Li Peifeng only uploaded three Chapters, and during this time there were basically no recommendations. It would take at least ten days before there would be any trial recommendation. If you were a new author, the exposure during these ten days would be almost zero, and it might be difficult to gain even ten bookmarks in a day.

But veteran authors come with a certain amount of traffic, bringing over fans from previous works, which gives them a certain advantage.

Many top-tier male-oriented web novel writers can gain tens of thousands of monthly votes and recommendation votes, along with a hundred thousand bookmarks, within the first twenty-four hours of releasing a new book. That’s roughly an increase of 4,100 bookmarks per hour, which is terrifying even if a bit exaggerated.

As for Li Peifeng’s "Sword and Law," one hour after release, the bookmarks were...

"Three hundred and twelve bookmarks, two hundred and sixty monthly votes, four hundred and thirty recommendation votes, three Alliance Leaders, eighty-two comments... Not bad, not bad!"

Li Peifeng was somewhat pleasantly surprised, as achieving this data exceeded his expectations. To achieve this in just one hour meant, multiplied by twenty-four, it was definitely a great performance. While he couldn’t compare to those top-tier platinum-level writers in the male genre, it was equivalent to the slightly weaker ’great god writers’ in the male genre.

After all, the worst initial scenario imagined was starting from zero, spending a week playing single-player during the new book phase. Now, it didn’t seem so bad!

"I still have a lot of die-hard fans."

However, these numbers still fall short of the platinum prestige, even though he was a female-oriented platinum writer transitioning to male-oriented...

Li Peifeng thought about it and then posted a short video on TikTok, talking about releasing his new book, and spent a little money for promotion.

His account followers just broke a million, and though most are there for looks and physical appeal, the traffic isn’t small and worth using.

After posting the video, Li Peifeng continued writing. Promoting the new book is important, but novel quality is the key and cannot be neglected for minor things.

While writing, he occasionally checked the author backend on his phone to observe data growth and see the effect of his TikTok post.

The results were promising. The rate of bookmarks and comments increased by at least thirty percent, while the growth in recommendation and monthly votes wasn’t as high, it still improved. Especially with rewards, small rewards were as frequent as spring rain, and there was another large reward...

"Neighbor Old Huang rewarded ’Chronicles of Sword and Law’ with 10,000,000 Endpoint coins!"

The first ten-million-dollar Golden Alliance Leader was born.

But because this Alliance Leader’s identity was quite special, Li Peifeng wasn’t overly thrilled and just smiled, sending Mr. Huang a WeChat message...

"(Heart) If you send me a private 520, I’ll be happier~"

A few seconds later, Huang Tianxuan replied with a ’(Eat Shit)’ panda sticker, followed by a transfer of 250 yuan.

[Huang Tianxuan gifted 250 yuan, 40,852 yuan left to start the lottery!]

Li Peifeng quietly clicked accept and typed: "Still 270 short, send it over."

Huang Tianxuan: "I can send it, but you need to send me two suggestive photos first."

Li Peifeng: "...I thought you gave me money based on our relationship, but you’re setting conditions?"

Huang Tianxuan: "(Smile) You’re only worth 250, no more."

Li Peifeng: "..."

Huang Tianxuan: "Want another billion Alliance Leader?"

Li Peifeng: "There’s a catch, right?"

Huang Tianxuan: "Create a female lead with the last name Huang, one that the protagonist can see but can’t get. I’ll arrange it immediately."

"I refuse!!"

Li Peifeng smiled indifferently, thinking to himself that He Yimeng’s advice had predictably not worked at all.

After chatting a bit more, Huang Tianxuan might have been busy with work and ended the conversation quietly. After thinking for a moment, Li Peifeng used a delivery app to spend over four hundred yuan on a bouquet, filled out Miss Huang’s home address, and completed the order.

Since the quarantine cohabitation incident, the four girls around him had all entered varying degrees of a cold war with him. He made some efforts, but not much, and generally took a wait-and-see strategy.

At least with Xuer, he made some moves in the morning and slightly eased the situation. This time, due to the new book release, whether it’s due to appreciating "Sword and Law" or her own unresolved feelings toward him, Huang Tianxuan had signaled voluntarily, which Li Peifeng seized upon, and it was gradually working.

Only with Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning, because of his passive approach, there wasn’t much progress.

This was simply because Li felt completely at ease, as he was confident the bonds with these three were deep, the ties strong, and when he returned home for the winter break, he’d also meet Wu Wenyue, so he wasn’t worried at all.

"Time’s up!"

It was past four in the afternoon, with only half an hour left until the literature club’s dinner gathering. Pausing his writing, Li Peifeng planned to get ready and go, but an unexpected visitor arrived at home, or rather... it was more like the person was the real owner of the house!

"Manning!"

Li Peifeng was really surprised: "Weren’t you isolated in Jintian City? How did you come here?"

Xu Manning didn’t answer the question, just gave him a cold glance, her tone colder than her gaze: "I’m here to collect rent, pay up quickly!"

Li Peifeng blinked: "Collect rent? Collect what rent? You’re charging me rent?"

"No money?"

Xu Manning crossed her arms and sneered: "No way, didn’t you just ask Huang Tianxuan for a 520? And bought a bouquet for her, yet there’s no money for rent?"

Li Peifeng slightly furrowed his brows and silently mouthed the words, Huang Tianxuan. After connecting, he saw the other person smiling on the screen, holding a phone and video chatting with Wu Wenyue on WeChat...

He gently laughed to himself: "Sister Tianxuan, you’re so crafty, do you believe I won’t trick you too?!"