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

"The Sound of Flowers Blooming?"

Lin Bufan looked at Liu Yifei with a puzzled expression: "What TV series is this?"

He had never heard of this TV series, which means it wasn't popular at all.

"I heard from Changchang that it's a family drama, and she plays the second female lead in it."

Liu Yifei wasn't entirely clear on this either, and Shu Chang hadn't explained it in much detail.

"No doubt, her family got her the role!"

Lin Bufan shook his head slightly.

Given Shu Chang's status, it's obvious she's only in it for the money to be filming a family drama, especially one with relatively unknown actors, as the second female lead.

In later generations, Shu Chang's actions would be considered as elevating the female lead's status.

Only those short-sighted so-called "relatives" of Shu Chang could do something like this.

This is like making Liu Yifei, at the height of her popularity, play a supporting role to Liu Shishi. It's outrageous. You can't do this for money.

In the entertainment industry, it's incredibly difficult to rise in status, but it's far too easy to fall in status.

"I've already talked to Changchang about it, but she feels that she owes them something and that we should talk about it after the contract expires."

Liu Yifei also felt somewhat helpless.

From the perspective of a friend and best friend, she had already spoken to Shu Chang and given her advice, but Shu Chang disagreed. What could she do?

As the saying goes, even an upright official finds it difficult to settle family disputes; how can an outsider truly understand another person's family situation?

"What's wrong? Why are you so interested in Changchang? Have you fallen for her?"

Liu Yifei, who was lying in his arms, propped herself up on her arms and leaned against Lin Bufan's chest, just looking at him.

"We're just friends, don't overthink it..."

Shu Chang is actually very pretty, but she's not the kind of beauty that immediately wows you. She's a different type from Liu Yifei.

"Tch, if you like it, so be it. I'm not going to stop you..."

Liu Yifei tightened her nose; she knew this man all too well.

She definitely wouldn't believe him if he said he had no feelings for Shu Chang.

"I was thinking that Kyoto Entertainment was expanding and preparing to set up an artist management company, so it would be a good opportunity to sign Shu Chang."

Lin Bufan isn't stupid. No matter how much Liu Yifei says she doesn't mind, he can't possibly discuss other women in front of him. That wouldn't just be stupid, it would be like he's missing a screw in his head.

"snort!"

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at Lin Bufan and gave a soft snort.

Men, ugh!

"Honey, I want to make a comeback as an actor..."

Liu Yifei lay on Lin Bufan's chest for a while, then suddenly looked up at him.

More than a year has passed since she became pregnant last year. She had this idea as early as after the baby was a month old, but she didn't say anything because her figure hadn't recovered yet.

Now, after a period of exercise and the combined use of beauty and health supplements, my weight has decreased, and my body proportions have also improved.

"I'll have the company set up a company for you tomorrow."

Lin Bufan nodded slightly, not refusing Liu Yifei.

He would never reject his woman's ideas unless they were excessive.

"No need, I can just sign the contract in Kyoto."

Liu Yifei shook her head.

Whether or not she sets up her own studio is not important to her at all; she just wants to act and enjoys the process and feeling of acting.

"Listen to me, start a company."

As Lin Bufan spoke, he looked at Liu Yifei seriously and said, "Not only will you set up a company, but I will also help you take it public."

He had this idea in his mind for a long time.

Is Huayi Brothers the first listed company in the Chinese entertainment industry?

Sorry, but from the moment he turned against Huayi Brothers, Huayi Brothers never had that chance again.

He has no intention of listing Kyoto Entertainment; he doesn't want his company to be controlled by capital.

Going public is simply a way for a company to raise funds. He doesn't need the money, so why would he want to go public?

Of course, the fact that Kyoto is not listed on the stock exchange doesn't mean it doesn't want to go public and raise money; after all, it has a studio.

For example, Yang Mi's personal studio will gradually be transformed into a company and then listed by Lin Bufan. However, whether it is Yang Mi's studio or Fan Bingbing's studio, the method he uses to help them go public is to prepare for a backdoor listing.

Liu Yifei's approach was different. She established her company from the very beginning, focused on achieving good performance, and went straight to the IPO.

"Going public?"

Liu Yifei looked at Lin Bufan with a stunned expression.

In her mind, those who could take their companies public were business tycoons; she had never even considered such a thing.

"Will this... work...?"

"With me here, there won't be any problems!"

Lin Bufan looked confident.

For a company to go public, the most important factor is its financials. It must have positive net profit for the past three years, and the cumulative amount must exceed a certain threshold.

If he remembers correctly, Huayi Brothers was listed on the ChiNext board on October 30, 2009.

It's June 2006 now, three years is plenty of time.

Furthermore, with Lin Bufan blocking Huayi Brothers in this life, it won't be so easy for Huayi Brothers to go public so early and smoothly again.

"Yes, honey, I believe you..."

Liu Yifei nodded obediently.

She was completely clueless about business matters, though she had a slight understanding of nine out of ten.

It didn't matter that she didn't understand, but she believed that Lin Bufan wouldn't harm her, and that she should just listen to him.

……

The next day, Lin Bufan brought Liu Yifei to Kyoto Entertainment.

"Boss!"

"Miss Liu!"

"Boss!"

Upon entering Kyoto Entertainment, Liu Yifei looked around curiously.

Both are entertainment companies, but Kyoto Entertainment is much more reputable than Red Starwood, where she used to work.

To put it bluntly, Hongxingwu was actually just a shell company with no real business to the outside world.

"Boss!"

Bai Bing knocked on the door and came in. Seeing Liu Yifei sitting to the side, he respectfully greeted her, "Miss Liu!"

As Lin Bufan's assistant, he knew his boss had several women, and no matter what Lin Bufan said, he treated all women equally.

However, she knew very well that the boss treated these women differently, or rather, held them in different places in his heart.

Liu Yifei happens to be the most special one.

Bai Bing sometimes even thought that it was only because Liu Yifei had never pressured Lin Bufan that the boss might have only ever had her.

Is General Manager Yang in the company?

"exist!"

Bai Bing nodded.

"Call General Manager Yang over!"

Lin Bufan looked at Bai Bing and gave instructions.

"Yes, boss!"

The "General Manager Yang" that Lin Bufan mentioned is actually named Yang Yayun. He recruited her from Universal, one of the eight major Hollywood studios, through a headhunting company with a high salary. She is currently the vice president of Kyoto Entertainment.

His greatest strength is his knowledge of future developments, but he is not very good at running a company, so someone needs to be in charge of the company's affairs.