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

Lin Bufan spent a whole day with Wan Qian at Tomson Riviera in Shanghai.

On this day, Wan Qian almost never went to the ground.

Finally, a phone call from Huo Wenxi rescued Wan Qian from her predicament.

"Finally gone..."

Wan Qian closed her eyes; all she wanted to do now was get a good night's sleep.

At this moment, she realized even more that Hao Lei was right. If Lin Bufan were alone, she would probably never be able to leave this room for the rest of her life.

They are either resting or preparing to rest.

……

Lin Bufan originally planned to go straight back to Beijing to film after returning from Shanghai.

Since "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" was suspended on the 4th, filming has been halted for a week now. Every day of delay costs money.

But after a phone call from Huo Wenxi, Lin Bufan had no choice but to set off for Hong Kong.

During their last meeting, he promised that after returning from Los Angeles, he would first go to Hong Kong to discuss cooperation.

However, what happened next was beyond his expectations, so he could only deal with the matters in the capital first.

Since he had agreed, it wouldn't be good for him to go back on his word.

Lin Bufan's private jet had just landed in Hong Kong when Bai Bing, who had flown directly from Beijing, arrived an hour earlier.

"Boss!"

Lin Bufan went to Shanghai, and Bai Bing didn't go with him, but this time it was different.

The main reason for coming to Hong Kong is to discuss cooperation with Emperor Entertainment Group.

"Let's go, let's go outside first and talk about it then."

Lin Bufan nodded to Bai Bing.

"Mr. Lin!"

As soon as they stepped out of the airport, Huo Wenxi from Emperor Entertainment was already waiting at the airport entrance.

Besides Fok Man-hei, there were also many paparazzi reporters from Hong Kong taking pictures in the distance.

Hong Kong, a tiny place, has so many paparazzi. The competition in this industry is fierce, and almost every celebrity is being watched by paparazzi.

Huo Wenxi is Emperor Entertainment's most beautiful agent, and even Nicholas Tse is under her management. How could someone like her not be followed by paparazzi?

"Lin Bufan?"

When the paparazzi saw Lin Bufan appear, they were first shocked, then overjoyed.

The paparazzi were following Huo Wenxi as usual, hoping to get some news, but they didn't expect such a big surprise: they actually met Oscar-winning director Lin Bufan.

Hong Kong and the mainland have different perspectives and focuses of attention due to differences in public opinion.

In mainland China, while people are also paying attention to Lin Bufan winning the Oscar for Best Director, what is more talked about and celebrated is the news about him and Liu Yifei.

In Hong Kong, however, people were more focused on Lin Bufan winning the Academy Award for Best Director.

That's an Oscar-winning director; the only one of its kind among Chinese people worldwide.

In the previous life, Li An won the Best Director award that year for "Brokeback Mountain," but now it has been snatched away by Lin Bufan's "Manchester by the Sea."

"Lin Bufan suddenly came to Hong Kong, and was even received by Emperor Entertainment Group. Could it be that the two sides have a cooperation?" The paparazzi's eyes lit up, and they raised their cameras to take pictures of Lin Bufan in the distance.

Just from this one news story, the bonus alone would be enough for him to live on for a year.

"Hong Kong is different; there are paparazzi everywhere."

After getting on the bus, Lin Bufan glanced out the window and smiled.

While domestic reporters can be annoying at times, they're nothing compared to the relentless pursuit of paparazzi in Hong Kong—they're like beginners in a game.

"If Mr. Lin minds, Emperor Entertainment can give the media a heads-up..." Huo Wenxi looked at Lin Bufan with increasingly respectful eyes.

When the two last met, Lin Bufan was just a commercial director in mainland China, but now, with Lin Bufan winning the Oscar for Best Director, he has transformed into a world-class director.

"No need, it's all just for making a living."

Lin Bufan didn't care at all.

As a director, he works behind the scenes and doesn't care about these so-called reporters at all.

Whether he gets photographed or not, he doesn't care at all.

The only thing that can be criticized about him is his "womanizing".

If an ordinary actor is labeled with this tag, even if you are a so-called Best Actor or veteran actor, it won't matter; the general public will definitely boycott it.

But if he changes his identity, the public's acceptance will be different; he'll simply be seen as a talented but romantic figure.

To give a simple example, the later Liu Kwei's "Moonlight Script Incident" and Chen Sicheng's similar late-night script reading incident, where the latter was reading the script to two women at the same time, resulted in completely different public opinions and attitudes towards the two men.

The former was condemned and scorned by everyone in the industry, but the latter was completely unaffected.

……

To be honest, this was Lin Bufan's first time in Hong Kong.

When I was a child, I always heard that Hong Kong was a very prosperous and international metropolis, but after actually coming here, I found that it was not so. Many buildings were dilapidated, and the streets were not very wide.

About half an hour later, the car stopped downstairs at the Emperor Building.

As Lin Bufan got out of the car at the entrance of the building, he looked up and thought to himself that when the time was right, he would also buy his own office building in Kyoto.

Even though housing prices aren't high now, an office building can easily cost hundreds of millions or even billions of yuan, which is beyond Lin Bufan's current means.

"Mr. Lin, please..."

As soon as Lin Bufan entered the Emperor Building, he saw that Yang Shoucheng and his men had been waiting at the entrance for a long time.

Clearly, Yang Shoucheng had put in a lot of effort to welcome Lin Bufan this time.

"Mr. Lin, nice to meet you..."

Yang Shoucheng greeted Lin Bufan with a smile as he walked in.

"Hello, Mr. Yang!"

Lin Bufan shook hands briefly with the other party, and then the two went straight to the meeting room on the top floor via elevator.

After some casual conversation, the discussion got down to business.

"Mr. Lin, when Xiao Huo came back last time, he said that you have a movie that you are preparing to collaborate on? I wonder..." Yang Shoucheng looked at Lin Bufan.

The film "Love is Not Blind" made Emperor Entertainment a fortune.

Yang Shoucheng's original plan was to lose money to gain publicity by releasing Lin Bufan's "Love is Not Blind" in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, just to climb the social ladder by associating with Lin Bufan.

But I never expected that "Love is Not Blind" would do so well at the box office.

It has been 20 days since its release, and the total box office in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan has exceeded 100 million. The rights have also been sold to Japan and South Korea for 20 million Hong Kong dollars.

The total came to HK$140 million. After deducting theater fees and other expenses, Emperor Entertainment made nearly HK$20 million from the release of "Love is Not Blind". Of course, Lin Bufan also made a lot, earning HK$40 million.

This is just the box office revenue. Because of the good box office performance of "Love is Not Blind", Emperor Entertainment's stock rose by nearly 200 million.

Compared to box office revenue, the ultimate goal for listed entertainment companies is for their films to perform well at the box office and drive up their stock prices.