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

"Boss, over there with the lighting..."

Sun Jinghai gave Lin Bufan a detailed report.

The variety show "The Voice of China" is currently in the preparation stage, and many of the behind-the-scenes staff members are borrowed from Enlight Media.

The show's hosts were ultimately chosen to be Xie Nan and Liu Yan from the "Three Treasures of Enlight Media".

The Voice of China is the first show in the world to not use fast-talking hosts; the show relies entirely on its quality to win.

"Boss, Mr. Wang from Enlight Media has connected us with a TV station in Shanghai. What do you think?"

Sun Jinghai looked at Lin Bufan for instructions.

For a variety show, the most important thing is to have a TV station broadcast it.

Unlike in other countries, television stations in China are state-owned, so if you want to broadcast programs, you need to cooperate with them.

"Go and talk to Shanghai TV station and see what their conditions are."

Lin Bufan looked at Sun Jinghai and directly delegated the authority to him.

"Yes, boss!"

Has the director been confirmed?

The director is very important for a good variety show.

"We are currently in talks with Hung Tao of the toilet station, and there shouldn't be any major problems."

The name Hong Tao may be unfamiliar, but if you mention the show "I Am a Singer", you will know that he is the chief director of the show.

Last year, the other party was the chief director of the Hangzhou region of "Super Girl".

"The directing department can follow up on this."

Lin Bufan looked at Liu Zhengyang, who was standing to the side.

The film and television directors haven't been signed yet, but we can sign the variety show directors to join the company first.

"Yes, boss."

Liu Zhengyang immediately nodded in agreement.

Following that, the other departments each reported on their work.

The Human Resources Department, Finance Department, Publicity Department, and Distribution Department only give routine reports, and there hasn't been much workload during this period.

The newly established artist department currently only has one signed actor, Zhang Jin, who is currently filming "Ip Man" in Hong Kong.

In the artist management department, Lin Bufan also delegated authority to Shen Xiuying. Anyone she approves of can be signed into the company.

"As for the TV series production department, all we need to do next is prepare for the TV series 'Zhu Yuanzhang'..." Lin Bufan's gaze turned to Wang Zhengliang in the production department.

Now that the company has sufficient funds, it's time to enter the TV drama field.

For Kyoto Entertainment's first TV series, Lin Bufan thought about it and finally chose "Zhu Yuanzhang" from several TV series.

Some of the content in this TV series does not match reality, and Lin Bufan also instructed the scriptwriting department to adapt some minor plot points.

As for the director, Lin Bufan chose Zhang Ting, the director of the later film "Ming Dynasty", to direct this "Zhu Yuanzhang".

The fact that Zhang Ting was able to direct "Ming Dynasty" proves that he has the ability. Even if his directing skills are slightly lacking now, with a complete script and storyboard, he won't be too far off.

"Yes, boss!"

Wang Zheng nodded in agreement.

Now, what he needs to do is get the production team ready as soon as possible, including costumes and props for the TV series. Of course, he also needs to find and communicate with the director.

Following that, the music department also reported on the recent situation.

Currently, several singers signed by the music department are preparing to release their first albums, and the title track of the albums was naturally provided by Lin Bufan.

Lin Bufan especially admired Zhang Liangying's voice and timbre.

Huang Bo's first album, under Lin Bufan's instructions, is currently more than halfway finished and will be released in about a month.

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After briefly handling company matters, Lin Bufan threw himself back into the intense filming of the movie.

Before we knew it, it was April 1st.

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As usual, Lin Bufan simply put away the Six-Flavor Emperor Pill and the Beauty and Nourishing Pill.

"The first 'Final Destination' movie wasn't even finished filming, but the script for the second movie has already been signed off."

Lin Bufan glanced at the script briefly and then put it away.

Just as Lin Bufan put away the script, his phone rang.

"Feed?"

"Boss, it's me, Carter!"

Carter's voice came through the phone.

"Carter? What's up?"

Lin Bufan asked casually.

"Boss, 'Insidious' has finished its run in theaters. Its total global box office was $1.81 million..."

On the other end of the phone, Carter sounded excited.

The movie "Insidious" only cost $150 million to make, but it grossed $1.81 million, which is a return of several dozen times.

In fact, the film's box office has surpassed that of the original.

The most important reason lies in the distribution aspect. Lin Bufan owns shares in AMC Theatres and is a major shareholder, which greatly benefits the film distribution.

Not only in terms of distribution, but also in terms of revenue settlement, because of Lin Bufan's influence, the film's box office revenue is expected to arrive within a week.

The box office revenue sharing model for "Lurking" is 70% in the first week, and then 10% less each week thereafter, averaging about 52% of the box office revenue.

52% of $1.81 million is $9412 million.

With this money, Extraordinary Pictures can start production on several films.

"Carter, launch the 'Night at the Museum' and 'Taken' projects."

Lin Bufan only needed to think about it briefly before making a decision.

With the arrival of over 90 million US dollars, the initial investment for "Taken" only needs to be 20 million US dollars, plus the funds Lin Bufan has earned from signing in during this period.

Perfect, we can dedicate all our resources to these two projects.

Of course, this is just a budget allocation, not an immediate transfer of funds, since the budget for "Kung Fu Panda" is also quite tight.

However, this financial strain will disappear once the first "Final Destination" movie is released.

"Yes, Boss!"

Even if Lin Bufan didn't say anything, Carter was already preparing to suggest starting a new project.

"By the way, how's the filming progress for 'Final Destination'?"

"We've already filmed one-third of the way through, and we expect to finish filming in less than two months." Carter kept a close eye on the Final Destination crew.

We can't just ignore it; Yang Mi, the female lead in the production, is very likely to be one of the future boss ladies.