Chapter 532 An Appointment
Influenced by their father, the Koch brothers both embraced libertarianism.
The so-called libertarianism is a political philosophy that advocates that individuals should enjoy absolute freedom to engage in any activity with themselves and their property as long as they do not infringe on the equal freedom of others.
To put it bluntly, they oppose too much government interference, hate any censorship, and advocate liberalism.
Charles Koch’s father had four sons in total. It is said that when the four brothers were young, their father always encouraged them to compete with each other. He would often only buy one toy and let the four brothers compete through competitions or quizzes. The winner gets the toy.
Even if the four brothers fight with each other in front of their eyes, their father never stops them...
Obviously, the result of this kind of education is that the inheritance of the family property by the four brothers will be quite fierce - which is why the current Koch brothers, David Koch and Charles Koch, are in charge of Koch Industries.
At that time, David Koch and Charles Koch, who were second and third in the family succession, joined forces to fight against the combination of their eldest brother and younger brother. In the end, the two won.
The Koch brothers' funding of politics is also to promote the libertarianism they believe in.
For example, the two of them were very opposed to Guanhai and funded the fight against the Guanhai government...
In addition, although in many aspects, the two brothers were supporters of TP later, it was also because of the trade stick policy they led later that they broke up with TP, and eventually criticized each other fiercely.
In this regard, Barron is naturally very supportive of the Koch brothers' ideas - after all, as a British man, if he hopes to expand investment in the United States, he certainly hopes that the United States will embrace liberalism and not interfere too much...
After talking like this, Charles Koch almost regarded Barron as a confidant...
"I see you had a very good chat with Charles just now?"
After Barron and Charles Koch separated, Robert Kennedy Jr. walked up to Barron and said.
"Just a casual chat, you know, I like making friends."
"Let's go have some fun together later?"
After hearing what Robert Kennedy Jr. said, Barron shrugged and said:
"I already have an appointment."
The two of them exchanged looks that every man could understand, and everything was unspoken.
Don't look at Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is over sixty years old, but his private life is still rich...
But when he was young, he was even crazier, with alcoholism, drugs... and a chaotic private life.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has had two marriages so far, but he inherited the sex addiction inherited from the Kennedy family. Later, according to his own confession, throughout the 1990s, he cheated on an average of more than fifty times a year...
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"Hello, Your Highness the Duke..."
When Barron came to the room in the villa, he saw a girl in a red dress waiting inside.
This is the first villa Barron bought on Malibu Beach. Rebecca originally lived here, but after she moved to the Beverly Hills estate, it has been vacant.
There was a hint of timidity in the girl's voice and nervousness in her eyes...
Barron looked at the girl intently, and finally stopped at her very familiar face:
"Are your pupils originally green?"
"Yes, Your Highness, the color in the movie is brown... because the heroine in the novel has brown pupils, so I wore contact lenses to change the color of my pupils."
Yes, the girl in the red dress in front of Barron is Christine Stuart, who played the heroine in the first movie of "The Twilight Saga" which was just released.
What’s interesting is that, like Barron’s wife Bonnie, her surname is Stuart, and both of them have green pupils…
The first film of the "Twilight Saga", "Twilight", was shot in just 2 months and was released in early April. The box office in the first weekend was as high as 70 million US dollars, becoming the North American box office champion that week.
The investment in this movie is only 40 million US dollars, so from now on, it seems that there will definitely be no problem in returning the money, and not only that, it will also make Marvel-MGM Group a lot of money.
After all, the box office revenue of Hollywood movies often accounts for only about a quarter of the film's total revenue.
This is different from Chinese movies that mainly rely on box office revenue. In terms of profit methods, Hollywood movies are more abundant.
For example, for films that are slightly competitive when released in theaters, the North American box office share is often around 50%, and the overseas box office share is around 40%.
In addition, it also includes income from TV station broadcast authorization, disc sharing, airlines and some high-end venue broadcasts, peripheral products, etc.
Barron remembers that the movie "Twilight" in the original time and space was a huge profit, and it will not be much different now - it is also the first hit movie released by the Marvel-MGM Group ("007") "Casino Royale" is not a Marvel-MGM production).
Although it is obvious that through this movie, Kristen Stuart will undoubtedly become famous, but don't say that she is just an actress who will become famous. Even those movie stars, like Barron, In front of a powerful boss, one needs to be careful.
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why she is nervous and trembling when facing Barron.
Kristen is just 18 years old. In fact, she is also a "child star". She has played the daughter of Jodie Foster in "Panic Room" since she was 12 years old...
In many cases like this in the United States, if a child has a talent for acting, they will focus on training him/her so that he/she can become a star to make money for himself/herself. A typical example is Macaulay Culkin, who became famous for starring in "Home Alone" when he was only 10 years old; another is Lindsay Lohan, who became famous at the age of 12.
Kristen is lucky, at least her parents are not too eager for quick success.
But up to now, Kristen has been "debuted" for more than five years. In the Hollywood fame and fortune, she has been influenced by her parents. Even though she is usually well protected by her parents, she also understands that it is the dream of many people to have the opportunity to meet a big man like Barron.
Before this, she mostly starred in low-cost art films. Although "Twilight" is not a big production, it is already Kristen's best opportunity for a commercial film.
"Do you know what to do today?"
Barron has no patience to "talk about love" with this girl...
Under his aggressive gaze, although she had been mentally prepared before coming here, Christine still felt a little nervous.
"I... Your Highness the Duke..."
Christine stretched her arms behind her, there was a zipper sound, and then the red skirt slid down the carpet.
Although Christine is not a top beauty, she is also a beautiful woman with a unique style, and...she is young, has a very good figure, and her skin is white and glowing...
"Should I take a shower first..."
Her slightly trembling eyelashes represent Christine's nervousness at this time.
Barron smiled, relaxing the atmosphere in the room:
"Let's take a shower together, I think this can save some money..."
