At around 8 o'clock in the morning on Monday, Ye Wei received a call from London in the backyard of his home. He said oh oh uh uh uh huh, and when he put down the phone, he couldn't help but kicked the football at his feet, and the football hit the wall in the distance. wall. He took a deep breath and stood still for a long time.
The appeal was not approved. No matter how strictly I controlled my diet, work and rest, and no matter how hard I trained, I still couldn¡¯t play.
The ending of the story has been decided, but he is still at the turning point in the first act.
There was no one at home, her mother sent Duoduo to school, and her father went to the clinic. Ye Wei went back to the living room and sat on the sofa in a daze for a while, then got up and walked away. The confusion of not seeing each other for a long time greets me, maybe it has never gone away. Then what? What is Act 2? To go back or not to go back to Manchester? What to do when you go back? What will you do if you don¡¯t go back?
He sent a text message to Lily, drove outside the main entrance of Harvard-Westlake High School, and parked the car in a temporary parking space on the side of the road. He didn't go in, although the doorman recognized him, and he just lingered on the small lawn next to the door. The school is quiet, and the first semester has started at 8 o'clock. Few people will schedule this semester as x time, except for those who want to sleep in.
Lily finished her math homework, and I don¡¯t know what excuse she found to sneak out. She was wearing a white shirt and a black skirt. Her figure was elegant, but her eyebrows were furrowed. She already knew. As soon as he saw her, Ye Wei quickly stepped forward and hugged her tightly, and she hugged him too.
"I don't know what to do." He buried his face in her hair.
"Everything will be fine, it will be." She held his hand and walked towards the side entrance ramp blocked by a shrub wall, "We'll talk over there."
After arriving behind the bush wall, Lily saw that there was no one on both sides of the slope, so she threw herself into his arms and kissed him actively. Ye Wei hugged her and kissed him back fiercely. Until a black car drove in. It was not the principal's, but some teacher's. The two of them stepped aside and watched the car drive to the parking lot.
Looking at each other, they all laughed, two bad students, one was expelled and the other skipped class.
"Jane, I'm much better."
"Do you remember that time?" Lily's voice was gentle, her clear eyes were like stars, "I couldn't find you anywhere, and then I found you when I arrived at Cresswood Villa Park. The situation now is not worse than that time. "Ye Wei nodded, and Lily added: "I really like this. We face everything together."
Ye Wei recalled that time, and his mood became even more complicated, "Have you noticed that the happiness and sadness at that time were so overwhelming, but now it seems that the older you get, the less interesting you are."
"We are not old!" Lily raised her eyebrows, "We are just a little older. You can be 'young' anytime you want. Call Ferguson now and tell him!" She clenched her pink fists.
"No." He knew what she was referring to and smiled: "The situation is different. Manchester United tried their best. It is said that it was because of a professor from Staffordshire University. That old guy was targeting me, but I don't have his number." Lily In fact, I was very angry, "It's really unfair. Seven people can decide the fruits of other people's efforts. It's stupid and decadent."
She scolded a few times, pursed her lips, and said comfortingly: "Wei, whether you want to go or stay in this matter, I will always be by your side. Follow your heart, okay?"
"Okay." Ye Wei hugged her and kissed her, then pushed her shoulder and asked her to go back to school, "Go to class, see you in the evening."
"I want to skip school today." Lily pretended to be sneaky and playful.
"Lily, I want to walk around by myself." Ye Wei shook his head, "With you here, how can I think about it? It's all with you. But I have to think about it."
Lily couldn¡¯t let go, but she understood that he wanted to sort out his thoughts, ¡°See you in the evening.¡±
"See you in the evening."
Driving from Harvard-Westlake High School to the company¡¯s headquarters in Santa Monica, Ye Wei handled work matters in the office.
??Accepted several phone interviews and talked about Jon Feilheimer, Harvey Weinstein, and Herman Wright on the phone. After listening to Wright's words, which seemed like he dared not complain, he sighed: "I was also surprised. They are really focusing on Best Picture. I didn't know it, but I have always had this intention, and they are really seizing the opportunity." ¡±
"If Winter Bones had clearly given up adapting the script and developed the film, regardless of tlb's script votes, things would probably be different. They just wanted to try their luck and eat alone" Wright continues to hold the Weinstein brothers accountable. This all depends on There is no cooperation, but full of backstabbing.
?"Did you get to know those brothers on the first day?" Ye Wei was really bored.
Wright's words came from the hands-free landline: "Weige, they will say it's my fault, I just want you to understand." Ye Wei smiled and said: "I know very well. The matter has reached this point, what can we do? ? I can only contact you for public relations next time, not them. I will give you this promise. I don¡¯t want to talk anymore. Why hasn¡¯t science developed telepathy yet?
He pressed the phone to end the call. He looked at a red jersey clay doll on his desk, his heart still confused.
I don¡¯t want to stay in Los Angeles, I want to get away from the hustle and bustle for a while, but I have nowhere to go. The voice in my heart suddenly said, "Go to Carrington and keep working hard. This is not the end." The voice in my heart suddenly said, "What are you going to do if you can't play? Don't waste time. It's better to do something else."
It was already noon when he finished his work in the office. Ye Wei left the company and went to the Third Pedestrian Street to wander around, eating at several restaurants and beverage shops. Several times he was recognized by strangers, took photos, signed autographs, and talked about Oscars. They all said, "What a shame, you should win an Oscar." It was as if he had turned into Martin Scorsese.
He also received phone calls and text messages one after another from his family, friends, female friends, and Gia who knew the news. The words of comfort were always the same. Jennifer actually said: "Let me confess to you, I am unhappy and happy at the same time, and this thing about you has driven me crazy."
Text message from Liz: "On the bright side, you are no longer at risk of breaking your leg on the court. I admit that I don't know how to comfort others. You have a great pair of legs." "Juno" was released last week tomorrow Filming started in Neapolis. Due to filming arrangements, she only went to meet the crew today.
While wandering around, Ye Wei arrived at the video store called Pyramid Video. He hadn¡¯t been there for a long time, and today he suddenly wanted to pick up some old records to comfort himself.
In front of a row of audio and video racks in the old songs area of ??the store, without warning, Ye Wei and Amy met face to face. She laughed in surprise when she saw him. Her eyes were round and her teeth were white. Although he secretly cried to God, he was not particularly surprised. He even felt that Amy was staying here on purpose. It's so ironic that I avoided the whole Oscar and couldn't avoid wandering.
"When I walked past the store, I had a gut feeling that I would bump into you." Amy walked over. She was wearing a beige mid-sleeve T-shirt and blue jeans. Her long brown hair was tied into a high ponytail, which made her tall and graceful figure full of vitality. "My intuition lets me in, and I come in to make my intuition come true. If I don't come in, I will turn around and forget about this intuition. Is there any time when intuition is inaccurate?"
"You came in, but you didn't meet me." Ye Wei said.
Amy's pretty face smiled, "Do you think I will still remember that intuition when I go out with a record like Carpenter's?" Ye Wei looked at her empty hands, "It looks like you got nothing." She said with a smile: "If I go out empty-handed, I will really think that I have met you in my memory. My intuition is still accurate."
"You are so optimistic, Emmanuelle." Ye Wei didn't know why he was laughing. The last time he chatted with her like this was almost a year ago. He suddenly asked: "Where is your boyfriend?"
"It's not a 24-hour date." Amy's eyes looked at him wantonly, and it was very natural. Ye Wei looked at her, "I didn't see him yesterday. You saw me, right?" Amy said, "I saw you running away like a rabbit. Justin and I, Justin Siegel, he's really good , we are on the rise, but we are not there yet. He still needs to defeat you in my memory. In the final step, you are in danger."
Ye Wei chuckled, what is the last step, the nine-step rule for successful marriage? He shook his head slightly and smiled: "I don't care, Amy."
"I remember correctly, you are a hurtful bastard."
¡°Okay, how¡¯s your music album doing?¡±
Speaking of this, Amy's smile showed satisfaction, "It's not over yet, I'm still working hard. The plan is to launch it in October or November this year." Ye Wei felt that it was a long time: "We still have to wait 9 months?" Amy smiled Answer: "This is the plan. Making music is very boring and interesting. I enjoy it quite a lot, and I also want to slow it down. Because after finishing it, I will return to acting in movies, and my agent is talking about several projects." She saw He asked thoughtfully: "How are you doing? How long do you plan to play football?"
"I don't know." Ye Wei didn't want to talk about the failure of the labor certificate appeal and didn't want to talk.
Seeing that he was in a low mood, Amy thought it was for other reasons, "The profession is hard, right?" Ye Wei sighed softly, "Yes, it's very hard." Amy comforted, "Working like crazy is fun in itself, and at the same time, it's fun." Make you long for that little rest after your hard work, and when that time comes, you will be very comfortable.¡±
"Yeah" Ye Wei understood that feeling, but he had other doubts.
"I'm leaving. I have nothing to gain today." Amy saw other customers noticing them. After all, it was not the same as before.??Smiled at him, "See you next time."
Ye Wei nodded silently, turned to look at her leaving figure, and shouted: "Hey, Amy!" Amy stopped and looked back with a gentle face, "What?" What did he want to say just now? , but suddenly forgot, what did you want to say? He shrugged, "Nothing."
After Amy left, Ye Wei stayed in the store for half an hour before leaving. Finally, he walked out of the video store empty-handed and found no sign of the paparazzi.
Not wanting to run into Amy again, he left the Third Pedestrian Street and went to the beach. He found a quiet spot and sat down, looking at the sea and listening to the rustling waves.
He was in a daze for an unknown amount of time until his phone rang. When he saw it, he was filled with surprise. It was Nina calling. When was the last time? Can't remember.
"Ahem" Ye Wei cleared his throat, then answered the call and said with a smile: "Hey, Nina."
"Hey, Weige." Nina's silly laughter came out, "Can we talk on the phone?"
"Okay, I'm sitting on the beach by myself now." He said truthfully, looking around and looking at the blue sky.
"It's just" Nina seemed a little embarrassed and uneasy. Ye Wei couldn't help but ask: "Are you okay?" Nina quickly shouted: "Of course! Nothing happened to me, I didn't. I want to say that it was really a pity to get the Oscar last night. There is also a British labor certificate. I understand. ¡±
He said, "It's nothing, it's just the unknown of life."
"I just feel that I have experience in suffering setbacks on the sports field, so I want to tell youactually you told me." Nina said very lightly, as if she was thinking about it: "Happiness cannot make you great. , only pain is enough. I always remember it, not every sentence clearly, but in short, don¡¯t dwell in pain, endure it, transcend it, and defeat it.¡±
The more she spoke, the softer she said, "I don't know if it's appropriate to say this. You have a girlfriend and I have a boyfriend. Don't get me wrong, but" She suddenly sighed, "Forget it, I won't go around in circles anymore. , so tired." She then said in a hurry: "Cheer up! Don't wear a pair of glasses again. I don't like to see you like that."
"I understand." Ye Wei couldn't help but smile, his heart seemed to be ignited by her flame, "Thank you, Nina, I promise you, I will cheer up within today."
"Thenit's okay." Before Nina finished speaking, she said, "AndPhew! I want to say sorry to you." Ye Wei asked: "Why?"
She muttered: "I have wanted to say it for a long time, but it seems strange. When we were dating, I relied too much on you I just relied on you too much. I always count on you to give me everything at all times. I have energy, but when you were sad, I didn't give you energy Sometimes I even caused you trouble. Now I feel that it was unfair to you at that time, I was too immature I mean, the pain made me. I'm more mature. But you're also unfair to me. Oh, what nonsense am I talking about? Goodbye."
Before Ye Wei could say anything, his cell phone beeped. He looked at the sea and sky and said to himself: "No matter what, it passed and became a life treasure."