This sentence has long been a nightmare for teachers at Harvard-Westlake Junior High School. Once anyone says this, nothing good will happen, and now, this sentence is heard again!
And this time he is not playing any prank, nor is he asking for more cooks in the cafeteria, or asking the school to plant more holly treesbut
"What!? Is he crazy!?" After the old principal Tom Hudnut heard this, he almost fell to the ground, shocked, anxious and angry. Ye Wei launched a crowdfunding startup in the junior high school and has already Hundreds of students have joined! ?
What is this?
Jenny Hebrechts, the principal of the junior high school who reported the situation, also looked helpless. Maybe they are really old and can't keep up with the pace of young people.
"Teacher Grace Aisi was the first one to discover it. This crowdfunding has actually started for several days. Teacher Aisi said that Ye Wei has prepared the investment contract and he will distribute copies of the contract today. "Go, she persuaded those students to think twice, but they were in a high mood and couldn't listen to anything but Ye Wei."
"How did this happen?" Hednut's face turned red with excitement and his lips trembled. "Call Ye Wei over right awayCall him over right away! Oh my God!!"
While the principal's office was in chaos, the news spread quickly in the junior high school.
It is also because Ye Wei told the brothers that there is no need to hide it anymore. At this stage of signing the contract, the news will inevitably be leaked because of the parents, so please show it to others openly!
In less than a morning, the entire campus was in a state of shock. Everywhere in the classrooms, canteens, libraries, concert halls, theaters, and stadiums were talking about this matter!
¡°Crowdfunding 500,000! USD!?¡±
"Wow I knew VIY would be able to turn around, that's the kind of person he is!"
"Some people may disagree with what I say, but Ye Wei is really cool this time!"
"Of course I don't agree, cool? What are you talking about? This guy is a genius! Oh my god, no, I'm going to the Dream Chaser League. I want to join"
¡°Hurry up, if it¡¯s too late and VIY raises enough 500,000 yuan, we won¡¯t be able to get in even if we want to.¡±
The members of the Entrepreneurship Club were crying like little babies. They were not the kids in public schools who had never seen the world. They had always participated in simulated entrepreneurship and real entrepreneurship guided by the school, such as making simulated product sales or making soda. They drive ice cream trucks and stuff, and some of them can make a little money.
But I still play more than study. The main purpose is to add color to my resume, so that I will have an advantage when applying to Ivy League universities in the future
Some things are scary to compare. Compared with Ye Weiyi¡¯s crowdfunding campaign of hundreds of thousands, they all became children playing in the sand pool in the park, contentedly building their own castles. But when they turned around, they saw that the real house had been Built.
"As for the Film Production Club, the faces of the members are not much better. They also did crowdfunding, but they only raised one thousand or two thousand to shoot a short film of a few minutes What does Ye Wei want to do? Crowdfunding 500,000? Invite Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet to star? !
People are shocked, people are jealous There are more than 60 student clubs in the junior high school, no one dares to do this, and no one can do this! Noneexcept for the Dream Chaser League.
"Lily, have you heard?"
After finishing an art class, it was already noon. Lily was walking on the way to the cafeteria. Before she left the academic center, Trisette rushed over excitedly, "About Ye Wei."
Hearing this name, Lily's expression suddenly became unnatural, and her tone was stiff: "What, that bastardwhat's wrong?"
She was even more confused. She had a nice hangout with him on Tuesday afternoon and had a lot of fun. We all became friends. Then, since she said goodbye and returned home that evening, until almost two days now, Ye Wei has not contacted her again, as if he had disappeared, as if nothing had happened.
She really didn¡¯t know why she was so crazy. In the past two days, she would take out her phone and look at it from time to time, as if she was expecting something such as a missed call, a text message
Butwhat is this? that's all? Was it really just a hangout? Or is he actually dissatisfied with something? But he is obviously very happy and feels like he wants to continue
?Then why did he do this again? What does he want? How about a second date, no, hanging out! Has anyone developed a friendship like this? Obviously everyone lives very close to each other, and they obviously have telephones! Does she still need to take the initiative to ask him out? Take the initiative to send a text message "Hi, Wei, I'm crazy, I'm thinking of you"?
I really don¡¯t understand! She doesn't understand Ye WeiI don¡¯t understand what I am thinking, why do I think about these things, why do I care about these things? Damn it! We are just friends who have just met, so it is normal to not contact each other frequently! Don¡¯t think about it. They said don¡¯t think about it. He is just a bastard. Didn¡¯t he already know that?
These contradictory thoughts that she had never had before drove Lily crazy. It was like she had several selves, one letting her do this and the other letting her do that.
Now when she heard Ye Wei's name, Lily's heart felt like it was being clenched, and she couldn't breathe, so she beat violently.
"He caused big trouble again!" Trisette told what she heard. She didn't know the change in the relationship between Lily and Ye Wei. Regarding what happened on Tuesday, she only thought that the two met and handed over the doll and it was over. Staying on the previous impression that water and fire were incompatible.
Lily¡¯s eyebrows widened as she heard Ye Wei¡¯s laughter, ¡°I told you so,¡± crowdfunding 500,000 yuan to make a movie! He's really doing it!
"The latest news is that he was called by Principal Hudnut. I don't know if he can continue." Trieste's tone was full of curiosity and expectation to watch the excitement.
"He will do it." Lily blurted out, her mind filled with that confident face and those firm words. She laughed and said, "He will definitely do it, that's VIY!"
The administrative office building and the spacious principal's office are now filled with faculty and staff.
The judge includes the principal of the school and the principal of the junior high school; the jury includes Ye Wei¡¯s teacher in charge, Grace Essie, the two principals in charge, Colby Plath and Eric King, and the head coach of the second football team, Ma Dior Carrioni, math teacher Karen Salerno, psychiatrist Susan Ke, art teacher and Dream Chaser League club instructor Joe Schenk
With a strong lineup, almost all the teachers who are responsible for Ye Wei are here.
"Wow!" As soon as Ye Weigang walked into the office, he couldn't help being surprised by the situation here and laughed: "Is there an Old-School party going on here?"
He is still joking! All the teachers were immediately troubled. How should they educate this devilish student?
"I like it, it's interesting"
"Weige, be serious!" The old principal asked with a straight face and no intention of joking: "What's going on with your crowdfunding? Please tell us in detail."
"OK, our goal is to raise 500,000, and then buy a good movie script first"
Ye Wei sat down in the middle chair prepared for him and said briefly, without emphasizing that the 500,000 yuan was all for buying the script, "It doesn't violate the law, doesn't violate morality, and doesn't violate our code of honor. Let's go like this." Wouldn¡¯t it be great to create achievements beyond academic studies?¡±
??Everyone looked at each other and felt helpless. VIY's usual style came up. You said he did something wrong, but he retorted that it was you who encouraged him to do it
The old principal also felt that he had fallen into a trap. He sighed and said, "This kind of achievement is too early for you. You can choose school activities and projects first."
"Sir, I really can't agree with you. How old was Shirley Temple when she won her first Oscar? 7 years old? How about we call her and ask her?"
Everyone was speechless by Ye Wei's rebuttal. Temple was an alumnus of Westlake School. After the merger of the two schools, she became an alumnus of Harvard-Westlake.
"'They can do it because they think they can.'" Ye Wei mentioned the school motto, and his words became more serious: "I know that our dreams are not easy to succeed, but we can't let us give up just because of this. It's impossible."
He turned around and said: "Actually, I think you can help explain to the parents. Apart from the possibility of losing one or two thousand yuan, this project has only benefits! If you want a beautiful resume, this is the right thing to do. Take a look. How many middle school students in the United States can do what we have done now? Regardless of success or failure, we are all excellent dream chasers."
When he finished speaking, the principal's office fell silent. The teachers were already mentally prepared for his retort, but they didn't expect to be rendered speechless by what he said
A serious VIY is 100 million times more difficult to deal with than a nonsensical VIY.
"What you say makes sense, but you must also understand that $500,000 is not a small amount of money! In fact, this money still belongs to your parents and should not become your game chips." The old principal looked serious and seemed to be saying, "I I can¡¯t just watch you lose your fortune.¡±
"This is not a game!" Ye Wei got a little excited, thinking about everyone's passion, "We would joke that it is a game, but what is it really? Youth, dreams!"
The old principal nodded slightly, "I know that some students have been very unfriendly to you recently. We will criticize and punish those troublemakers. The school is indeed not doing a good enough job in eliminating peer pressure."?If you have any pressure, you can talk to us, or you can join a peer support club"
"Please!" Ye Wei had to interrupt rudely. He really couldn't laugh or cry. Does his companion support him? A group of nerds sit in a circle, and then everyone says "I'm depressed because I'm not popular", "I'm not popular because I'm a nerd", "It doesn't matter, we're all like that" what the hell!
What he is doing now is to rescue those idiots!
"Principal, I think the worst thing you have done is not really understanding us. Dr. Ke, you are a psychiatrist. You should understand how much the students want to break the confinement and express themselves! Do something instead of a group of Losers sit in a circle and complain and cry like that!
Who else should be punished? I don¡¯t need to. Students have their own solutions. If you step in, it will only put me and my friends in an even more embarrassing position.
I know you have good intentions, but Dream Chaser Alliance Film Company will definitely be launched, and our project will continue to work hard. This is my 100% serious declaration. "
The development of the situation is completely different from what was expected! The teachers had mixed emotions, but today's VIY seemed a little different from the past. Susan Ke could see his seriousness, Teacher Ai Xi could see it, and so could everyone else.
Among them, Coach Kerrioni is most familiar with Ye Wei like this. He loves this kind of serious and cold eyes and expression, which means that VIY is angry and his opponent will be unlucky.
"Huh!" The old principal had a headache. After being a principal for so many years and teaching so many students, he had rarely had such a headache like now.
The school motto is not complete, at least there is one sentence: "They are over 20 years old!" A 15-year-old film producer? This must be a joke! But if Ye Weifei insisted, the school really couldn't force him to give up.
At this time, Teacher Ai Xi frowned and said: "Weige, your academic performance has always been in danger. You haven't done your homework recently, and you have been frequently absent from the football team. Now you have to work on a film project. Are you sure you can take care of both?" Come here?"
"Yes! Your studies are a big problem." The old principal nodded quickly, and the math teacher Salerno agreed: "You almost failed the last test."
"Haha." Ye Wei smiled mysteriously and looked around at everyone, "Maybe it's time to show you the truth. I am a genius."
"I don't do homework because I don't need to do it and it's just a waste of time; I get a C because I want to be the cool kid, not the teacher's pet. If I want to, I can even finish it all in advance. Do you believe in the academic curriculum for grades 9-12?¡±
Of course, no one believed it. This was not the first time Ye Wei had said this. They simply regarded him as bragging and did not write a manuscript.
However, Ye Wei insisted on asking several teachers to test him as an experiment.
"Teacher Salerno, do you think I am a fool? Even if I am a fool, I am still like Rain Man, and the answer is 0."
Seeing Ye Wei¡¯s answer so simply, Teacher Salerno was a little surprised. Has the mathematical talent of Asian children exploded? Come again!
"However, for several questions in a row, Ye Wei could either answer them right away, or he could calculate the correct answers on paper, so he couldn't pass the test at all!
Then, Teacher Ai Xi, who teaches English, also asked a few questions, and Ye Wei also answered them well. There were no teachers from other subjects here, but Ye Wei talked about some biology and history knowledge by himself. If he had done everything before It was half a bucket of water, so why is it now 7/10 buckets? Everyone was stunned!
"There is also language. The requirement for this subject is that at least one language has been studied to level 3, right? I am taking Chinese as an elective, listen."
Ye Wei switched to Chinese mode and spoke in fluent Mandarin: "Hello everyone, do you understand? Dr. Ke? Dean Jin? Oh, Dean Jin, you are Korean, Mian Hamida. I have been in elementary school since I was a child. I grew up in Chinese, taught by my grandfather and taught by my parents Do you know what to say? It's a piece of cake, it's a piece of cake!"
He made a gesture of turning his palm over and said what he just said again in English.
Everyone was getting more and more upset. Teacher Ai Xi knew that he was telling the truth. Ye¡¯s mother had a bachelor¡¯s degree in East Asian Languages ??at UCSF. Under her education, Ye Wei was not only proficient in Chinese, but also knew some Korean and Japanese. Even so, he ignored it. He didn't understand French, Spanish, etc., but he took Chinese, which he was proficient in, and only got a C. This shows how lazy he is in his studies
After a long while, the old principal made a decision. Ye Wei's genius show was over. His parents joined the meeting by phone.
Ye Haogen and Gu Qiao were also shocked. They really raised a genius.??? But the two of them knew better than the teachers that their son had indeed changed a lot. Gu Qiao thought that maybe it was time to let his son go and try his best and Ye Haogen still wanted to support him!
He didn't know how big his son wanted to do, and thought that 500,000 was the total cost, so he applauded: "As long as you do it legally, there will be no problem." He then reassured the teachers: "Wei's plan is amazing. , doesn¡¯t it just show courage, creativity and ability? I think we should support it.¡±
"You look at me and I look at you, the old principal and others are extremely contradictory. They should be encouraged, but they must also take into account the reality
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out of everyone reached a consensus, which ended with the school making huge concessions and Ye Wei's personal education plan changed significantly!
The film project can continue, but it must be supervised and coached by the school. No one wants to suddenly make news about "the China Securities Regulatory Commission arrests a Harvard-Westlake juvenile financial criminal."
As for Ye Wei's academic performance, if he can really complete his academic responsibilities for this grade ahead of schedule, he can choose to skip a grade, or he can choose to maintain the status quo, but his homework will be appropriately reduced to a minimum, and he will also have more X time , use it in extracurricular activities.
In fact, this is not special treatment, every student can do this, so smart students often have more time to participate in various activities; in high school, there are more rich and advanced activities, such as overseas exchange students, mountain village experiences, and hiking adventures. etc.
But he must be a real genius. Once his academic performance is not enough to support this teaching model, his time will be arranged back.
As for his idea that scared Coach Kerrioni half to death, "If time is too tight, I will quit the football team and only complete the minimum requirements of the physical education department." was strongly rejected. The vetoes were Ye Haogen and Gu Qiao, one Teenagers under the age of 16 are in the stage of development, and nothing can be a reason to delay exercise! no!
Ye Wei then thought about it and didn't want to become disabled. In order to continue to be awakened by his handsomeness every day, he gave up the idea and arranged his time well.
He couldn¡¯t wait to prove that his studies were fine so that the dust could settle as soon as possible, so that afternoon, the school arranged several exams for him.
"Hellhell!"
Soon, the old principal looked at the test papers with A grades, his face was full of disbelief, how could this happen, how could there be such a student! Damn it!
"A is enough, right? I don't like A+, no one is perfect."
Looking at Ye Wei who was as careless as ever, Principal Hebrexitz, Teacher Essie, Teacher Salerno everyone couldn't believe it, but they had to believe it, because the facts were in front of them, bad boy VIY Use practical actions to prove that he has no pressure to study. With his academic level, he can read 10th grade, or even higher
Before school ended, a piece of latest news spread throughout the school at the speed of light: Ye Wei¡¯s crowdfunding production operation has been approved by the school! He can do what he wants!
A great victory for the Dream Chaser Alliance! All the dream-chasing students are excited!
They are excited because the future is full of hope, because they are doing the coolest things, and because of VIY¡¯s group text message:
¡°Never let anyone or anything stop you from chasing your dreams, never!¡±