Chapter 887 Influence
Currently, in terms of the Internet, IC Capital, managed by Ivanta, is the second largest shareholder of Woaw. This company not only has a social network, but also owns the video sharing platform YouTube.
And IC Capital is also the largest shareholder of Twitter!
It can be said that this will be a very powerful propaganda platform if needed in the future.
Well, at least it can avoid the embarrassing scene of Twitter banning a certain American president in Barron's previous life.
Some people who admire the West may think that even the president can ban it, so you can say whether it is free or not.
As for the so-called freedom of speech...
Can it be the same? !
As for traditional paper media, it is not impossible to acquire one when necessary.
It is not purely for the election of Barron's father-in-law...
At least for a certain period of time, paper media still has a certain influence.
Moreover, even the Washington Post, which was once famous for being the first to exclusively report the Watergate scandal and eventually led to Nixon's resignation, and one of the most influential newspapers in the United States, was sold to Amazon's Bezos in August this year for only $250 million.
Similarly, the 140-year-old Boston Globe will also be sold by the New York Times Company in August this year. The package price of this newspaper and some New England media assets is only $70 million.
You know, twenty years ago, in 1993, the New York Times Company acquired the Boston Globe for $1.1 billion. Twenty years later, the selling price was less than one-tenth of the purchase price, which is also very regrettable. Paper media has become a sunset industry.
Of course, such a price is still very cost-effective for Barron, who only needs the influence of these paper media to help him achieve some goals-even if these newspapers are not profitable and the assets are still shrinking, as long as they can help him in public opinion, it can be regarded as a good deal.
Just like in England, the independent newspapers under the SEM Group have weaker profitability than those TV stations, and even need to invest money occasionally.
But because they can still rely on these newspapers to manipulate public opinion, they are very useful tools for Barron to control power in England, so he is happy to keep them.
After that, Barron spent some time with Ivanta and her son in a low-key manner in his manor on Long Island, New York.
Except for attending a banquet hosted by Blue Valley Capital and Marvel-MGM Pictures, he has not appeared in the public eye for almost a whole week.
Speaking of Marvel MGM Pictures, it can be said that its performance in recent years has made other Hollywood film companies envious.
Their first movie of "Avengers" released last year raked in more than 1.7 billion US dollars in box office worldwide, ranking third in the global movie box office, after "Avatar" and "Titanic".
The reason why the global box office of the first "Avengers" in this time and space is higher than the 1.5 billion US dollars in the original time and space is that after obtaining the copyright of "Spider-Man", before the movie "Avengers", Marvel Studios restarted the Spider-Man series of movies. At present, the first part of the new Spider-Man movie has been launched, and the box office performance is very good. In addition, the characters including Spider-Man, X-Men and Fantastic Four, whose copyrights they have already taken back, have been added to "Avengers", which makes the popularity of this movie even higher.
In addition to the superhero movies of Marvel Studios, which can be called box office harvesters, MGM Studios also performed well, especially the "Hobbit" series they launched in cooperation with Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema, which also performed very well at the box office. Taking the opportunity to attend this banquet, Barron also talked with Annika Dawson of Blue Valley Capital about the development of Marvel-MGM Studios.
In fact, by now, those big production companies in Hollywood have begun to seek stability. In addition to the art films that aim for awards, they are very cautious about commercial films with huge investments.
Therefore, it can be seen from the movies released every year that big productions often pursue IP effects. Except for superhero movies like Marvel, the others are follow-up works of the original series.
After all, from a historical point of view, the reason why many once glorious film companies have declined is largely because they blindly launched big productions, and the box office was not as expected, resulting in unbearable losses.
Now for those small productions, the subject matter will be relatively freer, while big productions must be conservative.
In addition, they are still looking forward to the Marvel-MGM Studios in Qindao, China, which will be built this year.
The performance of the first Marvel-MGM Studios built in California, USA, was satisfactory, which also gave Marvel-MGM management great confidence-just like Disneyland all over the world, in addition to making considerable profits, it can also consolidate their fan base for Disney. Marvel-MGM Group also has high hopes for their studio projects.
If the Marvel-MGM Studios in China can be successful, then their studio plans will continue to move forward and they will prepare to select a location in Europe to build a new studio.
"Hello, Your Highness..."
Barron looked at the girl who was talking. Although she was not tall, she looked very youthful.
After the girl came to Barron, Annika Dawson also introduced Barron in time, and then left tactfully.
Although this banquet was initiated by Blue Valley Capital and Marvel-MGM Pictures, which are influential in Hollywood, and many actresses came, Barron was still very low-key here. Those who can be placed next to him will naturally be judged as "very safe"...
Just like the girl in front of him, named Emma Roberts, born in 1991, just 21 years old this year-to be precise, she will be 22 years old in more than ten days.
Although she is very young, as early as 2000, when she was only 9 years old, she had already participated in the classic film "American Drug Lords" starring Johnny Depp and entered the film and television industry.
The main reason for this is, of course, because she has a good aunt-Emma is the favorite niece of Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts.
Emma Roberts participated in the filming of the movie "Fake Family" produced by MGM Pictures last year, which is why she is associated with Marvel-MGM Group and appears at today's banquet.
"I have seen your movie, but you were still a child at that time, and now you have become a big beauty..."
Hearing Barron's praise, Emma smiled sweetly:
"It's really an honor, Your Highness, I have been following you on Woaw for a long time and I am your fan. You are more handsome in person than in the photo..."
