The New Era Art Center was established in 2001, located between Haidian Park and Beijing University, covering an area of nearly 700 mu. It is one of the key construction projects of Beijing's art and culture.
As a well-known and internationally renowned artist, Yu Jizhong was one of the first people to move his studio to the New Era Park, so at that time, he occupied a whole building with an area of 1,800 square meters.
At the beginning of last year, Lu Chen, through his relationship with Lin Zhijie, the music director of Flying Stone Records, rented 1,000 square meters of area from the artist as the new site of the studio, and invested a huge amount of money to build a first-class recording studio in China.
Now, Yu Jizhong sublet the remaining 800 square meters of area to Lu Chen, which just solved the problem faced by Lu Chen's new company expansion. Although it was not a timely help, it was better than icing on the cake.
Moreover, the price he offered was very fair. He didn't think of taking the opportunity to extort Lu Chen, and even promised to help Lu Chen sign a new long-term contract with the management committee of the Art Center.
All the buildings in the art park belong to the state and are not allowed to be sold or transferred. Only by signing a long-term contract can the interests of the operator be guaranteed. Therefore, it is not easy to re-sign the contract if there is no relationship like LuChen Studio, which accepts the sublease midway.
Out of gratitude to Yu Jizhong, Lu Chen and Lu Xi invited the artist to have lunch together at noon.
Yu Jizhong readily agreed.
During the meal, Yu Jizhong drank a few glasses of wine and was slightly drunk. Suddenly, he said to Lu Chen, "Xiao Lu, don't you think it's a coincidence that you are going to set up a new company here, and I come to give you the site?"
Lu Chen and Lu Xi couldn't help looking at each other. Lu Xi tentatively replied, "Yes, Teacher Yu, we also feel very strange. It's really a coincidence, and thank you very much."
Yu Jizhong pointed to the plate with his chopsticks and said with a smile, "That's because someone spoke for you. He also helped me get a house in the Art Village. Otherwise, I might not have moved away in the next year or two."
Someone spoke?
Lu Chen asked in surprise, "Teacher Yu, can you tell me who this helper is?"
Yu Jizhong smiled and shook his head: "He didn't let me say, anyway, you just know, and …"
After a pause, he continued: "In addition, I also appreciate you very much. There are too few young people like you in the entertainment industry. You are talented but not arrogant. You use it to pursue your career and life progress, and you have a heart for charity."
Lu Chen was ashamed and modest: "Teacher Yu, you praise me too much."
Yu Jizhong shook his head and said, "It's not a compliment. I know a little about the entertainment industry. There are two students in the entertainment industry, but they are not as good as you. The charity fund that you set up to treat leukemia patients is very good. I've heard people talk about it several times."
The Chen Fei Charity Foundation jointly established by Lu Chen and Chen Fei 'er has been in operation for nearly a year. So far, it has helped more than 300 leukemia patients from poor families, most of whom were children.
Some of the patients have basically recovered after bone marrow transplantation, which has won a good reputation for the foundation.
Most importantly, unlike most private charity funds, although Chen Fei Charity Foundation has a license to solicit donations from the general public, it never persuades donations under any pretext. In addition to the donations from Lu Chen, Chen Fei 'er, and their friends in the circle, at most, they raise money for specific objects through the online crowdfunding, and achieve the purpose of earmarking funds and transparency of accounts.
In addition, the daily operating expenses of the foundation are all from the fund account set up by the two, so that donations from others can be 100% implemented, which is much better than those public private charity funds with messy accounts.
All of these made the fans of Lu Chen and Chen Fei 'er full of pride when talking about it.
As a well-known public figure, social reputation is very important. Yu Jizhong, of course, gave up his studio completely because someone spoke, but also because of his good impression and appreciation for Lu Chen.
This meal was enjoyed by both the guests and the host.
After returning, Yu Jizhong signed a sublease contract with Lu Xi and promised to move out within three days.
At this point, this unique building with a large area of glass and steel frame, with an indoor area of 1,800 square meters, was no longer divided into two, and became the headquarters of the soon-to-be-established Chen Fei Media Co., Ltd.!
"I'm going to build an indoor studio here …"
After getting the architectural drawings copied from the management committee, Lu Chen gathered all the important members, including Chen Fei Er Studio, and held a preparatory meeting for the new company.
The focus of the meeting was his vision for the future of the new company.
Lu Chen pointed to the drawings displayed on the projection screen and said in high spirits, "Build it according to international first-class standards, and set up a special effects production team."
International first-class + special effects production team!
Many people present were shocked by Lu Chen's proposal.
Although the area of the indoor studio designated by Lu Chen was only about 400 square meters, but according to the international first-class standards, the investment cost was definitely in the tens of millions. High-end equipment basically had to be imported, the price was very expensive, and it was normal to spend hundreds of millions.
The special effects production team was even more expensive. Most film and television production companies outsourced special effects to specialized companies instead of raising their own team.
But Lu Chen had his own ideas.
He had this idea as early as when he was filming "A Chinese Ghost Story". At that time, the special effects company found for "A Chinese Ghost Story" was not the top in Hong Kong. It was not that they were reluctant to spend money, but that the top companies were already full of business.
Fortunately, there were not many special effects in this movie. Even so, it still involved a lot of energy for Lu Chen, and he spent a lot of money, but the final effect was not particularly satisfactory.
This feeling of being controlled made Lu Chen very uncomfortable.
Unlike other film and television companies, Lu Chen had a powerful and unparalleled trump card, which was the treasure house of memories from the dream world, which was a source of endless wealth.
With this trump card in hand, he was not afraid that the TV movies he invested in would lose money. He could completely afford the huge expenses of building his own studio and special effects production team.
Lu Chen's ambition was not only to let this team serve him, but also to promote the overall standard of domestic special effects production, so that the audience would not criticize the domestic blockbusters as "50 cents".
His ambition was a little big, but in the future, when his peers saw the films and TV series produced by Chen Fei Media, with excellent production, how could they be indifferent?
Although the new company had not been officially established, Lu Chen had already set his eyes on the future!
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