Rebirth of the King of Waves

Chapter 86 Confused
"Lawyer Guo?" Ye Jingyang knocked on the door of Guo Chen's private room outside the office. Although it was Saturday, except for Lu Xueqian, all the other administrative, accounting, and intern staff at Hechen Law Firm were at work.

Guo Chen's voice had been quite agitated when he'd called earlier, so even though the office was well soundproofed, Ye Jingyang could still vaguely hear the uncontrolled roar coming from inside.

Guo Chen's mood had been getting increasingly uncontrollable over the past few days. He'd lose his temper from time to time, and even when meeting clients, he was noticeably absent-minded, even irritable. Ye Jingyang and the other staff at the law firm understood the reason.

The box office of "Nezha 2" has exceeded 110 billion yuan today, leaving it only 120 billion yuan away from the 10 billion yuan bet. And with the current fierce momentum of this movie, this difference will probably be reached within three days.

Especially today is Saturday.

The box office growth rate during the weekend is definitely faster than usual.

——You should know that Guo Chen was so aggressive on the Internet at the beginning, complaining that "Where to Catch Me 2" was a bad movie, mocking Ning Bishu for being a loser, and even having the audacity to expose the fact that Ning Bishu "raped" Xiao Taotao.

At this point, he has lost the bet and is about to suffer a setback. In addition, he may be sued by Ning Bishu for defamation. What's more, he has to watch Ning Bishu become a billionaire.

On the other hand, he himself became a clown in front of millions of netizens.

It would be strange if this didn't break the defense.

"What are you doing?" An angry response came from Guo Chen's office.

Ye Jingyang paused as he knocked on the door, then gently put it down. "Lawyer Guo, the client is here."

In the office, Guo Chen took a deep breath.

"Let them sit in the reception room first. I'll sort out the materials."

"Okay." Ye Jingyang turned around and left without saying much.

But Guo Chen in the room remained motionless.

He sat there, breathless, his mind still replaying the "confrontation" with Ning Bishu. Even through the phone line, his heart was still beating fast, and he felt the resentment of wanting to fight but not being able to defeat the other party, but unwilling to accept defeat.

Guo Chen couldn't understand why that loser from a worthless family suddenly turned his life around.

He had thought that today he could rely on his invincible eloquence and unparalleled eloquence to tear off Ning Bishu's disguise and turn Ning Bishu into a laughing stock, but in the end, he was the one who lost miserably.

And that idiotic host… What the hell is she doing? She can't even control this situation! Didn't they say everything was arranged properly? What kind of arrangements were they? These illiterate actors in the entertainment industry, none of them can be trusted!

Guo Chen was getting more and more angry when the phone on his desk suddenly rang. Guo Chen, who was lost in thought, shuddered with fear. The next second, his brows furrowed tightly. He picked up the phone and said unhappily, "Who is it?"

"Lawyer Guo..." Bai Sujie's assistant said weakly on the other end of the phone, "It's me, XX."

"Oh……"

When Guo Chen heard that it was someone from the TV station, he softened his tone, even though he had just cursed in his heart. "What's the matter?"

"It's like this..." the assistant said gently, "Just now during the recording of the program, you suddenly hung up the phone. Well... the station means that according to our notice agreement, your behavior is considered a unilateral termination of cooperation, resulting in a loss of content in our program and a program accident. So... we can't pay the notice fee, but don't worry, we won't sue you. I hope we can have the opportunity to work together again next time."

Guo Chen was stunned when he heard this.

You don't pay me any compensation, and you say you won't sue me?
Alpaca...!
Guo Chen was so eager to kill someone that he just wanted to, but when it came to his mouth, he only said a simple sentence: "Oh, okay."

"Sorry." The assistant hung up the phone in a hurry.

Guo Chen put down the phone and felt confused again.

I don’t know how long it was before there were two more bangs on the door. Someone was knocking on the door.

Guo Chen subconsciously said irritably: "Stop rushing! It's coming out!"

The knocking on the door stopped.

After two seconds of silence, Mu Shanming said in a cold voice with a sullen face, "Lawyer Guo, the client has been waiting for you for a long time. If you don't want to take this case, I can find an intern to do it first."

Guo Chen stood up hurriedly: "No, I'm sorting out the materials..."

But Mu Shanming outside the door didn't listen at all and turned away.

Inside the room, Guo Chen hurriedly picked up a folder and quickly opened the door.

But he only saw Mu Shanming turning her back to him and going straight into her own office.

Guo Chen's face turned blue and red.

He stood at the door for a long time before gritting his teeth and walking towards the reception room.

But just as he reached the reception room door and made eye contact with the impatient customer inside through the glass, a terrible thought suddenly occurred to him: Oh no! If this program were to be broadcast, wouldn't his reputation be completely ruined?
Guo Chen immediately turned around and left.

Seeing this, Ye Jingyang inside hurriedly chased out and shouted, "Lawyer Guo! What happened?" "Please help me deal with it first!" Guo Chen ran back to his room in a hurry.

He picked up his phone and anxiously called Lu Xueqin. "Mr. Lu, there was an accident during the recording of the show today. That damn TV station didn't do what they promised! Please tell the TV station to delete my part of the show and not broadcast it. Otherwise, it will affect the reputation of our law firm!"

Lu Xueqian was completely bewildered and asked curiously, "Didn't we agree that just leaving evidence of Ning Bishu's breach of contract would be enough? How did something go wrong?"

"It's hard to explain right now, Mr. Lu. The TV station just hasn't made enough preparations. You'd better hurry up, otherwise our law firm will be in trouble once the film is broadcast!" Guo Chen urged repeatedly.

However, Lu Xueqin frowned tightly, and a breath was silently blocked in his heart.

This time, having XX TV do a special program specifically targeting Ning Bishu cost him a lot of connections! It was clearly a sure thing, so why did it go so wrong?
"You can't even handle such a small thing!" Lu Xueqin cursed and hung up the phone angrily.

Guo Chen listened to the busy tone on the phone, his heart pounding and his whole body went cold.

"Lawyer Guo?" Mu Shanming suddenly pushed the door open and walked in.

"Ah?" Guo Chen was startled and lost his grip on the phone receiver, which fell to the ground.

Mu Shanming frowned, his eyes full of dissatisfaction and contempt, and said unhappily: "Don't work on that case for now, I'll arrange another one. If it really doesn't work out, you can rest today, there's nothing else for you to do here."

"That..." Guo Chen opened his mouth in shock.

Mu Shanming didn't give him a chance to speak and left after he finished speaking.

Guo Chen looked outside the door in a daze for a long time before sitting down woodenly.

"Lawyer Ye, please ask that person to take over Lawyer Guo's case first." Mu Shanming walked out of the room and immediately gave Ye Jingyang the task. Then he walked into the reception room and apologized and made promises to the client for a long time.

After finally coaxing the client and letting Ye Jingyang take over the case with the intern, she returned to her office. It was already past 11:50, which was past her usual lunch time.

"Oh..." Mu Shanming sighed, shook his head, and felt very disappointed with Guo Chen.

then……

There's no after that.

She didn't care how Guo Chen performed. Besides, even if there was a direct loss in this bet, it would only be Guo Chen eating shit and Lu Xueqin paying some shares of Qianming Consulting. She wouldn't be in any trouble.

Mu Shanming didn't care at all, and was even a little happy that he made nearly 30 yuan in just one week by trading stocks.

Unfortunately, I couldn't resist the pressure and sold it on Friday afternoon.

Otherwise, she thinks XX Media should continue to rise by Monday.

"Forget it, let's eat first..."

Mu Shanming picked up his phone and planned to order takeout first.

But as soon as I opened the APP, an X message popped up.

It was sent by Ning Bishu.

"Lawyer Mu, thank you for arranging the program for me. See you next week."

Mu Shanming provided information to the TV station. When he heard these words, he clearly felt guilty and his heart skipped a beat.

But what made her even more nervous were the three words "see you next week".

Mu Shanming suddenly recalled the bet Ning Bishu had made with her. Suddenly, her entire body tensed, her heartbeat quickening. Intellectually, she should have felt disgusted, but her heart couldn't help but replay every detail of Ning Bishu's dirty talk. A tangled mix of fear and anticipation quickly grew and spread deep within her heart, seeping into every inch of her body...

Pah! Pah!

Mu Shanming seemed to be able to hear his own throbbing heartbeat.

She stared blankly at the X message from Ning Bishu.

After a while, the more I looked at it, the more unfamiliar it seemed.

It seems that I suddenly can’t recognize the words on the screen.

My mind is in a mess.

My heart is in turmoil.

(End of this chapter)