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

Who is it?

Gao Yuanyuan was still asleep when she heard the doorbell ring. It had been ringing for a long time but no one answered. She didn't know where the nanny was, so she had to come and open the door herself.

"you……"

As soon as Gao Yuanyuan opened the door, a large bouquet of flowers appeared before her eyes.

Waking up to such a large bouquet of flowers is a very romantic thing for any woman, regardless of how much money she has.

Putting aside Gao Yuanyuan's own wealth, the allowance Lin Bufan gives her every month could fill the entire villa if she wanted to buy flowers.

However, she was still happy to see the flowers in front of her, and she knew who had sent them.

The next second, the flowers moved down, revealing Lin Bufan's face.

"Happy birthday!"

Lin Bufan held a bouquet of flowers in his hands, looking at Gao Yuanyuan standing at the door with a smile on his face.

"Hmph, at least you have some conscience!"

Gao Yuanyuan gave Lin Bufan a charmingly disdainful look before turning away.

Last year, she was filled with joy and anticipation for her birthday, but a whole day passed and Lin Bufan not only didn't celebrate her birthday, but didn't even make a phone call. He had clearly forgotten her birthday.

This year, she didn't remind him either, wanting to see if Lin Bufan truly cared for her.

Fortunately, Gao Yuanyuan felt Lin Bufan's sincerity, at least he remembered her birthday and came to celebrate it with her.

Little did she know, it was fortunate that Zhang Tianai reminded him, otherwise he would have really forgotten, and in fact, he was going to fly to Harbin to film a movie in just a few days.

After Lin Bufan entered the villa, Gao Yuanyuan saw the nanny standing outside. At that moment, she understood why the nanny was not there. It turned out that Lin Bufan had prepared a surprise for her.

"It's someone else's birthday, and they just give me a bouquet of roses!"

In the living room, Gao Yuanyuan said this, but her face was full of smiles as she fiddled with a bouquet of roses on the table.

"Look what this is!"

As Lin Bufan spoke, he took out a delicate little box from his pocket and placed it in front of Gao Yuanyuan.

"What is this?"

Gao Yuanyuan looked at the exquisite little box in front of her and then looked at Lin Bufan with curiosity.

"Guess!"

"They just couldn't guess..."

Gao Yuanyuan pouted and acted coquettishly, but when she opened the box and saw the ring inside, tears of excitement welled up in her eyes: "A diamond ring..."

What appeared before Gao Yuanyuan was a diamond ring, and it was a rare colored diamond, a pink diamond ring.

"I got this through an auction; it weighs 5.23 carats..."

Lin Bufan stepped forward, hugged her from behind, and whispered in her ear, "Although I can't prepare a perfect wedding for you, in my heart, you are like my wife..."

All sorts of free, yet cringe-worthy, sweet nothings came out of Lin Bufan's mouth.

The effect was obvious. Gao Yuanyuan put down the diamond ring, turned around, wrapped her arms around Lin Bufan's neck, and kissed him directly.

It's hard for any woman to resist the allure of a diamond ring, especially one that's over 5 carats.

Looking at the somewhat wild Gao Yuanyuan, Lin Bufan couldn't help but think that the diamond ring gift was excellent.

This 5-carat pink diamond ring was purchased from an auction for nearly 200 million yuan through an intermediary.

Diamonds are generally considered to hold their value poorly, and this is indeed true; in fact, about 95% of diamonds do not hold their value.

The value retention rate of diamonds also varies in several tiers.

For example, diamonds under 30 points have virtually no value retention. No matter how much you spend on them, they're only worth a couple hundred dollars if you want to sell them, and that's considered a lot.

Diamonds with a point value higher than 30 but lower than 50 can retain their value by about 10%, meaning a diamond bought for 10,000 can be sold for a little over 1,000.

Only diamond rings over one carat can retain their value at half, or 50%. A ring bought for over 30,000 can eventually be sold for over 10,000.

Diamonds weighing 3 carats or more retain 80% of their value, and if they are in good condition, they can basically guarantee a return on investment.

However, if it's a diamond ring over 5 carats, there's no doubt that it's a sure thing. It just depends on how much you can make when you finally sell it. The larger the diamond, the more important it is not just its value retention rate, but also its appreciation rate.

Just like the five-carat pink diamond that Lin Bufan gave to Gao Yuanyuan, its value will not decrease for at least twenty or thirty years, no matter when it is placed.

In fact, the technology for artificially grown diamonds has existed for decades, but the cost was too high.

It wasn't until after 07, when mainland China achieved an epic breakthrough in diamond cultivation technology, that the cost of artificially grown diamonds was reduced, with the production cost of a one-carat diamond compressed to around three thousand yuan.

Similarly, the larger the carat size of a diamond, the higher the production cost. Even twenty years from now, a five-carat lab-grown diamond will sell for almost the same price as a natural diamond.

For this reason, lab-grown diamonds are generally less than 1 carat, and at most no more than 3 carats.

Exhausted to the point of being unable to lift her legs, Gao Yuanyuan fell into a deep sleep, her face filled with a happy expression, even though she hadn't been able to marry Lin Bufan and hold a wedding with him.

But with this diamond ring, she knew Lin Bufan's heart, and that was enough.

When Gao Yuanyuan opened her eyes, Lin Bufan was no longer beside her.

"Why!"

Gao Yuanyuan sighed with some disappointment, but she also understood that Lin Bufan was about to leave for Harbin to film a movie, and she was already very grateful that he could take the time to come and celebrate her birthday with her.

I glanced out the window and saw that it was already dark, so I could imagine how long she had been asleep.

Suddenly, Gao Yuanyuan felt a pang of hunger in her stomach, so she put on her clothes and prepared to go downstairs.

"Wow, it smells so good!"

As Gao Yuanyuan walked down the stairs, she smelled a delicious aroma: "Aunt Liu, what delicious food have you made?"

At that moment, Gao Yuanyuan was starving, and the aroma made her feel like she could eat a whole pig.

"I'm awake!"

However, to Gao Yuanyuan's surprise and delight, when she walked to the kitchen door, she saw Lin Bufan, who had supposedly "disappeared".

"I thought you left first!"

Gao Yuanyuan jumped directly into Lin Bufan's arms, wrapped her arms around his neck, and squeezed her thighs tightly around his waist, as if afraid that he would disappear in the next second.

"Silly girl, it's your birthday today, how could I possibly leave early!"

Lin Bufan gently stroked Gao Yuanyuan's nose, his tone slightly indulgent.

Despite her mature and sophisticated appearance, Gao Yuanyuan is actually like a little girl at heart.

"hey-hey!"

Gao Yuanyuan tilted her head and leaned on Lin Bufan's shoulder, giggling happily.