Feeding the Dragon

Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, & American Business

By: Chris Fenton

Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan

A deeply revealing memoir of big wins and hard lessons from a seasoned executive caught smack in the middle of the trillion-dollar soft power struggle pitting China against Hollywood, the NBA, and American business.

"Paced like a thriller...Chris Fenton's bracingly candid business memoir Feeding the Dragon takes [listeners] deep behind the scenes of Hollywood's shaky foothold in China. Dealing at the highest levels with Chinese government officials and major American brands like Disney, Marvel, and the NBA, [Fenton] defied authorities on both sides of the superpower divide to make billions - and history.

Thanks to a brisk, [engaging] storytelling style and an evenhanded, insider-level perspective...Feeding the Dragon manages to be both timeless and timely. Captivating details on Robert Downey Jr., LeBron James, Kurt Cobain, [and] Michael Phelps...(among others) will enthrall average fans and aspiring moguls alike. But the beating narrative heart remains Fenton's down-to-earth recounting of a headline-making journey.

Ultimately, the intrepid exec builds a compelling case for the power of "cultural diplomacy": mutually-beneficial, soft power-sharing exchanges as a better way forward than the hardliner battle lines being drawn across Beijing, Washington, and Los Angeles." (Jamie Bryan, Fast Company contributor)

©2020 Chris Fenton (P)2020 Gildan Media

Chris Fenton fed the dragon but it but him anyway

In his fast paced, well written book, Chris Fenton records a high point in China’s relationship with Hollywood. If is the story of how he helped make Iron Man 3 a huge hit in China and worldwide. Since then relations between Chia and Hollywood and the US have deteriorated making his book interesting history but badly out of date. Even Fenton admits at the end the biz has not developed as he hoped. Interestingly the right wing in America lives this book which makes its story and conclusions even more suspect.

Important Topics

Understanding the influence and oppression that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is imposing upon the USA and global community must be understood by as many free people as possible. Any legitimate analysis of this subject is important and helps combat the CCP. The Chinese people provide a great opportunity to advance humanity through science, culture and trade. However the CCP is the new Evil Empire an must be opposed and ultimately overthrown just like the USSR.

innecesario

un historia mínima, de un autor narcisista.
llegué buscando otra cosa.
lo terminé solo porque lo pagué.

Boring

It seems to never get to a point. It just sounds like someone talking about work.