The consortium led by DD Pictures acquired MGM Pictures for $4.8 billion, in addition to the 2 billion foreign debts that need to be repaid in batches over the next 8 years according to the loan contract, the remaining 2.8 billion was used to buy the shares in the hands of the shareholders. In the end, Elliott and private equity only made their own symbolic contributions to achieve later cooperation. MGM is actually basically in Daniel's hands, which is why everyone is only paying attention to Daniel and DD Pictures' movements for the future of MGM.

MGM held a press conference to announce that this veteran film company has officially started a new journey, whether it will fall again, or usher in a new life, no one is sure, can only wait for the test of time.

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The computer in front of Daniel is opening up, which is a topic page of F2F - #没有买卖, no harm #.

This was initiated by Daniel, with F2F and animal protection organizations driving a call to action.

The idea was born very unexpectedly, when Daniel and his party went to the National Zoo in Nairobi, Fernando and others visited the ivory burning monument when Daniel went to the animal orphanage, and later Daniel also went to take a few photos before leaving.

When he returned, he met with Mark and talked about this topic, and Daniel suddenly got his mind to it.

In his view, popular events play an important role in the activity of social networking sites and social power.

F2F should make the website have greater influence through the operation of popular events one by one, and this influence must cross fields, far beyond the film marketing, including social issues, political issues, economic issues, etc., it can easily be converted into the website to earn profits, obtain political capital, gain the right to speak, practice social welfare obligations and so on.

However, once this kind of manipulation is perceived by the user, it is easy for people to feel bad, so for the operation team, it is necessary to have some experience and technical accumulation.

"No Deal, No Harm" is certainly a good practice topic.

In fact, since the inception of F2F. I also received a lot of responsibilities.

In addition to accusations of violence and providing a platform for criminal activities, black rights organizations believe that the F2F has not done enough to prevent the spread of racist rhetoric, and minorities have attacked it for ignoring minorities on many topics. Greenpeace said that young people were exposed to extremist ideas in F2F, including animal protection groups, and expressed dissatisfaction with the occasional display of hunting and wildlife food on F2F.

This time, Daniel personally launched the "No Sale, No Harm" public welfare campaign, which can be said to be a necessary step for F2F.

The flaws of social media themselves make it impossible for them to completely avoid these accusations and attacks, but they also have some advantages. On the topic of public welfare, how to let young people accept this kind of publicity, so that more people can know some professional data and materials, etc. So collaboration can reduce the pressure on F2F.

Ivory, shark fin, wild animals, and so on have all been beneficiaries of this topic.

This has certainly earned F2F quite a few positive reviews.

A fairly well-known green conservation group in New York praised this in an interview.

"Despite these social media platforms, F2F still needs to do more work on public welfare issues, and take on more responsibilities and obligations. Because this 'no trade, no harm' campaign clearly demonstrates their superiority in doing this. Traditional propaganda methods cost a lot of money, and may only target a few hundred people. However, F2F is a low-cost event that has been exposed to environmental protection by millions of people around the world.

We applaud F2F's attempt, and we continue to call on Internet media to make full use of this advantage and contribute more to a better future. Similarly, for Daniel, who launched the campaign. Sandler, we thank him for his efforts and look forward to him doing more with his huge global reach, which he has been doing and is doing well. But he can do more. Especially as a role model and icon for young people, he was able to make our young people accept his opinions, which will change our future. ”

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This attempt by F2F soon came into play.

Mark took Daniel's suggestion. A separate group was set up to focus on public events.

Shootings, racial discrimination, demonstrations, natural disasters, etc., they run one public event topic after another, from the information of all parties' activities, the first time systematic, along the timeline, place, development trend and so on. Posted on the dedicated page. This is something that media coverage can't match, and F2F turns discrete media coverage into a cohesive process of development, which is certainly more attention-grabbing.

On August 23, the U.S. National Hurricane Center announced that the 12th tropical depression of the year had formed over the seas southeast of the Bahamas. August is the peak hurricane season in the United States, and it is not particularly noticeable, but it was first noticed because of the news value of the hurricane. Because it absorbs the tropical depression of Hurricane 10, which is conventionally supposed to have the same name as Hurricane 10, then there will be a "two-headed hurricane", which has the media interested. It was only later, after analysis by the center of the hurricane, that it deserved a new designation -- and there was a plot of things that went down and then up, and indeed a considerable part of the media reported on it.

But Daniel knew—of course, he didn't remember it until now, after all, he hadn't lived in the United States in his last life, and the hurricane, though famous, couldn't be remembered for a moment.

Hurricane Katrina!

The deadliest hurricane disaster in the United States in 80 years.

When Daniel thought about it, he was trying to avoid so many casualties, but when he thought about it, he realized that there was nothing he could do - it's not surprising, you can't tell anyone what's going to happen in the future. Just as he couldn't do anything about 911, this time it's the same thing, can he rush to New Orleans and tell someone to move out immediately?

Even if he's crazy, no one will listen to him.

But he ultimately decided to get F2F to put more effort into the hurricane, and they rolled out a series of deadly tropical storm inventories — global, American. They also keep an eye on the forecasts and warnings made by the hurricane center. In fact, the U.S. government has also called on millions of people in New Orleans to relocate, but this has been difficult and has not had an effect.

F2F helps governments call for action, and there may be some people who have escaped because of these appeals, but most have not.

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"I'm a cold-blooded bastard, am I? Raymond? ”

As they refocused on the COMEX crude oil market, Daniel asked Raymond next to him. (To be continued.) )