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Five years ago, Warner's "Batman" made a huge profit of no less than US$1 billion in box office and peripheral sales at a cost of US$35 million. [ㄨ]
After confirming his guess, Ron Perelman immediately thought that if Firefly covets Marvel, its target must be a superhero who is as popular as DC's Batman and Superman. Hero Film Copyright.
Less than an hour after calling Marvel's New York headquarters, Ron Perelman looked at the faxed documents of several copyright transfer agreements in his hand and confirmed his guess 100%.
Although Firefly directly holds only an insignificant Blade Warrior movie copyright, and it is still in the hands of Firefly's New Line Films. However, since the second half of last year, Huahua Films, which was separated from the Firefly Group, has successively acquired the rights to "Batman" and "Fantastic Four" from some small film companies that own the copyright of Marvel superhero movies by transferring the capital injection rights of its films. Moreover, Blossom Pictures is currently competing with some other film companies for the copyright of "X-Men". This deal should have ended in the first half of the year, but because of the participation of Blossom Pictures In order to get a better price, Marvel has been waiting for the price until now.
After calling again as the controlling shareholder and demanding that Marvel CEO Avi Allard immediately stop all Marvel superhero character authorizations, Ron Perelman began to consider the next step.
The Firefly Group’s statement in the morning did not mention the Disney animation department, but only issued a threat as a creditor of Marvel. Then, this shows that the Firefly Group has no intention of abandoning the Disney animation department. , Ron Perelman suddenly felt that he suddenly had two important bargaining chips. These two chips would not only allow him to obtain a seat on the board of the Firefly Group, but he might even go a step further and become a shareholder of the Firefly Group!
But right now. The most important thing is how to avoid the fate of bankruptcy protection facing Marvel.
Once the New York District Court approves the bankruptcy protection request of the creditors headed by Firefly Group, Marvel will face the fate of being taken over by creditors, and by then, Marvel will completely break away from its own control. As a super capital player. Ron Perelman was able to think of a series of ways to prevent Marvel from going bankrupt in an instant, but at the same time he realized that since the Firefly Group had been planning in secret for so long, he would definitely not have too much time left for him. Probably less than two weeks left.
and. Most of the ways to prevent Marvel from being protected from bankruptcy, in the final analysis, are nothing more than one word, money.
However, for the plan of entering the board of directors of Firefly Group this time, Ron Perelman used all the liquidity of Andrews Holding Company to buy the bonds of Firefly Group, part of which was temporarily forcibly transferred from holding subsidiaries such as Revlon. As a result, it is impossible for him to come up with enough funds for Marvel's capital operation in a short period of time.
Right now, the original layout has instead become a kind of shackle that binds itself in a cocoon.
If you want to get out of this predicament, you have to find a way to get enough external support.
Ron Perelman found out the list of chief executives of the seven major Hollywood film companies, weighed for a moment, and eliminated Columbia, Fox, and MGM who were closely related to Firefly. Ron Perelman called his assistant and said, "Help me make appointments for Universal CEO Michael Eisner, Time Warner CEO Terry Semel, and Paramount CEO Shirley Lansing, as soon as possible. "
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At Santa Monica Airport, Eric stood next to his car, waved to a Gulfstream business jet, and watched Gulfstream run all the way to the sky.
In addition to Warren Buffett, Tom Murphy, and David West, Katzenberg and Firefly's chief legal counsel Edward Lewis were also on board the business plane. These people will rush to New York together, using their respective connections and influences , lobbying the New York District Court to approve Marvel's bankruptcy protection application in the shortest possible time.
After completely revealing his plan for Marvel in a vengeful gesture. Eric believes that with Ron Perelman's shrewdness, he can definitely guess Firefly's coveted heart for Marvel. However, the chips in the hands of Firefly far exceeded Ron Perelman's guess.
Except that Marvel's CEO Avi Allard has been drawn in by Firefly, in the process of absorbing Marvel bonds. Firefly also collected a large amount of evidence that Ron Perelman used Marvel to conduct illegal capital operations.
At this time, Firefly even knew exactly how much Ron Perelman used Andrews Holdings to embezzle Marvel's financing. Marvel's current long-term bonds total a total of 553 million U.S. dollars, but only 73 million U.S. dollars have been used for Marvel's development in recent years, and the other 470 million U.S. dollars have all flowed into the Andrews Holding Company account.
As long as he seizes control of Marvel and obtains more detailed conclusive evidence, the price Ron Perelman will have to pay to get out of this crisis will far exceed the 470 million US dollars in benefits he has obtained.
Watch as Gulfstream jets disappear into the sky. Eric looked away, and said to Kelly Haines, the female assistant beside him, "Kelly, what do you think Ron Perelman will do next?"
"Of course it is to preserve Marvel," Kelly followed Eric into the car, and continued: "The most direct way is to inject capital from major shareholders to push up Marvel's stock price. However, in order to buy Marvel, Ron Perelman Firefly's bonds, he definitely doesn't have enough liquidity in his hands, and he doesn't have enough time to raise another hundreds of millions of dollars. Since this method doesn't work, I think he will definitely find a way to create a very big good news to stop Marvel from bankruptcy."
"Good news," Eric leaned on the leather seat, and said, "Firefly wants Marvel, is it good news?"
Kelly smiled and said: "Of course forget it, but most people definitely don't think so. The information surrounding the recent events of Firefly in the media has become a mess. Before this matter is completely settled, It is not so easy to sort out the ins and outs of all this."
Eric narrowed his eyes in a relaxed manner, and said, "The more chaos the better for us, I think the next news will definitely make the situation even more chaotic."
"When are you going to have a showdown with the animation department?"
Eric smiled confidently and said, "Wait a minute, since Ron Perelman needs good news, such an important 'good news' from Disney Animation will definitely come in handy." (To be continued.)