Chapter 303: Ye Wei Must Die
On Monday, October 17, the Science Fiction Channel announced to the outside world that it would cancel the broadcast of the documentary "VIY" because "Ye Wei's current image does not match the documentary" and refused to comment further on the matter.
When the news spread, there was an angry voice on the Internet, with entertainment media and fans accusing "the revenge of the big studio", "shameless personal targeting of Ye Wei", and "the science fiction channel is losing its little face"......
"What's wrong?Is it because he's too insistent on ideals?Or is he too genius at the appeal?" follows the satirical film review website MR. Cranky's comment is typical, "The recent viy just sued us that he was a man of men. ”
Looking at the concluding comments of the mainstream media on this rating turmoil in the past few days, we can see that public opinion supports Ye Wei. The Los Angeles Times said that "the failure of the LMS appeal is a defeat to the hypocritical and corrupt powers", the San Francisco Chronicle said that "the death of independent films, the circle of ratings that cannot be escaped", and the New York Times said that "the MPAA owes the public an account......
In terms of foreign media, Hong Kong's "Ming Pao" said that "Hollywood studios are the biggest backers of MPAA's murders", and Canada's "Toronto Star" said that "the LMS rating of R is a mockery of Americans by MPAA"
In addition to ignoring public opinion, etc., there is also a comparison of LMS ratings.
LMS has recently been rated in Canada at a level of 14A (children under the age of 14 need to be accompanied by an adult to watch). Because there is no PG-13 grade in Canada, Ye Wei himself said that LMS should not be rated as G and PG grades without age restrictions or guidance, so this is the lowest.
The FCO, which has previously caused controversy because of the rating of "Exorcism Video", explained that "the vulgar language, sexuality and drug content of the film are not suitable for children to watch alone, but it is not uncomfortable for teenagers", while in the Canadian province of Quebec (French-speaking region, there is a different system), the LMS rating is G, and theoretically a three-year-old child can watch it by himself.
This also made the French-born Lev proudly say to everyone: "This is the French!"
This week, the ratings of LMS in many countries and regions were released one by one, some to participate in film festivals, and some to prepare for the release at the end of the year, but they formed support for this turmoil, which was really unexpected by DreamWorks.
In Australia, it is M-rated (built yì for adults only, with medium-range dù overshots), in Japan it is PG-12 (some footage may not be suitable for children under 12 years old, built yì is accompanied by a parent), and in Germany it is FSK6 (suitable for audiences over 6 years old).
Even in the United Kingdom, which is much more harsh, conservative and old-fashioned than the United States, it is only a 15 (suitable for people over 15 years old. Those under the age of 15 are not allowed to watch, rent or buy films of this level in cinemas) and not 18.
How strict is the rating in the UK? The R-rated "The Exorcist" was banned in the UK that year, and it was only reclassified to 18 14 years later; three years ago, the PG-13 rating of "Spy" was rated 12, and after a few months of trouble, the BBFC introduced a new rating of 12A (those under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult when they go to theaters), and "Spy" immediately became a pioneer with a 12A re-release, and later films such as PG-13 "Spider-Man" were all 12A in the UK.
Normally, the UK is one level higher than the US, but now the LMS in the US requires 17 years old to watch alone, which is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mockery of the Americans.
"Are you kidding? Are young Americans particularly imbecile?"
"So I don't need my parents to follow me when I go to Quebec, Canada...... But I don't understand French!"
This news has aroused ridicule from many fans and fans, but the MPAA no longer responds to this matter, and the response is only to find scolding, and the people's hearts are in Ye Wei.
But the will of the people is something that can be easily changed...... The undercurrent is surging, and there have been voices of Ye Wei's improper behavior in the past weekend, although there is something wrong with many entertainment website reviews mpaa, Ye Wei's rude arrogance is a bigger mistake, "His admiration for swear words between his words, and the use of the F word, are not worthy of recognition."
Ye Wei did not apologize publicly, not only did not, but also criticized the MPAA again on the long-term personal column "VIY Said" in the film edition of the "Los Angeles Times" on Monday 17.
From the perspective of a bystander and with calm words, he expressed a sharp attitude: he demanded that the MPAA issue a complete rating and appeal as soon as possible.
"Despite all this and that repression, and although no one wants to go into that fake courtroom, as long as the spirit of independent art does not die, the struggle of independent filmmakers will continue.
And the film is stored for one day, and the spirit of independent art is stored for one day. ”
This article "The Spirit of Independent Art Can't Die" made the filmmakers applaud, and it was published that Ye Wei had the full support of all parties behind the scenes. If you don't support it, you can't do it, in the past two years, all parties have been boiled frogs in warm water, and little by little they have bet huge amounts on him and LMS, and the release is imminent, who is willing to be ruined by others? No one can touch him!
On the other hand, destroying Ye Wei is a public relations battle that MPAA has to fight, because LMS will be a hot spot in the market for a long time in the future, and if it is a big success, it will be even more terrible, which means that it is ineffective to deal with the rating turmoil coldly, and it is necessary to disturb the attention and shift the focus as soon as possible.
This is also the revenge of the six major against Ye Wei and the blow to LMS.
With the launch of the sci-fi channel, the surging undercurrent has gradually become a huge wave, and a public relations war has begun.
From the 17th to the 21st, in just a few days, there were a lot of criticisms, questions, and smears of Ye Wei on the Internet and in the print media.
For example, the entertainment gossip incident is indispensable to its "New York Post", which has become a big spearhead to attack Ye Wei, "The spoiled rich kid viy resurrection?"
This representative public relations article elaborates on Ye Wei's family background, labeling him as a "rich-kid", who has lived a privileged life since he was a child, lives in Brentwood, studies at Harvard-Westlake, runs a film company at home, and is rumored to have many ruined deeds, which are basically those guys in "Flying Beverly".
Therefore, Ye Wei's success has nothing to do with the American dream, it is not an ordinary person in the public impression who relies on hard work to get ahead, the success of his father's generation is the American dream.
And his success is inseparable from the circle he is in and the resources he obtains, which is the soil for success that other peers with the same film talent as him do not have, and Ye Wei has no modesty and gratitude for this, but is therefore arrogant and rude, which is not an American dream.
"Only when Viy understands why he succeeds can we be considered a child prodigy. ”
The intention of this article is very sinister, it is to take away Ye Wei's civilian aura and define him as a spoiled child who enjoys the resources of the rich but is unreasonable. Society has high requirements for the children of rich families, low-key humility will win praise, high-profile arrogance will attract rebuke, which is reasonable in the world.
When this kind of news circulated on the Internet, it was ridiculed and ridiculed by many netizens, and the carnival attacks of the blacks: "Throwing money on the Homecoming Festival? This Asian guy is really a rich man!", ""The Wedding is Coming" was planned for him by his family, right? The more I think about it, the more terrible it becomes!", "I only learned about Ye Wei's secrets today, I was so disappointed." "I've long said he's rotten!" ......
And at the same time the hardcore of viy are furious, this is a completely exaggerated and misleading article!
The voice of counterattack followed: "Viy's family is a middle-class family, and his father is a dentist, not any businessman, so he is a middle-class child! "It's not an American dream for an Asian kid to do what Ye Wei did, do you believe it?", "Throwing money on Homecoming is a rumor fabricated out of thin air, where is the reliable evidence?"
Those who are familiar with his remarks know that he often expresses his admiration for anyone, and in the article "VIY Said", there are a lot of great praises for what movies and filmmakers, such as "The Great Man Napoleon" benefited from his strong recommendation at the beginning.
The so-called "arrogant and rude" is just his young and frivolous, personality, and cool side, if you want to say that the real arrogance and brainlessness, you should blame those child stars.
Don't know how much gratitude? viy has done a lot of public charity, became famous and rich, and still drove the Volkswagen second-hand car that was ridiculed by the entertainment media. And Vy has never hidden that he was once self-willed before, and from the first day he entered the public eye, he was a new child awakened by a family crisis.
If there is such a white child, there is success everywhere, and the light yì will be praised to the sky!
Any viy hardcore can refute this article, but they don't have the right to speak, and the average person won't know viy so much, and they will believe most of it at a glance.
Lev, Bard and other Ye Wei friends are all angry, if you don't study Harvard-Westlake, you are equal to a rich child, most of the students are middle-class, and the richest person in the Dream Chasing Alliance is Lily, she is really a rich girl. Except for her, everyone's investment is either or almost all of their savings, which rich man's entire savings are thousands of yuan and 10,000 yuan?
Do you still need crowdfunding? 500,000 yuan is directly out. At that time, except for Lily, the few rich children were not interested at all, and said that they were only engaged in a Ponzi scheme.
There are so many students at Harvard-Westlake, why don't you see another viy? The John Williams family is much richer than the only family, and I don't see what he has done.
However, people's sensory impression of a school depends largely on which famous student they talk about it. In the case of Harvard-Westlake, with Shirley Temple, people give two thumbs up, Steve Bean to talk about it, and people snort.
This week, there have been scandals about Ye Wei one after another, and the attacks on him have also been one after another. The undercurrent obviously wants to continue to work on the point that "Ye Wei is a spoiled rich man", and the New York Post published another lead article "Ye Wei, the new Steve Bing of Harvard-Westlake?"
Steve Bean, 40 years old, is a notorious playboy, rich kid and loser.
He is a notorious brand of Harvard-Westlake (he was still a Harvard boys' school when he was a student, and it was not merged with Westlake Girls' School), inherited the $600 million inheritance of his grandfather of real estate tycoon at the age of 18, and was once a genius, and wrote the scripts "Vietnam War Vanguard" (released in 1984, 22.81 million box office) and "Vietnam War Pioneer 2" (1985, 10.75 million) at the age of 18.
However, he soon got lost in the 600 million inheritance, playing, and for many years he couldn't play much. The big stink is because of the continuous peach scandals in recent years, and the film industry continues to maintain the style he has maintained for a long time, throwing money to go down to waste, last year's "Hawaii Money Game" lost enough, 50 million production fees invited Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman, Charlie Sheen, Gary Sinis starring, 6.48 million North America (2304 opening theaters), 6.8 million global box office, 16% freshness, 23% favorites, no DVD release.
This is the worst box office movie starring Irving Wilson, and only this one has not grossed more than 10 million of all his films since he made a film! The others, whether they are cameos, supporting roles, or starring actors, are all at least 20 million, and Irving Wilson is a very popular person.
Just because of Steve Bing, this playboy, the militant who doesn't do any good things, how much people hate him?
"Hawaii Money Game" is worthless and meaningless except to prove once again that movies can't be played without money, but they can't be played with money.
Now what is the purpose of linking Ye Wei with Steve Bing, and linking "Little Sunshine Beauty" with "Hawaii Money Game"?
Of course, I want people to hate Ye Wei even in a row, and the article also creates an ambiguity about what the two have to do, because Steve Bing once went to Warner Bros.'s all-CGI movie "The Polar Express" (1. 6.5 billion production costs) invested 80 million, and this is exactly starring Tom Hanks, and Preton also invested.
Harvard-Westlake, Tom Hanks, Need More Bridges?
As for the two movies, there is a common trait, a lot of stars.
"Hawaii Money Game" has become a star-studded film in the eyes of the audience because of Steve Bing's bad image, and it is still piled up with money, which makes North American audiences have a huge disgust, and the poor quality of the film makes Warner Bros. not dare to invest much in publicity, so it is not surprising that it is a mess.
"Little Sunshine Beauty" sounds like a low-cost indie film, but there are countless superstars! Look at the poster, it's even more exaggerated than "Hawaii Money Game".
Once this disgusting impression is established, the LMS is bound to be greatly affected, which can be described as vicious.
Ye Wei's fans are angry again, and all they can do is to denounce this argument on the Internet: "VIY doesn't have a 600 million inheritance!", "It's ridiculous, in addition to going to the same school, they all make movies, what else do they have in common?", "Steve Bing's garbage is also worthy of being compared to Weibi?lol!", "A Harvard-West Lake light, a Harvard-West Lake shame." ”......
Probably because Ye Wei's life style is too simple, he doesn't go out of nightclubs, he doesn't have an exact girlfriend, and he is still an Asian boy, so it is not convincing to attack the chaotic side of his private life.
The new issue of the "National Inquirer" newspaper reported with a picture: "Sure, Ye Wei is gay!"