Chapter 451 Tell the President: Get Out
How can I persuade Ye Wei to accept the White House presidential invitation? Brian doesn't know.
The White House invitation is not too late or too early. A new pop culture symbol like Viy has his achievements and influence at the age of 18. No matter what ethnic group it is, it cannot be ignored by the White House. He is also an outstanding example of Asians and has epoch-making significance.
This meeting is a win-win situation. Viy's huge popularity can bring some public support to President George Bush, and his own value has also been recognized and enhanced.
If it were someone else, other teenage celebrities would agree happily, but it was not Ye Wei!
This bad boy has refused to attend the White House Annual Press Association dinner on the 29th of last month, but he regretted that this matter is "too stupid, I missed a good show", which naturally refers to Stephen Colbert's speech at the banquet. It should have been a talk show performance. As a result, Stephen mocked the president and others for 24 minutes in front of the president, many politicians, celebrities from all walks of life and global journalists.
This incident has become a hot topic recently. Although mainstream media wanted to mention it, this speech was put on a temptation tube, and it received 2.7 million clicks in two days.
Stephen Colbert is really popular. The Comedy Center's new talk show "The Colbert Report" opened for him in October last year is now exploding in ratings.
Ye Wei's refusal to attend also attracted the media's mention, and many voices criticizing him for his frivolousness.
The White House continued to invite, and this time it was the president's special meeting. In response, Viy heard the first sentence: "Tell the president, fuck-tempt."
"Wige, are you going to consider it? Discuss with your family?" Brian tried his best to persuade, "No matter who the president is, this is 'the president meets an 18-year-old genius'. It is also an honor, and you will be more recognized by mainstream society."
"Maybe you think it's an honor, I think it's a shame, so I'm not interested." Ye Wei said with a smile.
"Then, be careful." Brian knew that he could not persuade him, so he might as well remind him: "Don't be too disrespectful to the president."
"I try my best."
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Recently, there have been many incidents about President Bush being humiliated. After Colbert's amazing speech, Ye Wei first rejected the White House Press Association and then directly refused the White House invitation.
The White House revealed the news, and White House spokesman Tony Snow said regretfully to the media: "The president likes Ye Wei's movies very much and always wants to meet and commend this outstanding young man who promotes the American dream. We have done our best, but unfortunately we failed to get his invitation. I believe he is really busy."
Snow also said that the White House will still invite Ye Wei in the future, hoping that the president's wish can be realized as soon as possible.
The White House had already kicked Ye Wei the ball and told the media loudly: It’s not that we don’t look at him as a genius, but that he doesn’t see us.
There are not many people who refuse to meet the president, but there are also many. For example, the entire NBA championship team will be received by the president every year. Michael Jordan and Larry Bird both refused to meet the president at that time. Jordan said to the media on the grounds that he was "too busy". Bird said to the media: "If the president wants to see me, he knows where to find me."
Now there is Ye Wei, a 18-year-old genius bad boy.
There was an uproar in the media, and right-leaning media accused Ye Wei of disrespect for the president, and even said that he was unpatriotic and had no sense of honor.
Left-leaning media are helping Ye Wei, wanting to line up with people and people who applaud him, but he needs to express his attitude. Why refuse? Don't be unpatriotic.
This time people's expectations were quickly responded to Viy's blog: "President George Bush wants to see me, I don't want to see him. Because I don't believe that a dog will not bark him unless it is also called spot, yes there was one, but it died."
The meaning of this statement is obvious. Spot is the child of Bush's first White House dog, "Millie". He entered the White House with Bush Jr. in 2001 and died in 2004.
Dogs bark bad people, bark intruders, and bark to disturb peace. Spot is both a spot and a stain.
The media translated this sentence: "Bush George is a war criminal. The war he and he launched is a stain on the United States. He caused countless people to lose their homes and killed many people. It is not that I am unpatriotic, I do not support war, and I hate Bush's stupid hat."
The media on both sides were blown up. In the past, Ye Wei had not shown any other political stance except for showing that he was a pro-China faction and had never shown any other political stance. The outside world did not know whether he was a Republican or a supporter of the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party is so happy now that Viy is definitely not a Republican!
Most people in the entertainment industry support the Democratic Party, and it seems that Ye Wei is so.
Non-partisanism is not a problem, and it is actually nothing to be unpatriotic. The only thing that can make oneself doomed in the United States is open racism. Scolding the United States will not be ruined. Oliver Stone's movies are all scolding the United States, and most of the fallen generations scold the United States.
Ye Wei didn't scold the United States, he just scolded the Bush administration. Colbert cursed in person for 24 minutes.
However, because he is Asian and is sensitive to everything, minorities often try hard to squeeze into the mainstream. Now that the mainstream is chasing him, he is increasingly showing disdain for the mainstream, and increasingly exuding the atmosphere of a prodigal son.
The New York Times gave Ye Wei another nickname: "Little Li Bai".
Few ordinary Americans know about Li Bai, but the four kings of Beat literature, Alan Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Colsor and William Boros, the first three have been influenced by Li Bai's poems and life stories, and regard Li Bai as one of their idols.
Of course, there is another Beat Shrine who believes in Buddhism and Zen. Gary Snyder claimed that he was 80% influenced by Chinese culture and literature in the 1950s and 1960s. His translation of Hanshan poems and his poems had a profound impact on the Beat Shrine. Later, Kerouac's "Dharmayron", the Beat Shrine complex and the Oriental culture of the Beat Shrine, John Lennon's creation, life philosophy, his love with Yoko Ono and Pang Fengyi, and even the third marriage of Phil Collins.
This also laid the foundation for the spread and status of Buddhism in the Western world. Buddhism is the most equal and peaceful religion in the world, and it was the spirit that American society most urgently needed at that time.
However, most Beats, hippies, rock stars' admiration for Eastern culture, China and Buddhism is just a illusion that they do not understand.
"Forrest Gump" whispered this without mercy. In the classic passage of Forrest Gump and John Lennon's talk show (special effects synthesis), the host asked Forrest Gump: "What is China?" Forrest Gump answered truthfully: "In mainland China, people have almost nothing."
Lennon heard the question: "There is no property?" Forrest Gump said incomprehensible again: "In China, they don't go to church." Lennon asked again: "There is no religion?" The host said: "It's hard to imagine." Lennon said thoughtfully: "As long as you are willing to try to imagine, Dick, Zhiba." So there is the "imagine" that has been sung to this day.
What does "Little Li Bai" mean? Only those who don't care, they know that this bad boy is really unique and cool.
Whether the media public appreciates Ye Wei’s anti-war attitude depends on their own attitude. There are cheers and continued criticisms, and there are another controversy.
Viy's refusal to receive the president and the Colbert incident caused a sensation. Ye Wei did not respond again after that. He seemed to be really busy.
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On Sunday morning, May 7, at the invitation of Spielberg, Ye Wei went to the Riviera Country Club to play. Before the arrival of Peter Jackson and Alice Sibbard, Ye Wei and Spielberg came and talked while walking in the beautiful country grassland.
Spielberg wore small round-frame glasses with a gentle smile and mentioned Ye Wei's sentence first: You can make a political statement, but you can't get too deep into it.
"I have always lacked interest in politics." Ye Wei said, "This time they took me to the White House, and I only gave them a punch."
The two of them didn't say much about this.
Hollywood has a lot of political correctness. Don’t be racist, especially anti-Semitic, anti-homosexual, etc., so there is no anti-government. Ye Wei has no tendencies, and he is deeply troubled by racial discrimination.
"Don't let love affairs affect your movies, don't be too long." Spielberg knew that Ye Weigang and Amy Rosen had broken up, and also heard about his changes in recent months.
Olds is experienced. When he was young, he couldn't finish his story with Amy Irving in a few days.
When the two met in 1976, Old S was 30 years old and just became a Hollywood celebrity because of "The Great White Jaws". Amy Irving just made her debut on the screen in "The Witch Carrie".
The two fell in love at first sight and started dating. They lived together soon after. They were happy and happy, but Amy Irving was a career-oriented woman. She said, "I don't want to be called Stephen's girlfriend," so she wanted to work hard to become a successful actress, but not star in Laos's movies.
Lao S himself was fascinated by movies and yearned for his family, and "irreconcilable differences" arose. Three years later, in 1979, Lao S was dumped and broke up.
Although the two are still close friends, Lao S, who was hurt by love, was crazy for a long time, repeatedly lost his composure, hang out with models in love, and his career was in a low position. In 1979, "1941" only received a North American box office of 35 million yuan. You should know that the previous work cost 20 million yuan, "The Third Type of Contact" (1977) was 116 million yuan.
People say that Old S was finished, the genius fell, and then "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in 1981, "Alien et" in 1982.
Lao S had no new girlfriend until 1984, when Amy Owen won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in "Yantel". She felt that she was fine, and finally it was not just Lao S's girlfriend. Five years after the breakup, the Oscars were over, and the 38-year-old Lao S and 31-year-old Amy Owen got back together. Her son was born in June of the following year and got married in November.
How do you describe their passion at that time? Their prenuptial agreement was written on a napkin, but of course it was invalid. It was the third most expensive divorce fee in history.
Originally, she was happy, but in 1989, four years after marriage, she ended up divorce. Amy Irving still couldn't stand being called "Stephen's wife" and could not be his good wife and mother. She wanted a career and her son would raise her together.
Old S was crazy again, this time getting better because shortly after the divorce, he and his current wife Kate Capshaw began dating. The heroine of "Raiders of Lost Ark 2" is the confidante of Lao S, who is also 7 years younger than him. He brings a daughter Jessica Capshaw, who was born with his ex-husband, and his adopted son Theo. A family-style woman is in line with Old S's dream of a big family.
The two have been married in October 1991, and have given birth to three, adopted one, and raised seven children.
Amy Irving, after the divorce, quickly dated Brazilian director Bruno Barletto, who was two years younger than him. The two got married in 1996, divorced in 2005 last year, and had a son. Now that she is single, Amy Irving has been active in her career and is already an old actor.
How do you say their initial state after the divorce?
Amy Irving gave birth to his son Gabriel for Barletto on May 4, 1990, and Kate Capshaw gave birth to his daughter Sasha for Olds on May 14, 1990.
This is Laos' love story, or anyone's love story.
"Stephen, it's fake to say there is no effect at all, you know." Ye Wei looked at Spielberg smiling and couldn't help but smile: "I'm a little worried about "Soul Surfer". It's not that I don't do my best, but sometimes I'm like a fly that just can't find the direction..."
"You have to have a feeling when you make a movie, and that kind of thing will affect your feelings," Spielberg said.
"Yes." Ye Wei shrugged: "But I'm fine now. Now I'm calm, let it go, and enjoy happiness. You don't have to worry about my work."
Emotional affairs are personal affairs, and only you can understand and solve them. How to hand over the work to work.
Spielberg didn't say much. How could he blame an 18-year-old boy for not doing anything he could in his 30s? "Soul Surfer" is not a DreamWorks/Amperlin project. However, as the investor and producer of TLB, he certainly cannot tolerate Ye Wei's carelessness.
"Boy, you just need to think about TLB this way: I can do my best but I can't do my best." Laos said, "This is my only requirement for you."
"I can." Ye Wei nodded.
"There is another requirement, stay away from Sasha." Old S was not a joke. Sasha has always admired and liked Ye Wei and regarded him as a hero. Next Sunday, she was invited to attend her birthday party with her 16th birthday.
Ye Wei was stunned, "Can I not attend her birthday party? Please! I promised her."
"You are a bad boy, let her dove." Spielberg's old smile was a bit intriguing, "I can't give you such a chance."
"Hahaha!" Ye Wei laughed, "Okay, I won't go, for the sake of a father, don't worry, Sasha won't be sad, after all, she enjoys the same treatment as the president."
Chapter completed!