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

"Kobayashi, I won't say anything more, let me toast you first!"

That evening, in a private room at the hotel, Chen Kaige raised his glass and looked at Lin Bufan.

"Old Chen, let's skip the formalities between us!"

Lin Bufan returned the glass, glancing subtly at Chen Hong, who looked radiant beside him.

"Alright, Lao Chen, drink less!"

Chen Hong sat down next to Chen Kaige and offered a word of advice.

"Okay, I'll drink less today."

Chen Kaige chuckled and responded, then put down his wine glass.

After some casual conversation, Chen Kaige steered the conversation toward the filming of the movie.

"Xiao Lin, could you talk to the company about making some changes to the storyline?" Chen Kaige looked at Lin Bufan with hopeful eyes.

"Old Chen, you know, this is Hollywood..."

Lin Bufan gave a forced, helpless smile and shrugged.

He knew that Chen Kaige had fallen back into his old ways. Fortunately, this was in Hollywood. If it were in mainland China, Lin Bufan would never have invested in Chen Kaige's movies, no matter what.

In Hollywood, one can refuse someone, but in mainland China, the only Palme d'Or winner is a highly prestigious award.

"Old Chen..."

Chen Hong, who was standing to the side, tugged at Chen Kaige's clothes. She didn't want to make things difficult for her young lover.

"All right!"

Chen Kaige sighed and shook his head.

Lin Bufan had already helped him so much, so he felt embarrassed to push his luck and cause any more trouble for the other party.

……

"Hello, Mr. Lin!"

The next day, in a coffee shop, Lin Bufan sat opposite a white man in a suit and tie, who looked to be about forty years old.

"Mr. Rhodes, I hope you have brought me good news."

Lin Bufan looked at the other person.

Rod Hill, the headhunter in charge of Lin Bufan's case.

"certainly!"

As he spoke, Rod took out a document and placed it in front of Lin Bufan.

"Mr. Lin, as per your request, here are three candidates, and their detailed information is all here..."

"good!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly, then picked up the documents and began to read them carefully.

Lin Bufan's investment company has been established and named Strong Wind Investment Company, which translates to "strong wind" in Chinese.

The bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish. The same applies to the investment industry. Investments without risk are destined to have no high profits.

Strong Wind Investment Company is currently in dire need of a professional manager, and there is a high probability that one of the following three individuals will be the candidate.

Lin Bufan picked up the first document and glanced at it.

Anna Carmen, a white actress, is 42 years old.

I am currently a manager in Goldman Sachs' investment division. It may seem like a high-ranking position, but in reality, a world-class investment bank like Goldman Sachs has dozens of investment divisions alone.

According to reports, Anna Kamen's investment returns over the past three years have been -13%, and there are rumors that Goldman Sachs is preparing to demote her.

As long as Lin Bufan agrees, the headhunting company is almost 100% confident that they can poach him.

Next, Lin Bufan glanced at Anna Carmen's investment projects over the past three years. This information was difficult for outsiders to obtain.

But for headhunting firms, it's just information that can be obtained with money.

Anna Kamen, a woman who managed to establish herself on the cutthroat world of Wall Street and become a manager in an investment division at Goldman Sachs, actually had a very aggressive investment vision and style.

Looking at the investment projects over the past three years, only the first year saw the smallest loss.

After reviewing the information in detail, Lin Bufan immediately eliminated Anna Carmen as the first person he would eliminate.

Then he picked up the second document and started reading it.

The second name is Wilder Black, a white male, 39 years old...

His situation is roughly the same as Anna Carmen's, but he is more capable, at least according to the data.

After all, Anna Carmen's profit over the past three years was -13%, while Wilder Black's profit over the past three years was 4%, which, although not very high, was at least positive.

Lin Bufan was fairly satisfied with Wilder Black, but he wasn't in a hurry to make a decision.

Rod gave him three sets of information, and he could only make up his mind after reading through all three sets of information.

When he looked at the third person's profile, Lin Bufan couldn't help but frown slightly.

Bart Elvis, a 42-year-old white male with three children, was fired from Morgan Stanley three months ago for misconduct.

In addition, other information suggests that Bart Elvis's investment style is relatively conservative.

Previously, both Anna Carmen and Wilder Black had only experienced insufficient investment returns in the last three years. Three years ago, they were considered relatively successful investors on Wall Street.

Especially in the early days of the Internet, their names were known to almost every major Internet company.

In contrast, Bart Elvis has a particularly conservative investment style. In his decades-long career, he has never made any major mistakes, never messed things up, and never lost too much money. Of course, he has also not made much money for Morgan.

"Rhodes, I'd like to meet this Bart Elvis."

Lin Bufan closed the document and looked at Rhodes in front of him.

"Of course, time..."

Rod nodded slightly; this was simply his job.

"It's 10:30 in the morning now, let's set it for 1:30 in the afternoon, still here."

Lin Bufan glanced at his watch and set the time.

"OK!"

Luo De got up, bid farewell to Lin Bufan, and left.

……

"Bart, our current savings are only enough to last us until the end of the year. Then you'll need to figure out a way to pay property taxes and utilities..."

Inside a rather luxurious villa, Bart's wife looked at Bart Elvis.

Bart has worked on Wall Street for decades and made a lot of money; otherwise, he wouldn't be living in this upscale neighborhood.

His salary is substantial, and the project bonuses are also considerable. However, living in an upscale community means that expenses such as property tax, property management fees, lawn maintenance, and so on are all quite high.

Three months ago, he was fired by Morgan. He was able to save up for almost a year's living expenses, which was only because they were usually quite frugal with their money.

Otherwise, Bart has seen many former Wall Street elites who lived in mansions and drove luxury cars, enjoying beautiful women and luxury cars one day, only to be fired from their companies the next day due to investment mistakes.

In less than a month, due to a broken financial chain, he ended up homeless.

Such examples play out on Wall Street almost every day.