Jian Hua's eyes fell on the huge poster at the entrance of the movie theater's ticket hall.
A large group of crows forms the background of the poster, and the picture is desolate. A handsome man in armor looks up at the sky, full of murderous aura, and his eyes are terrifying, which perfectly blends with the fierce font that constitutes the title.
He still wanted to watch it for a while. The studio staff had already walked to the stand, ready to remove it and replace it with a poster for a new movie that will be released tomorrow. Probably because he was in a hurry, the brace swayed and suddenly collapsed, and the man on the poster with a firm look and a straight posture also seemed to collapse suddenly.
Jian Hua was stunned and turned his head slowly.
A young girl behind her begged the staff to send the poster in a low voice.
Jian Hua subconsciously touched his pocket, and then he remembered that he quit smoking half a month ago, and now there are no cigarettes in his clothes but a small can of chewing gum. He gently tapped the lid of the box with his thumb, and the warm light in the studio hall illuminated his fingers. The joints are illuminated more clearly, making it look extra slender and elegant.
Jian Hua is a stuntman. Difficult, risky, or particularly hard work, all belong to a stuntman. No matter how well he plays, the audience will not know his name.
Jian Hua has no ambitions that are inconsistent with his own abilities, but trouble still finds his way. Someone said that he would lose his job, and he would not be able to get along in the circle of stuntmen.
He rested at home for more than half a year until Jian Hua unexpectedly received a call this morning.
He is the agent of the actor Li Fei. The actor intends to sign a contract with him, and asks Jian Hua to act as an exclusive stuntman, with favorable treatment.
Jian Hua did not agree, but his heart was already shaken. He has met Li Fei, and he has also acted as a substitute for the other party. This is the film he watched today. In his conscience, Li Fei is a good person, but—
Jian Hua, who was trapped in his own thoughts, didn't notice that the elevator didn't come up.
A young and handsome man, wearing casual clothes of popular brands, with long and straight legs wrapped under jeans, he casually put a piece of chewing gum in his mouth, and his lips under the warm yellow light tended to be ambiguous orange.
Watching a movie, you can also meet handsome guys after the show. The eyes of the two female students who were waiting for the elevator lit up and bit their ears quietly.
The cinema elevator can accommodate ten people. Jian Hua left the scene after reading all the subtitles at the end of the film. At this time, the people watching the movie at the same scene had almost left. The screen above the ticketing bar scrolling the movie screen prompts showed the current time at 22:44. The movie theater waiting area was empty.
"Ding." The elevator opened slowly.
Jian Hua walked into the elevator with a couple who were still excitedly discussing the plot, followed by the two girls dressed as students. The elevator was filled with the strong aroma of a hot pot restaurant on a certain floor below the studio, Jian Hua frowned slightly, his stomach seemed to come alive in an instant, and he made a serious protest to him.
It is easy to be hungry after quitting smoking, especially the fresh and spicy smell that stimulates the taste buds.
Jian Hua glanced at the hot pot restaurant advertisement posted in the elevator, and his thoughts wandered. When he was chewing gum, the whole elevator shook suddenly.
Unprepared, the female student screamed in fright.
Jian Hua subconsciously pressed against the elevator wall, and at the same time his arms supported the car wall to maintain balance. Before he could further judge the situation, the shaking of the elevator came and disappeared quickly, except for the remnant of screaming, as if nothing had happened. .
The five people in the elevator looked at each other, and then looked at the key panel flashing numbers.
"First floor." A mechanical electronic female voice came from the loudspeaker, and the elevator door opened smoothly.
The young couple breathed a sigh of relief, and the man immediately muttered: "What is the broken elevator, and it is not repaired, fortunately nothing happened."
The two female students also had a look of fear on their faces, because the shaking just now was too violent, and they all fell on the elevator car wall. Fortunately, not many people took the elevator, and the unfamiliar people stood at a distance, otherwise they would lie on others. How embarrassing!
Although Jian Hua was not frightened, no one would be happy in such a situation. Jian Hua squeezed his brows, walked out of the elevator, and looked around the first floor of the shopping mall, ready to find the service desk to respond to the problem of getting off the elevator. Due to the danger of his own work, Jian Hua is more sensitive to such matters, and whether the market attaches importance to it or not is another matter.
Not long after stepping out of the elevator, Jian Hua felt a little strange.
Ten thirty is the closing time of the shopping mall. Some counters have been covered with a heavy layer of flannel, and the lights in some areas are turned off. During the daytime, the bustling places are deserted, but today is a bit strange. As far as the eye can see, there is no one.
There are no patrolling security guards, no cleaning staff, and no counter lady busy with the last order.
The perfume with the bottle cap opened is still on the counter, and some cleaning tools are scattered on the ground. The air conditioner in the shopping mall has been turned off, and the cold wind that came in from there is not known, and the whole lobby is cold.
The young couple took out their mobile phones and fiddled with taxi software.
The two female students rubbed their fingers and went straight to a KFC next to the mall. The fast food restaurant has a sliding door connected on the first floor of the mall. They came to the order counter, looked around, and began to call out to the waiter.
There was no one in the fast food restaurant, through the glass one could see the blank expressions of the girls.
Feeling even more ominous, Jian Hua quickly walked towards the door. The cold wind blowing in the middle of the autumn night, Jian Hua's body was stiff, and he settled on the square outside the shopping mall.
Under the neon lights, the bustling city that was supposed to be full of traffic stopped.
Cars stopped on the road after stalling. It was not a traffic jam. They were scattered on viaducts and auxiliary roads. In the dark night sky, a bleak moon silently illuminates the quiet streets, and the city seems to have suddenly become a photo, with no change or vitality.
Where have everyone gone
Jian Hua felt the muscles in his cheeks twitching, the chewing gum was still in his mouth, and he hadn't chewed it for long, but he could no longer taste it, and the huge sense of absurdity almost engulfed him.
"What are you doing, there's no signal, you can't even connect to the Internet... ah?"
The young couple who followed out the door of the mall were similarly frightened. They opened their eyes in horror, looked at the road in the distance, their bodies trembled involuntarily, hurriedly snuggled together, and stammered, "What's wrong, people?"
"It's a prank, let's make a prank variety show!"
The man reluctantly calmed down and said loudly, "It's so boring, it's midnight!"
The woman hurriedly grabbed him and complained, "Be careful when you speak, maybe it's a live broadcast! It's a good thing to be on TV, why do you care."
I haven't heard of any big show group recently. Several roads near the business district have to be blocked. Even if there is, the guests on the show are also big names. Who are passersby
Jian Hua took a step back, ran into the mall again, rushed back to the elevator door and pressed the indicator light on the top floor. The moment the elevator door closed, he heard his heartbeat, which was very fast, and his breathing became heavy.
"Ding, on the sixth floor, Huanyu Cinema welcomes you." The warm yellow light shines on Jian Hua. It is brighter and warmer than the first floor of the shopping mall, but the biting chill spreads like a tide in Jian Hua's heart. Come.
The poster and the stand were crooked on the ground, the staff who replaced it disappeared, and the fans who wanted to get the poster were gone. There was still a sweet smell of popcorn in the ticket hall of the studio, but the conductor was lying on the counter playing with his mobile phone. as if it never existed.
Jian Hua pinched his pocket for a long time but couldn't find a single cigarette. His anxiety made him frown deeply, and he could vaguely hear the voices of two female students and the couple downstairs screaming in a hurry.
"Anyone? Is there anyone here?"
Jian Hua paused with his foot on the edge of the poster, moved away slowly, and looked down at the young general on the poster.
The title of the film "The Crow" is sharp, and seems to be able to poke the audience's eye. There is also a line of conspicuous words on the poster: Actor Li Fei leads the lead.
Jian Hua didn't pick up the poster. He threw the chewing gum into the trash can. Before stepping into the elevator again, he fixedly looked at the scrolling electronic screen of the Eye Shadow City. The current time was 22:44.
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When the other four people in the elevator wandered around the sixth floor of the mall in vain and shouted, Jian Hua had already left the studio.
He picked up the car in the parking lot, calmly started the car and drove out of the commercial building, galloping in the silent city. The speed of the car gradually increased, bypassing the cars that stalled on the road after another, all of which were empty.
Cold sweat broke out from the palm of the hand, sticking to the steering wheel cover.
Jian Hua's heart sank. He turned the radio in the car. All the channels were buzzing with electricity. The most terrifying thing was the time displayed by the car's system, which had been stopped at 22:44 without any change.
He took out the mobile phone in his pocket and made calls one by one according to the address book, but was unable to make a successful call.
He slammed on the brakes, making a harsh sound, and the tires left an obvious trace on the ground. Jian Hua leaned heavily on the seat, threw the phone in the box on the front glass of the car, and propped his forehead with his right hand, holding back his anxiety.
What a hell!
Jian Hua, who had heard of ghosts hitting the wall, never heard of entering an elevator, and the whole city disappeared, ruffled her hair, restarted the car, and drove home smoothly all the way.
The door of the community was the switch he pressed when he got off the car and went to the reception room. He left the car downstairs. Usually, the next door was watching TV at this time. When he went upstairs, the neighbor's dog would bark a few times, but now there is no movement at all.
Jian Hua didn't change his coat. He fell on the sofa in the living room and fumbled for the remote control to turn on the TV.
There are pictures, but the pictures of each station are still.
The host of the evening news, the characters of the family ethics drama, the freeze-frame commercials, and the switching of channels, as if watching a slideshow. It turns out that it would be so scary for ordinary things to stand still.
Jian Hua resisted the urge to throw the remote control, if this was a nightmare, it would be too real.