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

To date, the domestic cinema industry is dominated by six major chains: China Film Stellar (ranked first), Beijing New Film Union (ranked second), Shanghai United (ranked third), Wanda (ranked fourth), and China Film Southern New Line (ranked fifth).

Although there are several cinema chains, none of them are very large, and none have even a hundred screens.

The sixth-ranked cinema is Kyoto Cinemas, a subsidiary of the Kyoto Group. Although it currently only has three cinemas in Beijing, two in Shanghai, one in Shenzhen, and one in Tianjin, totaling only seven cinemas.

However, all seven can be considered large cinemas. The total number of screens in the seven cinemas is exactly 100, ranking sixth among domestic cinema chains.

At present, in addition to these seven cinemas, the group has been looking for sites in first- and second-tier cities across the country to build cinema chains.

Among private cinema chains, Wanda ranks first in China, followed by Kyoto.

However, compared to Wanda, Kyoto is still far behind. Wanda already has dozens of cinemas and more than 300 screens in China, which is more than three times the size of Kyoto.

Although Lin Bufan has already ventured into the cinema industry, he will still look for opportunities to negotiate with other cinema chains, as Kyoto Films' revenue sharing is simply too low.

He doesn't ask for much.

He takes 48% of the box office revenue from his own films, and 43% from films produced by Kyoto Entertainment. That's enough.

While it may seem like only a 5% increase each, the actual price difference can be significant when you actually negotiate.

For every 100 million yuan in box office revenue, the theaters have to pay out an extra 5 million yuan. If it's a film produced by Kyoto Animation, and it can gross several billion yuan in a year, then the theaters will receive several hundred million yuan more in revenue.

Of course, the higher the box office, the more the theaters earn. Don't forget that theaters not only earn a share of the box office revenue, but also from merchandise such as water, drinks, and snacks.

Even these additional merchandise items don't earn much less than the box office revenue share.

For example, if a movie ticket costs 20 yuan, after deducting 7% tax and funds, you will have 18.6 yuan left.

The cinema chain can get 62% of 18.6 yuan, which is 11.5 yuan.

Generally speaking, not all cinemas belong to cinema chains. Many are privately owned cinema franchises. If a cinema is a franchise, it needs to pay 20% to the cinema chain.

Ultimately, the cinema will only receive about 8 yuan, which is the gross profit from a single ticket, not including the costs of personnel, venue, and equipment.

The snacks and drinks sold in movie theaters are generally 2-3 times more expensive than outside. Basically, every moviegoer who buys snacks at the movie theater earns more than the ticket price.

……

"You saw it all?"

At Yunshui Manor, Angela Yang Ying arrived at Wen Yongshan's courtyard. The two of them, dressed in rather thin clothes, sat in the living room.

It's March now, and it's still quite cold in the north. However, when Yunshui Manor was renovated, they specially installed underfloor heating and used their own boiler to provide heating for everyone.

This would definitely cost a lot, but for Lin Bufan, it was just a drop in the ocean.

"What?"

Wen Yongshan held the teacup with both hands, glanced up at Angela Yang Ying, and then looked down at the water in the cup.

"I'm referring to those pregnant women."

Angela Yang Ying said, somewhat indignantly, "So what if she's pregnant? What's the big deal..."

Yang Ying's tone was a little sour. During the two days of the Spring Festival, as Lin Bufan requested, everyone had put aside their work and spent the Spring Festival at Yunshui Manor.

She could clearly sense that Lin Bufan treated her, Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, and Dong Xuan in a completely different way.

On the surface, they seem the same; she has everything they have, but she can still sense the subtle differences.

"Baby, you should be content..."

Wen Yongshan thought for a moment, then looked at Yang Ying and offered a rare word of advice: "They have feelings for Bufan, unlike us."

Some things may sound unpleasant, but they are the truth.

Whether it's Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, or even Dong Xuan, they all had feelings for Lin Bufan first.

Before Lin Bufan became famous, Dong Xuan and Lin Bufan were boyfriend and girlfriend, and at that time Dong Xuan was more famous than Lin Bufan.

Yang Mi, she's been following Lin Bufan around since childhood, and she's beautiful. Now she's even pregnant with his child.

Liu Yifei, the title of "Fairy Sister" isn't given lightly. She could sense that Lin Bufan was genuinely trying to treat them all equally. But she also knew that if she really had to choose one, in her opinion, Lin Bufan would definitely care about Liu Yifei the most.

"But I'm not willing to accept this..."

Yang Ying wasn't stupid. She knew Wen Yongshan was right, but she prided herself on her looks, saying that she was no worse than anyone else, whether it was her figure or not.

Since she started dating Lin Bufan, she lives in a luxury mansion, drives luxury cars, and no one dares to neglect her when she goes out. Now she gets more offers to act in movies, although none of them are leading roles, but who dares to underestimate her?

Especially in the modeling world, when you mention Yang Ying's name, she is absolutely number one.

……

Before we knew it, it was February 22nd, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

Today marks the resumption of filming for "Lust, Caution".

"Director Lin, Happy New Year!"

"Director Lin, Happy New Year!"

"Director Lin..."

Early in the morning, Lin Bufan brought Bai Bing to the film set, and the staff who passed by stopped to greet him.

Happy Chinese New Year, everyone!

Lin Bufan was all smiles; after all, he had a very happy New Year.

"Xiao Bai, give everyone a 1000 yuan red envelope later."

Lin Bufan turned to look at Bai Bing, who was standing beside him.

After all, it was the Lunar New Year, and the film crew was starting work during the holiday. As the boss, he couldn't be too stingy, since the crew only had a little over a hundred people.

1000 yuan per person, which is only a few hundred thousand yuan, but it can make more than a hundred people happy for several days, proving that the boss is not a stingy guy.

Of course, we can't give too much. According to the average salary in Beijing in 07, it was only about 3000 yuan, and even front-line waiters and other service workers earned only about 2000 yuan.

A 1000 yuan red envelope for Chinese New Year is definitely not a small amount. After all, it's just a lucky charm, and the good meaning is enough.

"Yes, boss!"

Bai Bing nodded in agreement.

"Hey, this is your New Year's gift!"

As Lin Bufan spoke, he took a box out of his pocket and handed it to Bai Bing.

This was the first time Lin Bufan had seen Bai Bing since the Lunar New Year. Everyone else received red envelopes, so how could he, as his assistant, not prepare one?