Chapter 532 We have an appointment
Influenced by their father, the Koch brothers both embraced libertarianism.
The so-called libertarianism is a political philosophy that advocates that individuals should enjoy absolute freedom to engage in any activity with themselves and their property as long as they do not infringe on the equal freedom of others.
To put it bluntly, they oppose too much government interference, hate any censorship, and advocate liberalism.
Charles Koch’s father had four sons in total. It is said that when the four brothers were young, their father always encouraged them to compete with each other. He would often only buy one toy and let the four brothers compete through competitions or quizzes. The winner gets the toy.
Even if the four brothers fight with each other in front of their eyes, their father never stops them...
Obviously, the result of this kind of education is that the inheritance of the family property by the four brothers will be quite fierce - which is why the Koch brothers, David Koch and Charles Koch, are now in charge of Koch Industries.
At that time, David Koch and Charles Koch, who were second and third in the family succession, joined forces to fight against the combination of their eldest brother and younger brother. In the end, the two won.
The Koch brothers' funding of politics is also to promote the libertarianism they believe in.
For example, the two of them were very opposed to Guanhai and funded the fight against the Guanhai government...
In addition, although in many aspects, the two brothers were supporters of TP later, it was also because of the trade stick policy they led later that they broke up with TP, and eventually criticized each other fiercely.
In this regard, Barron is naturally very supportive of the Koch brothers' ideas - after all, as a British man, if he hopes to expand investment in the United States, he certainly hopes that the United States will embrace liberalism and not interfere too much...
After talking like this, Charles Koch almost regarded Barron as a confidant...
"I see you had a very good chat with Charles just now?"
After Barron and Charles Koch separated, Robert Kennedy Jr. walked up to Barron and said.
"Just a casual chat, you know, I like making friends."
"Let's go have some fun together later?"
After hearing what Robert Kennedy Jr. said, Barron shrugged and said:
"I already have an appointment."
The two of them exchanged looks that every man could understand, and everything was unspoken.
Don't look at Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is over sixty years old, but his private life is still rich...
But when he was young, he was even crazier, with alcoholism, drugs... and a chaotic private life.
So far, Robert Kennedy Jr. has had two marriages, but he inherited the sexual addiction inherited from the Kennedy family. Later, according to his own confession, throughout the 90s, he cheated on an average of more than fifty times a year...
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"Hello, Your Highness the Duke..."
When Barron came to the room in the villa, he saw a girl in a red dress waiting inside.
This is the first villa Barron bought on Malibu Beach. Rebecca originally lived here, but after she moved to the Beverly Hills estate, it has been vacant.
There was a hint of timidity in the girl's voice and nervousness in her eyes...
Barron looked at the girl intently, and finally stopped at her very familiar face:
"Your pupils were originally green?"
"Yes, Your Highness, the color in the movie is brown... because the heroine in the novel has brown pupils, so I wore contact lenses to change the color of my pupils."
Yes, the girl in the red dress in front of Barron is Christine Stuart, who played the heroine in the first movie of "The Twilight Saga" which was just released.
What’s interesting is that, like Barron’s wife Bonnie, her surname is Stuart, and both of them have green pupils…
The first film of the "Twilight Saga", "Twilight", was shot in just 2 months and was released in early April. The box office in the first weekend was as high as 4 million US dollars, becoming the North American box office champion that week.
The investment in this movie is only 4000 million US dollars, so from now on, it seems that there will definitely be no problem in returning the money, and not only that, it will also make Marvel-MGM Group a lot of money.
After all, the box office revenue of Hollywood movies often accounts for only about a quarter of the film's total revenue.
This is different from Chinese movies that mainly rely on box office revenue. In terms of profit methods, Hollywood movies are more abundant.
For example, for films that are slightly competitive when released in theaters, the North American box office share is often around 50%, and the overseas box office share is around 40%.
In addition, it also includes income from TV station broadcast authorization, disc sharing, airlines and some high-end venue broadcasts, peripheral products, etc.
Barron remembers that the movie "Twilight" in the original time and space was a huge profit, and it will not be much different now - it can also be regarded as the first hit movie released by the Marvel-MGM Group ("007"). "Casino Royale" is not a Marvel-MGM production).
Although it is obvious that through this movie, Kristen Stuart will undoubtedly become famous, but don't say that she is just an actress who will become famous. Even those movie superstars, like Barron, In front of a powerful boss, one needs to be careful.
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why she is nervous and trembling when facing Barron.
Kristen is just 18 years old. In fact, she can be considered a "child star". She has played Jodie Foster's daughter in "Thriller Space" since she was 12 years old...
In many cases in the United States, if a child has acting talent, they will focus on cultivating it so that they can become a star and make money for themselves. A typical example of this is that they became famous by starring in "Home Alone" when they were only 10 years old. Macaulay Culkin; in addition, Lindsay Lohan became famous at the age of 12.
Christine is lucky, at least her parents are not too eager for quick success.
But up to now, Kristen has been "debuted" for more than five years. She has been immersed in Hollywood's Vanity Fair. Even though she is usually well protected by her parents, she also understands that she can get to know a big shot like Barron. Opportunity is something that many people dream of.
Before this, most of the films she starred in were low-budget art films. Although "Twilight" is not a big production, it is already Christine's best opportunity for a commercial film.
"Do you know what you're going to do today?"
Barron doesn't have the patience to "love" this girl...
Under his aggressive gaze, even though she was mentally prepared before coming here, Kristen was still a little nervous.
"I...His Royal Highness the Duke..."
Kristine stretched her arms behind her, there was a zipper sound, and then the red skirt slipped onto the carpet.
Although Christine is not an extremely beautiful woman, she is still pretty in a distinctive way, and... more than that, she is young, has a very good figure, and her skin is white and glowing...
"Should I take a shower first..."
Her slightly trembling eyelashes represented Christine's nervousness at this time.
Barron smiled and relaxed the atmosphere in the room:
"Let's wash them together. I think we can save some money this way..."