Time flies, 2016 has passed before you know it, and 2017 has quietly arrived.
On the first day of the New Year, Lu Chen had his first lunch at Xuji Restaurant with his girlfriend and sister.
There are many private restaurants in Beijing that are not familiar to the public. They are often hidden in the corners of deep alleys. Only true gourmets know the exact location, and reservations are often required to enjoy the delicious food.
Xu Ji Restaurant, located on the edge of the Third Ring Road, is one of them. Its master chef is a retired special chef for state banquets and enjoys a high reputation in the industry. Therefore, this restaurant has become a place frequented by many celebrities in the capital.
In the small private room, Lu Xi, who had just finished a dish of braised deer tendon in a casserole, wiped her mouth with satisfaction. She elegantly picked up the tea cup and cleared her mouth. She seemed to say casually: "When I go back this time, my mother asked me to
Let me ask you, when are you going to get the certificate and celebrate the wedding?"
Last night, Lu Xi did not attend the [Global Chinese Original Golden Songs Chart] award ceremony. It was not that she did not want to come, but that she had important matters to go back to her hometown in Binhai to handle, so she had no time to attend to them.
Of course, I also stopped by to visit my family. My sister hasn’t been home for a long time.
Now Lu Chen's studio is supported by Lu Xi alone. Although Lu Chen has temporarily focused his career on Xiangjiang, it does not mean that he can relax in Beijing. There are many things in various aspects.
For example, at the end of the year, the studio's accounts need to be reviewed, and the amount of funds involved is quite large.
Lu Xi was completely tied to Lu Chen, and her sister was so busy that she didn't even have time to fall in love.
So she was a little unhappy when she saw Lu Chen and Filia Chen making love to each other!
"ah?"
Lu Chen was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer.
He hasn't thought about this problem yet.
"Ah what!"
Lu Xi rolled her eyes at him and said, "Are you planning to keep dragging Fei'er like this? Of course you men are fine. The older you get, the more popular you become. We women don't have much youth to squander. Besides,"
"Mom still wants to wait to have a grandson!?"
Lu Chen's surprise turned into a bitter smile.
Filia Chen's pretty face turned red and she said, "Don't worry for now, let's talk about it in two years."
In fact, she and Lu Chen had also talked about getting married. The two of them had unanimously decided to shelve it for the time being. It was not because of the influence of fans, but mainly because their careers were currently in the expansion stage and it was not the right time to get married.
As for having children, Filia Chen's idea is that after giving birth to children in the future, she will retire.
Celebrity queens are also human beings. Whether they have children or not is a completely different matter.
Lu Xi said: "Don't worry about him in everything. Getting married early is not a bad thing, but you have to make your own decisions about major life events. Mom has no intention of forcing you."
Lu Chen suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "I understand."
Lu Xi shook his head and said, "It's up to you!"
After finishing lunch, Lu Chen first sent Filia Chen back to Zichengyuan, and then drove his sister to the studio.
When they arrived at the office, Lu Xi took out a financial statement that had been prepared and gave it to Lu Chen.
The above content is the basic income and expenditure of Lu Chen Studio in 2016.
2016 was undoubtedly a year of rapid development and harvest for the short-established Lu Chen Studio. During this year, the number of staff in the studio increased several times, and the office space was also relocated to the current Art Museum.
The park has more room for expansion.
Although the increase in personnel and the replacement of office space have brought a lot of costs, and the construction of high-end recording studios has also cost a huge amount of money, it is nothing compared to the income.
One "Blue Life" and one "Full House" have made Lu Chen Studio a dark horse in the film and television industry. The benefits brought by the super high ratings have made the studio a lot of money. The bowl is full.
From these two best-selling TV series alone, the studio's profit has steadily exceeded 100 million, and that's pure profit.
In addition, in 2016, Lu Chen endorsed a total of 7 brands/companies, with a total endorsement fee of more than 30 million, and sold nearly 30 original songs, earning more than 20 million in revenue.
Coupled with the sales profit of "The Ordinary Road", the reward share of [Whale TV], etc., Lu Chen has now firmly joined the ranks of billionaire stars, and his income will definitely rank among the top three in the industry!
This kind of ability to attract money is terrifying.
But Lu Chen doesn’t just make money by himself. Everyone who works with him has made huge profits, such as Beijing TV, Zhejiang TV, Haijin TV, Qiande Brothers, Crown Pictures, Feishi Records, etc. During the cooperation, we shared delicious cakes.
Because of this, I don’t know how many people came to us last year to seek cooperation.
Within the industry, Lu Chen has become a favorite among many people.
Fortunately, he went to Xiangjiang, otherwise it would be too late to just entertain these visitors.
“A few days ago, a venture capital firm came over.”
Lu Xi said lightly: "I want to inject capital into our studio, saying it is to help us go public in China."
Listed?
Then Lu Chen Studio must first upgrade to a company, recruit more people to expand its base, and then open a few more projects to increase its profit prospects. Only with huge follow-up investment and efforts can it be possible to succeed.
Lu Chen's ambitions are not that big for the time being: "It's unreliable."
He is very clear-headed. The current development of the studio is fast enough and it should be properly stabilized. Blindly growing bigger and stronger is not advisable.
“It’s unreliable”
Lu Xi smiled and said: "We have made enough money. It doesn't matter whether we go public or not. Just don't make wedding clothes for others. But I heard that Muchen Crowdfunding is going to be listed in Hong Kong?"
As the founder of Crowdfunding Network, Lu Chen also owns 10% of the non-dilutable original shares in Muchen Crowdfunding. Once Muchen Crowdfunding is successfully listed in Hong Kong, his assets will at least double.
Lu Chen nodded: "Basically there is no big problem."
If all goes well, Muchen Crowdfunding should be listed in Hong Kong in May or June this year.
It can be said that money now is just a few figures for Lu Chen. It is really emotional to recall that he worked hard in the capital two years ago and worked hard to repay the debts that his family seemed to never be able to repay. thousand.
Life is so wonderful and fate is so incredible.
Seeing that Lu Chen was deep in thought about memories, Lu Xi didn't say anything more. She quietly left the office, allowing Lu Chen to think quietly.
In the afternoon, Lu Chen accepted an exclusive interview with CCTV Variety Channel in the office.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, Lu Chen came to Houhai Wangyoucao Bar, which he had not seen for a long time.