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韩雪称自己“积极的悲观主义者”，不管以艺人身份参加真人秀，亦或以制作人身份制作电影，她始终对立看待，准备迎接“worst”，前路只有“better”。

Being a positive pessimistCecilia(韩雪)Good afternoon, everyone.大家下午好First let me share a piece of mucic with you.首先请允许我为大家放一段音乐I know it’s terrible, because I played it.我知道弹得很不好，因为那是我弹的And I am sorry it’s not the worst one.很抱歉这还不是本场最差I still go t something to show you.我还要给大家看另外一个东西Don ’t laugh, it’s an entire story.不要笑，这些画描述了一个完整的故事if you really want to understand what is it talking about, you can check my Weibo later. 如果你们真的想知道里面讲的内容，你们待会儿可以去看一下我的微博 This picture I painted last year.这一幅画是我去年画的I have another one to show you this is much better.我还有另外一幅作品比这个要好很多But this picture I painted 20 year ago.但这一幅是我20年前画的I know you might have a question “ How it’s getting worse? “你们一定想问 怎么越画越差了？And I also understand that most of your conclusion must be: out of imagination. 我猜你们的结论一定是 我越来越缺乏想象力了But how it happened?那这是为什么呢？I think it’s because I became an adult.我想这是因为我长大了Since we became adults, we started being afraid of making mistakes长大了以后，我们开始变得害怕犯错了We choose to be the best or nothing.我们要么不做，要做就做好的So we do not dare to try any mistakes.所以总是尝试着不去犯错误It seems that we trapped ourselves in the overprotective world.我们似乎将自己困在了一个保护过度的世界里And since then we started to lose a lot of abilities like imagination and creativity. 于是乎我们渐渐失去了想象力与创造力What is the strategy? For me I have a special one, (it) is being a positive pessimist.怎么办呢 对于我来说答案就是要做一个积极的悲观主义者Let me explain the concept first.让我来解释一下To be a pessimist means you get low expectation to yourself and you prepared to lose.做一个悲观主义者意味着你放低对自己的要求，接受可能会失败的事实And what about being positive? 那么积极又意味着什么It is easy to understand it means you make best effort on everything and you have a strong willing of winning the game.其实很简单 就是你拼尽全力要去赢得游戏But if you combine these concepts together it seems like a paradox.把这两个观念放在一起似乎有一些矛盾Yes I think so but I also think it is the way the world is born to be,我也同意 但是我的认为这就是世界本来的样子And it really works in the reality.就是这样We can always find something around us, they have totally opposite two sides.我们总能在生活中找到完全对立的事物But they combine together and work well together.但是它们很好地共存在一起So how to be a positive pessimist.那么如何做一个积极地悲观主义者呢Let me share some experiences with you.我来分享一些我的经历吧I know I’m not old enough to tell stories. But these stories really meant to me.或许我还没有老到可以大谈自己的经历，但是这些故事对于我个人而言非常宝贵 The first one back to 2012.第一个故事发生在2012年It ’s the first time I became a TV series producer.我第一次成为了一名电视制片人But as you know, I am an actress and singer.但是正如你们所知道的我是一个演员和歌手But work as a producer was totally unfamiliar for me.制片人的角色我还很不熟悉So you remember first I have to be pessimist.所以请记住 我首先得是一个悲观主义者I had to imagine what will be the worst consequence.我要去设想最坏的结果I think the worst result must be no one would buy it.最坏或许就是没有人愿意花钱去买它了吧And I will lose both time and money.而我所有的花费和时间都付诸东流And the whole investment equal to the revenue I earned by acting for the past few years. 这项投资金额大概相当于我这几年演艺生涯赚到的钱的总和And what about the whole market?电视市场是怎样的呢In China only 20% of TV series can finally (be) sold and broadcast on TV.在国内只有20%的电视剧能成功卖出去并在电视台播出What about the rest 80%?剩下的80%呢？In the past, they just change into a pipe of tapes.过去制作团队只剩下了一堆录像带Now even worse, we just (have) only data left现在情况更糟 我们只能剩下（硬盘里的）一堆数据So I asked myself several times “Can you really accept the worst consequence?”所以我不断问自己 你到底能不能接受这个最坏的结果I think yes, at least I could try So I started shooting.我的答案是肯定的，至少我能试一下所以我们开始了拍摄Remember, next step, I have to be positive.接下来，还记得吗 我要做的就是要保持积极心态Because I am a huge digital fan so I decided to use some high techniques in my TV series. 因为我是一个数字产品迷所以我还决定要在自己的电视中采用高科技I focus on 4K resolution.我专注在实现4K 分辨率What 4K is? Let me explain.我来解释一下这是一个什么概念Usually you see a film on the screen in a movie theatre the size is 2K.通常我们在电影院屏幕上看到的电影分辨率是2KBut 4K means is 4 times larger than 2K.而4K 是2K 的四倍分辨And it also means 50mb per frame.当然这也就意味着文件每帧都有50MB 大小You might still be a little bit confused.如果你还有点迷糊的话It ’s OK. Don’t worry, you just have to remember it was a huge obstacle in front of all the TV series group in China.没关系，你只需要记住这是在中国电视界的一个巨大的挑战Because before us, only a few groups tried to 4K resolution.在我们之前只有很少一部分尝试过4K 分辨率They input 4K but no one really tried output 4K productions.他们做到了4K 输入但并不是输出Because it was really hard.因为它实在是太难了Director Zhang Yimou was trying in his film Coming Home for the first time.张艺谋导演在他的电影《归来》中第一次使用了4KAnd when we finished the shooting work when we entered.当我们结束了拍摄的工作并开始制作后期The post production work the real nightmare came.噩梦才真的降临在我们头上I still remember we want to output a 5 minute trail for Beijing TV Festival.我仍然记得我们打算为北京电视节做一段5分钟的试片But after a whole day’s working, Until the computer crashed we just got 50 seconds trail. 但是辛苦工作了一整天后 我们只输出了50秒钟 而且这个时候电脑瘫痪了I was crazy. What can I do? This is a 30 episodes TV series.我快要急疯了 我能够做点什么吗？一部三十集的电视剧I just got 50 second so I asked our counselor because at that time our technical support was RED, which is the biggest digital camera company in America.我只输出了50秒钟的视频 于是我去问我们的顾问，我们的技术顾问来自美国最大的数字影音公司RED.Their feedback was they use HP base station in America.他们告诉我们在美国他们使用的是HP 基础站It was too expensive we can not even afford that.它实在是太贵了我们根本买不起So we decided to assemble out black Apple and we tried the outcome mode from dozens of combinations.所以我们决定自己组装自己的设备，我们尝试了数十钟组合的输出模式After six months work we succeed, My TV series “The Ladies” became the first TV series in China which output real 4K resolution production.经过了六个月之后我们成功了，我的《淑女之家》成为了首部真正4K 输出的电视剧 And I succeeded in selling it and with a very good performance on TV.而且我成功地把它卖给了电视台并获得了不错的收视率So after this experience I learnt don’t be afraid to take huge challenges.这次的经历让我学会了不要去害怕接受巨大的挑战You can prepared to lose but conquer it with grit.你可以做好失败的心理准备但是靠毅力去征服它The next story happened last year.下一个故事就发生在去年I took an invitation from Bear Grylls, is there anyone know that?我接受了贝尔的邀请 有人知道他吗You might thought I was crazy.你们可能会想我简直疯了Yes, this man who stands on the top of the food chain, he almost eat everything.是的 就是这个号称站在食物链顶端的男人 他几乎什么都吃Me too, You might thought I was crazy, yeah before that你们或许觉得我疯了，是的在那儿之前I did no physical activities I have very bad body condition.我几乎没做过体育锻炼 我的体能也不太好I was afraid of a lot of things, I was afraid of height and insects.我害怕很多事情 我恐高 而且害怕昆虫I didn’t even dare to take a roller coaster.我甚至连过山车都不敢做But I almost took this invitation immediately.但是我几乎马上就接受了他的邀请Because I truly understand if I lose this chance I would never earn it back in the rest of my life. 因为我知道如果我放弃这次机会 我这一辈子都不会再得到它了So I decided to take the adventure.所以我决定去冒一次险During the 20 days adventure I caught rats, I caught mice, I ate insects…在20天里面 我抓过兔子 抓过老鼠 吃过昆虫But I didn’t drink the urine.但是（还好）我没有喝过尿液I almost cried every day in the first half journey.在前半段的旅程中我几乎每天都在哭泣And the most impressive moment was the day before the last day.印象最深刻的是倒数第二天I still remember the day our mission was to across to a canyon just through a rope hanging between two cliffs.我记得那一天我们要通过悬挂在悬崖两边的绳子穿越一个峡谷You can see from the picture but you can’t see the width it ’s very long就是这张照片 但是你们看不到宽度，很宽的And the standard posture is leaning your whole body onto the rope.标准的姿势是将整个身体都悬挂在绳索上面And use one of legs backside to hookup the rope with the ankle.用一只脚的脚裸缠绕住绳子And pull yourself from one side to the other.然后用力将自己从一边拉到另一边去When it was my turn, Bear said “Cecilia, are you really sure you want to try that轮到我的时候，贝尔对我说 你确定你要尝试吗If you want to quit you can quit now because I know you can’t make balance如果你想要退出这一项也是可以的因为我知道你无法保持身体的平衡You can’t use your left arm.你不能使用你的左胳膊Because I was not lucky before that mission about two days ago I hurt my left arm, my nerves system got injured在那项任务的两天前我不幸地将自己的左手弄伤了And my little finger kept shaking for a whole day I can’t even control that我的手指会不受控制地颤抖I barely can not use my left arm.我几乎无法使用我的左手So as a pessimist I have to imagine the worst consequence.作为一名悲观者，我不得不设想最坏的情况Because it was a reality show.这可是一个真人秀节目You know reality show is very dangerous if you can’t perform 100% well.真人秀可能会是非常危险的 如果做不到百分之百的完美Sometimes it means you will face savage criticism online later.你可能会在网上受到网友的批评And I might fall down again, or I hurt my left (right) arm as well.我可能会再次 跌倒然后伤到我右手So I have been thinking about should I really have to try that我问自己真的要尝试吗I think at least I won’t die我想至少我死不了So what? I decided to take that mission.那就不管那么多了 接受挑战But (when) I really lean my body onto that rope it was far more scary than I thought. 当时当我真的将我的身体挂在那根绳子上的时候 比我想象中的要难多了 You can see from the picture (because) my posture (as)你们可以从照片中看到我的姿势My team member said my posture was so ugly.我的团队成员跟我说 ” 你的姿势真是太丑了“Because she said I was just like a dead caterpillar hanging there.她说你看上去像一只死掉的毛毛虫I just kept my half body on one side, and left the rest part on the other side.我身体的一半在这一边，另外一半在另一边And it’s not the worst one.这还不算最糟糕的The worst was because my arm couldn’t hold my upper body and my head.最糟糕的是我的手臂支撑不起我的上半身和脑袋So I could not face up I could not see the end.我抬不起头去看终点在哪里So what should I do?我该怎么办I know that I have to think positive. I also know that我知道我必须怀有积极的心态 我还知道Sometimes being positive doesn’t mean you just speak out some propagandas 积极并不是说简简单单地说出一些话You have to do something for real你必须积极地作出点什么But at that moment the only thing I could see was a rock just 3 meters ahead nothing else. 那个时候我只能看到前面3米处的一块石头So I decided to set small targets, so I focus on that rock.我决定设定一个小小的目标 专注在那块石头上There is something magical happens when I really concentrated to that rock.当我心里面只想着那块石头的时候 神奇的事情发生了I forgot about the height. I forgot about keeping balance.我忘记了悬崖的高度 也忘记了要去保持平衡And even forgot about the end.我甚至忘记了终点I just remember to focus on that and pull myself.我只记得自己要专注 然后不断拉自己Then I started seeking more targets in front of me.然后我开始朝前寻找一个又一个的目标And any tiny objects became glittering images in front of me.然后任何小的物体都成为了我前面闪闪发光的图像After tried several times, I realized that I was so close to the end.多次以后 我意识到我离终点已经很近了And finally, I succeeded.最后我终于成功抵达So after that experience I learnt there is no shame to a loser.从那以后我知道了失败并不可怕You just need to set small targets, and devote yourself.你只需要设立小小的目标然后全身心投入So these stories which happened to me shaped me as a positive pessimist.这些发生在我身上的故事塑造了我 成为一个积极的悲观主义者And until today I know that I’m still a bad piano player, a bad painter, and not a very successful producer直到今天 我知道自己钢琴弹得很差 画也画不好 也不是一个太棒的制作人But I love to be a positive pessimist.但是我喜欢成为一个积极的悲观主义者I know nothing can stop me being better.任何事情都不能阻挡我成为更好的人Thank you谢谢大家

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