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Chapter 13 Miss Nine

Sometimes when I sit in the car and see Hong Kong-style restaurants passing by the window, the lights inside are bright, and many people are eating lively, I will think of a girl. At that time, I was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and I was still under the management of Master's Drama Academy. When I first started doing martial arts, my life was very hard, and I didn't know where the future was.Days are practiced repeatedly, waiting for work, starting work, filming, being beaten, and finishing work.Every day at 6 o'clock in the morning, I go to a place to gather with my seniors. When the car arrives, I sit in the car and wait. As soon as the car starts, it means that I have a job today and can earn five yuan.After finishing work in the evening, this car will take everyone to the place where they got on the bus, and then everyone will go back to school together.There is also a small episode here. At the beginning, even if we arrived at the scene, put on makeup, and were ready, as long as the machine was not turned on, we would not be paid.For example, sometimes the hero and heroine can’t come due to something, so we came here in vain, and there is no money to make. "Part-time work", you can get half of the wages, 30 yuan, and when you arrive at the set, once the machine is turned on, even if you start a "part-time job", you can get 65 yuan.

There are many nightclubs around the gathering place where the bus is boarded. A group of young boys hang out every day and soon discover a trick.Rather than strenuously walking back to school every day and waiting for the bus early the next morning, it is better to go directly to the nightclub next door, take a shower there, hang out with the girls, and wait for the bus the next day.Maybe you will be curious, how can everyone be willing to spend the little money they earn every day, why not save some savings?In fact, the reason is very simple. We work hard every day. Although everyone will not tell the truth, everyone knows that maybe after the next dangerous move, you will have no chance to see the sun tomorrow.That being the case, of course, if you have wine today, you will be drunk today, and squander how much money you have, and don't have to leave it for tomorrow.

In the beginning, I was brought to a nightclub by my seniors. They introduced girls to me. I was actually very shy in my heart, but I had to pretend to be an adult in front of everyone. It was a very interesting state of mind. I remember the first time I went there, the girl I met was No. 9, she was very beautiful and gentle.The second time I went, I just asked "Is No. 9 there?", and it happened many times after that.As if it was a promise, I don't want to switch to another girl at all.Slowly everyone started to make fun of us, as long as they saw me going, they would say, number nine, your boyfriend is here.

The conditions of that nightclub were not very good. After all, with our economic strength at the time, we couldn't afford too expensive places.No. 9 and I huddled in her dim cubicle every day, and we could see the low ceiling when we looked up.The small room is not soundproof, and the surrounding sounds can be heard almost clearly. Sometimes everyone commits crimes, and even peeks at others through the crack of the door, which is very childish.Even if the conditions are ordinary, compared with the days at the Drama Academy, it is already like heaven.I feel very happy, as if I have my own little home.Every morning after 5:00, No. 9 would wake up first, pat me on the shoulder, and tell me to get up and get ready to start work.I immediately got up to take a shower, and then went out with my seniors to wait for the bus.At that time, there was no future plan. My parents were in Australia, and I practiced and filmed endlessly every day.This dim red-light district actually brings a lot of warmth to the boring life.

One afternoon, I finished work early, went to eat with a group of brothers, and entered a Hong Kong-style tea restaurant.After a while, I saw someone walking in, it was Liang Xiaolong, and I greeted him. At this time, I saw a girl behind him, who also raised her hand to greet me. I thought it was a bit strange at the time, so I sat down Looking down to eat.At this time, I felt that girl was looking at me all the time, and someone next to me joked with me, hey, there is a girl looking at you.I just don't understand, why is she looking at me?I was a little shy, and I didn't have the nerve to look more.

In the evening, go to No. 9 as usual.As soon as we met, she asked, I met me in the restaurant today and I greeted you, why did you ignore me? I was stunned at first, and then suddenly realized.For so long, every time I met her was at night, the lights in the nightclub had never been bright, and she was always wearing makeup.This afternoon, we met in bright sunlight, and she looked plain without makeup, but I didn't recognize her at all... We have been together for so long, but in fact, I have never known her name, age, or where she came from. I only know that she is number nine.At that time, I suddenly had a feeling that I couldn't go on like this.

There is no end to this story. Later, the filming became more and more busy, and the opportunities to meet each other became less and less, until one day I suddenly became a big star and began to make my home all over the world, not often in Hong Kong.Flying around the world, sometimes when I wake up, I have to think for a long time before I know where I am.Open your eyes, there will be no more short roofs and cramped cubicles. The world is changing very fast, and my world is changing even faster. If I don't talk about these old things, I'm afraid that one day I will slowly forget them.Number nine, I don't know where she is now, whether she has lived a good life, and has a man who loves her.

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