Chapter 197 Amanda

Compared with the cocktail party at Goldman Sachs, the party hosted for Barron by John Smith and Jenny Booth of the Sinclair family after he arrived in New York was much more relaxed.

After all, this gathering was mainly attended by young people, and there was no business intrigue among them - for example, most of their friends were second-generation people from powerful and wealthy families, and most of them had an attitude of enjoying life.

When Barron first met John Smith, he used the Bute family as a bond. After the two sides held shares in each other, his relationship with the Sinclair family became close.

Well, maybe Jenny Booth didn't know that her sister-in-law was pregnant with Barron's child. Otherwise, the atmosphere between them would be a little awkward...

"In fact, I have always been curious about what life is like for you British aristocrats? Is it really the same as on TV? For example, "Downton Abbey", I know that novel is your creation."

The blonde beauty who was now sitting next to Barron and chatting with him was also the one he had just been introduced to.

Amanda Hearst, just 19 years old this year, is still a student at Boston University.

However, this girl with a graceful figure and delicate face has another identity: she is the great-granddaughter of William Hearst, the founder of the media empire Hearst Group. At the same time, she is also the heir to the Hearst family.

"In fact, the aristocratic life nowadays is very different from the traditional aristocratic life in Downton Abbey. After all, we are not living in history, and we also need to step into modern society. I'm afraid Miss Hurst should be able to see this in Jenny."

What's interesting is that among these "second generations", the identity that makes Barron closer to them is not his wealth—at least this is not the main factor, but his aristocratic status and his identity as the author of "Downton Abbey"…

Barron himself is extremely handsome, and compared to these "second generation" people who come from wealthy American families, Barron's unique figure and temperament, which he developed since childhood in an aristocratic family in England, also make him extremely attractive to the girls present.

However, among these rich girls, Amanda can be said to be the one with the best appearance, so Barron is happy to have more contact with her.

"But the Chatsworth House I saw in Downton Abbey is really charming. If I have the chance, I hope to visit it in England."

"You are very welcome, Amanda. I can personally introduce the place to you when the time comes..."

At Amanda's "protest", Barron no longer called her "Ms. Hearst" but called her by her first name, and Amanda did the same:

"Then I'll make a note of it. I'm planning to make Chatsworth House my next destination in England."

"I'm afraid I'll disappoint you. After all, I've heard about your Hearst Castle, which is a miracle of architecture."

If God had money, he would probably build such a residence for himself.

These are the words of the musician George Bernard Shaw after visiting Hearst Castle.

At the height of the Hearst family's glory, one out of every four newspapers in America belonged to them.

Hearst Castle is a luxurious castle built for himself by Hearst Group's founder William Hearst on the top of Mount Santa Lucia near San Miguel Bay in central California during the heyday of the Hearst Group.

The castle was designed by female architect Julia Morgan in 1919, which took 28 years and cost $165 million. The entire building has a European Mediterranean style, and the gardens are Italian and Spanish, combining natural beauty, architectural beauty and artistic beauty.

You know, that was $165 million at the beginning of the 20th century! In 1919, the average annual income of American workers was only $600...

"Actually, I've never lived there, and I feel that Chatsworth House has more historical heritage than Hearst Castle..."

What Amanda said is true. Hearst Castle was donated to the California government by the Hearst family in 1957, and has been open to the public ever since - it was free at first, but later, in order to maintain the castle, a fee of $25 was charged to each visitor.

But Barron remembered that in the original time and space, more than ten years later, the heir of the Hearst family in front of him had his wedding held at Hearst Castle...

As for the world now, I wonder if it will change...

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John Smith is also very satisfied with the cooperation between Barclays Group and SEM Group. In addition to the high ratings of "Downton Abbey" in the United States, the American version of "The Traitors" reality show they filmed has also become a popular variety show.

It can be said that although the process is almost the same - the American version of "The traitors" almost copied the British original in the filming of the show, whether it is the shooting location, rules or games - but from the final effect, the American version of "The traitors" is more interesting.

Because it is the original British version and the invited contestants are only in the first season, the variety show effect is slightly lacking.

The American version of "The traitors" invited many stars of American reality shows, including popular contestants who have participated in similar reality shows such as "Survivor", "Big Brother" and "The Amazing Race", such as Rob, Amanda, Dan, Ozzy and others. The program effect of these people is naturally better than that of pure amateurs.

The results of this series of cooperation also raised John Smith's status in the family. Therefore, this time, he valued the new variety show "Love Island" of the SEM Group, which is extremely popular in the UK, and hoped to introduce this show to America again.

Barron himself is happy to see this kind of thing happen, as long as the other party can offer a price that satisfies them.

In the beginning, SDTV did rely more on some film, television and variety show content introduced from the Sinclair Group to fill their broadcast time.

However, with the development of SEM Group, especially after a series of acquisitions and the expansion of Summit Studio's staff, their program production capabilities have also been strengthened. Currently, the proportion of imported and purchased programs in the content broadcast by SDTV has been greatly reduced.

Therefore, they will be more confident when selling the production rights of their variety shows, especially to the Sinclair Group.

And with the success of the American version of "The traitors", the production rights of this variety show have also been purchased by TV stations in many countries including the Netherlands, Germany, and Australia. These successes have made the competition for some of their subsequent variety shows even more intense. Therefore, I am afraid that the competitors of "Love Island" in the United States alone are not just the Sinclair Group, and it is also easier for them to obtain licensing fees far exceeding before.

Anyway, such matters will be left to the people below to discuss, and Barron just needs to express his attitude.