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

After Lin Bufan and Jingtian returned from their stroll, it was almost time.

"Boss, everything's ready!"

As soon as he returned, Zhang Tian'ai came to greet him.

"good!"

Lin Bufan nodded.

"Director Lin!"

Upon seeing Lin Bufan arrive, Xiao Li and the others greeted him, and even Gong Li came down from the building.

Although I was very tired just now, I also felt very comfortable.

After resting for a while, Gong Li thought about it and decided to come downstairs.

"Tonight, everyone can drink and have fun to their heart's content," Lin Bufan said with a smile, looking at everyone. "But after tonight, everyone needs to get back into the swing of things."

"Yes, Director!"

The crowd cheered.

"Director, let me do the grilling, I know how!" Wen Zhang stepped forward and started grilling skewers for everyone.

Here, there are only two newcomers: Wen Zhang and Shen Teng.

Shen Teng has never been a diligent person, so Wen Zhang naturally had to seize this opportunity.

"Okay, the barbecue's in your hands!"

Lin Bufan smiled at the emblem and patted the other person on the shoulder.

What the other party will do in the future is a matter for the future, and many things cannot be judged by their appearance alone.

At least for now, the emblem shows great respect for itself.

As for how he treats others, that's another matter.

"Leon, have a drink!"

Lin Bufan opened a bottle of beer, poured it into a draft beer glass, and walked over to Xiao Li.

Whether in his past life or after his rebirth, Lin Bufan has never liked baijiu (Chinese white liquor), or perhaps he simply doesn't know how to drink it.

He prefers to drink beer.

"Director Lin!"

Li Zi raised his glass. Unlike Lin Bufan, he had never drunk baijiu before.

After coming to China, I don't know why I developed a liking for drinking baijiu (Chinese white liquor).

For this reason, Lin Bufan specially arranged for several cases of Moutai to be prepared for him, while the baijiu was mainly drunk by Xiao Li Zi, Chris, and Teacher Tang Guoqiang.

"How have you been settling into life in China lately?"

Lin Bufan sat next to Xiao Li, smiling as he looked at him.

"fine!"

Little Li nodded.

Before I came here, I could only hear about China from the news.

However, after arriving here, he realized that the information he had previously received from the news media was far too demonized.

What he likes most is Chinese cuisine.

From initially accepting it reluctantly, he has now fallen in love with Chinese cuisine, especially spicy dishes.

In America, he could hardly find spicy food.

Now he almost always eats spicy food, even though his tolerance for spiciness is only slightly higher than that of people from Guangdong.

"By the way, what's that place over there?"

After drinking for a while, Lin Bufan looked at Shen Teng beside him, pointed to the place in the distance where construction had stopped, and asked curiously.

He noticed it earlier when he was with Jingtian at the beach.

However, he didn't spoil the mood by asking such an unrelated question.

"I heard that the project was called something like Tianlai Bay, but it's been halted now..." Shen Teng shook his head; he hadn't been there long.

Moreover, they rarely go out, so naturally they don't know much.

"Tianlai Bay..."

Lin Bufan frowned slightly. Why did this name sound so familiar?

"etc!"

Suddenly, Lin Bufan thought of a place that would become very famous in later generations: Aranya.

In his later years, he paid attention to this place and learned about it. Anaya used to be called Yicheng Tianlai Bay.

Later, due to a broken funding chain, the original developer ran out of money to continue development.

It was shelved for two years, and then 12 years later, it was taken over by a new developer, who restarted the design, created a community model, and renamed it Aranya.

Gradually, Aranya became a hit online.

"Heavenly Love!"

Thinking of this, Lin Bufan suddenly waved to Zhang Tianai, who was not far away.

"Boss!"

Zhang Tian'ai walked over quickly.

"I said, write this down!"

Lin Bufan looked at Zhang Tianai and instructed, "Notify Xu Hongfei to send someone to keep an eye on this project."

There's no need to buy it out and develop it; just taking a stake is enough.

Currently, as Zhewei Capital invests more and more in China, the amount of funds it needs is also increasing.

Many projects are not projects that can be done alone.

Many hands make light work.

Only when everyone enters the market and can get a share can the market be expanded.

Otherwise, if you try to do everything by yourself without anyone helping you, it will be almost impossible for you to grow and expand.

The simplest example is why Taobao and JD.com were able to succeed.

While Lao Ma and Da Dongzi's abilities are undeniable, their success is also inextricably linked to the funds and connections of their investors.

If the two of them had been thinking of taking everything for themselves from the very beginning, they would never have been able to grow their business.

This is why, when a new project emerges, the initiator will invite many investors to invest, as exemplified by Xiaomi.

Why does Lei Jun need to seek external financing when he already has so much cash on hand?

Sometimes, financing is not just about raising funds, but also about building connections and networks.

For example, Zhewei Capital today.

If you invest in this project and the investee needs some assistance beyond the project itself, such as networking, do you need to contribute?

After all, this is a project they invested in themselves, so they'll definitely do their part.

In short, once wealth accumulates to a certain level, money is just a string of numbers, and often the success or failure of a project becomes the deciding factor.

Money is just the most basic thing; there are many deeper things at play.

"Yes, boss!"

Zhang Tianai responded and made a note of it.

……

The next day, Lin Bufan woke up with a headache.

He drank way too much last night.

As a director, everyone from Leonardo DiCaprio to Wu Zhenyu, Chris, Fan Shaohuang, and others came to toast him.

They drank from around 4 p.m. until after 11 p.m.

Over such a long period of time, he himself didn't know how much alcohol he had drunk; it couldn't be counted in bottles anymore, it had to be counted in cases.

Fortunately, Lin Bufan's body had been enhanced, making him extremely strong.

Otherwise, they would have been drunk to death long ago.

The end result was that Lin Bufan alone got Xiao Li Zi, Wu Zhenyu, Chris, Fan Shaohuang, Shen Teng, and Wen Zhang all drunk and passed out.

"Wait a moment!"

Just as Lin Bufan was about to raise his hand, he suddenly realized that there was a person on each side of him.

Two people?

No way!

Lin Bufan hurriedly sat up, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was Gong Li and Zhang Tianai.

He hadn't decided whether or not to make a move on Jing Tian.

If he makes a move now, he'll likely face pressure from the Jing family to get married, and he doesn't want to get married.

Anyway, now everyone follows him so closely, and they've even had so many children with him.

However, he couldn't just keep stringing Jingtian along like this; not only would Jingtian not be able to stand it, but he himself wouldn't be able to either.

"If 'Return to the Ruins' reaches number one on the global box office charts after its release, then there won't be any problem..."

When that day comes, Lin Bufan's reputation in the world will be his greatest protection.

As long as he doesn't do anything that betrays national interests, no one will bother him with minor issues.