Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 729 The future!

May 10, morning.

After a simple morning run, Li Luo took Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng to have breakfast at the entrance of the community, and he also brought a portion for Xu Youyu who was still sleeping in.

After feeding the animals, Li Luo packed up, took the two girls downstairs, and drove towards the city center.

At around eight o'clock in the morning, he arrived at the entrance of Huayue Film and Television Company smoothly. After parking his car in the underground parking lot, he went to the conference room on the third floor.

At this time, Lawyer Tian was already waiting here early.

Li Luo led the two girls into the conference room; everyone else had not yet arrived.

Several familiar faces saw Li Luo come in and stood up to greet him.

Including the previous "Little Joy" crew's deputy director Chu Jiyong and producer Zhang Ruiwen, all of them are director Wang Jun's team.

At this time, Ying Zhicheng had not arrived yet, and Li Luo was not in a hurry. He found a seat and sat down.

But what he didn't expect was that there were two familiar faces in the room.

"Teacher Chongran, it's been a long time." Lv Yilan pulled Ruan Lin to Li Luo's side and greeted him with a smile, "Linlin, you haven't seen Teacher Chongran for a long time, right? Come and say hello."

"Um...Teacher Chongran, long time no see." Ruan Lin walked over a little embarrassedly and greeted in a low voice.

Unlike a year or two ago, Ruan Lin has now been admitted to university, and to the top university in China, Beijing Film Academy.

Before she went to college, she had already starred in works such as "Little Joy", and she was hailed as the national daughter for her role as Qiao Yingzi.

This directly made her popular, and she has been a frequent visitor to the hot searches on Weibo in recent months.

Faced with such sudden and huge popularity, if an ordinary person does not have the corresponding ability, he or she will probably lose his or her way and become arrogant and complacent.

Fortunately, as a mother, although Lu Yilan is a bit utilitarian in her work, she is still very clear-headed in this regard.

Although Ruan Lin took on a few endorsement advertisements during the summer vacation, her schedule was not arranged too much, and she was allowed to study hard after school started.

It was not until I heard the latest news from Chu Jiyong, the deputy director of "Little Joy", that Reignite had released a new script and was already in the copyright negotiation stage.

Lu Yilan immediately couldn't sit still. After finding out the specific contract signing time, she shamelessly brought Ruan Lin with her to ask for an opportunity offline in advance.

It happened to be during the National Day holiday, so it didn’t delay the children’s schooling.

To be honest, for Ruan Lin now, with "Little Joy" as her support, as long as there is a suitable role, she will basically have the opportunity to audition and even be selected.

Some crews even explicitly invited Ruan Lin herself to participate.

But in this regard, Lu Yilan is very cautious. After reading the script carefully every time, she would ask her acquaintances in the circle for advice, and inquire about the level of the other party's crew, the strength of the investors behind it, and so on.

As long as it's a little bit off, Lu Yilan will choose to be conservative.

She doesn't want to waste her daughter's hard-earned popularity and influence with bad dramas.

Especially since Ruan Lin herself has not undergone systematic study and training, she has to grasp both theory and practice.

Lu Yilan had already made a lot of money from those endorsements during the summer vacation, so she was not in a hurry and finally waited for the next work of Rekindled.

After receiving positive reviews on Chu Jiyong's script, Lu Yilan no longer hesitated and was determined to let her daughter get this opportunity.

Li Luo was not very averse to Lu Yilan's initiative.

After all, Ruan Lin was used quite smoothly in the previous "Little Joy" crew, and now he has just entered college, which is in line with the character setting.

And after two years of growth, Ruan Lin has grown up a little. Compared with before, her face is less tender and more mature, but also has a hint of purity.

With just a little bit of dressing up and makeup, she would be in line with the setting of the heroine in the drama.

But Li Luo would definitely not give any affirmative answer. He just replied with a smile and asked the two of them to sit next to him.

If Li Luo found a more suitable candidate when auditioning other actors later, he would not be so kind.

In short, everything is for the quality of the TV series.

While Li Luo was chatting with others in the conference room, about ten minutes later, around 8:30, the door of the conference room was opened again.

Ying Zhicheng and Yuan Wanqing came together, followed by Wang Jun and several other employees from the company.

As soon as he walked in, Ying Zhicheng walked to the first seat. On his right were Li Luo and Yuan Wanqing, and on his left were director Wang Jun and producer Zhang Ruiwen.

The rest of the people sat in the back.

As for Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng, they could only sit by the window.

Lu Yilan and Ruan Lin were directly asked to leave the meeting room.

After all, some contract-related content still requires Li Luo's final confirmation, and these things will definitely not be told to outsiders.

"Director Wang, I have to trouble you again this time." Li Luo smiled and looked at Wang Jun opposite him and said hello, "I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation again."

"Of course." Wang Jun was also smiling and in a good mood. "I've read your script before. It's very exciting!"

"I am honored that you and Mr. Ying are willing to trust me again."

"Based on the quality of this script, I dare say that the result of the filming will definitely not be worse than Little Joy."

"Thank you for the compliment." Li Luo said modestly.

Ying Zhicheng interrupted the two people's greetings and flattery at the right time, and said concisely: "You should have read the contract. If there is no problem, just sign it first."

"Well, no problem." Li Luo nodded, looked at Lawyer Tian who was sitting in the back, and took a paper contract from him.

"The copyright is valued at 25 million, which is all invested in the project, accounting for one-third of the investment in the entire project." Ying Zhicheng continued, "Qiongran is the author of the original novel and the screenwriter of the crew."

"Wang Jun is the director of the crew, Zhang Ruiwen is the producer, and there are several other members."

"The general framework of the crew, we are all familiar with each other."

"Huayue Film and Television is the main investor, accounting for about 45 million yuan in capital investment."

"The remaining investors hold a share of 5 million."

"No problem?"

The contract signed this time not only includes Li Luo's copyright agreement, but also includes the "Beginning" project led by Huayue Film and Television. The investment ratio will also be finalized here.

Among them, in addition to Li Luo's share of 25 million in copyright investment, Huayue Film and Television only accounted for 45 million.

The remaining five million was divided among the others present.

Among them, director Wang Jun invested one million yuan, and the producer and assistant director also got involved, which was considered a small benefit.

In addition, there is the couple Ying Zhicheng and Yuan Wanqing, who account for an investment share of 3.6 million.

This was the result of Li Luo's help in the negotiation. Otherwise, with Li Luo's current fame, the board members of Huayue Film and Television would probably want to put money into Li Luo's pocket.

This share of 3.6 million was snatched in the name of Yuan Wanqing Studio.

Now that Rekindled has achieved its current level of influence and popularity, investors are willing to spend lavishly.

This is the charm of having fruitful works.

When I was unknown, I had to beg everyone for investment.

Once you become successful, even if you don't want money, someone will find ways to put it in your hands.

Even so, you still have to rely on connections to get it.

Otherwise, you are not qualified to give money.

It took about ten minutes in the conference room. After finalizing the contract, Ying Zhicheng told the staff to prepare it for record and then cleared the room.

Let those staff members leave first.

Wang Jun then took the lead and roughly planned the subsequent progress of the "Beginning" project.

"We will use the month after National Day for casting auditions."

"At the same time, we started to coordinate the location and find a suitable filming location."

“We’ll officially start filming in November!”

"The plot of the script for 'The Beginning' is very short. If everything goes well, it will probably be finished in a month or two."

"We will try to finish it before the New Year's Eve this year, and at most we can reshoot some parts after the New Year."

“It will be submitted to the higher authorities for review next spring.”

"The relevant operations and marketing can be put into motion, and then we will release the film in the summer as usual."

Li Luo naturally had no objection to this.

He just suggested some details: "The background of this script I wrote was taken from Qianjiang University."

"So if possible, my idea is, can we consult with the local government of Yinjiang District to use the Yinjiang Bridge as a location for real-life filming?"

"I'll consider this." Ying Zhicheng nodded and said, "I'll have someone do the communication when the time comes."

As long as the shooting location was nearby, Li Luo had no extra requests.

Although he is not an actor, just in case, he still hopes to visit the crew from time to time and control the key plots.

If he went somewhere else, Li Luo would have to ask for leave frequently, which was too troublesome.

"What about the music of the TV series? Such as the theme song or something like that." Yuan Wanqing finally spoke and asked Li Luo with some anticipation on her face.

"There's no rush for that." Li Luo smiled at Yuan Wanqing, then pointed at Yan Zhusheng, "I've already given the USB drive to Zhusheng, you can take some time to look at it with her later."

Hearing this, Yuan Wanqing immediately raised her eyebrows and turned to look at her daughter.

As a result, when Yan Zhusheng just took out the USB drive and saw his mother's eyes, he held the USB drive in his arms a little protectively and looked at her warily.

Obviously, if possible, Yan Zhusheng didn't want his mother to sing the songs written by Li Luo at all.

"Neither of you have sung it yet, so I'm not sure which song is more suitable for whom." Li Luo noticed this and laughed, "You two can try it out, and I'll choose then."

"Okay." Yuan Wanqing smiled, feeling somewhat helpless about her own daughter, so she nodded.

"That's the preliminary plan." Ying Zhicheng knocked on the board and said, "Rui Wen, Ji Yong, you two should go out and entertain the two people outside first."

When Zhang Rui heard this, he knew that Ying Zhicheng must have something else to say to Chongran and the others, but it was not convenient for him to know.

So he nodded very sensibly, stood up, went out with Chu Jiyong, and started chatting with Lu Yilan outside.

At this time, there were only a few people left in the conference room.

Apart from Ying Zhicheng, Li Luo, Yuan Wanqing and Wang Jun, only Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng were still sitting nearby.

"Uncle Ying, is there anything else?" Li Luo asked curiously.

"Director Wang and I have studied your script. The plot content this time is relatively small. If it is filmed seriously, it will probably be only about ten episodes." Ying Zhicheng said, "The pure profit may actually be less than "Little Joy"."

"Right." Wang Jun nodded and added, "This investment is actually bigger than last time, so what specific details do you think we should pay attention to?"

"Should we spend more money on special effects?" Li Luo said, stroking his chin. "And for the characters on the bus in the plot, we must find veteran actors, preferably those who are not very famous but have good acting skills."

"He didn't have any particularly well-known roles in his past acting career, and most audiences couldn't recognize him at first glance."

"If you want to achieve this kind of effect, it's best not to use actors who are extremely popular and well-known."

After listening to his words, Wang Jun thought about it for a moment, then understood what he meant and nodded in agreement.

"You're right, but that's not what I meant." Ying Zhicheng knocked on the table and brought the subject back. "What I meant was, do you want to take this opportunity to do something?"

When Li Luo heard Ying Zhicheng's words, he was stunned for a moment: "Uncle Ying, what... do you mean?"

"What do you mean..." Ying Zhicheng sighed, looked at Li Luo meaningfully, and then whispered, "Huayue Film and Television, I'm just the general manager, not a shareholder."

"Last time, Huayue Film and Television took the majority of the profit for Little Joy, and this time for Beginning, they still took the majority of the profit."

"If possible, I hope it won't be like this next time, do you understand me?"

"Uncle Ying..." Li Luo fell silent after being reminded by Ying Zhicheng.

"Wanqing's studio originally signed a five-year contract," Ying Zhicheng continued, "starting in 2014 and ending in 2019."

Yuan Wanqing also continued the conversation at this time, smiling and saying: "After the expiration, I probably won't renew my contract with Huayue. I just don't know if Chongran Culture will take me in."

When Li Luo heard this, his heartbeat suddenly quickened.

A certain ambition in my heart, or a certain vision for the future, began to spread and grow.

"I'm also planning to set up a studio recently." Wang Jun on the other side said with a smile, "Maybe Zhang Ruiwen and Chu Jiyong will be brought in to form a more flexible crew."

The meaning of Wang Jun's words couldn't be more obvious.

Ying Zhicheng also continued: "You don't need to find famous actors for this script."

"It's perfect for promoting new film and television talents."

"For example, Ruan Lin outside, if you still plan to use her this time, then sign her to your name. It will also bring a lot of profits in the future."

Hearing this, Li Luo came back to his senses.

If all these steps can be accomplished, it seems that it will be just around the corner for Chongran Culture to gradually develop from a shell company into a serious entertainment and cultural industry company?
(End of this chapter)