Chapter 231 Giant Studio

"But don't be impulsive. After all, before it is broadcast, almost all companies believe that the variety show they produce will become a hit, but the final results are often not as good as expected."

Barron was also worried that Bonnie was too optimistic, so he poured cold water on her in advance.

"Well, that's the case, so I'm going to learn about their program planning..."

In this way, the program will be understood during the planning stage, which is also allowed, but relevant personnel need to sign a confidentiality agreement.

"I can go with you, honey, and help you check when the time comes."

Bonnie actually understands that the variety shows produced by Summit Studio so far are actually ideas proposed by Barron. In many cases, he has even given detailed program procedures.

Therefore, she still admired the other party's vision very much in the production of variety shows, and Bonnie was relieved to have his support.

The independent production company Bonnie mentioned is called Giant Studio. After accompanying Bonnie to the company in Soho and signing a confidentiality agreement, they were introduced by the company's planners and learned about the project they were going to produce. Variety show content.

According to their introduction, this program plans to invite some well-known British stars, including presenters, sports and entertainment stars, and then pair them with professional dancers to perform various dance performances.

In this program, four dance experts will be invited to make on-site evaluations, and the audience's phone votes will be added. Based on the scores, one pair of contestants will be eliminated every week, and finally three pairs of contestants will compete for the championship.

"We have also been in contact with some other companies before, including large companies such as the BBC and ITV. At present, the BBC production department has expressed its willingness to send people to negotiate..."

Jason Turley, head of Giant Studio, told Barron and Bonnie.

"What do you think? I think this kind of show is quite attractive."

After leaving the company, Bonnie asked with concern.

"Well, I agree with you..."

Barron nodded and said:

"You can talk to them. I suggest that you can acquire this company directly. Either SEM Group or I personally can contribute money to help you complete the acquisition. Of course, it is best if SEM Group's shares are not less than 30%, so that you can The production of this program will be carried out through the resources of SEM Group..."

In fact, when he heard the other party's introduction just now, Barron was almost certain that the TV program planned by this company was in his previous life. It was a huge success when it was launched next year, and later became the BBC and lasted for nearly 20 years. The flagship program of the show - "Strictly Come Dancing", translated into Chinese is "Strictly Come Dancing".

Later, Chinese TV stations also introduced its program copyright and launched programs with the same process.

Yes, in the original time and space, "Strictly Come Dancing" was launched by the BBC in 2004.

Based on what he has learned so far, it is likely that Giant Studio will eventually be acquired by the BBC and become part of its production department, BBC Studio. Eventually, after the program production is completed, it will belong to the BBC.

"But I'm still a little unsure. After all, most of the productions I've participated in before were reality shows. I still don't have much experience in stage shows that require live performances..."

As she said, both "The Traitors" and "Love Island" were reality shows before, so when faced with a program like "Strictly Come Dancing" that was completely different from what she had participated in before, Bonnie also You will feel less confident.

"Now that you are ready to start a business, honey, you have to start adapting to the change in your role. In the past, you were the person in charge of the program, but now you have to enter the role of a leader. It does not require you to have much experience in producing such a program, just We need to find such a person and let him take charge..."

Barron did not expect that Bonnie was very lucky. When she wanted to start a business, she came across Giant Studio and the program "Strictly Come Dancing" before the BBC.

Bonnie still feels very satisfied with the suggestions given by Barron. After all, on the one hand, judging from Giant Studio's planning of "Strictly Come Dancing", the production of this program, in addition to financial investment, will not be too low. In addition, many celebrities need to be invited to participate, and there must be heavyweight judges, so it is also important to get the support of SEM Group and obtain its resources.

And in this case, on the one hand, after the production of "Strictly Come Dancing" is completed, it can of course be broadcast on TV channels on the Freeview platform such as SDTV.

On the other hand, keeping in touch with SEM Group, programs such as "The Traitors" and "Love Island" that Bonnie was previously hosting can still be hosted by her.

Of course, after she leaves Summit Studio, the producers of these programs will definitely be replaced.

So after getting Barron's affirmation and support, Bonnie quickly rushed to negotiate investment with Giant Studio before the BBC.

In the end, Giant Studio bowed to "capital"...

Bonnie Capital, registered by Bonnie, will invest 10 million pounds to acquire 51% of Giant Studio's shares; SEM Group will invest 5 million pounds and corresponding resources to acquire 30% of Giant Studio's shares.

The original heads of Giant Studio and their founding team still retain 19% of the shares.

In this way, Bonnie will leave SEM Group to serve as CEO of Giant Studio, and Jason Turley, the original head of the company, will serve as the company's production director.

After receiving 15 million pounds in funding, and with the support of SEM Group, they are finally gearing up to prepare for the "Strictly Come Dancing" program.

As for the BBC, which originally promised to contact Giant Studio, at this time, it can only say sorry.

Although Barron has a cooperative relationship with the BBC at Digital UK, he himself is not too cold about the BBC...

As for "unintentionally" stealing their flagship program, Barron can only say... very happy.

It is also worth mentioning that Bonnie Capital, registered by Bonnie, holds 51% of Giant Studio's shares. It has two shareholders. Bonnie holds 60% of the company's shares, and Barron holds 60% of the shares in his personal name. She owns 40% of the company, which is why she was able to invest the 10 million pounds in Giant Studio.

After Bonnie takes control, Giant Studio will move into a new office location - they will become a tenant in the SEM Building, and Giant Studio is located downstairs from Summit Studio.

In this way, as an independent production company in the SEM Group system, they can make good use of the SEM Group's resources, including multiple studios of different sizes in the SEM building, to record programs.

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"Secret sources contributed 90% of valuable intelligence in the past. After the emergence of the Internet, especially social media, more and more intelligence can be obtained from some private public information. I think that in the near future, there may be a significant impact on intelligence. Access will be exactly the opposite of the old days, when 90% of valuable intelligence will come from open sources and will be available to everyone."

In the office of the intelligence team, Barron was sitting under the stage, quietly listening to the report of an intelligence expert named Martin Wolfram.

"In fact, many intelligence agencies have begun to obtain intelligence through public information in newspapers, radio and television reports a long time ago. Now, intelligence agencies including the CIA and MI6 have specialized departments , obtain intelligence from the Internet through hackers and search technology..."

"Regarding this new way of obtaining intelligence, I noticed that as early as 1980, the famous American futurist Alvin Toffler proposed the concept of big data (BigData) in the book "The Third Wave". , Research on big data has also produced many results. In the future, data will be wealth. With enough large data, you can also get a lot of extremely useful intelligence by analyzing it..."

This report was mainly due to someone in the intelligence team raising the possibility of obtaining intelligence through public information and information on the Internet.

Therefore, Barron was reminded of Bellingcat, a civilian private intelligence organization that became very famous in the original time and space.