my time as a director

U-Town Plaza, No. 2, Sanfeng Beili, Chaoyang District, Beijing, the Berna Cinema on the first basement floor.

At around 40:10 in the morning, with [-] to [-] minutes before the cinema opened, Xu Wei waited boredly at the ticket gate for customers to come to his door.

Before this year, Xu Wei, who has been working in the cinema for more than a year, has never been like today, looking forward to the audience's entry.

Because of the epidemic, the cinema has not opened for more than half a year, and there is nothing to do for more than half a year. Work has become what Xu Wei desires most now.

Although the movie theater had opened a month ago, the old movies that had been shown for a month had not had a high passenger flow, and the movie theater was still lifeless.

"It's finally back to normal today."

Looking at the posters of the newly released movies in the aisle in front of him, Xu Wei let out a long sigh of relief.

Li Qian's new movie Destiny Flight was officially released today, and all the pre-sale tickets for the evening were sold out. Even the tickets for the afternoon were basically sold out.

Even for the first show at a quarter past nine in the morning, half an hour before the screening, more than half of the tickets were sold.

All this is very familiar to Xu Wei, as if he has returned to the Lunar New Year file before the epidemic.

Once the tickets are sold, there will be audiences and popularity.

For those who have been at home for half a year, they are most eager to be among the crowd, no matter how crowded it is.

The long wait of three to ten minutes passed, and Xu Wei began to receive the first wave of peak passenger traffic in the morning.

Ticket checking, ticket tearing.

This kind of extremely tedious work, Xu Wei felt full of energy at this time. He carefully checked every ticket, reminded every audience of the location of the screening hall, and reminded them to wear masks.

Wave after wave of customers were sent in, and Xu Wei, who had been at home for half a year, was still a little uncomfortable for a while.

But drink saliva to moisturize your throat, and get ready for the next wave of customers.

It returned to the familiar busy feeling, which made Xu Wei feel very comfortable.

Xu Wei couldn't help but think of the vice president in charge of the theater business under Bernard who jumped off the U-Town International building before.

He was also the immediate boss of his immediate boss's immediate boss. Such a big man jumped off the building because he didn't have a job.

"It's great to be able to work!"

After feeling a little bit uncomfortable in his throat, Xu Wei took another sip of water and looked at the audience in the hall waiting to enter.

Although it was Thursday, not a rest day, and it was still broad daylight, it felt more lively than the previous Lunar New Year stalls.

The hall was already full of people, and many more were standing.

All the old movies were screened in the previous month, and there were still few people who watched them. Most of them went to the cinema for the first time after more than half a year.

Not to mention the long-awaited new film of Li Qian, in front of the posters standing on the wall, many viewers gathered together to discuss something.

"Li Qian said it was an inspirational movie, but why do I feel something is wrong."

"There is no inspirational plot in the trailer. Brother Chao is so pitiful, his daughter doesn't recognize him, his wife has someone else, his mother passed away sadly, and he lost his job and ran to deliver the courier."

"Why does it feel like a bitter drama? In the past six months, I have watched more than a dozen bitter dramas with my mother, all of which are accidents in this kind of woman's family. Either her husband died, or she ran away, and even worse, she committed crimes and went to jail. The man brought his son to work hard selling vegetables."

"The bitter scene at eight o'clock is impossible. It will probably be suspenseful."

"Why did the plane disappear for five years? There is nothing in the trailer. It's all about daily life."

"Looking at this poster, everyone's half of their bodies are in the clouds, looking at the front blankly. It must be that the suspense has not escaped. The style of this poster is a bit like an invisible guest."

"It should be an inspirational movie. Li Qian has said it several times. Anyway, as long as it doesn't have a bad plot, it's fine."

......

Maybe it's been a long time since I watched a new movie. Li Qiang, who came to the movie theater early in the morning, was excited to chat with someone he didn't know next to him.

From the poster to the previously released trailers, from the movie to the epidemic, and to the show operation of the leader of Mi Lijian.

No one spoke for a long time, and strangers chatted enthusiastically.

It wasn't until the film was about to start that they stopped chatting, put on their masks, and walked quickly to the ticket gate.

Check in, enter.

When he came to the clean screening hall and saw the seats filled up, Li Qiang immediately regained his pre-epidemic life.

He is a writer on Pujie.com who can barely make ends meet. Of course, he usually doesn't call himself a writer, but only a writer.

A profession that is not very popular, every time relatives ask about it during the Chinese New Year, when they say that it is written, they all look confused.

Write?just you?

Then kindly ask what is written, and help to increase a few clicks.

Tell the title of the book, watching relatives go to Baidu one by one, and reminding them to go to the starting point to read the original version, all they get is a blank stare.

Still need to spend money?

Oh fool!

Every new year is so embarrassing, but for Li Qiang, this is indeed a perfect job.

There is no leadership, no networking, and no need to smooth yourself out to fit in.

Write as much as you want, write two more chapters today, and give yourself a vacation tomorrow, wander around, and be free.

However, the only disadvantage is that Li Qiang, who is not good at speaking, often has no one to speak for several days.

Therefore, the cinema became his favorite place to go, because there are many people here and it is not crowded.

After watching the movie, find a restaurant with good business and lively people for dinner

Being in the crowd, I feel that I am not out of touch with society and not so lonely.

Closed at home for more than half a year, this is the first time Li Qian has returned to the crowd. Although he is in a closed space, he feels very comfortable.

When the movie started to show, Li Qiang withdrew his thoughts and stared at the big screen seriously.

Li Qiang misses the unchanging dragon logo for thousands of years, and even feels that the logo looks much better.

The dragon mark flashed past, and the picture on the big screen came to the airport. It was summer vacation, and the airport was crowded with people and it was very noisy.

Not this noisy voice, but there is no trace of boredom in the ears.

In the waiting hall, three generations of the family are waiting for the plane. Wang Ou, who plays the wife, keeps telling her husband Deng Chao to take good care of his son on the plane.