In a rental house in an urban village in Yangcheng, under the soft LED light, a man was sitting at his desk busy with something, looking very focused and meticulous.

After a long time, the man finally stretched, stood up, picked up the cup, turned on the kettle again, boiled the water, brewed a pot of hot Tieguanyin, sat back at the desk and bowed his head.

Today is the last day of 2018. Couples are taking advantage of this beautiful scenery to countdown to the New Year. The little fans are holding TVs and mobile phones and watching the New Year's Eve parties of several satellite TVs, waiting for their idols.

Appear.

And what is Lu Dongjie doing? He is considered promising. He is writing a plan.

Lu Dongjie graduated from a second-rate art college with a major in music communication. After graduation, he worked behind the scenes at a radio station, as an accompanist for a band in a bar, and also recorded sung songs for people in a recording studio.

Later, I caught up with the trend of Internet pop songs, joined a medium-sized record company, and participated in the arrangement and production work. A few years passed in a hazy state.

Now, he has finally become a member of the unemployed army.

With the rise of online digital music, coupled with the fueling of pirated music, the record market has suffered one wave after another. The record company he worked for also closed down, and the boss took his sister-in-law...

"Crack!" Just when Lu Dongjie's thoughts were flowing and his writing was full of energy, the room fell into darkness.

"I'm holding Mr. Lei in my mouth, what the hell are you doing?"

"I'm rushing to the street, and I'm having sex again."

Such lively and interesting words naturally did not come from Lu Dongjie's mouth, but were the kind greetings from the neighbors to certain units.

According to Dianhu, it is the peak load of electricity in summer that causes the trip, and in winter it is said that aging wires cause equipment problems. They always have a set of excuses to justify it.

"Beep" pops up a warning that the battery is low at 20%. Misfortunes never come singly. Lu Dongjie simply turns off all the other messy power-consuming functions, throws them aside, and sits back on the chair, leaning back, holding the back of his head with both hands, not knowing what to think about anymore.

What are you wearing?

In the bustling city, with thousands of lights, there are always forgotten dim spots.

Suddenly there was a glimmer of light in the darkness, a text message from the subdistrict office about the power outage. Lu Dongjie squinted at it and sneered.

Lu Dongjie stood up, picked up his cell phone and turned on the flashlight. He walked to the locker in the corner and squatted down. After rummaging through the cabinets, he finally found the small green radio in the lottery. After unpacking the meticulous packaging, the radio was completely dark green.

Still like new.

I found two AA batteries and installed them, flipped the switch, pulled the antenna, and adjusted the channel, all in one go.

The "Zi...Zi" signal was not very good? Lu Dongjie scratched his head, stood up and changed positions to continue.

"According to roadside news agency, at 23:55 this evening, a Comet Miller will pass by at high speed from a distance of 300 kilometers from the earth, which may cause electromagnetic wave signals that will last for several minutes in some areas of our country.

Listeners who are interested in astronomy...Zi...Zi" There was finally a sound, although it was a bit noisy. Lu Dongjie wanted to hear it more clearly, so he turned the FM switch slightly left and right, but he couldn't find the sound he just heard.

What is the radio station with that frequency, and the "radio wave that will never fade away"?

"This is...the voice of the People's Broadcasting Station..." changed several positions, but the sound was still faint and intermittent.

Lu Dongjie looked into the dark room, put down the radio, took a coat, put it on, and walked straight downstairs.

After a while, I saw him holding half a box of beer in one hand and two packets of peanuts in the other hand. After entering the house, he picked up the radio and continued walking up the stairs. He found a clean place on the roof to put his things.

good.

At this time, the rooftop was illuminated by the neon lights of high-rise buildings in the distance, giving it a somewhat dreamlike appearance.

Looking from here, the Yangcheng Avenue not far away is still busy with traffic, and the small waistline intertwined with lights in the distance is even more enchanting.

"The wind in this city is very strong. Lonely people always come home late. Thank you for your company at this time. At the end of the program, I will send you a song "We are all people who return at night". Good night" came the host clearly from the radio.

A gentle voice.

"Bang" Lu Dongjie bit open the lid with his teeth and took a big sip. It had been a long time since he drank quietly alone. It was not a mingling with pig friends and dog friends, nor was it a worldly exchange of cups.

"So we wandered in this night city

Hesitant, confused, confused

Choose to be forgotten under the moonlight..."

Looking at this bustling and lively city that never sleeps, and listening to Xu Meijing's "We Are All People Returning at Night", Lu Dongjie suddenly felt an indescribable sadness and loneliness deep in his heart.

They all say that they should escape from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, but who wants to escape from this bustling metropolis of feasting and drunkenness? In the end, they are still willing to be bound in this steel forest that circulates day after day.

One bottle, two bottles, three bottles, the city in Lu Dongjie's eyes became more colorful.

"Hello, listeners, this is "A Good Night Across Thousand Miles" being broadcast live for you by the Voice of China Broadcasting Corporation. Thank you for staying late at night. My name is Yao Chen, and I will accompany you all to spend this New Year's Eve tonight."

"I'm honored that at this moment, thousands of miles apart, there are still radio waves connecting us to each other. Before the New Year's bell rings in 2019, let's talk about the 2018 that we will eventually pass away in the dark."

This year, too many unexpected things happened, and people we were familiar with when we were children began to leave us one by one.

among them,

There is Hawking, the king of the universe who transcends time and space,

There is also Zou Wenhuai, the godfather of Chinese films.

Time has taken away the laughing and scolding Li Ao,

I also picked up the fun-loving Li Yong.

There is no more gold in the kingdom of rivers and lakes,

There is no more Stan Lee in the Marvel world.

An era has come to an end like this.

The memories of my youth gradually fade away,

A belated thank you.”

Listening to the host's somewhat sad narration, Lu Dongjie raised the half bottle in his hand to the night sky, then sprinkled a line on the ground. He silently said in his heart, "Better go!" and drank it all in one gulp.

Lu Dongjie wiped his mouth and took out his mobile phone. He didn't care about the little remaining battery, but he scrolled through the address book for a long time and finally didn't press it.

The hall was filled with three thousand guests, but no one was a confidant.

Lu Dongjie shook his somewhat groggy head, smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly, picked up the wine bottle and continued drinking.

"In the last five minutes of 2018, a classic English old song "Yesterday Comes Again" is a tribute to their memory and thanks them for accompanying us through the long years."

"Bah!" Lu Dongjie also bit off the cap of the last bottle of wine. Listening to the increasing waves of people in the direction of Haixinsha Square, he couldn't help but think of a sentence, a carnival of loneliness, and carnival is the loneliness of a group of people.

"God, you took away our childhood, heroes, world and universe, why don't you take me away too..." The night wind was blowing, he looked at the mysterious and vast night sky and murmured to himself absentmindedly.

.

"Bang" the wine bottle in his hand fell straight away, and Lu Dongjie's body fell backwards unconsciously.

Twenty-three fifty-seven

"Every every wo'wo...Zi...Zi" The radio seemed to be interfered by some signal, and a noisy sound of snowflakes appeared.

"Zhi...zhi" Suddenly there was another extremely harsh noise, and then the entire radio actually stopped playing.

"Welcome to continue listening to Radio Hong Kong's "Hong Kong News". The following is the news briefing." After more than ten seconds, the radio suddenly played the Cantonese broadcast very clearly.

"The Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs sends a message to all Hong Kong residents to congratulate them on the New Year"

"A total of fifty officials and civilians in Hong Kong were awarded honors by the Queen. Secretary for Home Affairs Lai Dunyi was awarded the title of CMG, and Tang Ning, Li Guowei and Shum Weixiu were awarded the title of CBE."

"Ocean Park, built with donations from the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, has completed its trial operation and will be officially opened to the public in Hong Kong on January 10."

"The first phase of the Dongshen-Shenzhen Water Supply Expansion Project is progressing smoothly and is expected to be completed as scheduled in June next year. By then, the Hong Kong government will also lift the 60-year-old water restriction law and achieve 24-hour water supply."

"Zi...Zi..." A few minutes later, the radio went strangely quiet again.

"Beep, beep, beep, the time is on time, it is 0:00 a.m. Beijing time." The radio seemed to have returned to normal, and the time was announced again in Mandarin with correct words and accents.

The music stopped, the neon lights went out, and the world gradually returned to its deserted state.

On the same day, the "Yangcheng Daily" social page published a news that a man's body was found on the roof of a rental house in a village in Haizhu. After careful investigation and interviews by the police, it was initially confirmed that the man was depressed due to unemployment and drank excessively alone that night.
Chapter completed!