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

The 7th was an absurd day for Lin Bufan.

Even with Lin Bufan's physique enhanced by the system, he was still struggling to withstand it.

"Boss, are you alright?"

On October 8th, the company resumed work. Bai Bing noticed that Lin Bufan seemed to be in a bad mood, so she went up to greet him with concern.

"fine!"

Lin Bufan waved his hand, then instructed Bai Bing, "Go and call Wang Mingliang and Kang Xiangwen here."

"Yes, boss!"

Not long after, Wang Mingliang and Kang Xiangwen arrived in front of Lin Bufan.

"sit!"

Lin Bufan glanced at the two of them, then looked at Wang Mingliang: "This is a movie script. When you get back, your department should prepare it."

As Lin Bufan spoke, he directly tossed the script for the movie "Du Lala's Promotion" to Wang Mingliang.

"Yes, boss!"

Wang Mingliang nodded in agreement.

How is the preparation for "The Starry Night" going?

Lin Bufan turned to look at Kang Xiangwen.

"Boss, we're in the preparation stage, and filming is expected to start in about a month."

Kang Xiangwen answered hastily.

"kindness!"

Lin Bufan nodded.

With the approval of Kyoto Entertainment's "Go Lala Go!" project, the script needed to be reviewed by the Film Bureau, so the outside world quickly learned about it.

In a short time, many celebrities in the entertainment industry began to contact their connections in an attempt to get roles in the movies.

It's 06 now, and most film resources are controlled by the Hong Kong film industry. Even many mainland entertainment companies hire Hong Kong stars to film their movies.

Kyoto is almost the only exception; it has never pursued so-called Hong Kong stars as lead actors in its films, and has always cast actors based on their suitability for the roles.

……

[Ding! Congratulations, host! Daily check-in successful. You have received the following 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 check-in reward: a Cold Dew Festival Gift Pack]

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

"Open!"

Lin Bufan did not hesitate at all.

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have opened the Cold Dew Festival Gift Pack and received the following rewards: a script for the movie "Twilight", a shop in Mong Kok, Hong Kong Island, and a BMW 5 Series.]

As the system's voice faded, several rewards appeared before Lin Bufan.

Although he hadn't seen the movie "Twilight," he knew it was a film series and that it had a very high box office.

Lin Bufan has signed on to many Hollywood films, but he hasn't started production yet, mainly due to funding issues.

After putting the script away, Lin Bufan glanced at the other two rewards.

The shop in Mong Kok isn't particularly large, but it's not small either, measuring over 100 square meters. More importantly, it's located in the heart of a commercial area, a very good location.

As for the final BMW 5 Series, compared to the movie script and the shops, it was just an extra.

Lin Bufan had just put away the rewards when his phone suddenly rang.

"BOSS!"

The call was made by Bart.

"What is it?"

"Boss, as you instructed, I have pledged the AMC Theatres shares to JPMorgan Chase for a total of $8 million..."

Bart gave Lin Bufan a detailed report.

Lin Bufan wanted to acquire Tencent's shares, but he didn't have the money, so he had no choice but to mortgage his most valuable AMC Theatres shares.

In fact, if the system hadn't intervened suddenly, JPMorgan Chase would have already acquired full control of AMC Theatres this year.

Since Lin Bufan received the shares as a reward for signing in, Morgan Stanley has been contacting him frequently, and occasionally even subtly inquiring whether he is planning to sell his shares in AMC Theatres.

Each time, Lin Bufan refused decisively.

If he were to relinquish his shares in AMC Theatres, his Hollywood film company would be controlled by the Big Eight studios.

JPMorgan Chase is backed by stakes in the Big Eight Hollywood studios.

Therefore, when Lin Bufan mortgaged his AMC Theatres shares, his first thought was JPMorgan Chase, because JPMorgan was particularly interested in AMC Theatres shares.

Morgan even plans to take AMC Theatres public this year, so the mortgage will definitely fetch a good price.

Even Morgan was thinking that if Lin Bufan couldn't repay the money, they might be even happier if AMC Theatres' shares directly became Morgan's.

"Boss, $8 million, mortgage term of one year, interest of $9300 million."

It has to be said that lending money is always the most profitable business, no matter where you are.

$8 million in interest, $9300 million in interest per year, that's an annual interest rate of 11.6%, which is considered relatively low on Wall Street.

However, the interest rate is also low because the mortgage period is only one year.

"This money was directly transferred into Zhewei Capital's account."

Lin Bufan gave instructions to Bart.

Currently, MIH has not yet announced how many Tencent shares it intends to sell, so this money cannot be easily touched.

"Yes, Boss!"

Shortly after Bart hung up, Xu Hongfei called.

"Boss, there's an extra $8 million in the company's account just now..."

"This is what I had transferred in."

After saying that, Lin Bufan asked Xu Hongfei, "How's the investigation going with MIH Company? Any concrete news?"

"not yet……"

Xu Hongfei shook his head.

In the past few days, he has used his connections to carefully investigate MIH's actions, and there is no indication that he intends to sell his Tencent shares.

He even doubted whether he had misheard or if the event had never happened at all.

"Keep following up!"

Lin Bufan frowned. Regardless of whether he had misheard or not, he didn't want to miss any opportunity, no matter how small.

The two giants of the future internet will be Tencent and Alibaba.

Alibaba has no chance. Although Alibaba is not listed, its valuation is already tens of billions of US dollars. To join it, the financial aspect alone is insufficient.

Moreover, there are thresholds to investing in Alibaba; only the world's top financial groups are qualified to invest.

Some companies, once they reach a certain size, require investors not only in terms of capital, but also in terms of the network of connections they represent.

Alibaba has no chance left, so only Tencent is left.

However, Tencent had already gone public long ago, and he missed the very beginning.

Now that he has the opportunity to get on board, he certainly doesn't want to miss it.

……

After finishing his business at the company, Lin Bufan glanced at the time; it was already 1 p.m.

The main crew of "2012" arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport at 3:30 pm, two and a half hours later.