Rebirth of England.

Chapter 730 House of Cards?
To be honest, after coming to New York from Los Angeles, Barron missed the warm climate of Australia.

And when he was in America, he would try his best to avoid taking a helicopter, so he took a car all the way from his estate in Long Island to Manhattan.

"Honey, I miss you so much."

Knowing that Barron would be coming to America soon, Beatrice did not leave New York during her previous vacation, but waited for Barron here.

From a previous phone call, she knew that Barron had already gone to Los Angeles on the West Coast, but she didn't expect him to come to New York so soon.

"So when I was done, I came right over, baby."

Hearing Barron's sweet words, Beatrice was not stingy and immediately gave him a sweet kiss.

"How is it, are you adapting to life here?"

Barron asked casually after getting in the car.

"Not bad, except that I don't get to see you as often."

Yes, it can talk.

Needless to say, after the two met, Barron could feel the girl's thirst for knowledge.

After all, this was the first time he met Barron since Beatrice came to New York for her master's program, so naturally he had accumulated a lot of thoughts about him.

After living with Barron in the manor on Long Island, Barron did his best to study with her...

Beatrice was very satisfied.

"This year, Marvel Studios will release the second Iron Man film and the first Captain America film, and is expected to start filming the group-building Avengers film next year..."

After the formation of Marvel-MGM Studios, the company's headquarters was established in Los Angeles, but the headquarters of Marvel Entertainment was still retained in New York.

The success of the two Marvel movies "Iron Man" and "Thor" has made Marvel Entertainment more and more confident in its superhero movies. Therefore, last year, they successively invested in two movies, "Iron Man 2" and "Captain America", both of which will be released this year.

Judging from the current surveys conducted by relevant organizations, audiences are still full of expectations for these two films.

What Barron cares more about is "The Avengers", which will start filming next year. Starting from this movie, Marvel Universe movies have officially become a money-printing machine.

Although Marvel Entertainment was somewhat affected by the subprime mortgage crisis, some of its debts were demanded for payment during this crisis.

But now behind Marvel-MGM Pictures is Blue Valley Capital, and behind this company stands Barron.

During the subprime mortgage crisis, Blue Valley Capital and IC Capital invested in the Black Swan Fund and eventually made a fortune.

Blue Valley Capital has obtained a large amount of funds, and as the most important and core Marvel-MGM Pictures owned by the company, it will naturally not lack financial support from them.

"In addition to Marvel, Netflix is ​​also doing well."

“While Netflix’s stock price is still far from where it was before the crisis, with the funding and resources we have, Netflix is ​​in a much better position than it was last year,” Annika Dawson told Barron’s.

Initially, Baron held more than 14% of Netflix's shares under the name of DS Investment Company.

Then, after BlueBlock Capital acquired Marvel Entertainment and MGM Pictures to form Marvel-MGM Pictures, Hastings, as one of the most well-known content creators in Hollywood, keenly discovered the hidden worries of Netflix after the emergence of the Hulu video platform, which was held by companies including 21st Century Fox, Disney and NBC Universal.

That is, in the competition, they may face the risk of Hollywood film and television companies cutting off their content supply.

So Netflix took the initiative to agree to Marvel-MGM Pictures' request to acquire a stake in the company. As a result, up to now, if we add the shares of Netflix held by DS Group and Blue Valley Capital, their share of Netflix shares has exceeded 30%.

Of course, Baron knew that Netflix's founder Hastings would do well in the future, and he had no intention of interfering in Netflix's specific operations.

However, as Netflix is ​​a video platform that will be very influential in the world in the future, Barron will inevitably need to have a certain influence on it.

"Now, in addition to the content that Marvel-MGM Studios can provide to Netflix, Mr. Hastings also plans to shoot Netflix's own content. Of course, since Netflix is ​​just about to try to produce content, Netflix also hopes to cooperate with Marvel-MGM to produce it. Their first project is to shoot a series called "House of Cards."

Barron was a little surprised to hear what Annika Dawson said.

He knew "House of Cards". In his previous life, this series made Netflix's self-produced dramas a hit. It can be said to be a phenomenal American drama. If I remember correctly, "House of Cards" started to be broadcast in 2013 in his previous life. Baron did not expect that Netflix already had a plan to shoot this American drama.

However, this is not too strange. After all, the American TV series "House of Cards" is adapted from the British TV series of the same name. The British version of "House of Cards" was launched on BBC as early as 1990. Therefore, if this idea had been there for a long time, then after Blue Valley Capital provided them with the much-needed funds, it is not impossible for the project to start ahead of schedule.

"House of Cards? Like the BBC version, is it going to be a political satire?"

“The details are still unclear, but as a test for Netflix, I think it’s worth a try.”

That is certainly worth a try. After all, except Barron, no one could have imagined that this trial work of Netflix would become a hit and bring huge profits to Netflix.

While Barron was still in the United States, he was also following the news about the Greek sovereign debt crisis.

At present, although the Greek debt crisis has caused great concern in the financial market, leading to a sharp drop in the euro exchange rate and a sharp rise in Greek government bond interest rates...

But at the decision-making level, neither the EU, the ECB nor the member states felt the urgency of rescuing Greece - especially the President of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, who had always been opposed to helping Greece.

In a previous meeting, Trichet had said frankly that, in his judgment, the Greek debt problem and even the Eurozone debt problem were not serious enough to require rescue.

At a press conference held on January 1 this year, Trichet made it clear that the financial situation of the euro zone is much better than that of the United States, Japan, South Korea and other countries.

For example, outside the eurozone, Britain's fiscal deficit this year is expected to account for 12.6% of GDP, which is comparable to Greece's current level.

However, Standard & Poor's still maintains the highest AAA rating for the sovereign credit of the United States and the United Kingdom, Japan is also AA, while Greece is only rated BBB+.

Therefore, Trichet believes that the current predicament of Greece and even the eurozone is more of a market confidence issue rather than a real debt problem.

In Trichet's view, not providing aid would enhance market confidence better than providing aid, and would also help Greece build its own ability to cope with crises through its own adjustments.

(End of this chapter)