Harry and Meghan have been very busy recently...
On March 14, Meghan launched her own personal brand "American Riviera Orchard" (hereinafter referred to as aro) and simultaneously registered an ig account. One month has passed for
, and the number of fans has increased by 590,000, but there is still nothing on the homepage except a logo.
(aro ig homepage)
Is Megan holding back some big move?
Today we found out that she was waiting for a new series with Netflix.
(Harry and Meghan will launch two new dramas)
According to the "Daily Mail" report, Harry and Meghan will soon launch their own new dramas on Netflix. Meghan's drama will mainly highlight "cooking, The Joys of Gardening, Entertainment and Friendship”.
Looking back at the previous trailer of aro, although the video was deliberately blurry, you can indeed see scenes such as flower arranging and cooking.
(previous trailer)
According to insiders, aro has been in preparation for more than a year. was launched to cooperate with Netflix’s new program. By then, Megan will produce and sell jams and other products, and will also publish books, Blogging, etc. .
Meghan has not done anything yet, but her official account has already gained 590,000 followers. In the future, if a new brand and a new series are combined, will it still be a hit?
But it’s hard to say... The Daily Mail conducted a small survey today and asked readers whether they would watch Meghan and Harry’s new drama. As a result, 92% of people said they would not watch it.
So maybe everyone is just watching the excitement and not buying it...
(Poll results)
On the other hand, Harry will also launch a new drama after Meghan, with an unexpected theme: polo.
It will focus on the U.S. Polo Open in Florida and promises to "provide viewers with unprecedented access to the world of professional polo."
Polo has been regarded as an "upper-class spectator sport" for many years, so it is quite niche, and there should not be many people interested in it. However, the purpose of making the series is to win over the audience. Is Harry so confident?
However, there is indeed no shortage of polo enthusiasts in the British royal family. Charles has played polo for more than 40 years, , from his teens to the age of 57. During this period, he suffered many fractures, stitches, and fell into coma after falling from his horse. However, his love for polo remained unabated. In 2005, he retired at a very old age.
Harry and William also inherited Charles's hobby. Before the two brothers turned against each other, they often played together.
(William and Harry in their youth)
However, due to the epidemic, William has not played for a long time, and it seems that the last time he played will be in 2021.
Later, when the Queen passed away and he succeeded Charles, he had little time to play ball.
(William plays polo in 2021)
Let’s look at Harry again. The royal family used to have a racecourse and hired some staff to take care of the horses. Harry’s first sexual experience was with a racecourse staff .... .. It can be seen that he often played at the racecourse at least in his teenage years.
Nowadays, Harry does not have as many responsibilities as William, and he still plays basketball when he has time.
Last August, he flew to Singapore to play a charity polo match with a friend.
(Harry was in Singapore last year)
So it was unexpected and reasonable that he chose this topic.
But it’s hard to say whether anyone will be interested...
Why do you care so much about this?
Because of to a certain extent, Harry and Meghan have to "complete the KPIs".
In 2020, Netflix signed a large contract with them. The total price is said to be 100 million US dollars. However, this money is probably not paid in one go, but has certain requirements, such as tens of millions for completing a drama. Make another one and give it to...
Here you can refer to the US$20 million contract Megan signed with Spotify.
Spotify finally cut the project because the progress was too slow, and the couple also failed to achieve the " "Productivity Baseline", failed to receive the full payment of 20 million.
(The couple failed to receive the full payment)
This news was first exposed by the Wall Street Journal, and its credibility is still very high. By analogy, Netflix's contract is likely to have similar restrictions.
It has been almost four years since they signed the contract. What have they produced?
The first is the most famous "Harry and Meghan" documentary.
has a lot of viewers, and there are 23,000 people rating it on imdb, but the final rating is very low, only 5.1.
(Harry and Meghan Documentary)
The second one is "Live to Lead", which interviews many world leaders. It has a very low reputation, with only 1,100 people rating it, and the rating is even worse, only 4.7.
("live to lead")
The third one is "heart of invictus", which is an interview with several contestants of the Invictus Games.
is still not well-known, with only 2,900 people rating it, and the rating is only 5.5 - but this is their highest-rated movie so far...
("Heart of Invictus")
Originally, Meghan still had it There was an animated series called "Pearl", but it was eventually canceled by Netflix, so it won't be counted here.
For Netflix, ratings are very important, but they are not the most important. How to make viewers willingly subscribe to membership is. So the low rating can be forgiven, but if it has no hits and no audience, it is a huge failure.
The reason for the poor popularity of the last two films is very simple - Harry and Meghan are not the protagonists.
They set up a production company, and then the company took on the production of the last two movies. They just put their names on it, so the audience naturally didn't buy it...
To make matters worse, since the beginning of this year, The production company also had some problems. A large number of employees were exodus, and the number of resigned employees reached 17, including several senior executives...
(A large number of employees in the production company were exodus)
Harry and Meghan must also be aware of this problem. That’s why the two new dramas are all starring themselves, and the production is outsourced to other companies...
They have avoided all the surprises, but whether this can send them to a new career peak, we still have to watch the new drama. the quality of.
(schematic diagram)
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This is not the only thing that Harry has been busy with recently, there is also the issue of his US visa.
As we all know, he has made huge revelations in his autobiography "The Spare Tire", and he has said everything that should be said and should not be said, including that he started taking drugs at the age of 17, and tried marijuana, cocaine, and ayahuasca. Water...
The problem is that he is now in the United States. The Immigration Bureau has clear regulations: Applicants with a history of drug abuse should be directly refused a visa.
How did Harry, who had taken drugs, get a US visa?
So he either lied when applying for a visa, or made up his so-called "drug history."
The key is that the Department of Homeland Security seems to want to protect Harry and has never been willing to disclose Harry's visa application.
(schematic diagram)
For this reason, a US judge challenged Harry and required the Department of Homeland Security to submit Harry's visa application before March 21, and he would then decide whether to make it public.
Then the Department of Homeland Security resorted to procrastination, saying that "it will take longer than expected" and asked for another two weeks...
By April, they finally couldn't hold off anymore, now The original documents have been handed over to the judge, and it remains to be seen whether he will release them.
(Harry's visa application has been handed over to the judge)
Correspondingly, Harry's US visa may also be in danger...
There have been several reports that Harry and his wife may leave the United States, including:
"Harry and Meghan is planning a "retreat route from the United States""
(original report)
"Harry wants to return to the UK because he has reasons to be nervous in the United States"
(original report)
"Harry is very anxious, and the hunting he himself triggered The witchcraft caused his U.S. residency to be shaky"
(original report)
Doesn't it seem serious?
Harry's new drama is about the US Polo Open. If his visa is gone, won't the new drama be stillborn...?
However, the United States may not be so decisive. After all, no matter how rebellious Harry is, he is still a prince. If he is really banned from entering the country, it may involve some diplomatic disputes. It depends on the judge's final decision.
What can I say? It feels like the career fortunes of these two couples have not been very good since they left the royal family.
has been around for several years, but it still hasn’t completely established itself in the United States...
Two new dramas and a new brand, will they be enough for them to "change their lives against the odds"?
