Chapter 20: It's You, Batman
Just when Ke Wen, the owner of Consortium B Comics, was negotiating with these remaining business giants, the employees of Consortium B who were waiting outside were also waiting worriedly, as a group of artists and editors who rely on their brains and painting skills to eat, they are still very concerned about this commercial acquisition, because it is related to their future career development, and they also look forward to their young boss being able to give a little more force.
Even if it is acquired, you can leave a position for your own people, after all, such a well-paid job is not so easy to find. But they couldn't go in and listen, but they kept hearing various voices coming from the back garden, such as: "Metal! Maximum drive! 】,【Complete! 】,【Final Vent! These kinds of electronic sounds kept ringing in the back garden.
After about half an hour, the door of the back garden opened, except for the people who took the lead in leaving Universal Film and Television before, the rest of the business giants were here, these middle-aged people with an average age of fifty, each holding a small box in their hands, their faces flushed, as if they had just experienced some strenuous exercise. For the small box in his hand, he also hugged it tightly, and his boss still had that kind smile, followed by Woz, the man who became his boss's secretary at some point.
"I hope that in the next ten years, we will have a great time working together, Mr. Curwen, and in addition, thank you for the gift."
Holding the small box in his hand, Disney's spokesperson took the lead in shaking hands with Kewen and said.
"It's just a gift, but in the next ten years, I hope to work with you, and when the time comes, you will find that this decision is not wrong, and the income that Consortium B can bring to you is more than you imagined."
"I'm looking forward to it, Mr. Curvin."
After a few polite greetings, these business giants also hugged the small box in their hands and left the consortium B Comic Company. And Kewen also sent it to the door, watched them get into the car, and then drove into the traffic and disappeared from his vision.
"Done?" The old man stepped forward, with an expression that was under my control.
"Half of it, it's impossible to sell it, after giving them a small gift. Let them patiently listen to me explain the strengths and weaknesses of each other, and then they will determine a few general directions. ”
"Huh? Direction? ”
"Yes, for example, in terms of superhero film and television, Warner and Disney have their own advantages and disadvantages, for example, Batman, a superhero Disney can't shoot even if he is greedy, after all, Disney's direction is all-age, and Batman, you know, they don't dare to shoot Batman's influence, so they can only take over the film and television production rights of Flash. And like Hasbro and Toei, you know, engaging in toys, the two of them can be regarded as the two giants of the East and the West, but I prefer to hand over Kamen Rider Films and TV to Toei Production, as well as the peripheral aspects.
Although they have been stealing glue in recent years, we have firmly grasped the right to speak, we can shoot, we can make toys, special effects have filled me, screenwriters or something, the script has to be read by us first, and we can only start filming with our approval, and toys or something have to be shown to us before mass production can begin. I can't just let the writers and producers go free and persecute the Kamen Rider series because they want to sell toys. ”
Ke Wen is also saying triumphantly, he has not been in vain in the past few days, Woz, the almighty Sebas, has given himself crazy make-up lessons, so that he can understand the current advantages and shortcomings of these business giants in the DC universe. Thanks to his brain, which has been strengthened by the spirit of existence, he was able to familiarize himself with these knowledge points in just a few days, coupled with some aura bonuses brought to him by the first emperor's soul during that time, so that he took the initiative in this business negotiation.
With a series of operations, he successfully set the general direction with these business giants. Regarding the film and television of superhero IP, the movie is jointly developed by Disney and Warner, and those with a dark painting style or more restricted pictures will be handed over to Warner for shooting, and Sunshine, which can be directed to all ages, will be handed over to Disney for development in a cooperative way. Sony, on the other hand, is responsible for the development of superhero IP games and RPG series, while Toei and Hasbro are responsible for peripheral development.
At the same time, Toei also has the power to make Kamen Rider a film and television, but it is also developed in cooperation with Disney. After all, in terms of tokusatsu aspects, before Kewen didn't cross over, although Toei in the DC universe didn't have works related to Kamen Rider, but super Sentai Sentai , Ultraman, metal heroes, these tokusatsu works are still exported overseas, such a rich experience, there is no reason to let it go, but with Kewen involved, whether it is TV or theatrical version, in terms of holsters and plots and special effects, it will not save money like his original world.
Or if you don't agree with each other, it's a cut in half, or if you don't agree with each other, the screenwriter and the producer backstab each other, and then let the TV knights shut themselves up at every turn, or persecute them. With a whole team of screenwriters working together to conceive the script, the painter to design the holster, and then the Hollywood-level special effects team, plus the real-life superhero Kamen Rider Ke Wen, he doesn't believe it, so he can still hit the street?!
Although the contract is a bit overbearing, but these business giants, under Ke Wen's reasoned persuasion, also began to succumb, no one will get along with the money, the big cake of consortium B comics, everyone wants to eat it, but no one has the capital to eat it all. And Ke Wen, who cuts the cake, also cuts the cake relatively fairly, no one eats more than half, nor sleeps less than half, plus Ke Wen promises that every Christmas, he will give these business giants a limited edition belt with only a transformation function, through the annual knight TV works.
For such a promise, these business giants wanted to say no, but looking at the limited edition transformation functional belt in the box, they were shaken by the transformation they had already experienced a transformation, especially after the Toei storyteller, who had the most experience in tokusatsu was the first to defect, and the negotiation came to an end. The thought that every year they can get a limited version of the Kamen Rider transformation belt with only the transformation function, although they can only take it out and pretend to be forced, or let their children go to school to pretend to be forced, they also give in.
No way, no one can refuse the charm of Kamen Rider, unless the other party is Gundam, Ultraman or Transformers. But I'm sorry, in this DC universe where Curwen is located, only Kowen's Kamen Rider is real. So, they succumbed, completely succumbing to the charm of the knight's belt, even if it was only a limited transformation version.
After such a commotional operation, the old man who listened to Ke Wenmei's flying dance there was also stunned, and there was still this kind of operation? ! But looking at Ke Wen's serious eyes, it all shows that there is this kind of operation.
"Next, what needs to be done is the Huaxia Self-improvement Department, and I will arrange a time to return to China at that time. After all, if you make a film and television, it is all-round, and if you don't talk about the Huaxia Self-improvement Department, there is no way to expand it. ”
"It's okay, your sassy operation, in my memories of clones in other universes, there are only a few who can compare to yours."
"No way, sometimes, if you like something, you can't imagine the potential that can burst out, by the way, in terms of the income of the superhero comic of the same name that we published before, do you have a statement here. I mean, to those who gave us the copyright to create comics of the same name, such as Batman, Supergirl, The Flash and the Chinese Self-Improvement Department. ”
sighed with emotion, Ke Wen also seemed to remember something, and said directly to the old man.
"You say this? Yes, in terms of income, you don't have to worry about the Huaxia Self-improvement Department, they will remit it to the public account of the Huaxia Self-improvement Department on time every quarter, and they are very concerned in this regard. As for Batman, Flash and Supergirl, we don't have their contact information, it's all with you, you haven't asked before, the money was used by us to invest, except for the part of the income behind, Batman has been 14.5 million after tax in the past two quarters, Flash is 9.8 million after tax, and Supergirl is 6.5 million. This is our domestic, not counting the overseas market. ”
After a call to the data, Ke Wen was also secretly speechless, in the end, it was DC's father, and he didn't pay much attention to this aspect, but the comic of the same name of Batman, after some polishing, still had such a high income, and it was only two quarters. No wonder in the world before him, DC's editorial department wanted to add so many halos to Batman, you must know that in his real world, the comic image of Batman has been born since 1939, and it has been 70 years.
has always been a popular brother, and he is in the real DC universe, a real Batman, a real Gotham City, a Batman story depicted from different perspectives, it only took two quarters to bring so much income to Kewen, what else can he say, call his father.
"Well, don't worry about Batman for the time being, give me the Flash's financial statements first, and I'll have to send them to others," while being surprised that the popularity and sales of Batman's comic of the same name were so high, Ke Wen also said to the old man.
"What are you going to do?"
"With other people's copyrights to make so much money, we have to let people know, what they want to do with it, but we can't pretend that we don't know anything."
"That's a lot of money, are you sure the Flash won't have any other thoughts after getting this money, for example, I don't do the Flash or anything like that..."
"Old man, you're insulting the Flash, he's not this kind of person, with the speed he has, becoming a billionaire is too simple, believe me, he knows what to do better than us with this money."
With a smile, he took this income statement about the Flash comic of the same name from the old man's hand, and then Kewen got into the car with Woz and left the consortium B comics.