The night slowly swallows up the sky, the street lamps wrapped in celebratory streamers wake up from their slumber, the couples who have just met folded their arms and walk into the theater, the vendors in front of the door are shouting and selling, popcorn, sugar-fried chestnuts, grilled sausages, roasted sausages, and the sweetness of all kinds of snacks wafts in the air.

On a new poster in front of the Riverside Grand Theater, the heroine Yuqi is praying to the night sky, as if a saint is blessing the world, and the time for ticket entry has not yet arrived, but the audience has already lined up in front of the theater.

This is a long-awaited performance for Chinese musical theater fans, before which the world's four largest musicals had never been translated into Chinese. And the heroine of this play, Yu Qi, is also known as the supernova of the theater industry, known as the new hope of Chinese musicals, this performance is likely to be the first step of an ordinary girl to a legend, the opportunity to witness a miracle, how can people be willing to miss it!

At this time, Wang Nian was looking for the crowd at the door of the Grand Theater.

"Why haven't you arrived yet?"

Brother, it's not me who said you, you ask us to watch a play, or discount tickets, it's good if the boss is willing to come, it's too slow, eating roasted corn at night, followed behind Bai Linglong, and said with a whin.

Wang Nian's, isn't this just right, the boss is in the store all day long, and he doesn't go out to wander, I went back to school yesterday, and the professor of our department gave it to me, but it is not a discount, it is said that it is difficult to grab tickets for this performance, and these three tickets are still, the director of this play gave us a professor.

Just as the three of them were talking, they were about to go in, when they saw a big screen saying that the performance had been postponed for three days due to stage equipment problems.

There was a burst of discussion from the people next to him, this time it was because of the curse of the theater.

As soon as Wang Nian heard the curse, it was like the uncle and aunt next to him who asked, what kind of curse, is there anything else to say? ?

"It's pretty wicked to say!" Uncle God said mysteriously.

Wang Nian looked at Bai Linglong and said, Boss, can this be a ghost, let's take a look.

Bai Linglong was originally angry because of the performance, she glanced at Wang Niandao, what do you see, we are running a pawnshop, not catching ghosts, you are really idle, after speaking, you will take a taxi home with supper.

Wang Nian didn't know why the boss was angry, and when he saw that he was the only one left, he couldn't hold back his curiosity and sneaked into the theater.

Seeing that the facilities of the theater were normal, a very drifting girl was practicing, and it seemed to be communicating with people.

Wang Nian walked over curiously and said hello, hello

Yuqi was startled by the sudden voice and returned, hello.

Wang Nian approached and saw the person clearly, and said in surprise, Hey, you are the actor on the poster, right?

Yuqi was nervous, right.

Wang Nian said Are you practicing by yourself, you don't have to be nervous, I am a fan of your drama, and when I saw that the performance was postponed, I was curious and sneaked in to take a look.

Yu Qi saw that Wang Nian had no malicious intentions, relaxed, and the two began to talk, and slowly Wang Nian learned that the performance was postponed because Yu Qi's voice could not make a sound, sometimes good and sometimes bad.

Yuqi herself is also trying to practice here, and the two are chatting.

Suddenly, Wang Nian heard someone outside the door sigh softly.

Who, Wang Nian asked loudly.

When I opened the door, I saw that the hallway was empty, only the old wall lamp that had not been touched was still flashing......

"You...... What do you see? Yuqi recovered from the loss of voice and noticed the strangeness of Wang Nian.

"Oh! There was a big black rat running over, and there were quite a lot of rats in this old theater. Wang Nian's mouth was interrupted, but his eyes were still staring at the dark corridor.

The corridor was long, ending in a fork in the road, one leading to the stage in front and the other to a narrow wooden staircase, illuminated on one side by the stage lights and dark on the other, so that no one walked in that direction.

"Who are you, what are you talking about here?" The sudden arrival of the director interrupted Wang Nian's thoughts.

"Fans...... My fans ......" Yuqi persuaded the director and bowed her head apologetically to Wang Nian, "Thank you for chatting with me, you can go quickly, the director will catch you up." ”

Wang Nian is a typical eater of soft rather than hard, and he can't glare at a gentle girl like Yuqi, so he obediently bowed to the old man who was lying on the chair and slowly withdrew from the room.

Yuqi also followed him out, and when she stood at the door, she grabbed Wang Nian and asked quietly, "Mr. Wang, did you see someone outside just now?" ”

"No? It's a big mouse! Wang Nian snorted, in fact, Wang Nian was not sure whether what he saw just now was a "person", and he didn't scare this weak girl to death when he said it?

Hearing Wang Nian's answer, Yuqi was a little disappointed, but regained her calm in an instant, nodded politely to him, turned around and closed the door.

Wang Nian pondered Yuqi's expression as he walked, felt that something was wrong, and stopped when he walked to that fork in the road.

Wang Nian took a deep breath on the spot, clenched his fists, and walked to the narrow staircase.

At the moment when Wang Nian didn't pay attention, a pair of eyes flashed with cold light in the darkness.

The staircase was getting longer and longer, and it was beyond the expectations of the king.

It stands to reason that this staircase is near the stage and should lead to the catwalk on the top of the stage. The catwalk refers to the rows of iron frames above the deck for the workers to adjust the lights and booms.

But the staircase turned around where it should have turned to the catwalk, and swirled to the top. There was no light along the way, and Wang Nian could only use the light of his mobile phone to illuminate the road.

The staircase is old, completely wooden, and some of the planks have rotted away, and if you step into the air, you will fall into a bottomless black hole. But surprisingly, it was clearly cleaned, without a trace of dust, but without leaving any footprints. Wang Nian felt a burst of coldness on his body, the eyes that flickered outside the door kept lingering in his heart, and the words of the uncle and aunt kept echoing in his ears. "The unjustly killed sister has turned into a ghost, jealous of all those who can sing alive, and has come to ask for her life!"

If it was really the dead actress who became a ghost and hid here to attack girls like Yuqi, it would explain why Yuqi lost her voice overnight.

But if the other party is really a ghost, he can only run back to the boss.

Wang Nian is such a person, he is not thoughtful, curious, soft-hearted and kind-hearted, if he can have a plan of action in case of trouble, then it is not Wang Nian. Wang Nian did this for only one purpose, that is, to prevent a good girl like Yuqi from being hurt by evil ghosts one by one, even if he wanted to turn the entire theater upside down tonight, he had to find out that guy!

The spiral staircase is angled at a different angle, and each floor is tilted at a different angle, like a distorted space. Darkness surrounded Lin Xia, and the surroundings were as silent as the deep sea, only the floor under his feet creaked. Wang Nian has already gone far away, and it is estimated that the distance and height have exceeded the confines of the entire building.

Scary! It's too evil! Why didn't you bring the boss here, if the boss was around, what kind of demons and monsters were you afraid of.

When Wang Nian was searching in fear, suddenly his feet began to shake, and all the floor slabs moved in an instant, constantly slapping down, and then lifting, and then slapping down, the crackling sound was like hail smashing on the roof, and the whole staircase suddenly woke up like a sleeping monster, trying to swallow Wang Nian into the mouth of the abyss, and a pair of cold eyes appeared in front of him.

"it!"

Wang Nian couldn't help but feel creepy, the feeling in his heart was no longer something that could be described by the word fear, every inch of skin on his entire body seemed to be stimulated by countless electrodes, and it was numb from head to feet.

Human emotions are a very delicate thing, and any kind of emotion will be transformed into another emotion at the extreme. For example, fear, when a person's fear reaches its limit, it will turn into anger......

At this time, Wang Nian couldn't care about running away, and now he only had to play a set of "Wang Ba Boxing" with his eyes closed.

The so-called Wang Baquan is actually a chaotic fist used by children in the alley when fighting, and the emphasis is on dancing the fists like windmills, so that the other party has no room to fight back, only to be beaten.

"Wait! Wait a minute! The other party begged for mercy, "Don't fight yet!" ”

Well, when Wang Nian heard it, it seemed to be a young boy's voice, and his tone was very painful, but his voice was clear and bright, and it sounded very pleasant. Not so much like a ghost, but like a boy who has practiced vocal music for a long time.

Wang Nian's fist also stopped, grabbed the clothes on the other party's chest in the dark, and took out his mobile phone to illuminate it. turned out to be a very handsome young man, with a pair of flexible eyes shining like stars.

"Can you really see me?" The young man asked in amazement.

"I can't just see you, I can still beat you!" Wang Nian pretended to shake his fist,

"If you can catch it, you can hit it, it's not a ghost, what kind of monster are you? Recruit from the truth! Wang Nian asked loudly.

There is a small attic on the top floor of the opera house, which has only a narrow staircase leading to the stage area. It was originally used as a temporary resting place for field workers decades ago, but it has now been completely forgotten.

When the theater was renovated a year ago, no one noticed that there was a staircase and a small room in the building, and there was not even an attic on the architectural drawings of the entire theater.

But it is such a space that has been forgotten by everyone, but it has been arranged with a special taste.

A large hammock hangs between the pyramid-shaped sloping ridges, and the bed is covered with cushions filled with eiderdown, soft and warm. The rest of the furniture is also custom-made to the dimensions of this room, although the style is a little outdated, but it is clean; The chandelier on the top has been repurposed from a scrapped stage lamp, and the chestnut bookshelf against the wall is also full of books on drama and music theory. There was an old piano in the corner, and although the strings were old, the pitch was not bad at all, and it was obviously tuned not long ago.

The owner of the room was sitting in an old rocking chair, facing Bai Linglong and Wang Nian with some nervousness.

"His name is Goofy." Wang Nian muttered to Bai Linglong on the side, "As a bell tower weirdo, isn't this kid a little too handsome?" ”

Bai Linglong coughed dryly, he didn't like others to be so close to him. Wang Nian also sat up straight obediently.

What Wang Nian said is right, the young man opposite is indeed very handsome, even better than most of the male stars on the movie posters now, and compared with those old and sophisticated actors, he is more frank.

Judging by his appearance, this young man is only in his early twenties, and he still looks like a hairy boy. He wears an elderly cap, overalls and brown boots, which would look old-fashioned to others, but has a playful feel and youthful energy. Those eyes, in particular, shone as brightly as if they were two naughty stars.

"Are you the white boss of Bai Linglong? I heard Mr. Wang say that you can take anything. "Goofy's voice is clear and pleasant, as if he has been well trained in vocal music.

Bai Linglong looked at Gao Fei and said, "What should you order?" ”

Goofy replied, "I want to pawn my voice, and I want her to be on stage tomorrow!" ”

"When the voice?" Bai Linglong frowned slightly, and when she looked at Gao Fei, she felt the firmness of the other party.

"Yes, it needs to be recovered in a day." Goofy emphasized, "Can you do it? ”

"No problem." Bai Linglong nodded.

Wang Nian listened to the conversation between these two people and was shocked, how could these two bigwigs talk about such a big thing as making people dumb so easily?

"Goofy, haven't you told me about pawning sounds before? If you don't have a voice, you'll be a dumb chicken, and you won't be able to crone anymore! Wang Nian finally couldn't help but interject.

That's right, Goofy is not a ghost, he is a phoenix bloodline, a colorful phoenix chirping chicken.

"Mr. Wang, thank you for your kindness." Gao Fei sincerely thanked Wang Nian, "But this is my only choice now!"

Wang Nian looked at Gao Fei firmly and said, Can I ask why?

It's a sad story, Goofy sighed suddenly.

"Life is too short, so how easy is it?" Bai Linglong said.

"Would you two be interested in hearing me tell you a story?" Goofy smiled bitterly, "A legend about this theater. "If you want to say it, we don't mind hearing it." Bai Linglong lit the cigarette pouch and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke.