Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 790 Mr. Li, he's not that kind of person.

Li Luo and the other two went to bed early and didn't know when Xu Youyu came into the room to sleep with them.

When Li Luo woke up at six o'clock sharp in the morning, she sat up and turned her head to see Xu Youyu fast asleep.

After waking Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng, who were beside him, Li Luo took them to the bathroom for a quick wash before going downstairs for a morning run.

After running around the neighborhood for more than 20 minutes, I went to a breakfast shop for breakfast.

"I have to go to the company this morning, but I can come back for lunch," Ying Chanxi said, turning her head. "Are you having lunch at home?"

"Hmm." Li Luo thought for a moment and then nodded and said, "I'll go buy groceries for lunch. It's rare for me to cook a meal."

"Then I'll go home and eat." Ying Chanxi said, then took out her phone to check Douyin and found that after a night of preparation, Yuan Wanqing already had more than 9.8 million followers.

It's only a difference of less than 200,000 from ten million.

It's not even 7 o'clock now, and there are still more than three hours until yesterday when the announcement of joining Douyin was made.

Therefore, it seems that reaching 10 million followers within 24 hours is indeed a certainty.

Thinking this, Ying Chanxi checked Li Luo's official account again and found that his followers were also growing rapidly, gaining more than 300,000 in one night, bringing his total to 1.8 million followers.

If this takes a few more days to develop, I feel like three million wouldn't be a problem.

Then Ying Chanxi glanced at Yan Zhusheng's account again; it had 1.5 million followers.

Well... compared to Yuan Wanqing and Chongran, Yan Zhusheng's influence in the public sphere is still a bit smaller. The main reason she has received so much attention is because of her identity as Yuan Wanqing's daughter, plus a few good performances, and her own good looks.

However, to be impartial, Ying Chanxi actually thinks Yan Zhusheng's account potential is slightly higher than Li Luo's.

Ultimately, Li Luo's work is mostly behind the scenes, so it's indeed inconvenient for him to appear in public too often.

With Li Luo's creative abilities, Yan Zhusheng will inevitably become an outstanding singer like Yuan Wanqing.

Combined with her own good looks and figure, unique personality, and the singing style that has been gradually cultivated, which is different from ordinary singers, she will slowly grow.

Besides, Li Luo is the company's boss after all, and the more the company develops, the less Ying Chanxi actually wants Li Luo to appear in public.

Therefore, Ying Chanxi gradually developed his own plan, intending to shift the focus of operations as much as possible to Yan Zhusheng's account.

My little sister is living too comfortably now. I'm usually so busy that I don't have time to spend with Li Luo. I need to find more things for her to do.

Once this thought popped into his head, combined with his own analysis above, Ying Chanxi realized that, both for public and private reasons, he should make Yan Zhusheng work hard and create more value for the company.

"Sister, your eyes are scary." Yan Zhusheng noticed Ying Chanxi's somewhat malicious gaze and asked suspiciously, "Are you thinking of something bad?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Ying Chanxi rolled her eyes at her. "I'm just thinking about how to monetize your two accounts later."

"Sister, you're starting to look more and more like a capitalist."

"That's making money for you guys, okay?" Ying Chanxi said irritably. "When you become famous, you can set up your own studio like Aunt Yuan, and then you'll be a capitalist too."

"I don't need a studio. I'll just listen to Li Luo." Yan Zhusheng shook her head and said, "Or next year when my mother's studio moves here, I can use her studio."

"You're so lazy," Ying Chanxi couldn't help but complain.

Li Luo, who was standing to the side, said, "Give Xiaowen more training. If she has nothing to do, keep her by your side and let her help you with some tasks."

"Even if we set up Zhusheng's personal studio in the future, we won't let her manage it herself. We still need someone we can trust."

"Also, you can ask Aunt Yuan's studio about monetization. Didn't you get quite familiar with their business department people before with the Douyin thing?"

“They should have a lot of channels to connect with advertisers. You can talk to Aunt Yuan, and these will naturally be ours.”

"Including Huayue Film and Television, they must have a lot of resources and connections in this area. Just talk to your dad about it."

As for Huayue Film and Television, although Ying Zhicheng had previously told Li Luo that he would try to arrange for the equity to be transferred to him, so that Li Luo could obtain a portion of it.

In this way, Ying Zhicheng's camp would obtain more than one-third of the shares and a veto right, which would be equivalent to completely securing a foothold in the board of directors.

But for Li Luo, this was just icing on the cake. As long as he could continue to produce high-quality works, it would be Huayue Film and Television that needed him, not the other way around.

Conversely, if Li Luo's advantages as a reborn person completely disappear by the time he turns thirty-five, that would basically be the time for him to retire.

If I start working hard now and earn money for more than ten years, I'll definitely achieve financial freedom.

In fact, Li Luo is now a little unsure how to spend his money.

We've bought the villa, and now we have our new home.

Each person gets their own car, just enough to keep them busy.

Aside from a motorhome, there's almost nothing that costs more.

He wasn't interested in luxury goods, and the three girls in his family didn't care much about them either.

If you really want to spend a lot of money, you have to rack your brains.

Li Luo's biggest expense right now is actually rekindling culture.

The basic office space rent, the monthly salaries of employees after recruitment, daily operating costs, etc., plus the annual expenditure on subsidies for impoverished students at Qianjiang University, it is estimated that it will cost several million yuan a year.

But given their current earning power, these several million are probably just a fraction of their income.

Therefore, Li Luo now approaches everything with a relaxed and unhurried attitude, doing things in an orderly manner.

More often than not, they start enjoying life ahead of time.

Especially with the added benefit of the memory palace, the longer it's used, the more its abnormal capabilities become apparent.

Li Luo could clearly sense that even when he reached the age of thirty-five and lost the precognitive advantage of a reborn person, he could still do many things that ordinary people could not do with the memory palace.

Now that things have come to this, there's nothing to be anxious about.

What's giving him the biggest headache right now is his family life.

But just as he was thinking about this, Ying Chanxi's voice interrupted his thoughts. "When did you guys film this video?" Ying Chanxi asked curiously. "I remember checking Zhusheng's account yesterday afternoon and it wasn't there yet."

Upon hearing this, Li Luo turned his head and glanced at the video. He realized that Ying Chanxi was referring to the video of Yan Zhusheng singing and playing "The Sky Has No Limits," so he smiled and said, "I just filmed it for her for fun yesterday."

"Li Luo said that filming like this can increase followers," Yan Zhusheng added, peeking out. "Sister, why don't you film one too?"

"No way," Ying Chanxi shook her head repeatedly. "I'm not going to make any more Douyin videos. I'm busy enough as it is, I don't have time for this."

“You can just post it using my account,” Li Luo said. “Didn’t we shoot a lot of music videos before? I’ll post them all on my Douyin account.”

"TikTok only allows 15-second videos. Even if it allows 60-second videos now, we still can't upload our music videos," Ying Chanxi reminded her.

“It will continue to open up in the future,” Li Luo said. “Douyin’s ambitions are far greater than that.”

After speaking, Li Luo glanced at the video he had recorded for Yan Zhusheng yesterday, his face showing considerable emotion.

To be honest, the composition, the angle, and the lighting are almost identical to the video I recorded for Yan Zhusheng in my previous life.

However, in comparison, Yan Zhusheng looks much younger now, with fair and smooth skin and an indescribable youthful vibe.

More than ten years later, Yan Zhusheng is still beautiful, but she has gained a more mature and composed air. Although she is very well-maintained and far surpasses her peers in terms of beauty, she can't compare to the youthful glow of a true young woman.

Li Luo looked at the video and his eyes glazed over for a moment, then he came to his senses and smiled.

After breakfast, the three returned home.

Li Luo brought breakfast to Xu Youyu, Yan Zhusheng went to the piano room to practice her piano and singing, and Ying Chanxi picked up her bag and went out to work.

Everyone has a bright future.

Xu Youyu was the only one who was lazy and had to be dragged out of bed by Li Luo. After eating breakfast, he went back to sleep and didn't wake up again until after ten o'clock.

At this moment, Li Luo was still sitting at his desk, typing away on the keyboard. Xu Youyu yawned, stretched, and then turned to the side to take out his phone. He listened to the sound of Li Luo typing on the keyboard he had given him while checking the messages on his phone.

"I've already sent the recommendation letter for the key supported works that I told you about a few days ago to the secretariat of the Writers' Association," Li Luo said, turning her head as she saw that she had woken up. "The official selection results won't be out until the end of the year."

"Oh." Xu Youyu nodded. "Does getting this rating mean we can sell the copyright?"

“It’s definitely not that simple,” Li Luo said with a chuckle. “Yesterday I had dinner with the Platinum Boss and he did give me some suggestions.”

"How so?" Xu Youyu asked curiously.

"One is various selections, including this support project, as well as various smaller awards within the Writers Association, and the China Writers Association's influence rankings. We can arrange for you to participate in all of them," Li Luo said. "Another is this year's annual work selection within Qidian."

"With your current grades, this is enough. Let Qianzhou try his best to get it; there shouldn't be any problem."

It's still 2017, and 20,000 average subscriptions per user on Qidian is already quite impressive.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Li Luo's "Da Qian Patrol Night Division" has recently reached 90,000 average subscriptions, while Xu Youyu's "Gu Dao Chang Qing" only has 20,000, a difference of 70,000 average subscriptions. Don't assume that Xu Youyu's performance is just so-so.

In reality, there's almost a gap between 90,000 and 20,000 words; there are probably only about ten serialized books in this range.

If Xu Youyu could update at the same rate as Li Luo, maintaining a top-ten position on the bestseller list wouldn't be a problem at all.

However, Li Luo never expected her to be able to do that.

“Besides these awards, there are other aspects that need improvement,” Li Luo continued. “These awards, along with the excellent data of your book itself, are what make your work stand out in terms of public relations.”

"But no matter what, you have to make sure that people who need to buy the copyright can see your book and understand it."

"So I will ask someone to make a copyright package, which will include various data and content outlines of your book regarding film and television copyrights, as well as reasons why it is suitable for adaptation."

"The Writers Association regularly holds copyright-related salon events, inviting major film and television groups to participate."

"As the vice chairman, I can also use my own money to hold special seminars on works and invite people from these copyright acquisition departments to come and exchange ideas."

"In short, there are always more solutions than problems. Once you can sell it once, it will be much easier to sell it again next time."

Xu Youyu found the explanation a bit confusing, but he quickly grasped the key points and nodded to indicate that he would follow the instructions.

"I'm so grateful to Reigniter for being so kind to me," Xu Youyu said with a grin. "How would you like me to repay you, Reigniter?"

"Why don't you finish the remaining ten morning runs at school first?" Li Luo rolled her eyes at her and chuckled, "Consider it as repaying me."

"This is my own business, how can it be considered a repayment?"

"You should participate in more morning runs. Better physical fitness will make it easier for you to repay me," Li Luo said with a mischievous grin, raising an eyebrow. "Otherwise, how can you keep yelling for help halfway through every little thing?"

"Get lost." Xu Youyu glared at him irritably. "Don't keep bringing up morning runs with me, it's ruining my mood."

"Don't forget, we even wrote an IOU," Li Luo kindly reminded him. "Let's put everything else aside for now. Tomorrow's Monday, so you should pay the interest first."

"Good brother~ Do you want a cold and aloof secretary in the office, a charming and elegant woman from a brothel who doesn't sell her body, or a pitiful widow at home?" Xu Youyu said coquettishly on the bed, hoping to change Li Luo's mind.

"I'd prefer a sporty, beautiful girl who's just finished her morning run, covered in sweat, and about to take a shower when she gets home." Li Luo moved a chair to the bedside, reached out and lifted Xu Youyu's chin. "Could you grant me that wish?"

Xu Youyu: "...Can't we find one with lower requirements?"

"Are you trying to renege on your debt?" Li Luo clicked his tongue. "I never expected Xu Youyu to be the kind of person who borrows money and then doesn't pay it back..."

"Hey, hey, hey, alright, alright." Xu Youyu immediately interrupted, snorting irritably, "Fine, I'll run away, just wake me up tomorrow."

"It's a word."

"Hmm... could we reschedule for Tuesday? That would give me more time to prepare mentally."

"You have to have the right attitude when you pay interest."

"Okay...hey, what are you doing?"

"Don't make a fuss, you're the secretary now."

"Um...Mr. Li...I'm not that kind of person~"

(End of this chapter)