The Paper News trainee reporter Chen Yue and reporter Zheng Hao
Caught in the subway line 16 during the morning rush hour, Zhu Qingtian felt that the whole person was 2D. Finally, when he got off the subway, he took out the two buns in his bag, and the stuffing was squeezed out.
Li Xiaopu was numb to the crowding. She stood on the subway and yawned, not paying attention to the song in the earphones.
Ai Rui hurried through the flow of people in Lujiazui, she was going to the office before the opening of the stock market.
Like office workers running around in the city, they live with KPIs on their backs every day.
But when night fell, their lives had another way to open up.
Either sing on the street, or busy watching movies and writing film reviews, or writing plans for idol's stations, and playing the charts. They set aside the trivialities of life, immersed in the world of self-spirit, stubborn and tenacious.
Ai Rui sings in Shanghai Dongfang Road every Wednesday night.
Work in a securities company and go to the mall to sing after get off work every Wednesday
On October 28th, at 6 or 7 in the evening, Shanghai Lujiazui was brightly lit. Many people walked out of the office and set foot on the subway to go home. Ai Rui's destination was the singing spot.
Every Wednesday, she prepares early and finishes her work ahead of time. After stepping out of the office building on Yincheng Middle Road, she has a light meal and hurried to Dongfang Road, putting out speakers, microphone stands and live broadcast equipment, starting at 7:30. Singing.
Not many people stopped to listen to songs on weekdays, leaning sparsely against the railings, and occasionally a couple stopped and said with a joke, "She sings better than you."
There were also children who ran up to her, staring at the lyrics of the phone attentively, pulling her mother around when she was excited.
Ai Rui sang to herself, and at the end of a song she would take the initiative to introduce the next song, "What song should I sing next? It made me a little sad...come to Li Ronghao's "Selfie"."
The middle-aged man on the side hummed unconsciously as he listened, "A clear sky with a few clouds, in addition to moving, there is also a breeze..." He said that he had been here for nearly two months, because his family lived nearby. I walked over after dinner every day, "very comfortable."
Midway through the singing, the waiter at the restaurant nearby brought a cup of ginger tea, "A guest ordered just now, let me bring it to you." Almost every time I sing, I will get a drink, and sometimes she will send a circle of friends to show her thanks. , Although she didn't know who sent it.
She sings once a week. After an hour and a half, she sings about 15 songs, and the nearby shopping mall will give her 300 yuan subsidy.
Ai Rui works in a securities company and needs to study the fundamentals of listed companies. It often finds companies and financial institutions to discuss investment and financing projects. The work is not easy.
"If it's easy, you won't make much money." She said, when she was the busiest, she had to socialize every night seven days a week before going home until ten o'clock in the evening. It's over, I dare not go back too late."
Ai Rui’s boss knew that she was singing on the street and asked, “Don’t you think that making those little money is a waste of time?” She said, “This is what I like, not for money. I have loved singing since I was a child and I like the stage.” Singing in Dongfang Road, she has also participated in various singing competitions, as small as the bar competition, "You can drink beer if you win the Japanese championship", and as large as the youth song competition, the super girl, the voice of China, etc., she frankly enjoys "let many people watch "To me" feeling.
The wind in the autumn night was a bit cold. Some people listened to them and left for a while. Some people recorded a small video. Not far away, on the outdoor seats of a cafe, people were sitting quietly, drinking drinks and playing with their mobile phones, and chatting. With.
Many people follow her on Douyin, and she currently has 25,000 fans.
Someone left a message for Ai Rui on Douyin, saying that he was having a dinner with a client near Lujiazui. He happened to hear Ai Rui's singing when he passed by. He hadn't felt that kind of feeling for a long time, the pure feeling of a young age.
Doing medical equipment sales, watching Kitano Takeshi’s movie burst into tears
When the evening breeze delivered songs on Dongfang Road, Zhu Qingtian was already immersed in the movie world.
He likes Kitano's movie "The Quiet Sea That Summer".
This is a film about deaf-mute lovers who accompany each other and learn to surf. It is so quiet that there are only the sound of ocean waves, the sound of music, and some seemingly insignificant human voices. Zhu Qingtian watched it alone and burst into tears.
He said that he had high tears, but "Take Kitano, an old hooligan who doesn't talk much, has such a romantic and gentle handwriting. The peaceful sea that summer was too beautiful and pure."
Outside the movie world, as a medical device sales, Zhu Qingtian rushes to major hospitals daily, dealing with people and promoting products.
After get off work, I returned to the rental house and plunged into the movie.
There are already 1942 movies he has marked "watched" on Douban.
Due to the epidemic in 2020, his movie viewing volume has surged, and he watched at least one movie every day in the first half of the year.
"Sometimes there are particularly good-looking movies and I want to share them with others, but I don't know who to share them with." He started to write film reviews. Short reviews are limited to 350 words. He can fill them up, and those with strong interests develop into long ones.
There are a lot of film reviews written, and some media ask him to make an appointment, and he writes more frequently.
The day before the screening of "Eight Hundred Hundred Hundred Hundred Hundred", he went to the Sixing Warehouse Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall.
In order to write a film review of "King Kong River", he spent 200 yuan to buy a set of "The History of the War to Resist US Aid Korea", search for keywords at a glance, and sort out the stories behind the Jincheng Battle.
He laughed and said that he can now achieve "free movie viewing", and some media will invite him to participate in new film launches, celebrity meetings, etc., and he also has the opportunity to interview directors and actors.
"I just spend my time for eating and sleeping, watching football games, and outdoor sports for watching movies, writing film reviews, and all my time outside of work for movies." Zhu Qingtian said.
After working for seven years, he admitted that he slowly slackened.
Affected by the epidemic, the sale of medical equipment such as scalpels is extremely difficult. He said, "In the beginning, the boss would say you, but later he felt that cursing was useless."
However, the boss will still check the post frequently, "He may call you from time to time and ask which hospital you are in, and then say, "I am also nearby, let's meet." If you are fishing, you have to fight for your psychological quality. ."
Walking on the street, Zhu Qingtian occasionally feels, “Such a prosperous city does not belong to me at all. There is a very strong sense of alienation. It does not mean that there are no friends and no one cares, but the city is surrounded by a transparent bubble. Outside the bubble, you can see the inside, but this is a rubber bubble, you can't burst it."
The movie gave him comfort.
He quoted the lines from Yang Dechang's film "One One", "After the invention of the film, human life has been three times longer than before."
Joined an Internet company for 5 months, and his status in the fan circle soared to a big fan
When Zhu Qingtian escaped the ordinary through the movie, Li Xiaopu was crackling on the keyboard.
"I go to work during the day, play games and chase stars at night, and I can't stop at all," Li Xiaopu said.
On November 11, between interviews, Li Xiaopu opened more than a dozen WeChat, QQ group chat and private chat dialog boxes to reply to messages.
At the other end of the network, there are friends from the game group, and friends from the stars.
At the end of August 2020, Li Xiaopu organized a new website for idol to connect fans through Weibo Super Chat.
After the establishment of the station, her status in the fan circle soared to a big fan, and she could connect with the artist company, cooperate with the company in publicity, and increase the popularity of related topics.
"Double Eleven", she was not interested in shopping, and took advantage of the half price discount to fill up two of her Weibo accounts.
Li Xiaopu spent the night in front of the computer.
Outside of the Internet, she is the To B product manager of an Internet company. She has been working for 5 months and has 16 hours a day on the screen, half for work and half for hobbies.
Every day at 6 o'clock in the evening is her "happy moment", and after another 15 minutes, she can check in and get off work.
Takeaway and her almost arrived home at the same time. After eating, she started a task that was "no less difficult than work"-writing a plan for the idol station.
Li Xiaopu's plan has written nearly 20,000 words, and detailed introduction of the station positioning, management content, measures to increase activity, and future work plans.
She has to consider a lot of things, not only maintaining the super-call list data, cooperating with the promotion task, but also conveying the opinions of fans.
Recently, the station has gradually stabilized. The overcall management of Weibo is on duty 24 hours a day. Li Xiaopu is responsible for 8 to 10 every night, and overseas fans are on duty at midnight.
After chasing stars for more than two years, she confessed that she paid a lot. Some time ago, because of disagreements among fans, she had a voice quarrel with others until 4 in the morning. However, "There is one thing to say, star chasing is still very happy. Brush his stage and watch. His variety shows, I think he brings fun to my ordinary life. Even if a video only makes me happy for three minutes, it can save a day."
Speaking of the reason for the idol fan, she said that at first she saw online complaints and watched some videos with the idea of watching. Later, she slowly fell into the pit. "The main reason was that life was too miserable at the time. I felt that I I can't graduate, I can't write a paper, and it really collapses, like a mountain weighing on me."
She will start the game when she is tired of chasing stars. "Jianwang 3" has been played for 6 years.
In the martial arts world of the game, she is Jianchun (a male character) of the Chunyang School. She loves competition, likes to team up to complete tasks, and must use voice synchronization to chat with teammates.
This is a far cry from Li Xiaopu at work.
At work, Li Xiaopu said, "I don't like to be very familiar with people I don't know."
When I first joined the company, the company’s team building activities set up a late night meeting. She felt, “It’s simply unbearable. They are very good at analyzing themselves, and the experience is so rich that I feel that my life is worthless.”
But in the game, Li Xiaopu made many friends, some of whom have known each other for five or six years. “Everyone will meet offline together. I will meet people for dinner on weekends and I will talk about any topic.”
Chasing stars and playing games are Li Xiaopu's life adjustments outside of work.
"I never thought about becoming a very good person, there is no such a great dream." Li Xiaopu said, my goal is to work to make money, have a little time to do what I want to do.
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(Li Xiaopu and Ai Rui are both pseudonyms)