Chapter 1934 1936 [Taking Marvel]

  In addition to going out on location, Xiang Nan goes home to rest every day.

  In addition to supervising his son’s practice every day, he also tells stories to him in his spare time.

  The story of "Harry Potter", the story of "How to Train Your Dragon", the story of "Percy Jackson"... Each story is full of imagination, twists and turns, ups and downs, and the little guy can't stop listening.

  Xiang Nan then sorted out these stories and handed them over to Universal's publishing houses for distribution.

  When MCA Global was acquired, Xiang Nan took over all the assets. These include production companies, record companies, theme parks, publishing companies, etc., which can be said to be varied.

  But many businesses are not very profitable. For example, publishing companies have been losing money for more than ten years. The reason why they haven't been cut off is mainly because the publishing company is an important source of IP under Universal.

  When those authors give their books to Universal for publishing, the film and television adaptation rights are usually sold to Universal. If a book becomes popular, Universal Pictures will adapt it for film and television in time.

  So although the publishing company has been losing money over the years, it has never been shut down.

  …

   "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" then began to be released.

  The children's storybook created by a gold-medal Hollywood screenwriter naturally attracted the attention of the industry once it was released.

  It is not uncommon for screenwriters to write novels or writers to write scripts in the circle.

  The king of horror novels, Stephen King, has created movie scripts many times, such as "A Cat's Eyes", "Ghost Show", "Pet Cemetery", etc., all of which are novels after scripts.

  The reason why Xiang Nan's "Harry Potter" has attracted special attention is that on the one hand, he is too famous, much higher than Stephen King, and his every move attracts attention;

   On the one hand, he actually wrote children's storybooks, which was beyond everyone's expectations. Because Xiang Nan has always focused on adult-oriented works, and only occasionally created "Home Alone", "A Little Almighty on the Street" and so on.

  Now the sudden change of creative style makes people have to think of his emotional life.

   As we all know, there are many scandals about Xiang Nan, and almost every actress who has worked with him will have an affair with him. From the early Brooke Shields, Michelle Pfeiffer, to the current Claudia Schiffer, Jennifer Connelly...

  His gossip one after another, each one is the goddess of dreams of countless men, but the gossips come and go quickly, basically they are co-starred during filming, and the gossip just ends when the movie is released.

   Therefore, everyone has generally learned to behave well now, and they all think that Xiang Nan's scandal is fake, and it is all for the promotional needs of the movie. As for his real love life, no one knows, and it has always been shrouded in clouds and mist.

  The more this is the case, the more people are curious, which naturally triggers countless associations.

  Some say that he is crooked, so although there are so many beauties around him, none of them can settle down;

   Now that Xiang Nan suddenly writes children's books, it is interpreted by the outside world that he may become a father, so he changed his creative thinking.

  …

   Xiang Nan didn't care about all kinds of speculation from the outside world, and quietly made his own movie.

  As for "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", it has also been widely welcomed after its launch.

  On the one hand, children's books have always been relatively scarce. Competent writers are reluctant to write children's books, feeling that they have no depth. Children's books by poor writers are not very good, so the category has always been scarce.

   On the one hand, the quality of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has indeed passed the test. In real life, it's one of the best-selling children's books in the world, and it's no different now.

Coupled with Xiang Nan's own popularity and appeal, the sales volume of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is very high, with sales exceeding one million copies in the first month. In today's increasingly depressed publishing industry, such sales can be said to be broken record.

  The popularity of this novel has also made many film companies envious, knowing that Xiang Nan has created another popular IP.

  "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", the book sales are so high, and if it is adapted into a film and television drama in the future, the box office and ratings can be imagined. If it's not good, it's another "Jurassic Park", how can people not be envious.

  …

   What is even more enviable is that in May, Xiang Nan successfully acquired Marvel, one of the largest comic companies in the United States, at a price of 250 million US dollars.

  Last year, Xiang Nan sent a third-party company to acquire Marvel. However, the boss of Marvel at the time, Ron Perelman, was stubborn and insisted on 500 million US dollars.

   As a result, after a year, Marvel's financial situation not only did not ease, but worsened. Under such circumstances, Ron Perelman had no choice but to get rid of the burden as soon as possible, cash out and leave the market, and finally proposed a purchase price of 250 million US dollars.

  Xiang Nan agreed to his request, and then officially acquired Marvel.

  After the news of Universal Pictures' successful acquisition of Marvel came out, it didn't cause much reaction at first.

  Because at that time, although Marvel and DC kept pace, they were the only two giants in the American comics industry.

  However, DC was acquired by Warner Pictures early on. The so-called backed by a big tree can enjoy the shade. In recent years, DC has made a lot of money by relying on the adaptation of the "Superman" and "Batman" series of movies, and its performance has soared every year.

  In comparison, the film and television adaptation of Marvel IP has never been smooth. "Captain America", "Spider-Man", "Thor", "Fantastic Four"... The adaptations of film and television dramas have average reputation and ratings, so they are not valued by Hollywood.

   Therefore, when Marvel's business was in trouble, no giant was interested in it.

  However, everyone in Hollywood slowly came to their senses.

  The reason why Marvel has not been able to compare with DC for so many years is because it has not found a suitable big tree, so there is no way for its superheroes to obtain efficient film and television adaptations.

   After all, superhero movies need big scenes, good special effects, and exciting stories to meet the needs of the audience. Most of the adaptations that bought Marvel IP before were small production companies, and they didn't have the ability to shoot well.

  But now, Marvel has returned to Universal Pictures. With Universal's financial and technical support, and Xiang Nan's own hands, Marvel's IP is likely to come back to life.

   Realizing this, many companies began to regret that they did not intervene in the acquisition of Marvel as soon as possible. Otherwise, how could it be so cheap for Universal Pictures, what a mistake!

  …

  After Xiang Nan acquired Marvel, he didn't interfere with Marvel's publishing business, and he wasn't interested in helping Marvel comics re-conceive stories. Those artists and producers who own Marvel have to worry about it.

  He was considering the film and television adaptation of Marvel movies, and the first movie he saw was "Daredevil".

  (end of this chapter)