Chapter 747 Eastern Film City

From the perspective of many Chinese people, Barron is a "pro-China faction".

After all, in relevant reports and in the interviews with some bigwigs, this young British Duke is mentioned as an "old friend of the Chinese people".

Not only from the business perspective, he is one of the entrepreneurs who has the most cooperation with China in the whole of Britain, Europe and even the Western world - perhaps this "one" can be removed.

And Barron has many friendly actions towards China, such as he has donated a large number of cultural relics to China, and his foundation has also funded many activities to promote exchanges between the British and Chinese people. In many programs and interviews not limited to China, he has expressed his love and appreciation for Chinese culture, etc. ...

But this is the situation from the perspective of some Chinese people.

From the perspective of the American people, Barron can also be classified as "pro-American", just like the time he lived in the United States was second only to the time he lived in London, he invested in a large number of American companies, and his charitable foundation made a lot of donations to many public welfare and charity projects in the United States...

In fact, simply classifying a person's position as "pro-*" or "anti-*" is too simplistic, and it is a diode thinking of either this or that. Everyone's behavior and psychology are complex, and the so-called "pro" or "anti" behavior may also be constantly changing.

In the final analysis, these external manifestations, the core of which is based on interests.

When America can bring benefits to Barron and is beneficial to his current or future development, then he can become a "pro-American"; when America cannot bring benefits to him, but will threaten his current or future interests, he can also become an "anti-American" very smoothly...

And Barron, knowing the future trend of the world in his previous life, this is what makes him different from most people.

Even this year, China's GDP will surpass Japan and become the world's second largest economy.

But at the current time point, if China can become a rival to the United States, the world's unipolar power, not many people can sincerely agree with it - those who spread the alarmist "threat theory" are just hype for some purpose.

After all, now and for many years to come, the "collapse theory" proposed by a certain "Gao Hua" is still very popular.

Even though China's economic growth rate is so dazzling among many economies of this size, many people still believe that such development will inevitably start to pay a painful price one day.

But Barron is different. He has personally experienced the era in the future when the whole world cannot ignore the attitudes of China and the United States on any issue.

Therefore, even though he is now a British duke and has a lot of industries in Europe and the United States, Barron clearly knows that the probability of Britain restoring its former glory is almost zero. Only by relying on the whole of Europe can it ensure that it can be a party with a certain influence in the gap between China and the United States.

So with such an understanding, how could he put all his chips on the American side? The wisest way is, of course, to bet on both sides, and then stand on the side after the victory or defeat is obvious - just like what the United States did in World War I and World War II.

Therefore, Barron will not be fixed on who to support or who to oppose. Everything is just based on interests and the potential of the other party.

Knowing this, you can understand Barron's various investments and layouts at this time.

Back to Barron's conversation with Li Lu, CEO of Tianhe Capital.

The "Marvel-MGM Studios" project mentioned by Li Lu is not really accurate, because the Marvel-MGM Studios planned to be opened in China is larger than the Marvel-MGM Studios that is already set to land in Los Angeles, and this studio project is only a part of the entire project.

Moreover, the current project has not yet completed the final planning. Among the partners including Marvel-MGM Group, Tianhe Capital, Grace Cultural Tourism Group, etc., it is temporarily called the "Oriental Movie Metropolis Comprehensive Cultural Tourism Real Estate Project", referred to as the "Oriental Movie Metropolis Project".

The entire project will include "Marvel-MGM Studios", "Film and Television Industrial Park" and supporting commercial real estate. The Film and Television Industrial Park alone is expected to be built into the world's largest industrial center for filming, film and television production and film exhibitions. The filming locations will replicate European and American cities such as New York, London, and Paris, as well as European-style areas of related styles, Middle Eastern-style Arab-style areas, and Chinese-style areas of various dynasties in China and Asian regions such as Japan and Thailand...

In addition, as a guarantee of project profitability, there are also related commercial real estate areas, including commercial centers and residences...

So the investment scale of the entire project will be as high as more than 50 billion Chinese yuan!

This will definitely be the largest film and television cultural tourism real estate comprehensive project in China so far. It is no wonder that cities including Tianjin, Dalian, Qindao and others are eager to settle this project locally, and even super first-tier cities such as Shanghai and Yanjing have shown a positive attitude.

However, according to Li Lu, although there are many cities of interest at present, they are mainly in Tianjin, Dalian and Qindao.

Because first of all, for projects like theirs, northern cities are more suitable, because since there are film and television shooting locations, the north with distinct four seasons throughout the year is more suitable - otherwise, if southern cities are chosen, then the winter scenes in some film and television dramas cannot be met.

And these three cities are also coastal cities, with mountains and seas, diversified scenes, and relatively developed infrastructure, which is convenient for Chinese and overseas crews to come and shoot.

But which city to choose in the end depends on the preferential policies that the other party can give - if you want to attract overseas film and television companies to shoot, it is very important to provide special subsidies in terms of taxation, etc., just like what Canada, Australia and other countries have done, so that these overseas film and television companies can be attracted.

In addition, there are more places that need to be considered comprehensively. Even projects like the Magic City Disneyland were not put into operation until several years after negotiations, let alone projects of their scale.

Therefore, it is estimated that it will take three or four years or even longer for this project to be put into operation...