These people are all hesitant, they are employees of the art troupe, and they usually only care about music, dance, and modern poetry, and really rarely care about these mundane affairs.

One person tentatively said, "I don't know the opportunity to make money." However, you can sing well and participate in the competition. Neighboring Lucheng held a singing competition, and the first place won 500 yuan. ”

For such a thing as the lottery, Zhu Xiaohua has always been unlucky, and he has basically never won.

He asked suspiciously: "In this kind of competition, the first prize is basically decided, and it won't be our turn at all, right?" ”

The man said, "Not necessarily, there is an impartial supervisor in this competition, so you can give it a try." ”

Hu Zhicheng said: "The competition started in two days, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to try." It's a pity for Xiaohua's talent. ”

"It's a pity that Xiaohua's talent rhymes, haha."

The man said, "Oh yes." This is all required to register in advance. ”

Another young man who was shorter and dancing in front of the tape recorder came up and said, "I can use my spot, I signed up, but I don't want to go." You can impersonate. If you win, just give me a share. ”

The crowd coaxed: "There are still such ones, pick up ready-made ones." ”

The little man was not annoyed, continued to writhe his body to the music, and said: "Xiaohua's talent is not buried, if he goes on stage to compete, then I naturally have no chance." It's better to let him go. ”

Everyone felt that it made sense.

Zhu Xiaohua shook his head and smiled bitterly, in his previous life, he was obviously a capital predator who stirred up the market, but in this life, he had to sing on stage, and he was also the kind of singer who was a gunman.

However, when he thought that he would see his uncle Huang Ren again in five days, he couldn't care much about it.

It's okay to do anything now, as long as you can pay off your parents' debts as soon as possible.

Zhu Xiaohua said: "Deal. You give me the ticket and the address for the competition. ”

Everyone was worried about Zhu Xiaohua: "Do you really want to be a gunman, what if someone finds out?" ”

"Yes, his name is Jia Ting, your name is Zhu Xiaohua, your two names are different, someone will definitely recognize you."

Zhu Xiaohua is not too worried, there is no Internet in this era, everyone registers offline and meets offline. There is also no technology that requires facial recognition when registering.

There is no such thing as saying that after Zhang San signed up, Zhang San was directly locked in the system information, and he must be the one who performed on stage.

In the competition, the final thing to look at is the results.

Anyone who meets the registration requirements can sign up.

Jia Ting said: "That's it, you make profits, and I want to be famous." You sing well, if I do win a prize, I will be famous. ”

Zhu Xiaohua has no opinion, compared to these false names, he now needs to improve the life of his family and pay off the debts of his parents before his death.

A young man with long hair pulls out his participation card.

I saw a palm-sized square piece of cardboard with three big red characters written on the front: "Participation card".

Below is the affiliation, name, specialty, and number.

On the back, the address of the contest, the date of the contest, the precautions for the contest, etc., are written in small black letters.

But there are no photos.

Zhu Xiaohua was relieved,

The young man continued: "Jia Ting, if you really don't go, I will have to take the green train with Zhu Xiaohua tomorrow." ”

Jia Ting said: "I'm not going, I'm waiting here for your triumphant return." ”

The two of them went to the train ticket agency to buy tickets.

Through the glass window, Jia Liang asked the conductor: "At eight o'clock tomorrow morning, how much is the train ticket to Lucheng?" ”

Conductor: "Two cents a piece for adults, half price for children." ”

Jia Liang half-squatted in front of the window, stretched out his hand and said, "Then I'll have a children's ticket." ”

Conductor: "How old are you, buy a children's ticket." ”

Jia Liang: "Don't worry about this, I bought it for my relative's child." ”

Jia Liang handed over six cents, and the salesman took out a train ticket for him.

After Jia Liang bought the ticket, he made room.

Zhu Xiaohua took out a piece of two from his pocket and handed it to the conductor: "An adult ticket." ”

The conductor took the money and handed out a red ticket, which read: "Los Angeles-Lucheng, hard seat express, full price 1.2 yuan, limited to the current train on the same day, valid for five days"

The ticket was half the size of a train ticket thirty years later, and it had no identification information on it.

At this time, you don't need a real name or ID card to take the train, you only need to buy a paper ticket.

The two of them went out of the ticket office, and Jia Liang held up his ticket and said, "Mine only costs six cents." You should follow my example and save half the money. ”

His ticket is very similar to Zhu Xiaohua's, except that it is written in the ticket price column: "Liumao, there is a black cross in the middle of the ticket, the fork says 'half', and the fork says 'child'." ”

Zhu Xiaohua smiled and shook his head.

I thought to myself, if it is so easy to evade tickets, then everyone will buy children's tickets, who will buy adult tickets.

Early the next morning, the two met on time at the Los Angeles train station.

In this era, there are not many people who take trains.

There were a few middle-aged uncles, carrying snakeskin bags and large bags and small bags, and rushed to the waiting hall on foot.

A man in a tunic held up a wooden sign in the station square, which read, "Recruitment, daily salary, one to two yuan a day", and shouted: "Electronics factory recruitment, electronics factory recruitment." Under 25 years old, 18 years old or above is preferred. ”

Jia Liang looked at the shouting person and said, "Aren't you in urgent need of money, the electronics factory is recruiting, think about it?" ”

Zhu Xiaohua, as a person who has lived a lifetime and experienced countless routines, how can he not understand the deceptive tricks in the middle. Naturally, he will not be fooled.

Zhu Xiaohua said: "In this era, recruiting workers near the train station is a scam nine times out of ten. Either they trick you into doing something else, or they trick you into paying the agency fee. The most terrible thing is that there are many people who seek money and kill people. ”

In this era, law and order are indeed a bit chaotic, which can be glimpsed from the vicinity of the train station.

Jia Liang obviously didn't believe it, he said: "How can there be so many scams, as if you are from the past." ”

Zhu Xiaohua wanted to say, I am from here. But think about it, forget it, otherwise you have to explain a lot.

Regarding this era, from his 2,000 years of news reports, he will still see many old cases, all of which are related to the train station.

The two were waiting for the bus in the waiting hall, Zhu Xiaohua tried his best to keep an eye on his belongings, and when he saw a few thieves looking at him, he subconsciously raised his vigilance.

Jia Liang didn't think so, and walked around the east for a while, and looked at the west for a while.

At 7:45 a.m., the train entered the station, and everyone rushed to the platform and drove towards the green train.

Zhu Xiaohua was carried by the crowd and poured into one of the carriages.

A striking yellow sign is posted in the aisle of the carriage: "Beware of pickpocketing".