Chapter 74 The Birth of a Star(1/2)
The meeting had just begun. Bloch, who seemed to be a kind old monk who chanted scriptures and ate vegetarian food, raised several fatal public relations problems in the blink of an eye.
No, this guy is not a monk... Ye Wei felt more and more that Bloch was like the fat eunuch "Varis" in the novel "Song of Ice and Fire". He thought of it and laughed a few times, lowered his head to get things into the suitcase on the ground, in order to give himself more time to organize speeches.
But it was only ten seconds longer. He took out the transcripts and genius certificates, put them on the table, and smiled and said, "Mr. Bloch, please take a look at these first."
The white secretary lady came over and took the documents to "Varis", and he smiled and began to read them.
With this little time, Ye Wei was almost ready and said to everyone: "Those are my transcripts, which can prove that my academic performance is not a problem, and I have A in every subject! And I have the ability to skip to grade 10, 11, and 12 at any time! My principal also confirmed this."
Both of them frowned. The news they found was very contradictory. Some said he was a spoiled poor student, and some said... genius...
"Well, that's true..." Bloch nodded slightly when he saw it. Harvard-West Lake is a traditional prestigious school with a strict academic style. President Hednath said yes, it was true.
Willis's smile suddenly became deeper, as if he was happy that he had read the wrong person.
Lowett and Revkin were a little curious and wanted to check out the transcript.
"President Hednath said that Ye Wei has the academic level of applying to a university..." After reading this evaluation, Bloch was finally a little surprised.
"Yes, you can call me a genius!" Ye Wei opened his hands and looked around with confidence, "If this is not a genius, I don't know what the meaning of the word genius is! I am 15 years old and 321 days old, and I can apply for college. I made a high-quality short film like "Angel Dance"! Who thinks I am not a genius? Please see what I was doing when I was 15 years old?"
"So what..." Harmon threw cold water hard, "You are still just a teenager."
"How is it? Hahaha!" Ye Wei laughed, genius, yes, Genius! The more he recited this word, the more he thoughts were connected, and he knew what to do!
He smiled at Bloch and said, "What should I do in public relations? It's your job for Mr. Bloch. Even if Mr. Willis joins a movie directed by a baby who has no breastfeeding, you should, and you have the ability to package this matter so that the whole world can praise and look forward to it, right?"
"Haha!" Bloch was rebelled and laughed, but Bruce was right. This kid was sharp-tongued.
Ye Wei continued to say nonstop: "Now I will dare to say two ideas and let you make a reference. The first one is to do what you should do and start my name as a genius! Let the whole United States and the whole world know that there is a person like me and a movie genius like me!"
His voice gradually became louder and looked around everyone, "Is it difficult? Not at all, just use "Dance of Angels" as a charity short film and broadcast it on TV for free. I believe that with its quality, many TV stations will be willing to, even if not, put it on the Internet!
As long as I do this, broadcast it tonight, and arrange a few media interviews for me tomorrow, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post... The day after tomorrow, I will be a genius who is attracting attention from all over the world! Continue to hype me up, and it is very high. When the time is right, I will release the news that Bruce Willis and the genius boy Ye Wei will collaborate on a new film!
What will the media public say at that time? Crazy? Of course! But Mr. Willis is such a person who is brave enough to try new things and gives young people opportunities. He is a brave man, he is a mentor! He is a hero!
Will this hurt his image? Not only won’t, but it will also improve! As long as the movie is not bad in the end, watch "Dance of Angels". I can’t guarantee that my feature film debut can be made into the best Oscar, but it must be not trash! It must be enough to meet the world’s expectations for a genius boy!
What will the media public evaluate then? Miracle! This miracle was born because Mr. Willis gave him the opportunity, he was the concluding master of miracles!!”
At the end, Ye Wei almost roared, pointing his palm at Willis above, with a respectful face!
After hearing this, Willis was obviously a little excited, his eyes changed, and he was very interested in this blueprint!
Harmon and Gail were very anxious. If this happens, Ye Wei will be the biggest winner, and the focus will be nothing. No, of course not...
"Something makes sense." Bloch's giggle made the two of them anxious! No!!
After receiving this sentence, Ye Wei became even more energetic and almost stood up to give a speech, laughing: "So our problem is not about Mr. Willis's image, but about me! It depends on the public's understanding of me! As long as I build my genius image well, everything will be fine!"
He looked at Lowett again and said seriously: "Mr. Lowett, you can even be my agent. If this happens, I will never let you be a 'Mr. 10%'. What about the 20% commission? Although my production fee and director fee will be 0."
"Hahaha!" Willis laughed happily, amused by Ye Wei's humor, and several neutral staff and secretaries also smiled.
"Mr. 10%" is a joke to the broker, because according to US law, the broker can only give a maximum of 10% of the client a commission.
It wasn't a malicious joke, Lowett wasn't angry, looking at the boy, really thinking about this idea, "Be your agent?"
If you can make such a short film under 16 years old, will you become the next Shamalan in 10 years? Signing such a promising young man is profitable no matter how you say it is, but he always cares about the opportunity to win the Oscars. Moreover, Ye Wei is an Asian and has little commercial value, so he is not very moved...
"Yes, be my agent." Ye Wei nodded. This will only benefit him. CAA has a lot of power and resources. It is really a great place to enjoy the cool under a big tree. Besides, the same agent can bring you closer to Willis and let Lowett be a helper.
He looked back at Bloch and smiled, "And Mr. Bloch, you can be my public relations spokesperson, build me!"
"What is your second thought?" Rifkin asked at this time.
Ye Wei shrugged and said, "The second idea is very mediocre and timid. I will be an invisible person until the film achieves anything. I use a pseudonym to produce and direct. During this period, I did not promote me at all. Everything was low-key. The outside world would not even notice that Mr. Willis had joined the new project.
Then there are two clauses: First, during the preliminary preparation stage, Mr. Willis reserves the right to withdraw at any time. If my work is not professional enough, or what happened, he can withdraw immediately. Second, if the quality of the final film does not meet Mr. Willis's requirements, he has the right not to allow the film to be distributed in North America and only sells overseas.
In this case, as long as no one makes a fool of himself, even if he messes up in the end, there will be no negative impact. At most, it is just a bad movie for overseas audiences. But will it? No! I can shoot it well! At that time, I will return to the first method, a genius boy!"
When it comes to making trouble, his eyes looked at the two of them, which made them very depressed.
"That's what I think, Mr. Bloch, what do you say? Which plan do you like?"
"Hahaha..." Bloch smiled so hard that his chin was folded up, and his eyes towards Ye Wei were a little different. He was no longer just kind, but seemed to have a little more appreciation.
Seeing that Willis was looking forward to the answer, he nodded and smiled: "The genius boy's idea is quite interesting."
"Thank you!" Ye Wei couldn't help but be excited, so run wildly in this direction!
"Gentlemen, have you not discovered it? In fact, our interests are very consistent. As long as the brand "Ye Wei" is launched, Mr. Bloch and Mr. Lowett, you all have an important customer; Mr. Willis, Mr. Revkin, you also know that all news is good news for publicity! Think about it, is it a middle-aged director who directs the topic, or is it a topic for me?
Middle-aged director? Who cares? Which one is not a middle-aged director? A teenage director!? Partner with superstars!? Never seen it! It’s so easy to promote it!
As long as the attention is increased, the box office will not be bad! I can become a natural Super Bowl ad, don’t you want it?
So, there are only people here who have conflicts of interest with us..."
He turned to the two mean villains and shouted: "Yes, focus movies! Actually, why are they here? What does it have to do with them? Participation? Distribution ability? The distribution company of art films is not just focus, Miramax, Fox searchlights, Warner Bros.! Which one is worse than the Global?
As long as my reputation becomes famous and as long as this film starts, we will participate in a few more film festivals and it will become a hot item! Everyone will rush to release it!"
The high voices resounded throughout the conference room. Although they had a youthful and childish spirit, they were so powerful.
Looking at the malicious eyes of everyone, Harmon and Gale's faces became even more ugly. Suddenly, it seemed like a heavy rain and everything changed. They went from VIP VIP to a damn stumbling block, hindering everyone here to develop...
Indeed, everyone in the Willis team is thinking deeply about Ye Wei's words. This is a direction they had never thought about before: "The Little Beauty of Sunshine" not only sells Willis, but also a genius boy!
This direction makes them feel enlightened.
"Haha!" Ye Wei smiled, laughing happily. Only then did he realize that his age could be a priceless treasure and he could make a lot of money!
He showed his hands, showed himself, and continued to smile: "From ancient times to the present, human beings like young heroes, and everyone has never gotten tired of this story: 'A young man succeeds through his unremitting efforts, and his dream comes true!' American Dream! What you see in me is such an attractive American Dream!"
He looked up at the sky, as if he saw the future, "The whole of America will be crazy for me, adults, teenagers, children... they will love me and pursue me, and I will become another American idol!"
The conference room was silent, and these words seemed very arrogant, but everyone knew that if it went well, it would be possible...
The "American Dream" always makes this country crazy, and Ye Wei's story is indeed an American dream.
No one expected that the meeting had just begun, and Ye Wei grabbed the first question and shocked the audience. Suddenly, many doubts disappeared, and even more people saw huge benefits and bright prospects...
"Hahaha!" Willis suddenly clapped his arms and smiled, "Great, great! Boy, said it very well, I like your confidence!"
"Thank you, this is my public image!" Ye Wei also laughed and twisted his shoulders and body slightly, "I am a damn genius bad boy. People love him and people hate him, but you can't help but pay attention to him!"
"Haha!" Bloch also smiled, and the interest on his old face became stronger and stronger. "This image is really good, a combination of James Dean and Orson Wells? Haha!"
"I don't care, but people will only say that I am Ye Wei in the future." Ye Wei smiled.
"I think this is unlikely." The two of them could no longer remain silent. After a moment of whispering, Gail fought back seemingly rationally: "First declare that my words are based on reality and not racial discrimination. However, you are an Asian boy, and the public will not have much interest in you."
Seeing everyone frowning, he continued to pour cold water with satisfaction: "Asian idols? Chinese idols? We think about who are there, Bruce Lee? Jetch Chen? Yao Ming? Their public image and successful way of success have nothing to do with James Dean and Ruifan Phoenix!
What are Dean and Phoenix? Popular lovers, handsome, trendy!
Asian boys can be handsome, but they cannot represent the mainstream image of this country. We are talking about the United States! It’s not China, not Hong Kong, not Taiwan… This is the culture here, what can we do?”
Gail's tone was also a little excited, looking at Ye Wei, and sighed, "Weige, do you know what you would be even if everyone tries to push you to the public? You will still be the Long-Duk-Dong in "The Sixteen Candles"!"
Ye Wei was already angry at the focus point, and now he exploded suddenly. If he had a gun in his hand, he would even shoot this little sperm to death!
This is already racial discrimination, and there is no difference between calling him "you are a low-level person."
"Long Dedong" is a famous screen image of an ugly Chinese, evil, vulgar, cowardly, and sissy. She can only fall in love with a fat and ugly girl who is much larger than him.
The cheapest thing is that the actor who plays Long Dedong is a Japanese actor. The funny and ugly things used in the film are also Japanese. Japanese accents and Japanese music have nothing to do with China except for an idiot name. Those Hollywood trash films that hide racial discrimination are often like this. If you can't find Chinese actors who are willing to play such ugly roles, you will find Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Filipino bitches to help smear.
"Gentlemen, this is racism, this is racism! Do you choose to turn a blind eye?"
Ye Wei took a few deep breaths, suppressing his anger. He is familiar with racial discrimination. Fortunately, he lived in high-end communities since he was a child and attended expensive private schools, so there were relatively fewer people. But think about those Asian children in public schools! How much discrimination and bullying are they subject to?
Because of this, he wants to become a cultural idol. The world needs such a person to face the audio and video!
"You need to apologize to Wei! Now!" At this time, Willis said angrily to Gale, and the meaning was obvious: If you don't apologize, leave the conference room immediately.
"Sorry, I really just told a fact." Gael's apology was in no sincerity.
"Fact? The fact is that it is now the 21st century, and there are fewer and fewer idiots with racial discrimination! Can Asian boys detonate the whole of the United States?"
Ye Wei sneered a few times, looked at everyone, and said, "Don't you think that success under this prejudice will make me more American dream? During publicity, we can catch this point and let me talk to my media friends about how I encountered a disgusting attack from a racial idiot today, on the morning of January 3, 2004!
But how did I turn these insults that I shouldn’t have been subjected into energy, and work hard to make achievements to prove to those who have looked down on me, they are a bunch of fools!”
"Boy, calm down." Willis called out first, and then said in a deep voice to the focus point: "I don't want to hear what happened just now."
"Sorry..." Gale shrugged, Harmon kept his mouth shut.
Although they were a little angry with Willis, their purpose was achieved. These words aroused the doubts of Bloch and Lowett. It was naturally too much to say that Ye Wei was Long Dedong, but if you think about it carefully, even if you are a big brand like them, you are not sure to create an Asian Dean.
It is very likely that no one bought it after it was launched, let alone adults, and even teenagers didn’t take a few more glances.
"I heard that the sport you play is football." Gale suddenly said again, "Is it still the school's football captain?"
Football? Female! Captain? Femalehead!
"Yes, what do you want to say? Football is played by women? I only knew that Victoria Beckham is lace-sided, is it true?" Ye Wei smiled and looked at Bloch. Both Beckhams and his wife were his customers.
Bloch said: "The football captain can still be very handsome, it would be even better if you play basketball too."
"I can play basketball, rugby, baseball, I can do it." Ye Wei looked at Gale and smiled and said, "There is also table tennis, right? Chinese people can only play table tennis! Why don't I be a Forrest Gump? I have an alumnus named Babu, and we can also form a combination."
To be continued...