Ning Ning stood at the door for a long time before slowly walking towards the poster.
A shadow enveloped her, she raised her head, and the gatekeeper stood in front of her.
He didn't say a word, but he surpassed many people who said many words. Ning Ning couldn't help but be forced to take two steps back by the terrifying aura emanating from him, but he took a step forward unwillingly and said to him: " Let me in!"
"You don't have a ticket." He said coldly.
"No!" Ning Ning randomly grabbed three tickets from her handbag. These were the relics left to her by her mother. She held them up to show him, "I have tickets!"
The gatekeeper looked at the ticket in her hand, and in an instant, his eyes became extremely terrifying.
There is no wind, but the ticket is shaking, it is not the ticket that shakes, but the hand holding the ticket. Even though she was scared to death, Ning Ning still said to him in a stern voice, "Let me in!"
The gatekeeper moved his gaze to her face, looking angry: "It's not time yet!"
It's only eight o'clock in the evening, and there are still four hours before twelve o'clock in the evening.
How to spend this time
The gatekeeper clenched his fists, as if forcibly suppressing his anger, and raised his chin towards the restaurant opposite: "Go have a meal, go home early after eating... Or invite a friend to watch a movie and sing songs together. ? You always have something else to do, don't hang around in front of me all the time!"
At the end, he couldn't hold back and started to lose his temper, but it was more like an indescribable anxiety than anger.
Ning Ning looked at him for a while, then turned around and went to the restaurant. The gatekeeper was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard footsteps. When he looked up, he saw her running back again, holding a bag in his left hand and a glass in his right. The milk tea was handed to him: "Do you want to eat it?"
The gatekeeper did not accept her bribe. He stared at her and asked word by word, "Why do you always refuse to listen to me?"
Ning Ning turned her face away, she couldn't tell what she was afraid of, whether she was afraid of his too ferocious temperament or his too familiar eyes.
She looked at the poster next to him and said, "My mother will be in the movie today."
Gatekeeper: "..."
"I want to meet her." Ning Ning walked away from him and walked towards the poster, "I have a lot of questions to ask her."
Time can be spent, but every minute and every second can be used if you want to.
Like now.
Ning Ning stopped in front of the poster and began to study the poster in front of him.
The first two crossings told her that the content on the poster was actually very important.
An inconspicuous gadget can be an important thread throughout the show—such as the little wooden box on the poster for "The Circus of the Republic of China." The environment depicted on the poster is likely to imply the environment in which the protagonist is located - such as Wen Yu, who is surrounded by gossip of a group of people and ends up in a quagmire.
Compared with the previous two times, this time's poster... seems too normal.
It looks like an ordinary propaganda poster for an idol drama in ancient costume. It is a handsome and elegant man in ancient costume in white. He holds a pen in his left hand and puts his right hand behind him. , seems to be painting a person.
The pen is an ordinary pen, the paper is ordinary paper, the desk is an ordinary desk, and the inkstone table is an ordinary inkstone table, the sunset is evening, the person, the pen, and the paper are all rendered dimly yellow.
There is nothing strange about it, if I have to say it, it is an unfinished painting under his pen.
Ning Ning couldn't see what he was going to paint, so she swallowed her saliva, she turned around with a smile, and looked like she was chatting casually to kill the time: "Hey, what do you think he is painting?"
The gatekeeper's gaze flicked to her.
Ning Ning's heart was beating fast.
"I can't tell you," said the gatekeeper.
The hope of getting some news out of his mouth was lost. Ning Ning was feeling lost when he suddenly heard him say, "Which ticket are you going to use to get in later?"
Ning Ning was stunned: "What ticket?"
"You have two kinds of tickets in your hand," said the gatekeeper. "Ordinary tickets, and odd-numbered designated tickets."
Ning Ning listened, and hurriedly took the three tickets out of the bag to look at.
These three tickets are exactly the same in appearance, the only difference is the seat number, but if you look closely, you will find that one of the tickets not only has a very front seat, but also has two words written in small lowercase in red pen on the stamp. : Specify.
Thinking of the even-numbered designated ticket that was used last time, Ning Ning looked up and asked, "What's the difference between this ticket and the even-numbered designated ticket? Can you all specify the time to enter the movie?"
The gatekeeper shook his head gently: "The even-numbered tickets designate the time, and the odd-numbered tickets designate the roles."
"What do you mean..." Ningning seemed to understand a little bit. She looked at the odd-numbered designated ticket in her hand and felt a little incredible, "Can I designate the object of my crossing?"
"That's right," the gatekeeper said. "You can choose to be anyone other than the protagonist, as long as that person has appeared in the movie."
Even-numbered tickets specify the time of entry to the movie.
Odd-numbered tickets designate the character to play after entering the movie.
Ordinary tickets are all random.
"... Are there any other tickets?" Ning Ning looked up at him, "What can the other tickets do?"
"I can't tell you," said the gatekeeper. "You don't have the corresponding ticket."
Ningning noticed that he kept saying he couldn't, not that he didn't want to.
And he hinted to her that as long as she holds the corresponding ticket, she can get the corresponding information from him.
"Okay, it's almost time," said the gatekeeper, "designate your role."
After a pause, he added: "...You just want to see your mother, right? Then choose someone who knows her and hang around in front of the protagonist. It's not good for you to pay attention to such a person."
This is not the first time Ning Ning has heard this warning.
She didn't understand why he said that before, but now she understands. Combined with the last words left by her mother, she can't change the fate of the protagonist casually, otherwise there will be terrible consequences, but it's fine if the two don't know each other, if they know each other and stay together every day, then more or less will give each other Influence, such as her and Boss Qu, such as her and Wen Yu.
Thinking of this, Ning Ning looked at the gatekeeper with complicated eyes, and knew one thing in her heart: "He is helping me..."
"...I will," she told him. "Give me a little time and I'll think about who to wear."
Because he couldn't specify a time, Ning Ning didn't know when he would travel, maybe to when Shi Zhongtang was a child, or to the day he committed suicide.
When nothing is guaranteed, she has to guarantee at least one thing—she has to stay on set when the filming of "The Man in the Picture" starts.
In other words, she's going to dress up as someone in the crew.
"This person has to have a little privilege and can move freely in the crew." Ning Ning walked back and forth at the entrance of the cinema, thinking to himself, "The profession is best to be an actor, because if it is a job other than an actor, such as editing I can't do technical jobs like teacher and martial arts. It's fine in a short time, but I may be laid off by the crew in a long time..."
One by one, the conditions were deleted and selected again and again, and finally only one person agreed to the conditions.
Ning Ning stopped and looked at the gatekeeper: "I choose You Ling."
You Ling, an actress at the same time as her mother, played the second female Princess Lingshan in "The Man in the Picture".
Ning Ning chose her, in addition to her satisfaction of the above points, there is another reason, that is, among the several leading and supporting roles in this drama, she is most familiar with You Ling. This actress has many similarities with her, such as her appearance. She is beautiful and has a single play style. Since her debut, she has played all the beauties in a vase.
So that Ning Ning was once called "Little Youling" instead of "Little Ning Yuren".
From the anger at the beginning to the empathy later, Ning Ning couldn't help but find some of her films and information to watch. Now, these films and information come in handy. Compared with other people in the crew who don't know her, she Being able to play You Ling faster and better will not let others see through her that she is a fake.
"Designated character You Ling, one person, one vote, it will be invalid when entering." The gatekeeper took the odd-numbered designated votes in her hand, and after tearing them off, let the door behind her go out, "Go in."
Ning Ning took a step towards the door, looking at the darkness inside, she couldn't take the second step.
Until the gatekeeper's voice sounded behind her, he said, "Don't worry, Life Cinema will protect the guests during the movie."
"What about after the movie is over?" Ning Ning turned around with a pitiful look in her eyes.
The gatekeeper looked at her silently for a while, then suddenly said, "I'll pick you up."
Ning Ning was stunned.
"I'll pick you up." He solemnly promised, his voice was low and powerful, like a black cloud pressing down on the city, wishing to turn it into a knife, a sword, and a shield to protect her, "You don't have to be afraid! You don't have to be afraid of anyone!"
Such maintenance, such care, such eyes, his identity is almost ready to be revealed, but I would rather not know whether to recognize him here... She is not ready.
So he hurriedly turned his head and turned his back to him with a hum.
"Thank you," she said softly, then lowered her head and walked into the cinema door in front of her.
Along the way, all the staff who saw her stopped their work. They looked at her through the mask, and did not hide the greed and desire in their eyes, but as the gatekeeper said, they were obviously ready to move, but they didn't. Dare to do something to her.
The Cinema of Life is protecting her and the only guest tonight.
"Your seat is here." It was the little girl in the mask from the previous two times. Her attitude was more attentive than before, and her eyes were warmer than before. "Do you need something to drink?"
"No, no need." Ning Ning raised the milk tea in her hand to her, "I brought it myself."
The lady's mask left disappointed, and soon, the lights went out and the screen turned on.
The first thing that appeared on the screen was that line.
"This film is based on a true story."
Then there was a crisp sound, as if jade chopsticks hit the wine glass.
Ding, ding, ding, accompanied by this crisp and pleasant percussion sound, a man sang unrestrainedly: "Love wine, love poetry, love beauty, happy life! Greed for cups, greed for drunkenness, greed for confidants, life and death!"
This song is like a river of Milky Way flying, and Ningning's name is like a flower by the river, quietly blooming on the poster at the gate.
Title: "The Man in the Picture"
Starring: Shi Zhongtang, Ning Ning