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Doing What's Right Even If It Means Creating Enemies (How Crazy Rich Asians Was Supposed To Be A Failure, Aiming To Be The Next Walt Disney, Creator of The Youtube Gold Play Button) - Ft. Bing Chen (President/Co-founder of Gold House) | SPOTLIGHT

Jun 2, 2021

47:31

For today's Spotlight Episode, I'm excited to have high-achieving Bing Chen joining me. Bing Chen is the President & Co-founder of Gold House, the premier nonprofit collective of Asian founders, creative voices, and leaders dedicated to unifying the world's largest populace–Asians and Pacific Islanders–to enable more authentic multicultural representation and societal equity. Gold House is why many API-led films see success in Hollywood, which has opened up opportunities for other similar films to have a fighting chance.

Aside from Gold House, Bing Chen was one of the original architects behind Youtube's multi-billion-dollar Creator Program, enabling creators to get paid. He was also the mastermind behind the iconic Youtube Gold Play Button awarded to creators who reach the 1,000,000 subscriber milestone - the list goes on and on.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

- Wanting to be the next Walt Disney

- Parents coming from abject poverty to achieve the American dream

- Reciting the first five minutes of "Beauty and the Beast" during a job interview at Disney

- The most significant power is letting something you love go

- His involvement with Youtube's Creator Program and helping creators get paid

- The birth of Gold House & Gold Open (The reason why many API-led films have been successful)

- First people to hate Asians are other Asians

- Understanding that media plays a massive role in shaping our perception of others.

- Crazy Rich Asians was the only API lead film fully back by a studio in the last 25 years.

- How much is Gold Open to thank for the success of Crazy Rich Asians?

- Playing a factor in the renewal of Warrior Season 3