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

Lin Bufan made his decision after careful consideration.

To give a simple example, if Extraordinary Film Company had only one shareholder, its market value might have soared to $10 billion when it went public.

However, if Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Merrill Lynch were to join, the market value could potentially rise to $20 billion or even $30 billion.

Whenever Extraordinary Film Company has even a little good news, not only will retail investors boost the company's market value, but several investment banks will also follow suit.

This is the biggest advantage: it may seem like you're giving up some shares, but you gain much more in return.

"Yes, Mr. Lin, I'll go talk to him right away!"

"There's one more thing!"

Just before hanging up, Lin Bufan said calmly, "Find a way to delay the progress of 'Avatar'."

Lin Bufan had to get the gimmick of being the first immersive 3D movie.

He wasn't sure when he would finish filming "Guixu: The Spirit Realm of Mountains and Seas," and after filming, he would still need to edit it; there were many things waiting for him.

He hasn't even chosen a role for the movie yet.

The best solution, of course, is to extend the production schedule of Avatar.

"Yes, Mr. Lin!"

Bart Elvis said in a flat tone.

In the film industry, truck drivers are big names, but to Wall Street's financial tycoons, they are nothing more than tools.

If Lin Bufan were to come up with a solution, he wouldn't have any particularly good ideas either.

However, Wall Street has many options. The first one is to cut off funding, and the truck driver is backed by Fox.

Behind Fox News, which seems to have no connection with Wall Street, is News Corporation.

However, News Corp. is backed by Wall Street, so in the end, it's all pretty much the same.

Then there's insurance, which is quite different from domestic insurance, but I won't go into details here.

However, all these measures can only prolong the time, at most by a year, or even by about six months.

However, for Lin Bufan, this amount of time was enough.

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"Tian'ai, go and inform Xiuwen to announce the launch of the 'Gui Xu: Shan Hai Ling Xu' project on behalf of the company, and that the role auditions will be held in a week."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Bufan called Zhang Tianai in from outside: "Tell Chen Yu to clean up the multi-functional hall on the third floor and use it as an audition venue."

The Kyoto Building has an area of ​​over 2800 square meters per floor, which is more than enough for auditions.

"Yes, boss!"

After Zhang Tianai responded, she turned and left.

"System, check-in!"

After Zhang Tianai left, Lin Bufan remembered that today was Monday, March 3rd, the day for weekly sign-in.

[Ding! Congratulations, host! Daily check-in successful. You have received the following rewards: 100 million US dollars, 100 points, and one Energy Pill.]

Having obtained the Energy Pill, Lin Bufan sealed it in a box again and placed it into the dimensional space.

[Ding! Congratulations, host! Weekly check-in successful. You have received the following rewards: 500 million US dollars, 500 points, and a snow house in Snow Village.]

"Snow Village, Snow House!"

Lin Bufan looked at the information in front of him, and a slight thought crossed his mind.

The current Xuexiang is not yet the kind of internet celebrity it will become in the future. The reason Xuexiang became popular is entirely due to the fact that the first season of "Where Are We Going, Dad?" was filmed in Xuexiang in 14.

Since then, Xuexiang has become a hit online.

Nowadays, very few people know about it, let alone travel to it.

"If I have the chance in the future, I can bring my family there for a visit!"

As for now, Lin Bufan has no such thoughts.

There are still many things to do with "Guixu: The Spirit Realm of Mountains and Seas". First, the cast has not yet been finalized, and second, even the filming locations have not been decided.

Preparations for the props have already begun.

"Boss, Manager Wang Mingliang is here!"

Just then, Zhang Tian'ai knocked on the door and came in.

"Let him in!"

"Yes, boss!"

"Chairman!"

Wang Mingliang walked in carrying a file folder.

"sit!"

Lin Bufan stood up, walked out from behind the table, and looked at Wang Mingliang: "What's this?"

"Chairman, please take a look at these location photos from the movie..."

As Wang Mingliang spoke, he took out a stack of photos from the file bag.

Even before the script was fully developed, with only an outline available, Lin Bufan had already instructed Wang Mingliang to send people out to find filming locations.

It took almost a month to collect some photos of the scene.

Lin Bufan's eyes lit up. He had just been thinking that the filming location for the movie hadn't been finalized yet, but Wang Mingliang had already delivered it.

Looking at the stack of photos on the table, Lin Bufan slowly picked them up and looked at them one by one.

Where is this photo taken?

Lin Bufan suddenly picked up a photo with a view of a Taoist temple and a sea of ​​clouds, and the photo had a built-in fairy tale filter.

It perfectly matches the location where the mute monk lived in seclusion in the movie.

"Chairman, this photo was taken at Laojun Mountain!" Wang Mingliang glanced at it, then looked at the records, compared them, and looked at Lin Bufan.

"Tian'ai, write this down!"

"Yes, boss!"

Zhang Tian'ai is Lin Bufan's personal secretary. Throughout the filming process, she will definitely be with him and take care of his daily life.

Soon, Lin Bufan's eyes fell on another photograph.

However, without Wang Mingliang's explanation, he knew that the photo was of Zhangjiajie, where Avatar was filmed.

The floating mountains of Hallelujah in Avatar.

At the same time, this location is also very suitable for the Upside-Down Mountain in "Guixu: The Spirit Realm of Mountains and Seas", except that the scene can be turned upside down during filming.

Soon, Lin Bufan finalized some filming locations based on the photos.

Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) in Lysefjord, Norway, has a vertical drop of over 600 meters, with the cliff face hanging about 30 meters over the fjord. Tom Cruise's rock climbing scene in Mission: Impossible 6 was filmed here.

This place is quite similar to the scenery of the Upside-Down Sea. You can simulate the scenery of the Upside-Down Sea simply by inverting the camera, using the deep water of the fjord as the sky and the cliffs as the seabed.

Snæfellsnes Peninsula in Iceland.

In the movie, the ruins at the entrance to Guixu were an excellent location; all that was needed was to replace the seawater with luminous Weak Water in post-production.

Vatnajökull Glacier can be used as a backdrop for the reviving ice field of Xiangliu.

Another option is the Crystal Forest scene, which can be filmed in Xiaoqikong, Libo, Guizhou. The way the light penetrates the water creates a beautiful effect, perfect for capturing slow-motion shots of deer running through the water.

Other places include Puzhehei in Yunnan, Weizhou Island in Guangxi, and Detian Transnational Waterfall.