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

Inside the bedroom of a courtyard house in Caochang Hutong, Lin Bufan picked up An Yixuan and placed him on his lap. He glanced at the time; it was almost 8 p.m.

Today is December 23rd, the premiere day of "My Own Swordsman".

An Yixuan is the second female lead in this sitcom, second only to the female lead, Guo Furong.

The first episode of "My Own Swordsman" is titled "[Female Heroine Guo Angrily Smashes Tongfu Store, Manager Tong Cleverly Guides Lost People]". Guo Furong, played by An Yixuan, and her maid Xiaoqing disguise themselves as the Male and Female Duo and arrive in Qixia Town.

As the clock struck 8, Lin Bufan occasionally smiled knowingly as he watched the images playing on television.

In particular, An Yixuan's portrayal of Guo Furong completely surpasses the original version by Yao Dazui. An Yixuan himself has played the role of Lin Yueru, and from a certain perspective, the two characters, Lin Yueru and Guo Furong, have many similarities.

After watching two episodes of "My Own Swordsman" with An Yixuan, he picked him up and carried him into the room.

"How's it going on set?"

After everything calmed down, Lin Bufan put his arm around An Yixuan.

Filming for "Go Lala Go!" has been underway for almost a month, and she plays the role of Rose, Du Lala's boss in the movie.

An Yixuan already has the face of a mature and sophisticated woman, so this role was almost no challenge for her.

Moreover, the plot of this movie is very simple, and many of the key points of the scenes are focused on the character of Du Lala, so An Yixuan has no burden in playing the role of Rose.

"It's great, Sister Xu takes good care of me..."

An Yixuan nestled in Lin Bufan's arms, a happy smile on his face.

"Go Lala Go!" was a movie invested in by Kyoto Entertainment, and she was Lin Bufan's woman. Unless Xu Jinglei had lost her mind, she wouldn't dare to target An Yixuan.

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"Boss, the ratings for the premiere of 'My Own Swordsman' are out!"

The next day, after Lin Bufan arrived at the company, Bai Bing knocked on the door and came in.

"How many?"

Lin Bufan put down his pen and looked up at Bai Bing.

"The premiere ratings were only 2.32%." After Bai Bing finished speaking, she cautiously looked at Lin Bufan.

The premiere of "The Ming Dynasty: Hongwu Emperor" had a viewership rating of 2.6%. However, since it is a historical drama, the viewership rating is usually not very high when it premieres. But the next day, the viewership rating exceeded 5.1%. Otherwise, other TV stations would not have spent so much money to buy the rights to broadcast it a second and third time.

The TV series "Hongwu Emperor" has a total of 38 episodes, with two episodes airing every day. It aired for a total of 19 days, and the ratings peaked at 8.92% after 12 days of airing.

The average viewership rating was 7.88%, second only to the TV series "Qiao Family Courtyard".

It has now entered its third run and is currently being broadcast on four channels: Liaoning TV, Sichuan TV, Shaanxi TV, and Fujian TV. Even in its third run, the viewership rating has not fallen below 4%, and the average viewership rating has generally reached 3%.

The premiere ratings for "My Own Swordsman" were only 2.32%, which is quite low. After all, the subject matter is different. For sitcoms like this, if the initial premiere ratings are not high, it is difficult to improve them much later.

"It's alright, you can go now!"

Lin Bufan did not get angry as Bai Bing had expected; his expression remained calm.

He knew very well that the TV series "My Own Swordsman" saw its ratings skyrocket after its word-of-mouth exploded. In contrast, when the later version of "My Own Swordsman" first aired, its ratings were less than 2%, only 1.95%.

By comparison, it's already considered quite successful.

Just as predicted, "My Own Swordsman" achieved a 6.26% viewership rating on its second day, and climbed to 12.08% on its eighth day.

The ratings results shocked the entire television drama industry.

It's one thing for "The Emperor Hongwu" to be a hit, after all, Kyoto Animation spent 50 million yen to produce a high-quality historical drama, and the huge viewership ratings justify such a high production cost.

But what makes "My Own Swordsman" stand out?

A sitcom without any outdoor scenes; the entire series takes place in a single inn, and many characters' appearances, including some fight scenes, are conveyed through spoken dialogue.

Why does a TV series like this have such high viewership ratings?

The most unwilling to accept this situation must be the production team of "Qiao Family Courtyard".

Originally, "Qiao Family Courtyard" achieved a peak viewership rating of 10.13%, firmly holding the title of viewership champion in 06.

However, on the last day of this year, it was snatched away from the top spot in ratings by "My Own Swordsman" by just one day.

Tomorrow is January 1st, 2007. The ratings for "My Own Swordsman" will be counted next year, but it's just this one day...

"Boss, the heads of all the TV stations have arrived..."

At Kyoto Entertainment, Bai Bing, with an excited smile on her face, knocked on the door and entered Lin Bufan's office.

The TV series "My Own Swordsman" was able to air thanks to the connections of Enlight Media; otherwise, no TV station would have bought it.

Therefore, the rights to broadcast the TV series in its second and third runs were not sold.

Now that "My Own Swordsman" has become a ratings hit, purchasing directors from various TV stations are flocking to Kyoto Entertainment with only one goal: to secure the second-run broadcast rights for "My Own Swordsman".

At the very least, we need to secure the rights to broadcast the show three times.

This drama was the ratings champion in 06, and Shanghai TV really made a fortune off it.

"Let President Wang handle them!"

Lin Bufan didn't even look up, and casually gave the order.

In a few days, filming for "Lust, Caution" will begin. He has already devoted all his energy to this film, and other matters will naturally be handled by the heads of various departments within the company.

"Yes, boss!"

After Bai Bing left, Lin Bufan continued to review and fill in any gaps in the film "Lust, Caution".

The buildings in Shanghai from the Republican era of the last century are almost finished and ready for filming. The rest will be completed soon as filming continues.

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Before he knew it, it was January 1, 2007. Lin Bufan woke up and checked in first.

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