In the darkness, his consciousness kept wandering. Finally, a burst of coldness hit him, and Liao Yuan felt the presence of his body.
It was as quiet as a warehouse in a deep valley, with moonlight shining through the cracks in the door in the distance, and the air was cold.
Liao Yuan opened his eyes and glanced around.
What was immediately visible was the smelly garbage dump. It was more like a mountain of garbage than a garbage pile. A few rats scurried around in the corners, making squeaking sounds.
Cold, cold to the bone.
"Back again." Liao Yuan muttered to himself, feeling a little broken inside.
Is this a dream?
No, absolutely not.
Liao Yuan felt the pain and weakness in his body, as well as the scars on his face and arms that were slowly forming, and the cold pain was undeniable.
If it is a dream, it is too real!
He struggled to sit up, and slowly, his memory began to wake up.
Memories like rain and clouds flashed through my mind, appearing one by one like a movie showing.
A few days ago, in order to commemorate the tenth anniversary of their debut, the company specially planned and arranged a world-class large-scale concert for more than 100,000 people.
Liao Yuan also attaches great importance to this day, so he practices day and night, and has also prepared two songs from the new album to be used as easter eggs in the concert and sung to the 100,000 fans in the audience.
As Asia's leading actor and singer, the news of Liao Yuan's concert preparations has naturally attracted the enthusiastic attention of fans. Many fans at home and abroad are looking forward to this day. Not long ago, Liao Yuan's concert tickets
Pre-sales have also started. The scalper ticket price alone has soared to 8,000 yuan per ticket. Overseas, the price is even more fierce. At the peak of popularity, it has exceeded 20,000 yuan per ticket.
Ticket pre-sales are conducted in batches. Each time a certain amount of tickets is opened, they are basically sold out.
Liao Yuan was very happy when he heard the news at the time. Now his popularity has reached the top of the Chinese people. His movie box office records, album sales records, and appearance fee records have all been broken by him one after another.
In the ten years since his debut, he has experienced ups and downs, and his current achievements are due not only to the imprint of his previous life, but also to his personal efforts.
However, a few days before the start of the concert, a large-scale ticket refund incident suddenly broke out on the Internet.
At first, the reason was very simple. In order to buy a front-row seat for Liao Yuan's concert, a young man who had just graduated went to a scalper and spent 70,000 yuan to buy tickets. This was originally a normal phenomenon in the industry. After all, he wanted to get a front-row ticket.
In addition to normal purchasing channels, you can only buy from scalpers.
The normal channels are basically completely blocked for some reason, so the only way to purchase them is through scalpers.
As a top superstar, Liao Yuan's concert tickets have reached sky-high prices, and tickets are in short supply. If you can spend 70,000 to buy an audience ticket for Liao Yuan's concert, you are definitely a true fan.
There is a shortage of everything in the world, but there is no shortage of rich people. Therefore, even if a ticket is sold for 70,000 yuan, there are still rich fans who spend money to buy it.
But the key point is that this young man who just graduated has no ability to spend such a huge amount of tickets. The reason why he was able to buy this 70,000 yuan ticket was entirely because he stole his parents' bank card.
And this incident was known to the parents the next day. They were an ordinary family, and their life has even been a little difficult recently, so when this incident came out, it made the family that was not well-off even worse.
But scalpers only sell tickets, and it is absolutely difficult to get a refund from them, and you can't even find them.
Therefore, young parents can only contact the organizer and hope to refund the tickets for their class. The organizer readily agreed, but could only refund them 6,000 yuan because the price of the ticket was displayed on the official selling platform.
That's six thousand yuan.
Seventy thousand yuan turned into six thousand yuan, no one wants to do this kind of thing.
However, the organizer was unwilling to pay for this fee. After all, the other party purchased tickets from scalpers rather than through formal channels.
After going back and forth, he became stiff.
Later, some media noticed this incident, so major portals began to report it on a large scale. Later, seeing that the popularity did not rise, they came up with new tactics.
I don’t know who had the bad idea. The two parents showed up at the rehearsal of Liao Yuan’s concert and threatened to make the organizer bear the loss of the 70,000 yuan in tickets.
Liao Yuan also knew about this incident and made a special inquiry while rehearsing. Apparently the company had just learned of the incident and was very angry. He ordered the issuer to resolve the matter immediately and apologized on Weibo.
This incident caused a big fuss and the organizers were under a lot of pressure, but after some discussion, they still insisted on the ticket price of 6,000 yuan.
Because of this opening, they may fall into an even bigger abyss of refunds.
So they chose to call the police and forcefully evacuate the young parents who were threatening death.
In their public remarks, they stated that they are willing to refund tickets for all users who purchased tickets through normal channels. The implication is that if you purchase tickets through abnormal channels, you should not make unreasonable troubles with them anymore.
With the police coming forward, we originally thought the matter had subsided. However, within two days, the media reported that the young parents had taken sleeping pills and were sent to the hospital. As a result, public opinion was in an uproar and the incident reached a climax again.
At this time, someone else came forward and exposed the underground cooperation between the ticket seller and the scalpers, causing an uproar in public opinion.
Everyone was condemning the party that issued the ticket, so much so that some people began to maliciously attack Liao Yuan.
And in the following days, large-scale refund actions began to appear on the Internet.
Liao Yuan also began to pay attention to this matter, but the company regulations prevented him from defending it immediately. These are matters that the brokerage company should solve. Otherwise, why sign with the company?
Unexpectedly, just before the concert started, during an event, Liao Yuan had just stepped off the stage and was washing up in the bathroom. Taking advantage of the security gap, he was hit with a sap and passed out instantly.
When I woke up again, I came to this dark warehouse with unknown coordinates, and the air was filled with rotten and fishy smell all day long.
After recalling this, Liao Yuan took a deep breath.
At this moment, he was already immune to the stench around him, and his brain was spinning rapidly, thinking about ways to survive.
His hands and feet were tied up with nylon ties. It was absolutely impossible to break free, and the harder he struggled, the tighter the ties became.
How to solve it?
Can only be outwitted!
Today, Liao Yuan recalls what happened and still learns the identity of the kidnapper. He is obviously the old man who stole his parents' bank to buy tickets out of vanity.
The other party is seeking money, not really trying to harm himself.
When he thought of this, Liao Yuan felt a little more relaxed.
Although tension can increase vigilance, relaxation obviously makes it easier for people to think independently.
Taking advantage of the dim moonlight under the door, he looked at everything around him.
It was still the dilapidated warehouse that had appeared many times in my dreams, with the mountains of garbage and some arrogant rats.
In front of him was a dirty operating table, with various needles and tubes placed on the medical cart next to it.
In the dream, the other party did not know what he had injected into himself. Not long after the injection, he returned to his third life. The injection was obviously fatal...
While I was thinking, a weak air flow came in, footsteps and the sound of a switch sounded at the same time. Someone turned on the light bulb hanging in the room, emitting a weak light. The current seemed a little unstable, and there was a buzzing sound.
Liao Yuan felt a chill in his heart and quickly closed his eyes.
When the warehouse door was pushed open, Liao Yuan could even smell the smell of alcohol.
The other party was fiddling with the needle on the medical trolley without saying a word, and soon, a sigh came.
"I'm sorry, I really just do it for money..."
"Your family is extremely wealthy. The salary from one movie is enough for us ordinary people to live for a lifetime. Why are you forcing me?"
"I used to be a fan of yours. I've watched all the movies you acted in. I also contributed a lot to the box office for your achievements today..."
"But I don't understand, why are you forcing me? Why don't you refuse to refund the ticket? I know I bought the ticket from a scalper, but didn't you release the ticket from the scalper privately? Isn't the money in the end?
Did you earn it?"
"My parents are lying in a coma in the hospital because of me. I just need money now, I just need money..."
The words were laced with sobs and pain.
Liao Yuan opened his eyes. He couldn't see the other person's expression clearly, but he saw that he had picked up the needle and was about to inject a needle into his arm...
He was so frightened that he almost jumped up.
"You want money? I have plenty of money, you know. But if I die, how will you get the money?"
Liao Yuan said with a weak breath.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he was startled by his own voice. It was too hoarse and too weak. He really didn't know how long he had been imprisoned, but he still survived until now.
When the young man heard Liao Yuan's words, he was shocked and seemed to be in disbelief: "Are you willing?"
Liao Yuanqiang braced himself and forced a smile: "How much do you want? Give me a number and I'll have someone call you directly."
"Seventy thousand! I only want 70,000!" the young man said excitedly.
Liao Yuan was stunned for a moment, and at the same time he was angry, he also felt a little sad.
Seventy thousand, only seventy thousand.
Not seven million, not seventy million, and it’s not US dollars...
Is your life only worth 70,000?
Liao Yuan came back to his senses and said, "Okay, I'll give it to you. If you ask me to call, I can give it to you now."
"No, you lied to me, I'm not a three-year-old child."
The young man said calmly: "The police must be monitoring my phone calls now. If you reach out and see if you have a mobile phone... In this case, you tell me the number and I will call it from a public phone booth, so that the police cannot find out."
Liao Yuan wanted to laugh, but couldn't.
Seventy thousand is really not worth mentioning to me, but the other party obviously regards this seventy thousand as extremely important.
But silly boy, what era are we in now? Even if you use a public phone, there will be clues immediately...
He sighed, reported a number, and finally said proactively: "You'd better ask for more."
"What more do you want?"
The young man asked while writing down the number.
"money."
"Why?"
The young man was confused, but then he shook his head and said righteously: "My purpose is not for money, I just want fairness."
Silly boy, this world is never fair...
Liao Yuan hesitated to speak, and then replied: "If you only want 70,000, I guess they will think you are playing tricks on them. You'd better add a few zeros after the gold."
The young man left, looking very excited.
Liao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and closed his eyes again.
He wondered why his previous self didn't agree to the other party's request, which was only 70,000 yuan.
Could it be that as time has passed and I have experienced another lifetime, my mood has changed?
He recalled it himself, but he seemed to only remember some fragments of words, as if he had used his glorious power to try to influence and educate the other party?
Liao Yuan was speechless.
But these are no longer important, because he knows that he will be saved soon.
When he thought of this, Liao Yuan felt a sigh of relief in his heart. Then, his whole body became weak, his head tilted, and he fell into sleep again.
When he opened his eyes again and woke up, he found that he was in the ward.
The air is filled with the smell of disinfectant.
However, this ward is very unfamiliar.
"What world is this in?"
"Weiyin? Xiaoci? Brother Yue, Brother Tao? Is anyone here?"
Liao Yuan shouted loudly, and immediately felt a slight pain at the corner of his mouth, obviously pulling the wound.
The wound at the corner of the mouth?
Liao Yuan was startled.
The next moment, he lowered his head and saw that his arms and chest were all bandaged. Even his left foot was fixed and hung in the air.
He realized something, and the corner of his mouth felt bitter.
After a few more seconds, there were heavy footsteps outside the door, and soon a large group of medical staff rushed into the ward——
ps: Thanks to Shan Qingying for the reward. The first 448 chapters have been blocked. I will ask the editor about the reason during working days and they will be released after modification.