On Monday, September 4, 2006, Ye Wei returned to work after a half-month vacation, no matter what mood he was in, he had to devote himself to work.

"Winter's Bones" was prepared for less than a month, which was enough because it was a 100% independent production, in other words, there was less office politics than SS and TLB, and there was none. And it doesn't have any big scenes, no medium scenes, a lot of location scenes, and very few actors, so the preparation in all aspects is very easy.

Much of the preparation was on the ground, and the crew spent less than half a month in Los Angeles before leaving for the Ozark Mountains in Missouri on Sept. 13. That's where the novel is set and where author Daniel Woodrell lives.

This morning, Ye Wei was in a daze, and others thought that he had travel fatigue syndrome, or that he was concerned about the poor children.

In fact, he was thinking back to last night's phone call, everything was so messy, he seemed to say "you want to vomit", "there are many other fish in the sea"......

Remembering what she said, "I'm glad you understood, it's important to me", the process wasn't very good, but it had a result... How can the process be beautiful?

There will always be bitterness in the pursuit of failure, failure ......

Although TET and LMS are both loser movies, Ye Wei doesn't like failure, and he hasn't since he was a child, maybe no one will like it. However, after a good night's sleep, watching the sun rise as usual and the sky brighten again, he knew exactly that he had failed in his compound pursuit of Lily.

And so far.

He once told Nina and Amy that no matter what difficulties and twists and turns he encountered, he would be with Lily again and be with her well. But did you respect Lily's wishes at that time? No. He didn't want to just give up, but if insisting was just hurting her, how could he not stop?

The more Ye Wei thought about it, the more funny he felt, it was true that he was liked by many girls, even infatuated, or just wanted to have a passion. These spoiled him, thinking that he had regained his heart, changed for the better, and showed his attitude to have Lily again, and at first he was full of absolute confidence, and acted with a frenzy, thinking that it would soon be fine.

Why?

Lily said "No, we passed, we can't anymore, I don't like you anymore." ”

He still has the attitude of "what if it's true?", you will like me, I am so good, I will be better, and one day you will suddenly like me again.

It's just another kind of arrogance, selfishness, self-indulgence, self-righteousness. As she said, "It's not on set, it's not about doing what you want." He just didn't want to admit his failure, the loss of this love, and he didn't want to accept that he had lost her.

Until last night, I didn't accept it very chicly.

Ye Wei remembered the conversation in the night wind on the way to Mexico last year. At that time, Lily told him that it was not now, but there was a time when they loved too deeply, and their requirements for love, each other, and themselves in each other's minds were too much and too high, so high that they beat them.

She had already felt it deeply, and lowered the line of requirements again and again, but he only trampled on her again and again, and broke her deeply, and when she trampled on his still high line, the selfish line of dignity of "what is she going to do to me", he went crazy and did not change.

For three months he tried to let her trample, but last night... He really couldn't stand it when he horse something voluntarily spare tire, if she had a little encouragement...... Instead of being annoyed......

Love is mutual, and he understands it whether he admits it or not.

IA, defeated by life, there is nothing left.

"What's wrong?" Gia could see that something was wrong. Ye Wei shook his head, not wanting to complain to her, "Travel fatigue syndrome." ”

Gia continues to be his guest assistant, and she's certainly a feminist. W'sB is looking for feminists and has received an enthusiastic response, and he will participate in interviews these days, he wants not only feminists, but also real independent filmmakers, the more such members, the more independent genes of the film.

While there are no technical challenges associated with shooting a W'sB, digital shooting makes it even easier. Speaking of the big one, "Rui" walks around, talking to the characters in various scenes in the mountains, there are no surfing scenes without SS, green screen scenes without TLB, no special effects, stage scenes without LMS, and there are not a few driving scenes.

It's like an upgraded version of TEK. Ye Wei and Michael Grady, the photographer he collaborated with for the second time, talked about the photography style of the film, and decided to use more handheld photography that does not shake, aiming to build a close look, like a cold wind blowing in the face.

Sean Maurer has worked with him on SS and TLB this year, and he is already tired.

This tiredness is not physical tiredness, but mental tiredness. After each creation, there should be a buffer period to let the mood come out and let the brain restart. The same is true for the creation of the film team, the actors are very much needed, and the offline staff are also needed. He restarted quickly, but they didn't, so this time he used more TET collaborators, like Julie Berghoff as art director, as well as new collaborators.

In addition to him, the most important thing is the actors, because this is a movie that depends largely on the performance of the leading actors, especially the play of "Rui".

Not Emma, not Liz.

That afternoon, Ye Wei met with Jennifer Lawrence and Aliciica Vikander in the CEO's office at the joint headquarters. I've been in contact with emails and so on since the beginning of the year, but I haven't seen each other for a long time, and both of them have grown up a little bit compared to the time of the draft, but it hasn't ruined their appearance and temperament, it's just better.

"...... you guys" Ye Wei sat on the rotating office chair and looked at the two girls across the desk, "How old are you?"

Jennifer and Alicia were stunned, VIY knew, forgot? Asking about age is not a must, what is important to an actor is not the real age but the age of the performance. But when he asked, Jennifer replied, "16 years and 20 days." Alicia also replied: "17 years and 11 months, my birthday is the 3rd of next month......"

"16 and 18 years old. Ye Wei suddenly let out a long sigh, so that the two of them didn't know why, he said: "You, you... You ......"

Both of them looked at him, only to see his gaze wandering over them, both of them quickly becoming a little unnatural, Jennifer moved slightly, and Alicia pulled her hair.

Whether or not they will achieve anything in the future, now they are just a low-class middle-class family farm girl from Kentucky, and the other is a young actor from Sweden, both of whom are Nobody. On the other side is the genius VIY, the most powerful man of the new generation in Hollywood.

In August last year, the young edition of People magazine "Teen-People" launched a new list "Hollywood's Top 10 New Generation Power List", in which young people select the most powerful stars. This year's list was announced last month, and Ye Wei did not make the cut last year, but this year won directly, followed by last year's champion Ashton Kutcher (28) and Lindsay Lohan (20).

Or Hollywood's new generation of number one playboy......

There are already four of the "Future Girls" who have had an affair with VIY, not including them and Ronan, who is only 12 years old, which is equal to 4/7. TEL's Nina Dubov is his ex-girlfriend. Ye Wei has the convention of falling in love and having scandals with actors of his age, SS has Emma Roberts, TLB has Elizabeth Olsen, will W'sB ...... now

But it is rumored that VIY has a girlfriend, most likely Olsen, or just a rumor.

The two of them were looked at by him like this, and they couldn't help but think a little normal nonsense, what was the bad boy thinking?

Alicia doesn't avoid his gaze, if Ye Wei wants to date her, she will be very happy, it's like a dream come true.

"You are very young. Ye Wei finally spoke, looking serious, and his tone was also serious: "Ten years later, in 2016, you are 26 and 28 years old respectively, you are still very young for life, and you are no longer young for actors. What do you think will happen then?"

The two didn't react for a while, he frowned and said, "Say, say whatever you want." Jennifer said, "I'm still an actor, maybe a director." He looked at her, "Do you want to be a director?" Jennifer nodded: "I have books that I am reading to learn from directors, and if I can't become an actor, I will learn to be a director full-time." ”

"So the director is for people who can't be actors, right?" Ye Wei asked.

"No, I mean......" Jennifer fixed her eyes, "I'm not pretty, if being an actor doesn't work, I'm going to find another way to stay, I love movies." ”

Ye Wei smiled: "Then continue, there is no harm in learning some director's ways, you will better understand what a movie is, and you can perform better." He looked at Alicica, "What about you?"

"I'm still an actor. Alicia couldn't forget that breakfast, "Maybe married...... Maybe not as successful in the U.S., but I'm definitely still an actor. ”

"You all want to be able to eat the actor's bowl of rice for a long time, right? Ye Wei saw that they said yes, and laughed: "I see more about this request, I see that ten years later, in 2016, you were nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress at the same time." ”

Both girls smiled.

"The others I don't know, and Saoirse Ronan, that girl was born to perform, flawlessly. ”

Ye Wei's gaze moved between their eyes, and said solemnly: "This is not a joke, nor is it an encouragement, this is the goal! A promise, in 2016, you will be nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress at the same time, not necessarily the first time, but there must be that year." Ten years, I've got the least I can ask of you, okay?"

"I'll try. "I'll do my best!" both nodded in agreement, as if he was encouraging, and indeed encouraged.

"So now, get out of this office. Ye Wei pointed out and looked at the stunned two, "Pack your luggage, and go to the Ozark Mountains tomorrow, not to travel, but to observe the locals, how they talk, how they walk, how they look at others, how they think about things, and learn everything about them."

The crew has already arranged for you, you will also do some mountain work of chopping wood and boiling water, which should be quite hard, and you will also contact local gangs, so you don't have to worry about safety, and you don't have to worry about learning well. If you are not happy, you feel that you can't stand the hardships and are afraid ......"

Ye Wei paused, and said in a deep voice: "Get out of here now, don't delay my time." ”

"I'm not afraid, I do a lot of farm work. Jennifer showed a hint of excitement on her face, and VIY took this movie very seriously.

"I haven't done farm work, but I'm not afraid, I just want me to meet your requirements. Alicia casually said something else.

Ye Wei leaned back in his chair, "Go ahead." I'll see you again on the 13th, and hopefully you'll be able to surprise me by then. ”

When they saw him looking at the ceiling, holding the back of his head with both hands, and not ready to say anything, they all got up to leave.

"Goodbye. Alicia felt that he had changed a lot from Ye Wei in his memory, not only his appearance was more mature, but his humor was ......

"GOODBYE, VIY. Jennifer said goodbye.

"Wait, do you know ......" Ye Wei suddenly stopped the two who left, they looked back, and he asked, "Is it possible... Is it just because of travel fatigue syndrome? I mean, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just a delusion...... Forget it, forget it, you go. ”

The two of them answered, and both left with doubts, walked out of the office, and closed the door.

There was silence in the office.