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

Before we knew it, it was November 12th.

Today also marks the start of filming for "The Starry Night".

"Boss, the film crew has arrived!"

Inside the Rolls-Royce, Bai Bing quietly reported to Lin Bufan, who was resting with his eyes closed.

"kindness!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly and opened his eyes.

When he got out of the car, the entire crew, from the director to the ordinary supporting actors, was already waiting for him.

"Director Lin!"

Lin Bufan got out of the car, and director Shang Jing stepped forward.

"Let's go inside and talk!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly and glanced around.

Lin Bufan didn't change anything about the TV series "The Starry Night," except for changing the female lead. The original female lead was named Liu Hena, a Korean star.

However, now that Kyoto Animation has become the main producer of this TV series, they naturally won't choose them again, even though they did portray the character very well.

But Lin Bufan believed that Zhao Liying would definitely not let him down.

"Director Lin, hello!"

Lin Zhiying walked up to Lin Bufan.

"Hello!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly to the other party. The Lin Zhiying in front of him was the Asian Little Whirlwind back then. What people talked about most in later generations was his extraordinary agelessness.

He's clearly over forty years old, but he looks like a young man in his twenties.

In this TV series, Fang plays Zhong Tianqi, who is the absolute male lead.

Besides the male lead, Lin Bufan also met the second female lead, Hong Xiaoling, who plays the role of Ou Yaruo. She has a very aggressive face, and she is very beautiful.

If scored on a 100-point scale, Hong Xiaoling would score at least 80 points.

Unfortunately, Lin Bufan had seen many beauties who scored over 90 points, including Liu Yifei and Fan Bingbing, two actresses in the entertainment industry who were almost 99 points or close to 100 points.

Naturally, he wasn't very interested in Hong Xiaoling.

"So, are you confident?"

Lin Bufan looked at director Shang Jing.

"Director Lin, I have confidence!"

Shang Jing looked at Lin Bufan with a serious expression. These words were not only for Lin Bufan, but also for himself.

Like actors, it is very difficult for directors to make a career change, even more so than for actors. Shang Jing used to be a director of sitcoms.

To put it bluntly, even a dog could be a director of a sitcom.

There's absolutely no need to adjust the camera position, or even use any sophisticated camera techniques or metaphors; you can simply follow the steps and shoot.

For Shang Jing, the TV series "The Starry Night" was a challenge.

"And you? I'm casting you as the female lead, so don't disappoint me!" Lin Bufan nodded slightly, then turned to look at Zhao Liying beside him.

No matter what, Shang Jing has been a director before, although he directed sitcoms.

However, Zhao Liying is a complete newcomer.

In later generations, Zhao Liying's acting skills were remarkable. Her roles as Minglan in the TV series "The Story of Minglan" and the mute girl in "Article 20" are enough to demonstrate her acting prowess.

But that was in later years; the current Zhao Liying has never acted in a film or television series.

"Director Lin, I'm confident I won't let you down."

Zhao Liying looked at Lin Bufan with a resolute expression.

She knew very well that she was able to get the lead role in the TV series "The Starry Night" entirely because of the incident she caused at the premiere of "Rob-B-Hood".

Whether it's Lin Bufan or Kyoto, for the sake of spending a fortune to acquire a horse's bones, they will definitely give themselves top-tier resources.

If I can seize this opportunity, I'll be on a winning streak, if not a perfect one.

But what if I don't seize the opportunity and ruin the performance in the TV series?

It will be very difficult to obtain such top-tier resources in the future. By then, the outside world will understand that it's not that Kyoto doesn't support her, but rather that she is utterly hopeless.

For Kyoto and Lin Bufan, it had no impact whatsoever, but for Zhao Liying, it was like the sky had fallen.

So no matter what, she has to play this role well.

Since receiving the script, Zhao Liying has been studying the character of "Xia Zhixing". Now she dares not say that she can play the role 100% well, but she is at least 80% confident that she can play the role well.

"By the way, what about the second and third male leads?"

Lin Bufan turned his head and glanced at it.

Back then, Lin Bufan also watched the TV series "The Starry Night". But just now, when he glanced at it, he only saw the male lead, the female lead and the second female lead, but he didn't see the second male lead who played Zhong Tianjun and the third male lead who played Han Zhiyin.

After Lin Bufan finished speaking, he saw Lin Zhiying and Hong Xiaoling lower their heads and remain silent, Zhao Liying's eyes flickered, and director Shang Jing also hesitated to speak.

"Xiaobai, what's wrong?"

Lin Bufan turned to look at Bai Bing.

"Boss, here's the thing..."

Bai Bing quietly reported this to Lin Bufan.

The TV series "The Starry Night" is actually set not in mainland China, but in Taiwan. When the project was first launched, some Taiwanese investors wanted to invest.

However, they were all rejected.

If it were mainland capital, Lin Bufan might have agreed to it out of consideration for his connections, but what about Taiwanese capital?

Lin Bufan rejected them all.

Coincidentally, the actors who played Zhong Tianjun and Han Zhiyin were both contracted actors with film and television companies in Taiwan.

Unfortunately, both actors were chosen by Lin Bufan, so his staff had no choice but to patiently communicate with them. In the end, the film and television company from Taiwan agreed, but on one condition: the scenes of the second and third male leads had to be filmed together. So, even though filming for "The Starry Night" has started, they haven't come.

Compared to them, the companies and investors behind Lin Zhiying and Hong Xiaoling didn't have as much trouble, so the crew arrived as soon as filming started.

"Substitute!"

Lin Bufan's expression was somewhat unpleasant.

He originally thought that he would try to get the original cast and crew back, so as to save himself the trouble.

Unexpectedly, the subordinates misunderstood and the Taiwanese film and television company managed to manipulate them. They really spoiled them.

"Yes, boss!"

Bai Bing hurriedly replied.

The director, Lin Zhiying, Zhao Liying, and the others standing nearby all kept quiet, not daring to say anything when they saw Lin Bufan, who seemed to be in a bad mood.

To them, Lin Bufan was not only an Oscar-winning director, but also the boss of Kyoto Entertainment and one of the industry's bigwigs.

"Xiaobai, if something like this happens again, remember to remind me, understand?"

After leaving the film crew, Lin Bufan looked at Bai Bing with a serious expression.

"Yes, boss, I understand!"

Bai Bing nodded in agreement.

"By the way, I remember today is the premiere of 'The Hongwu Emperor,' right?"

Lin Bufan suddenly remembered.

The drama was originally called "Zhu Yuanzhang", but Lin Bufan changed it to "The Great Ming Empire: Hongwu Emperor". He wanted to create a series of TV dramas called "The Great Ming Empire".