Jackie Chan's only son hasn't had the Easiest life between an unsuccessful Film career and the time he spent in Prison JC Chan has been unable to live Up to the highest standard set by his Father and it all began with JC's luxury Upbringing after his birth in 1982. at This point in time Jackie Chan was Permanently busy with acting and would Therefore spend only two weeks per year With his son which was quote contained In the household as they were too famous To go outside his father's busy schedule Meant that JC was raised almost entirely By his mother who began to spoil him With luxuries afforded by Jackie Chan's Fame and Fortune Jackie wrote in his Memoir when he was little JC never had To worry about having enough food how to Pay his school fees or if he needed to Be driven anywhere I would arrange it All I regretted that later no one should Have such a good life from their birth Jackie Chan clearly believed this as his Upbringing was almost the opposite Brought up in dirt poor conditions by Refugee parents who couldn't even afford To pay for his birth Jackie Chan was Forced to develop discipline as well as An approach appreciation for scarcity in Addition to this Jackie Chan's youth Consisted of drama training all day long From 5am to 11 PM with breaks for lunch And dinner when he misbehaved he was
Beaten with canes when he fell ill he Was told to suck it up which Jackie Chan Has since highlighted as beneficial in Comparison to his son's upbringing I Really thank you my teacher that torture Me becoming you really we never dropped One rice on the table whenever I go back My home I see my son's shoes one like This one like this one sauce another Socks No discipline Jason's cushy childhood LED Jackie Chan to write in his book When he was a teenager I definitely Didn't think JC was pushing himself hard Enough I'd work all day go jogging at Night then get back and say that he'd Gone to bed even though it was only nine Something I'd Grumble he's asleep Already I'd storm out in a bad mood and Go jogging again thinking when I was his Age I wished he could follow me around All day to see how much I did sometimes I'll have eight meetings in a row right Up until midnight then I'll go home do Some exercise and read scripts JC's Clear lack of drive and ambition in Comparison to his father LED JC to drop Out of college at the end of his first Year stating I wanted to be a musician All you can see in Virginia is sheep Although other sources state that he was Expelled from the school as a result of Excessive drinking unclean living Conditions and two semesters worth of
Unwarranted absences JC's desire to Become a musician was against the will Of Jackie who had not wished to see Their son in Show Business he wanted JC To be a lawyer and engineer or a doctor As JC's mother had quote already lost Her husband to this profession despite The wish of his parents Jason moved from Los Angeles to Hong Kong in 2004 where He planned on cultivating his own Successful story in music stating it is My hope to become famous based on my own Abilities rather than rely on my image JC was so confident in moving to China That he gave up his American nationality In exchange for Chinese nationality However it's possible that this Choice Came into question after he'd released His first album described in reviews as Being a horrid absolute waste of money The album simply titled JC was a Commercial failure the reason for this As described by JC himself was because Hong Kong is different from other places You need to do music and movies leading JC to appear in his first film titled The twins Effect 2 which received an IMDb rating of less than 5 out of 10 Stars and while it'd be ridiculous to Expect an Avengers level performance From JC's first on-screen appearance the Movies which followed weren't that much Better he'd appear alongside his father For Jackie Chan's 100th movie titled
1911 Revolution yet the collaboration Resulted in Jack least financially Successful and Lace positively received Picture to date grossing only a hundred And twenty seven thousand dollars before Receiving a score of eight percent on Rotten Tomatoes one year later JC would Play the main character in a movie Called Double Trouble which also entered Media headlines after grossing an even More pitiful nine thousand dollars During its first two weeks making it one Of the biggest box office flops in History to add insult to injury JC would Then play the main role in a movie Called whoever which despite a Government mandate forcing it to be Played in half of the country's Cinemas Failed to crack the Chinese top 10 and Has received only 15 ratings on IMDb Since its release in 2012. The only Positive news for JC seemed to have been Coming from his music career as his Second studio album would top Taiwanese Charts in 2010 although it seems the Album hasn't achieved much long-term Success as there's not even a single Online review for the music and it took About 30 minutes of digging just to find The track list the performance of the Album was unimportant anyway because on The fourth 18th of August 2014 JC would Find himself in a profound new media Scandal making every prior controversy
Seem insignificant police would upload Footage of JC Chan being arrested at his Parents 10 million luxury Beijing Apartment during which he'd admit to Having approximately 100 grams of weed In his cupboard this was extra bad for The Chan family's reputation as Jackie Chan had been China's official anti-drug Ambassador since 2009. for this reason Jackie Chan would take to social media To apologize writing for my son JC to Get into such trouble I'm very angry and Astonished as a public figure I'm Ashamed as a father I'm heartbroken I Can't begin to describe his mother's Pain I failed to be a good father and I Deserve the blame I would take the Responsibility and apologize to the Public on behalf of JC in the process Jackie practically disowned his son Stating that he hadn't and didn't plan On using any of his connections to Lesson JC's sentence I have not visited Him even till now I did not even use any Connections to call anyone if JC only Went in jail for one week or 10 days how Would the public look at us we are Public figures and all the more we have To abide by the laws which was Accompanied by Jackie Chan somewhat Hilariously telling JC's lawyer to slap Him twice for me while Jackie Chan Wanted absolutely nothing to do with JC The Chinese government took the opposite
Approach making a public anti-drug Example out of JC by televising the Trial which would happen approximately Four months after his arrest Jason was Sentenced to six months in prison and Was ordered to pay a 320 fine for Possession as well as the crime of Sheltering others to take drugs JC took This sentence humbly stating I've broken The law and should be punished when I Returned to society I will not repeat This because I have let my family and Friends down yet again although this Wasn't enough to satisfy his parents who Didn't even attend the trial whilst in Prison JC would send letters to his Mother in which he explained that he Experimented with drugs because of the Bad crowd he was mixing with and started Relying on drugs to soothe himself Whenever he felt upset JC also wrote About the struggles he faced growing up In a famous family and revealed that the Expectations of Fame placed a lot of Pressure on him he then expressed his Unhappiness with Jackie for not showing Him enough concern however his father Wasn't rushing to offer any kind of Sympathy Jackie Chan would stayed in an Interview I hope to be an anti-drug Ambassador for Life I even hope that After JC is out he can be an anti-drug Ambassador too telling everyone to stay Away from drugs which was followed by
Jackie stating publicly that he supports The death penalty for certain serious Offenses additionally Jackie Chan would Announce that he would donate the Entirety of his reported 350 million Dollar net worth to charity and not pass It on to his son JC adding if he is Capable he can make his own money if he Is not then he will just be wasting my Money the problem is JC's owning Capacity has been stifled pretty Severely as a result of the public Sentencing for example in the three Years prior to his arrest JC acted in 10 Different movies however since his Imprisonment almost 10 years ago he's Appeared in only three films one of Which he wasn't even credited for as a Result of the Scandal JC also lost Endorsements from Adidas Nivea yeshion Johnson and Johnson contact lenses Stride Gum KFC and Chevrolet with this Rock Bottom causing him to return to America even though he was no longer a Citizen there the father and son still Share a resident in Hong Kong though They don't spend much time together as An actor a businessman in his City's Unofficial Goodwill Ambassador at large Jackie Chan has a busy schedule the two Seem to have reconciled since JC moved Back to the USA yet JC continues to Differ himself stating I don't want to Always follow my dad's footsteps I want
To be different adding that he's tired Of being a person in his father's Shadow Since moving back to the US JC has made Efforts to turn his life around Directing his first film in 2021 titled Good night Beijing and according to IMDb He has another two movies on the way