"Brother Wei! Are you in Los Angeles? Have you read today's Los Angeles Times?"
¡°No, I¡¯m working on a script for a new project, and morning is a good time to write.¡±
¡°Look at the Los Angeles Times, there¡¯s a surprise, haha!¡±
"What surprise?"
¡°You¡¯ll know it just by looking at it, it¡¯s so cool.¡±
Early in the morning on Saturday, December 31st, Ye Wei was revising the script of "Soul Surfer" at home. The draft was already in place, but there was still a lot of work to do before it was completed.
At this time, he received a call from Lev. The other party's excited words made him confused, so he stopped and kept talking. He got up and left the bedroom and went to the living room downstairs. The newspapers and periodicals delivered today were all placed on the coffee table. Why is it being turned over? I haven¡¯t even eaten breakfast yet.
¡°How cool!¡± Lev on the other end of the phone exclaimed repeatedly.
"Did Bud's streaking make the news?" Ye Wei picked up a copy of lat and looked at the front page. There was nothing special.
¡°Cooler than that!¡±
"What version?"
¡°You gotta find it, it¡¯s a surprise, man.¡±
Ye Wei sat down on the sofa and continued to flip through the pages of the newspaper. When he turned to a single-page advertisement, he was stunned and then laughed: "Wow! Thank you"
The entire color advertisement space was bought by the same advertisement, with a red background and two lines of large golden English letters at the top: "viy, happy-new-year!"
There is an image of a paper airplane flying, with the words "harvard¡ª¡ªleague," a full-page advertisement for the Harvard-Westlake Dream Chaser League club.
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Notice! We are not spoiled rich kids. The cost of this advertisement came from the expected profit from our investment in "Little Miss Sunshine". The crowdfunding took only one hour, and the entire operation was carried out without Ye Wei's knowledge. We would like to express our sincere wishes to Ye Wei and tell everyone that viy is not bad.
Because he couldn't control his anger and hit someone impulsively, he broke the law and was expelled from school. Legally speaking, there is no doubt that he was wrong, but it is not like some people wrote on their blogs and commented that he was a violent maniac, that he had lost the respect of his friends, and that he deserved it.
Not a single student representative on the honor committee who made the expulsion decision voted in favor that day.
We understand what the principal said, "the law is the law," we just don't want to lose him. It¡¯s not that we don¡¯t know right from wrong, we just know better. We love him, we love him when he is just our girlfriend, and we still love him when he becomes everyone's girlfriend. Life is always changing, but he is still him.
Ye Wei said that he was only his own hero and a criminal for others.
No, viy, you are our hero too.
This is the message we will sign on your graduation album. I regret but firmly sign it here:
Abra-a: Thank you! Because of you, my life is more exciting. I wish you more good movies, that may be the only good thing about expelling you from school. Happy New Year!
Angie-a: Although our relationship is not close, and we may be punished by the school, I have to say that expelling you is the most stupid, disgusting and wrong decision.
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Lev-b: Brother Wei, we have known each other for ten years, and you have always been my best friend. I hope our friendship will last forever. Surprise? Happy New Year!
Noel-c: What is high school phobia? I only know that no one in school can bully me, because if you are bullied, just go to Ye Wei and you will be fine.
Connie-h: Just a casual comment, you helped me realize my dream. Will never forget. Happy New Year!
Jane-l: "Oh my God, you losers, this money is enough for me to make a movie!" You might say. But some things must be done. I will work hard in the studio alone with a pizza. The big reason is the encouragement you give me, thank you. I wish you a happy new year, keep up the good work and have a smooth journey!
Trieste-l: Because of your impulsiveness, many people are in a bad mood. This is a great sin. God bless you. If I were to rate you overall, cool.
Bud-m: Brother Wei, I am lucky to know you. It is a pity that I cannot graduate with you. Geniuses always have to go first. But when you were expelled, I felt so deeply that there was no hope for this country. This is neither conservative nor liberal. This is nonsense! ! !
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Larry-P: We will win the Football League Championship, for you! Our captain.
Kerwin-r: We became good friends because of our dream of making movies. It¡¯s really incredible. I¡¯m a nerd and you¡¯re the most popular. It¡¯s a big joke that you can bully others.
Courtney-t: My greatest love for you?You are too busy to join the film production club, but you gave us a precious copy of the storyboard, thank you!
Babu-s: viy, you taught me how to be a popular person, you will always be my idol, come on!
Laurel-s: The huge help you gave me and my classmates should let everyone know that I am not a member of the Dream Chaser Alliance, but I am proud to participate in this operation.
Michael-s: Are you a bad person? Why is this a problem? I don't understand, the viy I know is a complete hero!
Andrew-z: I can¡¯t express my gratitude to you clearly. Because of you, I was protected from all kinds of bullying, found my life goal, and even a lover, thank you!
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There were hundreds of student testimonials in the full-page advertisement. Ye Wei looked at it, his heart and eyes were burning. Really, his horse was even cooler than Bard's streaking! But this doesn't seem to be Lev's idea. How could Lev have such good organizational skills
He looked at "Jane-l", a smiling face loomed in front of his eyes, and asked Lev: "Whose idea was it?"
Lev's happy words came from the mobile phone: "Who else could it be, Lily? After you and Master Gia left that day, she came over and told us, 'We will be scolded to death by the outside world, we have to do something.'" Then we came up with the idea. We all said yes! We gave Lily the money and the speech, and she did the rest. How cool.¡±
"Yes." Ye Wei was not surprised at all. Who else could she be if she wasn't the eldest lady? She was wondering what was going on in her heart, "But it costs 200,000, right? Oh my God, you losers, this amount of money is worth it." It¡¯s enough for me to make a movie!¡±
"It's worth it, it's worth it, it won't bother you anymore, the big-nosed love saint knows you are going to call, haha!" Lev laughed, "A tip, don't let Nina know."
"That's not the case, Lily and Iforget it, get out of here, bye."
The call ended with a beep. Ye Wei looked at the newspaper and felt that it was so heavy that it would overwhelm the coffee table underneath. Thank you, everyone, Lily, thank you.
After a while, after reading each testimonial carefully, he pressed his phone to send a group text message: "Wow! Look at the Los Angeles Times! Why are you so cool? Thank you very much!!! Happy New Year!"
I have received replies from everyone one after another, full of laughter, excitement, and many questions about surprises? certainly.
When it was time to have breakfast, Lily also replied: "Nothing, this is also to protect our honor. Happy New Year!"
Ye Wei did not reply again. For the estranged relationship that was agreed upon, this was enough.
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People who saw the special advertisement in the Los Angeles Times today had different reactions, but all of them sighed, these young people are really crazy!
Leslie Dart was very happy when he learned about it. This was not a public relations plan by Dart¡¯s team, but it was done well! It¡¯s so critical in fighting criticism and discrediting voices! The key is not this advertisement. The audience of lat is limited. The key is this matter. Promote this news online to let more fans know and spread it. Viy's image will naturally become more positive.
Alice Sebold and others supported him, and these classmates also supported him. People did not cast aside him.
This is the truth, Ye Wei is not a good boy, he is a bit bad, a bad boy with good charm.