No matter how tough he is, when Xu An moves into his bachelor apartment, the problem of survival is still very serious. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although the rent of this old apartment on 110 Street is cheap, the facilities inside are old, except for furniture, electrical appliances are basically absent, you can use the public laundry downstairs to wash clothes, but you have to buy your own refrigerator, and you have to pay the Internet fee.

It took Xu An two days to move all his belongings, then tidy them up, and buy a second-hand refrigerator, as well as necessary household appliances such as microwave ovens.

The shabby décor, second-hand appliances, and not even a TV in the living room made Catherine so sad that she had to spend a lot of effort to reassure her that her son could handle it all.

Three days later, Xu An spent the night in his new apartment, and when he finished packing up, there was still about $2,000 left in the account, which could last for about 3 months if he saved money, without any source of income!

Speaking of sources of income, Xu An lay on the bed and began to calculate.

In the past 21 years of his life, except for the ignorant childhood, junior high school and high school when he mastered the basics, after college, he devoted almost all of his energy to journalism, he obtained a master's degree in science from the School of Journalism, and even plans to continue to study for a doctorate in media after work!

But it's all a thing of the past, and no media outlet will admit a newcomer suspected of fabricating fake news or making sensational news, even if he is a graduate of Columbia University's School of Journalism.

A guy who didn't even finish his internship and even seriously injured his supervisor, no one will want him!

Maybe some small newspaper or local TV station will be willing to hire him, for these places, Columbia University journalism graduates have never dared to imagine, as for sensational news? Hell, isn't that what they're good at? If there are no exaggerated or even factual reports, how can you make money?!

But Xu Anning can go to the restaurant to serve dishes, and he doesn't want to violate his bottom line as a journalist.

For Xu An, the door to the media industry can be said to have been completely closed, at least temporarily, and he does not know whether the deposits in his account will last until the day when he proves his innocence.

In addition, Xu An can also play the piano, a skill he learned from his mother Catherine, but he is not specialized enough to find a job playing in a café or restaurant, in New York, where there are more pianists of all abilities than beggars on the roadside.

In addition, he can also use Chinese kung fu, and he can go to the crew to work in a mixed job, although the yellow race is not popular on the big screen in North America, but at least he can be a martial arts actor or a stand-in or something, but unfortunately this is not Los Angeles on the West Coast, and there is no Hollywood and countless crews for him to choose.

But at least it's a way out, Xu An secretly wrote this down, if you really can't find a job, you can try it.

Finally, he had a more plausible option, and that was his manuscripts! And countless works in his mind!

Although Xu An doesn't know the value of these works he has read, after all, they are all officially published books, and most of them seem to be very exciting, even if they can't be on the bestseller list, but at least they can bring him a certain amount of manuscript fee income.

And at the moment, the only book he has in his hands is the first part of "A Song of Ice and Fire", Game of Thrones, and "Lovely Bones", which he started writing a few days ago, although it can be completed in a short time, but it is not suitable for publication at the moment, at least until the serial murders in Queens are solved.

So there is only one choice!

Game of Thrones

The next day, Xu An gritted his teeth and bought a photocopier and scanner, although he had never dealt with the publishing house, he also knew that it was not a good choice to hand over the original manuscript to the publishing house.

There is no elevator in the old-fashioned apartment, and Xu An's apartment is located on the sixth floor, when renting a house, Xu An thought that there was no problem in climbing up and down with his physical condition, but when he carried a huge cardboard box up and down, he really realized this inconvenience.

The stairs are steep and narrow, Xu An is holding two large cardboard boxes in both hands, his vision is blocked tightly, he can only rely on the feeling under his feet to slowly rub up, when he climbs to the third floor, he is already tired enough, not because of his physical strength, but because these two boxes are not easy to move, a little unbearable.

While resting on the armrest, there was a sound of the door closing from upstairs.

Xu An knew that someone was going downstairs, he listened to the footsteps, and was going to move into the corner as much as possible when the other party came over, so as to make room for others to go downstairs.

Xu An, who was holding the box, couldn't see anything, only heard a few chaotic footsteps coming from him, and stopped not far from him.

"Hey, dude, do you need help?" Someone shouted.

"Thank you, I can ...... it myself" Xu An was speaking, he felt a light in his hand, and the box on it was taken down, and he was about to thank him, when he was startled by the scene in front of him,

There were four or five people coming down from the upper floors, dressed in strange clothes, gorgeous, gloomy and shabby, with horribly heavy makeup on their faces, almost like the ghosts in the movies.

"Hell!" Xu An was so frightened that he shivered, and almost threw away the things in his hand, his reaction made the other party feel very funny, especially a woman with a sharp voice, leaning forward and leaning back with laughter, Xu An also came back to his senses at this time, and said with a smile: "Guys, you scared me, are you going to a masquerade ball?" ”

On the other side of Xu An's box was a pale man in a black dress, and said, "It's just a show, Rachel, you wait for me in the car first, and I'll come right away...... Let's go, man, I'll help you get your stuff up first, what the hell, there's an apartment without an elevator in New York! ”

Although Xu An can move things by himself, it is best to have someone to help, "Thank you very much, I am Xu An and I live on the sixth floor." ”

"Fifth floor, Bruce, everyone else is my roommate and co-worker." Bruce carried the box and struggled to climb up, he was holding a scanner, which was much lighter than a photocopier, but it looked very heavy, "You're new here?" I don't think I've seen you before. ”

"Yes, I just moved in yesterday." Xu An said, "You are actors? Broadway? ”

"Ha, that's right, I like a discerning guy like you, we're playing on Broadway, you can come and watch it when you have time, I can get you free tickets!" Bruce said happily.

"I'll go to the theater when I have time?"

"Uh...... Golden Rose Theatre, do you like musicals? There was a moment of confusion on Bruce's face, but it quickly faded.

"I don't know, in fact I've never seen a musical, but when I was a kid I watched opera with my family, and Chinese theater, are operas and musicals the same thing?"

"No, no, no, it's completely different, the opera is so exaggerated, man, come and see us, you're going to love it!" "We were recently rehearsing a play about vampires, and I was the lead actor. ”

"Well, I wish you all a successful show in advance." Xu An stopped and said with a smile: "Just help me put things at the door, thank you." ”

"OK, last question, it's an old Canadian guy who used to live here, he always thinks we're noisy, it affects his rest, you know, we don't come in and out very regularly, sometimes we come back late at night, so...... I hope you don't mind! Bruce said.

Xu An waved his hand, "There is no problem at all, my schedule is not very regular." ”

"Great, you're a good fellow, then, goodbye!"