Chapter 499: Confrontation

Andy saw that the other party did not lose his square inch because of anger, but decided that he was determined to acquire Marvel Entertainment, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, these old foxes are so easy to fool, and he originally hoped to provoke Ike's anger and make him feel humiliated, go back to escalate the infighting, and directly spell out Kevin Page, so that Marvel's contradictions will be completely intensified.

Now it seems that there is little hope, and the CEO may not have the courage to tear up the old guy with Stan Lee.

"The '80s were a golden age for DC and Warner to dominate the comic book market. The sequels to "Batman" and "Superman" have come out one after another, and the stars of the flowing water have come one after another.

But Marvel can only watch the old enemy DC eat and drink spicy food with Warner, holding a large number of copyrights but suffering from no next home. finally sold the copyright, but no one was willing to take the film.

Your soul character Stan Lee is even more ambitious in Hollywood, with "Doctor Strange" in 1978 and "The Incredible Hulk" in 1990 both made into TV movies, and "Captain America" in 1979 went straight to the home video market. 1986's "Fallen from the Sky" starred "Howard Duck" in the "Guardians of the Galaxy" easter egg, and the film turned out to be the second Marvel film to be released since the release of the 1944 version of "Captain America".

1994's "Fantastic Four" had to rush to produce a low-budget sci-fi B-grade film due to the expiration of the copyright in the hands of Constantine Pictures, and in the end, the film, like other Marvel movies, did not even get the opportunity to be released in theaters.

In the new century, you can only watch the big sales of X-Men, the hot box office of "Spider-Man", you can only share a pitiful copyright fee, your heart is unbalanced, and you waste your time in court again and again. ”

Andy's ability to remember was shown at this moment, and he began to talk about Marvel's failures all the time in a hurry, which made Ike's face more and more difficult to see.

"Haha... Ike smiled angrily, looked at Andy Smith, who did not show any demeanor, and pierced his heart with a sharp arrow, and couldn't help sneering: "You say this, just to tell me, how failed Marvel is, but so what? Our IP copyright is still the most valuable, young man, your tricks are useless, suppress the price... Huh"

Ike shook his head and smiled, the corners of his mouth turned up, with a touch of mockery, the means of business negotiation, Andy was a little more tender.

Andy was not upset, but spread his hands with a smile, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Yes, if it weren't for the value of the copyright IP, I wouldn't have wasted my time here." ”

Andy's words made Ike grit his teeth in anger, but the next paragraph made Ike lose the slightest momentum and fell silent.

"HOLLYWOOD HAS AN UNWRITTEN RULE ON SUBCULTURES - "DE-ORIGINALIZATION", AND THE PRODUCERS ARE OFTEN JINGMING'S RICH AND HANDSOME, SO THEY DON'T STUDY THE FANS' WILLINGNESS TO WATCH THE MOVIE.

Especially for Marvel, watching their own "Daredevil Hero", "Fantastic Four", and "Ghost Rider" being changed by the producer for thousands of years, the worldview of "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" is also getting farther and farther away from their own ideas.

You definitely want to take the lead in the shooting, but unfortunately you don't have the money, and then you will desperately use the copyright mortgage to gamble, and everyone will be happy if you win, and if you lose, you will need to hide in the corner and die, and you, the shareholders, can only hold on to the resources that you think are extremely precious.

Hundreds of millions of dollars of investment, shooting dominance, hehe. The problem is that your board of directors is nothing more than meddling in the affairs of movies! I would like to ask you, why did you shake up the Hollywood landscape that has long dominated the genre of comedy, action, science fiction, and romance films!"

Andy looked at Ike in front of him with a somewhat disillusioned expression on his face, and couldn't help pouting in his heart, not suppressing the other party's arrogance, the money he bought was indispensable, and he also insidiously dug a deep pit and waited for the other party in front.

Kevin Page will inevitably ask for another mortgage of the superhero's rights to take out a loan to make a movie, and Andy hopes that Ike, the largest individual shareholder and the group's CEO, will preconceive that this method is an all-or-nothing gamble, gambling on the interests of their shareholders.

When it comes to interests, these shareholders will never compromise, even if they compromise, they will continue to fight for the right to speak, without fighting, why can he Andy Smith buy Marvel at the right price and come to the new Marvel as a savior.

Fight it, I support you!

Andy silently said to the iron-faced Ike in his heart.

"Young man, even if what you said makes sense, don't you still want to buy Marvel? It's nothing more than a question of price, you can talk about it slowly, I'm just curious, since you have studied so thoroughly, do you have a way to solve these problems?"

Andy couldn't help pouting in his heart, the old guy still didn't forget to dig a pit for himself, and wanted to trick his words, hehe, so he didn't say anything, but calmly and confidently stretched out his finger and pointed to his head.

"It's already worth five billion dollars!"

Ike stared at him slightly, and smiled brightly, "Mr. Smith, I have to admire you, you are a very powerful young man, I have a deep affection for Marvel, and I hope it can grow in my hands from the day I sit as CEO, but unfortunately... Can I call you Andy?"

Seeing Andy nodding with a smile on his face, he didn't care at all, and then said: "Andy, if you really want to buy Marvel, I can help you collect shares in the board of directors, but I have a request, don't kick me out, otherwise, I don't think you will succeed." ”

"Hehe, you're thinking too much, let's not talk about whether to acquire or not, even if I decide to acquire in the end, it will be successful, except for that nasty careerist, I don't think there will be any changes in Marvel's personnel, of course, the strategic layout is here!"

Andy smiled and pointed to his head as he spoke.

Ike also knew that the kid in front of him was not easy to fool, "So, how much money you were going to pay to buy Marvel, you can always reveal it." ”

"Well, let's say, $2 billion. ”

“no,no。 Before Ike could finish Andy's words, he shook his head with a smile and said: "This price is not attractive at all, you must know that our Marvel does not only have two businesses, comics and movies, toy manufacturing, various peripherals, sales networks, and the group composed of many subsidiaries is not worth 2 billion US dollars." ”

Andy pretended to be indifferent and said: "So, in the end, I gave up at the suggestion of the think tank, because I was worried that you lions would open your mouth, and there would be a future profit strategy and huge problems within you." ”

"Hehe, if the price is not negotiable, you can negotiate slowly, you will always find a price that is acceptable to both parties, and one more thing, I want to ask, have you thought about Stan Lee?"

"Hehe, Stan Lee is old, I don't think he has any interest in power, the reason why he supports Kevin Page now is nothing more than seeing the hope of Marvel's rise from some of Kevin Page's ideas, but, can Kevin Page be comparable to my strategic layout?"

Andy's strong confidence and momentum, coupled with the impression that he has never failed in the past, is extremely convincing, and even Ike can't help but nod in agreement.

Well, Ike couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself, Nima, who knows what your strategic layout is.

However, looking at Andy Smith's success stories along the way, it seems that he will not be entertained by nonsense.

"I'll confirm your acquisition at the board meeting, help you put together the shares, and then you can go to the negotiation stage and find a price that everyone can accept, what do you think?"

Hearing Ike talking to himself, Andy couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, and was about to continue to flicker, but was directly interrupted by Ike and said: "Everyone is a smart person, don't use some off-market tricks, to be honest, for an unlisted company, the shares are too scattered and inefficient, I have long been aware of this problem, but unfortunately I don't have so much money to complete the acquisition, your appearance may be an opportunity for Marvel to really rise, I am willing to help you, in my lifetime to see Marvel flatten DC!"