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

Liu Yifei stared speechlessly at her aggrieved best friend in front of her.

She doesn't even know what to say about her.

Despite always being at a disadvantage, she still keeps provoking him.

"You..."

Liu Yifei looked at Shu Chang helplessly and shook her head slightly.

"Fine, I knew it! You two are in cahoots, bullying only me..."

Shu Chang pouted and looked at Liu Yifei.

"It seems someone's been too idle lately. I need to have a talk with Manager Shen..."

Lin Bufan stood behind Shu Chang, coughed lightly, and feigned displeasure.

"Boss, why are you still standing here?"

At this moment, Shu Chang suddenly turned around and looked at Lin Bufan with a surprised expression. Then she hurriedly turned her head to look around and ran over to move a chair and placed it behind Lin Bufan.

With a fawning smile, he looked at Lin Bufan and said, "Boss, you must be tired of standing. Sit down and rest. These people are really something. They've been watching their boss stand for so long, and they haven't even offered to bring him a chair."

Shu Chang looked around, finished complaining, and then personally helped Lin Bufan sit down, squatting down beside him with her small hands clenched into fists.

He gently massaged Lin Bufan's legs, one tap at a time.

"Boss, how are you feeling? Are you comfortable?"

Shu Chang raised her small face and looked at Lin Bufan with a flattering smile.

"Hmm, not bad!"

Lin Bufan nodded with satisfaction: "Considering that someone came up with this, let's just let it go!"

"Thank you, boss!"

Shu Chang apologized to Lin Bufan with tears of gratitude in her eyes.

"Pfft..."

At this moment, Zhou Xun, who had been holding it in for so long, finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

You can't blame her; the changes in Shu Chang before and after are just too great, especially her current sycophantic demeanor, which is incredibly lifelike.

"Sissi, they're so funny..."

"Why!"

Liu Yifei rubbed her forehead, looking helpless.

She had seen this scene before more than once.

……

"Today is National Day, let me first raise a toast to everyone!"

Inside the hotel's private room, Lin Bufan's gaze swept over the people present: director Xu Ke, lead actors Deng Chao, Liu Yifei and Zhou Xun, as well as Zhang Jin, Xie Miao, Shu Chang and Wang Zhi, a total of eight people.

These eight people are the eight most important characters in "Painted Skin," and they are also contracted directors and actors with Kyoto Entertainment.

Deng Chao goes without saying. Although he hasn't quite reached the level of a popular young actor yet, he already has a certain status in the entertainment industry.

Liu Yifei is known as the "Fairy Sister" and is now the mother of Lin Bufan's child. Zhou Xun can be said to be the pinnacle of acting skills among mainland Chinese actresses.

Zhang Jin became an overnight sensation after starring in the film "Ip Man".

After the release of "Ip Man," which became a huge hit, many reporters came to the film crew's location wanting to interview him, but he refused them all, citing filming as the reason.

Xie Miao was once a very popular child star.

He even played father and son with Jet Li back then, and his popularity and screen time were no less than Li's. However, he later took the wrong path, which led to his disappearance from the entertainment industry.

It wasn't until he signed with Kyoto Entertainment and played the top expert of the West Factory in "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" that he returned to the entertainment industry and re-entered the public eye.

In this film, "Painted Skin," Xie Miao plays a simp lizard demon. Simp roles are very easy to play and don't require much acting skill.

To be honest, Shu Chang's role is basically a cameo appearance.

It can only be said that the female demon hunter character in "Painted Skin" is not a good fit for her at all, but she is a very good fit for Wang Zhi.

Whether it's the character's temperament, appearance, or martial arts moves, everything suits her perfectly.

After several rounds of drinks and dishes, the atmosphere at the table gradually became more lively.

In reality, everyone was a young person, but Lin Bufan's high status made the others seem a bit restrained.

"Director Lin, I'll go back and rest now. I'm getting old, and I really can't keep going anymore..."

Xu Ke stood up and reluctantly bid farewell to Lin Bufan.

Xu Ke, born in 50, is already 56 years old this year. Compared to Lin Bufan and the others, he is already considered elderly. His personal energy and physical function are definitely far inferior to those of young people.

"Director Xu, I won't see you off."

Lin Bufan nodded in understanding.

After Xu Ke left, the table was filled with young people, and everyone became even more relaxed.

Have you heard about Hugo's situation?

Deng Chao looked at everyone and suddenly spoke.

"I've heard about it..."

Zhang Jin nodded.

Hu Ge, a rising star in the entertainment industry, was involved in a car accident that reportedly left him disfigured and effectively ended his career.

As Lin Bufan listened to the group discussing Hu Ge, he couldn't help but recall the events that had happened.

He knew about Hugo's car accident.

What he knew even more was that Hu Ge's acting career not only did not end because of the car accident, but his acting career became smoother and smoother.

But there is one thing.

Because Hu Ge had facial surgery, his film career was essentially over.

The biggest difference between movies and TV series is that TV series are on the small screen, and the focus is more on the overall plot development, so the acting skills of the actors are not required to be high.

To give an example, on a 100-point scale, acting in a TV series only requires 60 points of passing acting skill to avoid making the audience feel awkward or out of place.

But movies are different.

Movies are shown on the big screen, where even the slightest expressions are clearly visible, thus demanding a high level of acting skill.

The minimum score is 80 or above; any lower and they simply can't carry the role.

Of course, this excludes the main characters. For supporting characters, you just need to find a point and act it out.

Many so-called veteran actors in the industry are only suitable for playing certain types of roles. Once they are not playing those types of roles, they instantly break the audience's immersion in the story.

In Lin Bufan's mind, if there were only one Best Actor award in the entire entertainment industry, there would only be one person in his mind, and that would be Liang Jiahui.

Leung Ka-fai's title of Best Actor wasn't given lightly.

Compared to Leung Ka-fai, another Hong Kong actor with the surname Leung is significantly less skilled in acting.

……

After a hearty meal, Lin Bufan overheard some gossip at the table, such as couples on set and who was cheating on whom.

In reality, people in the industry know very well who is with whom and what's going on, whether or not they've cheated.

It's just that it hasn't been exposed or known to the public.

"Honey, I'm so happy today!"

Inside the hotel room, Liu Yifei lay happily beside Lin Bufan.

She never expected that Lin Bufan would fly to Hengdian to be with her on this holiday.