Chapter 39
"Still not getting through?"
Qin Qi sat on the sofa clutching his phone, his mood was terribly low. Zhang Di had never seen him so depressed, so he consoled him, "I've checked the flight status, it will arrive on time, you don't have to worry too much. Let's deal with Shen Xiaomin's issue first."
Having been in the industry for ten years, Zhang Di had never heard of what happened in the past two days.
I heard that some people seduce their financial sponsors in order to gain a chance to get promoted.
I've never heard of anyone being so stupid as to voluntarily shoot an obscene video in order to contain their competitors.
"Play the recording of your conversation with her again."
Zhang Di took out the recorder and pressed the play button.
"It's not me. It's really not me. I was forced to do it. It was all Du Ran's fault. They forced me. She had some videos of me before my debut. If I didn't do what she said, she would send these videos out."
"Du Ran asked you to drug Qin Qi?"
"No, no, it was Dong Jian. He said that someone has something on me. Only if I can find a force that can hold her back, can I negotiate with Du Ran."
"What does this have to do with Qin Qi?"
Shen Xiaomin was crying breathlessly, and she sounded really scared. "...Dong Jian said that he would help me, he would help me solve the problem. As long as I listened to him and went to the hotel box to record the video of Qin Qi and me having intimate contact, Qin Qi would also protect me in order to protect himself."
Zhang Di pressed the pause button.
Qin Qi didn't even have the energy to curse. "How did she survive to this day? She was sold and still helped others count money? Where did Dong Jian find such an obedient fool?"
Zhang Di was also speechless.
Even if Shen Xiaomin really succeeded, Dong Jian would only use this video as a bargaining chip to continue threatening her, and would also demand a lot of benefits from Qin Qi in exchange. This is not helping Shen Xiaomin, but just pushing her into a deeper fire pit.
Shen Xiaomin has always had a bad reputation in the circle, but her appearance and acting skills are still acceptable. It is no secret that Dong Jian privately uses the female artists in his hands to sell their bodies to win resources. I didn't expect that he was so bold and used such despicable means in broad daylight.
"Should we hand it over to the police?"
Now the case has been handed over to the police. The three main actors in the crew are all involved in the incident. Putting aside the progress of the film, once the matter is verified and certain charges are confirmed, the hard work of the entire crew will be wasted. Not only will it be a problem of re-casting, but also the investors' valuation of the film.
"Let me think about it."
exhausted.
Qin Qi was very confused. Zhang Di suggested that he let the matter be handled by Shen Jun's men, but Qin Qi rejected it outright, thinking that would only bring him closer to retiring from the entertainment industry.
At first, when he insisted on becoming an actor, Qin Hehai disagreed a lot. Later, when he was applying to schools, there was even more chaos. He had finally settled down in the past two years. If he couldn't handle it properly before they knew about it, it would only prove to them that he was not suitable to continue developing in this circle.
He can't always rely on his parents to help him clean up the mess for the rest of his life.
What was more important at the moment was how he could make up for the damage he had done to Kong Nanzhu. He didn't want Kong Nanzhu to be tainted by the filth of the entertainment industry. Qin Qi hoped that Kong Nanzhu would never know about some of the dark and dirty deals and activities.
He hadn't meant to hurt her.
But this time, Kong Nanzhu was really angry.
Kong Nanzhu stayed at Xu Qingqing's house for three days. During the day, she accompanied her to the studio to take photos for people and worked as a volunteer makeup artist. She formally asked for a long vacation from her fans, saying that there were things going on at home and she would not be able to live broadcast for some time. She herself could not say when she would resume live broadcasting.
Many new collaborations that had been finalized were delayed because she suspended live streaming.
Xu Qingqing said she was stupid, it was just a quarrel between a couple, but she even stopped her work.
"I didn't think you were a love-brained person before, but how come you've become even more love-brained after marriage? Where did that self-reliant woman go?"
Kong Nanzhu also knew that she was not in a good state, but she really didn't have the mind to deal with work matters. As long as she calmed down, she couldn't help but think about what Qin Qi was doing now, and she couldn't help but want to pick up the phone to reply to his message.
Qin Qi called her every day, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., once an hour, more punctual than the hourly call.
Kong Nanzhu didn't answer a single call.
At first it was because she was angry, but later, she hoped that Qin Qi would put aside other things for her, fly back to her and explain to her in person, just like he did last time.
"Sisters are more important than anything else. Tonight I'm going to take you to a good place to relieve your sorrows, see some handsome guys, have some fun, and we won't leave until we're drunk."
Kong Nanzhu has not been to a bar since she graduated from university. When she was in school, the four of them in her dormitory had a good relationship and would occasionally go to a bar on the commercial street in the university town for a drink. After graduation, she and Qin Qi confirmed their relationship, and she never went there again.
What was it about?
It should be that during a meal at home, Qin Qi accidentally said that places like bars are too chaotic and it is better not to go there. At that time, he just casually said it to a news report about a bar riot on TV, and he probably didn't say it to her.
But she remembered it and never went there again.
In the evening, Xu Qingqing drove her little Beetle to take her to Wudaokou to have a meal of Hunan cuisine. The spicy food was so spicy that their mouths were burning. They gulped down cold water but still couldn't help pouring it into their mouths. Kong Nanzhu had no appetite for the past few days and it was rare for her to have an appetite, so Xu Qingqing kept urging her to eat another bowl of rice.
At ten o'clock, Kong Nanzhu received a call from Qin Qi on time. She put the phone aside and stared at it until the ringing stopped.
Xu Qingqing was not surprised. "Okay, let's stop the last hourly announcement and start our happy night with sisters!"
It was a rare occasion for the two of them to go out together, so Xu Qingqing coaxed Kong Nanzhu to dress up beautifully. Under the fur coat was a sexy and charming mesh sweater, denim shorts, and over-the-knee boots. Her pair of straight and slender long legs were particularly eye-catching.
Preferring elegance over warmth is a common phrase used by nightclub people. Xu Qingqing was trying hard not to let her teeth chatter, but Kong Nanzhu really seemed not to feel the cold. He looked straight ahead without changing his expression, with his head held high and his chest puffed out, his posture elegant.
"Are you really not feeling cold or are you numb from the cold?"
Kong Nanzhu smiled, "It's cold, but I can bear it."
A devilish woman with devilish self-control.
Sometimes Xu Qingqing really felt that Kong Nanzhu was a god who had fallen from the sky. She was always impeccable and required herself not to reveal any mistakes in front of others. She also implemented this principle very well, so much so that when she was in college, people gave her a nickname, "Kong Bu Ru".
It means invulnerable to swords and guns.
The place Xu Qingqing found was a hip-hop-themed bar called "a-house". The store seemed to have just opened, and there was a graffiti canvas outside the door congratulating the opening. Standing at the door were a few young men with unique personalities, about twenty years old, who whistled at them enthusiastically.
Kong Nanzhu originally wanted to find a quiet place to have a drink with Xu Qingqing, but Xu Qingqing strongly recommended this place, "Hey, why don't you go in? It's very interesting. There will be live performances by rappers, and it's full of handsome guys. You should at least get in touch with the young people's life. Don't stay at home practicing yoga all day. You are not a nun who practices with hair uncut."
Kong Nanzhu: "Have you ever seen a nun who quarreled with her husband so much that she ran away from home and no one came to look for her for three days?"
Xu Qingqing: "...Nuns don't have husbands."
Kong Nanzhu smiled, "You don't have it either."
Xu Qingqing: “…”
She is just too talkative.
The two were struggling at the door when they heard someone shouting in the distance, "Sister Nanzhu!"
Kong Nanzhu and Xu Qingqing turned around together and saw Song Linyuan striding towards them from across the street. Xu Qingqing was standing beside him, her eyes sparkling. "Wow, isn't this the rich guy you had a live stream with? He's even more handsome in person than in the live stream."
"Sister Nanzhu, what a coincidence, we meet again." Song Linyuan was pleasantly surprised. He really didn't expect to meet Kong Nanzhu here. "This is the shop opened by my friend. Last time I wanted to invite you to come and play here. Are there two of you? Do you mind if we share a table?"
There were two other people in Song Linyuan's group. One of them was the man with glasses that Kong Nanzhu accidentally bumped into at the club. The other was a young man with a crew cut, which was almost as long as his scalp and dyed a striking pink. He wore a string of silver earrings on his ears. When he smiled, he showed his standard eight white teeth. He politely greeted Kong Nanzhu and Xu Qingqing, "Linyuan, your friend."
The man with glasses corrected, "It's his master."
Song Linyuan smiled at Kong Nanzhu embarrassedly, "Last time I boasted to them that you were my master. This is the boss here, Deng Ke, you have seen him. This guy who looks like a bad boy is Pan Yue. Let's go in together."
Pan Yue laughed and scolded, "Take a piss and see what you look like. You have yellow hair tied in a braid, and you still have the nerve to criticize others."
When Xu Qingqing saw the handsome guys, her old illness that made her unable to walk flared up. Her eyes were glued to these three handsome men, and two eyes were not enough.
Kong Nanzhu knew that it was almost impossible to take her away, so he resigned himself to following them into "a-house".
