Chapter 98 Social Network

However, the final facts proved that their previous worries were somewhat overblown.

After "The Werewolf of Miller's Hollow" aired for the first time on Monday, it received a ratings of more than 20% and nearly 5 million viewers. On such a weekday, this performance was considered a success.

In fact, many British TV programs, especially variety shows, do quite well in terms of innovation.

There are many program models, which were later introduced by many countries.

But "The Werewolf of Miller's Hollow" is the first time that a werewolf killing competition in a room is directly presented to the audience in this way. On the one hand, this kind of game is still novel and interesting, and on the other hand, there are some guests.

For example, Bonnie herself participated in the recording of this program as a member of the celebrity guests, and played the werewolf killing game with other guests.

As a well-known beauty presenter on Sky TV, Bonnie already has a certain degree of popularity, and after her relationship with the Duke of Devonshire was exposed, she received a lot of attention.

In addition, as one of the novel authors, the serialization of "Downton Abbey" has achieved great success.

After the first serialization of the novel ended, a single novel was soon published, with great success.

A week after it was put on the shelves, the novel "Downton Abbey" was on the best-selling list of British novels. After all, when it was serialized in newspapers, many people were not readers of "The Independent", and some people, for some reasons, There will be some missing parts in the middle. Now that the single book of the novel has been published, coupled with the previous popularity of this novel, sales have been extremely good.

Outside of Britain, whether in continental Europe or North America, this novel has achieved very good results.

This also gave Bonnie a shining point in her public image, in addition to her beauty, and her talent, making her a well-known host who combines beauty and talent.

It was also with this enthusiasm that after personally joining the filming of the show "The Werewolf of Miller's Valley", Bonnie herself brought a lot of viewers to the show.

Many things will lead to a virtuous cycle. When Summit Media's ratings during ITV's time slots stabilize at a relatively ideal level, it will become easier for them to attract advertising investment during these time slots.

But in the final analysis, the current "Werewolf of Miller's Hollow" is also because it is not difficult to shoot, so it can temporarily fill the broadcast time.

But it can be done in the short term. If it is broadcast at such a close frequency all the time, the audience will always get tired of it, so it is imperative to produce or introduce new programs.

So at this time, the manager of Summit Media, Fergal, proposed the idea of ​​starting to produce the first part of "Downton Abbey" into a TV series.

With the current popularity of "Downton Abbey" in the UK, it is actually at the right time. Countless readers are immersed in the story of love and hatred in an aristocratic manor at the beginning of the last century. The TV series must also be very popular.

Barron also thinks this proposal is good.

The filming of TV series is definitely more complicated than the recording of variety shows. Therefore, if we are planning to shoot this TV series, then Summit Media needs to hire professional producers and directors to assemble the crew. Filming started.

Anyway, in England, this series of processes already has a relatively fixed pattern, and Fergal Hayden is not unfamiliar.

So next, Barron will leave it to him.

…

After entering mid-September, the official website of the independent newspaper added functions such as blogging, and the number of registered users increased again.

At this time, the official website of The Independent Newspaper has begun to accept user subscriptions for the online version of The Independent. When registered users apply for subscription, they will receive the online version of The Independent via email every day. However, so far, the online version has not The number of subscribers only remains at less than 10,000.

But correspondingly, because there is no need for paper printing and no intermediate distribution links, the online version of The Independent can still be maintained.

These are just the beginning, as an attempt to transform the independent newspaper industry.

Barron knows that when this kind of electronic publication can truly demonstrate its power, it will have to wait until the advent of the mobile Internet, when users can use mobile phones to conveniently receive information from the Internet, and with the development of mobile payment services, then Ushering in an explosion in the number of users.

Through the introduction of Khalid, the technical director of the official website of the Independent Newspaper, Barron met Davo Bablin who came to London in the afternoon of this day.

It was at that time when Khalid suggested that Barron add a blog function to the official website of the Independent Newspaper, he mentioned his junior student, Davao, who was still studying at Cambridge.

But at that time, Khalid said, Davao was preparing to build a blog for Cambridge students so that students could get to know each other and socialize online.

When Barron asked Khalid about this matter again, he told Barron that after the blog website with relatively simple functions was launched, there seemed to be not many students registered. His junior student Dawo had already expressed interest in the project. Somewhat disappointed.

So at this time, Barron made an appointment with Davo Babulin through Khalid, hoping to meet and talk with him.

Before that, Barron also logged into the Internet and saw the website of Davo Babulin. It was indeed relatively simple in terms of functionality.

But what Barron appreciates more is that the functions of the website have changed very quickly. When he heard that Davo Bablin was the only one maintaining the website, he was indeed a little surprised.

When they actually met, Davo in front of Barron was a boy who looked a little reserved.

"Your Highness the Duke, are you interested in my website? But with all due respect, it doesn't have many users yet, and it's only for students, so it doesn't have much commercial value."

Hearing the other party's words so bluntly, Barron smiled:

"Actually, Mr. Bablin, I am more interested in you as a person than your website..."

Seeing the rather strange expression on the other party's face after these words, Barron was speechless and added:

"I'm referring to your technology. I've seen that website. Although it's still rudimentary at the moment, there's something remarkable about it."

I don’t know what this student named Dawo has experienced before...

Anyway, after hearing what Barron said later, he was obviously relieved:

"Then what is your purpose?"

"I have an idea now, and I am planning to make a website, similar to the one you have. I hope it will be a social network, mainly for students, but there are many differences..."

"So you want to hire me?"

Davo Bablin shook his head:

"I'm sorry, I'm still in school now. I mean, if I wait until after graduation next year, I will be interested in joining..."

"I found you mainly because of the website you worked on before, which made me think you are a suitable candidate. In the early stage, the scale of this website was not too big. I believe you can handle it as long as you work part-time. I can pay for it, and then you can find a few more people to do it together."

"In this case, it's still okay, Your Highness the Duke."

"So are you willing to take this job?"

"I am willing. If the reward is good, can you tell me what kind of website it is?"

Seeing that he had agreed, Barron gave his personal assistant a look and took a document from her hand:

"This is a non-disclosure agreement. Once you sign it we can continue talking, Davo."