Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

v1 Chapter 500: Acquisition of Marvel (Part 1)

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Hearing this voice, Wan Qiwen said to Li Ruotong with a little reluctance: "Tongtong, do you have contact information? When I return to Xiangjiang, I will invite you to ride the mountains and watch the sea. By the way, there is also a seaside horse farm in my house. , we can also ride horses to see the sea."

Li Ruotong took out his note and wrote a landline number, then sent it to Wan Qiwen and said, "As long as I don't fly, I'm at home most of the time, and I can be found by calling this phone."

After taking Li Ruotong's phone number and putting it away, Wan Qiwen waved to Li Ruotong and said, "Then let's go back to Xiangjiang and see you again."

Li Ruotong also waved at Wan Qiwen and said, "Goodbye back to Xiangjiang."

As soon as Li Ruotong's voice fell, Wan Qiwen turned around and walked towards the first-class warehouse with her long legs.

Looking at Wan Qiwen's back, Li Ruotong shook his head unconsciously and murmured, "How could a girl as good as Wenwen be Xu Cun's lover? Is the charm of money really that great... "

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When Xu Cun walked out of the cabin under the stars and passed by Li Ruotong, he gave Li Ruotong a slight nod, and then got off the plane.

Wan Qiwen, who was walking at the end, made a phone call to Li Ruotong, and then got off the plane.

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When Xu Cun got off the plane, they were picked up by Alan Ryder Jr., Barry Cindy, Jeffrey, and Yuan Tianfan to Pebble Beach in Northern California not far from Silicon Valley. Xu Cun asked Jeffrey to help him build it two years ago. In a manor he named 'Fantasy Manor'.

Pebble Beach's waterfront is breathtakingly beautiful, even suffocating—the road is lined with cliffs and the raging Pacific Ocean beneath them, and the mansions of billionaires and stars set off in a grove of ancient redwoods on the other , Manor, Pebble Beach Beach is one and two manor Dream Manor is also in this redwood forest.

As soon as he arrived at Neverland, Xu Cun let the girls move freely, and he himself took Weng Hong and Huo Wenxi to have a meeting with Little Alan Ryder, Barry Cindy, Jeffrey, and Yuan Tianfan.

The focus of this meeting is only one - the acquisition of Marvel.

It is March 5, 1987, and there is still half a month before the Oscars will be held on March 20. The half month that Xu Cun came here early is the time to acquire Marvel, of course. If things don't go well, this time will also be delayed for a while - in Xu Cun's opinion, Marvel is an indispensable piece of territory in his big ****, so Xu Cun has a lot to do with Marvel. Must win!

Alan Ryder Jr. explained to Xu Cun about the current negotiation situation: "Since we raised the purchase price to US$800 million, the Goodman family has given a very positive response to our DreamWorks Group's acquisition of Marvel Comics. Mr. Yuan Tianfan and the others speculated that the psychological price of the Goodman family should be US$850 million. Therefore, as long as we negotiate properly, the Goodman family should not reject the purchase price of US$850 million. In addition, we also It was found that the last repayment deadline for the three banks, including Citibank, to the Goodman family is at the end of next month, and they will apply for the seizure of Marvel Comics when it expires. Therefore, the Goodman family can no longer afford to spend with us. It's time."

Yuan Tianfan took the words of Little Alan Ryder and said, "Mr. Xu, if you're not too anxious, I think we shouldn't need $850 million to acquire the entire Marvel, and we even insist on $800 million. The purchase price, the Goodman family will eventually give in, because we speculate that the New World Film Company cannot come up with a purchase price higher than $800 million. If you ask Chairman John to help us put pressure on the Goodman family, I think our purchase price will definitely be lower.”

Xu Cun tapped the armrest of the chair he was sitting on for a while with his fingers, and then said: "I can ask John Reed to help you put pressure on you, but what I want is not a reduction in the purchase price, but Marvel Comics. All rights to all of the company's heroes and Marvel's talent will not be lost, especially Stanley Leiber, I want him to lead the vast majority of Marvel's cartoonists to continue to serve Marvel."

Stanley Leiber is Martin Goodman's brother-in-law, better known by his pseudonym than his real name - Stan Lee.

In the last life, Stan Lee, as the editor and main author, not only created 80% of Marvel's well-known characters, but also accompanied the Marvel company through more than 60 years of vicissitudes. It can be said that Stan Lee really created the miracle of Marvel~lightnovelpub.net~ He is also known as the leader of the American comics industry.

In the 1950s, American comics suffered their greatest challenge, and the "caricatures are harmful" theory became popular - in the spring of 1954, the Senate held a hearing specifically on the publication of comics. Comic companies had to set limits on their own, and at the same time there was a movement against comics in society.

Publishing houses have shuttered, and within a year, comic book sales have dropped by 75 percent. Marvel founder Martin Goodman was so overwhelmed by losses that he shut down the company then called Atlas. Although its comics are still being published - only a small office remains, and it has lost all distribution channels, having to borrow the channels of rival DC Comics to release the few remaining comics.

Marvel was teetering on the brink of collapse, and the comics industry looked so hopeless that Stan Lee, who had struggled for years in adversity, almost decided to quit the business and find another job. However, in 1961, something happened that changed all that - when Marvel boss Goodman and DC boss Leibovitz were playing golf, Leibovitz mentioned that DC had just launched a big hit. Welcome to the "Justice League," a team that brings together all the star characters. Inspired by this, Martin Goodman wants to form Marvel's team.

After listening to Goodman's request, Stan Lee has created the Fantastic Four, Hulk, Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man, as well as Ant-Man, The Wasp, Daredevil, and Agent Nick Fury. Rui waited for a large number of famous heroes, and then formed these heroes into a team - the Avengers.

The two most valuable things about Marvel are, of course, all the copyrights of all its heroes, and the other is Marvel's cartoonists like Stan Lee. Therefore, Xu Cunning can spend tens of millions of dollars more, and he must ensure that these two most valuable things are intact!

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