"I am Iron Man!" Iron Man told the truth directly in the interview with the reporters, and the movie ended in the surprised eyes of the reporters.

In the screening room of Xinghai Pictures, Simon and several executives of the company watched the final cut version of "Iron Man".

"Robert Downey Jr.'s performance is really wonderful, the special effects are also good, and the story is easy to understand. It's not the same as Universal's "The Incredible Hulk", I'm very confident!" Of course Simon will be satisfied and prepare it himself The Marvel Studios is about to become a blockbuster, how can we not be excited.

Kevin Feige, who is in charge of Marvel Pictures, is also relieved. Xinghai Pictures has invested heavily in the development of "Iron Man". If it is the same as "The Incredible Hulk", it will be a huge blow, especially as a The first Avengers movie, The Incredible Hulk, failed, and now Marvel Studios is under a lot of pressure.

"That's good, Kevin, it's an important month, you must pay attention to the promotion of the movie, Warner Bros.'s "The Dark Knight" released this summer is shining, but they put another heavyweight movie "Ha "Lipot and the Half-Blood Prince" has been changed from Christmas this year to the summer of next year. As a result, we are missing one of our biggest rivals in December, and this is our chance!" Nina Jacobson earnestly reminded.

"The impact of the financial tsunami is the main reason for Warner Bros.'s file change. The reason given is that people are worried about insufficient consumption, but the actual reason should be that Time Warner Group was affected by the financial tsunami and reduced its support for Warner Bros. Pictures. After all, " The promotion of the Harry Potter series is also huge," David Messer explained with a smile. In this comparison, Xinghai Pictures' sufficient funds are the most perfect development weapons.

Simon of course knows the reason why Warner Bros. delayed the release of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". It is indeed because the funds of Warner Bros. Pictures need to be cut, and they seem to feel that the box office cannot be maximized in the case of the financial tsunami. break out.

"Kevin, is Lionsgate going to release Marvel's adaptation of the movie "The Punisher 2: War Zone" next month?" Simon is still very concerned about the authorization of his own characters, and a few years ago, Artisan Pictures started from comics. Wei took away the adaptation rights of many superheroes, and Lionsgate Pictures acquired Artisan Pictures.

"Yes, we are also one of the producers of Marvel Studios, and the cost is only a B-level film of more than 10 million US dollars," Kevin Feige answered quickly, in fact, he did not know what the boss asked for.

"Heh, the first film of "The Punisher" failed at the box office even by word of mouth. Lionsgate is still developing a sequel. I remember that Lionsgate has several movie adaptation rights for our Marvel characters. In recent years, they have all Didn't shoot, got the adaptation rights back?" Simon didn't care about Lionsgate's petty arrogance, he just cared about his own superheroes.

"Except for Humanoid and Punisher, which are currently being adapted by Lionsgate, the adaptation rights for the rest of the characters, such as Black Widow and Captain America, have expired," said Kevin Feige from Marvel. After the film industry was acquired by Simon, it has been working to recover the rights to film adaptations of various characters that were previously sold.

Simon nodded, Lionsgate is a small businessman, and the previously filmed films "Humanoid" and "The Punisher" are also shoddy B-level films, which are failures, and Xinghai Entertainment retracts the rest due The role is not difficult.

"How is the negotiation with Twentieth Century Fox? Is there any discussion on the role of mutants?" Simon is very dissatisfied with Twentieth Century Fox owning the copyright of the entire mutant series, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver are also Avengers The members of the alliance, and the perverted hero Deadpool are also money-making roles.

Kevin Feige shook his head and said helplessly: "According to the contract signed by Marvel and Twentieth Century Fox, they do have the film adaptation rights of the entire mutant series characters, unless there is no X-Men series within seven years. movie release.”

The X-Men series was sold too thoroughly by Marvel, and the time limit is still seven years, which is more thorough than Spider-Man. Spider-Man's time limit is only five years, but in Sony's situation, it will definitely be caught forever.

Simon touched his forehead. It is really difficult to get the X-Men series back. Do we have to learn from Disney and directly acquire the 20th Century Fox Group?

"After the release of "Iron Man", the focus of Marvel Studios will turn to the film "Thor", and then add "Iron Man 2" and "Captain America: The Avengers Pioneer" in preparation, Kevin, the responsibility on your shoulders is very heavy," Simon put a lot of effort into Marvel, looking at Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.

After the screening, Simon returned to his office.

"Martha, I am going to set up the Xinghai Investment Department. How are the preparations?" Simon asked his assistant Martha Cosby.

The establishment of a financial investment company under Xinghai Entertainment was an idea that Simon had very early on. Now that he has a lot of available funds, it can be implemented as soon as possible.

"Ms. Nancy Davis has already looked for several candidates on Wall Street. Boss, you can choose one as the person in charge," Martha Cosby said, and asked again,

"Boss, maybe you can also transfer some people from the Nine-headed Bird Fund."

Simon nodded. Of course, he has to transfer personnel. The Nine-headed Bird Fund is his main fund and keeps his own property. After Xinghai Entertainment goes public in the future, Simon will also put the shares in the Nine-headed Bird Fund.

What's more, the nine-headed bird fund is currently buying Netflix stocks in the market, all for Xinghai Entertainment.

"By the way, I heard that Disney Group and Twentieth Century Fox have thought about acquiring our Xinghai Entertainment?" Simon asked with a smile.

"Yeah, 20th Century Fox has the idea of ​​​​merging the entire Xinghai Entertainment, but has not made a formal offer yet;"

"On the Disney side, it seems that we are most interested in our Marvel Entertainment, and maybe our Iron Man is so big that it has aroused their interest." Martha Cosby explained with a smile.

Sure enough, Simon was still proud in his heart, and Robert Iger, the current head of the Disney Group, still saw the huge hidden benefits of Marvel Entertainment.

"Marvel, hehe!" Simon leaned back in his chair and smiled.

"Boss, in fact, everyone knows that we will definitely not sell the company at this time, so it's just some surface testing," said Martha Cosby.

"Oh, don't care!" Simon said and stood up, thinking in his heart that if the other party offered a price that he was tempted to offer, his heart would also itch.