The straight man in the entertainment circle

It was the fourth day that Lin Li came to Dongjing.

Lin Li was watching some reviews of the movie in the hotel, when suddenly a staff member came over and said, "The island country's promotion company said they would hold a celebration banquet for us tonight to celebrate the good results of our movie, and by the way, introduce us to some filmmakers from the island country."

Lin Li asked doubtfully: "Celebration banquet? We don't seem to have anything to celebrate, right?"

"This is organized by the agency here in Dongjing. They probably want to establish a good relationship with us. It seems that there are many island country artists who want to get to know you. After all, you are now quite popular in the island country."

Lin Li sneered and said: "I don't think those musicians from the island country will come to apologize to me because they have suffered. I think they are like weasels giving New Year greetings to chickens."

The staff member was stunned and murmured: "No way... Then... how about rejecting it?"

Although he had a premonition that it would be bad, Lin Li was not afraid of trouble.

"Go ahead and agree. I want to see what they are going to do."

If these people come to congratulate sincerely, Lin Li will naturally be at peace with them. If they have other thoughts, Lin Li will not be polite. Although he is young, Lin Li is already at the level of the ancestor when it comes to getting things done. .

That night, Lin Li returned to the backstage after attending the meeting, and rushed with the staff to the hotel where the celebration banquet arranged by Dongjing Publicity Company was held.

The entire second floor of the hotel was occupied. Lin Li knew at a glance that it was definitely the Hongmen Banquet, because if it was really a celebration banquet, Dongjing's publicity company would not make such a big deal. After all, they cooperated with Lin Lifang, and the commission they drew was also small. Not a lot.

Not to mention Lin Li, even Chen Qingqing noticed something was wrong. She whispered to Lin Li: "Brother Lin, there seems to be nothing good tonight."

"No good thing is a good thing." Lin Li smiled.

When Chen Qingqing heard this, she laughed, and the two of them walked in generously.

The second floor of the hotel had been arranged like a celebration banquet. There were already many waiters and some handsome men and women in well-dressed clothes. However, Lin Li, who was sharp-eyed, noticed that there were still many reporters in the venue.

When the emcee of the party saw Lin Li, Chen Qingqing and others coming in, he took the microphone and said, "Tonight's protagonist is here!"

Everyone looked at the door, and saw Lin Li and Chen Qingqing walking in leisurely and confidently with smiles on their faces. Everyone felt that the whole venue seemed bright as soon as they entered the venue.

The emcee of the party was from Dongjing Publicity Company, and Lin Li recognized him. At this time, he stepped forward and pulled Lin Li and Chen Qingqing into the venue.

Surrounded by dozens of unfamiliar people from the island nation, Lin Li glanced around and saw that there were only two people he had some impression of. They should be actors from the island nation, and he didn't recognize the others.

In front of the venue, there was a huge poster, which was the poster of the island country of "Young You". It showed Lin Li and Chen Qingqing standing back to back, looking up at the stars.

The poster reads: "Young You" Island National Celebration Banquet.

"Mr. Lin Li, Miss Chen Qingqing, let me introduce to you. This is the famous singer, Mr. Jun Sakamoto..."

The emcee introduced Lin Li to a boy in his thirties.

Lin Li shook hands with him, and Chen Qingqing also translated, and then Lin Li shook hands with him.

"This is the famous musician Mr. Segawa Kensaku..."

"This is the famous actor Otsu Marei..."

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More than 20 people were introduced in a row, including singers, actors, creators, and some leaders and bosses of brokerage companies.

Lin Li was also a little surprised. He was not well-known in the island country. A small celebration banquet was held as if it were an international superstar. There were so many stars from the island country.

Although Lin Li wasn't very interested in island stars, he had known a few of them since he was a child. Among the group of people who came, there didn't seem to be any particularly famous people. They were probably just third- and fourth-tier stars who wanted to take advantage of the excitement.

Lin Li could feel that a few of them really had a crush on him and Chen Qingqing, and had watched the movie.

But more people are just false enthusiasm.

Then the host made an opening speech, talking about some of the achievements of "Young You" in the island country, and also read some comments about the movie from netizens, all of which were naturally positive.

After finishing speaking, the emcee invited Lin Li and Chen Qingqing to the stage, opened the champagne, poured it into glasses, and then drank with everyone.

It is said to be a celebration banquet, but in fact it is just to invite some people to eat and drink, get to know each other and expand your network.

Lin Li and Chen Qingqing were at the same table, accompanied by singer Sakamoto Jun, musician Segawa Kensaku, actor Otsu Marei and actor Kawamoto Ryuken, as well as an island country producer and the vice president of the publicity company.

There were two people who really liked Lin Li but they were not placed at the same table. Lin Li could feel that there was something conspiring in the eyes between the people at this table.

As for a group of reporters in the distance, their eyes and cameras were always directed at their table.

"Lin Lijun, let me toast you. I like your songs very much!" Singer Jun Sakamoto smiled at Lin Li.

On the wine table is soju from the island country.

Someone poured a full glass for Lin Li. Lin Li smiled, picked up the glass and touched it lightly with Jun Sakamoto. Jun Sakamoto drank it all without hesitation.

Lin Li rarely drank. The most he drank before was when everyone went out to eat together after high school. He drank two bottles of beer, and that time he was already in high spirits.

But this time Lin Li was abroad, and he couldn't lose his etiquette, let alone be looked down upon, so Lin Li raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, quite generously. The wine entered his mouthpiece, and a hot taste burned from Lin Li's heart. rise.

Seeing Lin Li's cheerfulness, Jun Sakamoto called out "Hello", then filled the glass with wine and said to Chen Qingqing: "Miss Chen Qingqing, I want to toast you too!"

After saying that, Jun Sakamoto didn't wait for Chen Qingqing's reaction, finished the drink in one gulp, and then looked at Chen Qingqing with a smile.

There was a red wine glass in front of Chen Qingqing, and someone immediately came to fill her with half a glass.

Chen Qingqing frowned and was thinking about how to refuse, but Lin Li took her red wine glass and said to Jun Sakamoto: "Miss Chen Qingqing doesn't drink, I will drink for her."

After saying that, Lin Li drank it all in one gulp.

"Okay!" Jun Sakamoto and several others cheered.

Musician Kensaku Segawa also raised his glass and said to Lin Li: "Lin Lijun is really compassionate, so I disrespect Miss Chen Qingqing. How about having a drink with you?"

Lin Li smiled and said, "Okay, I will drink Miss Chen Qingqing's wine for her."

Although the translator didn't say it, Chen Qingqing also realized that something was wrong. She stopped Lin Li and said to everyone: "He doesn't know how to drink. I think everyone drinks tea instead of bar."

The translator hurriedly translated, but everyone else started laughing. Sakamoto Jun said: "This is the wine of the island country. It is not available in China. It doesn't matter if you drink a little. In fact, we don't drink too much. We are just too happy today." "

Kensaku Segawa also smiled and said: "Lin Lijun and Mr. Jun Sakamoto have had a drink before, but we haven't drank yet. We have to take a few sips anyway."

"Don't worry, Miss Chen Qingqing, we won't let Lin Lijun drink too much."

"Yes, we want to see Lin Lijun's style later."

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Lin Li whispered into Chen Qingqing's ear: "It's okay, just drinking. I'll practice with them."

"At first glance, these people are here to get drunk."

Chen Qingqing told Lin Li dissatisfiedly that if this group of people forced Lin Li to create like in Qiubishan, Chen Qingqing would not be worried, but if they forced Lin Li to drink, Chen Qingqing could not help but worry.

“It’s still unclear who will be the one to drink.”

Lin Li smiled proudly. He never thought that the [wine power] he had drawn earlier would be put to use today.

Chen Qingqing looked at Lin Li. After two glasses of wine, Lin Li's handsome face was already blushing, which made the usually cool Lin Li look a little tender.

"Then...if you think it won't work, just tell me." Chen Qingqing said.

Lin Li couldn't help laughing and said, "Man, you can't say no."

Chen Qingqing laughed very silently and said: "Senior Brother Lin, it's already this time and you are still joking. I don't know whether to call you cute or childish."

Lin Li laughed and drank two glasses at Kensaku Segawa.

After four glasses of wine, mixed with soju and red wine, Lin Li felt a little hot.

This was basically Lin Li's own drinking capacity. If he drank any more, Lin Li would probably get drunk, so Lin Li secretly raised his [drinking power] from elementary to intermediate.

The reason why he didn't directly upgrade to the top was because Lin Li wanted to test how much alcohol he could drink with each level of [wine power].

After the upgrade, I feel much more comfortable.

At this time, actor Otsu Marei also came to toast, and he also drank two drinks at once.

Lin Li thought he couldn't be coy and would embarrass the Chinese artists, so he drank two glasses of wine. At this time, the wine was no longer as unpleasant as it was at the beginning.

Seeing Lin Li drinking like this, the people from the island country looked at each other with a smile of success hidden in their eyes.

Chen Qingqing looked at Lin Li and couldn't help but want to say something, but when she met Lin Li's eyes, she finally didn't say anything.

Chen Qingqing's guess was correct. The people at Lin Li's table today were here to make Lin Li drink, and it was not just as simple as making him drink.

Except for the vice president of the publicity company, the other five people are all artists from the same company as Ishii Shogo and Qiubishan Naka. They are not so valued in the company and can be said to be marginal people. However, they are frequent visitors for socializing and drinking, so they all have good drinking capacity.

Ishii Shogo and Qiubishan's two companies coerced and lured the publicity company to hold this celebration banquet for Lin Li. They specially brought people from the company here to sit with Lin Li. Their task was to convince Lin Li If you are drunk, it is best to let Lin Li make a fool of yourself in public. When reports come out, the Chinese artist loses his temper after drinking in the island country, and Lin Li's goodwill in the island country will be ruined.

Therefore, this group of people saw that Lin Li had no scheming and would not refuse anyone who came to propose a toast, so they all felt that Lin Li would get drunk before long.

Several people drank one glass after another, and drank four bottles of soju without realizing it.

And they were all toasting with Lin Li, which meant that Lin Li drank two bottles each.

Seeing that the fourth bottle of wine was empty, several people on the table looked at each other. They were surprised. Lin Li looked young. They thought Lin Li only had one bottle of wine at most.

Now Lin Li had drank two bottles, and it seemed that he was about to get drunk, but he continued to look like he was getting drunk for a long time, and he was not really drunk. Moreover, Lin Li didn't know if he was too drunk now, and he couldn't even say a word of refusal. He didn't say anything, but he would still drink with anyone who wanted to.

"I didn't expect Lin Lijun to have such an amazing drinking capacity at such a young age!"

Jun Sakamoto looked at Lin Li and said with some surprise.

Lin Li smiled and said, "The wine from the island country is so delicious."

Several people at the table smiled awkwardly. Actor Ryuken Kawamoto raised his glass and said, "In that case, I will drink with Lin Lijun later."

Lin Li raised the cup, smiled, and drank it in one gulp.

Kawamoto Ryuken also drank.

Chen Qingqing kept staring at Lin Li at the banquet. He saw that his face turned red after drinking four glasses for the first time. It seemed that he was getting drunk. But in the blink of an eye, he returned to normal, except for the blush on his face. Time has not receded.

When the whole table had finished two bottles, Lin Li's breathing quickened and his eyes were a little blurry, but in the blink of an eye, he returned to normal.

Until now, Lin Li had never felt uncomfortable or unable to drink. Instead, he felt more energetic the more he drank.

Chen Qingqing was a little worried, Lin Li might be drunk.

Lin Li looked at Chen Qingqing, who looked worried, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'm fine."

"Is everything okay?"

"It's okay! This wine is just like water." Lin Li smiled.

Chen Qingqing looked at the wine in Lin Li's cup suspiciously and said, "No way, I smell the smell of wine."

"Really, if you don't believe it, you'll know after just one sip."

Lin Li handed over his wine glass, but Chen Qingqing didn't dislike it at all. She took the glass curiously and took a sip. As a result, her throat felt like it was on fire, and she stuck out her tongue.

Lin Li laughed loudly when he saw it. Chen Qingqing knew that Lin Li was teasing her, but it was not easy to fight with Lin Li in front of everyone, so she reached out under the table and pinched Lin Li's thigh hard.

Fortunately, Lin Li had good endurance, otherwise he would have screamed.

Everyone couldn't stop laughing when they saw Chen Qingqing's cute look.

Lin Li and the others drank a small cup each. Their hands were sore and they thought they should drink a little harder.

"I'm having a lot of fun drinking out of this small cup. Why don't we all drink from red wine glasses instead? One bottle of soju is enough to fill two red wine glasses. You and I each have one glass, just right!"

When everyone heard Lin Li's suggestion, they all felt that Lin Li was drunk!

That's what drinking is like, don't drink at first, don't drink, but when you get really drunk, you'll start shouting for another drink, and that's it!

Seeing that it was about to succeed, everyone responded positively and changed their cups to bigger cups.

Lin Li still refused everyone who came, and after a few drinks, those few people became a little drunk.

When Lin Li saw them like that, he felt funny in his heart. His [drinking power] was only at an advanced level, but they couldn't.

"I see that you are all drunk now, why don't we just drink here!" Lin Li said with a very considerate look.

However, those few people were already drunk at this time, and they all said: "No, we said we would drink with Lin Lijun, but Lin Lijun didn't even drink to the fullest, how could we just let it go?"

"Hey, it doesn't matter if I drink to the fullest and have fun, as long as you drink to the full and have fun." Lin Li took retreat as an opportunity to advance.

"That won't work. Wouldn't it be that we are not treating our guests well? Go on, waiter, hurry up and pour the wine!"

Those few people didn't have any tasks in their minds at this time. They were drunk and wanted to drink at this moment.

Moreover, they no longer all drank at Lin Li, but began to toast each other and drink.

At this moment, Lin Li and Chen Qingqing were sitting quietly aside, watching them drink one cup after another.

After a while, Kensaku Segawa suddenly put down his wine glass and frowned in silence for a while. Then he showed a painful look on his face and thought of getting up to leave. As soon as he got up, he vomited out with a "wow" sound, leaving filth all over the floor. The drunkenness was overwhelming and the scene was very ugly.

Kensaku Segawa vomited, and after smelling the disgusting smell, several other people also vomited out.

The reporters present took pictures one after another after seeing their drunken state. Jun Sakamoto and others knew something was wrong, so they shouted at the reporters, telling them not to take pictures, and even snatched the cameras. The scene was chaotic for a time.

It's a pity that the entertainment reporters from the island country also like to shoot this kind of scene, and no one stops.

Chen Qingqing covered her mouth and frowned and hid aside in disgust, while Lin Li sat in his seat as if nothing had happened. He gracefully poured himself a glass of soju and tasted it carefully.

"Hey, I gave you a chance, but you didn't use it!"

Lin Li put down his wine glass and sighed in Mandarin.