Action star Jackie Chan recalls earning his first HK$4mil pay cheque and buying 7 luxury watches in one go


Jackie Chan went on a shopping spree when he first got a huge pay cheque. Photo: Handout

Having started as a child actor, Hong Kong star Jackie Chan, 70, has decades of experience in the entertainment industry – some of it high, and some of it low.

As a stuntman he earned just HK$150 a day. After years of toiling in the industry, he received a pay cheque of HK$4mil for a movie in 1980.

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