The Fantastic Four and X-Men were sold to Fox, and Fox and Marvel reached an agreement at that time. As long as new characters appeared in the comics "Fantastic Four" and "X-Men", Fox would automatically obtain the copyright.
This is simply bullying Marvel.
In the end, Marvel was forced to cancel the comic "Fantastic Four" that had been published for nearly 60 years. If you don't let me eat chicken, I will shut down the fucking chicken farm.
There is also Universal Pictures, they got the image of the Hulk, but Universal did not seize the opportunity and hired Chinese director Ang Lee to make a movie about The Incredible Hulk. The result was a blockbuster, and Universal was so scared that they never touched it again.
Well, later Marvel and Universal reached an agreement to take back the rights to the Hulk, but if there is a Hulk movie in the future, Universal Pictures will participate in the distribution rights of the movie.
In the past ten years since 1996, Marvel has been trying to survive by demolishing the east wall to pay for the west wall. Until 2004, they decided to make their own movies, and at the same time mortgaged Thor, Captain America, and more than a dozen other companies.
The comic image applied for a loan of US$500 million to support the production of ten movies in the next eight years. By 2008, Marvel invested all its wealth and spent US$140 million to produce Iron Man, thus starting the Marvel Universe.
The best time to acquire Marvel would have been in 1996. At that time, Marvel was at its lowest point and had filed for bankruptcy. If a company was serious about acquiring it at this time, they would probably sell themselves off, but in the end
They managed to survive by selling off their assets. I don’t know whether it was because the shareholders “would rather die than surrender” or because the price offered by others was not good enough. In 2009, Disney spent US$4 billion to acquire them.
Four billion U.S. dollars is not a small amount, but it was due to the success of Marvel's independently released Iron Man in 2008. This movie turned Marvel around, as well as Spider-Man, which was previously produced by Universal Pictures.
Trilogy, all these show that Marvel's image still has a huge influence, which led to the acquisition of 4 billion US dollars.
If it were put in 1996, Liu Lang felt that he could devour the other party with only 200 million US dollars.
The headquarters of Marvel is located on the 50th floor of a skyscraper on Fifth Avenue in New York. When Liu Lang, Lin Guodong, Lucas and others came here, an old man in his sixties wearing a pair of sunglasses and
Marvel executives were greeting everyone at the door.
This old man is none other than Stan Lee, one of the founders of Marvel, the designer of Captain America, Thor, the Hulk and many other images, as well as the publisher and chairman of Marvel. More than twenty years later,
As Marvel heroes became popular around the world, he was also revered as the father of Marvel.
"You must be Mr. Stan Lee. I like Captain America the most. It's such an honor to meet you today!"
I still have great respect for this old man Liu Lang. If nothing else, just the fact that he has created so many heroic images is something that not everyone can do.
"Jimmy, you Shengtang are so awesome. You have grown up in less than two years, leaving all the established companies like us behind. You are really awesome! I admire you, I admire you. We are also glad that you can come to Manga."
Wei Company is a guest, come and invite us inside!"
Stan Lee is sixty-five years old this year, but his body is very strong, his hair is still black, and his energy is no worse than that of young people.
Liu Lang and the others followed each other into the Marvel office area. He raised his head and looked around. There were many posters hanging on the wall, including Captain America, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, etc., but Liu Lang secretly sighed.
Teeth, these images are really not flattering, in short they are very ugly!
If Liu Lang pointed at the heroes on the wall and said they were ugly, Mr. Stan Lee would have to fight Liu Lang to death. Ugly? You must know that these heroes are symbols of an era in the United States, especially Captain America, who became a famous figure during World War II.
Americans hope that no one will call him ugly, and no one dares to say so.
But Liu Lang had seen the new images of these heroes thirty years later. They were very different then from now.
"It seems that times have changed, and people's aesthetic ability has also evolved!"
Liu Lang could only comfort himself in this way.
"Jimmy, I've seen your Shengtang company's Transformers. It's indeed outstanding. Just in terms of image design, it's much better than ours. But don't forget, a story is a story after all, and what's more important is what's behind each story."
Contained meaning.
All the images of our Marvel company have their own meaning, especially Captain America. He represents the perseverance and tenacious spirit of the American people... His real name is Rogers. He was originally a frail young man, but during World War II
Outbreak, he wanted to join the military camp for the sake of the country, but he was in poor health. Finally, he underwent a body enhancement experiment and became a superhero. He led the US army to fight against evil enemies and finally won. You said, such a spirit
Is it worth living forever?”
People like Marvel Company know the purpose of Liu Lang's visit. To be fair, with Shengtang Company's current momentum, they are willing to trade with the other party, but the other party's 2% is like buying 7% of themselves, which is a bit bullying.
people, although superficially
Looking at Shengtang is more valuable, but who can say for sure that Shengtang will not have problems in the future? Marvel is an old company that has been established for nearly 40 years. Although its market value is not high, it is old and strong. If
In terms of strength, I'm afraid Shengtang may not be able to match Marvel.
Therefore, Stan Lee wants to encourage his company and take advantage of the momentum.
"You are right, old man. Captain America's spirit is admirable. In fact, his spirit is not only a spirit that Americans admire, but also a spirit that people around the world admire. Otherwise, World War II would not have ended with our victory. You said so
no?"
Liu Lang replied with a smile.
The spirit of Captain America is indeed admirable, but there are many people with stronger spirit and will, especially those heroes in China. No one is inferior to him. You must know that those heroes really exist and are not based on thin air.
The illusory caricature image is just that Americans know how to market themselves better.
"Well, you are right...!"
Liu Lang's words made Stan Lee unable to argue.
"Sir, have you seen the movie "Toy Story"?"
Liu Lang asked.
"I've seen it, it's very good, very good!"
The other party nodded.
"I learned a lot about American pop culture while studying in the United States. This cartoon expresses some of my thoughts, but I think it's still not perfect. Sir, can you give me some advice?"
"Opinion……?"
Stan Lee is a little confused. This movie has created the history of animated movies. Not only the special effects, but also the storyline is very touching and perfect. What advice can he give?
"Old man, actually I already have a new idea. Now Shengtang is preparing for the second animated film. I think this new film is much more exciting than "Toy Story". You must support it when it is released next year.
!”
Liu Lang's meaning is obvious. Compared with my Transformers, Captain America and other comic characters, I feel that Transformers do not embody the same spirit as Captain America, but my "Toy Story" does! Otherwise, I wouldn't let him.
What does it mean that tens of millions of viewers went to the cinema to watch it and gave it very good reviews? It means that Americans recognize my comics, even you Americans recognize it, and it would be meaningless for you to talk to me about it.