At this time, night had fallen in New York. As the world's top city that never sleeps, New York showed its prosperity to the world. Wu Jianye could see through the glass that the hurried New York elites had disappeared.
Instead, there were groups of young people dressed in fashionable clothes, or homeless homeless people. Some homeless people were accompanied by a dirty puppy. A hot dog truck came not far from the cafe.
car.
New York's hot dog carts are so famous that some even call them New York's street scene. Hot dogs in New York have a special name called dirty water hot dogs, which are just like New York's street culture, dirty and tempting.
And the enthusiasm for dirty water hot dogs is not just ordinary New Yorkers, but also high-ranking people. For example, when the British Prime Minister visits New York, the mayor of New York will treat him to dirty water hot dogs, Madonna, Celine Dion
Such a female star would also choose one regardless of her image.
Wu Jianye looked at the hot dog cart and said to Hamgren impatiently: "Make a decision quickly, don't delay me from buying food!"
Hamgren glanced at Wu Jianye helplessly. The multiple-choice questions given by Wu Jianye before were actually unnecessary. He also understood that when things had developed to this point, he had no choice.
"Okay!" Hamgland finally agreed reluctantly.
Wu Jianye smiled and took out the contract and check that he had prepared. With humiliation in his eyes, Hamgren signed his name on the contract, and then took the check from Wu Jianye's hand.
In other words, from now on, the "Spider-Man" series, which will create a value of tens of billions in the future, is officially in the hands of Wu Jianye.
"I'm very curious about how Phantom Entertainment plans to operate this comic, which has a 'five-year new film' agreement!" After Hamgland signed the contract, he felt no more pressure in his heart.
Most of the characters sold by Marvel have "five-year new film" contracts, which means that if Phantom Entertainment cannot create a movie for this character within five years, then Marvel has the right to take back the character.
copyright.
The third part of Tobey Maguire's "Spider-Man" series trilogy produced by Sony was released in 2007, and "The Amazing Spider-Man" was released in 2012 for this reason. If it exceeds that time limit, Marvel will
You have the right to take back the copyright of the "Spider-Man" comic.
"Five-year new film" contracts are also available for other Marvel characters.
Wu Jianye smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about it."
After saying that, Wu Jianye stood up and left. Now is definitely not the best time to make "Spider-Man". The reason why Wu Jianye took action to get the copyright of "Spider-Man" now is simply because he didn't want him to be the same as in another time and space.
, fell into a complicated lawsuit, and what he is doing now is just the first step of Wu Jianye's plan!
After walking out of the cafe, Wu Jianye came to the hot dog cart. There were two young girls wearing hot pants next to him. Each of them was holding a dirty hot dog and looked at the long bun with a sausage sandwiched between them. Then the girl didn't
Taking the first bite with his mouth open, Wu Jianye suddenly felt evil in his heart...
What a shameful scene!
Wu Jianye asked the boss for a dirty hot dog and a Coke. Unfortunately, the Coke was Pepsi, not Very Coke. Now Very Coke's main direction is Southeast Asia. It will only be official after consolidating its Southeast Asian market.
Take command of Europe and the United States.
According to Hanshui Beverage's plan, this will happen two years later.
"Are you kun?" Just when Wu Jianye was thinking wildly, the two girls in hot pants next to him recognized Wu Jianye.
Wu Jianye smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes."
One of the girls said excitedly: "Kun, I am your fan, can you sign an autograph for me?"
Wu Jianye spread his hands and said with a smile: "Sorry, I didn't bring a pen!"
In fact, Wu Jianye had a pen in his bag, but it was just a lazy signature.
But what surprised Wu Jianye was that at this time, the owner of the hot dog cart said with a smile: "It's okay, I have a pen here!" After saying that, he enthusiastically handed the marker pen to Wu Jianye.
As for why the hot dog cart owner prepared a marker pen, Wu Jianye didn't know, but now that he had the pen, he felt embarrassed not to sign.
Wu Jianye glanced at the two girls and asked, "Where's the paper?"
It was the same girl who just said with a smile: "No need for paper, just sign here!" After saying that, he raised his weapon, and his meaning was very clear, just sign here and that's it.
The girl was wearing a white T-shirt, which was very suitable for autographs. Wu Jianye did not show any pretense and signed his name with a smile.
The other girl waited for Wu Jianye to sign, and then pulled down her low-cut T-shirt more boldly, revealing most of the murder weapon, and asked Wu Jianye to sign on it.
Wu Jianye smiled, he liked such a signature.
Very soft, very firm, looks very young...
After signing his name, Wu Jianye returned the marker to the owner of the hot dog cart, and by this time his hot dogs were already ready.
"Kun, are you filming "The Love of Ghosts" in New York?" the girl asked excitedly.
Wu Jianye nodded and said, "Yes."
"By the way, we haven't been introduced yet. I am Martha and she is Annie. We are all your fans. Don't listen to those media. When your movie is released, we will definitely go back to support you!" Martha
Said happily.
Wu Jianye said politely: "Thank you!"
At this time, Wu Jianye took the hot dog and was about to leave, while the two girls excitedly surrounded Wu Jianye, chattering and expressing their admiration.
Looking at it like this, if Wu Jianye thought about it, they would probably follow Wu Jianye back to the hotel today.
But Wu Jianye thought about it and decided to forget it. After all, although this kind of girl picked up on the street looks quite young and full of energy, who knows if there are any problems. Wu Jianye doesn't want to cause this trouble, so in the end
Left alone.
However, Wu Jianye had just walked a few steps when suddenly an old black man stood in front of Wu Jianye and said in a deep voice: "Sir, can you borrow some money to buy a hamburger?"
Wu Jianye raised his head and glanced at Lao Hei. He was at least 1.9 meters tall. In fact, Wu Jianye was not short anymore, but compared with Da Lao Hei, he was still a bit shorter. In addition, he was muscular
The figure gives people a sense of oppression.
If someone thinks that he is really just borrowing money at this time, he is totally wrong. Many people in New York will carry some change with them to deal with such a situation, because if you are stingy with your money at this time,
It's very possible that the white knife went in and the red knife came out.
The reason why Sam in "The Ghost Story" was robbed by Carl's plan is actually this reason, because such things happen almost every day in New York. If you are not a real upper class person, you will encounter such a person.
Given the situation, the probability that the case will not be solved is very high.
So why Spider-Man has become one of the most popular heroes in Marvel comics? One is because comics have a very high status in the hearts of teenagers, and Spider-Man’s background makes him more easily accepted by teenagers. There is another reason.
He is a neighborhood hero. Things like this happen every day in Brooklyn. Many people hope to have such a hero by their side.
However, this old black man obviously chose the wrong person. Just when he was standing in front of Wu Jianye, several young men in black suits suddenly ran up not far away and stood directly in front of Wu Jianye.
forward.
How could Wu Jianye come out alone when he knew that New York's security was a huge problem? Maplewood security guards were already protecting Wu Jianye 24 hours a day.
And in order to cope with Wu Jianye's life in the United States these past few years, Maplewood Security established a branch in the United States. You must know that firearms are legal in North America!
When Da Laohei saw this formation, he naturally withered immediately. If he hadn't been born with a dark face, he would have turned pale at this time.
"Director Wu, are you okay?" The person responsible for Wu Jianye's safety in North America is a Northeasterner named Hu Jian.
Wu Jianye smiled: "It's okay, I can give you a good beating!"
"clear!"
Wu Jianye got into the car with hot dogs and coke and went directly back to the hotel. As for the big boss, Wu Jianye didn't care about his fate.
After returning to the hotel, Wu Jianye made a special call to Linda and told her that the copyright to Little Spider had been obtained.
Linda asked curiously: "As for the copyright of a comic character, do you personally take action?"
As mentioned before, today's Hollywood attitude towards superhero movies is that they regard them as a pit, or a huge pit.
So when Wu Jianye proposed his plan, Linda was a little surprised by Wu Jianye's plan and didn't know what Wu Jianye was thinking.
And according to the current status of Phantom Entertainment, even if it wants to obtain the copyright of Little Spider, it is actually not necessary for Wu Jianye to come forward in person, he can just send a manager over.
Wu Jianye stuffed the last bite of hot dog into his mouth and said comfortably, "There's nothing to do at night anyway."
Linda didn't think much about it, and said over the phone: "The company has already negotiated with Constantine Films, and the rights to "Fantastic Four" have been purchased for US$500,000!"
The name Constantine Pictures may be a bit unfamiliar, but one of the movie series they produced in later generations is the world-famous "Resident Evil" series!
The movies adapted from "Fantastic Four" were not well-known in later generations, but the Fantastic Four are not at all famous in the comic book world. In the history of Marvel, there have been three waves of selling heroes.
Now is the first wave of Marvel selling heroes, and for Hollywood studios, they naturally like Marvel's behavior very much.
Although superhero movies are a trap now, many companies will still buy some superhero copyrights to expand their film libraries. To put it bluntly, they buy and save them first. Who knows what the future trend will be like?
When Marvel was preparing to sell its own superheroes, it also opened the door. As the studio selected, "Fantastic Four" was the first wave to be selected. This shows the popularity of "Fantastic Four" in North America.
Became popular.
The first wave of selling heroes sold the most popular heroes such as the X-Men, Spider-Man, and the Fantastic Four.
The second wave of sales included movies such as Iron Man, Hulk, and Doctor Strange, so some people always say that Iron Man is only a second-rate hero in Marvel comics. In fact, it is not accurate, at least he is above the second-rate.
By the time of the third wave, the only ones left were some superheroes that no one wanted. These superheroes include Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, Punisher, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Deadpool, Iron Fist, Humanoid,
The vampire Morbius and so on, their contract is still the famous "5-year new film".
To put it bluntly, these superheroes are actually leftovers who were selected by others.
Now Wu Jianye asked Linda to buy the copyright of "Fantastic Four", naturally to prepare for the subsequent plan.
"What about the copyright of X-Men?" Wu Jianye asked.
The task that Wu Jianye assigned to Linda before was to buy the copyrights of all the heroes that Marvel had sold, and X-Men was the one he specifically assigned.
At this time, the copyright of the
It was given to Carloco Pictures. It is said that during this period, Carloco Pictures had indeed accumulated a lot of copyrights for Marvel heroes, but it was a pity that they did not catch up with the good times.
There is another benefit to the copyright of X-Men, that is, the copyright of X-Men is not a five-year contract for new films, which means that this copyright has been permanently sold by Marvel.
By the way, the first "X-Men" was Marvel's first superhero movie with a box office of over 100 million.
"The asking price from Orion Pictures is a bit high. I think they want to use the copyright of "X-Men" to make up for their losses!" Linda said.
Wu Jianye chuckled and asked, "How much do they want?"
Linda said: "$1.3 million!"
"Another lion opened his mouth and told them that the price was US$1 million, and if they didn't sell it to us, they wouldn't have to worry about them anymore!" Wu Jianye said.
This is not to say that Wu Jianye does not care about the copyright of "X-Men". On the contrary, Wu Jianye cares about their copyright very much, and there is another clause in the copyright contract of "X-Men", that is, all Marvel comics
The copyright of mutants and the word mutant is included.
In other words, this is not the copyright of a single hero, but the copyright of a whole set of heroes. The reason why Deadpool was taken away by 21st Century Fox in the future is that in the subsequent dispute, Deadpool appeared as a mutant.
In the comics, so "Deadpool" was later included under the banner of 21st Century Fox.
The reason why Wu Jianye is more confident is because Caroko Pictures, which is currently taking over the copyright of "X-Men", simply does not have the strength of another time and space. If Orion Pictures does not sell the copyright of "X-Men" to
As for Phantom Entertainment, the copyright will only be taken back by Marvel when it goes bankrupt!
Then Orion Pictures, like Hamgland who negotiated with Wu Jianye before, will get nothing.
Linda said on the phone: "I understand, but do you really believe that superheroes will become the mainstream of future movies? The lessons of "Superman 3" have not yet passed 10 years ago!"