Chapter 162 Love Island
Of course, even if these package contracts have been signed long ago, Summit Media will not say that the third season of "Downton Abbey" will still give them an initial relatively low salary, and the salary will increase in each subsequent season, but They are all within a relatively "reasonable" range, rather than the outrageous increase of doubling.
After all, this is actually in the interests of both parties. You must know that they became popular with "Downton Abbey", and staying in this series is also very necessary to consolidate their newly gained popularity.
The reason why Bonnie is starting to get busy is that, in fact, she is even busier at this time than she was last year.
Whether it's the second season of the reality show "The Traitors" or the third season of "Downton Abbey", they all have the experience of last year, so they won't be as busy as they were at the beginning.
But at the same time, Summit Studio is also preparing a new variety show called "Love Island", Love Island...
Yes, as you can tell from the name, this is a variety show with a love theme.
In its previous life, "Love Island" can be said to be the originator of all romance dramas. Once launched, it continued to be popular. Until Barron's rebirth, it was the variety show with the highest ratings among viewers in the 16-34 age group in the UK. programme.
The Sun reported that members of the England football team requested the variety show "Love Island" in their hotel rooms during the 2018 World Cup.
Well, even the World Cup, which is held every four years, can't resist the gossip among the players during the game...
Compared with the later love dramas in China, the scale of "Love Island" will be larger.
This variety show will choose an island villa with a pleasant climate, and then choose 10 guests to stay in the villa, including 5 men and 5 women.
As for the beach villa, you can imagine that all the guests will be dressed very coolly. The female guests have beautiful faces and attractive figures, and they will wear bikinis almost 24 hours a day.
As for the male guests, it goes without saying that in addition to being handsome, they also have to have very stylish figures. They are all wearing only a pair of beach shorts or swimming trunks, and their hormones are exploding.
These male and female guests will be continuously paired up to form couples based on their mutual understanding and feelings.
The audience has the right to make demands on the guests, and they can also vote to eliminate the guests they do not like.
The couple who are the most popular among viewers and have "survived" the longest on the show will receive a prize of £50,000!
And the most important thing is that the villas where these guests live are covered with cameras, shooting without blind spots, 24 hours a day...
Therefore, in addition to the regular program features, many inappropriate scenes of male and female guests during their passionate moments will be captured by cameras.
Of course, this kind of footage cannot be watched without spending money... Live footage requires membership to recharge before you can watch it.
When this variety show starts to be produced and broadcast, the IPTV service of the Freeview platform will be able to support this function.
Therefore, such a large-scale variety show is very suitable for the promotion of the Freeview platform, which is why Barron proposed to produce such a show at this time.
I believe that when "Love Island" becomes popular, the number of users applying to the Freeview platform will once again reach a peak.
The variety show "Love Island" is currently in preparation. The first step is to select a suitable tropical island. The other 10 handsome and beautiful guests also need to be recruited and interviewed.
It is expected that after filming the third season of "The Traitors", filming of the first season of "Love Island" can begin.
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In view of the fact that every time Barron went overseas before, it was very inconvenient to take civil aviation because there were too many people accompanying him. Therefore, after he had the funds, he directly ordered a private business jet-Gulfstream G450.
This aircraft is a replacement and upgraded model developed based on the G400, a long-range business jet previously produced by Gulfstream Corporation of America. It made its first test flight in April 2001.
This month, the first batch of Gulfstream G450s delivered completed its maiden voyage.
It can be said that this aircraft is currently the most advanced intercontinental long-distance business aircraft. The G450 is powered by two Rolls-Royce Tay611-8C turbofan engines. After taking off for 23 minutes, the cruising altitude can reach 41,000. ft. Currently, the G450 has a maximum cruising speed of Mach 0.88, a non-stop flight range of 4,350 nautical miles, and can fly directly from London to the United States.
Moreover, the G450’s requirements for airport runways for take-off and landing are not too high, and medium-sized or above airports can meet its take-off and landing conditions.
After personalized customization, the total price of this G450 is around US$40 million, but it will take several months before you can use this aircraft...
Therefore, for this trip to Asia, Barron directly chartered a business jet from the airline. It was not a G450, but a G400.
This time he went to Asia. In addition to his personal assistant Wang Wanting, the head of the family trust fund Yulia Moore, and the CEO of DS Industrial Investment Company Amber Sheehan, Barron's entourage also included some personnel from his family office... …
Including public relations consultant Annabella Nolan, legal counsel and others.
Also, there is his new security adviser Danny Burton, and four tall bodyguards.
Danny Burton also came from the G4S security company and was a colleague of Frank, Barron's former security consultant. After Frank was transferred to the "Protector" military services company to be responsible for military contracting affairs, Danny Burton was recommended to serve as the Barron's security consultant.
Before taking this position, Danny Burton also passed a background check conducted by Barron's intelligence adviser Nigel Inkster to ensure that nothing would be missed.
The Gulfstream G400 business jet chartered by Barron is smaller than the G450 and can accommodate 11 passengers, providing them with comfortable space.
This is just enough room for Barron and his party, and Barron himself has a separate small lounge in it.
Compared with previous civil aviation flights, this journey was very pleasant.
It's a pity that Bonnie couldn't go with Barron because of work issues. Otherwise, she could have experienced... well, the feeling of traveling rapidly in the lounge of this business jet.
Now, the relationship with Yulia has not reached this level yet. As for personal assistant Wang Wanting? What are you thinking? There is a pure superior-subordinate relationship between them.
After more than ten hours of flight, the Gulfstream G400 landed at Shenzhen Airport.
This time Barron's trip to Asia still starts from China's Shenzhen market.
After all, here is his most important investment in China - DS Industrial Investment Company currently holds 43% of Penguin's shares and is Penguin's largest shareholder.
Of course, these investments are entirely in the form of financial investment, because when purchasing these shares, DSIIC signed an additional agreement with Boss Pony, and DSIIC will become a concerted actor of Boss Pony, that is to say, in Without harming the interests of DS Capital, they granted the voting rights of 43% of the shares of Penguin Company to Boss Pony, so that he will firmly control the company's management rights.
Barron's investment in Penguin was purely to make money. You want to control this company?
Are you kidding me? If he were to run it, it’s unclear whether Penguin would still be able to achieve such a high market value as in the original time and space. In addition, do you really think that a company whose operating rights are controlled by foreign capital can become one of the three giants of the Chinese Internet? one?
Just like South Korea, which is the grandson of the United States, the management rights of their chaebols are still in the hands of their own people. Wall Street only controls the majority of the shares and obtains the economic benefits of those chaebols...
