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

After entering the room, Li Bingbing untied her bathrobe and placed it aside.

"you……"

Lin Bufan looked at the scene before him and almost vomited after taking a sip of water.

The abstinent Li Bingbing was wearing a black, one-piece battle robe, the kind that was semi-transparent and had cutouts.

No wonder she wore a bathrobe over her clothes.

"Director Lin!"

Li Bingbing leveraged her greatest strengths, walking step by step toward Lin Bufan.

……

Lin Bufan admitted that he had acted impulsively yesterday.

"You should rest today!"

The next day, after getting up, Lin Bufan looked at Li Bingbing, who was unable to get out of bed, and shook his head.

She's really bold. Doesn't she know that some things can make men even more crazy?

Li Bingbing wanted to cry but had no tears.

Little did she know that Lin Bufan was so strong.

"Why!"

After Lin Bufan left, Li Bingbing took out her phone and called her sister directly.

"Sister, are you alright?"

The phone rang, and Li Xue's voice came through.

"What could possibly be wrong with me?"

Li Bingbing continued, "However, yesterday..."

"No way, really?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xue was immediately taken aback: "How is this possible!"

"Why not? Try it yourself!"

Li Bingbing gritted her teeth.

"Li Bingbing, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Let me tell you, don't even think about using me to get ahead." Li Xue saw through Li Bingbing's thoughts instantly.

Through this incident, Li Bingbing realized that Lin Bufan was an incredibly powerful ally.

She knew this before, but that was only within China and didn't really show up.

Only after you come abroad will you realize just how great Lin Bufan's influence and power truly are.

Ultimately, the underlying nature of a woman's personality is her admiration for strength.

No matter who this woman is, whether she's an ordinary person or a female celebrity, she can't escape this point.

However, relatively speaking, for ordinary women, the kind of men they admire don't reach the same level as female celebrities.

But Lin Bufan is different.

Even for a top-tier actress like her in China, that's still a very thick leg.

The main thing is that this thick leg is within her reach.

Li Bingbing knew very well that for Lin Bufan, women meant nothing, not even beautiful actresses in the entertainment industry.

If he wanted, he could simply beckon with his finger, and countless female stars in the industry would throw themselves at him.

Moreover, this is not limited to China, but is true for the whole world.

The world is never short of beautiful female celebrities.

Too many beautiful girls enter the entertainment industry every year.

After a deep self-analysis, Li Bingbing realized that her greatest advantage was not her status, fame, or even her good looks.

If we're just talking about looks, all the women Lin Bufan has publicly acknowledged, whether it's Fan Bingbing, Liu Yifei, or Gao Yuanyuan, are all prettier than her.

After much thought, Li Bingbing realized that her greatest advantage was actually her younger sister.

Although her younger sister, Li Xue, is not as beautiful as her, she is not much less so, and their biggest advantage is that they are sisters.

Looking at all of Lin Bufan's women, none of them can compare to her in this respect.

This is her unique advantage.

However, this is contingent on her sister Li Xue's consent; otherwise, it will all be in vain.

"Li Xue, listen to me..."

Before Li Bingbing could finish speaking, Li Xue interrupted her: "Li Bingbing, you're really something. You've already gotten yourself into this mess and you want to drag me down with you."

"How can this be considered a loss? You have to understand, for many women, this is a hard-won opportunity..."

Li Bingbing tried to persuade Li Xue through various methods.

……

The next day, June 10th.

This day marked the listing of Extraordinary Film Company.

Lin Bufan arrived at the stock exchange at 11 Wall Street early in the morning and, guided by a staff member, went to the balcony.

It's 8:00 AM now, and there's still a little over an hour before the stock market opens at 9:30 AM.

"Mr. Lin!"

Lin Bufan came with Li Bingbing and Zhao Liying.

Upon seeing him approach, Bart Elvis greeted him with a broad smile.

"You're free to do as you please!"

After giving instructions to Li Bingbing and Zhao Liying, Lin Bufan left with Bart Elvis.

"Boss, here's a rough outline of the listing process..."

The two walked together, and Bart Elvis quietly explained the process to Lin Bufan.

The company's listing ceremony will begin at 9:20 a.m. and is expected to last until around 9:45 a.m.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the stock will be listed immediately after the bell-ringing ceremony.

After the ceremony, there are several smaller, more elaborate procedures.

At 9:30, the stock market opens as usual, but IPO stocks will enter a price inquiry phase where they are displayed but not traded.

During this period, the lead underwriters, namely a few investment banks and Nasdaq IPO executives, will keep an eye on the order book, as well as information on orders placed, modified, and cancelled by both buyers and sellers.

During this period, Nasdaq will publish the Net Order Imbalance Indicator (NOII) in real time, which will show the indicative opening price, the number of available shares, and the imbalance between buyers and sellers.

Only when the underwriter determines that the price has converged and the buy and sell orders are roughly balanced will they press the "release key". Once the opening price is determined in one go for the IPO, it means that continuous trading has officially begun.

Commonly known as, it means the company goes public and its shares can be traded.

This entire process takes time, but thankfully it usually takes between half an hour and an hour.

Unlike later generations, where more and more rules gradually lengthened the timeframe.

For some listed companies, it may even be close to 11 a.m. before their stocks can enter normal trading.

Bart Elvis represented Strong Wind Investment at the listing ceremony of Extraordinary Film Company.

Meanwhile, Sebastian Sachs of Goldman Sachs, Jonathan Stanton of Citigroup, and Anthony Blake of Merrill Lynch also arrived at the scene.

Lin Bufan and Carter Dennis, CEO of Extraordinary Film Company, were naturally present.

Those few minutes felt incredibly long to Lin Bufan.

Extraordinary Film Company was Lin Bufan's first publicly listed company.