The straight man in the entertainment circle

He ate too little in the morning, and soon Lin Li felt hungry.

The only distraction was the indoor TV. However, the legal programs broadcast on the TV could not be changed. I could only stare blankly at the scene of some criminals crying and crying on the TV.

"201, do you want to buy anything?"

Far away, Lin Li heard the proprietress of the canteen in the detention center shouting to 201.

Nothing is allowed in the detention center, but you can buy things. You just need to hand in money when you go out. Many people deposit a sum of money in the detention center before coming in.

A few minutes passed.

"202, do you want to buy anything?"

………

After a while, a fat boss lady came outside the 205 gate.

"205, do you want to buy anything?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Except for the grumpy brother, everyone else walked over. Lin Li was a little hungry and followed him.

The old fat woman handed over four shopping lists, with items and prices from the canteen written on them. You could check what you needed, write down your room number and name, and they would be delivered to you later.

The service was quite attentive, but Lin Li also discovered that the things here were more than twice as expensive as those in the train station, and four or five times more expensive than outside.

A piece of ordinary ham costs 10 yuan, a braised egg also costs 10 yuan, and bagged chicken legs cost 50 yuan...

But even so, Lin Li saw that the old fat woman still had a lot of shopping lists.

There's no way, there's not enough food here, so if you don't buy food, you can't do it, and this is the only place where you can buy food, and if you don't buy it, you'll be hungry. Anyway, you don't come here often, it's all like this, spend some money and suffer less, so many people Still bought it.

"Wow, things are so expensive!" the ticket customer said after looking at the price.

"It's not as expensive as what you ordered at the club! If you want to buy it, buy it. If you don't buy it, I'll leave!" the old fat woman said angrily.

When Lin Li heard the old fat woman's attitude, he became unhappy and said, "Who set the price?"

The landlady was stunned, looked at Lin Li and shouted, "I decided, what's wrong?"

"Is it within the rules?"

Lin Li asked. Although he was not short of money now, he was stunned when he saw the price. It was almost like ripping off customers in a scenic spot.

After all, there are still many scenic spots due to inconvenient transportation. They are picked up by porters and sold on the mountain. Some of the porters' fees are paid, but the transportation here is obviously convenient. There is a large supermarket just outside this door. The price is too inappropriate.

When Lin Li asked her if it was compliant with the rules, the old fat woman seemed to have heard something very funny and said, "You guys still tell me the rules, I just want to make it easier for you to remember. Don't come in again. Love buying Just buy it or not!”

The kind man pulled Lin Li and whispered: "Forget it, it must be relevant for this person to open a canteen here. We can't offend him. It's better to be slaughtered than to starve."

Lin Li said: "I don't want to be slaughtered or starved!"

Although the old fat woman would always get complaints from new people about the price being too expensive, she would scold them and say nothing. Only Lin Li dared to ask her who set the price and whether it was right. According to the rules, she naturally has a bad temper. In her mind, these people inside are bad people and there is no need to be polite.

"Hey, if you don't want to be slaughtered and don't want to starve, then would you like to beg me? Please beg me. I'm in a good mood. Maybe I can give you some charity."

Lin Li glanced at her coldly and threw the shopping list away.

The old fat woman seemed to have been deeply humiliated. She stared with big eyes and said: "Okay, my bones are strong. Let me tell you, you don't even want to buy it in the future. As long as you are here, I won't sell it for 205, so as to save them from sharing it with you. I think How tough can you be!"

After the fat old woman finished speaking, she collected all the shopping lists in the hands of the other people.

The accent brother was so angry: "Little brother, I have just been here for a day, and I don't know how many thieves we have been doing. If I don't buy and eat the medicine, I will faint."

The kind man smiled bitterly and said: "I have lost ten pounds. I really can't bear it if I don't buy something to eat."

The ticket customer said: "Then the price is too expensive, more expensive than ordinary clubs."

"Let's just treat the thief as our home."

"How can that be possible? I can't see a single girl. I don't feel comfortable spending the money."

While several people were talking, the grumpy man's stomach growled loudly while he was lying on the bed, covering up their voices.

"It seems you are still not hungry. If you are really hungry, you are just like me. You have no energy to move." The grumpy man said.

Everyone heard that it made sense. Among them, the grumpy man was the strongest one and must have consumed the most. Moreover, he had eaten a steamed bun in the morning, so he must be hungrier than them. Everyone else instantly felt that they had lost the right to be hungry. , no longer said that he was hungry, and sat back on the bed in silence to watch TV.

Finally, after noon, the food arrived again.

Lin Li originally thought that the food in the morning was average and that it would be better at noon. However, at noon, there were still two steamed buns, no rice, two leaves of green vegetables, and a spoonful of boiled tofu.

But the grumpy man's weight is still only half of everyone else's.

Only then did Lin Li realize why they were willing to be slaughtered. After eating these things every day, money was obviously not the most important thing.

Lin Li gave his two cornbread to the grumpy man and said, "Here you go, the food is too bad and I can't eat it."

There was a trace of emotion and covetousness in the grumpy man's eyes, but it flashed away and he said, "You don't have to pity me."

The accent brother said: "He doesn't expect to give birth to a child!"

Lin Li knew that the grumpy man had high self-esteem, so he didn't say anything more. He gave Brother Accent a steamed bun, the other to the kind man, and the food was also divided between them.

"My meal is due for me, what should I do with my son?" Brother Accent asked after finishing the meal.

The grumpy man sneered: "You've already finished the meal for me, so does it make sense to ask this kind of question again?"

The kind man said with a guilty look on his face: "Little brother, I'm really hungry. I'll treat you to a big meal when you go out."

Lin Li smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I just said that I don't want to be slaughtered or starved. I think you don't want to either, right?"

"Of course I don't want to, but there's nothing I can do about it," the friendly man said with a grimace.

Everyone else also looked sad.

"What about upward reflection?" Lin Li asked.

"It's useless. I heard from people who were here before that the canteen and canteen are contracted by a contractor. Those who can contract the catering here must have some connections. It is useless to report it. On the contrary, they will not sell it after reporting it. I gave you the stuff, but they didn’t lose anything, so we would have to starve.”

Lin Li understood. It turned out to be a family. It seemed that they deliberately made the big brother hungry and then bought his things at high prices.

"I have a way so that we don't have to starve or be slaughtered."

Lin Li has been thinking of a way since the old fat woman left. Now he does have a way, but it requires their cooperation.

The three people looked a little worried after hearing Lin Li's words. They wanted to spend these few days well, but they didn't want to cause any trouble.

"We are all locked up here, so stop causing trouble and be honest."

"Yeah, I don't want to stay here for another minute."

"Wo agrees."

Only the grumpy man scolded: "You guys are so stupid, why don't you listen to what others can do?"

Hunger makes the grumpy man bolder than others.

Lin Li saw the worries of the other three people and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm just going to teach you how to sing a song. I guarantee that if you sing this song, they will definitely give us better food."

"Singing?" The kind man was a little confused, "What's the point of singing?"

Lin Li smiled and said, "I don't know if other people's singing will work for me. Anyway, I will definitely work for it."

Several others looked at Lin Li, wondering where he got his confidence.

"You're not just singing and scolding them, then we don't dare." The ticket holder said.

Lin Li said: "Don't worry, this song is a song of self-reflection and self-blame. It just expresses our regret."

"We have said a lot about repentance, but it has no effect. How about singing it and it works?" said the kind man.

Before Lin Li could speak, the grumpy man said, "You guys are really annoying. Wouldn't it be nice to just listen to the little brother sing a few lines? Little brother, do you need us to sing together?"

"Yes, singing together will make you feel better and resonate more. Anyway, I have nothing to do in the afternoon. I will teach you step by step."

The grumpy man said, "Okay, I'll sing with you."

Several other people felt that singing a song of repentance would improve the food, and of course they were willing to give it a try.

"Okay, as long as it's not a song that I don't like, I'm willing to sing it."

"I do too."

"Think of it as a hook."

Lin Li saw that they were all willing, so he taught them the song "Sorrow, Sorrow" that he had won in a lottery before, line by line.

They all sang along with Lin Li and were very excited.

"Where did you learn this song? You haven't even survived it yet." Brother Qiang asked.

"Yeah, this song is good, I like it."

"What a perfect occasion."

"I seem to see big fish and big meat, haha!"

Lin Li said: "Don't care where it comes from, as long as it's useful, let's sing it together now."

The five people sang it together, very neatly, and the feelings were very sincere. The song really seemed like their inner feelings, and they sounded like they wanted to cry and laugh at the same time.

Lin Li was very satisfied, walked to the door and pressed the intercom.

"Police officer, I'm looking for the director. I'm Lin Li from 205."

"Is the director something you can see whenever you want? Tell me what's going on!"

Lin Li held back his anger and said, "I have a song that I want to sing in front of him."

The police officer had never heard such a ridiculous reason before and said with a smile: "Are you too idle? Just wait and see!"

Before Lin Li could speak, the police officer cut off the call.

Lin Li pressed it again.

After the police officer got through, he said, "What are you doing again! Do you know that you can't press this thing casually?!"

"I want to see your director." Lin Li said clearly every word.

"If you make trouble again, I'll put you in solitary confinement!"

The police officer said sternly, his tone already very bad.

The kind man hurriedly advised: "It's okay, it's okay."

The conversation was cut off again.