"Hello, am I hungry for takeout..." The courier went upstairs with the bag, his footsteps a little excited, thinking that the door will open later, can he ask the other party for an autograph.
Suddenly, the footsteps stopped, and he turned around.
A ball fell to the ground, bounced twice, and rolled into the corner.
Who lost the ball? The courier looked up and saw no one.
He turned his eyes back to the ball again, frowned, and continued to turn upstairs, muttering, "Unfortunately, the power will be cut off as soon as I come..."
The apartment building with the power outage was pitch black, with only a moonlight shining in from the window next to the corridor.
Just stepped up a step, and suddenly heard a sound: "Dong."
—The sound of the ball being hit on the ground.
Boom, boom, boom, one, two, three, who's hitting the ball behind him
The courier quickly looked back, no one! Only one ball, the moment he turned his head, fell from the air to the ground, bounced twice, and rolled into the forward corner.
Sweat came out all of a sudden, he instinctively took two steps back, his heel tripped on the stairs, he sat down on the stairs, cursed and hurriedly got up, not having the guts to run downstairs where the ball was placed, he could only be dead. climb upstairs.
He rushed to the door of Ning Ning's house at once.
"Open the door, open the door!" He punched and kicked the door in front of him, and he didn't care whether the other party would turn his back and give him a bad review.
The door didn't open, but there was an extra eye behind the cat's eye, and he said, "Delivering food?"
"Yes, me, back..." The courier was panting and incoherent.
"There is nothing behind you." Ning Ning said.
As soon as the voice fell, the lights outside flickered, and then the corridor was snow-white—there was a call.
"It's true." Ning Ning said warmly, "If you don't believe me, look back."
People are sometimes like moths, fearing the dark and rejoicing in the light. This sudden light seemed to inject some strength into the courier's soft hands and feet, supporting him to slowly look back.
Huh—a long exhalation sound.
There was no one behind and no ball.
In addition to the lingering fears, the mood to ask for an autograph is gone. "Just put the stuff here." The courier bent down and put the bag on the ground, then turned and walked into the elevator.
Ding-
The door opened, the courier walked in, turned around and faced the door, suddenly stared at him, and quickly pressed the close button.
Boom, boom, boom—that's the sound of hitting the ball.
There was no one in the aisle, but the volleyball sounded from far to near. Boom, boom, boom, a brown leather ball bounced and fell, up the stairs one step at a time.
"Quick, quick, close the door!!" The courier frantically poked the door-closing key, and the elevator door slowly closed in front of him, blocking the ball from the door.
Boom, boom, boom—the ball was suddenly suspended in the air.
A pair of pale hands held the ball and slowly turned around to face Ning Ning's house.
Looking through the cat's eyes, it was a masked man in the shape of a child. Beside him, men and women, young and old, were crowded with masked men.
One of them picked up the bag put down by the courier and slowly walked to the trash can placed at the entrance of the stairs. When his hand was released, the lunch box was thrown into the trash can.
It's been like that for three days in a row.
On the fourth day, Chen Dao couldn't bear it any longer and let people push a wheelchair to her door.
"Come out." He said coldly, "Otherwise I'll let you hang around in this circle. I'll hit dozens, ten, nine, eight..."
The door opened, Ning Ning stood at the door somewhat haggard, his eyes moved around, and finally landed on Chen Director.
"I don't care why you didn't come to the crew these days. Now, go back with me. You are not allowed to come back before the filming is over." Director Chen gave the assistant a wink, and the assistant turned his wheelchair and walked towards the elevator. Go, halfway through, Director Chen turned around and said, "Follow up!"
Ning Ning had to lift her heels up.
The wheelchair advanced to the elevator, then the assistant's foot, Ningning's foot.
The assistant pressed the close button, but the door didn't close.
The overweight alert sounded.
The assistant looked around with a bewildered expression. There was only three people in the elevator. Why did the overweight beep sound? Is the elevator broken? He pressed the close button again, and when the door closed in the middle, he breathed a sigh of relief and returned to Director Chen's wheelchair.
The floor sign changed from seven to six. The assistant pulled his tie and said with a smile, "It feels a little boring."
"Well." Ning Ning said absently, "Because there are so many people."
The act of tying the tie paused, and the shadows of the three people were reflected on the mirror-smooth elevator door on the opposite side.
On the left is Ning Ning in a red dress, in the middle is Director Chen in a wheelchair, and on the right is an assistant holding a wheelchair.
Behind them, there are rows of masked people.
Ning Ning took out her phone and sent a text message: "The bait work is done, the rest is up to you."
After the text message was sent, the door of Ningning's house opened again.
Wen Yu came out from inside.
"Brother, it's time for me to go." Wen Yu held the phone and said in a low voice, "I guess you want to ask me where I'm going next... In prisons, among those who are about to be executed, you can always find one or two people who have committed many crimes and been executed for many crimes. Hate, but not willing to die, would rather be a gatekeeper."
After he finished speaking, he raised his foot and walked towards the elevator.
The elevator door opened and closed, and the shadows of the two of them were reflected on the smooth mirror-like elevator door on the opposite side.
One left and one right, one brother and one brother.
The elevator door opens.
"I'm leaving." Wen Yu took the first step out of the elevator, paused, and said without looking back, "You also hurry up... Don't let her down."
Three days ago, they were chased all the way into the house by the masked man. After that, it was a long-term attack. You can't get in, and I can't get out. You don't need to eat. In addition, Shi Zhongtang acted as a negotiator, wandering on both sides, but after three days, there was not much effect.
This is not the way to go.
"It's better for me to be the bait to lure all the masked people away." Ning Ning finally made up his mind and said to Wen Yu, "You go to the gatekeeper. The criteria for selection are like this..."
After that everything went according to plan.
"I hope everything goes well." Sitting in Director Chen's car, Ning Ning prayed in her heart while being vigilant.
Perhaps Shi Zhongtang's negotiation is still effective? No one on the road shot Director Chen's car window with a slingshot.
The car came to the crew safe and sound, Ning Ning looked back, did they not come? What happened, the bait plan failed? Did they run to find Wen Yu
"Why did you stop again?" Director Chen turned his head back with worry, a little angry, "What mobile phone are you still playing? The crew has been shut down for several days. Do you still want to do it?"
"Come here." Ning Ning had to send a text message to Wen Yu, and then hurriedly entered the dressing room of the crew.
Today, I changed to a new makeup artist. Although the technique is not as good as the previous one, the advantage is that he moves quickly and has quick hands and feet. He quickly applied makeup to Ning Ning.
Putting on the costume, Ning Ning walked out of the dressing room.
She froze for a moment.
The crew is in order, and so are the masked people.
"The last scene, work hard and finish filming today." Director Chen tapped the palm of his hand with the script that was rolled into a tube.
The final scene, "The Phantom's Stage".
The male protagonist finally walked with the rich lady, and the phantom finally took the stage by himself despite hatred and jealousy.
It was the first time to play against others, but it was also the last time to play against each other.
The last splendor, the most beautiful song, the truest me - I give you my all, so... choose me.
"I'm here." Shi Zhongtang's voice sounded beside Ning Ning, "We're ok here, how about you? Are you okay here?"
Ning Ning raised his chin towards the auditorium and motioned for him to see for himself.
Shi Zhongtang turned his head to look, and saw that in the theater where this scene was filmed, the auditorium was full.
There are people inside, and there are people in masks.
A group performer walked to his seat and was about to sit down. Mr. Rabbit in the seat stretched out his foot and kicked his buttocks. I was fork out by the assistant guide, what should I do with the extra space? Mr. Rabbit waved in Shi Zhongtang's direction and motioned him to sit over.
"...What are they doing?" Ning Ning Zhang Er was puzzled.
"Watching you act." Shi Zhongtang smiled, "The masked man has very few entertainment activities, and many people have never seen the filming scene."
"...Isn't it right?" Ning Ning wondered, "They yelled at me before, but now they suddenly come to see me acting? Are they crazy? Or are they actually my crazy fans, at my doorstep? For three days, is it for me to come out and sign for them?"
This is impossible, there must be some other reason.
Shi Zhongtang was silent for a while, then said with a smile, "Actually, I communicated with them."
"What did you say to them?"
"I told them that the incident at the hospital was an accident. After reading the news, I knew that you were not targeting the masked person, but the scum who abused pregnant women."
"… that's it?"
"that's it."
Ning Ning stared at him suspiciously, Shi Zhongtang must have said something to them, otherwise this group of people would not have died suddenly, but it should not be what Shi Zhongtang said, or more than that, because this group of masked people are really not so talkative people.
"So next, you must perform well." Shi Zhongtang raised his hand and stroked the mask on her face - the white mask worn as a phantom, and said softly, "You can drive them to devote themselves fully to your performance. The better they do, the longer they watch, the more time they can buy for Wen Yu."
… ah, yeah, what else is there to do
No matter whether it is negotiating or fighting, she is not good at it, she can only act.
Then, as Shi Zhongtang wishes, she will use the acting skills she is best at, honed from the cinema of life time and time again, to retain the group of masked people in the audience.
"a!"
The final act, "The Phantom's Stage," officially begins.