Good luck seems to have come, on the afternoon of the 18th, Ye Wei returned to Tromsø as scheduled, and wandered around the sleepless city known as the "Paris of the North" until the early hours of the morning, when suddenly the whole city exclaimed with joy, and a gorgeous and colorful aurora appeared in the night sky.

The aurora is like a light veil fluttering, dancing, gently caressing the world, turning the whole world into a dream.

Ye Wei looked up, his eyes didn't blink, it was so beautiful, more beautiful than any special effects. He opened his hands, feeling that he was embracing the aurora borealis, merging with this magnificence, feeling that his soul had been sublimated and unforgettable for a lifetime.

Maybe this is the illusion of tourism, but it is also the feeling that tourism gives, and it is also a new opportunity brought by the feeling.

But he didn't dilute her, he missed her even more, and he really wanted to stand hand in hand with her under the starry sky surrounded by the aurora, smiling brightly together.

The 19th was spent on the outskirts of Tromsø by the sea, including camping at night. At 5 p.m. on the 20th, I took a plane back to Oslo, and on the 21st of the next day, I took a direct flight to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, Africa.

The journey was tight and had to spend a lot of time flying around the sky, when the plane landed at Giomokenya Airport, it was 20:15 local time on the 21st.

After completing the landing visa at the airport, Ye Wei left the airport under the leadership of the tour guide Abu Wengji and two bodyguards, who had already been found, and began his journey to Africa.

I heard that he was going to travel to Africa, Brian and the others were very nervous, although Kenya is a relatively stable country, but the law and order situation is average, just like staying in downtown Los Angeles at night, or Brooklyn in New York, where robberies are small and murders are big.

People with business interests were even more shocked, his life was worth it now.

The C.A.A. urged him to hire a team of bodyguards to travel, preferably with a film crew to film him visiting the slum children, as Angelina Jolie did. Lionsgate even came up with a detailed promotional plan for the Soul Surfer Africa tour, with reimbursement for his travel expenses and luxury suites in five-star hotels.

Ye Wei didn't agree, he didn't like that. That's not tourism, that's a show, he's here to travel, a touch trip, it's enough to do a good job of safety protection.

I didn't go out that night, let alone in Kenya, and I couldn't go out at night in Santa Monica. He stayed in the Premier Suite at the InterContinental Hotel in Nairobi to play with his laptop, organize the photos taken in the Arctic Circle, and take care of the LovelilyJanee net.

It's a static website with pictures and text, and he tries to keep it simple and elegant.

It is part of "the whole world is a lily", which started at the beginning of July, and each of the many pictures on the page is either a lily or a lily, a flower, a plastic flower, a paper folded flower, a picture flower...... Appeared in TLB's post-production studio, on the mobile set of "Foul Talk World", and in various places in life.

He didn't make an appearance, and neither did anyone else, it was all lilies.

This time, a new batch of pictures were added, taken in Oslo, Tromsø, and Svalbard, and the best one was naturally the polar bear "sniffing" the lilies.

Thinking of that rainy night in New York, Ye Wei didn't know what he was doing, but he felt comfortable after doing so. Things will be fine, and that will tell his heart.

On the morning of the 22nd, accompanied by the tour guide and bodyguards, Ye Wei first went to the nearby post office to send postcards, and then to his family and close friends, and finally to the lily: "August 22, sincere greetings from Africa." ”

After a morning of visiting Nairobi, after all, it is the capital, the city is not far behind, with the same high-rise buildings, many parks, and many beautiful scenery.

At noon, I had a local delicacy called "mqam", which is a mixture of mung bean puree, mashed potatoes and corn kernels, and served with beef and soup. What Liz doesn't know very well is that he is also a foodie, there is nothing he is not used to, only what he can't eat, but he can't do without Chinese food, and the school knows it.

After lunch, Ye Wei got into a special Land Rover jeep and went to the Masai Mara in the southwest.

The purpose-built car has four rows of seats, one row higher than the other, with a windshield in front of it and stable steel pipe railings on both sides for all-round animal viewing. The car was equipped with a driver, Abu Weng Ji sat in the co-pilot, Ye Wei sat in the middle of the car, and two bodyguards like Tyson and Mutombo sat in the back.

After a 6-hour drive, out of Nairobi and gradually moving away from human settlements, Ye Wei began to have a definite feeling of "I am in Africa". In the vast grassland, some umbrella-like acacia trees stand alone, and from time to time you can see all kinds of wild animals, zebras, elephants, antelopes, rhinos and so on.

The rutted road is also difficult to walk, the jeep is very bumpy, Ye Wei did not take pictures along the way, and waited until he arrived in the Masai Mara National Park to take pictures.

It is also part of the annual Kenyan Animal Migration, where millions of herbivores migrate from the Serengeti in Tanzania to the Masai Mara in Kenya from June to September for water and grass. On the way, you will pass through the Mara River, where there are crocodiles, hippos, lions and other carnivorous beasts by the river, which is the "crossing of the Mara River".

It was already 6 o'clock in the evening when I arrived at the hotel, Mara Serina, just in time to photograph the sunset over the grassland.

Lying on the hillside bench outside the lodge at night, Ye Wei looked at the bright galaxy, and his mood was only quiet for a while.

On the morning of the 23rd of the next day, Ye Wei and his entourage drove to the side of this year's migration section of the Mara River.

Countless ant-like wildebeests, zebras, and bison had already gathered and rushed across the Mara River in groups, the earth trembling and rumbling into the sky. On both sides of the river, there are base camps for human vehicles, and photographers and tourists are watching and shooting.

Ye Wei also held a single-lens reflex camera with a telephoto lens hanging around his neck, but after pressing the shutter a few times, he just looked at the spectacular and cruel scene in a daze.

Horses and cattle were constantly attacked by fierce beasts in the river when crossing the river, and a hippopotamus opened its mouth wide and bit a zebra in two, and the blood stained the river red, and the tragic screams were endless. Another horse and oxen fell under their physical strength, and were trampled by their companions behind them, and sank into the river.

The cattle and horses that had finally crossed the river were pounced on by the lions that had been waiting for a long time.

Ye Wei looked at it, his face gradually turned red, and he couldn't help retching. Death everywhere, bloody naked - naked predators, there is no right or wrong, only life or death, what bastard nature, what a fucking bastard world......

The water of the Mara River must be bitter, too bitter.

His eyes were moist, tears were streaming down his face, his body and mind seemed to be torn apart by something, how small his life was, and it seemed that he could never change it.

Suddenly, he cried out in pain, and he cried and shouted: "Ahh!!h

"I don't look at it. Ye Wei took a deep breath, suppressed his crying, turned his head and walked towards the jeep over there, unable to bear to look at it any longer.

For the rest of the day, he wandered the vast savannahs of the national park, watching and photographing fauna and grassland landscapes such as elephants, lions, spotted deer, giraffes, and more.

At 11 o'clock in the morning of the 24th, Ye Wei and the four of them took a small plane back to Nairobi on the Oyambi runway. Looking at the barren and majestic Great Rift Valley through the window, he suddenly remembered Hemingway's "The Snow of Kilimanjaro" and couldn't help laughing at himself.

But I'm not "Harry"! I conquered myself before I came to Africa, but I haven't recovered her yet.

I returned to Nairobi at noon, and in the afternoon I took a Humvee SUV with a truckload of supplies to the Ruai slum on the eastern outskirts, next to the Nairobi sewage treatment plant.

Ruiai and Nairobi are completely like two worlds. The potholed dirt roads are already dilapidated, and there are household garbage everywhere, surrounded by low bungalows next to each other, almost none of which are not broken, and there is a faint smell in the air, sometimes with a gust of wind, it is a pungent stench, mixed with all kinds of pollution.

"This is the real Kenya," Abu Ongi said. ”

Ye Wei was silent, he had seen many photos of the slums before, but when he was really in this environment worse than "City of God", as a middle-class child who grew up in Brentwood, Los Angeles, and the former little bully, everything he said made him feel very despicable.

There are several church, charity orphanages, shelters and schools in the Ruai district. They are going to the "Merciful Savior Children's Home", an orphanage founded in 2002 that mainly accepts orphans and street children from babies to 20 years old, and now has more than 50 children.

Before arriving at the orphanage, they were warmly greeted by the director, Morgani, and the teacher, Ms. Serena.

Ye Wei stepped off the off-road vehicle, stepped on the dirt road, shook hands with them and talked, his eyes paid attention to the surroundings, and his mood became even heavier. The so-called orphanage is a one-story mud brick house with an iron roof, dormitories and classrooms, which seem to collapse at any moment, and the best things are those iron windows and iron doors that protect security.

His gaze stopped at a group of teenage children in the distance, who were kicking a "soccer ball", a spherical object wrapped in strips of cloth.

Kenyans love to play football, and he can see children of all ages playing football in every settlement these days, and athletes are a promising outlet for them, and one of the few pleasures in life that can be obtained.

At the suggestion of Ms Serena, he has brought some real football, the "team star" of this year's World Cup in Germany. The World Cup ended on July 9, with Italy beating France to win the tournament. This time, he wanted to build a movie screening room for the orphanage, but the director said no, no too expensive things, otherwise it would cause trouble for the orphanage, and within a few days it would be robbed by the nearby gangsters, and even the orphans would suffer.

Soon, all the orphans gathered in a small mud playground to meet him, a "big man", for whom they were nothing like movie directors or Hollywood stars, but each of them had a friendly and happy smile on their faces.

"Hello, Mr. Ye. They said loudly in English, which is Kenya's Chinese language, "Welcome to the Mercy Savior Children's Home." ”

"Hello. Ye Wei smiled, looked at the little girls in the front who were younger than Duoduo, and couldn't help but sigh: "I brought some food, clothes, stationery, books and sporting goods, I hope you will like it." ”

The children cheered, and the teenagers were quieter, especially the row of peers as large as his, some of the boys were expressionless, and the girls were smiling far-fetched.

They already knew that they could never be like him, and they never had the same educational opportunities as they were.

Ye Wei said sincerely: "I don't know, I can only think that your growth must be very difficult, maybe the strength I understand is just a joke for you." For you, it is difficult to believe and realize the way of studying hard and changing your destiny, but it is indeed one of your few opportunities, so Dean Morgani asked me to encourage you, I just want to say......"

He glanced at the crowd, "Listen to the teacher, learn, believe, and work hard, and life will be better, maybe in your generation, maybe in your descendants." ”

At Ms. Serena's signal, the children applauded, but the teenagers did not move, and he even felt a hint of hatred in the boys' eyes.

Probably everyone who comes to visit will say something like that, but that's the truth. They are of course miserable compared to the children of developed countries, but compared to the hungry African children who are still living on the streets, they are happy, and they do not have zero chances.

Ye Wei cares more about what the children think, like three-year-old Nancy Kevin Boca and less than two-year-old James Catioca, their black eyes only flicker with innocence. They can have a better future, both materially and spiritually.

After the speech, he taught the children to play football, draw and sing, and the teenage girls gradually joined in.

"What is a movie?" he was asked by more than one child when talking about movies. There are quite a few cinemas in Nairobi, but these kids have never seen a movie yet.

Ye Wei wanted to take the children into the city to watch a movie, it was best to have fun for a day, but after thinking about it, he vetoed it. This is not to give them happiness, but to deprive them of happiness, and the life of the people in the city is already a hundred times better than theirs, and to bring them into the city is to open their eyes, but to make them live in misery every day after that.

But another idea arose.

On the afternoon of the 25th of the next day, Ye Wei came to the orphanage again with a film projection team, and had signed a contract with the projection team, and they went to the orphanage once a month to conduct a screening, and the cost was paid from his donations.

Ms Serena prefers to replace the screenings with food, disagreeing with her: "Food is the first priority, but the solution to poverty and backwardness cannot be solved by food alone, education is the first priority, and the power of film can help children's hearts." ”

On this day, the screening team played Bambi (1942) in the playground of the orphanage, his idea. "Bambi" was one of his childhood favorites, and is one of his favorites today, earlier than "The Lion King" and more inspiring for children who have lived in difficult situations since childhood.

Even if he wasn't, he would never forget Bambi's tenacity with his mother in winter, the scene where Bambi and Rabbit Sampu slid and played on the snow and ice, Bambi met his lover Ferrin, and Bambi went back to the burned forest to find Ferrin...... I can't forget how happy, nervous, moved, and longing I saw back then.

This memory imprint will be lifelong, and so will the power of this movie.

Speaking of which, one of the main creators of "Bambi" is the famous Chinese animator and painter Tyrus-Wong, one of the old heroes of Disney, who has been crowned a Disney Legend Award (Hall of Fame), and is still alive to the present, almost 100 years old. When he planned to visit his old man's house, he should also go, and he would never see him at any time.

The screening was a success, with laughter in the orphanage, children rejoicing in warm moments, nervous about Bambi's fate, and finally a forest fire when the playground was silent and everyone was happy.

Looking at the smiling faces of Nancy and other children, Ye Wei suddenly loved movies so much as never before. Whether it's in the Arctic or Africa, movies give people strength, and classic movies can still give people strength after 50 or 100 years, and it is an honor, a pleasure, and a great significance to make such a good movie.

He still took some pictures of the orphanage and the children and posted them on his blog.

The mentality has changed, this is not a show or not a show, you can't not promote and lead because you don't like to be considered a show by others, a person's strength is weak, attracting greater attention and accumulating more strength is always a good thing.

He wishes that there would be more celebrities and celebrities all over the world to put on shows, and if he shows off charity, he will definitely be charity, and charity is not too much to show.

But not taking a picture of "the whole world is a lily", that would be a blasphemy.

At 11 p.m. on the 25th, I left Nairobi by plane and flew directly to Guangzhou, China. Ye Wei is at ease, and his charity for the protection of children in Africa and the protection of African wildlife will continue, but everyone has their own life, and in the end, they must work hard by themselves.

This is true of one person, one country, and one Africa.

He went to China every year earlier than Duoduo, and he didn't go in 04 or 05, and has witnessed great changes in China for more than ten years, from poverty to world power, people's lives are better, all aspects are rising, and the film market is getting bigger and bigger.

Every year the West says that China is going to collapse, but every year there is an economic miracle, and these are not created by others, but by themselves.

How important is civilization? Obviously, the most important thing.

His mother taught him since he was a child, "Tianxingjian, a gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement." "Sometimes he forgets, and in the end he remembers, in those most difficult moments. He sincerely wished that all children could have that kind of faith.

On this trip to China, he will go to Guangzhou, Chengdu and Beijing, return to Los Angeles on the evening of September 3, and resume work on Monday, September 4.

At 17:25 Beijing time on the 26th, the plane landed smoothly at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport. Ye Wei entered the country on a tourist visa, and after sending a postcard at the post office at the airport, he left the airport alone with a tourist backpack and a suitcase.

When you come to China, you don't need any tour guides, you don't need bodyguards, and you can go to the city center alone in the middle of the night, and the security of this ancient civilization is really good.

It also seems that there is no need to worry about being recognized, not at the airport.

Ye Wei knows that his popularity in China is average without the Internet, and few people who don't pay attention to European and American entertainment on the Internet will know him. His films have never landed in the mainland market, "The Wedding is Coming" is considered to be too small in the market, and the theme of "Exorcism Video" cannot be introduced, and "Little Sunshine Beauty" is the closest, and it did not win those commercial blockbusters. This year's three, two bones will definitely not work, "Soul Surfer" has a chance, maybe.

In any case, when he came back for the first time after becoming famous, he had no interest in returning home, so he asked CAA not to contact any announcements, talk shows, variety shows, and news interviews. He is here for tourism, not for events and exhibitions.

Because of the honor of our ancestors, it is a common practice to come to Guangzhou, and every time we come, we must do two things, one is to go to the former site of the Whampoa Military Academy, the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, and other places to pay respects, and the other is to eat! This is a real foodie paradise.

When he hailed a taxi outside the terminal, Ye Wei said excitedly to the driver in broken Cantonese: "Master, Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street!"

At 11 o'clock in the evening of the 5th, I left Nairobi by plane and flew directly to Guangzhou, China. Ye Wei is at ease, and his charity for the protection of children in Africa and the protection of African wildlife will continue, but everyone has their own life, and in the end, they must work hard by themselves.

This is true of one person, one country, and one Africa.

He went to China every year earlier than Duoduo, and he didn't go in 04 or 05, and has witnessed great changes in China for more than ten years, from poverty to world power, people's lives are better, all aspects are rising, and the film market is getting bigger and bigger.

Every year the West says that China is going to collapse, but every year there is an economic miracle, and these are not created by others, but by themselves.

How important is civilization? Obviously, the most important thing.

His mother taught him since he was a child, "Tianxingjian, a gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement." "Sometimes he forgets, and in the end he remembers, in those most difficult moments. He sincerely wished that all children could have that kind of faith.

On this trip to China, he will go to Guangzhou, Chengdu and Beijing, return to Los Angeles on the evening of September 3, and resume work on Monday, September 4.

At 17:25 Beijing time on the 26th, the plane landed smoothly at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport. Ye Wei entered the country on a tourist visa, and after sending a postcard at the post office at the airport, he left the airport alone with a tourist backpack and a suitcase.

When you come to China, you don't need any tour guides, you don't need bodyguards, and you can go to the city center alone in the middle of the night, and the security of this ancient civilization is really good.

It also seems that there is no need to worry about being recognized, not at the airport.

Ye Wei knows that his popularity in China is average without the Internet, and few people who don't pay attention to European and American entertainment on the Internet will know him. His films have never landed in the mainland market, "The Wedding is Coming" is considered to be too small in the market, and the theme of "Exorcism Video" cannot be introduced, and "Little Sunshine Beauty" is the closest, and it did not win those commercial blockbusters. This year's three, two bones will definitely not work, "Soul Surfer" has a chance, maybe.

In any case, when he came back for the first time after becoming famous, he had no interest in returning home, so he asked CAA not to contact any announcements, talk shows, variety shows, and news interviews. He is here for tourism, not for events and exhibitions.

Because of the honor of our ancestors, it is a common practice to come to Guangzhou, and every time we come, we must do two things, one is to go to the former site of the Whampoa Military Academy, the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, and other places to pay respects, and the other is to eat! This is a real foodie paradise.

When he hailed a taxi outside the terminal, Ye Wei said excitedly to the driver in broken Cantonese: "Master, Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street!"

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