Chapter 125: Between the Rich and the Poor
The news that Nicolas Cage is going to make a cameo appearance in "The Wedding is Coming" made everyone in the team excited, whether it is the promotion of the film or the promotion of Ye Wei, it is so eye-catching!
In addition to Gia Coppola's relationship, Cage has always been very friendly with Asians, as we all know, he has many collaborations with Chinese director John Woo, and at the beginning of this year, he also had a young Korean girlfriend, and he successfully proposed marriage and was ready to get married within the year.
So he is very interested in Ye Wei, a Chinese genius boy, and he is obviously a promising young man!
In any case, in the publicity team, this matter must be coordinated with the promotional video war and work well.
On Saturday, April 3rd, the crew did not work on the weekend, and now it is different from the time of "Dance of Angels", most of the old fritters have families with children, and filming is a job, and no one can take away their weekend.
Coupled with spring break, Ye Wei hasn't seen his friends for more than ten days, and he misses it a lot, going to school.
Early in the morning, a bus stop on the eastern section of Brentwood's Sunset Boulevard, which is also the stop for the Harvard-Westlake school bus, where Lily usually takes the bus to school, Ye Wei sometimes comes here to join her, and sometimes takes the route closer to St. Vicente Boulevard.
Today, Lily, as usual, stood next to the stop sign with a light blue Jasper bag on her back, waiting for the school bus to arrive.
At this time, there were also a group of teenagers and boys from different schools waiting for the school bus, they were laughing, talking about some life gossip and entertainment gossip, a few boys accosted her, not the first time, but she has never been interested in talking about it, can't talk about it, what to talk about?
Shakespeare, the BrontΓ« sisters, Jane Austen, or Hemingway, or dreams, I want to be the youngest talk show host, I want to prove myself? Please!
These people simply don't have this concept!
"Can you stop bothering me?" Lily finally spoke to them, but so cruelly, "I'm not interested in the stupid things you guys are talking about, that's really not cool. β
A few teenage boys looked at each other helplessly, and guessed it, it was like this again!
Suddenly, a white hatchback came slowly from the south side of the road, stopped at the stop, and laughter came from inside the car: "Hi, beauty!"
"Wei?" Lily looked at Ye Wei in the driver's seat in surprise, with a smile on her face, "You can drive on the road?"
"My mom finally gave me the keys, and she didn't want to, but I'm going to steal my car. β
Ye Wei smiled and patted the passenger seat next to him, "Beauty, get in the car, let's go for a ride!"
Under the watchful eyes of the teenagers, Lily walked to the other side of the car, opened the door, sat in the passenger seat, and closed the door. Outside, there was a talk from the boys: "This is a very old model." "Used cars, won't you!", "Ye, aren't you a big star?
Lily put her schoolbag in the back seat, fastened her seat belt, and said a little excitedly: "Drive, drive, but drive slowly, safety first!"
"You really like my mom, I'm sorry. Ye Wei stepped on the accelerator, turned the steering wheel, drove north, and shouted: "kITT, are there any bad guys doing bad things?"
Lily laughed, looked ahead, looked at the front of the car, and was surprised to see a photo of them on Waikiki Beach posted there, with some colorful shells and other objects on it, sweet memories filled the car.
"In the future, you will drive to school and you will come to drive me. β
βokγ Ye Wei nodded, it's no problem now, it won't be a good way for him to be promoted to high school next school year.
Suddenly, it seemed that the road was a little uneven, and the car bumped a few times, making the two of them also fluctuate, Ye Wei looked at her and said with a smile: "This is the worst car you've ever ridden, right?"
"I wouldn't say that. Of course, Lily is a person who is used to riding luxury cars, and she has never ridden in such an old cheap car a few times since she was a child, but it is this second-hand old car that gives her a unique feeling that she has never felt before......
"I would say...... It's ours. β
When they arrived at school, the old car naturally didn't cause any sensation, and the ninth-graders could drive a lot, and the school parking lot already had a bright sports car. However, this is not the most majestic, there is the ability to ride a horse to school, and many students have their own horses, so the equestrian item in physical education class has always been very popular.
One of the hotspots in April is undoubtedly the first Harvard-Westlake Film Festival at the Upper School Football Theatre on April 16th.
Everyone knows that this year's film festival has long lost its suspense, and it must be "Dance of Angels" to tell everyone what is a short film and what is a genius!
The gap is too big, and Ye Wei has another exhibition work "Good People Have Good Rewards", and there is also a "Winter Girl" written by him, filmed by Lev and starring Connie, Trist and Lily, which is also an excellent level among high school students.
"'Are you here to fight for the fourth?' Brother Wei, you must say that then!"
Lev shouted excitedly, looking at Ye Wei, he felt handsome, sure enough, men and boys are different, after saying goodbye to Brother Wei, the charm is even more charming.
Everyone was looking forward to it, but the latest news was that John Williams didn't submit his work for the event, and he held back, saying that he was busy with the team's training last year and didn't have time to shoot.
Everyone knows the real reason, that guy is not VIy's opponent at all, and he just makes a fool of himself when he goes, and he can still deceive himself by finding a ridiculous reason to quit.
However, Williams will not be willing to be labeled as a "loser", he has nothing but money in his family!
On Sunday, April 4th, one of the two major fundraisers of the year, the "Book of Gatherings," one of the two major fundraisers of the year, parents from all over the school attended a cocktail reception to donate money to the school, which in turn used the money to build new buildings and equipment to give back to the students.
In previous years, just like other student families, the Ye family was enthusiastic about these activities, and every time they would show something, although they were not the best, the amount of donations was far more average, and there were occasional bold acts - that out-of-print comic.
But with their family's current financial situation, the expensive tuition fees are already a huge burden, and this donation is ...... The budget is 1,500 dollars, which is well below the average.
Even so, Ye Wei strongly objected, and he got it by donating 500 yuan! Ye Haogen and Gu Qiao were very persistent, saying anything, "We do charity, happy." β
In fact, Ye Wei knew that they just wanted him to look good, because whoever donated how much, the students would know, and the "on-site bidding" link was originally to show off the rich family, and when they were happy, they would donate more.
That night, the Book of Reunion was held as scheduled at the Los Hotel in Santa Monica Beach, and the John Williams family was in the limelight that night, and their family was not the richest, but this time they donated a total of 200,000 yuan!
Ye Haogen and Gu Qiao, who donated 1,500, have become inconspicuous tricks at the cocktail party, but as long as it is VIy's business, they will not be silent......
Before the reception was over, many junior high school students had already received such a text message: "VIy's parents donated 15oo yuan, what a big philanthropist, LoL." β
"Hahaha!", "He's got some talent, but he doesn't have anything in his wallet. "Doesn't anyone eat candy? The rotten dentist only donated 15oo?", "I heard that Ye Wei and Lily Collins' spring break trip was paid for by Collins, and we talked about it with a little white face!" ......
A lot of text messages spread quickly, making Lev and Bard so angry that they wanted to beat people, but it is no secret that my brother's family encountered an economic crisis, and the cause and effect were clearly written in newspapers and magazines, all because of that damn liar!
They can't help but reply with text messages: "Will talented people be poor for the rest of their lives?"
"Really, Van Gogh. β
"Then let's see how long VIy will be poor, not to mention our parents' money, look at who has money when I'm 18 years old?"
"Why don't you talk about your parents' money? Are you stupid? The wealth of your elders is also part of your own wealth, poor is poor, and rich is rich. β
"Your elder's wealth will be played with by you sooner or later!"
"That's hard, they've made so much, how many used cars do they have to buy to spend them all? 1,000 cars, 10,000 cars?"
......
Ye Weizhen didn't have time to pay attention to these things, but he was not completely angry in his heart, saying that it didn't matter to him, don't talk about his parents! Those who don't know how to make money are not worthy!
Work hard, as long as "The Wedding Date is Coming" has a good appearance, you can change this situation......
The exposure has subsided a bit in recent days, and his performance won't be seen in the world until a few months away, but fortunately his article will be in a few days.
As early as April 3, Ye Wei handed over a written manuscript to the public relations team, but the team did not do any editing, and there was nothing taboo about the article, and the last word was handed over to the "Los Angeles Times" without changing.
Whether an article is good or not can be seen, and Leslie is full of praise, she thinks that the writing is very good, the writing is interesting, and it is full of technicality, showing Ye Wei's professionalism, and the sharp tone of young people, and some positive controversies, it is an article that can only be written by VIy and has a strong personal style!
In her opinion, the response should be very good, and Brian also thinks so, this is not some diary prose, full of maturity and talent in the older age! As soon as this article comes out, Ye Wei's name as a talented son will definitely be even louder.
They are looking forward to it, and their friends are looking forward to it, even Lily didn't see it in advance, Ye Wei had to play mysteriously and leave it in the newspaper that day before they could read it.
The April 5th issue of the Los Angeles Times, early in the morning, began to sell and distribute newspapers, and the movie edition prominently published an article written by VIy, with a big headline:
"The Death of Film"
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