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

"Internet trolls..."

Lin Bufan only thought about it for a moment before agreeing with Yang Tianzhen's idea.

Unlike in later years, nowadays, if you want to clear your name or reduce the heat of a controversy, you can simply spend money on platforms like Weibo to cool things down.

Thinking of Weibo, Lin Bufan had an idea.

Being in the entertainment industry, he would definitely try to get a piece of the pie from Weibo, a powerful tool that can influence public opinion.

"Boss!"

After Yang Tianzhen left, Bai Bing knocked on the door and came in.

"What is it?"

"Boss, Miss Xu Jinglei is here!"

Bai Bing didn't know what the relationship was between her boss and Xu Jinglei.

In short, the two were rumored to be dating.

"Alright, bring her in!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly, then instructed Bai Bing, "Also, notify Wang Mingliang to come over!"

"Yes, boss!"

"Director Lin!"

Xu Jinglei followed Bai Bing in and hurriedly greeted Lin Bufan.

"Miss Xu, please have a seat!"

Lin Bufan nodded to Xu Jinglei, and after she sat down, he continued, "Presumably, Miss Xu has already read the entire script of 'Du Lala's Promotion Diary.' What are your thoughts?"

This film is clearly a workplace movie about women.

Lin Bufan isn't particularly good at making films that cater to a female audience, so he didn't make any changes to the script; it's basically the same as the original.

"Kyoto Animation's scripts truly live up to their reputation as top-tier scripts in the industry..."

Xu Jinglei looked genuinely impressed.

It's been widely known in the industry that any script produced by Kyoto Entertainment is a classic.

The films produced by Kyoto Entertainment speak for themselves.

Lin Bufan did not credit himself for the script. While crediting himself for all those classic scripts would make him stand out, the tallest tree in the forest is bound to be felled by the wind.

He's already been in the limelight enough; everything in excess is bad.

Therefore, whether it's a Hollywood film or a film from mainland China, he credits the screenwriting departments of Extraordinary Pictures and Kyoto Entertainment respectively.

The lack of specific names ironically made the screenwriting departments of Extraordinary Pictures and Kyoto Entertainment famous.

In the long run, the impact on the company is actually positive.

If it's just signed by Lin Bufan alone, the outside world, even the audience, will inevitably wonder if Lin Bufan will ever run out of creative ideas.

However, if the script is credited to the company's screenwriting department, in the eyes of the outside world and the public, the script is the result of collective wisdom and effort, which can make the audience more trusting of Kyoto Entertainment's film and television productions.

After the celebration party for "Crazy Stone", Lin Bufan handed the script to Xu Jinglei.

He wasn't afraid that Xu Jinglei would take his script and find someone else to film it. If she dared to do that, she would be cutting herself off from the entertainment industry.

After receiving the script, Xu Jinglei has been studying it carefully for the past two days.

From her perspective, she didn't see anything wrong with it or anything that could be changed.

After all, the script did undergo some optimization by the writing department, such as the dialogue and some scenes, but there were no other changes.

"Boss!"

Just then, Bai Bing brought Wang Mingliang in and knocked on the door.

"Come on, let me introduce you!"

Lin Bufan waved to Wang Mingliang: "This is Ms. Xu Jinglei. I've decided to entrust the film 'Go Lala Go!' to her as director!"

"Hello, Mr. Wang!"

"Hello, Ms. Xu!"

Xu Jinglei stood up and shook hands with Wang Mingliang.

"Alright, you two can handle the rest."

After introducing the two people, Lin Bufan waved his hand at them and said, "You two can discuss the casting details."

"Yes, boss (Director Lin)!"

……

After the two left, Lin Bufan was busy for a while when his phone suddenly rang.

"Director Lin..."

Ning Hao's voice came through the phone.

"I understand, I'll be there on time!"

Lin Bufan hung up the phone.

Ning Hao opened the phone. The dinner was originally scheduled for yesterday, but it was changed to noon today because the other party had something come up.

I glanced at the time; it was 10:30, and the agreed time was 12:00, so I had an hour and a half to go.

"Boss, it's all settled!"

Just as Lin Bufan was about to get up and leave, Wang Mingliang knocked on the door and came in to report on the progress of "Du Lala's Promotion Diary".

Just now, after half an hour of discussion, Wang Mingliang and Xu Jinglei finalized some basic details about the film.

First, there's the director's fee. Although Xu Jinglei is one of the four leading actresses, she's still a newcomer in the directing industry. So, the director's fee is 100 million yuan, which includes Xu Jinglei's lead actress salary.

Normally speaking, Xu Jinglei is one of the four leading actresses, or even the top one, and her salary is definitely not low.

However, since Xu Jinglei wanted to become a director, she would have to give up some of her profits. The director's fee plus her salary totaled one million.

As for the other actors, Xu Jinglei will discuss it in more detail with Wang Mingliang in a few days.

The production cost of the movie "Go Lala Go!" is currently 1000 million yuan, excluding star salaries.

"Okay, I got it!"

After listening to Wang Mingliang's report, Lin Bufan nodded slightly.

After Wang Mingliang left, Lin Bufan glanced at the time; it was already 11:15.

After leaving the company, Lin Bufan drove himself to the private club that Ning Hao had booked.

……

"It's already 12:30, and Director Lin still hasn't arrived. Could it be that he's angry and not coming?"

At this moment, in the private room of the private club, Lu Zheng looked at Ning Hao sitting opposite him with some concern.

"Mr. Lu, please rest assured, since Director Lin has agreed, he will definitely come."

Ning Hao comforted Lu Zheng.

"I hope so!"

As Lu Zheng spoke, he turned to look at Jing Tian sitting next to him and sighed inwardly.

If it weren't for Jingtian, he wouldn't be sitting here.

"Uncle Lu, will Director Lin be angry with me?"

Jingtian looked at Lu Zheng with some worry.

The meeting was originally scheduled for yesterday, but due to her reasons, it was postponed. The key point is that they were the ones who invited her, but she stood them up.

Jingtian didn't want it either; it was all an accident.

Because Jingtian wanted to enter the entertainment industry, her grandfather found out and called her over yesterday to give her some advice.

The result was obvious: the old man couldn't dissuade Jingtian, but this also led to Jingtian standing Lin Bufan up yesterday.

"Don't worry, I'll apologize to Director Lin in person when he arrives!"

Lu Zheng looked at Jing Tian and said with a serious expression.

Because Jingtian's grandfather was Lu Zheng's father's former boss, he couldn't let Jingtian suffer any injustice.