Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 730 Do you like Li Luo so much?

Li Luo is actually quite satisfied with the current situation.

If he continues to develop at the current pace, by the time he graduates from university, his assets will probably exceed 100 million.

In fact, his current net worth is already worth tens of millions.

In terms of pure online article subscription royalties, the masterpiece "I'm Really Not a Celebrity" with 60,000 average subscriptions of 60,000 to 7 million words, the main site and channels combined, would bring in about 20 million in royalties.

Although "Daqian Night Patrol" has an average subscription of over 80,000, the word count has not yet reached two million. It is relatively less, but it is also several million.

In addition, Li Luo invested the copyright income from "Little Joy" into the film and television project itself, which brought him tens of millions of profits.

Add to that the house in Bi Hai Lan Ting and the three shops on West Street, it is estimated to be worth more than 10 million now.

Li Luo also invested part of his royalties in the stock market. With the memory palace specifically recalling some stock trends from his previous life, the rate of return was quite good.

It's just that he had never traded stocks in his previous life, so he could only recall some trivial information when Xu Youyu chatted with him, and knew which stocks would definitely rise in the future.

Occasionally, Li Luo can recall some of the recent hot stocks, but he only takes a brief look.

Although his current influence is not great, he still has a certain impact on the changes in the world line.

Li Luo felt that there was no need to take the risk and that it would be enough to just earn his own little money safely.

Li Luo does not touch any other stocks except those that are destined to rise with the development of society and the rise of the country.

Under such circumstances, his assets have now grown to the level of 50 or 60 million.

Now, it has signed this contract with Huayue Film and Television, investing 25 million yuan in this project for the film and television copyright of "The Beginning".

If this project's performance next year can be on par with "Little Joy", the profits will be huge based on Li Luo's one-third investment.

So from Li Luo's own perspective, in just a few years, he has earned assets close to 100 million, which feels pretty good.

For him, who was an ordinary person in his previous life, he didn't know where to spend such a large sum of money.

At this moment, Ying Zhicheng gave him a clearer direction to work towards.

Well... build Reignite Culture into a serious entertainment and cultural company.

After his thoughts were connected here, Li Luo's brain instantly became active, and he began to work and think at high speed according to Ying Zhicheng's suggestion.

"According to Uncle Ying, I want to sort out my thoughts a little bit." Li Luo rubbed his brows, then slowly sorted out and said, "Suppose I now divide the operation of Rekindling Culture into several sectors."

"One is the income from my own online writing. I don't need the company to manage this, so I don't need to mention it."

"The business that relies on this is the film and television copyright operation, which also includes a series of small copyright operations such as physical, animation, comics, and audio."

“And that goes both ways.”

"One is works like "Daqian Night Patrol" published on online literature platforms."

"This area can only be developed in cooperation with Wenyue Group. Relying on the background of the platform, it is likely to cooperate with Penguin."

"The other part is my personal short stories, such as "Little Joy" and "The Beginning", which can be jointly developed by Uncle Ying and Director Wang."

“Then these are the two sections.”

At this point, Li Luo paused for a moment, took a sip of tea, and continued to look at Ying Zhicheng and Wang Jun and said, "Then there is the company's contracted artist that Uncle Ying just mentioned."

"What you said makes sense. If 'The Beginning' can continue to maintain its success, it won't be a big deal just to make a profit from this wave."

"We can also take advantage of the artistes, especially this script, which is indeed more suitable for training new talents."

"Ruan Lin outside can be used as a backup, but it is not necessary."

Li Luo pondered and said, "After all, she now has a Little Joy as her foundation. If she becomes proud because of this, there is no need for me to choose her. It is better to find another obedient one."

Especially now that Ruan Lin is known as the national daughter, the title is one thing, and her face is too well-known is another.

But after two or three years, Ruan Lin has grown into a college student, and her face and figure have matured a little.

Some changes in makeup, hairstyle and clothing can offset some of these problems.

But all this depends on the attitudes of Ruan Lin and Lu Yilan.

"Also, the male lead of this drama is also a good position." Li Luo continued, "When the audition comes, I hope to choose from some younger actors, or male actors who have just graduated from professional schools."

"The point is that I haven't signed with an agency yet."

"This will make it easier to start."

"As for this requirement..." After listening to it, Wang Jun pondered for a moment and reminded, "Then it's best to go directly to the Beijing Film Academy, the Central Academy of Drama and other colleges for auditions. Although it's a bit tiring, at least most of them meet your basic requirements."

"Hmm..." Li Luo nodded gently, "Then I'll trouble Director Wang to help contact them. It would be best to arrange it on the weekend."

"Okay, no problem. It's no problem." Wang Jun laughed and said, "We can spread the news first."

"Students have fewer information channels, so they need to think more carefully."

"After the National Day holiday, we can finalize the actors for other roles first, and then audition for the male lead."

"If you think Ruan Lin is not suitable, we can also audition for the female lead."

"Okay." Li Luo nodded in agreement, "Then as for Ruan Lin..."

"I'll help you negotiate." Ying Zhicheng said calmly, "Your company doesn't have a suitable candidate right now, so just let Lawyer Tian follow."

"Uncle Ying, isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Li Luo asked softly.

After all, Ying Zhicheng is still the general manager of Huayue Film and Television. If he helps outsiders to sign artists...it will not sound good if it gets out.

Although he has done a lot of small things before, things like negotiating with artists are still more likely to be spread.

Ying Zhicheng pondered for a while, then his eyes fell on his daughter. He laughed and said, "Then let Xixi come forward. Didn't you say before that you would let Xixi be in charge of the operation and management of Reignite Culture in the future?"

"Eh? Me?" Ying Chanxi was listening well, but was suddenly mentioned by his father, and his face was stunned for a moment.

But when Li Luo turned his head to look at her, he laughed: "Then let Lawyer Tian take the lead, Xixi will come forward to represent Chongran Culture, and then Uncle Ying will help with some advice."

"Really?" Ying Chanxi was still a little worried. After feeling that everyone's attention was focused on him, he asked nervously, "What if I mess up..."

"It doesn't matter if the talks fail." Li Luo waved his hand and said, "You have to be clear about our current status. We are not begging her to sign the contract. If she doesn't want to sign, then we naturally have other candidates waiting."

"Didn't you take some courses related to company operations and management in school?" "Only by combining theory with practice can we better understand and absorb knowledge and apply them to actual cases."

After hearing what Li Luo said, Ying Chanxi suddenly felt warm in his heart, and his original nervousness gradually dissipated.

So she nodded vigorously: "Then I will try my best to do it well."

Li Luo smiled, then looked at Yuan Wanqing beside him: "After talking about online literature and film and television related sections, it's Aunt Yuan's turn."

"Although Aunt Yuan's studio's contract will not expire until 19, the relevant cooperation between the two sides has been ongoing."

"Besides that, there's the bamboo sheng."

As he said that, Li Luo turned his head to look at Yan Zhusheng and smiled at her, "Your mother can't come over for the time being, but you have to sign the contract with me first?"

"Or maybe you want to go to your mother's studio first and come together in 19 years?"

Yan Zhusheng had nothing to hesitate about. He blinked and decisively chose Li Luo: "Then I want to sign you, not my mother."

Although Yuan Wanqing herself was more inclined to let Yan Zhusheng join Chongran Culture directly, when she saw her daughter's unhesitating look, she still held her forehead with her hand, feeling a little amused and helpless.

"Do you like following Li Luo so much?" Yuan Wanqing said with a laugh.

"Mom has to share the profits with the company here." Yan Zhusheng said seriously, "Li Luo doesn't have to do that."

"Li Luo also needs to sign a profit-sharing agreement with Chongran Culture," Yuan Wanqing reminded.

"What does that matter?" Yan Zhusheng blinked and tilted his head to look at Yuan Wanqing.

When Ying Chanxi heard this, he was afraid that Yan Zhusheng would say something weird, so he quickly pulled her arm and interrupted her, saying, "It would be best if Zhusheng came to rekindle culture. It just so happens that I can be your agent."

"Ahem..." Yuan Wanqing coughed and whispered, "As for the agent, I actually have a candidate."

"Who?" Li Luo asked curiously, "If I sign the male and female lead actors later, I will probably have to find an agent."

"Xiao Wen, you all know her." Yuan Wanqing said with a smile, "She has been with me for several years. Although she is an assistant, she actually does the work of an agent."

"She has already developed her abilities. If she continues to stay by my side, it will be a bit of a waste of her talents and she won't be able to bring out her abilities."

"If you don't mind, you can consider it."

"That's not bad." Li Luo nodded with a smile, "Sister Xiaowen is very good and is familiar with Zhu Sheng. It's a good choice to have her as our agent."

After some conversation, several people roughly determined the subsequent development framework.

Wang Jun’s director studio is just in the preparation stage. They plan to use this “Beginning” project to build a prototype team and then expand slowly.

After the hit of "Little Joy", Wang Jun's net worth has also soared in recent times.

In the next few months, "Little Joy" is expected to receive several nominations for TV drama-related awards, giving Wang Jun a patina of honor.

So even without "The Beginning", Wang Jun would not be short of scripts to take on.

However, when he heard in September that Li Luo had come up with another script, Wang Jun turned down all other invitations without hesitation and planned to concentrate on working on Li Luo's script.

He knew very well that if he took on other people's scripts, the chances of them becoming hits were low, and he would simply be earning the hard-earned money of a director.

Although the price is actually not low, Wang Jun is very clear about the priorities.

Although he was very optimistic about Li Luo, he also knew that a person's talent had its limits.

For a genius like Junjuan who is in a period of rapid development, now is the best window for him to realize his talent.

In a few years, maybe they will run out of ideas and need to rely on their old capital and capital operations to make money.

Wang Jun has seen a lot in the industry, so when faced with Li Luo's second script, he naturally had to take advantage of the fact that Li Luo's talent was still in the stage of being realized and get on the stage quickly.

As for other books, as long as "The Beginning" continues to be popular, there will be plenty of opportunities for him to get them in the future.

The more crucial point is that after some operations, Ying Zhicheng gave their studio an opportunity to invest in shares.

Although the share is only over one million, it is already a lot. If it is more, they cannot raise the money.

"Oh yeah, there's one more thing."

Li Luo was about to end the conversation when he finally spoke, but halfway through standing up, he suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Yuan Wanqing.

"Aunt Yuan, has ByteDance contacted you?"

"Ah? What's beating?" Yuan Wanqing was stunned.

"It's TikTok, an app on your phone." Li Luo reminded, "But you may not be too concerned about this, or you can ask the person in the studio who is responsible for connecting this content."

"Tik Tok... I seem to have some impression of it." Yuan Wanqing was reminded by him and remembered a little, "Xiao Wen mentioned it to me before, but it seems to be just a small software. She said it didn't look serious enough, so I rejected it."

"Hmm..." Li Luo murmured helplessly, but he didn't find Yuan Wanqing's choice strange.

Short video platforms like Douyin and Kuaishou are indeed synonymous with low in the current 17-year period.

This is still the case even many years later.

Douyin has made many attempts in this regard and is in a slightly better situation than Kuaishou.

But at the moment, things are not much better.

"We can actually talk about it," Li Luo suggested sincerely, "I am very optimistic about the future development of this type of short video platform."

"You don't have much free time, so you don't feel deeply."

“But this thing is very popular among young people.”

"For our entertainment industry, only by capturing young people can we capture the future."

"If the conditions on Douyin are suitable, Aunt Yuan might as well try to contact them."

"If possible, please tell me a little about the relevant conditions."

"Of course there is no problem." Yuan Wanqing smiled and nodded, "Since you said so, I'll have someone contact them again and try."

"Yeah." Li Luo nodded gently, "That's troublesome."

After learning that Yuan Wanqing was invited by Douyin, Li Luo looked at Yan Zhusheng again. He already had a clearer route in his mind, extending towards the future.

(End of this chapter)