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

The news of Zhou Xun signing with Kyoto Entertainment spread throughout the entertainment industry instantly, causing quite a stir.

"This week's newsletter..."

On Huayi Brothers' side, both the CEO and CEO Wang looked extremely grim upon hearing the news.

Originally, Zhou Xun was going to sign with Huayi Brothers, but Kyoto Entertainment interfered and poached Fan Bingbing, one of Huayi's "Double Bing" (referring to two actresses known for their similarities in acting and acting).

Now they've snatched Zhou Xun away from Huayi Brothers, a deal they had already reached.

At this moment, the two brothers were filled with regret or resentment. If only they had known this would happen, why did they do it in the first place?

If it weren't for the brothers trying to manipulate Lin Bufan and test him, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

Compared to Huayi Brothers, the person most unhappy with Kyoto Entertainment right now is Li Xiaowan from Rongxinda, first because Yang Mi was poached by Kyoto.

Regardless of Yang Mi's status at Rongxinda, it was ultimately Kyoto Entertainment that poached her first.

One Yang Mi is one thing, but Rong Xinda doesn't seem to care much either.

But Zhou Xun is different; she's a pillar of Rong Xinda.

Since Zhou Xun's contract expired, she has not renewed it. There were rumors that Zhou Xun was preparing to sign with Huayi Brothers. Although Rong Xinda was unhappy, there was nothing he could do.

After all, her contract has expired, and it's up to Zhou Xun to decide who she wants to sign with.

However, shortly afterward, news came that Zhou Xun's negotiations with Huayi Brothers had broken down, and Rong Xinda was overjoyed. They immediately sent people to contact Zhou Xun.

As a result, news broke that Zhou Xun had signed with Kyoto Entertainment.

"Hmph, in times without heroes, even a mere scoundrel can rise to fame..."

Li Shaohong looked at the news in the newspaper, her face pale.

Li Shaohong, who was Chen Kaige's classmate, shared the same habit as Chen Kaige: she liked to recite poetry.

Li Shaohong considered herself a senior to Lin Bufan, and thought that even if Lin Bufan, a young man, won the Oscar for Best Director, so what?

This is China, a country where seniority matters.

Li Shaohong is not alone in sharing these thoughts with other directors and filmmakers.

Furthermore, the fact that Lin Bufan's record-breaking film "Love is Not Blind" did not actively submit it for various domestic awards made veteran filmmakers even more unhappy.

Originally, they had planned that if Lin Bufan submitted "Love is Not Blind" for awards, they would also nominate the film, but they would severely undermine Lin Bufan's chances in terms of awards.

Unless the other party takes the initiative to lower themselves and approach them.

However, they had all made plans, but Lin Bufan did not play by the rules and did not submit any domestic film awards.

This made them somewhat defensive, so they became even more displeased with Lin Bufan, and Li Shaohong was naturally one of them.

……

Just days after the news about Zhou Xun broke, Kyoto Entertainment announced that it had signed actor Wang Baoqiang.

Wang Baoqiang was originally a contracted actor with Huayi Brothers, but after several visits from Kyoto Entertainment and director Shen Ao, he finally decided to switch to Kyoto Entertainment.

Compared to the news about Zhou Xun, Wang Baoqiang's signing with Kyoto Studio received almost no attention within the industry.

If Wang Baoqiang hadn't been a former employee of Huayi Brothers, perhaps no one would have paid any attention to him.

"Director Lin!"

At Kyoto Entertainment, Lin Bufan gave Wang Baoqiang a special look.

"sit!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly to Wang Baoqiang.

Compared to Zhou Xun, who directly opened her own studio, Wang Baoqiang certainly didn't have that qualification at the time and could only sign artist contracts.

At this time, Wang Baoqiang looked very green and had no fame. The only role he could be proud of was Shagen.

Another drama that made him a star and helped him quickly establish himself in the entertainment industry, "Soldiers Sortie," has just finished filming and is expected to be released at the end of the year.

Director Kang Honglei approached many companies for this TV series, but no one invested in it. It was generally not favored by the industry. After all, it was a TV series, especially a military drama, without a single female actor. How could it attract an audience?

Ultimately, Huayi Brothers took on this TV series, which had a mission-oriented nature.

It's a pity that Kyoto Entertainment was established a bit late; otherwise, Lin Bufan certainly wouldn't have missed the opportunity to invest in this TV series.

"Work hard, Kyoto won't treat its own people unfairly..."

Lin Bufan offered Wang Baoqiang some encouragement and then let him leave.

He is still somewhat immature in terms of acting skills and needs more time to hone them. At the same time, Lin Bufan also needs time to sign scripts.

If we can't get a script signed by then, we can only make an outline and hand it over to the screenwriting department.

……

[Ding! Congratulations, host! Daily check-in successful. Rewards: One bottle of Liuwei Emperor Pills (10 pills) + One bottle of Beauty and Nourishing Pills (10 pills) + 100 million US dollars]

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have successfully checked in for the festival and received a reward: a Lesser Heat Festival Gift Pack]

[Host, would you like to open the gift pack?]

Before he knew it, it was July 7th. If it weren't for the system reminder, Lin Bufan wouldn't have known that he could sign in for a holiday gift pack today.

"Open!"

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have opened the holiday gift pack and received the following rewards: a script for the first part of the movie "Overheard", a courtyard house in Caochang Hutong, and a BMW Z4.]

As the system voice faded, three items appeared in front of Lin Bufan.

Lin Bufan picked up the script for "Overheard" and glanced at it.

In fact, the first "Overheard" movie did not perform well at the box office, not even breaking 100 million yuan, and only grossed tens of millions of yuan, so it didn't make much money.

However, when the second and third installments of "Overheard" were released, the box office directly exceeded 2 million, and then more than 3 million.

After reading it, Lin Bufan put the movie script away. He would take it out and collaborate with Emperor Entertainment after the first "Ip Man" movie was released. There was no rush for now.

"Overheard" is originally a Hong Kong film series, and he has no intention of bringing it to the mainland.

After putting the script away, Lin Bufan first glanced at the car keys. It was a BMW Z4, and looking at the photo on the property certificate, it was a red one.

Lin Bufan doesn't like sports cars, nor does he like cars of this color. He only likes big ones, like the Range Rover he signed in with at the beginning. If he were to go out by himself, he would prefer to drive that Range Rover.

In addition, the driver either drives a Rolls-Royce or a Bentley.

"Another courtyard house."

Lin Bufan picked up the property certificate for the courtyard house and glanced at it.

This courtyard house is located in Caochang Hutong near the Drum Tower. It is not large, only a little over 300 square meters, and is a single-entrance courtyard house.

……

"What do you think of this courtyard house?"

Inside the courtyard, Lin Bufan stood behind An Yixuan, hugging her from behind, his head close to her ear, breathing softly.

"Um!"

An Yixuan nodded somewhat shyly.

She received Lin Bufan's call and drove straight here, still not knowing what he wants to do.