Chapter 476: Genius and Beast
The news of Ye Wei's arrival in Longyearbyen City spread quickly on the island on the 16th. It's a novelty, and no Hollywood star would come to this remote little place, probably just him. Residents and tourists alike want to see the star.
But Ye Wei is here for tourism rather than exhibition, so students have privileges. On the morning of the 17th, he met and interacted with the teachers and students at Longyearbyen's City School, and gave a humorous speech that made the children and the few young students laugh.
In the afternoon of that day, Ye Wei drove alone in a rented white Jeep Cherokee around the small town.
The sky is always bright during the polar day, and the vast ice fields are not covered with snow, so those snowmobiles have to rest on the lawn and wait for winter. However, driving to the limitless like this, there is always a feeling of freedom and expansiveness.
As he drove, he kept an eye out for possible polar bears. July and August are the best times to see polar bears on the island, but they are rarely near Longyearbyen, usually near the glaciers in the north and east.
"Bear, bear, come out. Ye Wei muttered to himself and did not answer his wish.
The jeep drove along the road to the top of a hill east of the town, the car stopped, Ye Wei got off the station at the edge of the iron guardrail, as far as the eye could see, there was a clear blue sky, there were plains, there were surrounding mountains, and there were mountains in the distance.
Looking at this magnificent world, something was stirring in his chest, and he couldn't help but shout: "Ah——————ah——————————"
shouted again and again, shouting so hoarsely, but it was so happy!
"Hahaha!" Ye Wei laughed, danced wildly, lay down on the pavement full of small gravel with his hands and feet open, and exhaled comfortably.
The blue and white of the sky is unrealistically beautiful, like a colored brush drawing drawn by flowers. Although the snow disappears during the polar day, the natural light that shines is so good that it is abundant and soft, just right, and you don't have to think about how to fill in the light or shade it for photography, like having a whole day of magic time.
After a long time, lying down enough, Ye Wei got up and took out the photographic equipment from the car, set up a tripod, and took a lot of photos and videos with a single-lens reflex camera and a DV camera.
Then, he took out the white paper folded lily that he folded yesterday and put it in a photographic position on the road to take pictures of it standing in the wind.
He started filming again, wanting to shoot a shot of a paper airplane flying from the top of a mountain to the sky, but it is strictly forbidden to throw garbage anywhere on the island, and there is no guarantee that he will be able to get it back. It's just a paper airplane, it's not polluted, it's okay if it's eaten by animals, and the paper will rot naturally in the future......
"No, no. Ye Wei vetoed this bad idea. All-The-World-Is-Lily will be a completely beautiful video, every shot of it itself and behind the scenes will be completely beautiful, this kind of footage that violates the laws and spiritual pursuits of the island will be rotten no matter how good it looks, and it will not be filmed.
In the end, he took a few shots of paper airplanes flying on the top of the mountain, and took all the origami with him.
The afternoon and evening were spent driving around the island, looking for polar bears, taking photos and footage.
When Ye Wei returned to the polar hotel in the town, it was already 0 o'clock at night, still the same as during the day! He tossed and turned and had a hard time falling asleep, and it was the same last night, the biological clock was completely disrupted by the polar day, and his abundant energy did not allow him to rest.
After three hours of light sleep, he woke up at 3 o'clock, and went back to Tromsø at 14:45 today, and there were less than 12 hours left to look for the polar bear.
Soon, Ye Wei left the hotel and set off again.
The residents followed the day and night schedule, and there were no people along the way. Wherever he walked in the past two days, almost everyone who saw him would greet him with a smile: "VIY!" and he would respond with a smile: "Hello." "Sometimes Thai is spoken "Sawatdee-krup", and there are many Thais on the island, all of whom are tour service workers.
Yesterday he was wandering around the crowded area, and it was normal not to see polar bears, but today he decided to go to the northern bay, where polar bears are often seen.
The farther away from Longyearbyen, the harder the road becomes, even by jeep. The temperature is dropping, because there are large glaciers on the sea in the distance, and the ice field also looks like an ice field, so Ye Wei put on a down jacket and continued to look north.
From midnight to early morning, from early morning to more than 10 o'clock in the morning, I have to go back, I am about to get lost, there is not enough oil and time.
It seems that you will have to stay on the island for an extra day, and you may not be able to see the aurora borealis when you return to Tromsø anyway.
After looking for a while, Ye Wei suddenly stared, only to see a big polar bear and two cubs walking in front of him. He suddenly shouted excitedly, stopped the car, and raised his right fist excitedly: "We are here!
Even though he didn't see aliens, it was really cool, and he didn't go to the museum on the island to see polar bear specimens, which he never liked.
There was a safe distance between him and the polar bear, and Ye Wei got out of the car with his photographic equipment. I used a DSLR camera equipped with a telephoto lens to shoot non-stop, and after a clicking sound, I used a DV camera to shoot some images, but it was too far away to shoot large panoramas.
The polar bears had already paid attention to this side, neither fearing him nor seeming to be interested, and continued to walk slowly.
"Good luck!" Ye Wei returned to the car, closed the window, prayed, and drove slowly over. It is forbidden to harm any wild animals on the island, and he doesn't mean to do so, he just wants to take some images up close.
Little by little, the jeep approached the polar bear mother and child, and they stopped to look over. Polar bears here are happy, they don't know how scary humans can be. Just a dozen yards away, the mother bear suddenly ran in anger.
Ye Wei stopped the car, but did not turn off, unhurriedly picked up the camera and took precious photos, the mother bear ran, the bear followed, and they lingered in the front of the car......
Mother Bear walked out of the driver's window, stood up and threw her palms on the window, her honest bear face seemed to wonder: What is this? Who is it? Food?
"Hello, beauty, I'll call you Amy, my name is Wei. Ye Wei greeted it while taking pictures. If you can reach out of the window and touch its dark wet nose, he likes to pinch Toto's nose, although he doesn't.
A moment ago, they were in harmony, but in an instant, Mother Bear opened her mouth in protest, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth and a gray-purple tongue.
"Emmanu, calm down!" Ye Wei said with a smile, took the paper lily and brought it to the car window, and then took a photo. It was meant to be given to the polar bear so that it could smell the fragrance of lilies. But "Amy" was enraged, and she flapped the window of the car, and the picture she took looked like he was provoking it.
"Please, Amy, we parted peacefully...... he thought he had better shut up, the whole jeep shook a little as it slammed in, and the two bears joined in, the windows thumping.
The jeep's windows are solid, but it's the polar bears that are attacking! Danger is looming, and if the windows are shattered by the mother bear, the consequences can be severe.
The current situation is too precious, he has not seen similar images, he has watched various animal documentaries for many years in his memory, he has never seen a polar bear shoot a car window, as a filmmaker, what reason is there not to take some images before leaving?
After thinking about it, Ye Wei hurriedly took the DV camera and started shooting, pointed the camera at the female bear outside, and said: "Hey, guys! This is Svalbard, they are my new polar bear friends! A mother bear and its cute, cute pair of children." Look at them, oh they're saying hello to humans all over the world: 'Hello, Bitches!'"
He's filming a polar bear, and the polar bear is banging on the car window. Perhaps because she was dissatisfied with his substitute speech, the she-bear was completely angry, and slammed her fist on the car window, and suddenly there was a loud bang, and the window glass burst open, and exploded into a scattered bead-like fragment -
"Oops!!I have to go!" Ye Wei shouted, his right foot that had been on the accelerator stepped on it all at once, and the car immediately rushed forward!
He continued to turn around and shoot behind him, only to see that the three polar bears were all staying where they were and not catching up, so he should have been a little frightened. He couldn't help laughing, really a horse exciting, really a horse funny, "Goodbye, Ms. Bear, goodbye, baby bear! ”
As soon as the camera turned to himself, he smiled and said, "That's it, guys, see you later!"
Pressing to stop shooting, the more I reminisce about it, the more embarrassed I became, and I laughed like a fool.
Haha, that's my ball!
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"Hey, guys, this is Svalbard, and they're my new polar bear friends...... Oh!I've got to go!"
YouTube's VIY channel's latest video "Polar Bears Say Hello to Humans" quickly became popular on the Internet as soon as it was uploaded on the morning of August 19, Norway time. This 1:35 minute and second image is a model of a viral video, the duration is short, the content is surprising, and the surprise is unique on the whole network, the sudden danger of life is dangerous, but the narration of the photographer is extremely funny, and the photographer is still Ye Wei.
It was immediately featured on YouTube's homepage and recommended to every user around the world, with a record number of more than 5 million views in less than 24 hours.
The comment board also exploded, with thousands of netizens leaving messages. Turner-Pesl asks a question from many people, "Is this a show or is it real?" anyway, VIY, you make me shout and laugh all day!" Celine-K's exclamation represents the female fans: "Really, really, don't do that! You're going to be their dinner at any time." Countless exclamations like Engstrom: "Awesome !!!!!" Letsmakeiteasy sighed with emotion: "VIY, you have changed my opinion of you again...... How did you get there?"
Is Ye Wei's fans convinced this time, in that case, he can still calmly take this video. Although he screamed the moment the window was burst, he laughed out loud, and there was no nervousness and fear.
“Hello,Bitches!” It was VIY who said the latest fashion.
This incident was immediately reported and reprinted by the global media, it is not a celebrity entertainment news, but a world anecdote, replaced by ordinary photographers, ordinary tourists, anyone who happens will be reported by the world. Now it's Ye Wei, and it's even more reported everywhere.
There are all news headlines, such as the usual "Ye Wei took pictures of polar bear attacks, and dealt with danger with humor throughout the whole process", the scary "Ye Wei was frightened in the wilderness, and was almost killed by a polar bear smashing the car window", and "Ye Wei got close to the polar bear mother and child, and took a lot of images in danger", "Genius and beast! When Ye Wei and the polar bear met, an amazing scene happened"......
When the media reports, they will quote one of the photos posted by Ye Wei on his blog, the whole process of the precious polar bear walking, pounced, roared, and slapped the car window.
By past standards, this set of photos would have been enough to make it to National Geographic and be selected for a list like "Top 10 Amazing Photos of the Year."
This is the first time Ye Wei has recently released travel pictures, and it is also his highest photographic achievement to date, but it is marked "If you like it, take it".
The video was also circulated for free, appearing on many news programs such as the five major television networks in the United States, but "Bitches" became a beep. was also concerned by some talk shows, and "The Daily Show" was broadcast, Jon Stewart was stunned for a long time, "Is that Ye Weixin's date?
The gossip media feel that they can't make up the excitement, the paparazzi's heads hurt, there are celebrities and celebrities who go on vacation all year round, they all go to beaches with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, and go to luxurious and noisy places such as Dubai, who will go to ...... The Arctic, Svalbard, and the Arctic are there such a thing?
TMZ sighed, those people in Hawaii who were beaten by Ye Wei really have nothing to complain about, this kid even dares to disturb polar bears.
While people were still listening to the aftermath of the "Heathram Incident" and watching "The World of Foul Words" make a mess of the MPAA, VIY was already playing with polar bears.
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On the evening of August 20, Los Angeles time, the 8th annual Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held at the Gibson Theater in Universal Studios, and was broadcast live by the organizer FOX broadcast network, hosted by Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson, with Nelly Fetado and Timbalan, Rihanna, and Kevin Federline.
With millions of young viewers tuning in to the ceremony, many of the guests who attended and walked on stage tonight were more attractive than the Oscars.
LIKE ASHLEY OLSEN, ASHTON CUTCH, BRITNEY, JOJO, JONY, JONNY DEPP, TOM HANKS, AND MANY MORE.
However, Ye Wei will be absent, and now many people know that he is in a place called Svalbard in the Arctic Circle. Even with the "Polar Bear's Greetings to Humans", young viewers are still full of disappointment with VIY's absence, and the FOX channel, which has done everything, is helpless.
As early as the 15th MTV Movie Awards held on June 3, Ye Wei was absent.
"Little Miss Sunshine" also had five nominations including Best Picture, which went on to win three awards, Best Screen Partner (Family of Six), Most Breakthrough Performance (Abigier Bryslin) and Best Comedy Performance (Steve Carell, LMS and Forty Old Virgin). "Exorcism Video" also has 1 nomination, Best Horror Performance (Nina Dobov).
And in this year's Teen Choice Awards:
"The Exorcism Video" won 3 nominations and 1 winner, √ Best Thriller Film, Best Breakthrough Movie Actress, Best Movie Scream (Nina Dubov).
"Little Miss Sunshine" won 5 nominations and 2 winners, √ Best Comedy Film, √ Best Film Spark (Family of Six), Best Film Confrontation Scene (Tom Hanks vs. Meryl Streep), Best Film Rage Scene (Tom Hanks), Best Film Jerk (Meryl Streep, LMS and Queen Wears Prada).
5 types of best film awards, one person won two, and the organizer specially started a new direct award "Choice-Brilliant", if he was the guest of honor, this night, Ye Wei would have appeared on the stage many times, and the absolute scenery overshadowed the audience.
But the FOX channel didn't invite Ye Wei, last year he was almost Nobody, and this year there is a new award, which is a change in popularity.
At the Gibson Theatre, to the applause of the audience and the TV audience, Gia, dressed in a neutral style of fashionable pants, walked onto the stage and received a red surfboard from award presenter Reese Witherspoon for Ye Wei.
"Thank you. Jiya let Witherspoon take it again, took out a piece of manuscript paper from his pocket, and said into the floor microphone: "Ye Wei went on a trip and couldn't come, but he gave me an acceptance speech, and I will read it to everyone." ”
There was a burst of applause from the audience, and the live camera swept over the group of teenagers in the middle, all of whom were quite popular actors, actresses and singers. Nina was there, too, clapping her hands vigorously.
Ji Ya thought to herself that it was right for Ye Wei not to come, otherwise he would sit there and make everyone else too naïve, which would be a disappointment.
Hurriedly finished reading and left, it was really uncomfortable to stand on the stage, she looked at the manuscript paper, imitated Ye Wei's tone and said:
"Hello folks. Why didn't I come and accept the prize, because it's a bad prize. First of all, the name is not good, Brilliant is abbreviated to B, go home and let my parents see, my life is not guaranteed, is it not good to call it Choice-A+ directly. ”
The audience, who had been awkwardly silent just now, burst into laughter, and Witherspoon also laughed on stage.
In the unstoppable laughter, Gia continued to read expressionlessly:
"Secondly, I have so many merits, why do I award the most talented, not the hottest or the coldest? The thermometer is broken? The worst is good, that's what teenagers care about the most. And talented can also be called nerds, I won't thank FOX, what do you mean?
Okay, maybe I'm a nerd, you don't know how to brush your teeth properly, but I grew up knowing that toothbrush bristles should be placed at an angle of 45 degrees at the junction of your teeth and gums...... You're laughing, laughing, that's how bad breath comes from.
Thirdly, I think I'm a fool, yes, I'm a fool, I don't know if you're not, but I'm a fool, like a meerkat, that's Timman. I don't want to be Timon and I don't want to be Pemba or Simba.
I wanted to be an elephant walking on the endless African savannah, and when night started to fall and I looked at the sky, I asked, 'Is that darkness?' and I thought I'd answer, 'No, that's beautiful.'" I'm about to see the starry sky of Africa, and I hope you can see that too, in Los Angeles, in New York, everywhere in the world." Good night. ”
As soon as Gia said this, the applause in the theater was thunderous, whether it was true or false, the guests applauded, and many people stood up to pay tribute to the absent person.
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"On August 21, I left the North Pole and headed for Africa. The group of teenagers in the postcard that Ye Wei sent to Lily are all popular actors, actresses and singers. Nina was there, too, clapping her hands vigorously.
Ji Ya thought to herself that it was right for Ye Wei not to come, otherwise he would sit there and make everyone else too naïve, which would be a disappointment.
Hurriedly finished reading and left, it was really uncomfortable to stand on the stage, she looked at the manuscript paper, imitated Ye Wei's tone and said:
"Hello folks. Why didn't I come and accept the prize, because it's a bad prize. First of all, the name is not good, Brilliant is abbreviated to B, go home and let my parents see, my life is not guaranteed, is it not good to call it Choice-A+ directly. ”
The audience, who had been awkwardly silent just now, burst into laughter, and Witherspoon also laughed on stage.
In the unstoppable laughter, Gia continued to read expressionlessly:
"Secondly, I have so many merits, why do I award the most talented, not the hottest or the coldest? The thermometer is broken? The worst is good, that's what teenagers care about the most. And talented can also be called nerds, I won't thank FOX, what do you mean?
Okay, maybe I'm a nerd, you don't know how to brush your teeth properly, but I grew up knowing that toothbrush bristles should be placed at an angle of 45 degrees at the junction of your teeth and gums...... You're laughing, laughing, that's how bad breath comes from.
Thirdly, I think I'm a fool, yes, I'm a fool, I don't know if you're not, but I'm a fool, like a meerkat, that's Timman. I don't want to be Timon and I don't want to be Pemba or Simba.
I wanted to be an elephant walking on the endless African savannah, and when night started to fall and I looked at the sky, I asked, 'Is that darkness?' and I thought I'd answer, 'No, that's beautiful.'" I'm about to see the starry sky of Africa, and I hope you can see that too, in Los Angeles, in New York, everywhere in the world." Good night. ”
As soon as Gia said this, the applause in the theater was thunderous, whether it was true or false, the guests applauded, and many people stood up to pay tribute to the absent person.
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"On August 21, I left the North Pole and headed for Africa. —A postcard sent by Ye Wei to Lily