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

"Boss, they're here!"

About an hour later, Carter Dennis brought a stranger to Lin Bufan.

"Boss, this is Harvey Kyle, president of Jones Toys."

"Harvey, this is the boss!"

After Carter Dennis finished his introduction, he quickly turned to look at Harvey Kyle.

"Hello, boss!"

After listening to Carter's introduction, Harvey Kyle hurriedly and respectfully introduced himself to Lin Bufan.

"Okay, have a seat!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly to the two of them.

After the other person sat down, he looked at Harvey Kyle and said, "Tell me about the company's recent developments!"

"Yes, boss!"

Harvey Kyle hastily restructured the company, and this is the current operational situation.

Simply put, there are almost no major changes compared to before.

Although the license for "Kung Fu Panda" has been granted to Jones Toys, the toys have not yet been widely distributed because the movie has not been released yet.

"Carter!"

After listening, Lin Bufan nodded slightly, then looked at Carter Dennis: "License all the remaining peripheral copyrights of the company to Jones Toys for development."

"Yes, boss!"

Carter Dennis nodded in agreement.

He can handle the company's normal operations, but matters like licensing out movie merchandise rights are something only Lin Bufan can decide.

He doesn't have that authority.

Or, to put it another way, Lin Bufan did not delegate this authority to Carter Dennis.

Lin Bufan had an innate sense of wariness towards these white people.

The more power a person has, the more power they want; it's human nature.

Therefore, Lin Bufan could not possibly grant them such great power, and all such power had to be within the established framework.

Otherwise, if these people were to wield too much power, one day when he returns to Hollywood, he might suddenly discover that his company has changed hands.

Especially after Lin Bufan's previous exchange with Flynn Oswald, he gained a deeper understanding of American capital.

You can never be too careful with these people.

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After dealing with the Jones Toys business, Harvey Kyle left.

"Here's a script, our first project for next year!"

As Lin Bufan spoke, he handed the script for "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" to Carter Dennis.

Do you know the director Gore Verbinski?

Lin Bufan remembered that Gore Verbinski was the director of the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films in his previous life.

If possible, Lin Bufan would definitely prefer that he be the director.

Actually, Lin Bufan's initial idea was to film the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series himself.

But after the premiere of "2012", his thoughts changed.

I'm already a reborn person with a system, why should I let the truck driver have all the credit?

If this allows the other side to continue dominating the global box office, then he, as a reborn individual, would be a complete failure.

Regardless of whether he ultimately succeeds, he felt he should give it a try.

How can you know you won't succeed if you don't try?

Therefore, Lin Bufan decided to hand over the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series to outsiders for filming.

"Boss, director Gore Verbinski has now signed with our Extraordinary Film Company," Carter Dennis said hastily.

"Oh?"

Lin Bufan was somewhat surprised, as he was unaware of this situation.

Through Carter Dennis's explanation, Lin Bufan gained a general understanding of Gore Verbinski's situation.

Back in 1997, the other party filmed a dark comedy called "The Mousetrap," which cost $60 million but only grossed $1.25 million at the box office.

That's all I can say. This movie lost money at the box office, but if you include merchandise, it should be able to recoup its costs in about three to five years.

After all, the lower the box office of a movie, the lower the price of its merchandise, and the harder it is to sell, making it more difficult to recoup costs.

The second film is a Mexican movie called "Dangerous Lover," which was filmed in 01. It's an action-comedy romance film with a budget of $3800 million and stars Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts. It only grossed $6800 million at the box office.

It's another movie that didn't make a profit, but the payback period is more than three or even five years.

Until 2002, he directed an American version of The Ring, which pioneered the American version of Japanese horror, earning him a Saturn Award nomination. More importantly,

This horror film, with a budget of $4800 million and a box office of $2.29 million, made him an instant star.

Originally, he was supposed to film the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies after this, which would solidify his position as a major Hollywood director.

However, because Lin Bufan had already signed off on the "Caribbean" series, the movie disappeared.

As the world has corrected itself, Gore Verbinski has made several films in recent years, but without exception, they have all flopped.

It was even less successful than films like "The Mousetrap," and it didn't make a ripple at all in the film industry.

After two films flopped in a row, Hollywood production companies voted with their feet and decided not to use each other anymore.

Ultimately, with no other option, Gore Verbinski turned to Extraordinary Film Company and decided to make a horror movie.

To Lin Bufan's surprise, it was truly a case of finding something without even looking for it.

"Is he/she at the company? Call him/her over!"

Lin Bufan looked at Carter Dennis.

"Okay, boss, I'll have someone ask!"

Carter Dennis responded and then went out to find someone, to look for Gore Verbinski.

Good news! Gore Verbinski was at the company. After receiving the news, he rushed to the office.

"Boss, that's Gore Verbinski."

After whispering something to Lin Bufan, Carter Dennis stood up and walked over to him: "Gore, this is our big boss, Mr. Lin!"

"Boss?"

Gore Verbinski looked at Lin Bufan with some surprise.

He went to see the movie "2012" which was showing in theaters, so he naturally knew who Lin Bufan was.

But he didn't expect that the other party was just like him, a director in the company, or at most a shareholder.

Unexpectedly, the other party turned out to be the company's big boss.