britain, which was supposed to guarantee a high degree of autonomy for another 50 years? Does he fear tanks and a repetition of the Tiananmen Square killings?
Wong acknowledges there are gloomy scenarios but remains a robust optimist. “Freedom and democracy can prevail in the same way that they did in eastern Europe, even though before the Berlin Wall fell, few people believed it would happen.”
He is tired of the predictions of think-tank pundits, journalists and the like. Three decades ago, with the implosion of communism in the Soviet bloc, many were confidently saying that the demise of the people’s republic was only a matter of time. Jump forward 20 years, amid the enthusiasm after the Beijing Olympics, and they were predicting market reforms and a growing middle class would presage liberalisation.
Neither scenario has unfolded, Wong notes. “They are pretending to hold the crystal ball to predict the future, but look at their record and it is clear no one knows what will happen by 2047. Will the Communist Party even still exist?”
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1119445/unfree-speech
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