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

The celebration banquet for the domestic release of "2012" was organized by China Film Group Corporation, and all the stars in the industry, whether from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, attended without exception.

Just kidding. If you dare to disrespect China Film Group today, Han Sanping will dare to prevent your starring film from getting the film license for release tomorrow.

"today……"

Han Sanping stood on the stage, looking at the crowd below, and delivered a lengthy speech.

Lin Bufan did not go on stage.

Given his current status and position, he has absolutely no need to seek the limelight.

As for Director Tong, he left after talking with Lin Bufan.

"Director Lin, do you have time to chat?"

Suddenly, a voice came from beside me.

As the celebration banquet began, Lin Bufan casually walked to a table, wanting to grab some food; he was a bit hungry.

Normally, at banquets, the food on the table is mostly for viewing, and very few people actually touch it.

But Lin Bufan is different. He doesn't care what others think of him because of his status.

"It's Director Wu!"

Lin Bufan turned around at the sound and saw Wu Yusen, a director from Taiwan.

"Just say what you need to say here!"

Lin Bufan didn't have a very good impression of Wu Yusen. In his opinion, the only successful film Wu Yusen made was the classic movie "A Better Tomorrow".

His rise to fame began in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, with the film "A Better Tomorrow" becoming a sensation throughout Hong Kong and even Southeast Asia.

However, his subsequent films were somewhat lukewarm at best.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, John Woo ventured into Hollywood and finally filmed Mission: Impossible 2 in 2000, which became the highest-grossing film worldwide that year.

But seriously, was the success of this movie really because of him?

If he hadn't understood Hollywood before, he might have thought so, after all, the other party had made such high-grossing movies.

However, once you understand how a director survives in Hollywood, you'll find that many directors in Hollywood are actually quite unreliable.

In short, you don't even have the right to edit the film, so what makes you think you're a Hollywood director?

As it turned out, after this film, John Woo made several more movies, but they all flopped at the box office, forcing him to return to China in disgrace.

However, he still claims publicly that he returned for the development of the domestic film industry.

So last year, they tricked China Film Group into investing in and filming "Red Cliff." Actually, movies based on the Three Kingdoms period are quite good.

The Four Great Classical Novels are the biggest intellectual property in China.

As a result, because of this old guy, the movie "Red Cliff" almost ruined the Three Kingdoms IP.

After "Red Cliff," many Hong Kong directors devoted themselves to this series, but none of them understood history.

How can you possibly capture this subject well if you just take random, haphazard shots?

As Lin Bufan was pondering this, an idea suddenly popped into his head: Kyoto could definitely develop a "Three Kingdoms" series IP.

In fact, some simple ideas had already begun to emerge in his mind.

To put it bluntly, a good commercial director only needs to make the audience enjoy the film.

The brotherhood between Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei could easily be used to create a film series.

As long as the scale is large enough, and a little bit of fiction is added, it's perfectly fine.

The more Lin Bufan thought about it, the more he felt there was potential.

Of course, this film series can't possibly cover everything from Youzhou to the end in a single movie; the length would be too short to film anything.

Let's start with the simplest ones, one by one, and start with titles like "Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turban Rebellion".

However, to make a good historical film, grand scenes are essential, and there aren't many directors in China who can handle such large-scale films.

"Zhang Yimou!"

A figure suddenly flashed through Lin Bufan's mind.

If we're talking about Chinese film directors who can handle large-scale scenes, Zhang Yimou is undoubtedly the one. His film "Hero" is truly a classic.

The only pity is that it will be difficult to win over Zhang Yimou.

……

"I wonder if Director Lin would be interested in investing in the movie 'Red Cliff'?" Wu Yusen looked at Lin Bufan and began to introduce the movie.

In fact, the film had already finished shooting, but during the editing process, he found some shots that were not good, so they needed to be reshot.

It would cost around ten million, but he didn't want to spend that money himself, so by chance, he came to Lin Bufan to give it a try.

According to John Woo, Red Cliff is an epic and magnificent film.

However, Lin Bufan's strongest impression of the movie was "the scene where Mengmeng stands up..."

However, in this life, since Lin Chih-ling did not sign with Central Entertainment and even came to the mainland to rely on him, Wu Yusen wanted to use mainland actors to support Taiwanese actors, but he could not find Lin Chih-ling.

I just don't know who got the role of Xiao Qiao.

"Sorry, I'm not interested in Director Wu's film!"

After Lin Bufan finished speaking, he turned around and left without giving the other party any face at all.

Others may not know, but surely he does?

Wu Yusen has never looked down on the mainland. In his opinion, mainland actors, even the top stars, can only play supporting roles to newcomers from Taiwan.

Lin Bufan didn't scold this kind of person on the spot, even though he was in a pretty good mood today.

"you……"

Seeing Lin Bufan's attitude, Wu Yusen stood there dumbfounded, his face extremely ugly.

Right now, countless people in the banquet hall are watching all of this; he's completely lost face.

"Bufan, what did Old Wu do to offend you?"

Seeing this, Han Sanping walked over curiously and looked at Lin Bufan.

"I simply don't like him!"

Lin Bufan spoke in a calm tone.

Seeing Lin Bufan's reaction, Han Sanping stopped talking. He had assumed that Lin Bufan had offended him and was wondering if he could act as a go-between.

But now it seems that Lin Bufan really dislikes the other person, so let's just let it go.

Although he made the final decision to invest in "Red Cliff," it doesn't mean he sided with John Woo. He knew very well who was more important.

……

"Your chance has come! I'll take you to see Director Lin!"

In a corner of the banquet hall, Cai Yinong brought Liu Shishi there, naturally wanting to establish a relationship with Lin Bufan.

After the last "Myth", Cai Yinong returned home and ultimately did not agree to Lin Bufan's request, and Kyoto Holdings acquired Tangren.

Since then, the two sides have had no further contact.

Many people from the entertainment industry came uninvited to the celebration banquet for "2012", including Cai Yinong and Liu Shishi.