Chapter 275: Pain is My Strength
"Weige, I'm not surprised by this result, MTV Film Company is one of the co-producers of "Napoleon", winning those three awards has greatly improved its brand value and disc sales, MTV Awards are entertainment awards founded by people after all, so ......"
"Are you kidding me? Wait, you already know the results?" (Say there's at least one prize, Brian, what the hell am I going to do?)
"You know, you need exposure, and LMS needs publicity. ”
"Oh yes, I sat there like a fool for a day!"
"It's like that, it's like that, you've got to giggle when you're busy for a long time and you have to giggle when you watch someone else receive an award, you better get used to it, it's not smart to get angry because of that. ”
"If I do lose to the audience vote, that's okay, I accept, I bless, I don't have anything to do, and now I'm okay with the Hess, Jon Hyde, everybody knows I love Napoleon! ”
"Calm down, young man, you have to think so, you got four nominations! You became one of the focal points of this ceremony, you have a lot of shots, how many viewers do you say will know you and know you? Besides, aren't those nominations also an improvement for 'The Wedding is Coming'? We didn't do anything.
I didn't say there was necessarily a behind-the-scenes operation, MTV films are more likely to be nominated and awarded, that's for sure, on the other hand, the best films over the years have not been won by Viacom, in fact, there are very few. Maybe the voting result is like this, "Napoleon the Big Man" is indeed more popular, and "The Wedding is Coming" is not the biggest hit, and to be honest, "Spider-Man 2" is not up to you, so there is nothing to be angry about, the MTV Awards are still quite fair, maybe LMS will be able to win a lot of awards next year. ”
"I'll be honest, if LMS doesn't get a lot of Oscar nominations, I'm really a failure, and the MTV Awards? ”
"It's good to have faith, but we have to focus on the present, the MTV Awards are your important award, no matter how angry you are, don't talk nonsense to the media and the public. ”
"I won't. Dude, you said that I was so angry that I was super eager to win the award, no, I was angry that I didn't win the award, it was me, it was this incident that disappointed a lot of people, and those are very important people! My sister just asked, 'When is my brother on TV?' My parents said a lot of comforting words. I was played, everyone was played. ”
"Hey, but, I'm sorry, I didn't tell you in advance, because I was afraid that you wouldn't attend. ”
"I don't blame you, you're just starting from reason. So be it, and we'll talk about that later. ”
Brentwood at night, in the boy's bedroom, after ending the call, Ye Wei punched the red sandbag, what a bastard! The sound was so startled that Toto, who was sleeping on the floor, looked up. He was in a very bad mood, the more he missed Nina, and the more he felt that something was wrong, how could she be the one who could hold back the good news.
Calculating the time difference, it is almost noon on Sunday in the Czech Republic, which is suitable for calling, for fear of affecting Nina's competitive state, Ye Wei sat down in the computer chair and called Mihaela, and he answered it with a few beeps, and he smiled and said: "Hey, Mira, is it convenient to talk? Well, how is Nina? I can't help it, sue me." ”
"She won't let me sue you...... She's down right now. Mihaela on the other end of the phone couldn't help but sigh.
When Ye Wei heard it, how could he not understand, bad news, and his voice couldn't help but become deep: "Did you not win a medal in the individual competition?"
'She didn't make it to the individual competition, Yunik, Nina's fight was over on Friday. ”
"What, how could it be ......" Ye Wei got up suddenly, grabbed his hair and walked to the window, "She's injured?"
"No, it's a matter of strength. Mihaela laughed bitterly, "Nina was only 24th in the individual all-around in the team event, and she had a great band to rank her best 16th, but she made some mistakes in her ball drill and finished her worst 29th, which was not enough to qualify." ”
Ye Wei was dumbfounded, both heartache for Nina, but also a little incredulous, "Is it because she is under too much pressure and has affected her performance?" Oh my God, I shouldn't have told her that......
"In terms of leading exercises, Nina actually played at a super level, but she was only ranked 16th, which made her suffer some influence later. ”
"Mira, I don't know, it's because I don't know rhythmic gymnastics? Ye Wei said something anxiously, as if this was a negotiation that could change the result through guò's opinion, "She can do so many difficult movements, her dance is full of rhythm, how can she be ......"
How can you not even get into the top eight? This makes no sense at all!
?“ She's great, it's just not enough on the ring. The whole Canadian team trained too little, alas, Nina now keeps saying that she is not as good as Anna Bessonova on one toe, but Bessonova trains more than ten hours a day from morning to night, and so do these professional players who participate this time, and Nina usually only three or four hours a day, three days a week, ......"
Mihaela said and sighed, how could a mother, a mother who did her best to nurture her daughter, not feel heartache for this, perhaps no one could compare to her pain.
"I should have insisted on taking her back to Bulgaria every year for special training, my fault. ”
"What's going on?" Ye Wei asked. Mihaela sighed lightly: "The level of teachers in Bulgaria is not comparable to Toronto, a few years ago during the summer vacation, I would take her back to Sofia to arrange special training, in the past few years, she is a teenager, she doesn't want to go, she thinks that the summer is going to be fun, and she feels that she is strong enough...... She blames herself for this now, and I don't know how to comfort her. ”
Ye Wei was silent, remembering that Nina said that the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships have been held for so many years, the former Soviet Union/Russia ranks first in the number of gold medals, and Bulgaria ranks second...... But what does it matter, she's fine now!
"Mira, don't blame yourself, you raised an excellent daughter. Shall I just call her?"
"Okay, everyone in the team went out to play, she said she wasn't feeling well and didn't go, I accompanied her, I was on the balcony, she was watching TV in the hall. ”
After collecting the line first, Ye Wei called Nina again, and after a while, Nina finally connected, and a very depressed voice came: "I heard you call my mother, she told you all, yes, I'm finished, nothing, Yunik...... I don't want to talk, let me be quiet......"
"Nina, remember that no matter what, I will always love you. Looking at the dark night sky outside the window, Ye Wei comforted gently, "And I want you to know that your excellence is not something that can be depicted by those rankings, but your smile can, your laughter can." ”
"Oh...... How many trophies did you take?" Nina's tone seemed to be even more depressed.
"Zero, all lost. Ye Wei laughed.
"What!?really?," she exclaimed.
"Because we lost, we were born to be a pair. ”
"Yunik, I'm sorry, but you really don't care, you've proven yourself to be a genius, like Anna Besonova, no, better than her......"
"I don't know who Besonova is, the best gymnast in my heart is Konstantinova, you. ”
"Oh...... Oh yes, I know, don't focus too much on success and failure, right, I know. Yunik, I'm a little uncomfortable and don't want to talk, so I won't talk about it. No, I'm fine, I really don't say it, I feel uncomfortable, don't say it, I'll go out with my mother for a walk, bye-bye......"
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may-20-26,2005――
Movies - Ranking - Number of Weeks in Release - Number of Theaters/Change - Average - Box Office of the Week - Total Box Office - Production Cost (Millions)
"Star Wars Prequel 3" - 1st place - Week 1 - 3661 - $41,090 - $150,428,880 - $200,442,739 - $113
"Monster Mother-in-law" - No. 2 - Week 2 - 3424 - $5,792 - $19,831,373 - $49,655,244 - $43
"Soccer Daddy" - 3rd place - Week 2 - 3470 - $6,795 - $14,138,575 - $37,613,580 - $45
"Exorcism Video" - 10th place (up 5 places) - week 5 - 25 - $102,118 - $2,552,950 - $4,232,435 - $0. 45
In the week that "Star Wars Prequel 3" swept theaters in North America, TET continued the explosive trend, with very bright performances in every theater in each of the 25 major cities, and a week later it was the decisive moment of the exorcism battle, and its terrifying momentum undoubtedly worried Sony.
There are many people who are popular, and there are also many films, especially a film that is involved in a conflict of interests.
As we move into June, the countdown to the exorcism battle has begun, and TET has been stopped once again!
Some media questioned that it started a few days before the false publicity, the 18-day total production time was fake, zero rehearsals, amateur actors, etc., and even Yunik Kuhler was a person who didn't have zài at all, in fact, Andrew Grande and Heck Portko.
These doubts are incitement, there are follow-ups, and the troublemakers intend to dismantle the status of TET in the minds of fans, at least delay the formation of cults, and affect its marketing effect. However, it didn't make a big deal, and if it was in front of the public, it would help Tet improve its reputation.
However, in response to the recent controversy over the TET rating, the MPAA recently made a formal decision to revise the rating! The TET was revised from PG-13 to R, effective immediately, on the grounds that "the horror effect is beyond imagination, and a large number of children and teenagers will feel uncomfortable after watching it, and it is not recommended for audiences under the age of 15 to watch it."
MPAA spokesman Howard Ganttman told the media: "Pseudo-documentary horror is an emerging genre and we have very little experience in rating it, we made a mistake in it, and now we're just fixing it." In the future, we will be more strict in the review of pseudo-documentaries. ”
A horror film that will let the MPAA reclassify it during the release period! It must be terrifying! However, only a small number of movie fans will care about it, and very few ordinary viewers will go to the MPAA official website and other places to check the reason. The fact is that a large number of random young viewers under the age of 17, a large number of family viewers with exorcism selection problems, are pushed away by this R-rate.
Pushing to the "Emily Rose's Exorcism" screening room right next door, it's PG-13 rating.
The release of TET is imminent, but many viewers who have heard about it for a long time and are interested in watching it may adjust their viewing plans.
The happiest about this must be Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros. is a little unhappy, and the R-rated "The Exorcist Prequel" has lost the advantage of being particularly bloody and terrifying in terms of rating.
Lionsgate was furious and angry, and immediately complained in strong rhetoric: "The so-called large number of young viewers are uncomfortable and lack rigorous field research and data support, and it is a mistake to revise the TET rating." ”
The MPAA accepted the appeal, but ...... June 3rd is coming!TET will still be released in the U.S. with an R rating.
Perhaps, there is another possibility, that the revised rating will cause the TET to attract more attention and interest among the younger group, and the more you are not allowed to see it, the more you want to see it.
......
"You make a good movie, don't come to me yet, I don't want to go out, this school year is coming to an end, I have to review my homework. I'm really fine!"
On Sunday night on the 29th, Ye Wei took a plane back to Toronto, and it was early Monday morning on the 30th, so he immediately rushed to the set to shoot busily, and after finishing work in the evening, he wanted to go back to Dubov's house to see Nina who had returned, but she said don't look for her on the phone, he insisted on coming to her house, but she didn't know where to drive.
Nina obviously didn't want to see him, and Mihaela was very helpless and worried that Nina hadn't picked up her mood yet and didn't want to accept the defeat, but she would get through.
Ye Wei stayed until dark, not only to go back to work, but also to not want her to wander outside, so he left a gift and went back to the hotel. On Tuesday the 31st, it's still like this!
On Wednesday, June 1, he couldn't go on like this anymore, and the most unbearable thing now was his girlfriend's refusal to see him. Without calling in advance, he drove straight to Dubov's house after finishing work, and this time he saw Nina sitting on the lawn in the front yard, her hands on her knees, curled up in a ball, looking at the still bright sky with a blank face.
Suddenly, she noticed the Land Rover coming, immediately jumped up, and shouted angrily: "I don't want to see you for the time being, you didn't understand what you said!"
Ye Wei ignored her, parked the car by the lawn, got out of the car and ran after Nina who walked into the house, "Why don't you want to see me?"
It's just that I haven't seen her for nearly ten days, obviously still wearing a small coat and black jeans, but Nina in front of her seems to be a different person, self-confidence, enthusiasm, and high spirits have disappeared, and have turned into haggard, decadent, tired and dazed with a face that can't be hidden, like an empty shell that has lost her soul.
"Because you hate ......"
"Thank you. Chasing into the aisle of the house, Ye Wei grabbed her hand and grabbed her, wanting to take her into his arms, but he smelled a faint unpleasant smell of smoke on her body, and immediately frowned angrily: "Do you smoke or drink?"
"Two things. Nina said calmly, shook off his hand, walked briskly to the kitchen inside, quickly opened the freezer and took out a can of beer, and slammed the freezer door shut.
"Are you crazy?" Seeing her pull the ring of the beer can and poured a few sips, Ye Wei's anger rushed up from his heart, his face turned red, a few hands and feet, snatched her beer and threw it into the trash can in the kitchen, glaring at her wooden face angrily, "Cheer me up, don't spoil yourself! If I find out that you smoke and drink, I will ......"
"What, kill me? I'm done, I'm done!!"
Nina suddenly shouted uncontrollably, her face full of chagrin, her eyes full of pain, and she said in a trembling voice, "Why did you come? Do you want to see how deplorable I am? Then you see it! There is not even a bronze medal, there is not a single qualification...... I'm done! Satisfied, I'm done!" Tears welled up, and she trembled, "I'm all done......!"
"Aren't you standing here properly?" Ye Wei said in a deep voice.
"Ahh......h Why is this happening, Anna Besonova went to the World Championships at the age of 10 and I was 16 years old...... is still participating in the stupid World Youth Championships, and all the stupid ones are finished, and they are not qualified...... Did you know that my gymnastics career is over...... What kind of dream is over, it is impossible to participate in the World Championships and the Olympics, it's over!!
Don't tell me that success or failure is not important, it is very important, no one remembers even second place, I want to win!!, but I can't win, I tried my best, but I can't win......
I'm not a genius like you, what's the hell if you lose this time, you lose, and then you can win next time if you work hard...... I'm a slacker, I'm a fool, and I think I'm great if I win a little scrap by luck......"
Ye Wei hugged her tightly and listened to her pain quietly: "Why is this happening...... I'm so bad, Yunik, I really tried my best, but I just can't win...... They're all strong, I just can't win......"
"So what, Nina, I love you. Ye Wei just hugged her tighter, lowered his head and kissed her hair, her tearful face, and said softly: "Your mother, father, and brother all love you, and your friends ......."
"Haha, friend, you don't know what they say about me, I think of them as good friends, but they call me a bitch!" Nina became more and more excited, "And those teammates, laughing at me for not being able to do anything, and complaining that they are not serious, and others are just better than me...... They're right, all right!!"
"They're a, Nina, I love you seriously, I love you. Ye Wei stroked her back, "Very, very." ”
"Forget it, what do I have to make you love?" Nina seemed to be smiling and laughing, crying instead of crying, tears kept flowing, "My body? Yes, you love my body, that's all, I can't understand what you say many times, and I can't say it." You think I'm a bitch, right, I'm a personality education teacher, so here you go, here you go!!"
She suddenly went crazy again, grabbed his hands and pressed them to her chest, "-me! What are you waiting for,!"
"Shut up!!" Ye Wei suddenly roared, and then the whole room fell silent, and he said angrily: "We are still young, yes, success or failure is very important to us." But look at what you look like now, it's really like a puddle of, it doesn't matter if you fail, you fail to give up on yourself like you, you're really a loser!
Nina's teary eyes looked at him steadily, and suddenly she saw her mother approaching the kitchen with gentle steps, she wiped her tears, and ran outside.
"Nina!" Ye Wei turned around, and suddenly saw Mihaela, he nodded at her, and said while chasing Nina: "Leave it to me." Mihaela nodded silently.
......
Nina didn't go anywhere, but as she did every time she was sad, she made her way to a nearby cliff park and wandered aimlessly along the shores of Lake Ontario.
The sky is still blue, there are many tourists in the park, swans are returning to their nests, gulls are soaring, and the evening breeze in early summer is very cold, blowing colorful flowers and trees.
"Remember, what I told you before I left, it's here. Nina stopped, turned around and looked at Ye Wei, who was already much calmer, but her face was full of self-deprecation: "I'm such a fool." I don't know why, I'm always like a fool, arrogant, ignorant, vulgar......"
Ye Wei stopped yelling at her, and smiled a little funny, "Aren't we like "Exorcism Video" now? ”
"I'm not doubting myself, I'm hating myself!" Nina said word by word, blinking her tearful eyes and looking at the endless lake, "I was just thinking, what was wrong with me, why didn't I go to special training, why did I lose all, why I couldn't accept it, I gave up on myself, and I still said those idiotic things to you...... Then I got the answer, because I am such a person, arrogant, ignorant, vulgar, mediocre, rotten...... I, hate, myself. ”
"You're kind, you're welcoming, you're lovely. You are not mediocre at all!" Ye Wei walked up to her, pressed her shoulders without saying anything, and said seriously: "Each of us can be a unique one, and now, I am, and so are you."
I tell you that people who are not unique are neither winners nor losers, they are mediocre people who dare not try anything. They worship the successful and laugh at the losers, but they will never forget what they are, arrogant, ignorant, vulgar, rotten, that's them!
Nina, success and failure are like two sides of a mirror, the front is full of light, and the back is dark, but they are only separated by a very thin distance, maybe thinner than a piece of paper, but many things are not something we can control......"
Nina avoided his gaze and muttered, "Yes, you can't control anything, not even yourself......"
"I want to tell you a story. Ye Wei shouted loudly again, and let go of his finger to point at himself, "I! I wasn't like this before, I'm a bastard and rotten person who has nothing to do, something happened to my family, it's much worse than now, you know, almost ruined my family." Which do you think is stricter? Which one is more painful?"
"......" Nina was silent, her big brown eyes showing helplessness, like a little lamb.
"Sometimes, God will test us, and the test is also an opportunity for us to have a new understanding of ourselves, a change for the better...... Do you think you're the only one who's suffered?"
Ye Wei stretched out his hands, twisted his body, and said with a smile: "I've tasted too much! So I told myself, I never want to be immersed in pain! Whether it's because of failure, broken love, or unsatisfactory things, when this old friend comes to me, I will accept the challenge! Bear it first, then surpass it, and finally defeat it!"
"Pain, frustration, difficulties, these can destroy you, but they can also make you!" he opened his hands to face the summer breeze blowing on the lake, "I don't know how it was made, I only know that the tailwind can't make you stronger, the headwind can, the headwind can, the pleasure can't make a great person, only the pain can!"
It's the pain that makes me who I am now, and the pain is my strength!!"
"Yunik......" Nina muttered, her face flushed and her eyes twinkled with something, "I want to ...... too But I felt lost, I felt like I couldn't do anything......"
"Everyone is moving forward in confusion, the key is that you have to keep moving forward, stick to the beliefs you think are right, and move in the right direction!"
Ye Wei turned his eyes to look at her, and said loudly: "If gymnastics is not good, you can't do it, if you want to show the world your beauty, there are more methods, isn't it good to act in movies?
Nina suddenly took two steps forward, hugged him tightly, and choked up, "Even so, you still love me?"
"You're so funny, my love for you is increasing every second. He laughs.
"Then I'm going to be someone worthy of your love...... she cried.
"Me too. He hugged her tightly.
Nina snuggled into his arms, sobbing quietly for a while, and gradually quieted down.
Ye Wei hugged her, caressed her, and said softly: "If you believe that I am a prodigy, then you should also believe my words, "Exorcism Video" will only be the beginning, it will make you known by many people, but you can become a better and more well-known actor, but we all have to continue to work hard." ”
"I'm not sure if I'll be a good actor, but you'll be a great director. Nina said affirmatively, with a willing expression, and said, "Yunik, I'm sorry that you've suffered so much injustice lately, but I'm only concerned about losing my temper. ”
"You're saying that 'Exorcism Video' has been revised? Ye Wei smiled, "If you were the audience, would you stop watching it? No." ”
"I'm going to do anything with you!" Nina smiled too, looked around left and right, and shouted to a few tourists far away, "Hey!"
"What's wrong?" Seeing her vitality coming back, Ye Wei couldn't help but smile brightly, and the girl cheered up.
"Hollywood, hello, Sony, hello, Warner Bros., MTV, and whoever, hello!"
Nina raised her right hand as she spoke, gesturing in the shape of a pistol, "I'm Nina Dubov and he's Yunik Gu." She looked at him, Ye Wei put away her smile knowingly, and also raised her right hand to make a pistol shape, she turned the corners of her mouth up, and said, "We robbed the bank!"