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

"Okay, then you can come with me to the film set!"

Lin Bufan glanced at An Yixuan.

How could he not know her little scheme?

If Fan Bingbing hadn't taken the initiative the night before last, Lin Bufan felt that he still had a lot of self-control.

However, Lin Bufan didn't sleep well last night since that night. His body had already undergone several enhancements, and he was taking Liuwei Dihuang Pills every day, so his needs were too great.

An Yixuan's arrival was just what she needed most.

"Thank you, Director Lin."

An Yixuan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly followed Lin Bufan.

After a busy day of filming, Lin Bufan took An Yixuan back to the hotel.

"I'll have someone send some rubber over."

As Lin Bufan spoke, he picked up the phone and called Bai Bing: "Bai, bring me a stack of rubber."

Having learned from Liu Yifei's experience of getting pregnant, Lin Bufan is now much more cautious.

If it were Dong Xuan and the other girls, that would be one thing, but An Yixuan is another.

"Director Lin, can we please not use rubber...?"

An Yixuan moved closer to Lin Bufan and looked at him in a sweet voice.

How could she not understand that if a man offered to use rubber, it meant that this woman was not important to him at all?

She wanted to make a change, so she wanted to start by changing the rubber.

"I……"

Just as Lin Bufan was about to refuse, An Yixuan leaned close to his ear and whispered something.

"You mean, Yan..."

Lin Bufan's eyes lit up when he saw An Yixuan, and a small flame instantly ignited in his heart.

"As long as you're happy, Director Lin."

An Yixuan nodded shyly.

……

On the other end, Xiaobai hung up the phone and started cursing.

"I'm a woman, you want me to deliver rubber?"

Bai Bing was indignant. She didn't have that kind of thing herself, so she could only go to the pharmacy outside the hotel to buy it.

This was the first time in her life she had ever bought something like this, and it wasn't even something she wanted to use, yet she still had to endure the somewhat strange looks from the shop assistant.

Rubber is something that very few women buy, let alone a beauty like Bai Bing. The shop assistants definitely couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"Such a beautiful woman, I wonder which scumbag got her..."

As the shop assistant watched Bai Bing, who was beautiful and had an alluring figure, leave with the rubber, she couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy.

Bai Bing's face was flushed as she arrived at Lin Bufan's room and knocked on the door.

However, after knocking for several minutes, no one came to open the door.

Bai Bing sent several text messages to Lin Bufan on her phone, but Lin Bufan didn't reply to any of them.

"No need for me to go buy it..."

Bai Bing gritted her teeth and returned to her room. She swore that if Lin Bufan hadn't been her boss, she would have bitten him a few holes.

The next day, Lin Bufan came out of his room and saw Bai Bing with dark circles under her eyes, which puzzled him.

"Xiao Bai, what did you do yesterday?"

Lin Bufan pointed to the dark circles under Bai Bing's eyes.

"Boss, please don't ask me to buy it next time if you don't need it, okay?"

Bai Bing gritted her teeth and looked at Lin Bufan.

Last night, Bai Bing got angrier and angrier, so angry that she couldn't sleep and didn't fall asleep until four or five o'clock this morning.

"Xiao Bai, I almost forgot to mention you."

Seeing Bai Bing's sullen expression, Lin Bufan immediately turned the tables: "You're my assistant. Do I need to tell you what to do? Of course you should prepare it for me in advance."

He forgot about it after calling Bai Bing last night.

Later, he vaguely heard a knocking sound, but at that time the battle was in full swing, and he had no time to open the door for Bai Bing.

"Is it my fault?"

Bai Bing gritted her teeth, thinking, "How can a person be so shameless?"

"Never mind, I'll be more careful next time!"

As Lin Bufan spoke, he walked out of the hotel with a refreshed expression on his face.

"snort!"

Bai Bing gave a disgruntled snort, stomped her foot, and followed Lin Bufan downstairs.

What can a lowly assistant like her do when faced with such a despicable boss?

"Feed?"

As soon as Lin Bufan got into the car, he received a call from Carter.

"BOSS, it exploded! It exploded on the first day..."

Carter's excited voice came through the phone.

"Exploded? What exploded?"

Lin Bufan was taken aback at first, then suddenly remembered: "How much did 'Lurking' gross on its opening day?"

Originally scheduled for release in North America on February 21, "Lurking" was delayed during post-production editing, and time also needed to be allocated for promotion.

Ultimately, "Lurking" was scheduled for release on March 1st, which was yesterday.

"Boss, 'Insidious' grossed $380 million on its opening day..."

Carter reported excitedly to Lin Bufan.

"Lurking" was Extraordinary Pictures' first commercial film, while "Manchester by the Sea" was an art film, not a movie designed to guarantee box office success.

It grossed $380 million on its opening day, and its opening week box office is expected to exceed $2000 million.

The production cost of "Lurking" was only US$150 million. It can be said that the cost was recouped in just one day, and every day thereafter is a profit.

Compared to the excited Carter, Lin Bufan knew the situation much better.

In later years, "Insidious 1" grossed $1.7 million worldwide, including $8900 million in North America alone.

With the release of "Lurking," Extraordinary Pictures has become an instant hit in Hollywood.

As long as Extraordinary Pictures continues to release classic blockbuster films, it will have firmly established itself in Hollywood.

Moreover, Lin Bufan owns 30% of AMC Theatres, so he can handle global distribution himself without having to rely on the Big Eight Hollywood studios.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Bufan did some mental calculations. According to the revenue sharing ratio of "Lurking", if the box office reached 1.7 million US dollars, he would receive about 7600 million US dollars.

The cost was only US$150 million, with a return rate as high as 50.6 times.

Besides "Lurking", "Love is Not Blind" was also shown in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia for ten days.

The box office grossed HK$3060 million in Hong Kong Island, HK$1730 million in Taiwan Island, and HK$2650 million across Southeast Asia, for a total of HK$7440 million.

This achievement shocked the entire Hong Kong and Taiwan region.

Previously, it was just a prediction, but now it's certain that when "Love is Not Blind" finishes its run in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, its box office will definitely exceed 100 million.

As for how high it will ultimately reach, that depends on fate.

According to Huo Wenxi, Emperor Entertainment is currently seeking to release "Love is Not Blind" in Japan and South Korea.

Emperor Entertainment naturally hoped that the film would be released in Japan and South Korea on a revenue-sharing basis, but the Japanese and South Korean distributors wanted to purchase the rights directly, leading to a stalemate between the two sides.

As for when it will be released in Japan and South Korea, that depends on the negotiations between the two sides.

As for Lin Bufan, he didn't have much of an opinion on either profit sharing or a buyout. Of course, if it was a buyout, the price couldn't be too low.