Early in the morning on the first day of the first lunar month, Zheng Yuer rode a bicycle to the Wanxing Cinema Line in Beijing.
Seeing the scattered crowds at the Wanxing Cinema ticket office, she immediately became happy. There were not many people, so she should be able to buy it.
However, she originally thought that she could buy tickets for "Westward Journey" if she came earlier...
"What, sold out?"
Zheng Yuer's eyes widened and she said in disbelief: "It's only nine o'clock now, how can it be sold out?"
"It's really sold out!" The conductor knocked on the plaque next to the window: "Girl, don't you recognize the words "Westward Journey" are sold out?"
"Where's the one at night?" Zheng Yu'er asked again.
The conductor chuckled: "There are no tickets for the evening. The tickets for the performances from 12 noon today to 12 o'clock at night are all gone. Tomorrow's tickets haven't come out yet."
Zheng Yuer was depressed: "How could it be so fast? I don't think anyone among you is queuing up."
"That's because you came too late."
The conductor shook his head and said: "People have been queuing here since five o'clock in the morning, and by eight o'clock the tickets are almost sold out."
As he said that, the conductor suddenly said: "Westward Journey is gone, but there are still other movies you can watch? For example, there are still some empty seats for "Across the Pacific", which will be gone by noon, and "Outsmart"
"Birthday", "Beautiful Mom"..."
"No, I've read all the reviews online. These are all bad movies."
Zheng Yu'er was about to leave when she saw a sneaky young man walking over: "Hey, classmate, do you want to buy a ticket? "Westward Journey"!"
"You have?" Zheng Yuer asked suspiciously.
"Yes, of course."
As the young man spoke, he took out a stack of movie tickets from his pocket: "Look, there are "New Year's Wish", "Outsmarting the Birthday Plan", "Across the Pacific", and "Westward Journey".
"Are they real tickets? How much does one cost?" Zheng Yuer asked.
The young man chuckled: "Of course it's true. If it's fake, it's guaranteed to be replaced. If you don't believe it, you can ask the conductor. As for the price, it's easy to say, one hundred and eighty."
Zheng Yuer turned around and left.
The young man quickly caught up: "Oh, girl, the price of one hundred and eighty is not expensive, it's really not expensive!"
"How much are the ticket prices for other movies?" Zheng Yuer asked.
"Other movies?" The young man was stunned for a moment and said, "Twenty."
Zheng Yuer frowned and asked: "Why is the ticket price of "Westward Journey" more expensive than other movies?"
The young man smiled, aren't you looking for trouble?
"Girl, can you buy movie tickets for "Westward Journey" now?"
Seeing Zheng Yu'er shaking her head, the young man said again: "Then that's right! Do you understand market economy? You are still a college student, and you don't even understand that things are rare but expensive?"
Zheng Yuer ignored him and pushed the cart towards other movie theaters.
She didn't believe it. There were so many movie theaters in Beijing, but none of them could watch "Westward Journey"?
The young man shouted behind her: "Girl, it won't be 180 when you come back!"
Zheng Yu'er came to Xingmei Cinema and saw a long queue in the cinema. She quickly crossed the crowd and stepped forward to ask: "Sister, is there still "Westward Journey"?"
"Yes!" the conductor yelled, and then said quickly: "If you want to buy tickets, you have to queue up first. We are not doing anything special."
Hearing this, Zheng Yuer happily ran to the back of the queue to queue up.
Half an hour later, it was finally her turn, "Bring me three copies of "Westward Journey"."
"'Westward Journey'? It's gone." the conductor said.
Zheng Yuer was anxious: "Didn't there just be more?"
"What time was it just now?" the conductor asked in confusion.
"Half an hour ago, I asked you half an hour ago, and you still said yes!" Zheng Yuer said.
The conductor remembered, and she smiled: "Half an hour ago, there were still tickets for tonight's midnight show. Ten minutes ago, all the tickets for today's "Westward Journey" movie were sold out."
Zheng Yuer was speechless.
Just as he was about to leave, a sneaky young man came next to him and asked with excitement: "Girl, I have "Westward Journey" here!"
Zheng Yuer looked at him: "How much?"
"One hundred and eighty!" said the young man.
"Can it be cheaper?" Zheng Yuer asked.
"Yes, one hundred and two for the midnight show, one hundred and fifty for the afternoon show, one hundred and eighty for the noon show, you name it, you can watch whichever show you want." The young man chuckled.
Zheng Yuer looked at him for a while and asked abruptly: "Are you a scalper?"
The young man was startled, then smiled and said: "Yes, I am a scalper."
"Sorry, I have a grudge against scalpers."
Zheng Yuer pushed the car and continued to leave. Seeing that it was almost eleven o'clock, she ran to several cinemas and found that all the cinema tickets for today's "Westward Journey" had been sold out.
"This is too hot!"
Zheng Yuer pushed the car helplessly and stood on the roadside.
I originally wanted to invite my parents to watch a movie, but I didn't expect that after working all morning, I didn't even buy a movie ticket.
So I was a little discouraged. When I got home, I just put on my slippers and saw my father taking care of the clothes with the help of my mother.
"Yu'er is back? What have you been doing?"
Zheng Yonghe, who was the director of Beijing TV Station at the time, asked with a smile.
"We went to play at a classmate's house." Zheng Yuer asked listlessly: "Dad, Mom, who are you two going to see now? To grandpa's house?"
"I don't see anyone. Your Uncle Zhang just came and gave our family three movie tickets. Our family will have lunch later and then go watch a movie." Mom said.
Zheng Yuer was stunned: "What movie?"
Mom pointed to the movie tickets placed on the dining table: "Here, what's it called Journey to the West? I heard it's quite popular now. Let's take a look at it later."
Hearing this, Zheng Yuer hurriedly picked up the movie ticket. When she saw the font on it that "Westward Journey" will be shown at 15:00 on January 1, 2002, she screamed with joy.
"What are you doing?"
My mother was startled and scolded: "A big girl has no reserve at all!"
Zheng Yuer hugged her mother's face and kissed her fiercely: "Mom, thank you!"
"Why are you thanking me?" Mom pushed Zheng Yu'er away in disgust.
"I really wanted to see this movie, but it's a pity that the theaters are all sold out! I didn't expect you, mom, to be able to get it..." Zheng Yuer said coquettishly.
When my mother heard this, she suddenly smiled and said: "This is your father's credit. Your Uncle Zhang gave it to our family for your father's sake. He is the director of the "Music Star" program group of your father's TV station.
Zhang Heng."
Zheng Yonghe was on the side, tying his tie and laughing: "This movie is indeed very popular, young people like it very much."
"Yes, yes, many people in our school want to watch this movie."
Zheng Yuer nodded her head like garlic, looking at the three movie tickets in her hand, the smile on her face bloomed like a flower.
Ha! It is true that there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and there is another village with hidden flowers and bright trees!