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

"What's going on? Don't they say foreign countries are free? Why do women have to take their husband's surname after marriage?"

"I used to only know that in island nations, women take their husbands' surnames after marriage, but I didn't expect it to be the same in America."

"Dude, wake up! What do you mean by 'this is true in America'? It's true in most countries of the Western world."

"Did Jessica take Director Lin's surname voluntarily, or did Director Lin insist?"

"It's hard to say, but I guess it's voluntary, since according to our Chinese custom, the surname comes before the given name."

"I think so too. Jessica Lin, that kind of name fits Western concepts. Director Lin probably doesn't even know about this."

"Enough said, just one sentence: Director Lin is awesome!"

Lin Bufan never expected that just this one thing would cause such a huge sensation online.

Fortunately, no feminists emerged at this time; otherwise, I imagine many guys online would be saying, "Open your eyes and see the world!"

"Boss, would you like to accept interviews from any reporters?"

After Lin Bufan had browsed through the forum, Zhang Tianai, who was standing next to him, offered a reminder.

"No interviews, please!"

Lin Bufan shook his head slightly; it was better not to make a scene like this.

He never intended to show off this.

"Okay, boss!"

Zhang Tianai responded, then suddenly remembered something and continued, "By the way, boss, I've found the information about the Hamptons that you asked me to look up. Here's the data."

"Okay, you can go out now!"

After taking the documents, Lin Bufan waved to Zhang Tianai.

After the other party left, Lin Bufan looked at the information on the document and finally learned where Hamptons was.

The Hamptons is located in the Long Island beach resort area near New York City.

The people living here are all world-renowned billionaires, as well as some bigwigs from Wall Street. After all, it's very close to Wall Street, only a little over an hour's drive away.

Looks like I won't need to stay in a hotel if I go to New York in the future!

Lin Bufan had been to New York, but he could only stay in hotels there, since he didn't own any property there. He hadn't wanted to buy any before, thinking he could acquire it through daily check-ins.

Later, the system was upgraded, and Lin Bufan didn't go to New York during that year, so he forgot about it.

Unexpectedly, after the system was upgraded again, this function reappeared, and I actually signed a contract for a property in New York.

This Hamptons estate is quite large, covering a full three acres.

An American acre is a US unit of land measurement, with one acre being approximately 4046.86 square meters, while one acre in China is roughly 666.66 square meters.

The Hampston Estate, spanning three acres, covers an area of ​​12140.58 square meters, making it a luxury mansion equivalent to 18.2 acres in China.

Moreover, it's located in the most exclusive waterfront area of ​​the Hamptons, with a price tag of up to $5000 million.

Three acres may seem like a lot, but it's not considered a top-tier estate in the Hamptons. Truly top-tier estates typically have a floor area of ​​over 10 acres.

The manor that Lin Bufan signed in to was at most just the beginning of his journey into the world of manors.

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Because Lin Bufan ignored the outside discussions, the hype only lasted for less than three days before it died down.

For many celebrities, if there's something trending, they'll definitely follow it, since their livelihood depends on generating buzz.

However, Lin Bufan didn't need it.

So seeing this "immense wealth" being wasted by Lin Bufan, many celebrities in the industry were envious.

Even if they were envious, they knew they couldn't do anything about it, not even try to ride the wave of popularity.

It's not that we can't, but that we dare not.

What is Lin Bufan's identity?

If he doesn't speak up, would you dare to try and ride his coattails?

Do you still want to stay in this industry?

"How's your clothing business going?"

Lin Bufan lay on the bed, looking at Yang Ying lying naked in his arms, and casually asked.

Today is February 28th, Yang Ying's birthday. Lin Bufan had originally planned to go to Hong Kong to be with her, but she came first, so Lin Bufan didn't have to go through the trouble.

"Honey, I have something to tell you..."

When the topic of clothing came up, Yang Ying, who had been completely exhausted, suddenly found a surge of strength and struggled to sit up, looking at Lin Bufan excitedly as she spoke.

Yang Ying was just a small-time model at first, but later she used her looks to get close to Lin Bufan.

Initially, Yang Ying's idea was simple: to use Lin Bufan's talent to help her quickly gain fame in the industry.

To put it bluntly, celebrities become famous only to make money.

However, to her surprise, Lin Bufan rose to prominence at an astonishing speed, transforming from a well-known director into a figure involved in numerous industries.

After that, Yang Ying became somewhat dissatisfied with being just a celebrity.

It's also because today's celebrities, although they earn money, are far from being truly wealthy or powerful.

This is unlike later generations, where you can easily earn hundreds of millions or even tens of millions in salary for just one film.

Through continued contact, Yang Ying began to realize that although being a celebrity is good, when facing capital, one is still in the realm of "subordinates".

So far, of Lin Bufan's women, Jessica and Dong Xuan have retired from the entertainment industry, while Chen Zihan has become a producer.

Zhou Huimin, Wen Yongshan, and Lin Zhiling are three people who have partially retired.

For the three of them, life is already very good now. Vivian Chow now has her own child and is devoted to taking care of the child every day.

She used to think about being childless and never having children.

But to her surprise, after having a child, she was incredibly patient with the child; she never expected it herself.

She chose to partially decline mainly because of having a child. Of course, if a program invited her, she would be willing to participate whenever she had free time.

As for going out to perform or hold concerts, she doesn't want to anymore, so it's considered a partial retirement.

Wen Yongshan's semi-retirement is purely due to laziness. For her, her current life is already very good. She lives in a luxury house, drives a luxury car, and has a considerable amount of pocket money every month.

If she weren't thinking that she was still young and wanted to enjoy life for a few more years, she probably would have wanted to have children.

Lin Chih-ling's semi-retirement was out of necessity.

She knew very well that her position in the entertainment industry was to entertain people with her looks; she had no other skills, her acting was bad, and her singing was bad too.

All you need is a pretty face, a tall figure, and a sweet, childlike voice.

However, after following Lin Bufan, if she had remained in the entertainment industry, she was certain that Lin Bufan would not have accepted her, so she semi-retired, but she didn't announce it to the public.