Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 840 shows Sister Yu's great conscience.
at noon.

After finishing her workout, Li Luo took a quick shower in the small shower room that was set up there, then changed her clothes and prepared to go upstairs for dinner.

Just then, Ying Chanxi drove home and entered through the underground parking garage door on the basement level.

"What are you doing here?" Ying Chanxi walked in, changed into slippers, and looked at Li Luo with a puzzled expression.

"I knew Xixi was coming home, so I waited here to take you upstairs for dinner." Li Luo greeted her with a smile and hugged Ying Chanxi.

"That sounds nice." Ying Chanxi rolled her eyes at him, not believing his nonsense, but the corners of her mouth still curled up sweetly. "Aunt Lin sent me a message saying that they made lunch today and told me to remember to come back and eat together."

"Okay." Li Luo nodded. "We were supposed to be looking at apartments this afternoon, so they decided to come over early and cook a meal. Do you want to come along to look at the apartments later?"

"Is Zhusheng going?"

"I'll probably go."

"Then I'll go too."

As they said this, the two of them arrived on the first floor.

Xu Youyu and Yan Zhusheng were already helping to serve dishes at the restaurant.

Seeing this, Ying Chanxi quickly stuffed the bag into Li Luo's arms and immediately stepped forward to get busy.

The villa's kitchen was very large, with three sliding doors opening onto the dining room, so even with Lin Xiuhong and two others cooking inside, it didn't feel crowded.

Even if six people were squeezed in at this point, they could still fit.

However, Li Luo didn't plan to go in and squeeze into the crowd. She quickly washed her hands in the sink by the sideboard and then sat down at the dining table to enjoy her lunch.

A short while later, the other six people also took their seats. Lin Xiuhong waved her hand, and everyone began to eat.

"By the way, Mom, why are you here too?" Li Luo asked Lin Xiuhong curiously while eating. "I didn't think of that just now. I remember that I only told Aunt Yuan and Aunt Cui about buying a house."

“Your Aunt Cui invited me,” Lin Xiuhong rolled her eyes at him. “Then I asked your Aunt Yuan if she had time at noon to come over for lunch before looking at apartments.”

"I see." Li Luo nodded knowingly, then said with a smile, "Then why don't I just buy you one too?"

“I asked you and Dad to move in with us before, but you weren’t willing.”

“That’s great. If Uncle Ying moves here from Jincheng Community and Uncle Xu and the others move here too, then you two will have acquaintances.”

"What are you saying?" Lin Xiuhong looked at him irritably. "Don't you value money?"

"Mainly because they're not expensive," Li Luo said, then looked at Butler Liu beside her, "How much are the townhouses around here again?"

“A normal set would cost around five or six million,” Butler Liu replied with a slight bow.

“Look at this, isn’t this expensive?” Lin Xiuhong glanced at her son.

"It's alright," Li Luo said. "It's only about two or three months' worth of royalties."

Lin Xiuhong: "..."

"Are your royalties this high now?" Cui Suling couldn't help but ask.

"Mom, he currently has a book that's number one on the entire site, plus another that's been a top-ten bestseller across all channels for years. It's normal for him to receive so much in royalties," Xu Youyu added from the side.

The average number of subscriptions for "The Great Qian Night Patrol" is now approaching 100,000, and the monthly subscription fees from the Qidian main website alone amount to 600,000 yuan.

Including channel fees, it's easy to break the million mark.

It's important to know that Wenyue Group has a wide range of distribution channels these days. Both of Li Luo's books were huge hits on these channels, and in many cases, the royalties from these channels were much higher than those from subscriptions on the main website.

For example, last month's settlement showed that the total royalties for "Da Qian Patrol Night Division" were over 1.5 million yuan, with the majority coming from channel revenue.

For example, "I'm Really Not a Star," which has over 60,000 average subscriptions on the main site, earns about 200,000 yuan in subscription fees on the main site, but can earn 600,000 to 700,000 yuan in fees from other channels. Including other miscellaneous benefits, the monthly income can exceed one million yuan.

In other words, Li Luo can now earn two to three million yuan a month just from the pure electronic revenue of his two books.

His current personal income is far more than that.

“The songs that Li Luo wrote for me will continue to generate passive income, which is a considerable sum of money every month,” Yuan Wanqing said with a light laugh.

“That’s right.” Ying Chanxi nodded in agreement and explained to Lin Xiuhong, “Aunt Lin, if you calculate the continuous income from the songs Li Luo wrote, he earns quite a lot of money every month.”

This income is not limited to the revenue from Yuan Wanqing's online digital albums.

This also includes streaming on platforms like Tencent Music and background music creation on platforms like TikTok, all of which provide creators with royalties from streaming playback.

For example, background music used in radio, television, karaoke, and other public places also requires paying a licensing fee.

Of course, this part is a mixed bag, with most of the audio sources being pirated, but generally speaking, the more reputable the organization, the more likely it is to use genuine audio.

In addition, if someone sings a song written by Li Luo on a variety show, the production team will have to pay copyright fees if they want to broadcast it.

The continued revenue from this part may not be as much as Li Luo's subscription royalties, but due to the widespread nature of music, the long-tail effect will be very significant.

Some widely circulated songs can continue to provide their creators with substantial income even a decade or two later.

“Don’t forget about ‘A Little Reunion’,” Yuan Wanqing continued. “Zhicheng mentioned to me before that the broadcasting rights for ‘A Little Reunion’ have already been sold several times, so the revenue from that should be quite substantial.”

"It's alright, it's alright." Li Luo waved his hand modestly, "It's only thirty or forty million, which is far less than Aunt Yuan's."

When Yuan Wanqing heard him say this, she immediately rolled her eyes at him: "I'm praising you here, don't change the subject. Besides, no matter how much money I make now, it's all thanks to you."

Yuan Wanqing's studio now has an annual revenue exceeding one billion yuan, but this is just a revenue figure.

If it were to actually fall into Yuan Wanqing's hands, it would only amount to around one hundred million.

Li Luo has already made a solid 30 to 40 million yuan this year just from the investment income of "A Little Reunion".

Including the estimated 20 million yuan income from his two books over the past year, the copyright of "The Beginning" which he just sold, and other miscellaneous extra income, the gap between him and Yuan Wanqing is not actually significant.

For Li Luo, these are all external things. Once you reach this level, the amount of money you earn is just a string of numbers.

More importantly, it's about how to use them to make your life happier and more fulfilling.

After listening to their endless chatter, Lin Xiuhong fell into a long silence.

She already knew that her son was making a lot of money.

She was particularly shocked when the copyright fee for "A Little Reunion" reached tens of millions of yuan.

However, after splitting the copyright fee 50/50 with the website and deducting taxes, Li Luo only ends up with a few million yuan, and it's a one-off deal. Therefore, Lin Xiuhong always thought that Li Luo didn't have a lot of money right now.

Especially after buying this villa, nearly ten million has been spent. How much money do they have left?
If we spend several million more to buy a house for her and Li Guohong, then it really wouldn't be necessary.

But now, after listening to Li Luo and the others, their son's earning power seems a bit outrageous...

Lin Xiuhong hadn't had any idea before, but after hearing this, she realized, could Li Luo really earn a hundred million a year?!
This was quite a shock to Lin Xiuhong, who was working hard from dawn till dusk at a breakfast shop just three years ago.

She had only just gotten used to the fact that her son was a genius in the past two years, and now she had to get used to the fact that her family was already a multi-millionaire?

Thinking about this, Lin Xiuhong couldn't help but feel tempted.

After all, her son is both rich and kind-hearted. If he really wanted to buy them a property here and have his parents move in with him, what reason would she have to refuse?
However, while thinking this in her heart, Lin Xiuhong said aloud, "Then let's go see it this afternoon. There's no rush. Let's eat."

She hadn't even taken a few bites of her meal, but just listening to them talk made Lin Xiuhong feel like she was already digesting a lot of food.

Li Luo noticed the interest on Lin Xiuhong's face, so he chuckled lightly without revealing his intention, and instead of continuing the topic, he said, "At the end of January, Wenyue Group will hold its annual meeting as usual."

"This year's annual meeting is in Wuchang City, and Sister Youyu and I are both going."

"We've traveled to Qiongzhou and Yuzhong before, so I was thinking we could take a trip to Wuchang this year?"

When it came to travel, Lin Xiuhong and Cui Suling got excited and immediately agreed, saying no problem. They started chattering away with Ying Chanxi and the other girls, discussing travel plans.

Yuan Wanqing didn't agree immediately because she wasn't sure about the timing. She said she would ask her studio to check the schedule when she got back.

Alternatively, you could do what you did when you went to Yuzhong District before: find a business in Wuchang District, such as advertising, and travel there together.

I enjoyed the meal very much.

After finishing their meal, everyone rested on the sofa in the living room, planning to set off to look at houses around 1:30 pm.

During this time, Xu Youyu went to the restroom. When he came out of the restroom, Cui Suling, who was blocking the door, pulled him into an empty room.

"What's wrong, Mom?" Xu Youyu asked, bewildered. She looked at Cui Suling with a question in her mind. "Why did you bring me here?"

"I have something to tell you," Cui Suling said softly.

"What are you talking about so mysteriously?" Xu Youyu asked, puzzled.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to give you a few more words of advice." Cui Suling held her daughter's hand and said earnestly, "I already knew that Li Luo is talented and makes a lot of money."

"But I only found out during dinner just now that his earning power has reached this level."

"But what I want to tell you is that what our family values ​​is not just his money, but more importantly, his character."

"You should also pay more attention to this. The richer your husband is, the less you should spend his money."

"On this matter, I support your father, you know what I mean?"

When Xu Youyu heard Cui Suling say these words to him so earnestly, he was both amused and touched, and nodded repeatedly to indicate that he understood.

She certainly understood what her mother meant.

Having been educated and influenced by Xu Rongsheng since childhood, she has always been more independent and self-reliant.

Even though Li Luo earns so much money, what's more important to her is the emotional connection she feels when she's with him.

As for money?
It's not like she can't earn money.

Li Luo earns millions in royalties every month, and she earns a little over 100,000 in royalties every month, which is also money.

She doesn't usually have any huge extra expenses, and she doesn't know how to spend the 100,000 yuan in royalties alone.

It was only when he planned to buy a house this time that Li Luo forced him to give him 800,000 yuan.

In fact, Li Luo even wanted to buy her an entire apartment outright and give it to her as a gift.

Even so, Xu Youyu flatly refused, saying he would use his own royalties to buy it.

Xu Youyu also has his own bottom line in this regard, so Cui Suling doesn't need to worry about him too much.

"It's good that you understand." Cui Suling was quite confident in her daughter in this regard, so she only gave her a few words of advice.

The main reason was that at the dinner table, the numbers she heard left Cui Suling stunned, and the impact on her was no less than that on Lin Xiuhong's side.

This caused her to lose her composure, so she quickly took the opportunity to privately remind Xu Youyu of something.

After saying this, Cui Suling felt much better, so she patted her daughter on the shoulder and went back to the living room with her.

After resting in the living room for half an hour, at 1:30, Li Luo called out to Butler Liu and led everyone from the front gate directly into the path of Tianlu Yaju, heading towards the townhouses at the back.

"What did Aunt Cui want from you just now?"

Li Luo obviously noticed Cui Suling's little actions and couldn't help but lean closer to Xu Youyu's ear to ask a question out of curiosity.

"Guess?" Xu Youyu turned to Li Luo and whispered in his ear.

"I bet Aunt Cui is already talking to you about when to marry me?" Li Luo said with a smile.

"Hmph~ You wish." Xu Youyu rolled her eyes at him, then whispered, "It's all because of that person's exaggerated annual income during dinner just now, which scared my mom so much that she specifically told me to remember to swindle all of your family's assets."

"Heh, it's obvious someone has ulterior motives," Li Luo teased with a smile. "Aunt Cui would never say something like that."

"If I had any ulterior motives, you wouldn't have had such a comfortable birthday," Xu Youyu rolled her eyes. "You have no conscience at all."

"Having Sister Yu is the best," Li Luo whispered in her ear. "She has a very good conscience."

Xu Youyu understood his slang perfectly, and immediately, quite charmingly, she gave him a flirtatious wink.

Yeah... that feeling of being on the same wavelength.

Xu Youyu likes Li Luo just like that.

What impact does having a lot of money or a little money have?

Let alone Li Luo giving her 800,000 yuan.

Even if Li Luo spent 800,000 of her money, it wouldn't matter.

(End of this chapter)