334: Chapter 334 President Lin's Magnanimity

It was the end of the year. Although it was still a week away from the statutory holiday "Lunar New Year's Eve" on January 28th, Lin Chuyan's studio had already closed for the holidays, and there was absolutely no one working there—except for Lin Chuyan himself, who would still go over to use the rehearsal room on the first floor.

Anyway, with the nature of their work, remote work wasn't impossible, so why stay in the office? Of course, it was to hurry up and buy train or plane tickets to go home! Lin Chuyan even let Xia Zhi go home.

As for when the holiday would end? Naturally, it would be the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Coming to Beijing to work, many people rarely get to go back to their hometowns once a year, so shouldn't they spend more time with their parents? Plus, this way they could avoid the return-to-work rush.

And there was no need to worry about being short of money when going home; Boss Lin wasn't good at much else, but he was top-notch at handing out money.

Without a word, he directly provided an 18-month salary package plus a 66,666 yuan red envelope; calculated, everyone could receive a six-figure sum.

Besides money, Boss Lin also covered the return plane tickets for the employees and allowed each person to pick out three mobile phones—one latest model for the employees themselves, and two others for their parents, with a budget of under five thousand yuan each, to choose as they pleased.

He cared not only for his employees but also for their families. Regarding this, Boss Lin said: "Working so far away from home isn't easy; it's not just hard for you, it's also hard for your parents."

All of the above, combined with the games and 4090 graphics cards given out earlier, meant the benefits were maxed out.

As for the annual meeting, it wouldn't be held before the New Year; it would be saved for after the New Year, which could also help dampen everyone's gloomy mood about not wanting to come back to work.

For the annual meeting, there was no need to go through the trouble of putting on performances, and all that empty, grand talk could be skipped—they would go straight to the lucky draw segment!

As for what to draw? Other than not being able to give away Boss Lin himself, Lin Chuyan was too lazy to think about the rest and left it to Xia Zhi.

After all this, the employees, who were already Lin Chuyan's little fangirls, were all beating their chests and stamping their feet, feeling they had no way to repay him and regretting only that they couldn't offer themselves in return.

To sum it up in one sentence: Boss Lin had really made too much money this year.

Whether it was music copyrights or album sales, film remuneration or advertising fees, not to mention the dividends from "a moment of romance," which was currently in theaters, that hadn't been settled yet...

Thinking back to the first time he went to Ruan Xingyu's home—which was now where they lived together—Lin Chuyan had marveled at how fast top stars made money. Now, his annual income was also counted in the hundreds of millions... and that was without him even trying hard to rake in money.

However, Wu Yue, who knew the Chinese Entertainment Industry inside out, appeared very calm: "In the mainland, wanting to rake in money is really too easy. Just think, those Singers who lost their fame long ago still have mansions worth tens of millions. As long as they are willing to do gigs, like ribbon-cutting ceremonies, weddings for rich people, company openings... as long as they are willing to take the jobs, the money they earn is more than what ordinary people can earn in a lifetime. What's more, you are so popular; if someone else had your traffic, they would earn even more than us."

After Wu Yue finished speaking, he couldn't help but ask again: "By the way, having earned so much, you don't spend a single cent on yourself..."

He gave out money and benefits to employees, and even set up a charitable foundation to donate to children in mountainous areas, but he had never bought anything for himself.

"I'm buying houses," Lin Chuyan smiled. "I previously bought a large one for my parents in my hometown. Then, Xingxing and I discussed it; after the New Year, we will buy a large one each in Beijing and Shanghai, as those are the two places she and I spend the most time."

Wu Yue keenly caught one word: "Discussed?"

"Yeah, she and I are each paying half, as our future marital home." Lin Chuyan thought for a moment, "As for other expenses, look, I'm currently living at Xingxing's place, and I use her things daily; I have two cars, a race car and a nanny van, both of which she bought for me. It's really enough. For clothes and such, I have brand sponsorships so I don't need to spend money. I bought two watches, but I'm not very interested in that; having them is enough. Actually, regarding vehicles, I originally planned to buy another motorcycle. A slightly better one would cost hundreds of thousands, which makes my heart ache a bit, but guess what? Before "a moment of romance" was released, Director Du played a box office guessing game with us. The one who guessed most accurately gets a prize, and now he is also preparing to buy me a car..."

Wu Yue had nothing to say about this.

Comparisons are odious; you can't compare, you really can't compare at all.

It was the end of the year, and there were endless events in the entertainment industry.

Here they held some "Scream Night," there they held some "Starlight Awards"... Celebrities, either dressed to the nines or in bizarre costumes, flocked to show their faces and enjoy the spotlight of the media and the attention of their fans.

As the hottest young actor in the Chinese Entertainment Industry today, whether looking at it from the perspective of popularity, market influence, work performance, hot searches, commercial value, or fan base, Lin Chuyan was basically the undisputed number one. Which of these events wouldn't want to invite him?

Want some award? Just say the word! Whatever you want, we'll give it, okay? Anyway, it's all just distributing awards, and there would be no objections to giving them to Lin Chuyan...

However, Lin Chuyan was really hard to invite; their phones were blown up, but it was useless, as Wu Yue blocked them all.

Lin Chuyan was too lazy to go; he didn't need these things to show his face on hot searches and then socialize with a bunch of people he didn't know. If others in the entertainment industry liked it, that was their business.

Besides, if these awards could give Achievement Treasure Chests, that would be fine, but he asked the system, and it said the gold content was too low, so it wouldn't give any... Then what was the point of going?

So he let Wu Yue reject them. The excuse was also very grand: he had to be on the Spring Festival Gala, he had rehearsals, and he had other work; in short, he was busy. And it wasn't just that he rejected them; he hadn't gone to any of them.

When they heard that, they couldn't say anything; after all, he treated everyone equally.

However, even though he said he wouldn't take any events, in reality, Lin Chuyan was still incredibly busy.

Wu Yue comforted him: "Top stars are like this. Have you ever seen a top star who stays at home lying down every day?"

It was reasonable and convincing.

In fact, there were too many people who envied Lin Chuyan's state.

Others were mingling in various pork-distributing events, but what was he busy with now? It was the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the music video for his new album with millions in sales, and the promotion of a heavyweight film for the Spring Festival Movie Season.

The most important, of course, was the Spring Festival Gala.

In recent days, the technical rehearsals, joint rehearsals, and the recording of the backup broadcast tape had all been completed. However, there was one last preparation stage before the Spring Festival Gala, which belonged to the last push before the final push, and it had to be foolproof. At that time, he would have to be called back to rehearse one more time.

After all this tossing and turning, Lin Chuyan really understood why his girlfriend didn't want to be on it later.

As for filming the music video, that was also a matter of course.

The Yellow Album had already sold over 2 million copies, yet he hadn't even filmed a single music video...

Zheng Hai knew he was busy, but still came to urge him from time to time.

The reason for urging him was different every time.

Things like "The filming plan is all ready," "Album sales have broken 2 million, fans are all waiting for your music video," or "The team for filming the music video has been prepared for you, all of them are top-tier in the industry"...

Lin Chuyan knew he was in the wrong, so naturally, he wouldn't keep putting it off and took advantage of the free time in these few days to get them all filmed.

And Ruan Xingyu was undoubtedly the only female lead in these music videos of his.

For something like "twenty-two," it was basically Ruan Xingyu's solo performance, finding a university campus to film her beauty from all angles.

For things like "Starry Mood," "sun and moon in my heart," and "one thousand years later," the two of them directly showed their affection in the music videos.

Film one, edit one; as soon as the post-production was done, they were released immediately, and the fans were certainly satisfied with what they saw.

Especially for Little Potatoes—"Are we watching music videos? No, that's Brother and Sister-in-law's beautiful love!"

As for Boss Zhu at NetEase Cloud Music, ever since he came up with "1224 Lin Chuyan Day" and caught the attention of the industry, he had also let himself go a bit.

On the day the Yellow Album reached 2 million sales, he directly posted on Weibo and bought a hot search to announce this news, making it as explosive as possible.

—Album sales daily ranking first! Monthly ranking first! Annual ranking first! All-time ranking first!

In short, in everyone's eyes, Lin Chuyan was now undoubtedly the number one brother of NetEase Cloud Music. As long as the streaming rights were still in their hands, Lin Chuyan was the trump card that NetEase Cloud Music could use to go head-to-head with Tencent.

On January 22nd, having finished the music videos and the Spring Festival Gala rehearsals, Lin Chuyan was finally about to start the roadshow for "pegasus 2."