Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 215

The movie theater is deserted, no, this description is not accurate enough, it should be said that there are no ghosts, if the lights are not turned on inside, and the signboard is still half-lit, Li Xiao must have thought that this place has closed down.

Stepping into the gate of the cinema, Li Xiao felt as if he had traveled half a century and returned to more than ten years ago.

The lobby of the movie theater is not like the current movie theaters. There are no various automatic ticket vending machines, and there are no claw machines with cute dolls abducting little girls’ pocket money, and there are no trailers playing to attract the audience. TV.

On the left wall, the entire wall is covered with the covers of some movies that have been played, while on the right is a wall of movie posters.

These movie covers and posters have already faded completely, but compared to the movie advertisements at the door that were exposed to the sun and rain, the indoor movie posters are relatively well preserved, although the color of the ink has changed due to the passage of time. It's a bit weird, but I can barely see the specific content.

Li Xiao has heard most of the names of the movie posters on the wall. They are all famous power sources, some local and some foreign, but he has never seen them.

After all, he is not a movie lover. Even if there are new movies released, he will only wait for free resources to appear on the Internet before watching them.

The number of times he went to the cinema was really very few. Poverty was one aspect. Of course, there was another aspect that he didn't want to spend money to watch a large group of people kissing each other in front of his eyes and stuffing himself with dog food.

After walking through the not-so-large lobby, a few people saw the ticket window.

The ticket window of the movie theater in the past is completely different from the current open ticket window. The ticket window here is a bit like the payment office in the hospital.

On the half-waist-high wall are frosted glass windows with stainless steel railings, and a small arc-shaped window is opened on the glass windows.

Conductors and guests conduct some money transactions through this small window. Do you think the service might be bad?
Of course, after all, this kind of movie theater in the past was not something that anyone could open if they wanted to, and they didn't even think about it if they wanted services.

At that time, if you wanted to watch some popular movies, you had to secretly pay the ticket buyer to watch them. Otherwise, even if the seats were not full, the ticket seller would say that the movie tickets were sold out.

After all, whether there are seats in the booking software without a mobile phone depends entirely on the conductor's one-sided opinion.

When he reached the ticket office, Huang Yu stopped, turned around and said to the two people following him

"Okay, let's watch it, don't waste your time here with the old lady, it's all movies from more than ten years ago, you don't like to watch them."

As he said that, he waved his hands and wanted to drive the two of them out, but the class monitor smiled, dodged his teacher's push and shoved, and walked behind his teacher, while pressing the teacher's shoulders, he said with a smile
"No, no, no, I have never tried to watch a movie in such a retro cinema, let's watch a movie with the teacher, it must be very interesting."

While talking, he winked at the teacher.

Li Xiao quickly agreed

"That's right, that's right, I haven't seen a movie in a cinema for a long time."

Huang Yu still wanted to refuse, but the monitor had already pointed his head into the window and asked
"Hello, may I ask, what other movies can I watch here today? There are three of us here."

However, after a long time, there was no response from inside.

The three of them looked at each other, not knowing what was going on, and the squad leader was about to stick his head inside to see if the people inside were asleep.

After all, in such a crowded situation, it is normal for the conductor to be lazy.

However, before she could put her head in, a middle-aged woman's voice came from the other side of the aisle, with doubts in her tone
"How did you come in? What are you doing?"

The facial features of the middle-aged woman are very ordinary, and the uniform on her body has faded very badly.

It should be the conductor here, no doubt, after all, in Li Xiao's view, there should be no service staff in such an old movie theater.

The squad leader quickly said
"It's like this. We want to watch a movie, but I don't know what other shows we can watch today."

"See a movie?"

The conductor looked up and down Li Xiao and the monitor with strange eyes, and then she showed a clear expression on her face.

Like a prophet who has seen through the trajectory of fate, and like a time traveler who has mastered the mysteries of time, she gently raised her hand, as if she would point out a path leading to the only possibility in the next moment.

Under the attention of the three of them, she pointed her finger outside the door and whispered to the two of them.

"If you want to do something, go to the hotel opposite, hourly room, 60 yuan."

???

Li Xiao
!!!

Squad leader
The squad leader's face turned red, Li Xiao hurriedly waved his hands and explained to the ticket seller

"No, no, you misunderstood. We really came to watch a movie, not what you thought."

Although Li Xiao has never been in contact with these things, but the Internet is so developed, and he has experienced such a big dye vat like a university dormitory, he understands everything he should know and should not know.

Naturally, it is very clear what the ticket sales lady means.

The ticket sales lady slowly opened the stainless steel door of the ticket room, nodding repeatedly

"Yes, yes, yes, I understand. You are here to watch a movie. By the way, you can do some other favorite things in the dark. Young people, I understand. Auntie, I have been working in this movie theater for more than 20 years."

"What young people like you are thinking, I know very well, and I have seen many, but, it's not that auntie is like half a dozen mandarin ducks, but our side really can't help it, you go to the opposite side and open for an hour As for the room, it’s only 60 yuan for three hours, which is not much more expensive than buying two movie tickets, and the room over there also has a TV, and three hours is enough, whether it’s watching a movie or not.”

This time the auntie spoke more directly, the squad leader's face was only slightly red, and now it has turned completely red like a ripe red apple.

At this time, Huang Yu, who had been hiding in the shadows, finally came out with a smile on her face, and said to the ticket sales aunt who was about to go in.
"Hello, we really want to watch movies, please show us which movies are available tonight."

The ticket sales aunt was startled by the sudden voice, she nervously poked her head out for a look, only to find Huang Yu's figure.

Seeing that there was still a shadow under her, the conductor was relieved. She frowned and looked at Huang Yu's appearance. A familiar feeling came to her heart. Although she didn't know who the other party was, she should have been there before. The guests here.

She put away the aunt's smile on her face, looked at the three of them again, and said with some embarrassment,

"Sorry, sorry, I thought it was a young man who wanted to go in and play, I'm so sorry."

Huang Yu waved his hand

"It's okay, it's human nature. By the way, what movie can I watch today?"

The aunt who sold the ticket showed a troubled look on her face, and she said to Huang Yu
"I'm really sorry, big sister. We really don't have any movies on here. There are too few people here to watch movies."

"Originally, the big boss thought this was the place where he made his fortune, and he didn't want to close it, so he just let it open day after day. After all, it was just a wish."

"But the big boss is getting old, and his son took over the movie theater."

"Not long after I took over, I thought about dismantling the movie theater and reopening a shopping mall or something like an Internet cafe. After all, that kind of thing only makes money."

"After all, let's not talk about making money here, we still lose water and electricity bills every month, and sometimes the money for broadcasting movies for a month is not worth my monthly salary."

"So, I'm really sorry, there are no movies to watch."

The three of them were stunned when they heard the conductor's words, none of them expected to encounter such a thing.

Among them, Huang Yu was the one who reacted the most. She was still immersed in the joy of the conductor's teasing of the two students.

However, she did not expect the bad news to come so quickly, she murmured

"It's about to be dismantled, have you seen any movies?"

Although it was plain, the loneliness in his eyes could not be hidden.

The conductor also raised his head slightly, looking around the place where she was with her day and night.

She is very familiar with every poster and every corner here.

The back of that chair is dented, and she knows exactly when snowflakes will appear on that roll of tape.

From 23 years old to 46 years old, a full 23 years, from a young girl in the prime of life, to a middle-aged woman with gray hair who sees through the world.

Watching boys and girls go from dating to breaking up, or from dating to getting married and having children.

From here, people come and go, and guests come like a cloud, but when you come here, the door is deserted and there are few birds.

she said with emotion
"Yeah, yeah, it's going to be demolished, it's an old guy after all, it's useless."

As she spoke, she showed helplessness on her face.
"It's not that I don't want to broadcast it to you. It's really impossible. All the film in it has been sold by the small boss, and there are some old equipment left that no one wants."

"If there is still film in the warehouse, I don't mind showing it to you for free, but it's a pity."

Halfway through the conductor's words, she suddenly stopped and frowned. She took a look, and the aunt who seemed familiar to her asked

"Are you a regular customer of our cinema? Why do you always feel that you seem familiar."

Huang Yu showed a bitter smile and nodded,

"Yes, I am indeed an old customer here."

"When you opened here, I started patronizing."

"The opening time of your movie theater coincides with my birthday."

"I still remember that it was 25 years ago, my wife and I went out to celebrate our birthday, and your movie theater just opened."

"Since then, every year after celebrating our birthday, we will come here to watch a movie."

As she spoke, she showed a nostalgic smile, and took out a small notebook from her handbag.

The three people at the scene were a little confused, so they all looked over. The cowhide notebook was opened. The notes were not normal paper, but pages of plastic envelopes. Inside were movie tickets in pairs, neatly arranged. put it in,

The handwriting on the original movie tickets was already very blurred, and the paper had already turned yellow, and there were even a lot of creases on it. It seemed that these movie tickets were not kept in this book at the beginning.

Most of the movie tickets have a round hole mark on them, which represents the proof of ticket inspection in the theater.

The names and numbers on many movie tickets are even handwritten, with [Shijing Road Grand Cinema] changed on them, and only a small number of movie tickets are printed out.

The conductor looked at the old movie tickets that should have only existed in her memory, and her eyes were filled with memories, which even softened the wrinkles on her face.

She reached out her hand to touch these old movie tickets that only existed in his memory, but she retracted her hand like lightning when she stretched it halfway.

She hesitated for a moment before taking a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind, and said

"You wait."

As she said that, she turned around and went into a utility room next to her. After a while of fiddling, she took out a black box that was the size of a washbasin. She said to everyone
"All the movies have been sold, but I secretly kept a circle. It is my favorite movie [Sweet Honey], do you want to watch it? If you want to watch it, I can show it to you."

Li Xiao originally thought that the teacher would be very happy when he heard the news, but when he turned his eyes to his teacher, he was surprised to find that the other party was actually crying.

The teacher nodded while crying

"[Sweet Honey] Okay, let's see [Sweet Honey]."

Li Xiao was a little confused, but when his eyes fell on the cowhide notebook held by the teacher, he finally understood.

The page I opened was the first page of the notebook, and on the wrinkled and yellowed handwritten movie ticket was "Sweet Honey" vaguely written on it.

Seeing this situation, the squad leader quickly put his arms around his teacher, comforting him softly.

"Okay, okay, why are you crying, don't you have to be happy watching a movie?"

Huang Yu wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, nodded and said

"Yes, you have to be happy."

"Then, I'll broadcast it, but you can't tell the boss, or I'll be in trouble."

The squad leader hastily promised
"Don't worry, absolutely not, you can rest assured."

The conductor walked into the nearest studio with the roll of black film in hand, and the three of them followed suit.

Unlike current movies, previous movies were not played using a digital key, but played using this black film.

The auditorium is very small, and Li Xiao glanced at it, and there are only about five or sixty seats in total.

Most of the light bulbs in the auditorium have been broken, and some of the remaining ones can barely continue to work, and they can only exert half of the power at most, so that the entire auditorium is very dim.

Li Xiao and the squad leader took out their mobile phones at the same time for lighting, so they could barely see the road under their feet.

The floor of the projection hall here is not a plush carpet, but ordinary tiles. The corners of many tiles have long been broken, but no one replaced them. Instead, some cement was used to crack them off on the spot. The tiles are randomly stitched together.

The sofas in the auditorium were originally supposed to be bright red. The reason why "should" is used here is because they are no longer bright red, but a strange dark red color. In some places, there are even weird black and cyan sofas. dirt.

Li Xiao and the class monitor looked at each other, and they both saw a trace of fear in each other's eyes. If they hadn't come here to watch with the teacher, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to enter this kind of cinema if they were killed.

No, if someone really wants to beat them to death, they should still be willing to take the risk and watch such a thrilling movie.

Li Xiao and the class monitor each supported the teacher's arm, and walked carefully through the gaps in the sofas.

They have been slow to choose a seat, of course not because they can't find the seat on the movie ticket, because there is no movie ticket at all.

It's not because the seats are full of people and they can't find their own seats, but because they simply can't find three clean enough seats connected together.

There was a strange smell in the air, like the musty smell of clothes that had been put in the closet before drying and taken out after a while.

In the end, in desperation, the three of them could only sit in the front and back separately. Originally, Li Xiao wanted to sit in the front, but he was too tall, and the location in the old-fashioned auditorium was designed quite unreasonably. The two of them will be blocked.

So, in the end, Teacher Huang Yu could only sit in the front, and the class monitor and Li Xiao sat in the back.

The conductor's voice came from behind,

"Sit down, I'm going to turn off the lights."

It didn't matter whether the few people had already sat down, the voice fell, and there was a "pop".

All the light bulbs that were already quite dim above the heads of the people were all extinguished, and the broadcasting hall was plunged into darkness. The previous broadcasting hall did not keep a few nightlights like now, so once the lights are turned off, the projection hall will become stretched out. No fingers.

Darkness and silence often complement each other.

Once in the dark and people's vision is limited, their hearing will be greatly improved. In the dark, Li Xiao can even hear the beating heartbeat coming from the side, but this weird atmosphere didn't last long.

There was the sound of the drum rolling behind him, and Li Xiao felt that his originally dark environment began to brighten up, and the red dragon logo slowly appeared on the screen in front of him.

Then came the title of the movie [Sweet Honey].

A familiar song was played through the old speakers. The sound quality of the speakers was poor but it could still be heard clearly.

【Sweet you smile sweetly】

【Like flowers bloom in the spring breeze】

【open in the spring breeze】

【Where did I see you】

【Your smile is so familiar】

【I can't remember at the moment】

【Ah~~ in a dream】

With the beginning of the movie's theme song, a love story about three people who love and be loved that happened decades ago slowly unfolded on the screen.

【Then why do you still want to marry me? 】

【That is my ideal. 】

【Maybe William doesn't remember me anymore】

[But it doesn't matter, as long as I remember]

【Silly girl, listen to me.】

[Go home now and take a hot bath]

[Wake up tomorrow morning, there are men all over the street, all of them are better than Brother Leopard]

In the movie, no one says love to anyone, but love is everywhere.

Between the interlacing of light and shadow on the screen, the figure sitting in front of him sometimes turned into two, and sometimes turned back into one.

The person who has left seems to have returned to the side of the person he loves the most and who loves him the most.

The squad leader watched the movie, and secretly looked at Li Xiao who was watching the movie with all his attention.

They met again after going round and round, but things were already different.

If, at the beginning, I was determined not to leave.

Then today, in the live broadcast room, will that red name become me again?

The movie came to the end soon, and Li Xiaojun and Li Qiao still met in front of the TV window in New York.

In the news, Teresa Teng's death is being broadcast.

When the song "Sweet Honey" sounded, the two were sad, but they turned their heads to meet each other.

Smile, it seems like a lifetime.

At the end of the play, people leave, maybe there are some things, if you miss it, you will miss it, it's not that the time is wrong, it's that the people are wrong.

(End of this chapter)