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♪If the world is ready♪

♪What can I do when it gives me a hard time?♪

♪Instead of hiding♪

♪I'll embrace the change♪

♪Thousands of falls♪

♪Will teach me how to jump♪

♪Thousands of burns♪

♪Will make the best fireworks ever♪

♪If I'm going to land♪

♪I need to have the guts to fly♪

♪So what if I hibernated?♪

♪Passion will give me the light♪

♪And the volume♪

♪To shout to the world♪

♪Don't hesitate♪

♪Run and run and run♪

♪I'm flying through the air♪

♪Don't be afraid♪

♪Jump and jump and jump♪

♪To feel the joy of weightlessness♪

♪There's resistance in the headwind♪

♪It's a favor from fate♪

♪At the end, a miracle will♪

♪Stand by me forever♪

♪Forever♪

[Ski into Love]

[Adapted from Jinjiang Literature City's novel "Ski into Love" by Qing Mei]

[Episode 18]

He still hasn't replied.

It's just a breakup, right?

So what?

What's the big deal?

Great.

If you can,

don't come to me for the rest of your life.

The internet says

there are plenty of men.

Hey, Wei Zhi.

Now log in to your account and take a look.

Something big is going on.

Could I be worse?

Both of your accounts are hot.

Now take a look.

Hot?

[Comic, Ski into Love]

[She's posting the wrong one, for sure.]

Did you see that?

Over 10,000 likes.

Over 5,000 comments.

8,000 retweets.

Zhi, where have you been today?

Why didn't I even see you?

I had an appointment with Zhi.

[Beici] Master, are you asleep?

Wake up. Something big is going on.

[I'm sorry! I'm really, really sorry!]

[Just a sorry? Come on!]

[Kill him!]

[Ah!]

Good news.

Good news.

The company in Germany got back to me.

The prostheses are on order.

On order?

Yes, it is.

Thanks, Yiming.

We know each other so well.

Don't mention it.

Remember to do your rehab when you get back.

This is for you.

At first, they said

it would take three months.

But I fought for it,

and the head office in Germany told me

it could be done before the New Year at best.

Don't be lazy.

Get well

and have a good New Year with your brother.

I'll try my best.

Don't worry.

I'll keep an eye on her.

So you're going back to Hualing this afternoon?

I'll see you off at the airport.

No need.

We don't want to bother you.

You won't.

I did not need to work today.

I'm just working an extra shift

for you two.

Then we're really sorry.

Let's go.

Come on.

Zhi said she's got something going on today.

What's the matter

with you two?

Did you have a fight?

No.

Actually,

Zhi's parents

are very kind,

but his mom's personality

sometimes overwhelms even me.

It's your first time meeting her, so don't feel pressured.

If you have any problems,

just talk to me.

I'll give you advice.

After we go back to Hualing,

I'll need you to take care

of Wei Zhi.

You don't have to tell me that.

Don't worry.

Leave it to me.

Buy some specialties at the airport

and bring them back.

[Tiger Animation]

You've been working on this for so long,

but this is all you've got for me?

[Statistic Statement for the Original Comic Award on the Asdu Platform]

Don't get mad.

Let me talk to Manman again.

Talk?

Talk about what?

It's been serialized for so long,

but subscriptions are so low.

The profits can't even cover what it costs her

to get materials.

What is she drawing?

It's true it's not very good,

but if we work harder

on the later chapters a little more,

we could probably attract some people.

What are you thinking?

Probably?

I put a lot of money

into this crap

she drew.

Did I become charitable with all the money

I spent on food, lodging, and airfare back and forth

for so many players and coaches?

Do I have the heart to care about the story

or your hard work?

What about the statistics?

What about the results?

I want traffic,

subscriptions, and money.

Look at that profit.

Can the investors wait?

Look at it.

I gave her this great platform,

but she can't even win an indie comic.

What have you done?

Listen.

Absolute 0.

Zhai.

Likes,

3,722.

Votes, 1888.

Subscriptions,

675.

675, please.

Check this out.

Professional Sideslip Athlete.

Ski into Love.

Reads,

679,000.

Likes,

68,000.

Votes,

60,200.

Subscriptions,

24,000.

24,000.

Wu Manman,

Miss Zhai,

not even a tenth

of the statistic

of a nobody's work.

I'll say it one last time.

If the statistic is still this bad

or you're really no good,

I'll poach this...

Professional Sideslip Athlete

to my company.

You and Wu Manman,

get lost together.

Also,

Farewell Song.

Its ending has been dragged out for so long,

but you guys haven't come up with a good one yet.

Don't use Absolute 0 as an excuse.

Go ahead and tell her now

that someone as stupid as her

will never figure it out in her lifetime.

Finish it

before it embarrasses me

in the serialization section.

Okay, Mr. Wang.

Take it easy.

I'll pass on

what you said to her.

Bunch of losers.

[Ski into Love]

[Ski into Love]

This style

seems familiar.

Hello?

Zhai, are you in the studio?

Open the door.

Coming.

An arrow through the clouds.

Thousands of troops have come to meet.

From today,

we'll be stationed here

with you.

Don't mind us taking up your space.

How can I?

Meizi.

What about Xuan?

Don't worry.

My mom will take care of him.

Thank you.

We're with you.

It's already one o'clock.

Why don't you go to sleep?

I can't.

Miss Zhai is too busy.

She paints from morning till night.

You know what?

She does

a month's work in a week.

She hasn't been this productive before, has she?

No,

but she updated her story

about being on the wrong account,

and it became a trending topic.

That's not something

to be ashamed of,

but some internet users

seem to take special delight

in that sort of thing

and make a show of themselves.

Both of her accounts

are hot right now.

Ski into Love has

over 10,000 subscribers.

Even if it's over a million,

you still have to sleep.

But what can I do?

It's just taking off,

so I definitely can't

hold Miss Zhai back.

I'm worried

about her status, though,

because she seems

to be turning her grief

into motivation right now.

I don't know

who's making Zhi

so sad and upset.

Did you go to class

after you went out the day?

Do you want to wake up Mom and Dad?

But you've been going out early, coming home late,

and disappearing every day

since you got back from Nancheng.

Did you sneak off

to train?

Eat your fruit.

[Wei Zhi]

So

let's take some time apart.

Okay?

It's in the comic anyway.

I can't be merciful enough to just let him die once.

It's not enough for him to die a hundred times.

He should die a thousand or ten thousand times.

Who?

An isekai villain?

Nothing.

OK.

Mr. Zhang Yu.

Manman.

I was about to see you.

Come, sit down.

I'm afraid

we can't delay the Farewell Song any longer.

This work

is very important

to you and me.

Of course,

I understand your caution,

but right now, the statistics

and reader feedback

are not good,

so if we don't finish it,

your job

and mine,

Zhai's reputation,

and Farewell Song's intellectual property rights

might...

But Mr. Zhang Yu,

I haven't figured out

how to make the heroine become what she was before.

Do you think

you'll have any new ideas

for the ending

if I

get you another extension

on the serialization?

Manman.

You're already

a very experienced artist.

Based on the way things are going,

it doesn't matter if the ending will be underwhelming or not.

It's imperative

that we finish it soon

so we can work

on your Absolute 0 together.

But it's true

that I'm not very good at sports.

I started out wanting

to draw an inspirational comic,

but I don't seem to have mastered

the first few chapters.

It's not about the first few chapters.

Let me put it this way.

Manman, you are good at stability,

but sometimes

a good literary

or artistic work

requires you

to make some breakthroughs and have some spirituality.

Mr. Zhang Yu.

Actually, I've been asking myself

every day for the past few days

if I can do it.

Based on your many years

of experience,

do you think I am really suitable

to be a lead artist?

Just keep painting,

and you'll get better

and better.

Go ahead

and revise.

Try your best.

Thank you, Mr. Zhang Yu.

[Half a Farewell Song]

You've done an amazing job on this hairpin.

The heroine's beauty

instantly increases by 20%.

Right?

It's really pretty.

Manman.

You're great.

You managed to get the texture so great

in your first hair detailing.

You'll be a master in the future.

- You're too kind. - Manman.

Miss Manman, that's great.

Give me your autograph.

OK.

I want one too.

Hey, guys.

Do you guys think

we could use this

as our main poster

at the book signing?

- Yeah. - Yes. No problem.

Before,

I was worried about our studio,

but I was wrong.

Now that we're

all so amazing,

I have more confidence

in our studio.

Of course.

We'll beat everyone.

Let's go.

I should have killed her a long time ago.

Why look at me?

Why don't you do your job?

Bunch of losers.

Zhang Yu.

Where's Zhang Yu?

Come out.

What's wrong, Mr. Wang?

Calm down.

Everyone is still working.

What's wrong?

The potential talent

you discovered,

Wei Zhi,

is

the Professional Sideslip Athlete.

What's wrong?

Why don't you say anything?

Are you mute?

Go to her

and tell her

to stop creating immediately,

or I'll sue her.

That's not necessary.

You don't have to, Mr. Wang.

She's only in fifth place now.

If we work together,

we'll catch up with her soon.

Fifth?

Come on.

Get your cell phone out,

look at it,

and then tell me where she's ranked.

[1. Ski into Love]

Where?

First.

Louder.

Where is your treasure's

new comic ranked right now?

First.

Do you hear that?

Do you hear that?

First.

You,

dozens of you,

all claim

to be the elite of Tiger Comics.

But you can't even compete

with a little girl who quit the industry

because of the AI drawing scandal.

Listen up.

If you can't come up with a way

to improve statistics in three days,

you'll all be fired.

Cheers.

Sorry to keep you

so late, Meizi.

Let's eat as soon as possible

so you can go back to taking care of Xuan.

It's okay.

We finally made it to number one,

so we have to celebrate.

That's right.

I didn't expect we'd make it to the top.

We are still amazing.

Of course.

After all, all our experiences

won't go to waste.

Right.

You're a credit to us.

Come on. Have some more.

You guys too.

You're young. Eat more.

I'll eat less.

I've been on a diet lately.

Me too.

You're on a diet?

What's in your mouth then?

If you lose weight, I won't.

I'll eat more.

Okay.

Time flies.

I remember when we were working

on the Farewell Song,

Xuan was in elementary school.

Gosh.

I suddenly feel like we're so old.

Not "we".

I wonder what Farewell Song

looks like now.

Meizi, have a strawberry.

I'm not that fragile.

Besides,

without Farewell Song,

we wouldn't have created

Ski into Love.

Makes sense.

Right?

Yes.

Everything worked out for the best.

Come on. One more.

I hope

Ski into Love takes off next.

Takes off.

Takes off.

[Hmph. Timid?]

Come in.

Mr. Wang, sorry to interrupt.

This is the storyboard

of the last episode of Farewell Song.

Please take a look.

It doesn't matter.

Just finish it.

Just don't delay

my movie adaptation.

What's up, Mr. Zhang Yu?

Anything else?

We've made a small change

to Absolute 0,

so we'd like you to check it out.

You mean

the number of subscriptions has doubled?

No.

Hits in the top three?

No.

About the setting,

we think...

As for the setting,

you guys decide.

Don't bother me

with such trivial matters.

By the way, have you figured out

how to deal with Wei Zhi?

Not...

for now.

Good.

Get back to your work.

Go on.

I'll figure it out myself.

OK?

OK.

Sorry to interrupt.

Loser.

[A famous female streamer's account was banned because of the faked statistic!]

A famous streamer

faked the statistic.

Mr. Ma.

I'd like to consult you on a business.

Over 500,000?

[Congratulations! The number of votes for Ski into Love surpassed 500,000]

Why so many

all of a sudden?

Good morning.

Come and have breakfast.

Elephant.

Check it out.

What's going on?

[1. Ski into Love. 515931]

That many votes?

We're too amazing.

No. Look again.

The second place doesn't even have 100,000 votes.

Doesn't that prove

you're not on the same level as them?

Don't get cocky.

But

I don't feel right.

Really?

Think about it.

How many users

are there on this site?

So

everyone comes to read your comic?

Refresh it again.

[1. Ski into Love. 515931]

Look.

It went up

over 5,000 in a second.

Someone must have

rigged the vote.

That's weird.

No.

We're going to be in big trouble if we keep this up.

Don't worry.

Make a call

to the organizing committee.

Now.

It's all about effort.

You have to work hard to win.

Come in.

What's going on?

Go ahead.

Absolute 0

is in the top ten in votes.

Isn't that good?

Mr. Zhang Yu.

Try harder.

Work harder.

You can do it.

Mr. Wang, you'd better stop holding it in.

It's bad for your health.

Hold in what?

What's wrong with me?

Wei Zhi is still number one.

Wei Zhi?

I knew it.

Mr. Zhang Yu.

Let's be generous.

Look,

isn't Wei Zhi

from Tiger Comics?

She has such a good career now.

What does that mean?

It means Tiger Comics

is an excellent platform.

Look.

She's way ahead

in votes now.

How can we be jealous of her?

Of course, we should

respect her

and wish her well,

hoping that she

will climb to the top

and get more votes

to win.

That's good, isn't it?

Yes.

Go to work.

Don't think so much.

By the way,

if you have a chance

to meet Wei Zhi,

congratulate her

for me.

I haven't had much contact

with her lately.

So

if there's nothing else, Mr. Wang, I...

Go ahead.

[1. Ski into Love. 528231]

[Congratulations! The number of votes for Ski into Love surpassed 500,000]

- I'm back. - What's going on?

It's not right.

It's...

It's not right.

Get away from it.

It's almost in your face.

No, it's not.

It's not right. Look at that.

Half a million.

So awesome?

Awesome?

That's an outrageous number.

Are there usually this many people

who read comics?

How can that be?

It's already impressive

for an international comic

to get 100,000 votes.

Besides, I've been staring at it today.

The number of votes went up so fast.

Something's very wrong.

[Shocked! Dark Horse Comic is suspected of vote fraud!]

Master.

Is Zhi being framed?

The comment sections are going crazy.

People are saying she rigged the votes.

Look.

[Beici]

It...

It's so great. Come on.

She's cheating. Report her.

Author, don't you have a conscience?

How dare you manipulate votes in a contest?

Why don't you contact

the organizers

and spend money to bribe them?

Okay, I got it.

Hello?

Please believe us.

We definitely did not rig the vote.

If we were caught doing that,

we'd be disqualified.

How dare we?

Okay, then.

OK.

We'll wait to hear from you.

What did they say?

The organizing committee said after they investigated the IPR

and got rid of those votes from fake accounts

and paid posters,

we had about 120,000 votes.

Now that they have been removed,

what to do now?

Now...

I don't know.

They're saying we need to wait

because the public opinion is so bad

and there are so many negative comments.

Don't get too anxious.

Zhi.

Congratulations.

You even broke

the site's all-time record for votes.

Wang Laohu?

You manipulated the votes, didn't you?

A small gift from me.

You're welcome.

You'll have to

climb higher from now on.

Come on.

You...

Hello?

Hello?

Wang Laohu.

He's gone too far.

How's it going?

Public opinion is under control.

I'm following Farewell Song.

Even at this hour,

you're still following it?

The final chapter of Farewell Song is out.

The final chapter.

[Oh my gosh!]

[Lige is really... She's late for her first Flower-pilgrimaging Festival!]

[Forget it]

How long has it been since it's been updated?

It's too sudden.

[Door is opened. The Princess is here!]

What's up?

Manman.

I read the final chapter of Farewell Song.

So?

Have you come to condemn me?

Of course not.

I read the comments section,

and I'm sure you did too.

As a professional creator,

did you really allow Farewell Song

to be so rushed at the end?

You are no longer the author of Farewell Song,

so who are you

to tell me what to do?

Honestly,

I read Absolute 0 too.

That's not your level of creativity either.

Manman.

Have you encountered

any difficulties or bottlenecks

in your creative endeavors lately?

Did Wang Laohu also tell you

that your content

won't be accepted by the market

and won't bear fruit?

Does he care

about profit and traffic

rather than what you create?

I know what you're trying

to say.

But if we don't monetize our work,

then I'll lose my job,

and no one will believe in me anymore.

That's not going to happen.

That's

what Wang Laohu told me

in the beginning.

But then I realized that

as long as I stay true

to what I'm creating,

the content I'm creating

is something readers can relate to.

And, think about it.

In the beginning,

we didn't have many likes

or comments, did we?

But through our later efforts,

we were recognized

by the public step by step.

Wei Zhi.

I really like Farewell Song.

Working with you guys

to make Farewell Song become a hit step by step

is really the happiest thing

in my life.

But you know after the AI drawing

was exposed,

I really felt like

my whole life was going to fall apart.

Of course,

I know that person is definitely not you.

But I just can't understand

why every time I asked you about it,

you had to harbor him

and wouldn't tell us

the truth.

I'm an author.

Whoever utilized the AI

was my responsibility.

You're being silly.

You could easily

kill your career.

I wasn't thinking that much.

I'm just doing

what I think is right.

I've always

envied you,

your certainty,

and your tolerance for mistakes.

I can't do that.

I'm always looking over my shoulder

and at a loss.

So Wei Zhi,

you must thank your family

for giving you

such confidence and courage.

I know.

Manman.

Since when did you

start talking so maturely?

Maybe that's the trial

of the society.

I want to have such confidence

and courage too,

but I don't dare.

I read the contract.

I'm going to lose a lot of money if I terminate it.

Speaking of contracts,

did you notice

anything wrong?

According to you,

what I signed at the time was indeed

a mediocre contract,

but later when I was reading it,

I realized that there were a lot of non-compete clauses,

such as the adaption right,

the right to make it into a movie,

or all other rights related

to the comic

had been ceded to Wang Laohu.

Gosh.

Wang Laohu is so greedy.

Why didn't you consult him?

I didn't dare.

I was afraid he'd shut me down

if I told him.

Then I wouldn't be able

to survive in this field.

That's the way it is.

Mr. Li.

We need to ask you

to organize the pleadings for us.

No problem.

His infringement

is obvious.

As long as you have sufficient evidence,

we'll have a good chance

of winning the case.

If we have no choice

but to go that far,

we need to trouble you even more.

By the way, Mr. Li.

Tomorrow,

I'd like to make an appointment to talk to him.

Is it convenient for you to go with me?

Of course.

[Shan Chong]

What's up?

Jiang Nanfeng.

There's something I want to ask you.

Shan Chong.

Do you know how bad Wei Zhi is

because of you?

Yes, I do.

I'm calling you

because Yan said you're in the entertainment business too.

I saw the number of votes

Wei Zhi got.

I consulted lawyers.

They said their votes

were maliciously manipulated.

I recently asked a friend of mine

to look into a few companies

that hire people to manipulate votes.

Give this list to Wei Zhi.

After comparing them, she should be able

to figure out the connection.

Okay.

Send me the list.

I'll take care of it.

OK.

Let me know if there's anything

I can do to help.

Shan Chong.

I have a suggestion.

Do you want to hear it?

Go ahead.

You can

seriously fall in love

with her.

If you hesitate

or back out,

then please, leave her quietly.

I haven't hesitated

and won't back out.

I'm still working on it.

You shouldn't say these things to me.

I understand.

Don't tell her

I called you today.

I'll pretend

you never showed up.

I have a list of companies

that have recently hired people to rig votes.

I'll send it to you later.

Let me tell you another good news.

Tiger Comics is planning an IPO.

Wang Laohu is going to be in deep trouble

if he gets stuck

with the lawsuit

right at the moment of the IPO.

[The votes are so amazing! Go!]

[She's cheating! Report her! I won't follow it anymore!]

Come in.

Sir.

Someone wants to see you.

Zhi.

Come on.

Come in. Sit down.

Why are you free to come here

with your friends today?

Wang Laohu.

I won't beat around the bush.

I'm here today to talk to you

about the business between us.

Haven't you resigned?

You should be glad I didn't sue you.

What do we have to talk about?

I hope

you can return the copyright

of Farewell Song

and Zhai's pen name to me.

Wei Zhi.

Zhai's intellectual property

is owned by Tiger Comics,

as is Farewell Song.

It's clearly written

in our contract.

What?

You draw so much every day

that you can't even read Chinese characters?

I was careless

and didn't perforate the page edges

to give you a chance

to make a fake contract.

[Comic Writing - Agreement]

But we found these.

These are the transcripts and electronic copies

of your initial conversation with me

about the contract.

Would you like to take a closer look

at which one

is the contract you signed with me?

[Chat Transcript with Tiger Comics_Mr. Wang]

Wei Zhi.

Do you want to win that badly?

Please figure out

that your manipulation of the votes

almost caused the site servers to go down.

How dare you use such tactics against me?

I manipulated the vote?

You manipulated the vote, didn't you?

The records of your dealings with Mr. Ma

and your phone calls

have been retained by us as evidence.

Shall I show it to you?

That's right.

I'm the one who rigged the vote.

So what?

What can you do to me?

I can't do anything to you.

I just want you to give me back

what's mine.

You have massively rigged the vote

in the official game,

and public opinion

is now getting very bad.

You can ask your legal staff.

If you lose the case,

can you afford the consequences?

Don't get in my face.

Do you think threatening me will work?

Mr. Li.

Based on what Mr. Wang did,

if he becomes a defendant,

can Tiger Comics

still go public?

Wei Zhi.

What do you want?

I don't want anything.

I just want

what's mine.

What if I don't give it to you?

If you don't,

I'll see you in court.

What a daydream.

Don't worry.

We have a good chance of winning the case.

I'll go back

and reorganize

all the information.

I'll contact you later.

Thank you for your time.

You're welcome.

It's my job.

Good luck.

Good luck.

Good luck.

Wei Zhi.

Good luck.

Thank you.

[I'll let the butler die 100 times!] I'm so angry.

I'll let the butler die 100 times!

He'll be choked to death when eating,

fall to his death while walking,

and be eaten by a bear while climbing a mountain.

Not enough.

[Fool. Idiot. Billboard.]

[Guillotine.]

Not enough.

I'll have him pierced by a thousand arrows.

[Beep]

It's been updated.

I saw it.

♪Secrets keeping in breeze when♪

♪Snow kissed the lonely trees and♪

♪Hold me, kingdom in snow we met♪

♪I stumble upon tides in the stillness♪

♪The paintbrush reveals a secret♪

♪I came close to you in the mirror of snow♪

♪And met you in the purest white♪

♪You're still hidden♪

♪In the pocket of my heartbeat♪

♪So bring me back to shiny ice♪

♪It's hiding in your eyes♪

♪Waiting for the snow to reveal our meeting♪

♪To wake up for you♪

♪So when your faith is burning bright♪

♪Echo in my light♪

♪So I whoo♪

♪Whoo♪

♪Whoo♪

♪Whoo♪

♪I finished the silver sequel♪

♪And searched for the meaning of tenderness♪

♪You are the answer to my riddle♪