By the time Lu Chen returned home to Purple Garden Residence in the Capital, it was already past eleven at night.
He first took a hot shower. After washing away the dust and exhaustion from the journey, he still did not immediately go to bed to rest. Instead, he sat down in the study and carefully sorted through all the work matters from the recent period.
Now that the Hong Kong film and television studio had officially been established, constantly flying back and forth between the Capital and Hong Kong would inevitably become the norm for a long time to come. If he failed to arrange his work in an orderly manner, there would definitely be endless trouble later.
At present, Lu Chen's main work focus was certainly on the Hong Kong side.
The new movie A Chinese Ghost Story was about to begin filming, and if they wanted to catch next year's list of policy-supported films, his personal involvement would absolutely be indispensable.
But that did not mean the Capital side no longer needed him.
On the contrary, many businesses there also could not function without him, advertisement endorsements, commercial performances, film and television collaborations…
With the explosive success of his newly released album and the two television dramas, more and more people were coming to seek cooperation opportunities.
Capital TV, Zhejiang TV, Crown Pictures, SPG, Qiande Brothers, and the other partners had all made enormous profits from the television drama Full House. As a result, they were strongly urging him to start filming a new series as soon as possible.
It did not matter if Lu Chen went to Hong Kong to make movies. The important thing was for him to first produce a new script. The formation of the production crew, actor recruitment, studio rental, and all the other preparatory work could be handled entirely by them. When the time came, Lu Chen would only need to set aside time for filming.
Their demands were so intense that neither Lu Chen nor the studio could ignore them.
Although there was definitely no time left to start this year, there would still be no problem establishing the project in advance and beginning filming during the first half of next year.
Which meant he needed to write the script for a third television drama.
According to Lu Chen's plans, this new drama would be the final installment in his urban romance trilogy. After finishing it, all future television projects would fully shift toward large-scale IP productions.
The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Return of the Condor Heroes, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber…
An A4 sheet of paper gradually became filled from top to bottom with his writing. After several rounds of revisions and scribbled edits, his ideas slowly became clearer and clearer.
Ring ring ring, At that moment, the landline phone on his desk suddenly rang.
The caller ID showed Lu Xi.
Lu Chen answered the call. "Sis?"
Lu Xi asked, "When did you get back?"
Lu Chen replied, "Just got back. I thought you were probably already asleep, so I didn't call. You're still awake?"
"How could I possibly sleep!"
Lu Xi said irritably, "You discovered such a good prospect on the Mongolian grasslands, so why didn't you sign her?"
"Huh?"
Lu Chen was completely confused. "What good prospect?"
Lu Xi sounded as though she was deeply disappointed in him.
"Gegen Tana! That Mongolian girl! She's already become really popular online, and now she's been signed by Chen Fei'er's studio!"
"Ah!"
Lu Chen had absolutely never expected that the reason Lu Xi was calling him in the middle of the night was actually because of Gegen Tana.
He had no idea whatsoever that Gegen Tana had become famous online, so he hurriedly asked what exactly had happened.
Seeing that Lu Chen genuinely knew nothing about it, Lu Xi explained the whole sequence of events from beginning to end.
It turned out that yesterday morning, Chen Fei'er had uploaded a video to her blog. The content of the video was precisely the scene of Lu Chen teaching Gegen Tana how to sing and play "Beautiful Grassland, My Home."
The moment the video was released, it instantly exploded across the internet. Its view count climbed continuously, while the comments and reposts on Chen Fei'er's blog post had already surpassed one million by today, even reaching the top spot on Wave Blog's homepage.
At the time, countless netizens had wanted to know who the Mongolian girl was.
Then, last night, Chen Fei'er briefly introduced her identity in a new blog post.
Thus, fourteen-year-old Gegen Tana became a true "internet celebrity" overnight.
That very evening, her name appeared on the trending keyword rankings for online searches.
Then, early the next morning, Chen Fei'er Studio officially announced on its public blog account that it had signed Gegen Tana.
So that was what had happened!
Lu Chen finally understood. He remembered that back at Shuiquan Hunting Ground, Chen Fei'er had once said that Gegen Tana had the potential to become a star. At the time, Lu Chen had not paid much attention to it.
Who would have thought that Chen Fei'er would directly sign Gegen Tana herself?
Lu Xi, however, was dissatisfied.
"This is what they mean by forgetting your sister once you have a wife! Wouldn't it have been great if we had signed Gegen Tana ourselves? Capital City Studio can't keep relying on you alone to hold things together forever, can it?"
The original purpose behind establishing Lu Chen Studio had been simply to serve Lu Chen himself.
But as his fame grew higher and his career expanded further and further, the studio's expansion and diversification became inevitable.
At present, the Capital City branch studio was already continuously handling outside business. The expensive professional recording studio they had invested heavily into building was far from idle, in fact, its daily schedule was packed to the brim.
But this still clearly did not satisfy Lu Xi's ambitions.
Within the entertainment industry, many celebrity studios were gradually evolving into full-fledged entertainment management companies, and she hoped to expand Lu Chen Studio into a genuine top-tier enterprise within the industry as well.
As a result, the studio's original strategy of neither poaching nor signing artists had already begun changing.
After more than a year, Lu Xi had already come to treat Lu Chen Studio as her own career. She had long since abandoned her plans to apply for graduate school and instead devoted herself wholeheartedly to work.
It could even be said that without Lu Xi's efforts, Capital City Studio might never have helped Lu Chen achieve the level of success he currently enjoyed!
Now that such an excellent prospect like Gegen Tana had been snatched away by Chen Fei'er, Lu Xi naturally felt unhappy about it, even if the other party was her future sister-in-law.
Once you get a wife, you forget your sister!
Lu Chen did not know whether to laugh or cry.
"How about I talk to Fei'er about it?"
He was certain that as long as he asked, Chen Fei'er would absolutely transfer Gegen Tana over to his side.
But Lu Xi was not fooled.
"Don't even think about redirecting the trouble elsewhere. Am I supposed to fight your girlfriend over this? If you've really got the ability, then discuss it with Fei'er and merge the two studios into a new company. That way, there won't be any need to distinguish between yours and hers anymore."
Only then did Lu Chen suddenly realize, After saying so much, this was probably his sister's true intention all along!
But after thinking it over carefully, her suggestion actually sounded very practical and highly feasible.
It was the very definition of a powerful alliance. The resulting effect would definitely be greater than one plus one equals two.
The only issue was that the two of them were neither married nor officially engaged yet. Merging studios was no small matter, and there was no telling what Chen Fei'er herself might think about the idea.
Of course, Lu Xi was not truly demanding that Lu Chen make a decision immediately. She was merely offering a very good suggestion.
In the end, the final decision would still have to be made jointly by Lu Chen and Chen Fei'er.
Afterward, his sister continued asking about Lu Chen's daily life, and also talked a bit about their mother and younger sister back home in Binhai.
Although she rambled on quite a bit, Lu Chen felt warmth in his heart while listening to her.
By the time the call ended, it was already deep into the night.
Lu Chen reorganized his thoughts once more, then created a document on his computer. After saving it properly, he finally went to rest.
(End of Chapter)
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