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

Lin Bufan didn't know how the matter was ultimately resolved, nor did he want to.

He only knew one thing: Sun Donghai flew to Hong Kong the next day.

"Director Lin, thank you so much!"

In Lin Bufan's office at Kyoto Entertainment, Li Xiaoran looked at him with some gratitude.

During this period, she was extremely annoyed by Sun Donghai's harassment, and she was even prepared to give in.

But who would have thought that Lin Bufan would solve her problem with just one phone call?

Perhaps the whole of Beijing was wondering why Sun Donghai would suddenly leave Beijing for Hong Kong, but only Li Xiaoran knew the inside story.

"Here's the script. If you have no problems after reading it, we can sign the contract!"

Lin Bufan shook his head slightly, not continuing the topic, but instead placed the script and contract in front of the other party.

Before meeting her, he had only heard that Li Xiaoran was very fair-skinned.

But when I saw her in person, I realized what truly fair and jade-like skin meant.

As the proverb goes, "Fair skin covers up three flaws."

Moreover, Li Xiaoran could easily score 90 or even 91 points based on her looks alone. If you add her fair, almost glowing skin, her visual impact is almost comparable to that of Fan Bingbing, one of the two most beautiful women in the world.

Moreover, her whiteness wasn't a deathly pale color, which is the most important thing.

"Director Lin, I'm fine!"

Li Xiaoran looked up at Lin Bufan and saw that he was sizing her up, but she didn't mind.

She was well aware of her attractiveness to men, especially a "charming and talented man" like Lin Bufan. She would be curious if he didn't look at her.

Of course, the more important reason why she didn't mind was that Lin Bufan's gaze towards her was mostly one of appreciation, unlike some men who, upon first seeing her, were filled with lewdness.

"Go back and read the script carefully. We'll fly to Harbin on the 6th."

Lin Bufan nodded slightly to Li Xiaoran.

The filming of "Black Coal, Thin Ice" in Harbin is initially expected to last for two months. Before leaving, I definitely need to finish up my company business.

On October 3rd, filming began for "Crazy Racer," directed by Ning Hao, with Huang Bo unsurprisingly returning as the lead actor, and the rest of the cast remaining the same.

However, Lin Bufan did not attend the press conference for the start of filming. Instead, he took Bai Bing and Zhang Tianai to the 15th floor of Building 6 in the Oriental Plaza Trade City.

This is the office space of Zhewei Capital.

All the companies under the Kyoto Entertainment Group have moved to the Kyoto Building. The Kyoto Building has a total of 35 floors, and currently 12 floors are empty, while the rest have been occupied by other companies and departments.

However, Lin Bufan did not rent out these 12 floors, nor did he move Zhewei Capital there.

Moving Zhewei Capital to the Kyoto Building might seem like bringing all of their businesses together, but one is in entertainment and the other in finance, and their businesses are completely different.

One day, Kyoto Entertainment will grow so large that it will fill all 35 floors.

On the contrary, the Oriental Plaza Trade City has a lot of investment companies, and even the offices and branches of Fortune 500 companies in Beijing are basically located here.

This is very beneficial for Zhewei Capital when it comes to projects it wants to invest in.

As soon as Lin Bufan and his men stepped out of the stairwell, Xu Hongfei, Meng Shuyao, and Zhou Mingxuan were waiting at the bottom of the stairs.

"Mr. Lin!"

Lin Bufan had already stepped down as the general manager of Zhewei Capital, so it was naturally inappropriate to address him as "General Manager Lin" anymore. However, Lin Bufan was the big boss, so in the end they adopted the Hong Kong way of addressing him as "Mr. Lin".

"kindness!"

Lin Bufan glanced at the three people before walking into the company.

Although he is no longer officially employed by Zhewei Capital, the largest office here is still reserved for him.

"Please sit down!"

After entering the office, Lin Bufan sat on the sofa and nodded slightly to Xu Hongfei, Meng Shuyao, and Zhou Mingxuan.

"Xiao Bai, you sit down too!"

Lin Bufan glanced at Bai Bing, who was standing next to him.

"Yes, boss!"

Bai Bing took a deep breath and then sat down next to Lin Bufan.

From the moment she sat down, her identity was about to undergo a dramatic change.

"Let me introduce you to the white cypress first!"

Lin Bufan looked at the three of them, and after they greeted each other, he continued, "Effective immediately, Zhewei Capital will establish a risk control department, with Bai Bing serving as the director of the risk control department..."

In front of the three of them, Lin Bufan announced the establishment of the risk control department.

Xu Hongfei, Meng Shuyao, and Zhou Mingxuan are the general manager, the chief financial officer, and the vice president of investment, respectively. Now, Bai Bing, the risk control director, has been added.

In the past, with Lin Bufan gone, Xu Hongfei held absolute power at Zhewei Capital.

Initially, things were fine, but as Zhewei Capital expanded, Lin Bufan realized that money could move people's hearts, and this was something that was beyond human control; it was human nature.

Faced with such a huge amount of money and assets, no one could resist the temptation.

Lin Bufan understood the principle that "if the water is too clear, there will be no fish." It was absolutely impossible to control his subordinates from being greedy, but he also absolutely could not tolerate it.

Only by keeping greed within certain limits can a company develop better.

Meng Shuyao and Zhou Mingxuan were hired later. Meng Shuyao is the financial director, and she is required to sign off on any project that requires a signature.

If anything happens, she can report it directly to me and will not accept Xu Hongfei's control.

Although Zhou Mingxuan is the vice president of investment and is nominally Xu Hongfei's deputy, the general manager of investment, he can still check and balance Xu Hongfei's power and has the authority to report directly to Lin Bufan.

The three of them were essentially supervising each other.

It seems like there's a separation of powers and mutual oversight, but what if they reach an agreement? That's why a risk control department has been established, and the director is naturally Bai Bing, whom he trusts the most.

"I've reviewed the company's recent investments, and they've been quite successful..."

Lin Bufan looked at the group of people in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.

He is quite satisfied with the companies that Zhewei Capital has recently invested in.

Last month, Zhewei participated in UCWeb's Series B funding round, investing $10 million to acquire a 12% stake. This browser-focused company was later fully acquired by Alibaba for over $4 billion about 14 years later.

The current ten million US dollars will easily increase in value several dozen times when Alibaba acquires UCWeb in a few years.

Three months earlier, in July, Zhewei Capital participated in Qihoo 360's Series B financing, at which time Qihoo 360 was valued at $200 million.

During its Series B funding round, Zhewei Capital acquired an 11% stake in Qihoo 360 for $2200 million, leading the investment.

Lin Bufan valued this investment highly. Seventeen years later, the company's market value peaked at 75 billion US dollars. The current 11% stake would be worth more than 8 billion US dollars in 17 years, which is more than 400 times the current value of 22 million US dollars.