Chapter 887 Influence
Currently on the Internet, IC Capital, managed by Ivanta, is the second largest shareholder of Woaw. This company not only has a social network, but also owns the video sharing platform YouTube.
And IC Capital is also the largest shareholder of Twitter!
It can be said that this will be a very powerful publicity platform if necessary in the future.
Well, at least we can avoid the embarrassing scene in Barron's previous life when Twitter banned a certain current American commander.
Some people who admire the West may think that even if the commander-in-chief can grant a seal, you can just say freedom or not.
As for the so-called freedom of speech...
Can it be the same? !
As for traditional print media, it is not impossible to acquire one if necessary.
It is not purely for the election of Barron, his father-in-law...
At least for a certain period of time, print media still has a certain influence.
What's more, even the "Washington Post", one of the most influential newspapers in the United States as famous as the "New York Times", was once famous for being the first to exclusively report the "Watergate Incident" and ultimately led to Nixon's resignation. When it was sold to Amazon Bezos in August this year, it was only sold for US$250 million.
Similarly, the 140-year-old "Boston Globe" will be sold by the New York Times Company in August this year. The package price of this newspaper plus some New England media assets is only 7,000 million dollars.
You know, twenty years ago, in 1993, the New York Times Company purchased the Boston Globe for US$1.1 billion. Twenty years later, the sale price was less than the purchase price. One-tenth of the total is also very disappointing. Paper media has become a sunset industry.
Of course, such a price is still very cost-effective for people like Barron who only need the influence of these paper media to help them achieve some goals - even if these newspapers do not make money , and the assets are still shrinking, but as long as it can help him in terms of public opinion, it can be considered a good deal.
Just like in England, the independent newspapers under the SEM Group have very weak profitability compared to those TV stations, and even occasionally need to invest funds.
But because these newspapers can still be relied on to control public opinion, they are very useful tools for Barron to control power in England, so he is happy to retain them.
After that, Barron spent a low-key time with Ivanta, mother and son at his estate on Long Island, New York.
Except for attending a banquet hosted by Blue Valley Capital and Marvel-MGM Pictures, he has not appeared in the public eye for almost a whole week.
Speaking of Marvel MGM Pictures, it can be said that its performance in recent years is the envy of other Hollywood film companies.
Their first "Avengers" movie, released last year, grossed more than $1.7 billion at the global box office, ranking third in the global movie box office, behind "Avatar" and "Titanic."
The reason why the global box office of the first "Avengers" in this time and space is higher than the US$1.5 billion in the original time and space is because after obtaining the copyright of "Spider-Man", in "Avengers" Before this movie, Marvel Studios restarted the Spider-Man movie series, and has now launched the first part of the new Spider-Man movie, which performed very well at the box office, and added in "Avengers" that they have got the rights back. Characters such as Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four were included, which made the movie even more popular.
In addition to the superhero movies of its Marvel Studios, which can be regarded as box office harvesters, MGM Pictures also performed well, especially the "" The Hobbit series also performed very satisfactorily at the box office. Taking advantage of the opportunity to attend this banquet, Barron also talked with Annika Dawson of Blue Valley Capital about the development of Marvel-MGM Pictures.
In fact, now, the big Hollywood production companies have begun to seek stability. In addition to literary and artistic films aiming for awards, they are very cautious about investing in huge commercial films.
So it can be seen from the current annual movie releases that large-scale productions often pursue IP effects. Except for superhero movies like Marvel, the others are all original series. Follow-up works.
After all, historically speaking, the main reason why many once brilliant film companies declined was that they blindly launched large-scale productions. In the end, the box office fell short of expectations, resulting in unbearable losses.
Nowadays, for those small productions, the themes are relatively freer, while for large productions, they must pursue conservatism.
In addition, they are also looking forward to the China Qindao Marvel-MGM Studios that will be built this year.
The performance of the first Marvel-MGM studio built in California, USA, was satisfactory, which also gave Marvel-MGM management great confidence - just like In addition to making huge profits, Disney parks around the world can also consolidate their fan base for Disney. Marvel-MGM Group also has high hopes for their studio projects.
If China's Marvel-MGM Cinemas can succeed, then their cinema plan will continue to advance and they will prepare to continue to build new cinemas in Europe.
"Hello, Your Highness the Duke..."
Barron looked at the girl who was speaking. Although she was not tall, she looked very youthful.
After the girl came to Barron, Annika Dawson also introduced Barron in a timely manner, and then left knowingly.
Although this banquet was sponsored by Blue Valley Capital and Marvel-MGM Pictures, which are influential in Hollywood, and there were many actresses present, Barron’s appearance here was still very special. Those who are low-key and can be placed next to him will naturally be judged as "very safe"...
Just like the girl in front of him, named Emma Roberts, born in 1991 , just turned 21 this year - to be precise, she will turn 22 in more than ten days.
Although she is very young, as early as 2000, when she was only 9 years old, she had already entered the film and television industry by starring in the classic film "Narcos" starring Johnny Depp.
The main reason for this is, of course, that she has a good aunt - Emma is the favorite niece of Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts.
Emma Roberts participated in the filming of the movie "Fake Family" produced by MGM Pictures last year. This is why she is related to the Marvel-MGM Group and appeared at today's banquet. reason.
"I have watched your movies, but you were still a child at that time, and now you have become a big beauty..."
Hearing Barron's praise, Emma had a smile on her face Sweet smile:
"That's really such an honor, Your Highness the Duke. I have been following you on Woaw for a long time and am your fan. You are more handsome in person than in the photo..."
(End of this chapter)