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

Besides The Hunger Games, films like Final Destination and Taken also had writing teams.

Similarly, each group consists of 16 people, with a 5% bonus on profits.

Of course, the copyright of the script belongs to the company and has nothing to do with the screenwriters.

Something this important must be kept in our own hands.

The difference is that "Final Destination" starts from the seventh movie, and of course, the logic of the previous movies is also enhanced.

The Final Destination series has never been a high-grossing series, generally hovering around $1 million, with only the sixth installment exceeding $3 million.

Fortunately, the production cost of this film series is low enough. On average, each film costs just over 20 million US dollars, and there is still a profit after deducting various expenses.

Taken starts with the fourth installment, and the series only has three films.

The subsequent plot will require the screenwriter to deduce the clues.

For Lin Bufan, the screenwriting industry is actually most valued by domestic screenwriters, because the pay for domestic screenwriters is too low. Otherwise, he could easily crush those so-called "great" Hollywood screenwriters.

Of course, there must be both rewards and punishments. If there are only rewards and no punishments, people will become complacent over time. This has nothing to do with who it is; it's human nature.

The punishment is that if the box office of a film series does not surpass that of the previous film, or even falls short of the previous film by more than 10%, the screenwriters will only receive the minimum guaranteed salary for that year, with no year-end bonus or any other rewards.

Of course, the basic salary of these screenwriters is not low. In 07, it reached 8000 yuan per person per month, which is considered a high salary. These screenwriters mainly earn their year-end bonuses and film bonuses.

If they were given a taste of success, such as each receiving millions, and then only receiving minimum wage the following year, they would not be willing to accept it, so they would study the plot with all their might.

As the saying goes, three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang, let alone 16 people. Everyone brainstormed ideas, and then, through discussion, they connected these ideas.

Among the 16 people, there will be 2 foreign screenwriters, mainly to fit some Western lifestyles and prevent the plot from deviating too much.

After all, it's a movie that's going to be released globally.

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Lin Bufan paid no attention to the outside noise and focused all his energy on filming the movie.

Perhaps, Gwei Lun-mei is truly the destined leading lady of this film, and the role of Wu Zhi-zhen is not difficult for her at all.

Similarly, with Liang Jiahui's acting skills, he can easily handle the role of Zhang Zili. Whether it is his reaction at the shooting scene and the instinctive trembling of a person, or his performance later, he is better than Liao Fan's original portrayal.

Liao Fan's acting skills are certainly good, otherwise he wouldn't have won the Best Actor award at Berlin for this movie. However, his acting skills are still a bit lacking now. But he has no problem playing Liang Zhijun, the female lead's ex-husband.

Of the three actors, Yu Ailei, Wang Jingchun, and Ni Jingyang, apart from Detective Wang, the other two don't have many scenes.

"Click!"

"You two come here for a moment!"

Lin Bufan sat behind the monitor with a walkie-talkie in his hand. A few minutes later, Wang Jingchun and Gui Lunmei came to Lin Bufan.

The scene being filmed now is Rongrong, the laundry shop owner played by Wang Jingchun, assaulting Wu Zhizhen, played by Gui Lunmei, behind the laundry shop.

"Remember, Wu Zhizhen is your employee, and this isn't the first time. Be more open in your actions, don't hold back, understand?"

"Understood, Director!"

Wang Jingchun nodded hurriedly.

"And you, don't let your expression fluctuate too much during this. Try to be calm or even expressionless. Wu Zhizhen is already used to this kind of thing, and it won't cause her any emotional fluctuation, understand?"

"Yes, Director!"

"Okay, let's take a five-minute break before filming again!"

Lin Bufan waved his hand, signaling the two to leave.

"President Lin!"

After Gui Lunmei and Wang Jingchun left, Zhang Tianai came to Lin Bufan's side.

"Tomorrow is Miss Dong Xuan's birthday, what do you think...?"

"If you hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten!"

Lin Bufan then remembered, but it's not his fault. With so many women, if he really had to remember, he wouldn't be able to recall whose birthday it was.

However, he's currently filming, so he definitely can't go back.

"As is customary, prepare a birthday gift and send it over."

"Yes, Mr. Lin!"

Zhang Tianai nodded.

The next day, on Dong Xuan's birthday, Lin Bufan video-chatted with her remotely via QQ. Lin Mo, who was born on June 5th, is now 5 months old.

At first, when Liu Yifei gave birth to twins, Lin Bufan didn't have much of a feeling; he just felt like he suddenly had another child.

However, as I've gotten older and have had more and more children over the years, my sense of responsibility towards them has also grown stronger.

The 10th was Zhou Huimin's birthday. Like Dong Xuan, I bought her a gift and we had a video call on her birthday.

Lin Bufan spent the rest of his time filming movies.

Filming for "Black Coal, Thin Ice" began on October 8th, although it was delayed for two days due to Li Xiaoran's broken leg.

After a full month of filming, we're already halfway through, and we expect to wrap up filming in another month.

The film "Black Coal, Thin Ice" itself was not difficult to shoot. There were no large-scale scenes, and as long as the actors' acting skills were up to par, the shooting progress was naturally fast.

Leung Ka-fai's acting skills are beyond question, and with the added support of Gwei Lun-mei as the leading lady, the filming progress was naturally very fast.

On the 11th, the box office results for the first four weeks of "The Conjuring" were released. In North America, it grossed $5251 million in its first week, ranking first.

The second week's box office was $4510 million; the third week's box office was $3015 million; and the fourth week's box office was $1987 million.

After four weeks, the total box office in North America was US$14,763 million, and the overseas box office was US$198,29 million, for a total global box office of US$34,592 million.

Aside from being removed from overseas theaters, it will continue to be shown in North America for another four weeks, and is expected to gross another $3000-5000 million at the box office.