From New York to Oslo in Norway, from Oslo to Tromsø and from Tromsø to Svalbard.

After three flights, Ye Wei arrived at the end of the world, and it was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon on August 16.

The city of Longyearbyen, the northernmost city of the world, is one of the world's northernmost permanent habitats, with a population of less than 2,000, basically scientific researchers and tourism practitioners, usually living for a few years and then leaving with school-age children, the living and educational conditions on the island are too simple.

From mid-April to mid-to-late August, the archipelago is the polar daylight period, which means that it is daylight 24 hours a day.

There are two wishes to see the North Pole, one is the Northern Lights, and the other is the polar bear, and you have to be lucky enough to see it. Of course, it is impossible to see the aurora in the polar day, and he plans to stay until the afternoon of the 18th to go back to the prosperous Tromsø to try his luck, but he did not see it last night, and then set off for Kenya, Africa on the afternoon of the 20th.

After checking into the Radisson Blue Polar Hotel in the center of the town, Ye Wei went out alone and walked towards the city center not far away, where the only post office in the town was.

Although the exhalation is foggy, the weather in summer is not cold, and it can be about 6 °C, but the wind blows a little painful in the face. He was dressed in a plain thick coat and thick jeans, without a fur hat or gloves, and carried a dark brown canvas travel bag on one shoulder.

The town is not large, built on the hills, and the low houses are in the Nordic style, with triangular roofs, painted in simple and bright colors, red, blue, yellow...... Colorful, like walking into a fairy tale kingdom.

But he felt like he was in the wrong season, or had made the wrong travel plans. The sky is bright, not to mention the ice and snow, there is no snow at all, and there are still beautiful vegetation and flowers growing in many places. If it weren't for those houses, I would have the illusion of being in Salt Lake City.

He didn't see a sled in front of the house, but he saw a few sled dogs on a leash, and none of them barked at him, an exotic traveler. Although there are the largest number of Norwegians on the island, there are residents and tourists from all countries, and no one is curious about him, and no one seems to know him.

Soon, Ye Wei walked into the post office and began to send postcards, to his family and close friends, all with stamps with reindeer patterns.

Finally, it was the girl, who wanted to write a letter to her, and sat down at the small log table, took the letter paper he had bought, and began to write. As he wrote, he grabbed the letterhead and crumpled it into a ball, and after writing it several times, it finally became a ball of paper.

He exhaled, but decided to send only a postcard, writing only one sentence: "August 16, sincere greetings from the North Pole." ”

After leaving the post office, Ye Wei walked south, because he saw a small skatepark not far away. Three children wearing helmets and ordinary shoes were running around, and two middle-aged mothers were laughing and chatting beside them. He looked at the children and wondered what it was like to spend his childhood in the polar day and night.

Two mothers noticed him, and one of the blonde women greeted him, "Hello." ”

"Hello. Ye Wei smiled at them, indicating that he had no malicious intent. In this kind of place, Liz, who is of Norwegian origin, also speaks English, and she doesn't speak Norwegian, and neither does he. He laughed and said, "My name is Weige Ye, a tourist from the United States, my sister Dorothy is about the same age as them, they are so cute." ”

The blonde woman suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, you're that movie genius, VIY!" and she looked at the tattoo on his finger and immediately confirmed, "Utrolig!

It's not a secluded glacier, there's TV, there's the Internet, and those who follow Hollywood movies and entertainment from time to time will recognize VIY.

"Yes, I am. Ye Wei smiled, in fact, he didn't want to be recognized, he had reached the North Pole, but he felt like he hadn't left Los Angeles yet.

At that moment, the blonde woman happily introduced her name as Marianne, and the little girl in the pink helmet was her daughter Frida, and the little boy in the blue helmet was her son Thor, a Norwegian. And the red-haired woman is called Karen, and the little girl in the white helmet is her daughter Vera, who is Russian.

The three children were curious because they heard that this man was a "Hollywood superstar", and there were many Asians on the island, who were familiar with Oriental faces. But Frida's childlike "You're so good-looking" amused the adults, Vera said "yes", and Thor was most interested in his tattoo and held his hand to see it.

Ye Wei let the children pull, there was self-deprecation in his laughter, he didn't like Hollywood, but wherever he went, others would say that he was a member of Hollywood.

"I'm just a filmmaker. He said what he wanted to say, "It's okay, do you like to watch movies?"

"Yes!" the children nodded, and Thor preemptively said, "I love Shrek!" Frida likes Antarctic Adventure, Vera likes The Little Mermaid, and Thor asks, "What movies have you acted in?" The two mothers looked at them with a silent smile.

"I have acted in several films, the most famous is called "The Wedding is Coming". Ye Wei replied with a smile, suddenly feeling so good, even at the end of the world, movies are bringing spiritual enjoyment to people.

The children shook their heads and didn't look at it. He added: "I'm mainly a director. The children asked, "What is a director?"

Ye Wei was about to answer and paused, looked at their innocent little faces, and said from the heart: "The director puts his own thinking, imagination, feelings, emotions, light and dark sides, good and bad ...... All these cognitions, pursuits, and dreams of the world and things are expressed, created, changed, and explored through film. And make some money. ”

He smiled and said, "Wow, I was doing such a great thing!" I don't know if I forgot a little bit, or if I suddenly understood it more deeply.

The three children naturally couldn't understand, and the two mothers sighed, he continued: "The director makes a movie, making a movie is a fun thing, and you can never say 'I'm done with everything', so it's also cool, of course it's not as cool as here." ”

The adults laughed, the kids didn't, and the kids seemed to think he was talking nonsense and was going to walk back to skateboarding.

"Ladies, I want to take some photos of the customs and customs of Longyearbyen, can I ask your children to take a few photos?" Ye Wei sincerely asked for an idea, go back and show Duoduo, let her know that there is such a place and such a group of children in the world.

"Of course!" said Marianne and Karen, who were both very happy and felt honored.

Ye Wei took out the SLR camera and other photographic equipment from the rucksack, and said with a smile while setting the parameters of the lens: "Everyone, it's good for you to play as usual." ”

The three children walked happily around the skatepark, looking at the camera from time to time, and Frida fell down the slope.

"Good, good. Ye Wei pressed the shutter of the camera, capturing beautiful moments one after another, and his heart gradually became full of warmth and became more and more peaceful.

Another thought emerged from the tranquility.

He stopped taking pictures and smiled and asked, "Do you know how to fold lilies?" He took out a stack of blank paper from his backpack and distributed one to everyone, "I also learned it recently, I will teach you how to fold." ”

With the help of his demonstration and hand-holding, the three children all folded a beautiful paper folded lily and laughed a lot.

Ye Wei took some photos of the children holding paper lilies, changed to a digital video camera, and said mysteriously: "I'm making a travel video, are you willing to appear on camera?" Adults and children are very interested, but only three children can appear.

He taught them the only line, and when he was ready to schedule, he turned on the camera and shouted with a smile: "FIRE." ”

Three children stood side by side next to the skatepark, naturally holding paper lilies, with the director's order, Thor on the left held up the paper flowers, Vera in the middle held them with both hands, and Frida on the right waved them gently, all smiling brightly, shouting in unison:

"The whole world is a lily!"