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

Seven days have passed in the blink of an eye.

In Dingri County, the film crew of "2012" is busy filming.

"Boss, the phone!"

During a break in filming, Bai Bing handed Lin Bufan his phone.

"Whose call was that?"

Lin Bufan looked down at the order of the filming script without raising his head.

"It's Bart's!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Bufan paused slightly before taking the phone from Bai Bing.

"Hello, it's me, Lin Bufan!"

"BOSS!"

Upon hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, Bart quickly spoke up.

"Boss, as you instructed, we've acquired a toy company..."

A week ago, after Lin Bufan had an idea, he told Bart that he wanted to acquire an American toy company. He didn't have high requirements; all he needed was a sales channel.

After several days of investigation.

Bart eventually set his sights on Jones Toys, a company that was once among the top 50 in the United States with no problem in terms of sales channels. However, in recent years, the toy market has been gradually monopolized by giants, and the rest of the toy companies have basically fallen into debt crisis.

Jones Toys is a case in point. Due to poor sales, its total sales for the year were only $32 million, with a net profit of less than $5 million, but it was burdened with a debt of $50 million.

It's fair to say that this is a heavily indebted company.

It was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Strong Wind Investment Company approached Jones Toys, and the company readily agreed to sell, with Strong Wind Investment Company taking over all of the company's debts and paying an additional ten million US dollars.

This toy company, which was once among the top 50 in the United States, has now officially become an asset under Strong Wind Investment Company.

On the debt side, it was still Jones Toys, meaning Strong Wind Investment Company only paid out ten million US dollars in cash.

If the company is poorly managed in the future, it can be abandoned, and the debts can be transferred.

"You should contact Carter now and ask him to license the cartoon characters from 'Kung Fu Panda' to Jones Toys. After the movie is released, you can then distribute and sell them on a large scale."

"Boss, are we going to build the factory ourselves?"

Bart inquired.

In his opinion, since no one knows what the future holds for "Kung Fu Panda," commissioning other factories to manufacture it is the most reliable and cost-effective option.

"No need. Once we get the authorization, we can just send someone to Yiwu to find a factory to process the parts."

Just kidding, how much would a single product cost if you found a factory in America to manufacture it?

The minimum price starts at $2, but if you were to buy a toy of the same quality in Yiwu, China, it might only cost 3-5 yuan.

In terms of cost alone, it could save several times over.

"clear!"

Just as Lin Bufan was about to continue filming after hanging up the phone, it rang again.

"Feed?"

"BOSS!"

Carter's voice came through the phone.

"What is it?"

"Boss, the opening day box office results for Taken are in!"

Upon hearing Carter's voice, Lin Bufan suddenly remembered that "Taken" was released on October 15th, which was yesterday.

"What was the opening day box office?"

"The opening day box office for 'Taken' was $1230 million..."

Carter's voice on the phone clearly betrayed his excitement.

The first "Final Destination" movie, which was released on the 7th, grossed $6218 million worldwide in its opening week. However, the box office began to decline significantly in the second week, and now the daily box office is less than $800 million.

With three weeks left in the run, "Death" is sure to gross $2 million worldwide by the time it leaves theaters.

The production cost of "Final Destination" was only 20 million US dollars, but the final box office exceeded 200 million US dollars, which is obviously another low-cost and high-return movie.

Most importantly, Final Destination is a series.

Currently, "Taken" has grossed $1230 million on its opening day, and that's just in North America. When it's released globally tomorrow, the box office will definitely be even higher.

Using "Death" as an example, the total box office of "Taken" will definitely exceed 2 million US dollars.

As for how much it can achieve, that's uncertain.

"good!"

Lin Bufan's tone was rather indifferent.

In the previous life, "Taken" had already grossed over $2.2 million at the box office, unlike "Death," which clearly exceeded Lin Bufan's expectations.

……

"Did Fan Bingbing's film 'Taken' gross $1230 million on its opening day in North America?"

In the Chinese entertainment industry, Li Bingbing, one of the "Double Bing" alongside Fan Bingbing, frowned deeply after learning the news from her younger sister, Li Xue.

Originally, Fan Bingbing, like her, used marketing to capitalize on the reputation of the Four Dan Actresses and created the title of "Four Dan and Two Bing".

Furthermore, Li Bingbing far surpasses Fan Bingbing in both acting skills and resources.

It could even be said that Fan Bingbing is the worst among the "Four Dan and Two Bing" actresses.

The four leading actresses are Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun, Xu Jinglei, and Xiao Yan. Their status in the industry is close to that of top-tier actresses, if not super-first-tier.

Zhang Ziyi, known as "International Zhang," is arguably the most popular among them.

Zhou Xun is hailed as the pinnacle of acting skills among mainland Chinese actresses, and this is no exaggeration. In almost every film starring Zhou Xun, there is a role she cannot handle.

Secondly, there's Xu Jinglei. This girl is a resource-rich individual with a sugar daddy backing her, and she's now even transitioning into directing.

Needless to say, Xiao Yan was able to smooth things over even though she caused this incident back then. If it weren't for her money-making schemes and possible involvement in telecom fraud in later generations, she would definitely be in a league of her own among female stars in the industry.

But now, everything has changed.

Fan Bingbing's film "Taken" grossed over $1230 million on its opening day and is sure to break $2 million worldwide. This one film alone has propelled her to the throne of international stardom.

Moreover, besides Fan Bingbing, Yang Mi was one step ahead of her.

Final Destination grossed over $60 million in its opening weekend, and it's a certainty that it will eventually gross over $200 million worldwide.

Most importantly, news from Extraordinary Pictures indicates that "Final Destination" is a series, and Yang Mi is the only female lead in the series.

This news shocked the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

"It's just that you have a good childhood friend..."

Li Bingbing's tone was somewhat sarcastic.

In her opinion, both Yang Mi and Fan Bingbing owe their current success to Lin Bufan's connections; otherwise, they wouldn't have achieved what they have today.

"I told you to get close to Director Lin, but what did you do?"

Li Xue looked at her sister helplessly.