Chapter 172 - 170: This Place is Good (Request for Recommendations, Monthly Tickets, and Subscriptions)
As usual, after sharing laughter over their meal, the three of them returned to the office to relax.
Qin Guanglin had decided not to get involved in Sun Wen’s business. No matter what Sun Wen intended to do, it had nothing to do with him. He would just continue working as usual and guiding Yu Le.
One didn’t like trouble, and the other did it for Teacher He.
If he followed Sun Wen’s reckless actions, whether it meant setting up a separate faction or whatever, the early stages would be tiring and busy with little profit.
Moreover, whether the outcome was good or bad, it would likely continue to be busy and tiresome—because Sun Wen was not like Chen Rui, who approached things step by step and had a plan. Sun Wen was impatient and his aspirations were high. Unlike Chen Rui’s childish dreams, he was after money. If he set up his own studio, he would certainly not adopt the laid-back atmosphere of the current one; he would probably introduce something aggressive like a "wolf culture."
Qin Guanglin didn’t like that, and He Fang didn’t want to see that either.
"Boss."
Jiang Lingling came out of Chen Rui’s office beaming, pushed her chair over to Qin Guanglin and said, "The boss just praised me and gave me a raise..." She lowered her voice and waggled two fingers at Qin Guanglin, "...by twenty percent."
"Oh, congratulations." Qin Guanglin leaned back in his chair and saw Jiang Lingling giggling at him. He paused, then added, "You’ve worked hard, you deserve it."
He sighed inwardly, wishing he had known it would be such a hassle; he wouldn’t have drawn that comic... or at least not given it to her, doing a few issues himself would have been better.
"It should all be yours, I feel kind of guilty..." Jiang Lingling pursed her lips, lowered her head slightly, glanced up at him, then diverted her gaze to her own leg and started playing with a hole in her pants. "I feel a bit uneasy holding onto this money..."