Chapter 186: Big News
Big news, big news!!
On July 29th, one of the most topical entertainment news of the year happened, Ye Wei and Michael Angelano had a big fight at Café Roma!
Since neither party filed a complaint and a settlement was reached, they were taken back to the police station for less than an hour before both were released. Angelano immediately went to the hospital for treatment accompanied by assistants, and Ye Wei also left by car with his assistants.
But the troubles that await them have just begun, because they are all public figures.
Two 16-year-old teen stars, one is an Asian film prodigy who came out of nowhere this year and has been in the limelight recently, the other is a well-known child star who has been famous for a long time and the actor who will start filming next month (with a budget of 35 million), and Kristen Stewart's relationship, which is simply ...... Smell!
The next day, the incident became the headline of the entertainment pages of major daily newspapers, and photos of the two fighting in a café and when they were taken away by the police also entered the public eye.
The most used pictures by the media are Ye Wei smiling and raising his right middle finger, second, the wolf bèi Angrano sitting in the police car with a low body, and the third is the moment when Ye Wei stood there and punched Angrano's eye.
If you don't read the written report, it seems that things are like this, Ye Wei hit people, laughed and laughed, and was an abuser;
However, the paparazzi interviewed the staff and customers of the café at that time, and the truth was roughly restored on the news, a passer-by customer said that he had already recognized them, so he had been paying attention, he said: "They are talking about something, it seems to be about a girl, talking and arguing, Angelano hit Ye Wei first, he didn't fight, Ye Wei beat him hard, and his two friends ......"
One dozen three! This is what Ye Wei said about knowing a little bit of kung fu.
And Angelano made the first move, and it seems that no one else is to blame for being killed, but what are they talking about? Why are they arguing? These are enough gossip media excitement, and the girl is obviously Kristen Stewart, the same long-established child star, the heroine of the upcoming filming next month (budget 65 million).
Another legendary triangle, the favorite of the paparazzi.
Some customers also said: "Ye Wei's body smells of alcohol, he is a little drunk." ”
A police spokesman confirmed: "He drank a lot of beer and some liquor, and we found three or four empty bottles in his car. As for whether there was a drunk driver, the spokesman said: "According to our investigation, no, it was his assistant who was driving. The police said they would track down shops suspected of selling alcohol to minors.
Another huge scandal hangs over genius kid viy, 16 years old, alcoholic!
The whole thing is so amazing, first the newspapers, then the TV news shows, the talk shows...... And those fighting photos have long been circulating on the Internet, some people cheered for Ye Wei's skills, "I knew that VIY was very good at fighting!" and some people were very disappointed in Angelano, "The three of them didn't hit Ye Wei, he also drank!"
There are also a lot of ugly voices: "Is there any mistake, can you just let this Chinese kid beat people casually? Isn't he responsible?", "Send him back to China!", "I don't understand why Stewart is dating Ye Wei?"
And there are many voices on Viy's side: "Angelano made the first move, it's not Viy's fault!", "Before the truth comes out, we should all have faith in Viy, he is not a violent maniac who beats people indiscriminately." "Didn't you drink secretly?"
Both of them have been pushed to the cusp of the storm, and their public image as a sunny, kind, and amiable big boy is crumbling.
Naturally, their PR team was busy with crisis PR, and the day after the incident, Angrano's PR spokesman Patrick responded, with a very sincere attitude: "Michael paid the price for his impulsiveness, made an undoubted mistake, he was frustrated and blamed himself, he apologized to Ye Wei, and he apologized to everyone who had expectations of him." Michael will review this mistake carefully to make himself more mature and not let everyone down. ”
Conventional handling, good rhetoric, and because Angrano is just fighting, or is he beaten badly, and because he is white, and he is not a genius, so the media and the public do not criticize him much, and they are tolerant of him, and teenagers make mistakes impulsively, which is not a big deal, just know the mistakes.
However, Ye Wei was treated differently, although he was not the first to strike, but he drank, and he beat Angrano to the corner of his eyebrows with more than a dozen stitches! The bridge of his nose was almost broken, and he was kicked into a rib......
He's a genius! He should be smarter and more mature. He's an Asian boy, and some people have a hard time accepting it!
In fact, there have been a lot of people and media who are unhappy with Ye Wei for a long time, and it is not when Ye Wei offended them, it is that he is a person who makes them unhappy, what kind of Asian genius, who has stolen so much limelight, and is still so presumptuous, there was no chance before, but now that there is a chance, of course these people rush to the top.
In just a few days, from July 30th to August 3rd, a terrifying storm was formed in public opinion, sweeping Ye Wei.
"Spoiled prodigy", "Another young man ruined by Hollywood", "Sunshine boy turned bad boy", ......
Ye Wei was described by them as a reckless guy with a small achievement, I really didn't expect it to be destroyed so quickly, I can already see that VIY is like a meteor that flashes quickly, although there have been times when it is shining, it will disappear after a while.
There are too many such examples, I can't count them, was it so powerful five years ago? 60,000 production fees in the world2. 4.8 billion box office, what are the names of those two young directors? Merrick or something, no one remembers.
At that time, none of them were as scandalous as Ye Wei who had just been hot, and there was even a voice that Ye Wei dug the corner and poached Christine, which made Angelano angry.
In fact, it really doesn't need to be said so much, just catching him drinking is enough to turn him from a decent idol to a negative teaching material overnight.
The reason why the storm formed is related to the fact that Ye Wei has not yet made an official response, only the day after the incident, his public relations spokesman Leslie said: "Weige has nothing to say for the time being, he needs to calm down." In this case, it is difficult for anyone who wants to speak for him to say anything.
And Harvard-Westlake, a prestigious school whose reputation has been implicated, has spoken for the first time, saying, "We will figure things out, and Ye Wei will be punished and punished accordingly." ”
Could this be all of Ye Wei's public relations, cold treatment, and apology? If you don't want to fight, you have to say a few words for drinking, right?
Whether they want Ye Wei to die or Ye Wei's good, they are looking forward to Ye Wei's official response.
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"Are you alright?"
Ye Wei thought this incident was too funny, and the most interesting thing was that after the uproar, many people sent a text message of concern, and Litley also sent one, which made him sigh again that he really didn't understand what she was thinking, maybe he never understood.
He's not the kind of little girl who can't let go of a breakup, and he's friends when he says goodbye to those ex-girlfriends, but Littleley ...... There is nothing to deny, she is different. He wasn't interested in being an ordinary friend with her for the time being, so he just replied: "It's never been better." ”
"Can I find out what's going on?" Littleley sent another.
What the hell is she doing? She was determined to break up, and she asked what the hell. Ye Wei replied a little mockingly: "There's nothing to say, it's just what the media reported." ”
"What did you get yesterday?"
"One answer, forget it, I don't like to be friends with my ex-girlfriend, don't talk about it, I'm still busy with things. ”
After sending this text message, Ye Wei laughed for a long time, she didn't know that he got the box, and thought that he didn't know her determination, what to pretend! Obviously, she had already made a decision, and she made a decision when she was in the UK, what to pretend! Isn't it just to let me give up by myself, can I say that I gave up in the future, as you wish.
Forget it, forget it! No matter how much she cares, let's call her Lily, forget it......
Lily didn't send another text message, Ye Wei didn't care, he seemed to be in big trouble now, in the eyes of Brian and Leslie, they were all so angry that they jumped to their feet,
Brian said, "Boy, you're ruining yourself!" and Leslie was going to do crisis PR and said, "I'll make a public apology right away!" but you have that kind of writing, and it's best to write a sincere, humble essay and review this matter, it's a mistake of youth and let everyone forgive you. It's okay if we treat it coldly, but there will be elements in your image that dare not take responsibility, irresponsible, and cowardly, which will bring great harm. ”
Ye Wei did not agree, and on the grounds that he needed to think about it, he explicitly ordered Leslie not to make any attitude for the time being.
Because, why apologize? What did he do wrong?
If he hadn't had some skill, he would have been the one who had been beaten badly, and he would have beaten the three of them one by one, and there was nothing to be ashamed of.
Please, the person who really drank for the first time after the age of 21 was probably not born yet, how many people went to Mexico and the Caribbean to drink like crazy every holiday, how many movies in which teenagers secretly bought alcohol and drank, did Ron Howard apologize? How did he apologize?
Why are you so hypocritical! I've always said I'm a little bastard, what does viy mean? The spirit of the devil.
After a few days, Brian and Leslie were calling every day to urge Ye Wei to make a decision, because his negative reports were increasing, and many media were taking the opportunity to write and criticize, and they also made a list of "child stars ruined by Hollywood", and they included him in it, and if they didn't respond, it would only get worse and worse.
That invisible line of value is turning its head down, for him personally, for him, for it, it's like this.
And the heat has passed, and it's not far from the whole offline painting, if this matter is not handled well, it will be for a long time in the future, speaking of viy, others think of a bad boy, a ruined genius, because there is no new big movement to refresh this.
At the same time, the strong rise is making the attention of the media public, those geniuses, prodigies, teenager cult film masterpieces, small-budget miracles, etc., from the rapid transfer to its side, don't forget, the Hess are white, in this country, already have a natural advantage.
Not to mention, the distributors of others are Fox Searchlight and Paramount Pictures, and the distribution capabilities are compared with IFC, one in the sky and the other in the ground.
The rate of return is already 20 times and continues to rise, while it is only nearly 18 times, which is almost fixed.
A public apology is the only way to clean up the mess now.
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North American box office for a week
July 23-29, 2004 -
Movies - Ranking - Number of Weeks - Number of Theaters / Change - Average - Box Office of the Week - Total Box Office -
1st place - 1st week - 3165 - 23,590 - 74,662,180 - 74,662,180-
12th place - Week 7 - 389 (+210) - 8,074 - 3,003,907 - 7,913,307 -
22nd - 9th week - 551 (-208) - 1,167 - 643,017 - 35,709,878