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

"Whoosh..."

A splash of water rose, and Tao Hong's head emerged from the water.

"Director Lin..."

Tao Hong's cheeks were flushed, and she looked at Lin Bufan with a charming gaze.

"You're very good..."

Lin Bufan leaned against the poolside, looking at Tao Hong in front of him.

What he just witnessed underwater was an experience he had never had before. Tao Hong, as a former member of the synchronized swimming team, moved with incredible agility and skill underwater.

"Speak, what did you want to ask me to come here for?"

Lin Bufan came out of the pool, sat on a pool chair, and turned to look at Tao Hong who was following behind him.

"Director Lin, my son Xu Zheng recently wrote a script, but he lacks investment. What do you think..." Tao Hong knelt down in front of Lin Bufan, looking at him with a fawning expression.

An actor who doesn't want to be a director isn't a good actor, at least that's what Xu Zheng thinks.

He had wanted to be a director for a long time, and he even directed "Li Wei the Magistrate 2" himself, although that was a TV series.

Now, Xu Zheng has come up with a movie script, but having never directed a movie before, he naturally has no investors to fund it.

Finally, Xu Zheng thought of Lin Bufan, but he knew that he and Lin Bufan had no connection, so he thought of asking his wife Tao Hong to help make the connection.

Although Xu Zheng and Tao Hong are husband and wife, they basically do their own thing.

Xu Zheng took such things in stride and didn't care much about them.

"Have Xu Zheng bring the script to the company tomorrow!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly.

Xu Zheng is a man of some talent, but he is rather mercenary.

……

The next day, Xu Zheng, led by Bai Bing, arrived at Lin Bufan's office.

"President Lin!"

Xu Zheng stood somewhat reservedly in front of Lin Bufan.

Today, he is here as a film director seeking investment, so he should naturally be addressed as Mr. Lin.

"sit!"

Lin Bufan got up, walked to the sofa, and gestured to Xu Zheng.

"Mr. Lin, here's the script, please take a look..."

After Lin Bufan sat down, Xu Zheng handed him the script with both hands, and then carefully sat down in front of Lin Bufan, half-sitting on the sofa.

""Night Club""

Lin Bufan took the script; two large characters were written on the cover.

It's this movie!

Lin Bufan not only knew about the movie "Night Shop," but he had also watched it in his previous life; it was a pretty good comedy.

What was the budget for this movie?

Lin Bufan glanced at it briefly, then closed the script and looked up at Xu Zheng.

"Two million!"

Xu Zheng hurriedly answered, and then looked at Lin Bufan with some unease.

Xu Zheng was aware of what had happened yesterday, but he never thought that Lin Bufan would agree after just one time, since he wasn't exactly a golden man.

"Two million..."

Lin Bufan tapped the armrest of the sofa lightly with his finger, and after a few seconds looked at Xu Zheng: "I've invested in this movie!"

Two million is nothing to Lin Bufan.

Moreover, when the movie was released in the original world in 09, it grossed nearly 1300 million at the box office. It was definitely profitable; the only difference was how much.

Moreover, if Kyoto Animation were to handle the production of this film, it would receive several times more screen time and publicity than before.

Perhaps the box office will also increase significantly.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Lin!"

Xu Zheng felt a surge of excitement.

In fact, he could come up with two million on his own, but two million is almost all of his current assets.

This is not the era of high salaries that will come later, where even a minor celebrity can earn millions or tens of millions of dollars.

However, Xu Zheng dared not risk his entire fortune; making movies is risky.

If the movie fails to make a profit at the box office and doesn't even recoup its costs, that would be terrible.

With a budget of two million, it would take at least six million to break even. Of course, this is for Xu Zheng. After all, for a director like him, getting 30% of the total box office revenue after finding a distribution company to release the film is considered pretty good.

Taxes account for 7%, and of the remaining box office revenue, the production company only gets 38%, and of that 38%, the distribution company has to take a 5%-10% cut.

For Xu Zheng, a new director in the film industry, to ultimately receive 30% of the profits is already considered extremely fortunate.

In other words, if the box office reaches ten million, he will only receive three million.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Kyoto Entertainment's movies almost always gross over 100 million yen. Back then, movies typically grossed tens of millions, and even millions, hundreds of thousands, or tens of thousands were commonplace.

"Boss!"

After Xu Zheng left, Bai Bing came in with a somewhat solemn, even grim, expression.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Bufan looked up at Bai Bing and patted his thigh.

"Who bullied you?"

After Bai Bing sat on his lap, Lin Bufan hugged her and looked at her with amusement.

It's been almost two years since Bai Bing became his assistant, and this is the first time he's seen Bai Bing so angry.

"Boss, this Lu Chuan is really going too far."

Bai Bing turned her head to look at Lin Bufan with a sullen expression.

"Oh? How did he offend you?"

Bai Bing was wearing a pair of black stockings today, and Lin Bufan's large hand caressed them: "These stockings feel nice today..."

"Ugh...!"

Bai Bing blushed and hurriedly reached out to stop Lin Bufan's mischievous hand. Then, remembering Lu Chuan, she said angrily, "Boss, look..."

Bai Bing stood up, leaned on the table, turned on the computer screen, typed a few words on the keyboard, then turned to look at Lin Bufan: "Boss..."

"Don't move..."

Bai Bing probably didn't even realize how alluring her current movements and posture were.

……

An hour later, Bai Bing, her legs sore and weak, collapsed into Lin Bufan's arms.

"By the way, what were you going to say?"

After entering a state of enlightenment, Lin Bufan suddenly remembered what had just happened.

"I almost forgot..."

Bai Bing pointed at the computer: "Boss, look at what that guy Lu Chuan said..."

Just a few hours ago, Lu Chuan held a press conference to launch the filming of "Nanjing! Nanjing!", during which a reporter asked him a question.

Lin Bufan has recently started filming a movie and asked Lu Chuan if she wanted to compete with him on the same stage.

In reality, it was just a gimmick by the reporters; no one present took it seriously, but Lu Chuan herself did.

Not only did he take it seriously, but he also said in front of numerous reporters: "My film, *Nanjing! Nanjing!*, is a profound film, unlike some Hollywood directors who only make comedies and romances..."