‘NIU LAI’ has reportedly dethroned ‘Obsession’ as the most profitable film of ALL TIME.
The Chinese animated film has grossed over $4 MILLION on a budget of just $200.
@NotPotBol the censorship makes creators have to find more intricate/creative/meaningful ways to express romantic attraction, and often times this is woven well into a larger story than made the center of attention
The only boy who was ever nice to me in highschool used to swear up and down to his friends that he did not like me but sometimes he would drive me home from school in his big red pickup truck. He let me play my own music out of his speakers but always took the liberty to mock my song choice. He laughed when my sister’s friends, our friends, teased me for my weird clothes and bad haircut but he did not join in. It was hard to tell how he was really feeling but every once in a while, after the last laugh rang out and the joint was passed around, a moment of gravity would spread across his face and make him look very serious.
It was this same weighted look he gave me as we sat in the library on a spring afternoon when he told me he wanted to ask me for a favor. His face was lined with creases I had never noticed before. He told me that he wanted me to print driving directions to Chicago using my library-rented laptop because he was going to run away from home during our lunch period, which started in twenty minutes.
His plan was to stay in the big red pickup truck, packed with supplies and food the night before, and spend all of the money he saved by working at his part-time job. He ended by stating definitively that he was not going to come back for a while and his voice got quiet. He must’ve seen the look on my face because he started to blush. When I pressed for more information I wanted to do it without undermining the severity of what was just said so I constructed a delicate, casual tone.
“What happened?”
He didn’t buy it. Impatiently, he drummed an empty coke bottle against his shaking leg.
“Are you going to do it or not?”
Maybe then I remembered the time he gave me his sweatshirt when people in school were making fun of my outfit and never asked for it back; or thought about all the days he waited for me at school in his big red pickup truck without my having to ask, but I got very serious too. Hesitating for only a moment to check on my sister who was using her Chemistry book as a pillow, I wordlessly walked to the computer, logged into my account, and printed the file.
Often I have made the wrong decision in the name of love. The rest of that story is a simple one: after he left the police showed up and asked me to tell them and his mother where he was. I confessed immediately. I heard they found him the next day but I never saw him again. I probably would’ve married him too, if he had asked, but he died that same summer after he tried heroin for the first time. I thought I could help him because we shared something unique when no one else was watching: a look, a smile, a favor. At sixteen I thought this was a good enough indicator that I could change the trajectory of his life. Maybe I could have if I had asked the right questions.
🚨 Barça are so IMPRESSED with Julian Alvarez’s determination to join the club
Inside the club, some are comparing him to NELSON MANDELA for the way he is handling adversity 😳
@gerardromero
🚨🗣️ Rayan Cherki revealed that David Silva called him after the Crystal Palace match:
🗣️ Reporter: "nice performance, what is thought on the game?"
🗣️ Rayan Cherki: "Yeah it was a nice performance with the guys, everyone contributed well to the goals we scored"
🗣️ Cherki: "When I got to the dressing room, I checked my phone and I saw a message from David Silva he said "Congratulations champ, you're doing well"