Chapter 69 - 68: A Healing Masterpiece (5)

"Girl, are you flirting with me?"

"No way!"

Ning Ruoxi looked up at Ye Ling, her eyes sparkling.

"Lingxi’s Love... Hmm, not bad. I think that’s a great name."

Ye Ling smiled as he looked at the girl’s beautiful, expressive eyes.

"Hehe, so you get it."

Ning Ruoxi giggled foolishly, a little embarrassed.

"Yes, I get it. And I’m very happy with it."

Ye Ling gently planted a kiss on Ning Ruoxi’s forehead.

A sweet smile immediately spread across Ning Ruoxi’s face. ’Lingxi’s Love isn’t just my debut work in the world of manga,’ she thought. ’More importantly, it’s the result of Ye Ling’s and my hard work together.’

To her, the latter was undoubtedly more important than the former.

In the afternoon, Ye Ling went to Shengding Group and handed the prepared manuscripts to Zhu Yun.

As a veteran employee of the company, Zhu Yun was far more proficient in operations than he was. Entrusting this to her was the most appropriate choice.

And since this was a task from her own boss, Zhu Yun naturally took it very seriously. She quickly called in a professional team of manga editors to review the manuscript.

Originally, she had only planned for this review to be a formality.

She was well aware of the relationship between Ning Ruoxi and Ye Ling. Even if her boss’s girlfriend’s manga was terrible, they would still have to promote it heavily!

However, it wasn’t long before a series of sharp gasps echoed through the office.

The "gold-medal" editors who had been invited all had looks of utter shock on their faces.

"This ’Lingxi’s Love’ is incredible. It’s healing and beautiful. You rarely see this type of manga on the market anymore..."

"Yeah, even though it goes against the mainstream trend of power fantasies and face-slapping, its framework and setting are just perfect. After reading it, I couldn’t help but reminisce about my own salad days."

"I think this manga has huge development potential. In my opinion, it’s definitely a masterpiece with the potential to become a god-tier work!"

As Shengding Group’s ace editors, they had seen countless manuscripts in their time, yet they were giving this one such high praise!

For a moment, even Zhu Yun was a little stunned.

These editors had been in the industry for many years and had very high standards for new works... This seemed to be the first time she had ever seen them praise a single work so unanimously!

"Sister Yun, I think we should consider giving this year’s Annual IP Development Project to ’Lingxi’s Love’. It reminded me of my first love."

A female editor with glasses spoke up, her eyes slightly red and misty.

"Besides, the market is starting to show some resistance to those mainstream stories. The kind of innocent, youthful love that ’Lingxi’s Love’ portrays is definitely a new direction!"

Hearing the female editor’s words, the other editors couldn’t help but nod in subconscious agreement.

In recent years, the major online cultural markets in the country have gradually hit a bottleneck. The market’s demand for cultural diversity is also getting higher and higher.

The simple, initial genres and tropes were gradually failing to meet the market’s demands...

But Lingxi’s Love gave them a great flash of inspiration. Perhaps it was time to properly cultivate works in this genre!

’The Annual IP Development Project?’

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yun’s eyes flickered.

This so-called Annual IP Development Project was a concept Shengding Group had proposed since its founding. Every year, they would select the most outstanding work for top-tier promotion and management.

As a leading internet enterprise, Shengding Group possessed terrifyingly vast resources. With their full promotional power, even a piece of trash could become a huge hit!

What’s more, according to the editors, this one was a masterpiece!

"Alright, then the Annual IP Development Project is officially going to ’Lingxi’s Love’!"

Zhu Yun made the final call, settling the matter.

Because of Ye Ling, she had already planned to give Ning Ruoxi’s new work some special privileges. She had even considered the Annual IP Development Project, but she hadn’t decided immediately, mainly because she was worried about potential opposition from within the company.

But now that all these editors were on board, there was no way she was going to hold things up!

"However, I still need to discuss this matter with Chairman Ye."

Zhu Yun thought for a moment, then decided to call Ye Ling.

"Hello?"

Ye Ling was a bit surprised to receive Zhu Yun’s call.

He had just gotten back from Shengding Group. Why was she calling him now?

’Could it be... is there a problem with the manuscript?’

"Chairman Ye, I’m sorry to bother you. There’s just one thing I’d like to run by you..."

Zhu Yun quickly relayed the editors’ thoughts to Ye Ling, who was quite surprised to hear what she had to say.

Clearly, even Ye Ling hadn’t expected these people to rate Ning Ruoxi’s new work so highly.

He didn’t think it was because of his status. Those gold-medal editors were definitely seasoned professionals. It was possible they might offer some minor conveniences—after all, they couldn’t just disregard the chairman’s face.

But according to Zhu Yun, everyone had extremely high hopes for ’Lingxi’s Love’. That had to be because of the manuscript itself!

"Just do everything as you’ve suggested. I don’t see any problem with it. Also, I’m planning to set the release of Lingxi’s Love for the art exhibition a week from now."

Ye Ling said with a slight smile.

"Chairman Ye, you don’t even have to tell me; I was already planning on it. I intend to make Lingxi’s Love the core of this art exhibition, using the event as a pre-launch hype campaign."

Zhu Yun replied immediately.

After hanging up, Ye Ling sat in his car, thought for a moment, and then called Wei Kun.

Since Zhu Yun’s side had given it such a high evaluation, it seemed Lingxi’s Love was a success. The next step was promotion.

And when it came to promotional ability, Character Jumping was undoubtedly number one!

As Character Jumping’s second-largest shareholder, Ye Ling knew Wei Kun wouldn’t refuse such a request. He agreed without a moment’s hesitation.

As soon as Ning Ruoxi created a Douyin account, the platform would provide its highest level of promotion!

’Now, the main thing is to shoot some promotional videos and whatnot...’

Ye Ling had scrolled through plenty of Douyin videos over the years and knew the general playbook. Still, he planned to go back and discuss it with Ning Ruoxi.

After all, Ning Ruoxi was the star of the show. He could only help her; the final decision had to be hers.