The first night of your life cinema
You are a girl who likes to read novels.
Every day when you have nothing to do, you will open your mobile phone bookshelf and see if you have updated it... Sure enough! !
"Damn, A Big Moon Update, B Big New Year Update, A Xia... I agreed, do you want my granddaughter to burn it for me?"
You feel desperate, the last comment below was posted by you, what about the next one? Could it be your granddaughter? Just write: Grandma, the documents on your bookshelf have been updated.
"Forget it." You shook your head, throwing this terrifying picture out of your head, "Let's kill the time for the next mobile game... Hey, what is this?"
You find that at some point, an icon suddenly appears on your phone.
The icon is an antique door with two strings of dark red lanterns hanging from the door.
"Life Cinema?" You read out the name on the icon, and then snorted, "Isn't this Ah Xia's novel? Is it adapted into a game?"
With the thought of poking and not getting pregnant, you stretched out your finger and poked at the icon.
Anyway, nine times out of ten, it's just a garbage mobile game in the original skin. First, I will give you an ssr card, which is probably the only ssr you have in your life. After that, until the game closes, you can't get a second one. Zhang ssr... Forget it, don't say it anymore, endless African tears.
"What?" Looking at the interface in front of you, you felt a little disappointed, "It's just a booking software."
Similar to Tao Piao Piao, it is a mobile ticketing platform.
Four hit movies are being shown on the platform.
""Your Life Cinema", "Ordinary Cage", "The 100th Breakup", "Stop Me"... What are these, why have I never heard of any of them?" You swiped the screen a few times with your finger , then raised his eyebrows, "Why are there only these four?"
There are none of the movies that are popular right now.
There are only these four obscure films.
"A new big internet movie?" you murmured, "I'm so poor, I can't even afford a Weibo navy..."
More and more movies are made, but there are not many good ones. You don’t want to spend money on a suspected bad movie. Just when you are about to exit the APP, an interface suddenly pops up.
"Huh? Lucky audience?" You asked, "Me?"
The system prompts that you have won the lottery. As a lucky viewer, you can watch the movie tonight for free, as well as tea and snacks.
"Free..." You rested your chin and began to hesitate.
You have little resistance to free stuff.
Just like the free trial in the mall, even if you don't plan to buy it, you will still grab a piece and try it.
"Since it's free... let's go and have a look, anyway, today is the weekend, there's nothing to do." You said, and clicked the claim button.
At that moment, many voices appeared in your ears, men and women, old people and children.
… but this is clearly your bedroom! You are the only one in the room!
You looked up in a hurry and saw a masked man standing in front of you. The mask was an ancient lady with curved eyes. Wu Nong said softly to you: "Guest, welcome to Life Cinema."
You are dumbfounded.
First stare at each other's mask for a while, then look around, your room is gone, you are standing in a movie hall, pedestrians come and go, either wearing masks, or not wearing masks, or casual clothes , or an ancient dress.
"Guest? Guest?" the ancient lady called, "Please show your ticket."
You just came back to your senses, looked at each other in cold sweat, and stammered: "I, I..."
I don't have a ticket.
- How can you say this word!
You are someone who has read the original novel, and you know that in the cinema of life, people without tickets have no human rights! Don't look at the masked person in front of you being gentle and kind to you, as long as she knows you don't have a ticket in hand, she will immediately change her face and call a group of masked people to take you away.
Then your life will be extracted and made into a movie for the entertainment of all masked people.
"I, I just came in to borrow a toilet..." In a hurry, you used the toilet escape method, but before you finished speaking, a gentle female voice sounded behind you: "She is my guest, I am here Just entertain her."
The masked man looked behind you: "Okay, landlord."
You froze and turned around.
Behind you, stands an extremely beautiful woman.
It is difficult for you to describe her beauty in words. You only feel that there are stars in her eyes, which can shine and shine warmly even in the darkest night.
"Are you..." Linked to the original book and the movie theater of life in front of you, you asked a little uncertainly, "Ningning?"
The other party smiled at you gently: "It's me."
Instead, you were a little dazed, unable to believe that the heroine in the book appeared so vividly in front of you.
When you come back to your senses, you have been taken to a separate screening room by Ningning.
There is no carved wooden chair, and it is not dark and scary at all. You are sitting on a soft fabric sofa, with a low table at hand, and a plate of snacks on it, which is coated with a soft layer by the dim light. gold.
"Coke or rose tea?" Ningning asked.
"Let's have tea." You said, you just broke out in a cold sweat, and now you want to eat something hot.
Drink two cups of tea and you feel better.
"So, what do you want to watch tonight?" Ning Ning took the teapot to refill your cup.
"...Can I just watch, not travel?" You said embarrassedly, "I think I'm only suitable for being an audience, starring or something, I'm really not this material..."
You are a girl who likes to read novels, but not a girl who likes to wear novels.
Of course, the more important reason is that you think Ah Xia is a pure horror novel author, and there is an 80% chance that you will end up in a horror movie.
"Okay." Ning Ning is easy to talk, "Then let me play, you can come and see."
You breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was great that Ningning entertained you instead of Axia, because if it was Axia's old driver, it would definitely not let you off...
"But is this really okay?" After your own life was guaranteed, you finally had the energy to care about others, and asked a little worriedly, "Although you are the landlord, you can wear it in the movie without a ticket..."
"Of course it doesn't work in normal times, but tonight is an exception." Ning Ning raised a finger and placed it in front of her gorgeous red lips, "Shh, you peek at it, don't tell anyone else after reading it..."
The light in your hand suddenly went out, like being blown out by an invisible person.
In the darkness, Ning Ning's voice kept retreating, from your eyes to the screen.
"This is a story that takes place in another world, and the name of the story is-"Ordinary Cage"."
The ordinary cage of the second night
"Good evening, Ningning."
A very familiar voice rang in Ning Ning's ears, who was it
"This is another world."
another world? What kind of world? Ning Ning tried to open his eyes, but there seemed to be a layer of glue between the upper and lower eyelids, and he couldn't tear them apart.
"In this world, your mother still died. Before she died, she still gave you a movie ticket for life, but you didn't accept it. You gave up acting and the opportunity to enter the movie theater of life. It's been seven years in the blink of an eye. Okay, open your eyes... look at your life now!"
Ning Ning suddenly opened his eyes.
In front of him was a tired man, a chattering old woman, and a crying child whose voices were about to burst into the already cramped room.
"Ningning." The man grabbed her hand tightly, "Now only you can save me, save this family."
"You..." Who are you? Ning Ning was about to ask this question, but a certain voice had already explained it in her mind in advance.
"He's your husband," it said. "Once a rich man, now a tycoon, the car and house have been paid off, but it's not enough. To avoid debt collectors, you hide in a cheap and dirty room. In the rental house, worrying about next month's rent... "
"Ning Ning." The man looked at Ning Ning with bloodshot eyes, "Come back."
Ning Ning was stunned: "Coming back?"
"Yes." The man grabbed her like a life-saving straw, "Now that actors' pay is so high, if you go to a few plays or put on a few variety shows, won't the money come? Ningning, you help Help me, now only you can help me, help this family... Xiaopeng, please come and beg your mother too."
The man pushed the child into Ning Ning's arms, her nose and tears immediately covered her.
"... Enough!" Ning Ning was devastated by their troubles, "How can it be so easy to come back!"
The shelf life of female stars is inherently short, and even the once-popular goddess-level characters can only play some mother roles after the shelf life.
What's more, she's not even a goddess.
However, the man couldn't listen to this, and he began to do one thing repeatedly every day, which was to force the mobile phone into Ningning's hands: "Come on, call, contact your former company and friends, if you don't call yes ? Then I'll fight for you."
It's really humiliating.
Poverty seems to have broken the man's backbone. Every time he makes a phone call, he begins to cry about the miserable situation at home, Ningning's miserable situation, a few people can't listen to it anymore, and directly transfer tens of thousands of dollars. "I should have done this a long time ago. I didn't expect that your name would still be useful."
"...Enough, give me your phone." Ning Ning finally couldn't bear it any longer, "I'm going to look for a job!"
Rather than accepting alms from others, she would rather go out to work on her own.
…and only work can escape this terrible home.
Confused on the phone, bumping in front of one person after another, Ning Ning finally got an opportunity and a job from one person.
"The Man in the Picture." Li Boyue, Ning Ning's former manager, said on the phone, "The company is currently filming this TV series. There is a role that you should be able to play. Come here."
This character is the hero's mother.
It's not bad for a female star who is over 30 years old to have such a role.
But even for such a small role... she couldn't play it well.
"cut!"
After the tenth cut, the director angrily threw the script on her: "Can you act?"
Ning Ning lowered his head, his shoulders trembled slightly.
Seven years is too long.
So long that she forgot how to move, how to say lines, and how to act... so long that she became a complete layman.
"Really, all kinds of people are stuffed into the crew." The director tilted his head irritably and whispered a few words to the assistant.
Soon, Ning Ning's role was changed.
From the mother of the male protagonist, she became a dumb servant.
No lines, no need to play with anyone, just hold a broom and stand far away under a pine tree to sweep the snow.
The hero and heroine walked past her, she was the background behind them, like the snow, the pines, and the broom.
But when the TV finally came out, Ningning found that even the only scene was missing—it was edited out.
"It doesn't matter." Li Boyue said on the phone, "I'll call you next time I have a chance, but you should practice a little, the director is very dissatisfied with you..."
After hanging up, Ningning continued to sit on the toilet seat in a daze.
In a home, only here can give her a moment of peace. Once she leaves the door, she will face her hysterical husband, her mother-in-law who is thinking about her thoughts, and her child who is crying non-stop.
"I want to go out to work." Ningning said to herself, "I want to make money, I want to act..."
"I regret it now, is it too late?" The voice rang in her ears again, "You know, when you choose to give up, God will take back your talent and talent faster..."
"No!" Ning Ning screamed.
The noise outside fell silent for a while, the door knocked, and the husband's voice rang through the door: "What's wrong? Ningning?"
"It's nothing..." Ning Ning replied in a panic, "I'm practicing my lines, the lines for the next play..."
The lie she said casually made her husband believe it.
"Okay, you practice hard." He said, "By the way, what role is it? Could it be the mother of the male protagonist, or a dumb servant? This kind of small role doesn't have much money."
But even such a small role, she is not necessarily able to win.
Ning Ning shut herself in the small bathroom, and even if she covered her ears with her hands, she could still hear the voice.
"The entertainment industry is terrible. You don't act well, someone attacks you, you act well, but someone attacks you, so you gave up and ran away. Now tell me, Ning Ning..." The voice was close to Ning Ning's ear Ask, "Are you satisfied with your life now? Is this your sanctuary, or an ordinary prison?"
Ningning: "…"
"If I give you another chance..." The voice paused, "Would you like to take that movie ticket?"
"... Movie tickets?" Ningning murmured.
The sound was like a needle, pierced into her chest, the long-cherished memory, as the needle was injected into her body, she recalled her mother's death, her mother's thin as a skeleton fingers, and The old movie ticket lying in her palm.
"Are you willing to take that movie ticket and go to a place called Life Cinema?" the voice said, "You are willing to travel through one movie after another and become a different person after another... just to hone your acting skills. ?"
After several repeated questions, Ning Ning let out a sigh, and finally remembered who this familiar voice belonged to.
"...It's me." She said softly.
This voice was so familiar, it was Ning Ning's own voice at all.
"Don't be bored at home every day, spend more time with the director, go with you, eat and eat, and get closer to your relationship. After all, this is a human society..." The husband outside the door was halfway through, and the toilet door suddenly opened. Frightened, "Ningning, what are you doing?"
"Not here, not here..." Ning Ning rummaged through the boxes for a while, and finally opened an old cabinet, her eyes lit up, "I found it."
There were several diaries lying in the old cupboard. After her husband went bankrupt, her life became more and more depressing, and she didn't want to tell others about it. It was locked. Later, if there were any important documents, she also put them in the diary together.
Opening the diaries one by one, she found an old movie ticket.
"...I'll go out." Ning Ning squeezed the movie ticket in her hand and walked to the door, her back was desolate, as if it was impossible to return.
"Where are you going?" the husband shouted from behind, "Are you going to have dinner with the director?"
Ning Ning's back paused: "...No."
She doesn't speak polite words and doesn't show affection. Whether it's seven years ago or seven years later, accompanying someone you don't know will quickly lead to a cold scene. This is a human society, but she is not a qualified human animal. .
All her time, all her love, was given to acting.
"So why should I give up?" Ning Ning asked herself with a smile.
She stretched out her hand and pushed open the door, and the moment the light came in—she finally got out of the ordinary cage.
night talk
The moment the door opened in front of Ning Ning, the door behind you was also pushed open.
Immediately after, a man's hand stretches out from behind you and squeezes your chin, forcing you to turn your face toward him.
It was a man wearing a jade mask, with a gorgeous peach color at the end of his eyes, and his voice was magnetic with a hint of cynicism: "Oh, it turns out to be a little girl."
"Shi Zhongtang, what are you doing?" Ning Ning's voice sounded icy and cold. I don't know when the movie was over, and I didn't know when she returned to the screening room. It seemed that only a moment had passed, and she was still half-hearted in her hand. A pot of rose tea, and the other half in your cup and belly.
As if being pointed at by a gun, Shi Zhongtang raised his hands obediently to show his innocence.
"I heard that you have a special guest tonight." He smiled and said, "If it's a little girl, it's fine for the two of you to be alone."
"Whether it's a little girl or a boy, you can't do anything to others." Ning Ning didn't eat his way at all, "Hurry up and apologize to them!"
Shi Zhongtang immediately took care of himself, and then knelt down on one knee and knelt in front of you. This gesture is not so much an apology, but more like a knight who swore allegiance to the princess, or an adult who bent down to accommodate the height of the little girl. .
"I'm sorry." He looked up at you, his face reflected in his eyes, "My lovely guest."
You really don't know how to reject the person in front of you.
Because... He just complimented you, didn't he? He said you are cute!
"How should I express my apology?" Shi Zhongtang tilted his head and thought for a while, then suddenly smiled, "I think about it, let me show you the next movie."
You were stunned and looked at Ning Ning: "... Is this okay?"
As far as you know, as the gatekeeper of the cinema, Shi Zhongtang is not qualified to enter the movie.
"Yes." Ning Ning read your worries and winked at you with a smile, "You are special, so tonight is special."
Tonight is your night.
Today's life cinema is your life cinema.
"Then let's get started." Shi Zhongtang got up again, opened his hands, and stepped backwards step by step toward the screen, "My lovely guest, please enjoy it, my movie - "The Hundredth Breakup". "