MTL - How to Feed an Abyss!-Chapter 17 first act

Generals are generally accompanied by officers, especially in public places, and this time is no exception. Lu Tinghan was accompanied by two officers, both of whom could be counted as the audience attracted by Shi Yuan, and his performance tripled.

At this time, it was not yet time for the performance, and there was no one at the entrance of the theater. Shi Yuan wandered around and led Lu Tinghan to find Qin Luoluo.

Qin Luoluo was fighting a mop in the corridor outside the utility room. The mop has just been bought for three days, and the quality is really not good enough. The head of the mop is bald and almost broken in the middle. She lifted it, frowned her delicate eyebrows in disgust, and was looking for the manufacturer's logo.

Shi Yuan called out: "Miss Qin."

Qin Luo didn't raise his head: "Hurry up and call Xia Fang over for me, this is his chore, I don't want to do it for him."

"I brought the audience here." Shi Yuan said.

"Come so early? First go to the second floor to find Xia Fang and ask him to register information." Qin Luoluo turned her head and put on a standard business smile, "Why is this gentleman..."

She met Lu Tinghan's eyes.

Qin Luoluo: "..." The mop in her hand snapped into two pieces with a clang and was completely useless.

Words can't describe her state, she was shocked, puzzled and confused, all blended together, because it was too complex, facial muscles couldn't express, she opened her mouth wide, her expression was like the famous painting "The Scream".

Qin Luoluo's exe has lost its response.

Shi Yuan didn't notice that Qin Luoluo was down, he took Lu Tinghan up to the second floor.

The place Xia Fang was in was the office area, and outsiders were not allowed to enter, so Shi Yuan could only find him alone. Before leaving, he seriously said to Lu Tinghan, "I will help you get a fake identity."

Lu Tinghan said, "Fake identity?"

"Maybe you can deceive people." Shi Yuan said, "I still think it's not good to reveal your identity."

Lu Tinghan looked at him for two seconds, and I don't know if it was Shi Yuan's illusion, but he saw something in Lu Tinghan's eyes...interested?

Lu Tinghan: "Then let's try."

Shi Yuan went to find Xia Fang.

Xia Fang was sorting out the audience list for tonight, Shi Yuan said to him: "I brought the audience here, I need to register."

Xia Fang looked up in surprise: "You actually brought someone here! I even bet five yuan with Lao Cheng, I said you can definitely bring someone, but he said you can't, I will ask him for money later. Come on Come on, what's his name, the audience?"

It wasn't the first day that Xia Fang fell into a money hole. In the morning, he said that the troupe's salary was low and there were too many things to do. In the afternoon, he said that it was better to accompany men. As for the evening, he probably spent time at the bar trying to develop clients—Shi Yuan had long been used to him. The process has to be listened to every day.

He planned to make up a pseudonym for Lu Tinghan, but he didn't think about it, and said after a while: "His name is... er, er, Lu Tingting."

"Lu Tingting?" Xia Fang was taken aback, "I thought..." He shook his head, "Forget it, which road is it? Road road?"

Shi Yuan thought for a moment: "Lu Tinghan's Lu."

"What kind of vocabulary do you have?" Xia Fang wrote her name and took out a light blue ticket, "Lu Tingting, right? You give her the ticket, and it will be checked when you enter the performance hall."

"More than one person." Shi Yuan said, "There are also two of his friends."

"There are two more?" Xia Fang opened his eyes wide, "Okay, Shiyuan, I didn't see that you are so efficient, awesome, this time I have to take 15 yuan from Lao Cheng. What's your friend's name?"

This time Shi Yuan couldn't make it up, so he replied: "I don't know."

"It's okay if you don't know, how could you not know." Xia Fang took two more tickets, "Tell me after you ask, anyway, we're going backstage later."

Shi Yuan agreed and went back to find Lu Tinghan with three tickets.

Lu Tinghan asked, "Are you using a fake identity?"

Shi Yuan: "Well, they definitely won't recognize you."

"Really?"

"Really." Shi Yuan swore.

Shi Yuan asked the names of the two officers and was about to leave. Before leaving, he said to Lu Tinghan, "There is a place to rest on the first floor, and you can see it when you get off the stairs. I'm going backstage, and you can see me on stage later."

Lu Tinghan hummed and patted his head.

Shi Yuan smiled.

Shi Yeon then went backstage. There are 6 core members of the Wild Rose Troupe including him. Although there are part-time staff to help, the work is still very stressful.

There were still three hours before the start of the performance, Cheng Youwen leaned on crutches, and was really unable to do anything, so he directed everyone to work. Xia Fang tossed the set, Shi Yuan and Tracy were in charge of the props, Tracy hung up the clothes one by one, he put away the fake knife, arranged the tables, chairs, sofas, cups, and worked with Wolfgang to make the bar scene The wine bottles to be used in the book are sorted out.

On the way, Qin Luoluo came over.

She said: "Let's take a break, and come back to put on makeup in half an hour."

Tracy disappeared in an instant, and Shi Yuan wanted to leave, but Qin Luoluo grabbed her by the shoulder.

Shi Yuan:?

Qin Luoluo stared at him closely, with a face full of hesitation and hesitation, hesitation and hesitation, hesitation and hesitation: "You..."

Shi Yuan saw her jumping sideways several times, and finally asked: "What's wrong?"

"...It's okay." Qin Luoluo patted him on the shoulder, "Xia Fang still doesn't know who you brought here?"

Xia Fang did not see Lu Tinghan, Shi Yuan said, "He doesn't know."

Qin Luoluo narrowed her eyes suddenly, showing her trademark foxy smile: "Let him go and see him quickly." She urged, "He was just preparing gifts for the audience, so you can tell him, can you give him a gift first?" The person who brought you the gift—don’t say I told you, let him go in person.”

Shi Yuan has always been obedient, and went to Xia Fang to talk about it.

Gifts will only be sent out when the audience enters the venue, there is no need to send them in person. Qin Luoluo did not cheat people, if she came to tell Xia Fang about this, Xia Fang would definitely suspect that she was playing some trick again. But the problem is, it was Shi Yuan who told him about it.

Xia Fang didn't have any doubts: "Okay, I'll go with you with a gift, let me look for it."

The gift was actually a greeting card with a commemorative stamp of the Garcia Theater and a beautiful commemorative ticket in the middle.

Before the beginning of the end of the world, the Grand Theater will replace the commemorative tickets every year. The thick and delicate materials, bronzing fonts, and exquisite patterns like artworks are issued in limited quantities, and the supply exceeds demand. Thirty years ago, the Grand Theater issued the last type of commemorative tickets. The difference is that there are no enthusiastic audiences. Until today, that batch of commemorative tickets has not been used up.

They went to the lounge on the first floor, Xia Fang knocked on the door with three greeting cards.

Cheng Youwen wrote well, and just filled in the audience's name on the greeting card. Xia Fang looked at the name, the door opened, and he said, "Excuse me, it's Lu Tingting..."

The shadow fell on Xia Fang's body, he thought Tingting was quite tall, she must be 1.9 meters, looked up -

"Lu Tingting" glanced down at the name on the greeting card, then glanced at Shi Yuan, seeming to raise her eyebrows.

Xia Fang: "..."

Xia Fang: "... Ga!"

Shi Yuan didn't understand what kind of experience it is for a person to be scared out of the duck call. The greeting card in Xia Fang's hand was like a timed bomb/bomb, he couldn't give it or let it go, his eyes were bigger than a copper bell.

Lu Tinghan took the greeting card and said, "Yes, I'm Lu Tingting, thank you for the gift."

Xia Fang's hands were shaking, he looked at Lu Tinghan, then at Shi Yuan, his stiff brain finally cleared up a bit of logic. He stammered: "Lu... Lu..." General Lu.

Lu Tinghan looked at him: "I'm Lu Tingting."

Xia Fang: "..."

What the **** is this!

Xia Fang spent his whole life in training, swallowed the phrase "land general" abruptly, and said with a dry smile: "Haha, I, I still have something to do, I'm going back first, I'm going back. Play slowly, play slowly. ’ He ran away, faster than a rabbit, and almost tripped.

Shi Yuan followed Lu Tinghan into the lounge and said, "Did he find out who you are?"

"Not found." Lu Tinghan lowered his eyes, looked at the flamboyant and thin gold "Lu Tingting" on the greeting card, and replied, "Very well done."

Shi Yuan was very happy: "Look, I said I could fool them."

For the next half an hour, he stayed with Lu Tinghan.

He didn't feel busy in the backstage just now, but now that he is free, he starts to get nervous, his heart beats fast, and he can't calm down no matter what.

Everyone likes free things, and there are more than 30 people in the audience. He was already very nervous just standing on the stage and looking at the empty auditorium. Now that he was performing in front of so many people for the first time, the anthropophobia was sure to strike.

Lu Tinghan noticed his nervousness, before he went backstage, he said, "I'm right under the stage."

Shi Yuan asked Lu Tinghan: "Do you like watching stage plays?"

"Not bad, I've seen it live two or three times." Lu Tinghan paused, "I'm looking forward to your performance."

"Yeah." Shi Yuan emphasized, "You have to keep looking at me."

"I will." Lu Tinghan said.

When Shi Yuan returned to the backstage, the makeup artist had already arrived and was painting the scars on Wolfgang's face. Xia Fang and Qin Luoluo were talking about something, and when they turned around to see him, their eyes were very complicated, and they couldn't say anything. Finally, they gave him a thumbs up and said sincerely, "Awesome."

After the makeup artist finished painting the scar, he looked at Shi Yuan and said, "You don't need to put on makeup anymore, just go ahead."

So Shi Yuan changed into the villager's costume and prepared to go on stage.

Qin Luoluo knew that he was afraid of people, so she comforted him: "It's okay, I was very nervous when I was on stage for the first time, I couldn't even sit down, I kept thinking 'Will I make a mistake?' 'Will I forget my lines?' 'Audience What if you make fun of me?'"

"What happened next?" Shi Yuan asked.

"The more you act, the better. Practice makes perfect." Qin Luoluo said, "Do you know why I wanted to act in the first place?"

"why?"

Qin Luoluo replied: "I was not interested in stage plays at the time. I just thought I was beautiful. I wanted more people to see me and praise me for my beauty. I was happiest when I stood under the spotlight. The whole world is watching me." She bent her eyes and smiled, pinching Shi Yuan's face, "It's so good-looking, wouldn't it be a loss if you don't show it to a few more people?"

Cheng Youwen interjected: "She is very soulless, vain and smug. From the beginning, I came here with love. Do you understand love? I thought I would write a script and let everyone know about me. story."

Shi Yuan: "Oh..."

"Don't worry," Cheng Youwen turned his head and coughed a few times, "It doesn't matter what your role is or how many lines you have, as long as you stand on it, you will be the protagonist. Look at me, I dare to go up to act with a crippled leg."

Wolfgang also briefly said to him: "Come on, you're fine."

Shi Yuan knew they were comforting him, but he was still nervous. He touched the wolf tooth pendant subconsciously, his palms felt hot.

Why do people like stage plays? Why, he thought, care about a fictional story that belongs to someone else? Are they really touched by the emotions of others?

But Cheng Youwen and the others all had light in their eyes, the kind of light called love.

There are more and more people in the audience, and low voices of conversation can be heard. Soon, the lights went out, and the spotlights on the stage came on suddenly, accompanied by the brisk music, illuminating the houses, trees, and wells on the stage. In the center of the village, Leo held a piece of dogtail grass Diao Erlang made his debut.

Everything proceeded in an orderly manner, and the actors took turns to appear on the stage. The script written by Cheng Youwen was very good, coupled with Wolfgang's superb acting skills, the audience tensed up, disgusted with Leo's arrogance and unreasonable, and couldn't help but wonder how he changed as the protagonist.

In the second half of the first act, it's time for Shi Yuan to appear on stage.

He walked from the backstage to the stage, into the bright light. When he took his first step on the stage, he felt that the world was very quiet, so quiet that he could even hear a needle drop, the stage was pitch black, and countless eyes were staring at him, judging him, looking forward to him.

…too many humans!

They are all looking at him!

Shi Yuan's tail curled up.

"Boom, boom, boom."

It was his quickening heartbeat. He took a few more steps, his feet were light and light, and every step seemed to be empty.

Anthropophobia came on fiercely, even though Shi Yuan had done a long time of psychological construction, his heart suddenly hung up. The stage lights scorched him hotly, burning his heart, and the quietness seemed to be transparent tide, overwhelming him, almost suffocating him. He was like a monster hiding in the bushes, suddenly dragged into the sun, with nowhere to hide.

—or so it is.

He doesn't belong here at all, he should walk with the infected creatures, wear the stars and moons of the wasteland, step over every stream in the forest, or turn into the black mist at the bottom of the abyss, and continue to dream long dreams.

He is afraid of people and stage fright, and cannot appreciate the charm of stage plays. He came to the city because of Lu Tinghan, and he stood on the stage because of his promise to Xie Qianming, everything was wrong.

But, but...

The troupe and all the audience were waiting for him to speak his first lines. Lu Tinghan also said that he was looking forward to his performance.

He wants to play the play well.

Shi Yuan looked down the stage. It was so dark under the stage, yet he found Lu Tinghan at a glance.

Lu Tinghan looked at him intently.

Cheng Youwen wanted everyone to know his story, and Qin Luoluo wanted the attention of the whole world. Shi Yuan didn't have such a great goal, he just wanted to fulfill his promise, and he only wanted Lu Tinghan to see him alone.

If you are braver, you may be able to understand human beings better, and understand their love, hate, sorrow and joy.

The lights were dazzlingly bright, and the audience was like a flock of crows.

Shi Yuan took a deep breath and read out the lines: [Mr. Lei Ao, what would you like to drink today? Here are the best moonshine wines, guaranteed to satisfy you…]

He plays Lin Mo.

He worked hard, saved money and prepared to travel far, he argued with Leo, and he died under Leo's knife.

The point of the knife sank into his chest, and he fell softly to the ground, never getting up again. The light shone on his face softly like a veil.

There was a gasp in the audience, Leo saw that he had killed someone, panicked, fled the village overnight, and began his life of incognito.

The audition for the first act is over.

The applause sounded, and the actors walked to the stage. They held hands and bowed to the audience.

Shi Yuan followed suit, and he didn't feel relieved until then.

It's not perfect, but for a scary first-time actor, he does a good job and doesn't disappoint.

Looking down the stage, Lu Tinghan was still looking at him with a smile in his eyes.

…

Backstage, everyone congratulated each other and had a good time.

Cheng Youwen laughed for a while, boasting that his script was good, and when he finished boasting, he suddenly remembered something: "It's strange, why I just saw Lu Tinghan."

Qin Luoluo: "That's because you read it right."

Cheng Youwen:? !

Cheng Youwen's face suddenly became serious: "Everyone, listen to me, he is here to arrest me. My "Operation against Lu Tinghan" for so many years has finally angered him, and I may be shot by him. If something happens to me, You must remember the safe in my room, the code is under the carpet, and it is full of unpublished scripts."

Shi Yuan was so happy that he didn't hear their conversation at all.

"Shoot a ghost, he came to see the theater, to see Shi Yuan." Xia Fang replied in a low voice, "This is a distinguished guest invited by Shi Yuan, quickly give me the 5 yuan bet."

Cheng Youwen:? ? ?

He was more shocked than he thought he was going to be caught.

Qin Luoluo sighed: "Your campaign against Lu Tinghan has completely failed. We have already been beaten into the interior by the enemy and penetrated deeply."

"How internal?" Cheng Youwen was still shocked, "How deep?"

Qin Luoluo said, "Family."

Xia Fang said, "Negative distance."

Cheng Youwen: "..."

After tidying up the backstage, Shi Yuan hurriedly bid farewell to everyone, got into Lu Tinghan's car, and asked him, "How is my performance!"

"Very good." Lu Tinghan patted his head, "The lines are good."

Shi Yuan narrowed his eyes contentedly, and soon let out a satisfied purring sound. He said that he was very nervous at first, and his tail was on the edge of knotting; he said that he did not expect so many audiences to watch him; he said that fortunately he did not lose the chain, and he was worthy of the salary of 6 yuan an hour.

After listening to his excited ramblings, Lu Tinghan added, "But what happened to 'Lu Tingting'?"

Only then did Shi Yuan remember this, and said, "I gave you a fake name and told them your name is Lu Tingting, they got it wrong."

Lu Tinghan: "..." This pseudonym is outrageous.

"I'm very happy today," Shi Yuan continued, "You said before that you fought for an ordinary day, and now I know that an ordinary day can also be very happy—"

The voice stopped abruptly.

He paused.

The car was driving through the city square, and a woman in gray was standing in the middle of the square. Her face was vicissitudes, her clothes were thin, and she was holding a huge sign in her hand, which wrote in red letters: [I implore the alliance to dismiss General Lu Tinghan, and never allow the watchers to take power! 】

There was a man standing beside her, also holding a sign: [Oppose the euthanasia bill! Son, Dad still wants to see you for the last time]

There were five or six people standing with them, silently protesting, and the sign was full of [We can't trust him] [A hundred people petitioned to be dismissed] [Human life is at stake, no compromise, against unstable factors, to eliminate major threats ] Wait for words.

Their figures are like rocks in the wind.

The sedan moved forward, leaving them and the square behind.

Shi Yuan wanted to look back, but Lu Tinghan took his shoulders: "It's a common thing."

Shi Yuan stopped talking, and said in a muffled voice after a long time: "...I don't like what they do."

"You can't make everyone like you, there's no such thing as perfection." Lu Tinghan said, "It's like a normal day, of course there will be joys and sorrows, don't worry about it."

Shi Yuan remained silent.

He became unhappy all of a sudden, the joy of the success of the performance disappeared, and his tail drooped.

Lu Tinghan glanced at him sideways, and said, "Shi Yuan, do you know how to make today extraordinary?"

"...What?" Shi Yuan looked at him.

"Go and eat a bowl of noodles." Lu Tinghan said, "Scallions, eggs, and bean sprouts are fried on an open flame and served with the freshest meat in the whole city. The soup is poured on the noodles and cooked together for five minutes. It is guaranteed to last for three days. Can't forget."

Shi Yuan's eyes lit up: "Is it the restaurant we ate before?"

"That's it, celebrating your first show."

"I want to try the mutton noodles this time."

"it is good."

"Not spicy."

"it is good."

Shi Yuan's tail began to wag happily, but he soon thought of the protesters again and said, "Those people..."

"Don't mention them." Lu Tinghan said, "They're not talking about me."

Shi Yuan:?

His tail curled into a question mark.

Lu Tinghan said: "They are talking about Lu Tinghan, but tonight I am Lu Tingting." He touched Shi Yuan's head, "Lu Tingting just wants to eat noodles now."

Shi Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then rolled his eyes and smiled.

One bowl of beef noodles, one bowl of mutton noodles, one bowl of spicy and one bowl of light, the fragrance is tangy, delicious, so delicious that you can swallow it with your tongue, making you forget all your troubles. The two sat opposite each other in the small room on the second floor, watching the street view and eating noodles, and lighting bright yellow lamps from house to house.

On the way home by car, the night was dark, Lu Tinghan was about to say something, and his shoulders were heavy.

Shi Yuan leaned on his shoulder and fell asleep.

When he fell asleep, he always liked to curl up slightly, like a quiet little animal.

So Lu Tinghan didn't speak.

The greeting card was still in his hand, with the commemorative ticket from 30 years ago sandwiched between him. He looked at the flamboyant "Lu Tingting" and smiled lightly.