1048 Ice Bucket Challenge

On the openwork coffee table, all kinds of colored pencils are messily arranged, the coffee cup at hand has been drunk for the most part, and the residual coffee exudes a curling aroma, which is simmering in the hot New York summer sun, and the table is also randomly stacked with pencil sharpeners, mobile phones and half-finished paintings, outlining the unkempt and careless of the artists.

The woman sitting at the table looked to be about twenty-five or sixteen years old, wearing a bohemian colorful dress, and the dazzling reds, greens, blues, and purples collided together, like flowers in full bloom, blooming in large swaths in the laziness and coziness of summer.

A long black hair is casually tied into a loose fishbone braid, the frizzy hair sways gently in the breeze, and the facial features look ordinary, as if he is just an ordinary person in this bustling metropolis, but those smart and stubborn eyes bloom with a unique charm between the eye waves.

Cecilia-ilton put down the pencil and placed the finished painting on the coffee table, took the coffee, drank it from the cup, and let out a long and comfortable breath.

Raising her head, she let the afternoon sun shine on her face, the scorching light tingling slightly, but after a long winter and a changeable spring, she cherished such moments. Cecilia loved the summer in New York, and even the restlessness and noise in the air came alive.

After sitting quietly for a while, Cecilia sat up straight again, picked up the mobile phone on the table, and opened her social network account as if it were countless young people today. Cecilia, however, is a little different. She's an influencer.

Although Cecilia doesn't use the word to refer to herself, the truth is that social networking platforms are now her source of income.

Cecilia is an illustrator who specializes in watercolours and sketches, especially capturing the momentary brilliance of her characters. When Facebook first emerged, Cecilia, as a high school student, often uploaded her work to her account, which received a lot of recognition, and then she began to draw her favorite artists, actors, singers, directors, photographers, etc., and gradually, began to spread her reputation.

At first, fans of those artists visited Cecilia's personal page, and then gradually some fans took the initiative to apply, hoping to invite Cecilia to draw their idols by paying a fee, and she agreed, but it was just a small fight to earn pocket money.

In 2009, in anticipation of the release of "New Moon", a huge fan base invited Cecilia to paint a series of paintings of the three protagonists, a total of 12 paintings, each for 500 dollars.

What's more, the series of paintings caused a sensation on the Internet, with more than three million views on Facebook alone, truly making a name for Sicilia. After that, Cecilia's account began to spread, "Brando Mania".

Cecilia Wilton is Brando Mania.

Now, Cecilia has formed a stable fan base, especially with the rise of photo walls, which has become a platform for her to show off her talents, and at the same time, her correct three views and wise life philosophy have also won a lot of resonance. In less than a year, she has gained five million followers and is one of the most authoritative illustrators on the wall.

Cecilia's focus has shifted, and she is now concentrating on publishing books, drawing slices of life in New York, similar to four-panel comics, telling a short story, conveying life philosophy or telling life wisdom, in addition to regular offers from magazines and online media, and a steady stream of job opportunities, not to mention invitations from advertising sponsors.

As a result, Cecilia rarely paints portraits of artists anymore. Not long ago, Marvel fans paid $6,000 to paint a painting of Thor and Loki's brothers, but she refused, and instead of making money, Cecilia can now do whatever she wants.

Over the past year, Rite-Hall has been a model for Cecilia far more than once, and almost every month, she is sure to paint a Rite of Celestia. This has made Cecilia's Instagram account a gathering place for countless Don Quixote.

The reason why Cecilia likes Lan Li is not only because Lan Li's works are always wonderful, not only because Lan Li's performances are always shocking, but also because Lan Li's music always touches people's hearts, but also because of Lan Li's personal temperament.

Objectively speaking, Lan Li is not a handsome guy, at least not a handsome guy like Chris Hemsworth, Tom Cruise, and Brad Pitt who meet traditional aesthetic standards.

Therefore, Cecilia always likes to depict Lan Li, trying to capture the charm between her eyebrows with her own brush. It was not an easy task, but Cecilia enjoyed it, and after a year, the enthusiasm still did not subside, and even continued to rise.

Recently, Cecilia's biggest expectation is that "Les Miserables" will land on Broadway, and she can't wait to see Lan Li standing on the stage, and she is ready to be baptized.

Habitually, Cecilia opened her social media accounts, checked her inbox, confirmed job offers, and left messages from fans.

With a huge number of fans, highly sought after, Cecilia has also been lost, after her self-confidence has swelled to the extreme, she began to become arrogant and proud, and even began to suffer from gains and losses, and she will spend a lot of time indulging in fan messages every day, and it seems that without "likes", life will become bleak, and the world will begin to fall apart.

But with Lan Li along the way, Cecilia gradually returned to a down-to-earth state. On the Internet, everyone says that "Brando Mania" is the most loyal supporter of Blue Rite, but only Cecilia herself knows that if it were not for Blue Rite, the account of "Brando Mania" would be like countless Internet celebrities on social networks, like shooting stars, gliding across the sky and disappearing.

Familiarly, Cecilia opened her Twitter and casually began to flip through the latest news that had appeared in the past few hours, looking for more creative inspiration, and swiping and brushing, but there was not much new and disappointing. So, Cecilia began to browse through the accounts automatically pushed by the system to see if she could discover more new continents.

Inadvertently, Cecilia's fingertips froze, and her gaze fell on a Twitter video.

At the beginning of this year, Twitter officially opened the video upload function, but just like Twitter's 14 cross limit, the video can only be uploaded for 30 seconds, which is really too short for the majority of audiences who are used to YouTube, so on Twitter, text is still the mainstream, and there are still not too many videos.

The automatic push of the system is arranged according to the user's browsing habits, attention habits and personal preferences, which makes Cecilia can't help but be curious, what videos will the system push?

The first reaction was a glance at the username, "Sisyphus". Cecilia's brow furrowed slightly.

Sisyphus, a god of ancient Greek mythology, never-ending pushes the stone, trying to push it up to the top of the mountain, repeatedly unsuccessful, never giving up, repeating this meaningless action. This is a relatively unpopular deity, so why would anyone choose this name as their username? Is it just a prank?

Cecilia had no interest in the prank, which made her hesitate for a moment, but before her brain could react, her finger clicked on the video.

The next moment, Cecilia was stunned, it was actually Lan Li Hale who appeared in the video!

Lan Li, standing in front of the camera, a white shirt with light blue jeans, the sleeves of the casual shirt rolled up high, wearing a pair of white canvas shoes, standing in an empty back garden with youth and vitality, next to a mint blue swimming pool, and a big red bucket next to it, looks out of place with the whole picture.

It's still a familiar face, it's still a familiar smile, it's still a familiar temperament. But Cecilia still strongly doubted her eyes: could it be that I was dazzled by the mistake? This is not Lan Li, but a certain comedian is imitating Lan Li, but the problem is that Lan Li's temperament is not something anyone can imitate.

Lan Li in the video was slightly restrained, and the gentleman nodded and greeted the camera.

"Hey guys, I'm Lan Li Hall, and I'm here today to launch an event, the Ice Bucket Challenge. The original intention was to raise public awareness of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). In this way, we hope that more people will pay attention to the disease of ALS and actively participate in related charity activities. ”

The starting point of this campaign is not to raise funds, but to raise public awareness. From the very beginning, Lan Li was sure of this.

But Cecilia only felt that her head couldn't react at all, and before she had time to digest all the information, the thirty-second video had already come to an end, only to see that Lan Li simply lifted the red bucket next to her, and without hesitation, she buttoned it on top of her head, and then ...... Boom! instantly/wet/body.

What's going on here, what the hell is going on?