Rebirth of England.

Chapter 747 Oriental Movie Capital
From the perspective of many Chinese people, Barron is considered a "pro-China" person.

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

Not only from a 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.

Barron also has many friendly actions towards China. For example, he once donated a large number of cultural relics to China. 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 how some Chinese people see it.

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 stance as "pro-*" or "anti-*" is too simplistic, an either-or diode mentality. Everyone's behavior and psychology are complex, and the so-called "pro" or "anti" behavior may also be constantly changing.

Ultimately, the core of these external manifestations is all based on interests.

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

Barron knew the future direction of the world during his previous life, and this was what made him different from most people.

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

But at this point in time, if one were to say that China could become a rival to the United States, the world's only single pole, not many people would sincerely agree with this - those who spread alarmist "threat theories" are just building momentum for certain purposes.

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 such size, many people still believe that such development will inevitably begin to pay a heavy price one day.

But Barron is different. He has personally experienced a future where the entire world cannot ignore the attitudes of China and the United States on any issue.

Therefore, even though he is now a British duke and owns a lot of industries in Europe and the United States, Barron knows clearly that the probability of Britain regaining its former glory is almost zero. It can only rely on the whole of Europe to ensure that it can become a party with a certain influence in the gap between China and America.

With this understanding, how could he possibly put all his chips on the American side? The wisest approach, of course, is to bet on both sides, and then take sides after the winner is clear - just like what America did during World War I and World War II. Therefore, Barron will not be fixed on who he supports or who he opposes. Everything is based on interests and the potential of the other party.

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

Let’s get back to Barron’s conversation with Tianhe Capital CEO Li Lu.

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

Moreover, the final planning of this project has not yet been completed. Among the partners including Marvel-MGM Group, Tianhe Capital, Grace Cultural Tourism Group and others, it is temporarily called the "Oriental Movie Metropolis Comprehensive Cultural Tourism Real Estate Project", or "Oriental Movie Metropolis Project" for short.

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, filming and 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 with related styles, Middle Eastern-style Arab-style areas, and Chinese-style areas from various dynasties in China, as well as 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 residential areas...

Therefore, the investment scale of the entire project will be as high as more than 500 billion Chinese yuan!
This will definitely be the largest film, television, cultural and 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. 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 focused on the three cities of Tianjin, Dalian and Qindao.

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

These three cities are all coastal cities with mountains and seas, diverse scenes, and relatively developed infrastructure, making it convenient for Chinese and overseas crews to come and shoot.

But the final choice of city still depends on the preferential policies that the other party can offer. If you want to attract overseas film and television companies to shoot, a very important point is to provide special subsidies in terms of taxation, etc., just like what Canada, Australia and other countries do. Only in this way can it be attractive to these overseas film and television companies.

In addition, there are many more things that need to be considered comprehensively. Even a project like the Shanghai Disneyland was not started until several years of negotiations, let alone a project of their scale.

Therefore, it will probably take three to four years or even longer for this project to be implemented and started...

(End of this chapter)