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

After watching the movie, Liu Yifei took Lin Bufan's arm and quietly left the cinema first.

She was also worried that if someone noticed her after the movie ended and the lights were turned on, it would be troublesome.

Lin Bufan didn't have this worry. As a director, he mainly worked behind the scenes, and not many people actually knew him.

Moreover, directors and stars are inherently different. Stars can have fervent fans, but directors will never have that kind of fervent fandom.

"It's Lin Bufan..."

But the next second, Lin Bufan was proven wrong.

Liu Yifei, arm in arm with Lin Bufan, had just stepped out of the theater and was about to leave when she was recognized by several girls in the waiting area.

"What? Where's Lin Gou?"

Upon hearing the name Lin Bufan, the previously noisy hall suddenly fell silent for a moment, and then everyone rushed towards Lin Bufan.

"this……"

Seeing this, Lin Bufan was stunned. He was just a behind-the-scenes director with a bad reputation online and a reputation for being promiscuous... How could so many people like him?

"Please don't push, take your time..."

Fortunately, the Kyoto cinema noticed the situation and quickly sent security guards in, which stabilized the situation.

An hour later, Lin Bufan rubbed his sore hands and left the Kyoto Cinema with Liu Yifei.

"I really don't understand, I don't even have that many fans..."

Lin Bufan couldn't quite understand it.

Little did he know that for fans, good looks often equate to justice.

When it comes to looks, Lin Bufan prides himself on being second in the country, and no one dares to claim to be number one. That's just how righteous looks are.

Although he was a bit of a womanizer and had many rumored relationships with female stars, and even Liu Yifei had a child with him, these were not negative factors in the eyes of his female fans.

In fact, these female fans felt it was an honor for Liu Yifei to have a child with Lin Bufan, and if they could, they would like to have a child with Lin Bufan as well.

At the same time, Lin Bufan has never been pretentious when it comes to his male fans; in modern terms, he is down-to-earth.

Although he has been linked to many female stars, making his male fans hate him to the core, they also have to admire his courage and responsibility.

In fact, these men were well aware of this as well.

If they were Lin Bufan, they might be even more adept at it than him, but they might not be as capable of handling things as he is.

Based on all of the above, Lin Bufan believes that he doesn't have many fans, but in reality, he has fans all over the country.

Of course, an even more important point is that he holds the Oscar for Best Director, which is a source of national pride. In today's China, there are almost everywhere people who admire the West.

Unlike later generations, who, after being demystified, discovered that Americans were nothing special.

Lin Bufan held Liu Yifei's hand and strolled around the streets for half a day, buying quite a few gifts before finally returning to Yunshui Manor.

……

The next day arrived in the blink of an eye, February 19th, which was also the second day of the Lunar New Year.

"Boss, news from the company: the opening day box office for 'Lost in Thailand' is out. It grossed 1380 million yuan on its opening day..."

On the other end of the phone, Bai Bing's voice sounded somewhat excited.

With a box office of 13.8 million on its opening day, this movie is sure to break 100 million in the end. As for how much it will ultimately gross, it's hard to say and will depend on word-of-mouth.

"Notify the publicity department to further increase the publicity efforts for me!"

Lin Bufan's tone was serious.

This is a great opportunity, as it's currently the holiday season, and "Lost in Thailand" had a good opening day box office, not to mention its positive reviews.

Only by increasing publicity efforts and attracting more people to the cinema can we quickly boost box office revenue during holidays.

"Yes, boss!"

Under Lin Bufan's orders, Kyoto Entertainment's publicity department went into full-scale operation, and the publicity efforts for the movie "Lost in Thailand" were no less than those for Lin Bufan's "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate".

With Kyoto Entertainment's aggressive promotion and the positive word-of-mouth surrounding "Lost in Thailand," the film grossed over 2540 million yuan on its second day of release.

On the third day, the box office climbed to 3095 million.

After three days, the total box office reached 7015 million, a figure that can be said to have completely surpassed the original version's performance.

The original "Lost in Thailand" was released during the summer season and had little promotion, ultimately only grossing 3700 million yuan at the box office.

"Breaking 100 million is just around the corner, 200 million is also very possible, as for 300 million..."

Based on Lin Bufan's experience, the movie "Lost in Thailand" should have a box office of over 2 million, but 3 million is basically impossible.

After all, things are different now than in later years. Even though "Lost in Thailand" dominated the New Year's film season, the New Year's film season is still in its early stages, so it's already quite good that it has this effect.

The movie "Lost on Journey" had a production cost of only 5 million yuan, but the publicity costs, including the Chinese New Year period, were close to 10 million yuan.

The total cost is approximately 15 million. If the final box office exceeds 200 million, based on domestic box office revenue sharing, after deducting various expenses such as taxes, development funds, and distribution costs, Kyoto Entertainment will receive approximately 33%, which is 66 million. After deducting costs, the final profit will be 50 million.

"The revenue share is still too low!"

Lin Bufan felt somewhat displeased when he thought about how the theaters took the lion's share of the box office revenue.

The current situation is that after deducting taxes and development funds from the total box office revenue, the producers only receive about 38% of the remaining share of the box office revenue, while the theaters receive 62%.

Only Lin Bufan's movies can get a 40% share, and this is only because the theaters are giving him preferential treatment for his movies.