Originally, Matthew wanted to invite Justin Lin to have dinner together, but Justin Lin had to work overtime today, so he had to leave the post-production studio alone and walk towards the door of Disney studio. When he passed by the studio where "Alien Battlefield" was once again, he actually met Andrew Stanton.

The two of them were also acquaintances. They greeted each other and walked to the studio gate together.

"I'm sorry for the project "Alien Battlefield." Andrew Stanton seemed sincere, "I hope you can understand, Matthew."

"It's okay." Matthew smiled and shook his head.

He really didn't mind at all when the two sides had not reached a cooperation.

Andrew Stanton has already been involved in live-action movies. Even with Disney behind it, he knows that it is better not to be stubborn with the most popular stars in the commercial film industry.

"Disney has not given me enough support, especially in terms of funding." Andrew Stanton further explained, "I have been watching the project "Alien Battlefield" for many years, and now I have the opportunity to adapt it into a movie, which is rare."

He sighed and said, "It's very difficult for an animation director to get involved in big-produced live-action commercial movies."

Matthew said again, “I understand.”

What's wrong with this? He never thought of actually working with Andrew Stanton.

Even though he knew that there was a pit ahead, would he still jump in and try to fill it up? He did not lack opportunities, nor did he lack projects. Why take such unnecessary risks?

Seeing that Matthew didn't seem to be lying, Andrew Stanton's face was obviously relaxed and said, "I hope we still have a chance to cooperate in the future."

Matthew responded casually.

For live-action movies, animated movies are OK, such as "Finding Nemo" shooting sequels.

Of course, Matthew just thought about this kind of thing. Animated feature films are Walt Disney's core business, and Pixar Studio is a guarantee of success. Disney will not accept foreign funds at all.

Once animated movies are successful, the income around them will be amazing, but unfortunately animated movies rely too much on technology.

After thinking about it, Matthew felt that he probably had no chance to get involved, and he didn't know much about this. The most animated movies I have seen are basically works by Di Baby and Pixar.

At the door of the Disney studio, Matthew broke up politely with Andrew Stanton, and then got into his car. As usual, in addition to the car he was riding in, there was also a bodyguard car following behind.

Through the window glass, Matthew was very calm when he saw Andrew Stanton, who was also getting on the car. He really didn't mind this Pixar Studios player.

He had no personal conflicts with Andrew Stanton. Andrew Stanton gave up on him and chose to work with Brad Pitt, which was the result of his careful creation.

If everything goes as he imagined, it is estimated that Andrew Stanton will no longer have the chance to get involved in live-action movies in the future.

The car left Nanbowei Street and drove towards Beverly Hills. Matthew took out James Win's script and plan, then put the script aside, opened the plan and read it carefully.

Although he is a half-baked producer, Matthew also knows that a director's plan is as important as a script.

The script is just a story, and there are too many screenwriters who can write qualified stories, but there are only a limited number of directors who can shoot videos into qualified commercial films.

Matthew looked at the plan and suddenly a thought flashed through him, if James Wen succeeded and could create a universe in the future, he would have two series: Racing Universe and Horror Universe.

This is so good that it can't be better.

A being of the same magnitude as the Marvel Universe and the D Universe cannot be taken down with his strength. Moreover, D was firmly held by Warner Bros. many years ago, and Marvel will soon become a subsidiary of Disney.

If you want to build a movie universe, you can only start a new business.

Judging from the current situation, he is already on the road to having two successful movie universes.

Thinking about this kind of thing, it feels good. Who doesn’t want to be a rich person?

After flashing the idea of ​​the movie universe, Matthew took out his cell phone, regardless of the time it was off work, called Helen Herman and asked Walt Disney for the acquisition of Marvel Comics.

The acquisition has reached its final stage. Walt Disney settled the Marvel management team, including Avi Arard and others at the end of last year. The two parties reached a preliminary agreement, but such a large acquisition involves many aspects. It is not possible to complete it by spending a lot of money on the acquisition and nodding in agreement.

The personnel, finance, equity and operating rights involved are extremely complex, and the acquisition will be completed as soon as the second half of the year.

In addition, the acquisition negotiations between Walt Disney and Lucas Pictures were also going smoothly. George Lucas is really going to retire this time and is planning to sell Lucas Pictures to create some experimental movies.

Lucasfilm has three most valuable businesses: Industrial Light and Magic, the top special effects company in Hollywood, and two major film series "Star Wars" and "Rapiders of the Lost Ark".

Things are very obvious, and once Walt Disney completes its acquisition of Lucasfilm, Star Wars and Raiders of Lost Ark will definitely continue to shoot sequels.

Matthew couldn't help but think of Robert Eiger again. This smiling Mickey Mouse is the real person with gold fingers, right?

I remember Robert Eiger joked in an interview before: If he wanted to write a book about his career, he would name the book "Born Me".

The "buy" here alludes to the two acquisitions of the Metropolitan Acquisitions of ABC and later Disney Acquisitions of Metropolitan Acquisitions.

"If I write another book about his career in a few years," Matthew said to himself, "the name of the book is probably "I Who Buy Others"."

In fact, Matthew can vaguely see that Disney's acquisition of Marvel can make up for the biggest shortcoming of the youth entertainment kingdom.

As we all know, Disney has been very successful in the girls market. The "Princess" series of brands it launched is very attractive to little girls around the world. Disney has always been the leader in the industry in terms of the family market. However, Disney is becoming increasingly marginalized in the boy market. How to seize the boy market is one of Disney's most troublesome problems.

Acquisition of Marvel can make up for this, and more than half of the comic heroes that American boys love, are born in Marvel.

Due to his own strength limitations, Matthew was unable to participate in the competition among these giants. Fortunately, he could also take advantage of his few advantages and follow Disney to gain some popularity and gain a lot of benefits.

The contract signed by Matthew with Disney officially came into effect at the end of last year. Now he is one of Disney's many minority shareholders. Although he has few Disney shares, he has the right to refute if Disney expands its shares.

Walt Disney is still far from becoming a behemoth. If you have a certain amount of Disney shares in your hand, you will definitely benefit in the future.

Then there is the newly added investment rights for Marvel superhero movies.

Driven by a huge platform like Walt Disney, the development of Marvel superhero movies will no longer be the small-scale fights before, and will inevitably bring greater benefits.

Suddenly, Matthew felt that his future net worth of over one billion or even two billion dollars seemed to be no difficult task.

With this awareness, he felt better. He simply asked the driver to turn to the Four Seasons Hotel and have a good exchange with Karolena Kokuva.

Just as Matthew entered the room of Carolina Kokuva in Four Seasons Hotel, James Win also arrived at the place he had made an appointment with Ray Warner.

"James, this is Steve Stebler." Ray Warner took the initiative to introduce him to a middle-aged man, "the founder and chief operating officer of Dimen Pictures."

After hearing this introduction, James Win was a little surprised and shook hands with the other party friendly.

Steve Stebler saw James Win's appearance and a strange look flashed across his face, but it quickly disappeared and said politely, "I didn't expect the director of "Saw" to be so young."

This is a bit arrogant, but Dimen Pictures is a well-known medium-sized film company in Hollywood that is famous for producing thrillers and horror movies. The parent company is the famous Weinstein Pictures. Steve Stebler, as one of the founders of such a company, does have the capital to be proud.

Perhaps Ray Warner didn't notice the unusual expression that flashed quickly on Steve Stebler's face, but James Win saw it because he had seen too many similar situations in Hollywood over the years, and he felt quite keen in this regard.

"I'm no longer young." James Winn knew that this was a normal situation in the circle and said politely, "I still accomplish nothing in my thirties."

Steve Stebler said carelessly, "It doesn't matter. As long as you work with Dimen Pictures, you will soon become a well-known director in Hollywood."

Horror movies are a minor category. Even with the success of "Saw", James Win is still a small director.

This is not only Steve Stebler's positioning, but also James Win's positioning in the circle.

Ray Werner then replied, "Several executives from Dimen Pictures and Weinstein Pictures read our script and believed that it has certain investment value and are interested in cooperating with us."

James Winn looked at Ray Warner first, and then Steve Stebler.

"Your supernatural horror film project looks pretty good." Steve Stebler said seriously except for the initial appearance, except for the previous strange look on his face. "At present, Dimen Pictures is going through the review process. After the review is passed, I will notify you to come to Dimen Pictures to discuss the shooting."

It seems that this matter has been settled so.

In Steve Stebler's eyes, there was no problem. He had briefly learned about James Win's current situation before coming. This was a young director who was waiting and looking for opportunities.
Chapter completed!