After dinner, everyone sat in the gazebo to cool off for a while before returning to their rooms to rest early.
Ye Lingchen laid on the bed with his eyes closed. However, he did not fall asleep, but was quietly going through his gains from participating in the show.
First was the financial aspect. According to the contract, the other party only needed to pay him five million as an appearance fee. That was five million in just three days. That was definitely the treatment of an A-list celebrity. However, due to Ye Lingchen's performance in the show, his current popularity value, and the help he provided to the show, the director finally found Ye Lingchen and arranged a new contract.
From five million to twenty million, it was four times the original amount. That was the treatment of the most popular celebrity!
That was a form of affirmation for Ye Lingchen, as well as a form of goodwill. Ye Lingchen's performance was obvious to all, and it could be said that Life's Struggles had reached a new level. Moreover, Ye Lingchen's popularity was not based on luck, but on his own ability! His future achievements would only get higher. That was why the show was willing to spend so much money just to get on Ye Lingchen's good side.
Twenty million, in addition to the sixty-nine million from selling the giant python, made a profit of eighty-nine million!
Looking at the extra money, Ye Lingchen could not help but sigh. Those who were capable could make money quickly. He was already keeping a low profile, but his ability did not allow him to do so!
Then, he checked his current assets. At present, his fixed assets included Y Cosmetics, Panda Streaming, Entertainment Company, and Wanrong Technology. Those companies would undoubtedly be placed under Y Group in the future.
Then, he counted his company's funds. The purchase of Wanrong Technology's shares cost him more than seven hundred million. At that time, he only had a total of 150 million left. Fortunately, the 150 million was used to produce the Little Cloud smart robot, which was very successful. In just over a week, the number of orders for Little Cloud had exceeded one hundred thousand units!
What kind of concept was that? A sales figure of more than 900 million!
Since the robot was completely designed by Ye Lingchen, a huge amount of research and development costs were saved. Moreover, it was sold at a high price. After deducting the production and operating costs, the net profit was a staggering fifty percent!
In other words, Wanrong Technology's profit had reached 450 million in that week!
With Ye Lingchen's shares, he could earn 350 million from dividends!
It was important to note that it was not easy to earn that kind of money. After all, Ye Lingchen was a bug in the system, which was why he was able to design a robot like Little Cloud. If it were another company, they might spend years or even decades and still not be able to design such a robot. Technology was indeed a profiteering industry, but this profiteering was obtained through endless knowledge and research time.
As for Y Cosmetics, although it was an internet celebrity store, it was unable to expand at the moment. That was because it did not have its own branded products. The number of customers it could receive in a day was also limited. The profit it made was around 80,000 to 90,000. That sounded good, but it was not much for Ye Lingchen. It was difficult for a live streaming platform to make a profit. Although it was popular, the cost needed to be constant. At the moment, the market value seemed high, but the profit level was not much better than a cosmetics store.
In conclusion, Ye Lingchen had about 450 million yuan of liquid funds available to him from top to bottom. As for the entertainment company, he would have to wait until iPartment was released before he could start profiting.
However … it was still too little!
That was because the company needed to expand, especially Wanrong Technology, which was in urgent need of money. They needed to take the opportunity to open direct sales stores in major cities and expand the market. Opening direct sales stores required the purchase of stores and other expenses, which was also a huge sum!
Ye Lingchen's store would not have franchise stores, only direct sales stores. Even if he had hundreds of millions, how many stores could he buy in major cities? Not to mention opening direct sales stores all over the world.
'Sigh, what a headache!'
In Ye Lingchen's plan, there were too many areas that required money in the future. First of all, he had to buy an island as his main base. Then, he had to build a headquarters on the island and move his company there. Of course, as a low-profile prodigy who did not lose his grandeur, the island had to be built with style!
With that calculation, it would take at least tens of billions to complete.
He still had to take it one step at a time. It was a long road to build his ideal kingdom.
After calculating his assets, Ye Lingchen focused all his attention on the popularity points in the system interface.
Looking at it, even he was shocked. Since killing the giant python, his popularity points had soared from more than 1.2 million to more than 3.2 million!
It was a total increase of 2 million popularity points!
What he did not know was that for the entire day, the entire internet was talking about him. The top ten trending topics on Weibo, Tencent News, Sina News, and so on were all pushing news about him.
[Shocking discovery of the prehistoric giant python!]
[The potential that the human body can unleash!]
[God Ye, you're amazing!]
[Giant tortoise in the abyss, how many unknowns are there in this world?]
[An auspicious sign from the heavens. The divine beast, the Black Tortoise, has appeared!]
[A sky-high auction for the giant python's medicinal value!]
[10,000 less per catty. God Ye willingly loses more than 10 million!]
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That day could be said to be the only day that all the major media outlets were overwhelmed with news. Explosive news came one after another. WeChat Moments, TikTok, and other major platforms were flooded with comments. The coverage was too wide, refreshing many people's worldview. It was difficult not to notice it.
There were even a number of major companies that were frustrated that they missed the auction. There were also quite a number of companies that expressed interest in Old Tortoise. Unfortunately, they could not contact Ye Lingchen at all.
Such sensational and subversive events were indeed the fastest way to accumulate popularity.
3.2 million popularity points. That was the most extravagant Ye Lingchen had ever been in his life. He was so extravagant that he did not know how to spend it. After hesitating for a long time, he did not choose to upgrade his knowledge directly. Instead, he decided to look for a good day and find a lucky time to make a big gamble.
The next day, everyone woke up early and had their breakfast quietly. Everyone looked at each other in silence.
"Alright, all good things must come to an end. Let's all be happy. We'll meet again next time," He Jia gritted his teeth and said, pretending to be relaxed.
As soon as he said that, the sorrowful atmosphere became even more intense.
"Sob sob sob, I just can't bear to part with God Ye's delicious food. How am I going to live in the future?!" Wei Daxun immediately complained. "God Ye, I can't live without you."
"Daxun, don't eat my food anymore," Huang Lei said with a dark expression.
"Don't, Daddy Huang. I've already lost God Ye. I can't lose you too." Wei Daxun immediately tried to salvage the situation.
"Brother Daxun, you're such a b * tch," Zhao Liangying could not help but say.
Their antics slightly reduced the sadness of parting. As everyone walked to the door, He Jia looked at Ye Lingchen. "God Ye, there aren't many people I admire in my life. You're definitely one of them. If I didn't know you, I wouldn't have known that there's such a perfect person in this world."
"I agree with Teacher He!" Huang Lei also said, "God Ye, it's my honor to be able to do this program with you!"
"God Ye, I'll never forget your cooking. Thank you," Wei Daxun said.
"I'm also very honored to have met all of you. I believe we'll meet again in the future," Ye Lingchen said with a smile.
"Goodbye. If you miss this place, come and have a look. The Mushroom Hut welcomes you all anytime."
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