"Boss, do we really want to buy those two movie special effects companies?" Ralph felt that the money was too expensive. Are movie special effects companies that valuable
"All we need is a controlling stake, so that they can give us priority in producing special effects according to our requirements. These two are the two most famous film special effects companies in the world. After we both hold a controlling stake, we will be the number one in the world in terms of film special effects." .”
"Ralph, you have to remember that movies are meant to be seen with your eyes. The excitement of the story is very important, but the visual effects are also very important. Even the quality of the visual effects can affect the audience's preferences. "
Nowadays, those blockbusters are mainly about big scenes, big productions, and big stars. But in the future, more cool visual and sound effects will definitely be added.
"Okay, then I will talk to them and will get the controlling rights of the two companies as quickly as possible. But both George Lucas and Peter Jackson are very proud, and we may not be able to get it. Controlling rights."
"Go and talk to Peter Jackson. I think "The Hobbit" is very interesting, and I plan to invest in it and let him film it. As for George Lucas, tell him that Star Wars fans have been waiting for a long time and there should be a new movie." It’s a movie!”
"And it doesn't necessarily mean buying equity from them. We can invest in it so that their company can expand its scale and be able to undertake more special effects production in the future."
Those two are businessmen, but they are also great directors. If you invest in them and let them shoot their favorite movies, they can win each other's favor.
Feng Yu plans to make a comic book movie, which requires the improvement of film technology, especially special effects technology. But before filming all this, Feng Yu still needs the father of Marvel to create a new hero, a Chinese hero.
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Stan Lee, the creator of most of Marvel's characters, was once the chairman of Marvel and the publisher of Marvel Comics. Later, it was said that he left Marvel due to personal reasons. In fact, he was forced to leave because Marvel's sales were gradually declining at that time. The board of directors believed that his ideas were too old and could not lead Marvel to continue to take off unless he was willing to do so. Put pen to paper again.
But Stan Lee is too old, and he does not have enough energy to create new comic characters, or in other words, his good ideas have been exhausted.
So he went out and set up his own company, which unfortunately went bankrupt. At that time, his ideas were very avant-garde. He actually wanted to make online comics, but no one was willing to invest in him.
After going bankrupt, he got help from some people, or received some dividends from Marvel. He was also the screenwriter of those comic book movies. He re-founded Power Entertainment and planned to make a comeback.
Making a comeback is not easy, as the sales of comics are far less than before.
But movies adapted from comic books are now very popular. For example, "Spider-Man" has a domestic box office of more than 400 million US dollars, but he did not receive a cent of dividends. According to the agreement between him and Marvel, if he creates The comic book character was adapted into a movie, and he should get a 10% cut.
Because of this incident, he went to court with Marvel. The lawsuit lasted for nearly three years and has now reached the Supreme Court.
Just when he thought he was about to win, someone he couldn't imagine contacted him.
"Mr. Feng, are you also a fan of my comics?" Stan Lee asked proudly. Even when facing the world's richest man, he was very proud. He once thought that there was no one in the world who had not read his comics. If there was anyone, they must have never gone to school.
Feng Yu shook his head: "I'm sorry, I'm from China. When I was a child, I didn't read many Marvel comics. We read more comics from China, or comics from Hong Kong and island countries."
The embarrassed look on Stan Lee's face flashed away: "Then why did Mr. Feng ask someone to call me over?"
Although he had guessed in his heart, Feng Yu was not a fan of his, so he suspected that he might have guessed wrong.
"Li, although I haven't read your comics, I still know about the characters you created. I have seen the "Spider-Man" cartoon. All along, I thought Marvel was yours, but it turned out that Ralph Tell me you don't have any role at Marvel at this time, which is hard for me to understand."
"Perhaps in the eyes of you Americans, business is business. If you cannot create more value for the company, then you have to leave. But in China, it is completely different. Even if you want to retire, the company will give you a certain amount of Equity to prove contribution to your company. It can be said that without you, Marvel would not be what it is today."
"You actually went to court with Marvel. I don't understand this. To me, it's like a father suing his child. Do you feel good?"
Stan Lee was silent for a long time and said in a solemn voice: "Mr. Feng, you are right. This is like a father suing his own children for not paying child support. Those hateful capitalists, they embezzled my children. . If possible, I certainly don’t want to leave Marvel, but these are not decisions I can make.”
"It is helpless to sue them. They have not fulfilled their contractual obligations and they have appropriated the part that belongs to me."
Feng Yu asked with a smile: "What if you could return to Marvel? Are you willing to give up suing Marvel?"
"Return to Marvel? No, Mr. Feng, you don't understand those vampires, they will not agree. Even if they let me go back, they will not give me any position. I don't need their charity!" Stan Lee said this When speaking, he is very tough.
"If I can let you return to Marvel, serve as the publisher of Marvel comics, and give you a certain share of shares, will you be willing to give up suing Marvel?"
"Me, the publisher? What does Mr. Feng mean by this?"
Stan Lee was extremely surprised. Does he still have a chance to become the publisher of Marvel
"Fengyu Holdings Group intends to acquire Marvel Entertainment, including all its subsidiaries such as Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios. If you are not interested in Marvel Comics, then Marvel Studios can also do it, or Marvel Entertainment can also provide You are in an executive position and can incorporate your power in entertainment."
"The premise is that I need you as a lobbyist to help us convince other shareholders of Marvel to sell the company to Fengyu Holdings Group. We will create a series of hero movies based on Marvel's comic characters, ensuring that each one It’s a big production! We will make Marvel characters popular all over the world and make Marvel products popular again. This is also your dream, isn’t it?”
Stan Lee was tempted, and what Feng Yu described to him was exactly the scene in his dream.
… (To be continued.)