In the reception room of Relativity Entertainment, Robert Lee solemnly introduced a bald man to Ronan: "Ronan, this is Arthur Macomb, the new president of Marvel Comics copyright department. This time he came to Los Angeles to handle Marvel's copyright affairs, and made a special trip to the company today."

Arthur Macomb stepped forward and shook hands with Ronan: "Mr. Anderson, it's a great honor to know you."

Ronan responded politely with a smile: "I'm happy to know you."

This is a professional who was sent to Los Angeles to deal with copyright disputes with Twentieth Century Fox.

After a brief greeting between the two sides, Arthur Macomb said: "I came here today mainly to bring Mr. Avi Arad's greetings, and there is another small matter."

Luo Nan was very proud: "Please say that the places where Relativity Entertainment can help will definitely help."

Of course, Arthur Macomb is not a fool. He can tell the other meaning behind this. He will definitely not help if he doesn't want to help.

"The Shahai Entertainment Production Company, a subsidiary of Relativity Entertainment, currently holds the copyright of film adaptation of more than 30 Marvel superhero characters and their related characters and stories." Arthur Macomb said directly: "At the time, Shahai Entertainment bought out the copyright of these superhero characters. Marvel Comics has been publishing related comics in recent years. The influence of many characters has been continuously expanding through comics. I think it is necessary to modify the contracts between the two parties and appropriately increase the copyright income of Marvel as the creator. After all, cooperation is a win-win situation."

Ronan asked Robert Lee to go to New York to lobby Marvel Comics, so he was mentally prepared for this and said: "Shahai Entertainment has no relevant movie adaptation plan yet. I suggest that we both sides will talk after the movie project is confirmed."

Arthur Macomb thought about it and it was useless to talk about the movie without adapting it. The main focus was on the Marvel movie that had already been sold, and immediately said: "Yes."

Ronan remained silent, Robert Lee sat aside with him, always smiling faintly.

Yesterday he had a long meeting with Robert Iger and Ronan, and a team had already rushed to New York to start preparatory work.

If everything goes well, the agreement between Sandhai Entertainment and Marvel Comics in the future will not be a problem at all.

As for the failure, the possibility is small. Now Marvel is a company that has almost no place to borrow money.

Ronan said again: "I will communicate directly with Avi Arad about this matter."

Arthur Macomb also knew that he was not having an equal conversation with Ronan, and said with a smile: "Okay, Mr. Arad welcomes Mr. Anderson to Marvel at any time."

Luo Nan made a few more polite words.

After staying for less than half an hour, Arthur Macomb said goodbye and left. Relativity Entertainment was just a small problem. After all, the relevant copyrights are not profitable for the time being, and the target is still those companies that are or are about to generate revenue.

Ronan reminded Robert Lee: "Let the team in New York keep a close eye on Marvel."

In April, the North American film market was still relatively cold. After "Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse" won the North American box office championship on the premiere weekend, the energy that exploded quickly dissipated.

Most of this type of movies belong to the "die if you get addicted", and basically has little endurance.

Rotten tomatoes are 23% fresh; imdb score 6.3 points; ema score audience average score "b-"; authoritative media comprehensive evaluation metacritic average score 42 points,

The reputation of "Resident Evil 2: Revelation" can only be said to be quite average.

Therefore, the film's box office hit the big hit the weekend, and no one was surprised.

On the second weekend of release, "Apocalypse"'s box office fell by nearly 70% on the weekend, and earned $10.8 million in three days.

Ten days of screening, the total box office revenue of North America was $51.2 million.

"Legend of Night 2" spent the fifth weekend in North America, and the box office fell to an extremely low level, earning $2.2 million in three days on weekends, and the previous non-week single-day income was even lower than $200,000.

The film is about to be out of stock, with a total box office of 82.21 million US dollars in North America, and there will be no more increase.

Another film, "The Passion of Jesus", was not affected by the lawsuits between Aiken Pictures and Embassy Pictures. The box office in North America has never fallen by more than 40%. In recent weekends, it has maintained a revenue of more than 3 million US dollars every weekend, and the cumulative box office in North America has reached 375.62 million US dollars.

Overseas, the box office easily exceeded US$200 million, while the global box office exceeded US$600 million.

So far, "The Passion of Jesus" has firmly ranked first in the 2004 North American and global box office rankings.

Three consecutive films have been successful in box office for three consecutive months, and Relativity Entertainment is still developing rapidly at its own pace.

Just after this weekend, Jim Prous of Twentieth Century Fox welcomed a special visitor, Arthur Macomb, president of Marvel Comics' copyright department, visited.

"I heard that the filming of "Fantastic Four" by 20th Century Fox is about to start?" Arthur Macomb asked directly.

Jim Prous knew the other party’s purpose, but he didn’t care much. After all, Marvel Comics is a company that can be ruined at any time, and its valuable copyrights have basically been sold. He said: “The filming will start next month and will be released next year. Marvel is welcome to attend the premiere at that time.”

Arthur Macomb asked again: "Where is the third part of the X-Men?"

"You mean "Fighting the Wave"?" Jim Prous replied calmly: "It will be released until 2006."

Arthur Macomb was creating momentum for himself from the beginning: "I want to ask when will the offline share of X-Men 2 be credited last year?"

Jim Prous glanced at him and said lightly: "There are still three months left before the payment period stipulated in the contract. Marvel Comics is too anxious, right?"

The company behind Arthur Macomb was not confident enough, but still had a strong momentum: "Mr. Prous, I came to Fox this time on behalf of the Marvel Comics Board of Directors and all shareholders to revise some of the agreements between us."

Jim Prouss looked serious: "Please speak."

"It's mainly two aspects." Arthur Macomb said: "First, some of the contract terms of the "X-Men" series are seriously unfair to Marvel Comics. Marvel Comics requires the modification of the payment period for all revenue sharing in the movie series, from annual payment to quarterly payment, and must be paid within one and a half months after the season."

Hearing this, Jim Prous's serious expression became even more serious, and he said directly: "The movie is different from comics. It takes time to collect income from all channels. Your request is unrealistic, and 20th Century Fox cannot do it."

Arthur Macomb recalled the information and information provided by Robert Lee, and said with a hint of coldness: "As far as I know, the longest payment period for channel dealers is only ten days, while most payment periods are only one week."

This directly involves the cash flow of Twentieth Century Fox, and Jim Prous would certainly not let it go easily.

Arthur Macomb did not continue to entangle in "X-Men", but continued the previous words: "Second, the copyright licensing agreement for "Fantasy Four" has been fully modified, and the specific content is referred to "X-Men".

The words just now made Jim Prous's expression serious, and now Jim Prous's face turned completely cold.

Twentieth Century Fox bought out the copyright of "Fantastic Four" from Marvel Comics at one time. Whether the film adaptation project succeeds or fails, it has nothing to do with Marvel Comics, and does not involve any post-production terms.

Marvel Comics has the right to obtain a post-production share in the "X-Men" series. Although the proportion is not high, the trilogy series also involves tens of millions of dollars.

"Fantastic Four" is also going to be serialized...

Jim Prous said coldly: "This is an unreasonable and illegal request. Marvel Comics doesn't even need the most basic contract spirit and commercial reputation."

Arthur Macombe replied: "Marvel Comics need to survive." His voice was also a little cold: "Is the way 20th Century Fox obtained the copyright of "Fantastic Four" really legal? You privately traded with the Marvel management of the last session and reached a copyright agreement that was impossible for normal people to sign. Many people could prove this back then."

The method of buying "Fantastic Four" by 20th Century Fox was not glorious, but it did not violate the legal terms. Jim Prous was one of his witnesses and had enough confidence: "You can't say this."

Arthur Macomb knew how difficult it was, so he could only try to be as strong as possible: "This matter can be completely resolved through negotiation. If Twentieth Century Fox does not give any chance, Marvel Comics can only seek legal solutions."

How could Jim Prous compromise in front of a company that is about to end: "Twentieth Century Fox's contract with Marvel Comics is protected by law."

"Is this unfair agreement normal?" Arthur Macomb unconsciously raised his voice: "Not to say anything else, your movie adaptation can attract many people's attention. The future success has nothing to do with the decades of promotion of Marvel Comics? Without the success of Marvel Comics, Fantastic Four will have the current influence and will become a superhero second only to Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and Hulk?"

Jim Prous said coldly: "In the hands of Marvel Comics, the Fantastic Four is outdated. How many related comics have you sold in the past five years? The comics launched by Marvel still have sales and influence?"

This sentence directly points to Marvel's greatest pain. From the mid-1990s to the present, Marvel has been hovering on the edge of a cliff. It is not easy to survive. There is no place where the scenery of that year.

Arthur Macomb took a deep breath: "So, is Twentieth Century Fox not going to talk to Marvel?"

Jim Prouss' tone was colder: "Twentieth Century Fox has the right to refuse any non-subsidized request."

Arthur Macomb made sufficient preparations to come to Los Angeles, especially Robert Lee of Relativity Entertainment, and also came up with a good idea to push the 20th Century Fox into a dead end.
Chapter completed!