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

Jingxing Media's distribution business has never been limited to film distribution in mainland China; it also handles some of the distribution for Extraordinary Pictures worldwide.

The sales performance is undeniable.

If Jingxing Media were to be listed on the A-share market, the company's market value would be somewhat limited.

But if Beijing Express were to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the situation would be completely different.

"Tian'ai, notify the heads of all subsidiaries to come to the company for a meeting tomorrow morning."

After calculating, Lin Bufan pressed the communication button and gave instructions to Zhang Tianai outside.

"Yes, boss!"

After hanging up the call, Lin Bufan leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and pondered.

During this period, Lin Bufan signed up for four technical projects, including 3D shooting technology, which I won't go into detail about. This technology is mainly used by Lin Bufan for his next movie.

The remaining three are self-healing gel technology, embedded touch technology, and superhydrophobic fabric technology.

These three technologies are all mature technologies. As long as a team is formed to implement them, they can be mass-produced directly.

Self-healing gel technology goes without saying; it belongs to the medical industry, and Lin Bufan has already asked people to keep an eye out for medical companies.

While it's possible to directly enter the mobile phone industry using embedded touch technology, the advantages are not that significant.

Rather than directly entering the smartphone industry with this technology, it would be better to use it to raise the technological barrier.

If the moat is high enough, even if Apple wants to use embedded touch technology, it will have to pay patent fees to him.

With this patent, one can easily earn billions in a year, and the unit is US dollars.

On the contrary, this last superhydrophobic fabric technology could be used to acquire one or more outdoor brands.

I wouldn't dare say we've reached the world's top level, but we're definitely not too bad.

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"Old Sun, Jingxiu did a great job with 'The Voice of China' last year. I heard the mentors are changing this year?"

The next day, at 8:30 a.m., all the general managers of Kyoto's various subsidiaries came to the Kyoto headquarters for a meeting.

Originally, all of Kyoto's subsidiaries were located in the Kyoto Building.

However, as the Kyoto Group has grown and expanded, it has also established many new departments, such as the legal department.

Every large corporation has its own legal department. The most famous one in later generations is Nanshan Pizza Hut. The Kyoto Group mainly focuses on entertainment, so it naturally relies heavily on its legal department.

Chen Mingyuan, the general manager of the legal department, is a 43-year-old male. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in law from Peking University and was formerly a partner at King & Wood Mallesons' Beijing office.

In addition to the legal department, there is also an audit department, which is mainly responsible for auditing the group's internal accounts and other related matters.

General Manager Zhao Zhengyuan, male, 45 years old, graduated from the Central University of Finance and Economics. His former employer was a senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers Beijing office.

In addition, there is a capital operations department, which is responsible for investment management, subsidiary IPO roadshows, and some coordination for group market capitalization management.

This is a newly established department created in preparation for the listing of its subsidiary.

The general manager is Zhou Rui, a 39-year-old male who graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and was originally the deputy general manager of CITIC Investment Banking Department.

The purchasing department is responsible for purchasing all office supplies, equipment, gifts, and even props within the group. For example, when shooting a movie, if you need to buy a chair or a light source, you need the purchasing department.

It can be said that the purchasing department is the department with the most employees in the entire group. After all, although the tasks handled by this department are not the most important, they are the most varied.

The general manager is Wu Guodong, a 47-year-old man. He used to work in the materials department of a central state-owned enterprise. Later, he went into business on his own, but unfortunately, he lost money.

With the help of a headhunting firm, Lin Bufan chose the other party, mainly because the other party had a strong network of connections, after all, they had worked for a state-owned enterprise.

Whether someone is honest or not is actually not important at all.

No one is immune to greed. From Lin Bufan himself to ordinary employees, everyone wants to earn more given the opportunity.

However, ordinary employees can only embezzle through a few limited methods, such as over-reporting travel expenses. Embezzling a few hundred or a few thousand yuan doesn't count as embezzlement.

Lin Bufan never thought that he would turn a blind eye to the people in his company who were not greedy, as long as they were within reasonable limits and did their jobs well.

Otherwise, why do you think the auditing department was established?

Greed that is within the rules is not considered greed.

Then there's the administration department, which is responsible for office assets, company vehicle dispatch, the cafeteria, cleaning, meetings, and visitors, among other things.

The Information Technology Department is responsible for the company's data security and content asset management, which includes the material library for screenwriters and directors.

The Brand Public Relations Department, headed by Yang Tianzhen, was originally a crisis public relations team. After the group was formed, the department gradually expanded and is now the Brand Public Relations Department.

This brand public relations effort isn't about any specific brand, but rather the "group" brand. It primarily involves handling media relations, crisis management, and Lin Bufan's image management.

There's also a copyright management department, which is responsible for the registration, authorization, distribution, and rights protection of all the group's IPs. This is quite simple, as long as it includes the company's scripts and film and television copyrights, etc.

Finally, there's the administrative department. Almost every group in Beijing has one. Its main functions are to liaise with various ministries, advocate for policies, and maintain relationships with the publicity department and broadcasting authorities.

The Kyoto Group is now more like a large conglomerate than it used to be.

But precisely because of this, the entire Kyoto Building is now occupied by the group's departments, leaving no room for subsidiaries.

The building has three underground levels. B3-B2 are parking lots, and B1 is a staff restaurant and study that can accommodate 800 people, as well as a convenience store and gym.

Half of F1 and F2 have been opened up, creating an 8-meter-high atrium that serves as the lobby for the entire group and represents the group's image, responsible for front desk reception and visitor waiting.

The other half of F2 is the mother and baby room.

Nationwide, the Kyoto Group is the first to establish a mother and baby room.

The third floor is the group's multi-functional hall, where press conferences and annual meetings are held.

The 4th floor is a large conference room complex shared by all departments of the group, with both large and small conference rooms.

The 5th floor is the administration department, which is responsible for the three basement floors as well as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors.