The diva and I cross each other

Chapter 424 The Pattern Opens
Two years?

Lin Shuwen thought about it and realized that she would be 26 years old in two years. If she went to graduate school, 26 years old would mean she had just graduated from graduate school one year ago.

"Mom, if I go to graduate school, will you let me get married at the age of 26?" Lin Shuwen asked.

Zhou Qingping did not answer this question, but gave Lin Haizhou a wink.

Lin Haizhou smiled and said, "Wenwen, to be honest, according to our plan, you will come back to us for graduate studies. We will take you to participate in some important research projects, help you publish more papers, and introduce you to some young talents.

It would be best if I could have a boyfriend when I graduate from my master's program at 25, date him for a year, and get married at 26."

Lin Shuwen was speechless. She felt that the two years her mother mentioned was a bit wrong and did not seem like a casual remark.

Zhou Qingping had already made up her mind that she must marry Lin Shuwen off when she was 26 years old.

Lin Shuwen sighed, not knowing what to say for a moment.

On Luo Ming's side, Cao Hongying also expressed her hope that he would get married within two years.

"Mom, is this the result of your discussion with the Lin family?"

"Well, it was mainly Wenwen's mother's idea."

"Is that so? I'll discuss this with Wenwen later."

When Cao Hongying saw that Luo Ming agreed, she didn't say anything more.

While the two were talking, Luo Jianguo had already fallen asleep.

The next day, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Luo Ming asked Lin Shuwen out.

As soon as the two met, Lin Shuwen asked directly: "Luo Ming, did your parents tell you yesterday that you and I will get married within two years?"

"said."

"What do you think?"

"Just get married!" Luo Ming said nonchalantly.

Lin Shuwen nodded and said, "Then let's get it done within two years, but having a child will have to be postponed for a while."

"Sure! I don't want to have a baby too early."

After reaching a consensus with Luo Ming, Lin Shuwen breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s not that she doesn’t like or want children, but Lin Shuwen feels that she is not mature enough and is not ready to be a mother.

Not to mention Luo Ming. Sometimes this guy's behavior is not only immature, but even childish.

It really fits the saying: "A man is a boy until he dies."

Luo Ming sometimes looks particularly youthful.

For example, now, the two were chatting happily, but Luo Ming started kicking stones. Only children would do this kind of thing!
Anyway, after Lin Shuwen entered high school, she no longer hopped when walking, nor did she kick stones on the road.

"Ahem!" Lin Shuwen cleared her throat. Luo Ming paused and turned to look at Lin Shuwen.

"Ah Ming, do you have any plans for our future life?"

"Plan? No."

"No?"

"Yeah! What's the point of planning? Not to mention that the company will expand further in the future, even with the current scale, we can just lie down and do what we want, right? We're already so rich, so we can just be willful and live the way we want."

Lin Shuwen was stunned when she heard this. What Luo Ming said seemed to make sense.

"Forget it, forget it! Let's skip this topic. Ming, I made a detailed plan for the cinema last night. Do you want to take a look?"

"Okay!"

"Then get back to the car."

Luo Ming nodded and returned to the car with Lin Shuwen.

Lin Shuwen took out her tablet and pulled up a PPT.

Luo Ming took a quick look and said, "It looks OK. Just give it to Mutou!"

"Have you already told Rong Mu?"

"No, tell me now." After saying that, Luo Ming sent this PPT to the three-person Kuaishu work group, and then circled Rong Mu.

“?” Rong Mu replied immediately.

"Mu Tou, take a look at this PPT. Wenwen wants to open our own cinema chain under the name of Zhuoguang Entertainment."

"Okay! Let me take a look."

While Rong Mu was browsing the PPT, Luo Ming browsed the forum for a while.

Lin Shuwen was looking through various audio and video equipment.

About 20 minutes later, Rong Mu replied: "I think it's okay. The cinema chain should be opened sooner rather than later, and the lease should not be limited to three years. The prices of shops in big cities in our country will definitely become more and more expensive. If conditions permit, I suggest starting with a five-year lease."

Lin Shuwen: “Then the budget of 5 million may not be enough.” Lin Shuwen replied.

Rong Mu: "We have more than 110 billion in our company's account. 5 million is a bit stingy. Wenwen, you should be more open-minded and just take 10 billion! There is only one principle, which is to extend the lease of the cinema as much as possible. We can even directly buy the shops in some cities with greater development potential."

Lin Shuwen was a little surprised to see Rong Mu's words. She thought for a moment and replied, "Rong Mu, are you so optimistic about the cinema?"

This time Rong Mu didn't type, but called directly.

After Lin Shuwen answered the phone, Rong Mu said straight to the point: "Wenwen, I am not optimistic about the cinema, I am optimistic about the Chinese film market, which has been growing bigger and bigger in recent years.

I have checked the relevant data. In 2008, China's film box office revenue entered the top ten in the world for the first time. Since 2010, China's total film box office has exceeded 2013 billion yuan. In 217, China's total film box office reached 2014 billion yuan. In 440, it increased to billion yuan. Now China has become the second largest film market in the world.

The number of screens grew at an annual rate of more than 2008% from 2014 to 20, showing rapid development.

And I estimate that this growth rate will continue for a few years, and then the screen growth rate will gradually slow down.

Of course, even if the growth in the number of screens slows down, box office revenue should not fall, but will continue to rise.

I think unless there is any natural disaster or man-made calamity, the Chinese film market will continue to grow.

Investing in cinemas at this time is undoubtedly a good deal. In a few years, when the number of screens grows too fast, the output of each screen will decline, which will reduce the profit margin.

At that time, new cinemas will need to improve their service quality and service model to achieve innovative growth, so this is the best time to enter the market.”

"Rong Mu, from what you said, you also want to run a cinema chain?" Lin Shuwen asked.

"I had this idea, but I was too busy and couldn't spare the time, so I gave up."

"Given up? Are you giving up because the theater's profits are not high?" Lin Shuwen asked tentatively.

"Not really. Let me give you an inappropriate example. A businessman went into the mountains to buy monkeys for 100 yuan each. The villagers caught a few and sold them, making money.

The merchant raised the price to 200 yuan, and the whole village went to catch
Monkeys, no matter how many monkeys are caught, the merchants will take them all.

Later, monkeys became difficult to catch, and the merchants raised the price to 500, but by then there were no more monkeys in the mountains.

At this time, the merchant hired a group of people, sneaked back to the village, and sold monkeys for 300 yuan each. Every household in the village rushed to buy them and then waited for the merchant to come.

After the merchant sold all the monkeys, he never came to the village again."

After thinking for a moment, Lin Shuwen understood what Rongmu meant: "Rongmu, you mean that the entire film market is the businessmen, the people who invest in cinemas are the villagers, and the cinema chains are the monkeys?"

“Yes, and only cinemas in big cities will last forever, because the permanent population of big cities can maintain the operation of cinemas. Even in the off-season when there are no good movies released, they will not suffer a loss, but still have some income.

Those who enter the market first can open cinemas in good locations in big cities, while those who enter the market later can only open cinemas in third- and fourth-tier cities or even in some small county towns.

Although rent in small cities is cheap, it is still far from enough compared to income.”

"I understand what you mean."

"That's good to understand. Now is not the best time to enter the market, but it's not bad either. Just go for it!"

"Then when is the best time to enter?" Lin Shuwen asked curiously.

“2013 was definitely the best time to enter the market. I was one of the first villagers to sell monkeys for 100 yuan, which was a guaranteed profit.

The entry fee now is 200 yuan for the villagers who sold their monkeys, but the number of monkeys has been decreasing and it is becoming increasingly difficult to catch them.

If you enter the market when the growth rate of the number of screens falls below 20% in a few years, you will be buying the monkey back for 300 yuan. Whether you can make money depends on whether the businessmen come back.

If a businessman spreads the word but doesn’t come back, then he will lose all his money.”

After hearing this, Lin Shuwen suddenly understood and no longer had any doubts.

"Thank you, Rong Mu."

"What are you thanking me for? I'm making money for the company! Anything else? If not, I'm hanging up now!"

"It's okay, you're busy."

Rong Mu said "hmm" and hung up the phone.

"Mu Tou still likes monkeys so much." Luo Ming said with a smile.

"What do you mean?"

"In the past, Mu Tou particularly liked to use monkeys as examples, and he also liked to watch works such as Journey to the West and Dragon Ball where monkeys were the protagonists.

Speaking of Journey to the West, Wenwen, do you know why Sun Wukong is still so popular after being suppressed by the Five Finger Mountain for 500 years? "Luo Ming asked with a sly smile.

"Are the gods scared of being beaten?"

"How is that possible! If he was scared after being beaten, shouldn't he run away as soon as he saw Sun Wukong?"

"why?"

"According to Rong Mu's interpretation, first of all, the underworld has a lot of bad debts because the monkey made a big fuss and they can all blame it on Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong didn't say anything. How can we not have a good relationship with this great benefactor?
Secondly, when Sun Wukong was making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, he got drunk and went to Laojun to steal the elixir. To be honest, how many elixirs could a monkey who knew nothing steal? The most of them were not taken by Laojun himself.

This is also the reason why when Sun Wukong asked Laojun for the elixir later, Laojun gave it to him directly. Sun Wukong had helped him so much, so what was wrong with asking for a few elixirs!

Again, the monkey looked at the Peach Garden for a long time, but why were there no peaches on the more than 1 trees? These peaches were not eaten by the monkeys, but disappeared. Who got the peaches?

Last but not least, no matter how many things the monkey broke when he made trouble in the sky, it's all because of his upper and lower mouths. It's up to the gods to say whatever they want!
The monkey has been carrying so many bad debts for 500 years, and he hasn't said a word. What is the Great Sage Equaling Heaven? This is clearly the Great Sage Settling Accounts!"

Lin Shuwen rolled her eyes when she heard this. For a moment, she didn’t know how to complain. In the end, she could only blurt out: “This interpretation is really in line with Rong Mu’s style.”

(End of this chapter)