allonlinenovel Chapter 223 Beating someone
Chapter 223 Beating someone
Qin Yiche replied to the message and put his phone aside, continuing to drink alone.
Lin Ling has work tonight, attending a business cocktail party. She's just a nobody there to get some screen time, show her face, and see if there's any work she can do. High-end cocktail parties in the industry not only attract a lot of media, but also a lot of big names and investors. That's how big projects are arranged.
Of course, it was the manager who brought several of the artists under his management.
Lin Ling was the least famous and didn't know anyone. After going in, she hid in a corner and ate and drank. That was her goal for the night: to only eat and drink expensive food and drinks, and not to waste any.
Lin Ling's manager, Sister Lin, took two other artists around, toasting people and building relationships, hoping to promote her own artists. Lin Ling was originally with them, but her shoes tonight were too high and she couldn't stand them. She didn't expect to be standing and walking all the time.
Anyway, it's impossible to get a movie role just by having a drink. Lin Ling told her agent and ran off to a corner early on.
She sat on the sofa with her plate, eating with great relish, and happily drank a glass of champagne as she ate.
She ate a lot of things, including Australian lobster, abalone, and salmon, until her stomach was full.
The buffet had just added grilled shrimp. Lin Ling thought she was already full, but she really liked grilled shrimp, so she stood up with her plate and prepared to get some more to try.
She was holding an empty plate in one hand and a half-full glass of champagne in the other when she bumped into a fat, beer-bellied middle-aged man as soon as she turned around.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Lin Ling's first reaction was to apologize. She hadn't expected anyone to suddenly be behind her and was quite startled.
Looking up, Lin Ling met the middle-aged man's gaze and instinctively felt uncomfortable, but she didn't show it on her face. She simply took a step back and politely asked, "Are you alright?"
The people here are probably all CEOs or investors from various companies, and she can't afford to offend any of them. Although the other party's gaze was a bit uncomfortable, Lin Ling still maintained a polite demeanor.
The middle-aged man's eyes narrowed into slits with a smile. Lin Ling took a step back, and he stepped forward, saying with a malicious grin, "Which company do you work for, young lady? Did you come alone?"
Lin Ling looked at the other person with a forced smile, and subtly took a step back. "Small company, but quite a few people have come."
The other person seemed completely unconcerned about what Lin Ling had said, still leering at her as he moved closer and suddenly grabbed her wrist. "Want to act? I have resources. I can get you an investment, the lead role."
Lin Ling felt so disgusted she almost vomited. At her age, she still called herself "brother"—it was utterly shameless.
She forcefully shook off her wrist, trying to remain calm, and said to the other person, "I'm not interested. You've got the wrong person." She tried to make him understand that she wasn't the kind of person he thought she was, the kind who would sleep with someone for resources.
She'd rather not get any acting roles than do something like that.
The middle-aged man, however, thought she was playing hard to get, so he dropped the pretense and said directly to Lin Ling, "Playing these tricks is pointless. Just tell me, how much do you want per night? I have plenty of money, I'll give you whatever you want. Now come upstairs with me. You lowlifes come to these kinds of parties for opportunities, right? It's your luck that you're being taken advantage of. Stop pretending. Are you a virgin? If not, don't try to rip me off."
Hearing the other party talk about such a dirty deal so righteously, Lin Ling's chest heaved with anger. She didn't know how to righteously refuse him. She knew that such dirty deals existed in this circle, but she always thought that as long as you were upright, you wouldn't participate in such things. She never expected to encounter such a shameless and ugly man at a party.
Lin Ling straightened her back and said seriously to the other person, "I said I don't need it. If you keep doing this, I'll call security."
Upon hearing her words, the middle-aged man not only wasn't afraid, but he also laughed heartily.
"It was a mutual consent matter, why are you calling security guards? Even calling the police won't do any good."
"Come on, stop pretending. The room upstairs is ready. Let's have some fun with your brother. I don't have any special fetishes. Just serve me well, unlike some people who play those fancy games..."
The middle-aged man was still saying explicit and disgusting things, so Lin Ling couldn't help but smash the empty plate and the half-full glass of champagne in her hand onto his head.
"Ah!" The middle-aged man's head was smashed open. He immediately covered his head and shouted, then started cursing, "You bitch, you dare to hit me? I'll make sure you leave the hotel lying down."
Lin Ling stood there, her face pale, breathing heavily. She didn't regret smashing the plate and the wine glass; she only wished she had a wine bottle instead, otherwise she could have smashed them harder and more fiercely.
She glared at the other person, not intending to run away. At worst, she would go to the police station; at worst, she would quit the entertainment industry; at worst, she would leave Jiangcheng. In the second before she smashed the object, she had already prepared for the worst.
This kind of scoundrel needs to be taught a lesson, or he'll think she's easy to bully.
Listening to him talk made me want to vomit my dinner from the night before. He thinks he's something special because he has a few stinking coins and acts like a scoundrel without any restraint.
The commotion was so loud that many people turned to look at them.
Lin Ling's agent, Sister Lin, also noticed the situation and immediately called Qin Yiche.
She immediately recognized the person Lin Ling had hit as General Manager Huang of Tianxing Entertainment. This matter required her boss to come out and resolve it; she probably couldn't handle it alone. In the end, she wouldn't be able to protect Lin Ling, and the other party might even forcibly take her away.
When Sister Lin called Qin Yiche, Qin Yiche was still drinking in the living room.
He frowned slightly when he saw the phone, but finally answered, "What's wrong?"
"President Qin, Lin Ling assaulted someone at the party. You need to come over right away." She spoke briefly into the phone and hung up, then rushed towards Lin Ling's location.
She immediately shielded Lin Ling behind her and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"
Lin Ling glared angrily at the person opposite her who was clutching his head and wincing in pain. The person was calling for help, probably because they were about to rape him.
"He's shameless and a scoundrel," Lin Ling said to Sister Lin.
Sister Lin understood immediately. This General Manager Huang of Tianxing Entertainment was notorious for his womanizing. He often slept with the young models or stars in his own company. Relying on his position as the boss, he would casually provide them with resources, and they would just swallow their anger.
She never expected that Lin Ling would be targeted while hiding alone in a corner.
If I had known, I would have brought it even though the girl's foot was hurting.
Now that the fight has started, all we can do is stall for time and see how President Qin will negotiate a solution when he arrives.