The entertainment empire began with Liu Yifei's premarital pregnancy.

"Adan, I've found out."

On Hong Kong Island, Universe Dan's agent rushed into Universe Dan's gym.

"What did you find out?"

Universe Dan put down the training equipment he was using and turned to look at his agent.

Originally, he received news that Emperor Entertainment Group had decided on him as the male lead in "Ip Man". However, "Ip Man" had already started filming, and even half of it had been filmed, but the lead role had been changed to a martial arts director named Zhang Jin.

At the time, he wanted to ask someone from Emperor Entertainment Group why they changed personnel so easily, but then he realized that Emperor Entertainment Group had never contacted him at all.

This news was only heard privately by his agent.

"That Zhang Jin was recommended by Lin Bufan from Kyoto Entertainment."

"Lin Bufan? That's the Oscar-winning director?"

Universe Dan frowned slightly.

"Yes, it's him."

The agent looked at Yu Zhoudan and said, "I also found out that the role of Ip Man was originally yours. It was at that banquet that Lin Bufan brought Zhang Jin to Boss Yang and took the role away."

"Dan, I'm asking you seriously now, have you offended the other party?"

Otherwise, there's no reason why Lin Bufan would bring a stranger to replace the role of Yu Zhou Dan.

Moreover, he also learned that Zhang Jin did not know Lin Bufan at all before the banquet. In fact, he was able to meet Lin Bufan only because Zhang Jin's girlfriend, Cai Shaofen, personally took him to meet Lin Bufan at the banquet.

Logically speaking, the more famous the lead actor of a movie is, the greater their contribution to the box office. If we really compare them, there's no reason why Yu Zhoudan would lose to Zhang Jin, a newcomer.

"No……"

Universe Dan shook his head; he was certain of that.

He had only recently learned of Lin Bufan's name, so how could he have offended him?

"Could it be because of Zhang Jin's girlfriend?"

Yu Zhou looked at his agent, guessing.

In the entertainment industry, it's common for people to give away their women to climb the ladder of success. Yu Zhoudan has seen many such cases, and he's even experienced it firsthand—of course, it was someone else who gave her to him.

"Unlikely..."

The agent shook his head slightly. Perhaps Tsai Shao-fen had this charm when she was young, because she was truly beautiful in her youth.

Cai Shaofen is now long past her flowering season, and perhaps due to events from her early years, her flowering period was exceptionally short.

Who is Lin Bufan?

Would an Oscar-winning director, a director who is very famous internationally, be interested in Tsai Shao-fen?

"Pack your things now, and I'll take you to the capital in a few days."

"What are you going to the capital for?"

Yu Zhoudan looked at his agent with a puzzled expression.

"Go apologize!"

"apologize?"

Universe Dan was even more confused. What was there to apologize for?

"Regardless of why Lin Bufan decided to replace you in the first place, whether you offended him or not, it would have been fine if you didn't know about it. But now that you do, you have to apologize to him in person no matter what." The agent looked at Yu Zhoudan with a serious expression.

If Lin Bufan were only an Oscar-winning director, things would be easier to handle. He's just a big-name director; at most, we just won't make his movies.

However, the other party was not only a director, but also the owner of Kyoto Entertainment.

Kyoto Entertainment is a company that can directly clash with Huayi Brothers and hold its own.

Yu Zhoudan will head north sooner or later, so we might as well take this opportunity to pay our respects and make contact with the other party.

Perhaps, if the two of them get along well, they might have the opportunity to collaborate in the future.

"Okay, I understand."

Yu Zhoudan was somewhat annoyed. He had clearly done nothing wrong, yet he was forced to go and apologize. It was incredibly frustrating. But no matter how frustrated he felt, he knew he had no better options.

……

"How is it, Your Highness?"

Lin Bufan looked at the princess.

"I agree, but it has to wait until after I give birth and finish my postpartum confinement."

The princess also considered it for a while. Since last year, she has been consciously withdrawing from the entertainment industry because she simply can't get any good songs now.

Given her current status, if she were to release a song, even if not every song is a classic, it couldn't be too bad either; that would be too difficult.

Therefore, she is gradually fading out of the public eye, and it's not too late to release a good song when she comes across it, since she has not announced her retirement from the music scene.

Now, with this great opportunity, not only has Lin Bufan personally invited us, but more importantly, there is the fact that Lin Bufan said there was no shady dealing involved.

As a musician, she also wants to inject some new vitality into this industry.

"Of course, the program is expected to start recording in July, so there's enough time."

The preliminary preparations for "The Voice of China" have been completed. The only remaining tasks, besides selecting the mentors, are the selection of contestants.

The production team has sent dozens of musicians across the country to search for the most beautiful and melodious voices to participate in the competition.

"Next, let's talk about the issue of pay."

Lin Bufan looked at the princess with a serious expression: "Your Highness, regarding the remuneration, I have three options. The choice is entirely up to you."

"The first option is to sign a season contract for the show, with a fee of ten million per season."

Ten million?

Upon hearing this number, the princess looked at Lin Bufan with some surprise; he was truly generous.

Nowadays, the salaries in the entertainment industry are generally not very high. Ten million yuan for a season of a program may not be an astronomical amount, but it definitely shows sincerity.

Just as the princess was about to agree, she heard Lin Bufan continue.

"The second option is for Miss Princess to sign a three-season contract with us, with a fee of 15 million per season."

"Fifteen million per quarter?"

Moreover, they could sign a three-season contract. Upon hearing this price, the princess couldn't help but sigh, "These people who make movies really make money. They don't seem to care about money at all."

"The third option is to sign a contract for five seasons at once, with a salary of 5 million per season."

Lin Bufan raised the price again, and the princess was somewhat numb to it. After 5 seasons, his salary alone had exceeded 100 million. The other party was really too extravagant.

"Your Highness, what do you see?"

Lin Bufan looked at the princess. If possible, he really wanted the princess to choose the third option and sign a contract for 5 seasons directly.

No one knew better than him how popular "The Voice of China" would become after it aired, and even secured an exclusive title sponsorship fee of over 5 million yuan for its sixth season.

Besides the title sponsorship fee, there are also exclusive sponsorship fees, as well as fees for things like appearances on the show.

Compared to these expenses, the princess's signing fee was negligible, if not completely insignificant.