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

If the reporter's question was merely an unintentional slip of the tongue, then Lu Chuan's response was practically a direct naming of someone.

His answer not only shocked the reporters present, but even the actors present looked at Lu Chuan with surprise.

Who is Lin Bufan?

That's the only Chinese person to win an Oscar for Best Director in China, or even in China. There are several Chinese people in China or even the world who have won the three major European awards.

There is only one Chinese person in the entire world who has won the Oscar for Best Director, and that is Lin Bufan.

This is the true value of Lin Bufan's work. In addition, the domestic box office champion is also a film directed by Lin Bufan. Therefore, Lin Bufan's status in China is undoubtedly that of the number one director.

Of course, in terms of seniority, Lin Bufan is still young, but in terms of achievements, only Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige can rival him; no other director can compare.

And just today, you, Lu Chuan, actually dared to say such shameless things. The actors present were all worried that they might be implicated because of acting in Lu Chuan's movie.

The original cast for the movie "Nanjing! Nanjing!" was Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Fan Wei, and Qin Lan. However, because Gao Yuanyuan had been with Lin Bufan for a long time, she naturally did not take on the role.

Gao Yuanyuan is actually a rather laid-back woman; she's quite lazy when it comes to filming.

Before Lin Bufan came along, she could be a little more diligent, but ever since she got together with Lin Bufan, she lives in a luxurious villa of several hundred square meters and drives an Aston Martin worth millions.

There's also a monthly allowance of 500,000 yuan. Don't underestimate this allowance; it was in 2007, how much did a top-tier star earn for a film?

Currently, the top actresses in China only receive 10 to 15 yuan per episode, and most TV dramas nowadays have around 20 episodes, with very few having 30 episodes.

Furthermore, if a female star only appears in 18 episodes of a 20-episode TV series, she will be paid based on the 18 episodes, not the 20 episodes.

In total, even the top actresses in China can only earn between 200 and 300 million yuan for a 20-episode TV series.

A TV series typically takes more than three months to film, which is considered fast; some TV series may take a year and a half to film.

If it's about movie salaries, even the "Four Dan and Two Bing" actresses would only get 2 million yuan. Of course, that was the "Four Dan and Two Bing" of the past. Now, Fan Bingbing has become an international superstar because of "Taken". She has become the second actress in China to receive an 8 million yuan salary offer after Zhang Ziyi's 10 million yuan salary offer. Yang Mi followed closely behind with a 6 million yuan salary offer.

The main reason is that Fan Bingbing and Yang Mi are not as established in Hollywood as Zhang Ziyi is now.

Compared to that, Gao Yuanyuan's life is so much better now. She gets about 600 million yuan in pocket money every year, not even counting the luxury bags and other items that Lin Bufan buys for her worth hundreds of thousands of yuan every day.

Ultimately, since Gao Yuanyuan did not agree, Lu Chuan found Yuan Quan to replace her in the role.

……

"Boss, this Lu Chuan is just too infuriating..."

Before Lin Bufan could comment after reading the image, Bai Bing glared angrily at the portrait of Lu Chuan on the computer screen.

"I……"

"Knock knock knock!"

Just as Lin Bufan was about to speak, there was a knock on the door.

"Enter!"

"Chairman, some reporters from the media want to interview you, but they were all turned away downstairs because they didn't have an appointment..." A secretary came in, glancing sideways as if she didn't see Bai Bing and Lin Bufan being intimate.

The secretaries in the secretariat, although all women, are only of average appearance and figure; their greatest strength is their ability.

Which media outlets are involved?

"There were reporters from media outlets such as The Beijing News, Southern Metropolis Daily, Yangtze Evening Post, and Sina Entertainment."

"Let the reporters from Sina Entertainment come up here!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly and gave the instructions.

Back in 2006, Shanda was unable to gain control of Sina, so it ultimately chose to cash out and leave. Starting in November, Shanda prepared to sell 3.7 million shares of Sina.

Originally, Shanda was going to sell to Citigroup, but then Zhewei Capital emerged and snatched the shares from Citigroup.

Following that, in February and May of this year, Zhewei Capital acquired 4 million and 2.1 million shares of Sina respectively, ultimately purchasing 19.5% of Sina's shares and becoming Sina's largest shareholder.

Then, in June of this year, it purchased another 5.5% of Sina's shares from the secondary market, increasing its stake from 19.5% to 25%, remaining Sina's largest shareholder.

Currently, Sina's founder, Sitong Group, owns only 4.7% of the company's shares, with the remainder held in the secondary market by major financial institutions and retail investors, including those from Wall Street and mainland China.

Zhewei Capital is now Sina's largest shareholder, and for Lin Bufan, Sina can be considered one of his own.

"Yes, Chairman!"

After the secretary left, Bai Bing got up and straightened her clothes. Reporters would be coming up soon, so she naturally needed to tidy herself up.

A few minutes later, reporters from Sina Entertainment arrived at Lin Bufan's office with a cameraman and other interview team.

"Hello, Mr. Lin!"

Clearly, the reporter from Sina Entertainment is a sensible person.

Perhaps he also knew that Sina Entertainment was a subsidiary of Sina Corporation, and that Sina Corporation's largest shareholder was Zhewei Capital, which in turn was an enterprise under Lin Bufan.

After looking around, Lin Bufan in front of him was essentially his boss.

"Mr. Lin, do you have any reservations about being interviewed?"

A Sina Entertainment reporter cautiously glanced at Lin Bufan.

"Anything is fine, you can ask me anything."

Lin Bufan didn't care about any of this. After Bai Bing helped him tidy his clothes, he sat down on the sofa, leaned back, and looked relaxed.

For Lin Bufan now, some interviews are nothing to be ashamed of. Whether it's his career or his private life, there's nothing he's afraid to say.

Most importantly, he believed that the reporter in front of him should know what he could and could not ask.

"In that case, let's officially begin!"

The entertainment reporter cleared his throat, nodded slightly to the cameraman, turned on the camera, and after a brief introduction, looked at Lin Bufan with the microphone: "Director Lin, what are your thoughts on what Director Lu Chuan said at the press conference for the start of filming of 'Nanjing! Nanjing!'?"

Lin Bufan gave this interview mainly for this reason.

"You mean that Rikutaro..."

Lin Bufan glanced at the entertainment reporter, then smiled as he faced the camera.