It was almost six o'clock in the afternoon in Toronto, and Nina had gone home after school, and the time was almost up for Parson International Airport, to Los Angeles.

In the bustling airport terminal, Nina was sitting on the waiting chair waiting for boarding, a linen-colored travel bag was placed on the chair next to her, she looked at the mobile phone in her hand, there was no text message yet, and she didn't know what the situation would be with the appeal? It would be fine! There was nothing that Yunik couldn't handle.

At the same time, it was almost 3 p.m. in Los Angeles, and it was the end of school at Harvard-Westlake High School, and various activities and assemblies were going on, and a wonderful day for the students had just begun. There are many students who are concerned about the outcome of the LMS appeal and are talking.

"The media, the public, and those filmmakers all supported us, and Brother Wei personally stepped in, and we won. ”

"VIY won't let us down!"

"There are 100,000 people who responded to the online petition, so why should they be worried? ”

"It's more than 100,000, right?"

The number of petitions on the Internet is still increasing rapidly, coming from all over the United States and the world, and it is about to exceed 110,000! Everyone involved in this event is very excited to see that no, all the changes in the world began like this, make your voice heard, fight for your rights, and unite to break the old and old!

Just look at the news, these messages of solidarity from ordinary people, and your blood will boil.

But, see, there are so many people supporting you, you are not alone!

Fast-Mag: "After watching all the trailers, trailers and other information of "Little Sunshine Beauty", the MPAA is wrong, that dialogue is nothing at all, I am looking forward to this movie too much." ”

armand1990: "What does the MPAA do for us? Fools? I'm 15 years old, and I just think that old man is funny. Can you do it by listening to him? Don't be stupid. ”

ken05: "Whoever thinks Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Streep are going to make a family film with erotic content must have something wrong with their brains." I've seen almost all of their films, and Ye Wei's is too, they won't do this kind of thing. The trailer confirms this. ”

Harlan-Murray: "As a father of three, a 10-year-old, a 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter, I'm more worried about violence than a few foul words, because life doesn't go without foul language, but violence can ruin my own life and that of others. ”

Maria-Dodd: "I don't tolerate being in children's movies, and there are smaller foul language in PG-13 that I can accept, especially for artistic purposes. The MPAA's accusation of "Little Sunshine Beauty" is unjustified and life-experienced, and what it asks is like telling you to be a person who lives in a vacuum. Our whole family is looking forward to watching the best LMS and we wish it a smooth transition to PG-13. ”

......

3 p.m., MPAA Headquarters Appeals Tribunal.

During the hour-long debate, the members of both sides took turns to speak, and Ye was the only one on the LMS side who said eighty percent, and every time he finished speaking, the reporters applauded, and the arguments of the rating committee members were refuted by him one by one, and by the end, Joan Grave was already sweating profusely.

The CARA side still bites that "this is a clear rule and will not make an exception for any film", while the LMS side ends with "unreasonable criticism under the unfair system is only mistakes".

There are too many parties involved in who wins and who loses in this turmoil.

Journalists know that if the LMS wins, it means that the MPAA will not be able to withstand the pressure of public opinion, and may also intend to start reforms, such as publishing a complete rating manual and improving the entire rating system...... A lot of things will change from now on, and the number of films that will be treated unfairly will gradually decrease, because if LMS can win, other films can win.

If the LMS loses, it will be the MPAA that will not admit its mistakes, cling to dictatorial power, and showing the world how corrupt it is.

Regardless of whether you win or lose, it will inevitably cause an earthquake, and Ye Wei will inevitably become a key figure in the history of film ratings.

While waiting for the 18 members of the Appeals Committee to deliberate and vote in the members' rooms, there was silence in the courtroom, there was no sound of talking, not even the sound of pen strokes, everyone sat there quietly, not knowing what to think.

Fifteen minutes seemed quite a long time, and when the time reached 15:15, the door of the passage in the left room slammed open, and the members of the grievance committee rushed out, all with different faces and expressions, and they had already made a decision. A tall male commissioner, led by the leader, walked up to the judge's table and handed over the results of the secret ballot to Judge De Rohrer.

Everyone stared intently, and a tense atmosphere enveloped the seemingly cramped space.

Under the gaze of the people, and in the expectation of countless people inside and outside the courtroom, Judge De Rohr looked at the results written on the white paper, without any change in expression, and read out blankly:

"Thirteen voted not to overthrow, five voted to overthrow. ”

That is...... "Little Sunshine Beauty" lost the lawsuit, and it is still R-rated.

The voting ratio of 13:5 is almost the same as that of the members of the six major studios: cinema companies.

That is...... In fact, the result was already doomed, no matter what Ye Wei said or took out, he had already lost since he walked into this "court".

"Shhhhh!!h

Although the LMS side won the public opinion and reason, although Ye Wei refuted the cara people into dumb, although the light of fairness and justice once vaguely illuminated here......

It was the MPAA that "won".

The rating committee members all looked a little strange, not very happy, certainly not sad, weird, weird, like a bunch of ghosts. Joan-Grave seemed relieved, and there was a calm look on her old face. Maybe they all knew that this would be the result, although they would lose face, but they could only win the MPAA.

The six people on the LMS side didn't boo, and they didn't say anything, they continued to sit there, Secretary Cindy wiped her tearful eyes, and Arndt suddenly choked up a little.

Attorneys Peter Heller, Price, and Salton all looked dejected.

"It's rotten!", "You guys are rotten!", "It's a shame!" the reporters excitedly rebuked.

The boy in the sports jacket leaned back in the chair, his eyes looking up, as if he had expected it, and as if he was wandering away, thinking about something.

"Quiet, quiet!" Judge De Rohrer shouted a few times and shouted to announce the verdict: "Please be quiet! This appeal meeting has already reached a result, and "Little Sunshine Beauty" lost the case and maintained the original R rating. Even if everyone is not satisfied, the result will not change. We will no longer accept appeals from the current version of LMS. ”

"Shame on you!", "The whole country is ashamed of your meanness!" the reporters were still agitated, and some even smashed their pens on the ground.

Several security guards were nervously preparing for the chaos that might ensue.

Among the grievance committee members over there, a few of them were visibly angry, and the others were silent like ghosts who did not belong to this grievance meeting......

"Please respect the results!"

"Shh!!h

Just as the boos shouted another tsunami, Ye Wei stood up with his right hand raised, and the audience immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at him.

"I'm sorry to see this result. Ye Wei looked around at the members of the MPAA, his expression was cold, his eyes were as sharp as a blade, and his voice was a little deep: "You have fully proved that you have been incorrigibly rotten. Most regrettably, we still have to deal with you guys and find a way to get the PG-13 level that is supposed to be ours. ”

Judge De Rohrer was about to say something, but he shouted: "I don't want to come to this fake courtroom again, so now I'm going to ask clearly, Ms. Grave, the rating commissioners, in a non-erotic context, you can use it four times......, right?

Ye Wei paused, glanced at the people around him, and said coldly: "'**-mpaa!**-mpaa!**-mpaa!**-mpaa!**-mpaa!'"

Hearing these three **, the audience was stunned, and the faces of Judge De Basil, Joan Grave, and almost all the members of the MPAA suddenly turned green with anger.

"To your professional, experienced, and unbiased ears, can this line be pg-13? He wasn't joking or abusive, he was asking seriously.

The reporters suddenly understood that "when you can't express your feelings in ordinary words, we say **", and everyone looked at Cara's seat, waiting for an answer.

"......" No rating committee member was willing to answer, and Joan-Grave's face was a little more embarrassed and angry, and her tone was as calm as possible: "Yes." But this is very rude. ”

“ok。 Ye Wei nodded slightly, "Then you will see, and it will not only be seen by 100,000 people, but at least 10 million people, 10 million people! ”

He paused again and said heavily, louder than the other: "mpaa! mpaa!!mpaa!!"

"the mpaa!" suddenly a reporter shouted, and it immediately became a big one, and almost everyone in the small room raised their hands and shouted, "the mpaa!"

In the midst of this passionate shout, Ye Wei turned around and left his seat, strode outside the room, passed through the rows of angry reporters, opened the wooden door and walked away, and his figure disappeared into the corridor.

Some reporters followed, some reporters weren't ready to leave to interview the MPAA, they didn't have to ask the boy anything.

viy, what a horse is enough to breed!

......

Ye Wei left the MPAA headquarters building all the way, and some photojournalists waiting outside the building surrounded him and took photos one after another, asking what the result was. He just replied blandly with the same phrase "we-blew-it".

Surrounded by reporters, he went to the parking lot and left in his second-hand Volkswagen.

It only takes about 15 minutes to drive from the MPAA headquarters to Harvard-Westlake High School, he drove to the school, ignored the two mobile phones that rang and vibrate, parked the car and suddenly found that he didn't know where to go, it was already out of school, and he was not active today.

At the moment, Ye Wei casually walked in this beautiful environment and huge campus, when he met someone excitedly asked, "Hey Wei, how is the matter?", he also replied to the sentence "We messed up", and the well-meaning people were all surprised and regretful and a little sad when they heard the words, "It's okay, right?"

"Maybe. ”

Didn't go to the high school headquarters of the Dream Chasing League, Ye Wei looked at the sports field in the west for a while, the boys of the football team and the baseball team were training, he didn't look interested, and walked to the Church of the Holy Savior in the northeast, looked here and there along the way, and bought a bowl of ice water at the girls' sugar water stall on the side of the road.

When he arrived at this classical chapel that is a monument to Los Angeles, Ye Wei heard the singing of the choir coming from inside, so he didn't go in, but turned around and left.

Gradually, wandering to the rugby theater, he walked into the theater and sat on a seat on the left side of the middle of the audience, there was obviously no activity in the theater today, and the audience seat that could seat more than 300 people was only scattered with a dozen people, most of them were in the front row, and there were some students on the small stage rehearsing some plays.

Ye Wei sat there, drowning in darkness, looking at the stage in front of him and the big screen with an expressionless face.

"Good People Have Good Retribution" and "Angel Dance" were all screened on that screen, and the first Harvard-Westlake Film Festival, the scenes of that night are still in front of me.

"Little Sunshine Beauty" will hold an on-campus screening here, but ......

Which version to play?

Thoughts flowed, closed his eyes, and after a long time, someone suddenly walked next to him and sat down, the familiar girl fragrance, the familiar "only".

"I'm asleep......"

"No, you don't. ”

"I'm just talking in my dreams. ”

"When you fall asleep, your brow doesn't wrinkle like that. ”

Ye Wei opened his eyes and turned his head to see that Lily's face was smiling, she was wearing a white-sleeved infrared jacket with the HW logo and light blue cloth pants, and she was also sitting heroically.

He smiled and asked, "How did you know I was here?"

I always know where you are. Lily rolled her eyes without answering, which made the flowing tenderness even more watery, "I know the outcome of the appeal, everyone knows." ”

"Yes, we screwed up. From the so-called appeal meeting to the present, Ye Wei suddenly sighed, looked at Lily, and suddenly something came to his heart, making his brows furrow, making his face unremittingly painful, and making his voice messy: "I tried my best, but ...... Lily, I tried my best, I don't want to give up, but ......"

He scratched his head, leaned forward, his face drooped in pain, "I want to fight to the end, but it's not up to me, it's not my business alone...... Lily, I can't stick to the current version, I have to compromise, I hate the MPAA so much, but I still have to do what it says...... This sucks, what do you say I am, I hate these...... But I'm going to do it damn again, Lily...... Lily, I don't want to give up ......"

Lily listened to him, her two eyebrows were also wrinkled, her eyes blinked, and her hands couldn't be hugged and clenched, "You didn't give up, you didn't." ”

His voice stopped, and her voice sounded firmly and softly: "The only one I know, who never gives up, is a person who can die for his dreams...... It's not a compromise, it's a fight to the death...... Just ......"

She didn't know what to say as she spoke, saying "just, it's just ......"

"It's just that on the way to pursue their dreams, people will die, and then come back to life, and they will die again, and then they will come back to life. If you don't continue, you're really dead forever. He took over.

"You won't. ”

Neither of them said anything more, leaning back in their chairs, looking at the screen and the stage in front of them.

Time passed, second by minute, and the two watched the students on the stage finish rehearsing, they cleaned up and went backstage, and then the audience in the front row got up and left.

"Thank you, Lily. Ye Wei said loudly, look at her.

Lily got up, suddenly reached out with her left hand and pressed his right shoulder, and said softly: "Either the person who wins is a hero, and sometimes the person who loses is a talent, like you." ”

Ye Wei looked at her bright eyes and smiled, "You're so funny." ”

"Sometimes. Lily smiled, grabbed the hand on his shoulder, and pulled back, "Come on." She turned and walked away.

"You're so interesting......" Ye Wei looked at the big screen in front of him again, his eyes full of determination.

......

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, as soon as the results of LMS's defeat were released, it quickly became on the Internet, and then spread rapidly.

Major movie entertainment websites, blogs, and mainstream media websites are all vying to report, not only the results, but also the entire process of the appeal meeting, Ye Wei's many court remarks, and humorous and moving anger, are all being exposed by the media.

So people saw such a report, "Ye Wei was unstoppable at the appeal meeting", he dismissed the members of the MPAA, including CAA chairman Joan Grave, to the fullest, and he was supported by all the reporters in the audience, "Every time the VIY speech ended, there would be a round of applause", but in this case, the votes were lost by a huge margin.

Upon learning of this result, many well-known filmmakers immediately expressed their great anger and disappointment to the media or on the Internet, as well as movie fans.

The Internet is full of sad and angry voices!

Perhaps a little consoling is Ye Wei's last invincible declaration, for a while, the Internet was also full of "**-mpaa", and even many mainstream media used "f-word-mpaa" as the news headline. MPAA's behavior is too disappointing and despicable!

The MPAA knew that it was doomed in public opinion, and spokesman Howard Ganttman didn't say much, but continued to insist: "We have clear rules on how a film can be PG-13, and we have not made an exception for any film before, now, and in the future, unless the rules change." ”

As for DreamWorks, Terley Price expressed his attitude to reporters on the spot: "It's a pity, it's sad, it shouldn't be like this, but we will continue to fight for PG-13." ”

Everyone was waiting for Ye Wei's official response to losing the lawsuit, and from three o'clock in the afternoon to seven o'clock in the evening, reporters, movie fans and fans refreshed his blog over and over again.

At seven o'clock, people finally waited! Ye Wei updated a new blog post.

But after reading this article, people are not as excited as before, but sigh and grieve for it, because of that heroic pathos.

We messed up--Ye Wei

As you can see the news, yes, it is a very regrettable result, "Little Sunshine Beauty" once again lost the lawsuit and can no longer appeal and retrial. I don't want and can't make some families think it's a film that's not for them, but we're going to get PG-13 and we're going to have to make some ridiculous changes.

Today at the grievance meeting, I quoted a passage from "Twelve Angry Men", which was the ending I sincerely hoped for.

How I wish I could be like Henry Fonda, with a fair and rigorous attitude, careful and nuanced observation, and unbiased reasoning, to chase the truth of the matter. How I hope that angry men can put aside prejudice and other evils, dare to change their attitudes, and chase that flash.

But all the hopes were in vain, I wasn't Henry Fonda, those people weren't angry people, maybe five, I don't know if it's true or not, if it's true, thank you!

Now, the one thing I want to say most is the last sentence of Henry Fonda's son, Peter Fonda, in "Easy Knight":

"We screwed up. ”

We screwed up because we were too willing to believe in movie dreams, too willing to believe that people's hearts are kind and fair.

We messed up because we were too obsessed with the breath of freedom, too obsessed with a free life, and couldn't understand the fear of some people for true freedom.

We screwed up because we had always had some kind of luxury, we were always looking for a heavenly earthly world, but the truth is that we could never find it.

We always rely on the courage of youth, the courage of confusion...... A certain kind of courage, something that has not yet been extinguished, embarked on an unknown path, and suffered the inexplicable contempt and inexplicable sneak attack of those "good people" along the way. In fact, from the beginning of the journey, we already know what is at the end of the road and nothing.

Paul Schrader, a filmmaker I respect, once said, "As long as you do film, you have to be selective in your memory, otherwise it will be very painful." ”

I wondered, should I choose to forget about it? as if it never happened, all this about ratings, so that I could make myself better?

I thought about it and thought about it, and I decided to remember it. Because, I don't want to forget how I messed things up, because, after all, I still like this kind of messup.

Because, we screwed up.

......

At nearly nine o'clock in the evening of Los Angeles time, Nina got off the plane and went from the airport to Brentwood, and at nearly ten o'clock, when she arrived at Ye Wei's house, she came first and then went to the hotel not far away.

"Yunik!" In the night, still on the porch of the house, Nina threw down the travel handbag, hugged Ye Wei who walked out tightly with both hands, and comforted, "You did your best, I know you did your best." I couldn't help but scold angrily, "How can MPAA be so cheap, I'm so angry, it's really unfair! Those people are so cheap, it's really annoying!"

She gasped, suppressed her anger again, kissed him, and said softly, "It's okay, I know you're okay, it just gives you strength." ”

"Nina. Ye Wei put his arm around her with one hand, and caressed her face with the other hand that couldn't suppress some anger, seeing her, his mood completely improved, there are still some beautiful things in this world, he smiled: "Yes, don't worry, this thing won't defeat us." ”

"If you don't say it, I know. Nina smiled toothily and nodded, there was still a lot of work to soothe him this weekend.

"Let's go in, Duoduo will wait until you fall asleep. Ye Wei lifted the travel handbag on the porch and took her hand into the house.

......

People were suddenly surprised to find that Yunik Kuller! seemed to have seen it through, foreshadowing the failure of LMS's appeal from the start.

Will Kuhler say something today? As the night approached midnight, the people who refreshed Kuhler's blog over and over again were waiting!

Still in the style of one sentence, this sentence makes people laugh when they look at it, and if Viy's article is sad, Kuhler makes people smile in every way.

When the media reported and fans dug up, people knew that this was the line of Jane Fonda, Henry Fonda's daughter and Peter Fonda's sister in "Barbarina" (1968), when she was attacked by a flock of birds. Ye Wei and Kuhler really grabbed the Fangda family this time.

Kueller's use of the movie "Barbarina", which is the originator of the British and female films and feminist films, for the first time let women play the role of a big man on the screen to turn the tide; on the other hand, there is a lot of eroticism in the film, and it is the originator of sex appeal and fragrance.

It's an unrated film, it's a female-dominated film.

For the MPAA's bizarre harshness and discrimination in sexuality and femininist sex-love scenes, "Barbarina, the Space Heroine" is really a mockery and a kind of resistance.

People appreciate the self-deprecation and dry humor of Yunik Kuller, and people sigh at the realm of these two film geniuses.

We lost, but we were heroes.

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Yunik Kuller:

It's a very poetic way to die.