Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 798 Xu Youyu's Reward
After the collaboration with Douyin came to an end, Li Luo's life returned to normal, and her time at school gradually flowed towards the end of the semester.

As December of this year approached, Ying Chanxi completed the company's initial recruitment.

After deciding to outsource the legal department's work to Attorney Tian's law firm, she saved a considerable amount of budget on recruitment.

In the end, we only hired fewer than ten people. After the daily office area was renovated, these were the only employees working there, and the space still felt quite spacious.

Among these, the Business Department, which is responsible for coordinating advertising resources and business, is the department that hires the most people.

After all, the company only has a few artists, and their work isn't particularly busy. Xiaowen can handle everything on her own, and even has some free time.

So after entrusting the work related to the artists to Xiaowen, Ying Chanxi led the business department staff to start the relevant work of advertising coordination.

In addition to the network of contacts provided by Yuan Wanqing Studio and Huayue Film and Television, Ying Chanxi also required employees to proactively contact various physical enterprises to inquire about the possibility of cooperation and actively expand business.

Given Yan Zhusheng and Li Luo's current popularity on Douyin, getting advertising deals should be quite easy for them.

However, Ying Chanxi wasn't too greedy. He only tried an initial advertising collaboration, having Yan Zhusheng and Li Luo film a video together, which included a subtle advertisement. This was the first time that the company had genuinely generated advertising revenue in this area.

From this moment on, Reign Culture truly embarked on the right track of development and became a legitimate company.

Prior to this, it was more like Li Luo's personal studio disguised as a company than a company.

Ying Chanxi has been quite happy these past few days.

Successfully closing the first advertising deal proves that the company has the ability to generate sustainable profits, in addition to relying on one-off deals such as Li Luo's works or joining Douyin.

Getting the company running smoothly also proves that Ying Chanxi's efforts were not in vain.

Especially after receiving praise from Li Luo, Ying Chanxi felt so proud of herself that she practically stood on end.

"I also got two ads for Huanhuan and the others." Ying Chanxi sat next to Li Luo, eating lunch in the cafeteria, and said happily as she ate, "Although the amount is far less than what you two get, it's still pretty good, adding up to tens of thousands."

"so much?"

"Yes." Ying Chanxi nodded vigorously. "You haven't been following their account these past few days, have you?"

"Ever since Huanhuan filmed the collaboration video with you, her number of fans has skyrocketed, and she now has more than 500,000 fans."

"So the advertising prices they receive are many times higher. If they manage it well, it feels like their income from this account alone will be quite substantial."

Li Luo was also somewhat surprised to hear this, not expecting that Xu Yinghuan and Zhao Rongjun's couple account could gain so many followers.

Previously, they only had tens of thousands of fans, but after this collaboration, their number has increased to 500,000.

In the current Douyin (TikTok) landscape, while this might not be considered a top influencer, it's certainly a mainstay.

Especially in this couples' category, they can be considered to be at the level of top bloggers.

However, after taking out his phone and watching the two collaborative videos, Li Luo thought about it for a moment and then understood what was going on.

Before Li Luo and his two companions joined Douyin, Douyin arranged for a group of Douyin bloggers who wanted to be internally referred to the platform to come and film a collaborative video with them.

Xu Yinghuan and Zhao Rongjun were added to the list at the last minute after Ying Chanxi's intervention.

Among all the bloggers involved in this collaboration, their couple's account is probably one of the biggest beneficiaries of this collaborative plan.

On the one hand, it's because Yuan Wanqing has a lot of traffic, and Douyin has also given her a huge amount of internal traffic promotion.

On the other hand, it also benefited from the genuine relationship between Xu Yinghuan and Zhao Rongjun and Li Luo and the others.

After all, the other bloggers who came to collaborate were only nodding acquaintances with Li Luo and his group.

But Xu Yinghuan and Zhao Rongjun were actually classmates with Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng in high school.

They are still studying at Qianjiang University.

This resulted in an exceptionally high conversion rate for Li Luo and his friends' fans on Xu Yinghuan and her boyfriend's couple account.

This was an unexpected bonus in this Douyin collaboration event.

Especially before getting them advertising, Ying Chanxi had already set up the employee framework for Reign Culture and signed an agency contract with the two of them.

Therefore, Reign Culture will also receive 10% of the tens of thousands of yuan in advertising revenue this time.

Although it was only a few thousand yuan, it was still a contribution from each other.

Li Luo was also delighted with this.

When both Qiao Xinyan and Xu Yinghuan had feelings for Zhao Rongjun, Li Luo actually leaned more towards Qiao Xinyan.

Both girls were very good people, but for Zhao Rongjun, Qiao Xinyan was the one who was a better match for him.

The pressure from the woman's family will be much less.

Unfortunately, Xu Yinghuan was more proactive than Qiao Xinyan.

After his good brother got together with Xu Yinghuan, he clearly realized this problem, so he worked even harder.

Not only did he gain admission to Chu Kochen Honors College based on his own abilities, but with Li Luo's help, he also secured a software development project from the Information Office of Qianjiang University and assembled a team.

Now, thanks to Xu Yinghuan's Douyin account, the two of them are already able to earn a considerable income.

Although Xu Yinghuan never lacked pocket money, it didn't matter whether she had a few tens of thousands more or less.

But for their future, this is a huge benefit.

After all, Xu Yinghuan may not lack money, but that's all thanks to her family's support.

To put it bluntly, if Xu Yinghuan were to completely separate from her parents, she would just be an ordinary college student.

Now that she has her own source of income, even if Xu Yinghuan's parents have objections in the future, she can rely on this income to have the courage and confidence to stand by Zhao Rongjun's side.

That's the greatest significance.

Thinking of this, Li Luo felt a little relieved and had more confidence in his good brother's future happiness.

Recalling how this guy would borrow money from his wife even when they were arguing in his past life, Li Luo felt a pang of emotion.

"By the way, has filming for 'The Beginning' already started?" After finishing talking about things at the company, Ying Chanxi turned to Li Luo and asked, "It seems that Xiao Wen picked up Ruan Lin from the airport over the weekend."

"Yes." Li Luo nodded. "Filming has only been going on for a few days."

"How long will the filming take?"

"It should be pretty quick," Li Luo said, stroking his chin thoughtfully. "Ruan Lin has to go to school, so the production team has given her a long leave of absence."

"We'll dedicate about a month to filming the core storyline that revolves around the female lead."

"After that, she will have to fly back to Jingzhao City to go back to school and prepare for her final exams."

"The crew is continuing to reshoot other scenes and plot points, and they should be done by the end of the year." "Oh, by the way," Li Luo paused, then turned to Ying Chanxi and reminded her, "Ruan Lin is here recently, and she's also going to be involved in a Douyin event, filming a video featuring the cast of 'A Little Reunion'."

"Have Xiaowen communicate with the production crew about the scheduling to avoid any conflicts."

"If there are any suitable short video ads, we can let her take one or two, but not too many, just to test the waters."

"Mmm." Ying Chanxi nodded repeatedly, indicating that there was no problem.

So Li Luo asked again, "How's the company's live-streaming studio renovation going?"

"The renovation should be finished next week," Ying Chanxi said with a grin. "Last time I added a Douyin staff member on WeChat and specifically asked them about the various equipment for the live streaming room, and then I ordered a set."

"If Zhusheng needs to do a live stream on the weekend, it can start next week."

"By the way, her number of followers has already surpassed yours, right? It's time to keep your promise to your fans."

“Hmm.” Li Luo nodded with a smile. “But what I’m talking about isn’t Zhu Sheng, it’s Ruan Lin. When the cast of ‘A Little Reunion’ collaborates, we can have her do a live stream.”

"Has Douyin launched its live streaming function yet? I haven't been paying much attention to it lately."

"If you don't have it, go and try to apply for it."

"It's already open now," Ying Chanxi nodded and said, "but it's only partially open yet. It seems like you need to reach a certain number of followers to be eligible, but that's a piece of cake for you guys."

"Hmm." Li Luo nodded to indicate that she understood, and then asked, "How did the collaboration you discussed with Miao Yifeng last time go?"

"We talked for more than a week in between," Ying Chanxi said. "The negotiations for the song 'Live Hard' went quite smoothly, and we signed the contract on the first day."

"Later, he became interested in several of your other new songs, and the final condition was that you could upload them to Douyin first."

"But Douyin will also have to cooperate in promoting the TV series, and the release time will have to be arranged according to your needs."

"However, after we finished discussing that, Miao Yifeng wanted to sign the copyright for your other new songs in the future, so it dragged on for a long time."

In the end, they only managed to negotiate a usage rights agreement.

"From now on, whenever a user uses your song as background music on Douyin, Douyin will settle the corresponding copyright fee every quarter."

"That's not bad." Li Luo nodded in satisfaction, raised his hand and patted Ying Chanxi's head. "Our Xixi is becoming more and more capable."

"Hmph~" Ying Chanxi hummed softly, rubbing her chin against Li Luo's hand like a kitten, and tilted her chin up in a very happy mood.

The two chatted about their recent experiences while eating, and by the time they finished their lunch, they had almost finished.

Ying Chanxi had no classes in the afternoon and planned to go to the company.

Li Luo had nothing else to do, so he simply accompanied her to the company for a look around and to check on the progress of Zhao Rongjun's team.

Their software framework is basically complete, and they have submitted their application for the Dandelion Entrepreneurship Competition, successfully advancing to the second round.

Li Luo didn't understand the software code or how it worked, so he could only listen to their explanations.

"It should be ready in about half a month," Zhao Rongjun explained to Li Luo. "But after it's finished, we'll have to hand it over to the teachers in the IT office."

"Then we tried to access the school's system data to conduct a pre-run test to see how effective it was and how accurate it was."

"If there are any bugs in the process, we will have to make modifications."

After learning about the progress here, Li Luo nodded in satisfaction, patted Zhao Rongjun on the shoulder, and was very reassured about him.

After finishing their business, he pulled Zhao Rongjun to the window and said with a smile, "Huanhuan's account is doing very well. If she takes on one or two ads every month, her monthly income can be maintained at tens of thousands."

"Even if you two devote all your energy to this, you'll never have to worry about food or drink."

"With a little effort, saving up some money in a few years shouldn't be a problem to appease my father-in-law."

As he spoke, Li Luo winked at him and nudged him a few times with her elbow.

"I have to thank you for this." Zhao Rongjun scratched his head a little embarrassedly. "After all, the surge in the number of fans is largely thanks to our collaboration. Otherwise, it wouldn't have grown so quickly."

"But I feel this is not going to last long, so I will definitely focus my energy on my studies."

"We need to do this software project well, including this one."

Hearing him say that, Li Luo felt relieved.

After all, Li Luo was genuinely worried that an ordinary college student might become arrogant if he suddenly started earning tens of thousands of yuan a month.

In retrospect, he had been overthinking it.

After taking another stroll around the company and checking on the setup of the live-streaming studio, Li Luo said goodbye and wandered home.

Just then, Xu Youyu was at home writing, so Li Luo went into her bedroom and hugged her from behind.

"Hey~ don't bother me, I'm typing."

"I see your hands are on the keyboard and you're not moving at all. You're not typing anything."

"I'm stuck on the script," Xu Youyu said with a resentful look. "It gets harder and harder to write as it goes on. There are just too many plot points to wrap up, and I can't manage them all."

"Shall I help you sort it out?"

"How should I comb it?" Xu Youyu felt the warmth of someone's large hand and immediately grumbled, "You're just going to comb it for me like this?"

"We can comb your hair first, then comb it," Li Luo said with a smile. "Sitting for too long is bad for your health, let me help you exercise first."

"So what kind of tricks do you want this time?" Xu Youyu was intrigued by his teasing and put her writing aside, asking with a grin.

“Then let’s go with the famous female writer and her readers and fans.” Li Luo whispered in Xu Youyu’s ear from behind her, “Early Sleeping, I’ve admired you for so long, I never expected you to be so beautiful in person.”

"Really? Which of my books have you read?"

“I have read all the books you have written, and I remember every single plot point clearly.”

"Really?" Xu Youyu looked incredulous. "Then let me test you. If you answer incorrectly, you'll have to be punished."

"What if you answer correctly?"

"Then I'll reward you."

"What's the reward?"

"I haven't thought about it yet." Xu Youyu blinked and thought for a moment. "Why don't you think of it?"

"Then I won't be polite."

(End of this chapter)