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

Lin Bufan picked up the plan and glanced at it briefly.

"good!"

About half an hour later, Lin Bufan finished reading the plan in his hand and gave Yang Yayun an appreciative look.

As expected of an elite from Global Education, Yang Yayun's abilities are beyond doubt.

"Knock knock knock!"

"Enter!"

"Boss, the managers from all departments are already in the conference room!"

Bai Bing knocked on the door and came in to report to Lin Bufan.

"Alright, let's go!"

As Lin Bufan spoke, he closed the plan in his hand and stood up.

Yang Yayun followed Lin Bufan toward the company's conference room.

"Boss!"

"Boss!"

As Lin Bufan entered the conference room, the managers of various departments of the company stood up to greet him.

"Everyone, please sit down!"

After Lin Bufan sat down, he gestured to the crowd.

"During this time I've been away from the company, the company has been relying entirely on everyone."

"Boss, this is what we should do..."

After a few pleasantries, we got straight to the point.

"Each department, please report on your work progress over this period."

The company currently has eleven departments. As for the human resources department, there's not much to report; it's mostly routine work.

"Let's start with the music club!"

Lin Bufan looked at Zhao Xueyong.

"Boss!"

Zhao Xueyong stood up, glanced at Lin Bufan, then looked around at everyone before beginning to report on the music department's development over the past period.

Zhao Xueyong was once the deputy general manager of Warner Music, specifically for the China region.

However, this also proves his ability.

Since becoming the manager of the music department, Zhao Xueyong has worked diligently and never dared to rest for a moment.

As a result, the music department has developed very well under his leadership.

The company has signed several singers, and their record sales alone generated over 15 million in profit for the company last quarter. Among them, Yang Yuying alone contributed 7 million, accounting for almost half of the music department's total profit.

Yang Yuying was once the queen of sweet songs, and she still has a loyal fanbase.

The reason why she failed to make a comeback last time was simply due to the songs. However, after signing with Kyoto Animation and with the classic songs signed by Lin Bufan, Yang Yuying became popular again.

Besides Yang Yuying, Chen Chusheng, Zhang Liangying, Zhang Jie, and Xue Zhiqian are also making steady progress.

"Boss..."

Just as Zhao Xueyong sat down, Liu Zhengyang, the director of the directing department, was about to get up when Lin Bufan gestured for him to sit down.

"Zhengyang, please sit down!"

After the other person sat down, Lin Bufan continued, "Before everyone reports, there's something I need to tell you all!"

"The company is preparing to become a group, so some departments within the company are going to be spun off..."

"That includes the music department!"

As Lin Bufan spoke, he looked at Zhao Xueyong and said, "After the group is established, the music department will be spun off to form Kyoto Records. You will continue to serve as the general manager of the company."

"In addition, Manager Zhao can receive 5% of the record company's shares."

Lin Bufan knew that making empty promises was useless when it came to truly talented people; he had to show them tangible benefits.

Kyoto Entertainment Group is destined not to go public, but its subsidiaries are definitely aiming for IPOs.

If you only give someone a fixed salary, no matter how high, over time it will make them lack motivation. But giving them shares is a different story.

This is equivalent to making the other party a beneficiary of the company; the higher the company's market value, the higher the value of the shares held by the other party.

"Boss, I..."

Zhao Xueyong looked at Lin Bufan with some excitement.

"Old Zhao, you don't need to say anything."

Lin Bufan gestured for his hand to be placed down, glanced at Zhao Xueyong, and then looked at everyone: "How well Manager Zhao has done is clear to everyone, not just me."

Seeing the somewhat envious looks on everyone's faces, Lin Bufan smiled and said, "There's no need for you to be jealous. Everyone here has a chance."

"Currently, after the company is grouped, it is initially planned to separate into a music department, an artist department, and a distribution department. In addition to Manager Zhao, Manager Li and Manager Shen will also enjoy a 5% share of the branch company as a reward."

"Thank you, boss!"

Li Guojun and Shen Xiuying looked at Lin Bufan with some excitement.

When a company becomes a group, it's impossible to spin off all departments at once. We can't take too big a step; we have to proceed step by step, steadily and surely.

Otherwise, splitting off too many things at once would break the company into smaller, fragmented pieces.

Moreover, both companies and individuals need some time to adapt during this process.

"Mr. Yang, I'm giving you a task: find a building to serve as the office space for our Kyoto Entertainment Group."

Although the company is a group, the distance between the various companies should not be too far, otherwise it will waste a lot of time.

If we could work in one building, it would undoubtedly save a lot of unnecessary time and trouble.

"Yes, boss!"

Yang Yayun nodded.

"Alright, Zhengyang, you can continue!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly, then looked at Liu Zhengyang.

"Yes, boss!"

Liu Zhengyang nodded. Although he envied Li Guojun and the others, he also knew that he had to do his job.

In reality, the directing department hasn't seen much development.

The five directors who have actually signed with Kyoto Entertainment are Shen Ao, Shang Jing, Ning Hao, Zhang Ting, and Hong Tao. Among them, Shen Ao and Ning Hao are film directors.

Shang Jing and Zhang Ting are TV drama directors, while Hong Tao is a variety show director.

After Liu Zhengyang finished his report, Lin Bufan looked at Sun Jinghai.

"Boss!"

Sun Jinghai stood up, a barely suppressed smile on his face.

"The Voice of China" officially premiered on Shanghai TV on Saturday, August 19th, at 8 PM.

So far, the show has aired six episodes, reaching its midpoint.

Except for the first episode, which had relatively low ratings due to its premiere, the ratings skyrocketed starting from the second episode.

Just as the third episode of "The Voice of China" was airing, in the same timeline, an exclusive title sponsorship agreement was officially signed with JDB Group, with a fee of up to 80 million yuan.

In the original timeline, JDB only used 60 million.

The reason why an extra 20 million was spent this time is naturally because of the mentor's prestige. Who was the original mentor?

The current mentors are Liu Huan, Wang Fei, Han Hong, and Yu Chengqing. Wang Fei alone increased the sponsorship fee by tens of millions.

Aside from the exclusive title sponsorship fee, all other expenses, such as display fees, added together, totaled a revenue of 1.2 million.

The fact that "The Voice of China" achieved such a good result in its first season is enough to demonstrate its success.

Excluding the fees for inviting mentors and some venue costs, as well as the initial preparation expenses, the first season of "The Voice of China" directly earned Kyoto 50 million yen.