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

In the end, after some selection, Su Mo kept 12 screenwriters and left the conference room with the rest of the people.

"Tian'ai, serve everyone tea!"

Lin Bufan said, looking at everyone, "Since you've all been chosen, you must all be capable!"

"Let me first tell you about the compensation. After the script is completed and approved by the screenwriting department, everyone will receive a bonus of 100,000 yuan!"

One hundred thousand yuan is not a small sum of money these days.

"Thank you, Mr. Lin!"

The screenwriters present all had their eyes light up, and at the same time felt a sense of urgency.

They are all screenwriters at the company, and no one knows better than them how strict the screenwriting department is in reviewing scripts.

Sometimes, they even wanted to take matters into their own hands and beat up the guys in charge of the review process, nitpicking over every little thing.

Sometimes, even if it's just a single word off, the script is sent back for a second review.

Of course, such strict censorship results in scripts produced by Kyoto Animation being absolutely flawless in terms of logic.

The flaw mentioned here refers to whether the film's logic is consistent with itself.

For example, you can't expect movies or TV series with fantasy or martial arts themes to constantly pursue various physical logics. As long as the movie or TV series is logically consistent, that's enough.

"Let's just discard the previous storylines!"

As Lin Bufan spoke, he threw down the script in front of him and looked at everyone: "The creative background of this film is set in the future..."

In Lin Bufan's narration, he slowly explained the worldview of the film.

The background is set in the future, where countries, facing energy shortages, begin exploring the underwater world and eventually discover that they can enter a magical world through the Land of Ruins.

"Mr. Lin, what is this Ruins of Return?"

One of the twelve screenwriters suddenly raised his hand.

"Guixu is a name from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and it actually refers to the Mariana Trench," Lin Bufan explained. "In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Guixu is the final destination of the sea..."

"Understood, Mr. Lin!"

Once you have a world-building framework, adding stories becomes much simpler.

As for how well the story is written, that depends on the screenwriters. One person's ideas are limited, and Lin Bufan doesn't think that his own story will surpass the ones they've worked on together.

As the saying goes, a generous reward will surely attract brave men, and screenwriters are no exception.

……

The next day, Lin Bufan arrived at the company and unexpectedly saw Ning Hao.

"Rat, what are you doing at the company?"

Lin Bufan looked at Ning Hao with a puzzled expression.

"Director Lin, filming for 'Crazy Racer' has wrapped up. I'm going back to the company to edit it."

Ning Hao glanced at Lin Bufan, somewhat speechless.

"Yeah?"

Lin Bufan said, then patted Ning Hao on the shoulder: "I believe in you!"

After saying that, he turned and left.

Ning Hao shook his head as he watched Lin Bufan's retreating figure, then plunged into the editing room.

Although filming is finished, the editing process is still very important.

Based on Lin Bufan's understanding of Ning Hao, it would take at least a month for him to finish editing the film.

……

Lin Bufan originally thought that the script would take at least a month, or even three months, to be completed.

But to Lin Bufan's surprise, he received a message early this morning saying that the screenwriter had finalized the first draft and asked him to take a look.

"President Lin!"

When Lin Bufan entered the conference room, he saw twelve screenwriters, almost all of whom had dark circles under their eyes, clearly indicating that they had stayed up all night the previous night.

"Remember to rest; there's no need to rush the script!"

Lin Bufan frowned slightly. The script was important, but the people were even more important.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, we're still young, we'll be fine!"

There were twelve people, and although that was the saying, a warm feeling welled up in their hearts when they heard Lin Bufan's caring words.

Lin Bufan glanced at the scripts that everyone was handing him.

The script reads "Gui Xu: A Spiritual Realm of Mountains and Seas" in six large characters.

"Nice name!"

Lin Bufan nodded in satisfaction at the name, then turned to the next page.

The first thing that catches the eye is a sentence, which is a brief introduction: In order to plunder the "Soul Crystal", humans invaded the underwater fairyland, but accidentally awakened the ancient ferocious beasts sleeping in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

The general plot is set in the year 3099 AD.

Due to the depletion of surface energy resources, the Gate to Ruins was unexpectedly discovered deep in the Mariana Trench during the development of seabed energy resources.

For the sake of the world outside the gate, the human faction established a massive "mech squadron" and forcibly tore open the Gate of Return to Nothingness.

Behind the door was not a dark abyss, but an inverted crystal sea realm, where gravity was completely reversed, with a huge immortal mountain floating in the air and glowing weak water flowing at one's feet.

Here, you can see creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas everywhere.

The yellow car carried children from other races, weaving through the coral reefs, while schools of manta rays swept across the sky like a silver storm.

Yun is a descendant of an ancient beast-taming family. He entered the Crystal Sea Realm together with the human mecha forces.

Here, he encountered Ni, the guardian of the Crystal Sea Realm. Ni had a human head and a snake's body, and her mount was a small but extremely fast deer-like creature.

The deer-like creature resembles a horse with a white head, and its markings are like a tiger's.

Yun was deeply impressed by the Crystal Sea Realm and ultimately decided to help it resist the human invasion. However, this resulted in the humans capturing a divine beast with healing abilities, the Qilin.

Just as humans were trying to extract the 'soul crystal' from its body, they angered Xiang Liu, the ultimate guardian of the Ruins of Return.

Looking at the script, Lin Bufan felt like he was having an orgasm.

If this movie were filmed in 3D, it would definitely be spectacular.

In the end, humanity was defeated and retreated. The Gate of Return to the Void was about to close. In order to prevent humanity from retaliating against the Glass Sea Realm, the guardian "Ni" sent Yun back to the land and transformed her "spirit" into a beam of light, merging it into Yun's chest.

When Yun returned to land, a glowing scale appeared on its chest.

If the box office results are only average and not ideal, this ending can be left as is. However, if the box office is a hit, a sequel can be arranged.

"How long will it take to finalize this script?"

Lin Bufan took a deep breath and looked at his writing team.

"Mr. Lin, one month!"

The twelve people exchanged glances, clearly having discussed this issue before, and finally gave Lin Bufan an answer.

Currently, only the outline of the film has been completed; the specific content and details still need to be added.

"If you can finalize the script within a month, I'll give each of you an additional 5 yuan bonus!"

"Thank you very much, Mr. Lin!"

With Lin Bufan's words, the twelve screenwriters were instantly energized, eager to start working immediately. In the end, they were only allowed to go back to rest after Lin Bufan urged them to.

They've already stayed up all night; what if they die suddenly if they keep going?

They are all young men in their twenties. Although it's hard to say for sure if they have young children, they must have elderly parents. If something happens to them, how can he, as their boss, explain it to their families?

Although Lin Bufan considers himself to be a powerful figure, he is definitely not the kind of powerful figure that preys on others.