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

After Bart Elvis and the others left, Lin Bufan called Liu Chao over.

"Mr. Lin!"

Liu Chao looked at Lin Bufan with some nervousness, recalling the scene from just now.

Under Lin Bufan's "bribery," this twelve-person bodyguard team was practically his suicide squad.

In their hearts, they would not let anyone who wanted to hurt Lin Bufan go, and they would even go so far as to shield him from bullets.

"Once Black Ice Security Company is established, you will stay in America..."

Lin Bufan looked at Liu Chao and gave him earnest instructions.

Black Ice Security was not founded with the intention of entering the security industry, at least not at present.

Its existence has only one purpose: to protect (monitor) Bart Elvis and his family, ensuring that they would not, or rather, dare not, betray him.

"Yes, Mr. Lin!"

Liu Chao replied earnestly.

At that time, Lin Bufan will not only keep Liu Chao, but also three other people for him to become the core of Black Ice Security Company.

The company's core security personnel must be its own people from within China.

Every year, a considerable number of soldiers and special forces veterans are discharged from the military in China. With just a little training, they can become professional guards.

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After making arrangements for Liu Chao, Lin Bufan took Liu Yifei directly to Feifan Pictures.

"BOSS!"

Carter Dennis and his men were waiting downstairs early in the morning.

"Let's talk about it up there!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly, then led Liu Yifei into the building and to the floor of Extraordinary Pictures.

Earlier this year, Extraordinary Film Company moved to the CAA building at 2000 Avenue of Stars.

This building has 12 floors in total. The 8th and 9th floors of Block A were rented as office space.

After entering the building, the group took the elevator to the 9th floor and went straight to the chairman's office. As mentioned before, Lin Bufan may not come here often, but his office is a must.

Not only does it have one, but it's the most luxurious office in the entire company.

It's not that Lin Bufan is being extravagant; it's necessary. Otherwise, if he doesn't come back soon enough, the whole company will feel like Lin Bufan doesn't exist anymore.

"Boss, this is the company's recent project progress..."

Upon entering the chairman's office, Carter Dennis hurriedly and respectfully placed the documents he was carrying on the table.

"sit!"

Lin Bufan leaned back on the sofa, with Liu Yifei sitting beside her. After glancing up at Carter Dennis, she picked up the documents and began to read.

At the beginning of the year, the company had a total of 7 films in production, but later, due to Yang Mi's pregnancy, the start of filming for "Final Destination 2" was postponed.

Yang Mi has now given birth, and filming for the movie is scheduled to resume on December 1st.

Both "The Conjuring 1," with a budget of $20 million, and "Home Alone," with a budget of $30 million, which also started filming in January, have already finished filming.

The Conjuring 1 is scheduled to be released on October 1st, while the first Home Alone movie will be released on December 22nd, both coinciding with the Christmas season.

Filming for the second installment of "Taken," which began on February 2nd, is now nearing its end after seven months of shooting. It is expected to wrap up in about a week.

Upon seeing the "Taken" project, Lin Bufan was reminded of Fan Bingbing.

In Lin Bufan's aesthetic view, there are only two goddess-like beauties in the entire Chinese entertainment industry: Liu Yifei and Fan Bingbing.

The film took seven months to shoot. They did make a phone call during the shoot, but they never actually met in person.

Also in February, the first Twilight movie, which started filming on the 14th, has already finished filming, but is currently still in post-production and special effects work. It is expected to take at least another month and a half, with the release date expected to be January 12, 2008.

The movie "I Am Legend" originally starred Will Smith, but under Lin Bufan's direction, she was replaced by Matt Damon, which saved ten million US dollars in salary.

However, this movie is not easy to film. Filming started in March and has been going on for half a year now, and it is still not finished. According to the schedule, it is expected to be completed next year, mainly because there are too many large-scale scenes and the camera movement is quite complicated.

The main reason for filming for such a long time is that overtime is not allowed. It would be too time-consuming. If overtime is required, we would need to pay several times the salary, which would be too much of an expense and would be inappropriate.

The environment in China is better. No matter how much overtime the production crew works, they don't pay overtime. Moreover, everyone is used to working overtime frequently when filming, and it has become a matter of course.

The last movie currently in production is "World War Z". Filming only started in April, and it has only been five months. There are many large-scale scenes. It is only half completed now, and the wrap-up date is far away. It is impossible to finish filming this year. It is unknown when filming will continue next year.

Lin Bufan did the math and found that Feifan Pictures currently only has three movies in production.

"Take a look at this script!"

After putting down the project progress sheet, Lin Bufan took out a script from the side and handed it to Carter Dennis.

"The Hunger Games?"

Carter Dennis took the script and glanced at the large print on the cover.

"From now on, the company will focus all its efforts on this film series..." Lin Bufan looked at Carter Dennis and briefly introduced the theme of the film series.

"The lead role will be given to Sisi!"

"Yes, Boss!"

Carter Dennis glanced at Liu Yifei, then nodded to Lin Bufan.

"And take a look at this script too!"

Lin Bufan thought for a moment, then took out the script for "Resident Evil 1". Before coming here, he was still considering when to start the project.

But now that we see that most of the company's projects have been filmed, it's time to start the next film series.

"I've already made arrangements for the female lead; the rest is to get the crew and props ready as soon as possible."

"Yes, Boss!"

Carter Dennis glanced at the two scripts and estimated that it would take about one to two months to prepare for the two films.

"Let's go downstairs and take a look!"

Lin Bufan stood up and turned to look at Liu Yifei.

Not only is Extraordinary Film Company located in the CAA building, but TIANGONG Special Effects has also moved here, also to Block A, but on floors 3-5, renting one more floor than Extraordinary Film Company.

After all, special effects require a lot of equipment, and TIANGONG Special Effects is constantly expanding, so if the venue is too small, it simply won't fit.