Chapter 197 Amanda
Compared with the cocktail party at Goldman Sachs Group, the party hosted by John Smith and Jenny Butt of the Sinclair family after Barron went to New York was much more relaxed.
After all, this gathering is mainly for young people, and there is no business intrigue between them - most of their friends are the second generation of rich and powerful families, and most of them want to enjoy life. Attitude.
When he first met John Smith, Barron relied on the Bute family as his link. After the two parties held shares in each other, his relationship with the Sinclair family was already close.
Well, maybe Jenny Butt doesn't know that her sister-in-law is pregnant with Barron's child. Otherwise, I'm afraid the atmosphere between them will be a little awkward...
"Actually, I have always been curious about what the life of you British nobles would be like? Is it really the same as on TV? Just like "Downton Abbey". I know that novel is your creation."
The blond beauty sitting next to Barron and chatting with him was also someone he had just introduced.
Amanda Hurst, just 19 years old this year, is still a student at Boston University.
However, this girl with a graceful figure and delicate face also has another identity: she is the great-granddaughter of William Hearst, the founder of the media empire Hearst Corporation. At the same time, she is also the heir to the Hearst family.
"Actually, today's aristocratic life is very different from the traditional aristocratic life in "Downton Abbey". After all, we don't live in history, and we also need to enter modern society. I'm afraid Hess Miss Special should be able to see it in Jenny.”
Interestingly, among these "second generations", Barron's identity that brings them closer is not his property - at least this is not the main factor, but his aristocratic status and "Downton Abbey" The authorship of...
Barron himself is extremely handsome, and compared to these "second generations" who come from rich American families, Barron's unique figure and temperament cultivated in a British aristocratic family also made him more attractive to the girls present. , has great appeal.
However, among these wealthy daughters, Amanda can be said to be the most beautiful one, so Barron is happy to have more contact with her.
"But the Chatsworth Abbey I saw in "Downton Abbey" is really charming. If I have the chance, I hope to visit it in England."
"You are very welcome, Amanda. I can introduce it to you personally then..."
Under Amanda's "protest", Barron no longer called her "Miss Hester", but called her by her first name, and the same was true for Amanda:
"Then I'll make a note of it, and I'm already planning to make Chatsworth Manor my next destination in England."
"I'm afraid I'll disappoint you then. After all, I've heard that your Hearst Castle is an architectural miracle."
If God had money, he would probably build such a dwelling for himself.
This is what musician Bernard Shaw said after visiting Hearst Castle.
When the Hearst family was at its most glorious, one of every four newspapers in the United States belonged to the Hearst family.
Hearst Castle is a luxurious castle built for himself by its founder William Hearst on the top of Santa Lucia Mountain near San Miguel Bay in central California.
This castle was designed by female architect Julia Morgan starting in 1919. It took 28 years and cost 165 million US dollars. The entire building has a European Mediterranean style, and the gardens are Italian and Spanish, integrating natural beauty, architectural beauty and artistic beauty.
You know, that was US$165 million at the beginning of the 20th century! In 1919, the average annual income of American workers was only $600...
"Actually, I have never lived there, and I feel that compared to Hearst Castle, Chatsworth Manor has more historical heritage..."
What Amanda said is true. Hearst Castle was donated to the California government by the Hearst family in 1957, and has been open to the public ever since. It was free at first, but later in order to maintain the castle, There is a $25 fee for each visitor who visits.
However, Barron remembered that in the original time and space, more than ten years later, the wedding of the heir to the Hearst family was held at Hearst Castle...
As for the world now, I don’t know if it will change...
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John Smith is also very satisfied with the cooperation between Barclays Group and SEM Group. In addition to "Downton Abbey" also achieving very high ratings in the United States, the American version of the reality show "The Traitors" they filmed also has became a popular variety show.
It can be said that although the process is almost the same - the American version of "The Traitors" almost copied the British original version in terms of filming location, rules and games - but in terms of the final effect It seems that the American version of "The traitors" is more interesting.
Because it is the original version of the British version, the contestants invited are still slightly lacking in variety show effect because it is the first season.
The American version of "The Traitors" invites many American reality show stars, including highly popular contestants who have participated in "Survivor", "Big Brother", "The Amazing Race" and other similar reality shows, such as Rob , Amanda, Dan, Ozzy and others, the program effects of these people are naturally better than those of pure amateurs.
The results of this series of cooperation have also increased John Smith's status in the family. Therefore, this time, he values the new variety show "Love Island" of SEM Group, which is extremely popular in the UK, and hopes to use this program again. The program was introduced to the United States.
For this kind of thing, Barron is also happy to see it happen, as long as the other party can give them a satisfactory price.
In the beginning, SDTV did rely more on some film and television variety show content imported from the Sinclair Group to fill their broadcast time.
However, with the development of SEM Group, especially after carrying out a series of acquisitions and enriching the staff of Summit Studio, their program production capabilities have also been strengthened. Currently, imported and purchased programs account for a large proportion of the content broadcast by SDTV. to reduce.
Therefore, they will be more confident when selling the production rights of their variety shows to the outside world, especially to the Sinclair Group.
And with the success of the American version of "The Traitors", this variety show has also been purchased by TV stations in many countries, including the Netherlands, Germany, and Australia. These successes have made the competition for some of their subsequent variety shows even more intense. , so I am afraid that "Love Island"'s competitors here in the United States are not just the Sinclair Group, and it will be easier for them to obtain licensing fees that far exceed those before.
Anyway, this kind of thing will be left to the people below to talk about it. Barron can only express his attitude at most.
