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

"Two episodes have aired so far, how do you feel about it?"

In the evening, after dinner, Lin Bufan played with his two children for a while, then held Liu Yifei on the sofa and waited for the premiere of "The Ming Dynasty: Hongwu Emperor".

The series premiered on Beijing TV during prime time.

All told, Kyoto Animation has completed two TV series so far: "The Ming Dynasty: Hongwu Emperor" and "My Own Swordsman".

The currently filming drama, "The Starry Night," is the third TV series.

"The plot is captivating, especially the costumes and scenes, which are truly eye-catching."

Liu Yifei sat next to Lin Bufan, her upper body leaning against his lap, and gave a serious review after watching the video.

The original version of "Zhu Yuanzhang" only cost around ten million yuan. The costumes, props, and other items were actually very simple, not to mention the visuals.

The total investment for "The Ming Dynasty: Hongwu Emperor," adapted from the novel "Zhu Yuanzhang," produced by Kyoto Entertainment, was 50 million.

Especially in terms of costumes, props, and sets, they are extremely meticulous, and they are very willing to spend money on them, even for some big occasions.

In Lin Bufan's vision, he planned to make "The Ming Dynasty" a classic series, with meticulous attention to detail in costumes, props, and sets, and he was not afraid to spend money.

The original TV series had 46 episodes, but after being edited again by the Kyoto Entertainment scriptwriting department, it became a 38-episode series.

However, it was precisely because of the reduced number of episodes that the company also lost a lot of money.

For the TV series "The Ming Dynasty: Hongwu Emperor", Beijing TV acquired the first broadcast rights for 150 million yuan per episode, and Beijing TV Entertainment ultimately earned a total of 5700 million yuan.

It earned 700 million yen from just one premiere, which may not seem like much, but it was actually because Kyoto Entertainment was entering the TV drama industry for the first time.

The reason we were able to get this price is because the quality of the TV dramas watched in Beijing and Taiwan is very high.

Now we'll see if this TV series will become a ratings hit. If it does, the rights to its second or even third run could fetch a good price.

No wonder, entertainment companies these days mostly produce TV dramas and very few movies...

Lin Bufan did some mental calculations and came to a conclusion.

As long as the quality of a TV series isn't too bad, and as long as a TV station is willing to pay for it, making TV series is definitely a profitable business. In comparison, it's hard to say about the film industry.

If the audience doesn't buy it, the box office will flop.

"Honey, Kyoto Animation signed Li Bingbing?"

After watching the TV series, Lin Bufan and Liu Yifei were chatting when the latter suddenly asked a question.

Liu Yifei saw this news online earlier today.

"kindness!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly: "President Shen has already reported to me that the other party's requirements are not very high, so we signed with them."

Shen Xiuying had reported to Lin Bufan from the very beginning when Li Xue was communicating with Kyoto.

However, Li Xue's signing requirements were too high at the time, even demanding film and television resources comparable to Fan Bingbing's, meaning he wanted Hollywood resources.

There are some things Lin Bufan can give you, but you can't accept them.

Moreover, back then, Fan Bingbing was under tremendous pressure when she signed with Kyoto Studio, which is why she was able to obtain such abundant resources. In fact, Kyoto Studio only accounted for 50% of Fan Bingbing's studio.

Even Yang Mi's studio is 60% owned by Kyoto, and Fan Bingbing's treatment is directly comparable to that of Dong Xuan and Wan Qian's studios.

However, Dong Xuan is now pregnant and even plans to retire from the entertainment industry to focus on being a wife and mother, which is the life she wants.

Wan Qian's approach is even simpler: she accepts good scripts, but if there aren't any, she'd rather act in a stage play.

Humans are like this: when they don't have something, they want it; only after they have it do they pursue their own preferences.

Wan Qian used to love acting in plays, but sometimes she had to be realistic, since the lives of stage actors are vastly different from those of celebrities.

It was at this moment that Lin Bufan rose to prominence.

For Wan Qian, resources that she never dared to dream of before are now readily available. Moreover, in terms of lifestyle, she lives in Tomson Riviera and drives a Bentley Continental Coupe. Undoubtedly, this car was obtained by Lin Bufan through his sign-in activity, and Wan Qian is currently driving it.

She lived in a luxury mansion, drove a luxury car, and Lin Bufan gave her 500,000 yuan in pocket money every month.

She doesn't have any big ambitions now, mainly because she's not that ambitious. So when she's in Shanghai, she mainly rehearses and performs in plays.

As for film resources, she wouldn't even bother with anything that wasn't a good script or role.

Neither Lin Bufan nor Shen Xiuying would agree to Li Xue's request.

Finally, Li Bingbing personally spoke with Shen Xiuying, saying that while they didn't have to be compared to Fan Bingbing, their resources absolutely couldn't be worse than Zhou Xun's.

Li Bingbing had no choice; she was originally the top female star at Huayi Brothers.

The company also promised to give her the lead role in "A Battle of Wits," but not long after, Huayi Brothers signed Lin Xinru, and CEO Wang personally talked to Li Bingbing, promising her that she would definitely be the lead actress in Huayi Brothers' next film.

Given Huayi Brothers' current situation, signing Lin Xinru must have taken a lot of effort, including securing the film "A Battle of Wits".

Li Bingbing was unsure whether, next time, if there were any good resources available, the company would ask her to make concessions in order to sign other actors.

Once it happens the first time, it's hard to avoid doing it a second time.

Therefore, Li Bingbing has already made up her mind that she must leave Huayi Brothers, and after leaving Huayi Brothers, Kyoto is the best choice.

For no other reason than to secure future resources in Hollywood, she is determined to sign with Kyoto Animation.

Although the contract did not include any clauses regarding Hollywood resources, Li Bingbing believed that once she entered Kyoto, she would definitely be able to obtain Hollywood resources through her own abilities.

According to the contract signed between Kyoto Studio and Li Bingbing, Kyoto Studio and Li Bingbing jointly established a studio, with Kyoto Studio holding 70% of the shares in Li Bingbing's studio and receiving the same treatment as Zhou Xun.

Li Xue also resigned from Huayi Brothers and joined Li Bingbing's studio to be in charge of its operation.

It is said that during the day today, news came from Kyoto that after opening a studio in cooperation with Li Bingbing, the office of Huayi Brothers' CEO, Xiao Wang, was filled with noise for half an hour.

According to the cleaning staff, almost everything that could be smashed in the office was smashed to pieces, even the desks were completely destroyed.

Clearly, Li Bingbing's move to Kyoto Animation has caused immense damage to Huayi Brothers and to the Wang brothers.