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This latest trending topic drove the entire internet into a frenzy!

Before the comic was released, the haters could have argued its popularity was all due to hype. But after its launch, the positive reviews still came flooding in like a tidal wave...

This proved one thing: Lingxi’s Love didn’t just have good marketing—more importantly, the content itself was genuinely excellent!

This served as the most powerful possible counterattack to all the earlier malicious criticism.

Number one on Weibo’s trending list: [Lingxi’s Love’s Sensational Debut Met with Universal Acclaim]

Number two: [Fan Meet-and-Greet Overflows with PDA]

Number three: [Ye Ling Spoils His Wife Rotten]

Number four: [The Kiss on the Million-Viewer Livestream!]

The top four topics on Weibo were all related to the fan meet-and-greet, and the comments under them were overwhelmingly positive.

Some were flexing after winning signed physical copies of the book in a giveaway; others were gushing about how they couldn’t get enough of the couple’s public displays of affection; and still others were showering Lingxi’s Love with praise.

"Can’t wait for the second volume of Lingxi’s Love!"

Just then, another blog post also shot up the trending list.

When people saw this post, they were all slightly taken aback.

Because...

...the person who wrote it was none other than Zhou Miaoyi, one of the hottest female stars in showbiz today!

"OMG, is Miaoyi a fan of Lingxi’s Love too?"

"Whoa, you actually got a signed copy!!!"

"Miaoyi, Miaoyi, I love you! Notice me, my queen~~~"

...

Thanks to this, the public perception of Lingxi’s Love improved even further. After all, if a huge celebrity was a fan, the comic couldn’t possibly be bad, right?

By the seventh day after the release of *Lingxi’s Love* Volume One, it had sold a cumulative total of over 300,000 copies nationwide. A sales figure like this was practically unheard of in recent years!

After all, the creator was a newcomer!

And what was even more crucial was that behind these incredible sales figures was an even more incredible wave of positive reviews.

Because the main appeal of Lingxi’s Love was so different from the formulaic stories saturating the market, it felt like a breath of fresh air. Anyone who read it had nothing but praise.

In short, the first volume of Lingxi’s Love had well and truly lived up to all the initial hype and promotion!

Ye Ling looked over at Ning Ruoxi with a small smile. "Three hundred thousand copies sold in seven days. Kiddo, you’re a rich woman now."

"I’ll never be as rich as you," Ning Ruoxi retorted, rolling her eyes at Ye Ling.

Three hundred thousand copies, at thirty yuan a piece, came out to roughly nine million yuan in revenue. After deducting costs and splitting the profits, Ning Ruoxi’s take would be at least four million!

In just seven days, Ning Ruoxi had earned four million yuan!

A figure like that was nothing short of a miracle in the domestic comics industry of recent years.

However, when compared to the money Ye Ling made, it paled in comparison.

After all, Ye Ling had swindled three hundred million yuan from just two rich kids, including Jiang Feiyun!

"By the way, what’s your current profit-sharing split with Shengding?" Ye Ling asked, having thought of something.

"That’s enough. You’ve already helped me more than enough." Hearing Ye Ling’s question, Ning Ruoxi knew exactly what he was thinking and immediately shot him down. "The company is already giving me a split reserved for their top-tier authors. They have to stay in business, you know."

She wasn’t drawing comics for the money. If money were her goal, couldn’t she just go home and inherit her family’s billion-dollar fortune?

When it came to wealth, how many people in the entire country could possibly compare to Ning Tianliang!?

Even Ye Ling was just a poor man in front of someone like Ning Tianliang.

A mere three hundred million was certainly a lot to an ordinary person, but to a top financial titan, it was just pocket change.

This was why someone like Yun Tianlan could lose hundreds of millions to Ye Ling. Though he had gotten carried away at the time, it also proved that a sum like one hundred fifty million wasn’t an unacceptable loss for him.

If it had been a regular white-collar worker on a normal salary, they wouldn’t have had that kind of money to begin with. No matter how carried away they got, Ye Ling wouldn’t have been able to swindle them!

So, in the end, the main reason Yun Tianlan could be swindled by Ye Ling was simply... he had too much money!

"Alright," Ye Ling replied, not pressing the issue further.

’Shengding Group is mine anyway, so it doesn’t really matter whether we split the profits or not,’

’After all, we’re family!’

By now, Ning Ruoxi’s fanbase had grown to a staggering size. Her follower count on Weibo had already surpassed ten million!

And on TikTok, despite having only posted a single video, her follower count had reached an incredible twenty million, putting her on par with top-tier influencers on the platform!

...

「Shengding Group Headquarters」

The senior executives were all filled with utter shock.

The projection screen in front of them displayed data for *Lingxi’s Love* and the various records it had shattered.

Shengding Group had produced some outstanding works in recent years, but none had ever achieved this incredible level of popularity.

Without a doubt, Lingxi’s Love had become a flagship property for Shengding Group. Many people who had never even heard of Shengding were now getting to know this pioneering internet giant because of the comic.

It was just one comic, yet it was having this kind of impact. It was safe to say it was no longer *just* a comic!

"Regarding the development of the Lingxi’s Love IP, I propose we give it the highest-priority treatment Shengding Group can offer. We must strive to turn it into one of Shengding Group’s ace properties!"

Zhu Yun declared from the head of the table, her voice laced with excitement.

What did Shengding Group need most right now?

It needed buzz!

With its growth slowing in recent years, Shengding Group had gradually drifted away from the center of the internet world. Many people had forgotten it even existed.

But Lingxi’s Love had pushed it right back into the spotlight!

"I also recommend we immediately implement the ’IP Internet of Things Initiative’ proposed by Chairman Ye," Han Feng added from the side.

When Ye Ling first arrived, Han Feng had to admit he hadn’t been convinced.

But that was a normal reaction. After all, he’d worked at the company for so many years. In terms of seniority and experience, how could he lose out to some young upstart?

Ye Ling was just too young—so young that it was hard to believe in his capabilities.

But Ye Ling had used results to prove his abilities, causing Shengding Group—a slumbering giant—to finally show faint signs of reawakening.