NOVEL NEXT Chapter 124: On Board the Ship, Forget Those on Shore_2
"What's the rush? Even in another 10 years, we'll still have a market. It's okay if we can't be rich people's backups; we have to maintain a few backups of our own, right?"
With that said, the girls exchanged knowing glances and couldn't help but giggle...
These few were just a representation of the couple hundred young models at the party...
Most of the other small groups were discussing similar topics, and some were even more frank and explicit...
Just then, a woman in her thirties with short hair walked to the center of the resting room, grabbed a microphone, and interrupted the models' chatter with a cool tone, "The party starts in 20 minutes. We'll send you to the pre-arranged deck over the sea that's 4 kilometers off the coast on small transport vessels.
"There are a total of 47 of you attending the yacht party, with 31 yachts. When the time comes, whether you choose the yachts or the partygoers choose you, it has nothing to do with our yacht club.
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"Most of you have attended these large parties before, so I won't go on about it. The experienced ones should guide the newbies. Get ready now; the transport vessels are ready."
After finishing her announcement, the short-haired woman didn't bother with the models' confusion and walked straight out of the resting room...
As an executive of the yacht club...
She had organized this kind of party countless times before...
In her memory, there must have been at least a dozen times, if not more.
She had not the slightest respect for these models...
Hong Kong Island, as a city where the modeling industry is highly developed, sees thousands of girls join the industry every year, dreaming of becoming big stars like Wen Yongshan, Angela Beibei, and Yang Ying—who went from internet celebrities to print media, and then made it big in the film and television industry...
But in reality, after decades of the modeling industry flourishing on Hong Kong Island, only a handful have made it big...
As for the rest, they could only get by doing some commercial advertisements that barely scrape the edge of the industry...
And these women gathered in the lounging room didn't even qualify as models...
They had no understanding of professional modeling knowledge and only had the status of a model...
In Hong Kong Island, there's a professional term for them...
'Fresh models.'
Initally, 'fresh models' referred to young and beautiful non-professional models...
But later on, it signified a particular subgroup...
These fresh models, having seen the short-haired woman leave, followed her out with practiced ease...
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Meanwhile...
The large yacht party had already reached its beginning phase...
Gu Heng watched as the harbor started to get lively...
A glance revealed there were quite a few dozen people...
Aside from many young people in their twenties and thirties like him, there were also quite a few middle-aged people in their forties and fifties...
At this moment, they were all being led by the event staff towards their respective yachts they had prepared...
Most of these people were in groups of two or three, acquaintances of each other...
Only Gu Heng, who was attending such an event for the first time and knew no one, seemed a bit awkward...
But Zheng Jiayi clearly anticipated this situation and kept chatting with Gu Heng, seemingly to ease the awkwardness of being alone...
At that moment, a voice called out from beside Gu Heng.
"Gu Heng?"
Hearing someone calling him, Gu Heng was first taken aback; he was certain he didn't know anyone on Hong Kong Island...
Even if an old acquaintance had come to Hong Kong Island, they definitely wouldn't have crossed paths at an event like this...
After all, the most successful person he knew was just his former company boss... but obviously, even if his former boss were to come to Hong Kong Island for a visit, he wouldn't qualify to attend such a party...
He then turned his gaze toward the source of the sound...
Looking at the familiar face in front of him, Gu Heng felt sure he knew the person but couldn't recall the name right away...
"Holy shit, it really is you, huh?"
"Wu Yifeng?"
After rummaging through his mind for a while, he finally called out the name...
Wasn't this the rich second-generation guy he met a few days ago in Shanghai when he bought a car...
But at that time, Gu Heng couldn't stand the atmosphere and left in a hurry. Aside from adding Lu Yuan on WeChat, he didn't add anyone else's contact information...
He thought they wouldn't have much interaction in the future, but just a few days later, here he was, running into him again on Hong Kong Island...
"Damn! When you first came over, I thought you looked familiar, but I didn't dare come over to say hi. It wasn't until you got closer that I ventured to ask, and, wow, it's actually you!
"When did you come to Hong Kong Island?"
Perhaps feeling the comfort of meeting an old friend in a foreign place...
Not only did Gu Heng feel a newfound familiarity with Wu Yifeng, but Wu Yifeng also became quite talkative.
"How does that LP780 feel to drive?"
The two were indeed not close, so Wu Yifeng could only start the conversation with this topic...
Gu Heng responded with a smile, "Haven't driven it once, sent it straight back to Hang City. Took care of various formalities for two days, then came to Hong Kong Island.
"By the way, what brings you to Hong Kong Island?"
"How else? Flew over," said Wu Yifeng, obviously being someone who spoke without filter.
"I have a few friends in Hong Kong Island; they told me about this cash bash, so I came straight over."
The term 'cash bash' rolled off his tongue without any hesitation...
Gu Heng suddenly didn't know how to respond...
Wu Yifeng, not noticing what Gu Heng was thinking, slapped Gu Heng's shoulder with a big grin, "Are you here with friends too? Why don't you come aboard our yacht and have some fun? More people, more fun, right~"
After saying that, he even signalled suggestively with a lecherous look in his eyes...
Gu Heng: "???"
Since when did 'many people' have a respectable meaning?
Although he never hid his true masculine nature, he was still somewhat of a decent person by comparison...