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

Lin Bufan parked his car at the entrance of the five-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard house) at Andingmen, got out of the car, and stood next to the car door.

A few minutes later, Liu Yifei drove a red Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano and stopped in front of Lin Bufan. Then, Liu Yifei, dressed in a white tracksuit, got out of the car.

"husband!"

Upon seeing Lin Bufan, Liu Yifei walked forward with a radiant smile and took his arm.

"Let's go, they'll be here soon."

With a smile on his face, Lin Bufan led Liu Yifei into the courtyard.

Liu Yifei's red Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano was undoubtedly the one Lin Bufan obtained through the holiday gift pack check-in.

However, Lin Bufan didn't like sports cars, so this sports car had been gathering dust in the garage.

It wasn't until the other women found out about this that they divided up all the cars he had signed for. Liu Yifei preferred Ferraris, so she drove off with this Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano.

As they entered the courtyard, Liu Yifei followed Lin Bufan, carefully examining every plant and tree within.

The courtyard house is not particularly well-preserved, but it's not bad either. If you can manage it, you can move in right away.

However, this is not what Lin Bufan wants.

Having finally secured a five-courtyard house, Lin Bufan certainly couldn't just treat it like this.

Courtyard houses within the Second Ring Road of Beijing are extremely rare in later generations, and their prices are astronomical, especially this five-courtyard house, which covers an area of ​​over 5500 square meters.

Based on future housing prices, a small courtyard house of 100 square meters would cost over ten million yuan, let alone this courtyard house of over 5500 square meters.

This courtyard house, even if sold by the square meter, could fetch nearly 10 billion yuan. However, even if someone were willing to buy it, there's no guarantee that anyone would actually sell it.

Owning a five-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard house) within the Second Ring Road of Beijing is an absolute symbol of status. Unless a family is in decline, no one would sell such a siheyuan.

To ensure future comfort, the courtyard house will definitely need to be renovated.

After signing the lease on this courtyard house last December, Lin Bufan had already found a decoration company to design it. Now, almost half a year has passed, and after several revisions, the decoration plan is finally ready today.

"President Lin!"

Around 10 a.m., the owner of Baiyi Decoration Company arrived at the courtyard house with the company's chief designer.

"sit!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly, indicating to the other party.

"good!"

After the boss sat down, he looked at his designer.

"Mr. Lin, here is the renovation plan. Please take a look!"

The designer got up and handed the renovation plan to Lin Bufan.

"Okay, I'll take a look first."

Lin Bufan nodded slightly and opened the renovation plan to examine it carefully.

According to the plan provided by the other party, the most important point is that the Chinese-style decoration style will remain unchanged, and the exterior of the courtyard house must be preserved.

However, extensive changes were made to the room.

The main reason is that it is located in the north, where winters are too cold, so heating is the most important thing. The entire interior is equipped with underfloor heating, and the heating equipment mainly relies on gas.

Secondly, each room is designed as a suite, with a bathroom inside, saving you from having to go outside to use the toilet in the dead of winter.

If you get up at night to go outside, you'll be freezing cold the moment you step out.

In terms of insulation, a lot of insulating materials were used to ensure that the indoor temperature would not be lost quickly.

Of course, in addition to improving living comfort, some changes were also made to the garden to better suit the aesthetics of modern young people.

According to the plan, the first thing you enter from the main gate is the first courtyard, which consists of a row of rear-facing houses and a gatehouse.

The doorman was undoubtedly reserved for the family's nanny.

The rear room has a large reception room, which can be used to receive guests if they are not very important.

Apart from the reception room, all the other rooms in the back row are reserved as maid rooms for future domestic helpers. There are a total of 8 small bedrooms, all of which are suites.

You can enter the second courtyard through the central hanging flower gate.

To the left of the second courtyard is Lin Bufan's study, and to the right is a small courtyard with 12 rooms for servants and nannies.

Such a large courtyard house definitely requires more than a few nannies. Just cleaning the outside area every day would require a lot of people, not to mention cleaning the inside, cooking, and so on.

Twenty rooms for nannies and maids are enough.

In the very center is a large hall, also used for receiving guests. This is where important guests are received. If you want to go to the third courtyard, you have to go in from behind the screen in the hall.

In the middle of the three courtyards is the main hall, which is a large living room. To the left is a dining room with two large round tables, each of which can accommodate 16 people.

On the right is a large tea table, a place for casual conversation and relaxation.

There are two east wing rooms and two west wing rooms on each side of the courtyard. If you have good friends staying overnight, you can stay in the three-section courtyard.

However, the east wing was converted into an entertainment room and a mahjong room for entertainment purposes, while only the west wing was reserved for the owners.

Next to the main hall is a moon gate, through which you can enter the fourth courtyard. The fourth courtyard is where the family members live, with east and west wing rooms. These rooms are twice the size of the east and west wing rooms in the third courtyard. In addition to the bedroom, there is a separate living room, bathroom, and small kitchen.

To the right of the main hall is the bedroom, and to the left is a side room, which is an inner study. You can enter the inner study from the main hall or from the door of the side room.

The fifth courtyard consists of a row of two-story rear buildings with 36 suites. Although each suite is not very large, it is still a one-bedroom, one-living room, and one-bathroom layout. Compared to the east and west wing rooms of the fourth courtyard, it only lacks a small kitchen.

In addition, there are moon gates in the fourth and fifth courtyards, which allow access to the gardens between the courtyards.

Although this five-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard house) occupies only 5500 square meters, its main building area exceeds 10,000 square meters.

The garden has been reduced in size, mainly to make room for parking.

The original courtyard house had a small side gate in the southeast corner, which was used by servants and carriages in ancient times. There was also a row of stables inside the side gate.

After the renovation, the side gate was enlarged to become the garage entrance, and all the stables and similar structures inside were demolished. At the same time, some area was encroached upon in the direction of the small garden to build a small parking lot.

According to Lin Bufan's plan, this courtyard house will be essential for their family's future living needs, while the Yunshui Villa will be transformed into a place for entertainment and leisure.

This parking lot can accommodate a total of 20 cars.

The parking lot has two exits. One exit leads to the kitchen through the courtyard, where cooking takes place.

The second entrance is in the second courtyard, used by family members.

Lin Bufan was quite satisfied with the overall plan.

Of course, the premise of a satisfactory design also means that the renovation cost of this courtyard house has reached an astronomical level.

The total cost will be nearly 200 million yuan, and it will take almost two years to complete the renovation.