"But we can't be impulsive. After all, before the show is aired, almost all companies think that the variety show they produce will be a big hit, but the final results are often below expectations."
Barron was also worried that Bonnie was too optimistic, so he poured cold water on her in advance.
"Well, that's right, so I plan to learn about their program planning..."
This way, the program will be understood during the planning stage, which is also allowed, but the relevant personnel will need to sign a confidentiality agreement.
"I can go with you, baby, and help you check when the time comes."
Bonnie actually understood that all the variety shows produced by Summit Studio so far were actually ideas proposed by Barron, and in many cases, he even provided detailed program flows.
Therefore, when it comes to the production of variety shows, she still admires the other party's vision very much, and Bonnie feels relieved to have his support.
The independent production company that Bonnie mentioned is called Giant Studio. After accompanying Bonnie to the company in Soho and signing a confidentiality agreement, they learned about the content of the variety show they were going to produce under the introduction of the company's planners.
According to their introduction, the program plans to invite some well-known British stars, including program hosts, sports and entertainment stars, and then pair them with professional dancers to perform various dances.
In this program, four dance experts are invited to give live scores, and combined with audience telephone votes, one pair of contestants will be eliminated each week based on the scores, leaving three pairs of contestants to compete for the championship.
"We have contacted some other companies before, including big companies like BBC and ITV. Currently, the BBC production department has expressed its willingness to send someone to discuss..."
Jason Turley, head of Giant Studio, said to Barron and Bonnie.
"What do you think? I think this kind of show is quite attractive."
Bonnie asked with concern after leaving the company.
"Well, I agree with you..."
Barron nodded and said,
"You can go talk to them. I suggest that you directly acquire this company. SEM Group or I can invest to help you complete the acquisition. Of course, it would be best if SEM Group holds no less than 30% of the shares. In this way, you can use SEM Group's resources to produce this program..."
In fact, when he heard the other party's introduction just now, Barron was almost certain that the TV program planned by this company was the one that was launched in his previous life and was a huge success the next year. It later became the BBC's ace program that lasted for nearly 20 years - "Strictly Come Dancing", which is translated into Chinese as "Dancing Miracle".
Later, Chinese TV stations also imported its program copyrights and launched programs with the same process.
Yes, in the original time and space, "Strictly Come Dancing" was launched by the BBC in 2004.
From what he has learned so far, it is very likely that Giant Studio will eventually be acquired by the BBC and become part of its production department, BBC Studio, and ultimately belong to the BBC after the program is completed.
"But I'm still a little unsure. After all, most of the shows I participated in producing before were reality shows. I don't have much experience with stage shows that require live performances..."
As she said, both "The Traitors" and "Love Island" were reality shows, so Bonnie felt a lack of confidence when facing "Dancing With The Stars", a show that was completely different from what she had participated in before.
"Now that you are ready to start a business, honey, you have to start adapting to the change in your role. You used to be the person in charge of the program, but now you have to take on the role of a leader. You don't need to have much experience in producing such a program. You just need to find such a person and let him take charge..."
Barron didn't expect that Bonnie was so lucky. When she wanted to start a business, she came across Giant Studio and a program called "Dancing With the Stars" before the BBC.
Bonnie still feels very supportive of Barron's suggestions. After all, on the one hand, judging from Giant Studio's planning for "Dancing Miracle", the production of this program requires not only a fairly low financial investment, but also the invitation of many celebrities and the presence of heavyweight judges. Therefore, it is also very important to obtain the support of the SEM Group and its resources.
And in this case, on the one hand, after the production of "Strictly Come Dancing" is completed, it can naturally be broadcast on TV channels of Freeview platforms such as SDTV.
On the other hand, by maintaining contact with the SEM Group, programs such as "The Traitors" and "Love Island" that Bonnie previously hosted can still be hosted by her.
Of course, after she leaves Summit Studio, the producers of these programs will definitely be replaced.
So after getting Barron's affirmation and support, Bonnie quickly negotiated with Giant Studio about investment before the BBC.
In the end, Giant Studio still bowed to "capital"...
Bonnie Capital, registered by Bonnie, will invest 10 million pounds to acquire 51% of Giant Studio's shares; SEM Group will invest 5 million pounds and corresponding resources to acquire 30% of Giant Studio's shares.
The original heads of Giant Studio and their founding team still retain a 19% stake.
In this way, Bonnie will leave SEM Group and become the CEO of Giant Studio, and the company's original head Jason Turley will serve as the company's production director.
After receiving 15 million pounds of funding and with the support of SEM Group, they are finally ready to prepare for the "Dancing Miracle" program.
As for the BBC, which originally agreed to contact Giant Studio, we can only say sorry at this time.
Although Barron has a cooperative relationship with the BBC at Digital UK, he himself is not very fond of the BBC...
As for "accidentally" stealing their trump card program, Barron can only say... it feels great.
It is also worth mentioning that Bonnie Capital, which was registered by Bonnie and holds a 51% stake in Giant Studio, has two shareholders. Bonnie holds 60% of the company's shares, and Barron holds 40% of the company's shares in his personal name. This is why she was able to invest 10 million pounds in Giant Studio.
After Bonnie takes control, Giant Studio will move to a new office location - they will become a tenant of the SEM Building, which is located downstairs from the Summit Studio.
In this way, as an independent production company in the SEM Group system, they can make good use of the resources of the SEM Group - including multiple studios of different sizes in the SEM Building to record programs.
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"Secret sources used to contribute 90% of valuable intelligence. With the advent of the Internet, especially social media, more and more intelligence can be obtained from some private public information. I think in the near future, the acquisition of intelligence may be exactly the opposite of the old era. At that time, 90% of valuable intelligence comes from public sources and is available to everyone."
In the intelligence team's office, Barron was sitting in the audience, listening quietly to the report of an intelligence expert named Martin Wolfram.
"In fact, a long time ago, many intelligence agencies have begun to obtain intelligence through public information in newspapers, radio and television reports. Now, intelligence agencies including the CIA and MI6 have special departments that use hacking and search technology to obtain intelligence from the Internet..."
"Regarding this new way of obtaining intelligence, I noticed that as early as 1980, the famous American futurist Alvin Toffler proposed the concept of Big Data in his book The Third Wave. Up to now, there have been many achievements in the research on Big Data. In the future, data is wealth. With enough large data, we can analyze it and get a lot of extremely useful intelligence..."
This report mainly came from the fact that someone in the intelligence team proposed the possibility of obtaining intelligence through public information and information on the Internet.
This reminded Barron of Bellingcat, a private civilian intelligence organization that later became very well-known in the original time and space.