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

"Click!"

"Zhu Yawen, your face is blocked. Watch your positioning. Let's try again."

"Fan Bingbing, watch your emotions..."

After the press conference, Lin Bufan immediately began filming.

Filming a movie can't be done in chronological order, so it took several days to finish filming all of Fan Bingbing's scenes.

Fan Bingbing's scenes as Consort Wan in "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" all take place in the palace.

"Cut! Congratulations to Ms. Fan Bingbing on wrapping up filming."

Lin Bufan stood up with a smile and announced.

"Thank you, Director!"

Fan Bingbing is one of the "Four Dan and Two Bing" actresses. When her scenes were finished, the production team naturally held a wrap party for her.

"Director Lin, let me raise a glass to you. I hope we'll have the opportunity to work together again next time."

At the wrap party, Fan Bingbing held a wine glass and walked up to Lin Bufan with a serious expression.

Through this period of filming, Fan Bingbing was certain that although Lin Bufan was young, his directing skills were stronger than any other director she had ever met.

"good!"

Watching Fan Bingbing down her drink in one gulp, Lin Bufan took a sip from his glass.

It wasn't that he was disrespecting Fan Bingbing, but rather that he had important matters to attend to that evening.

……

"Director Lin, you're here!"

After the wrap party, Lin Bufan knocked on the door according to the room number on the note.

When the door opened, Fan Bingbing stood gracefully in front of Lin Bufan, dressed in a pure white silk nightgown, gazing at him with affectionate eyes.

The note Lin Bufan received was secretly slipped to him by Fan Bingbing at the wrap party.

These past few days, Lin Bufan has been filming at a tight schedule. In order to catch up on the progress of the palace drama, he will be heading to Los Angeles in a few days to attend the 78th Academy Awards.

Before that, Lin Bufan had to finish filming all the palace scenes in "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate".

After returning from Los Angeles, the crew will move to the Tianmo Film and Television Base in Huailai, Hebei Province to film the remaining scenes.

Lin Bufan plans to release this film during the summer vacation in July. There are only four months left until July. After filming, there will be post-production special effects shots, editing, review, and release promotion, etc., so the time is very tight.

"Director Lin..."

Fan Bingbing gave a coquettish laugh, stepped forward, grabbed Lin Bufan's arm, and pulled him into the room.

With a bang, Fan Bingbing slammed the door shut with her foot.

She gently pushed Lin Bufan against the wall, lifted one leg slightly, and her silk pajamas lightly brushed against Lin Bufan's thigh.

"Director Lin, they've prepared some red wine, would you like some...?"

Fan Bingbing's delicate face drew close to Lin Bufan's, her breath as fragrant as orchids.

"You little devil!"

Lin Bufan felt a surge of excitement.

The next second, he bent down, scooped up the other person's legs, and carried them towards the bathroom.

……

[Ding! Congratulations, host! Daily check-in successful. Rewards: One bottle of Liuwei Emperor Pills (10 pills) + One bottle of Beauty and Nourishing Pills (10 pills) + 100 million US dollars]

[Ding! Congratulations, host! Monthly check-in successful. Rewards: One bottle of Liuwei Emperor Pills (10 pills) + One bottle of Beauty and Nourishing Pills (10 pills) + 100 million US dollars + The script for the movie "World War Z"]

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have successfully checked in for the festival and received a reward: a Dragon Head Raising Festival Gift Pack]

[Host, would you like to open the holiday gift pack?]

Before he knew it, it was March 1st, and Lin Bufan checked in early in the morning.

"World War Z"

Lin Bufan picked up the script in front of him and glanced at it; it was the movie he remembered.

This Hollywood movie was released in 13 and grossed $5.4 million worldwide. It was produced by Paramount.

However, Paramount did not make money because the production cost of "World War Z" was as high as $2.2 million.

"Never mind, let's put it away first."

Lin Bufan shook his head slightly. The investment in this movie was too high, so he was not planning to film it for the time being and would put it away in the dimensional space for the time being.

"System, open the holiday gift pack!"

As for the other rewards for daily and monthly check-ins, they were already the same old things to Lin Bufan and not worth his attention.

I wonder if this holiday gift package will bring me a pleasant surprise.

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have opened the Dragon Head Raising Festival Gift Pack and received the following rewards: a script for the TV series "Zhu Yuanzhang", a Beverly Hills mansion, and a stretch Lincoln.]

As the system finished speaking, a script, a property ownership certificate, a vehicle ownership certificate, and a car key appeared.

"Zhu Yuanzhang?"

Lin Bufan picked up the script and glanced at it. The plot was exactly the same as the TV series starring Hu Jun as the Hongwu Emperor.

"Serious dramas are not easy to film."

Given Lin Bufan's current status, it's impossible for him to lower himself to film a TV series.

After putting away the script, Lin Bufan then turned his attention to a property ownership certificate on the side.

This title deed is for a mansion in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. The title deed shows that the mansion occupies more than 1200 square meters.

At current prices, it's worth at least $2000 million.

Perfect timing! This time I have my own place to stay in Los Angeles, so I don't need to rent an apartment anymore.

In the United States, homeownership is said to be perpetual, but very heavy property taxes are levied annually.

Generally speaking, property tax rates in the United States range from 0.5% to 3%.

The property tax rate for Beverly Hills mansions is 1%. Over the course of a year, Lin Bufan's mansion, worth over 100 million US dollars, will have to pay 200,000 US dollars in property taxes alone.

Moreover, the higher the price of this luxury home goes in the future, the higher the taxes will naturally be.

Finally, there's the luxury car that comes out of the gift pack—a stretched Lincoln, which is parked inside a mansion in Beverly Hills.

"Carter!"

After putting away the certificate, Lin Bufan made a phone call to Carter.

"BOSS!"

"I bought a mansion in Beverly Hills. Have someone clean it for me."

"Yes, Boss!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Bufan got up, washed up, and left the hotel room.

"Director Lin!"

Just as Lin Bufan stepped out of the room, he ran into An Yixuan.

What are you doing here?

Lin Bufan looked at An Yixuan with a puzzled expression.

An Yixuan doesn't have any scenes in the palace, so she doesn't need to be on set at this time. She only needs to join the crew when filming in Tianmo.

Not only An Yixuan, but even the female lead Dong Xuan, did not join the crew at this time; all of her scenes were with Tian Mo.

Otherwise, Fan Bingbing wouldn't have extended an invitation to him at the wrap party.

"I'm free, I just wanted to come and experience the atmosphere of the film crew beforehand."

An Yixuan gave Lin Bufan a somewhat resentful look.

The man in front of her was truly ruthless. After that night, apart from giving her a role and meeting her once at the press conference for the start of filming, he never had any contact with her again.