Because there is no money and can't pay the rent.

"Voodoo Clubhouse" is a drama written by Liu Heng, one of the most famous movie and TV scriptwriters in China, and directed by Lin Zhaohua to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China. Starring He Bing, Song Dandan, Pu Cunxi, Yang Lixin and Xu Fan.

Focusing on a year before the liberation of Beiping, in a small civilian courtyard in Beijing called Wutou Guihua, the landlord, Yuan Guozhong (played by He Bing), guards his own courtyard and his son, and makes a living by eating and collecting rent, brewing moonshine, and pickling pickles.