Chapter 606 The development plan of the Marvel Universe (4100+ chapters~)
"Director Wu, you also know that Marvel has been acquired by Ronald Perelman before. Now even if we at Marvel want to cooperate with you, there is nothing we can do!" Stan Lee looked regretful.
He really regretted it. He originally wanted to use Ronald Perelman’s financial resources to develop Marvel. Ronald Perelman is a famous American investor and financier, but who knew Ronald Perel
Mann didn't think about it that way at all, he just thought about how to squeeze Marvel's current resources. In the past six months, Stan Lee has quarreled with Ronald Perelman several times.
Stan Lee has no choice. Although he has a strong influence in Marvel, Marvel is indeed in the hands of Ronald Perelman.
Marvel is not yet a listed company, which means Ronald Perelman can do whatever he wants with Marvel and does not have to be responsible to the majority of other shareholders.
After six months of getting along with each other, Stan Lee has discovered that Ronald Perelman is simply an outsider leading an expert. In just half a year, the sales of Marvel Comics have dropped by 40%!
Wu Jianye smiled and said, "We can discuss this issue later. What I need to know now is your attitude, Li. If Phantom Entertainment acquires Marvel, Phantom hopes that you, Li, can play a positive role in it."
Hearing what Wu Jianye said, Stan Lee showed a surprised smile. Judging from Wu Jianye's attitude, Phantom Entertainment was indeed interested in acquiring Marvel.
"Then I need to know Phantom's future plans for Marvel. You also know that Marvel is my life's work. I also want to know what Phantom's plans for Marvel's future are?" Although Stan Lee is more inclined to Phantom Entertainment
, but he suffered the loss of Ronald Perelman and became cautious.
Wu Jianye said with a smile: "If Phantom Entertainment can acquire Marvel, then Marvel will become an important part of Phantom Entertainment's future development plan, but this will take a long time. To be honest, the current film technology is not enough to develop
Superhero movies, and superhero movies actually lack a suitable opportunity to appear in front of the public.”
Wu Jianye naturally has a long-term plan for the development of Marvel. How the superheroes became famous in another time and space is actually related to the development history of the United States. First there was the success of "X-Men", and then
It was the 911 incident in the United States, and the emergence of the first generation of Spider-Man at this time allowed American citizens to find a spiritual sustenance.
This can be regarded as the official start of Hollywood's road to superhero comic-book movies.
The first two Tobey Maguire versions of "Spider-Man" produced by Sony brought in $62 million in revenue to Marvel based on the previous split agreement, a figure that would be the envy of all movie companies.
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But as Sony, which owns the copyright of Spider-Man, the profits it has brought to itself by relying on these two movies have made companies around the world crazy!
Tobey Maguire's first two "Spider-Man" movies brought a total box office performance of US$1.6 billion to Sony, and then added the profit sharing of DVD sales, rental income, and even derivatives such as movie peripheral toys and toys.
All revenue added up to $3 billion!
This is why in 2008, Marvel decided to produce its own movies even though it was selling everything.
As Marvel's most well-known IP series, the character Spider-Man has been Marvel's most important character since its creation in 1962!
In various lists of "most popular American comic characters", Spider-Man always shares the top three spots with Superman and Batman next door.
In the future global IP value rankings, the IP of Spider-Man ranks 12th, while the IP of "Marvel Cinematic Universe" only ranks 10th. Do you see, the value of a little spider is almost equal to
Everyone at Marvel is here.
This is why Wu Jianye will do everything possible to include Marvel in his North American plan, which is an important decision. It can be said that he did not deceive Stan Lee in this regard.
However, after Stan Lee heard Wu Jianye's answer, his previous happiness dropped a lot, because the development time given by Phantom Entertainment was too long, and he hoped to see the movie adapted from Marvel's superhero released immediately.
"Wu, in fact, the current technology is enough to handle some movie special effects. Why can't we advance this plan?" Stan Lee tried to get Wu Jianye to advance his plan.
Wu Jianye chuckled and said: "Of course it can be filmed, but that is not what Phantom pursues. The movies Phantom pursues have always been high-quality movies. We hope that superhero movies will be movies that can change the pattern of Hollywood and even the world's movies, rather than those that
Ordinary movie.”
"Excellent!" Stan Lee murmured to himself, and then asked: "If Phantom really plans to make a superhero movie, which hero will it use as its opening film?"
"X-Men series!" Wu Jianye replied.
As an important part of Marvel, the X-Men are also a very popular group in Marvel comics. Wu Jianye was not ready to copy the Marvel Universe's filming plan.
The success of Iron Man is because audiences in North America or around the world were tired of those righteous superheroes, and Iron Man with shortcomings quickly won the hearts of the global audience as soon as he appeared on the scene.
Sometimes, not all movies will be successful at any time. This also depends on whether the movie is given a living space in the context of the era.
The 1982 version of "Shaolin Temple" could have become the highest-grossing movie in the country in the early 1980s, but if it had been released in the 1990s or after 2000, the domestic box office of this movie could only be described as a flop.
After the decline of Hong Kong films in later generations, Du Da Pao was relied on to support the scene, and his movies have become classics in Hong Kong films. However, if Du Da Pao's films were placed in the golden age of Hong Kong films, they would not be able to escape the blockbuster.
destiny.
Movie fans need to be cultivated. If it were not for Du Da Pao's early films as a foreshadowing, it would be impossible for Du Da Pao's later films to be accepted by the audience.
The same is true for the movies in the Marvel universe. The reason why "Iron Man" was successful is that it was because of the previous movies such as "X-Men" and "Spider-Man" that "Iron Man" came into being.
As the most important part of Phantom Entertainment in the future, the Marvel Universe naturally needs to be foreshadowed, and "X-Men" and "Spider-Man" are the foreshadowing of the Marvel Universe. When the global audience gets used to superhero movies,
Taking advantage of the trend and launching the entire Marvel Universe is the safest approach.
These plans are naturally influenced by Wu Jianye's cautious character in the business world.
Stan Lee was slightly startled. Although he was asking Wu Jianye just now, in his mind, as Spider-Man is the first brother of Marvel Comics, if Phantom Entertainment wants to become an instant success, it is safer to start with
"Spider-Man" as his debut film.
I just didn't expect that Phantom Entertainment would turn its attention to the X-Men.
"X-Men is a group show, so it's not easy to shoot!" Stan Lee said.
Wu Jianye smiled confidently: "I believe Phantom Entertainment will succeed!"
Stan Lee nodded and said: "Director Wu, this matter is too big. I need to think about it carefully before I can give you an answer!"
Wu Jianye nodded, "Of course!"
"By the way, Director Wu, Phantom Entertainment has handed over the acquisition of Marvel to you. Does this mean that you will also be responsible for the future adaptation of Marvel's superhero movies?" Stan Lee asked suddenly, but his expression
Somewhat complicated.
Wu Jianye glanced at Stan Lee and said with a smile: "No, when the movie is being prepared, there will be an open recruitment for directors, and I will not hold any position in it!"
Wu Jianye naturally understood what Stan Lee meant. Even at the press conference, Linda and Jiang Zhiqiang both said that Wu Jianye was the filmmaker they admired most, but Wu Jianye's ability is still open to question in North America.
, and Stan Lee didn’t really believe in Wu Jianye’s directorial ability.
Wu Jianye didn't explain anything about this. As long as he can't make any achievements in North America, this kind of doubt will always exist. Even if his film "The Love of Ghosts" is really successful, he will still have doubts.
If you are under suspicion, unless you can become a being like Spielberg and be successful all the time, you will be able to change some people's views.
In fact, even after Spielberg became famous, not everyone maintained 100% trust in him. Otherwise, when he was preparing the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series, he would not have been unable to find investment in the initial stage.
Even though Universal, which had always had a close cooperative relationship with him, did not invest.
Large Hollywood production companies have their own complete and scientific judging mechanism. After receiving a project, they will immediately judge whether the film will be successful based on the film's director, actors, and story content.
Well received by the audience.
It can only be said that producers and directors with higher reputations have more say when negotiating with production companies.
Of course, this does not include sequel movies. Although the cost of all sequel movies will increase exponentially, this type of movie is also more likely to succeed.
Phantom Entertainment's "Home Alone" series and "Terminator" series were once not favored by major production companies, but once their first film was successful, all production companies would put aside all their previous arrogance and find
Phantom Entertainment seeks cooperation and can sign contracts without even seeing the script.
Stan Li smiled and said: "That's not what I meant. I just know that Director Wu is very busy at work, and I am worried that Director Wu will not be able to concentrate on production!"
Wu Jianye laughed, but did not reveal Stan Lee's true thoughts. He smiled and said: "I believe that no one of the current Hollywood production companies can pay more attention to Marvel than Phantom. This cooperation will definitely be a win-win situation."
You’d better think carefully about the situation!”
Stan Lee nodded, he naturally understood what Wu Jianye said.
The two parties then exchanged some words and then said goodbye to each other.
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After Wu Jianye returned to the hotel, he told Linda about the conversation with Stan Lee. After hearing this, Linda also sighed: "Actually, if Stan Lee knew that you were the boss of Phantom, he would have probably agreed by now!"
There is nothing wrong with what Linda said. If Stan Lee knew that the boss behind Phantom Entertainment valued Marvel so much, he would have agreed long ago.
Wu Jianye chuckled and said: "If everyone knew that I was the boss behind Phantom Entertainment, the entire Hollywood would probably boycott Phantom Entertainment by now!"
The Jewish people in Hollywood are unable to find a way to deal with Phantom Entertainment and Wu Jianye. If they knew the true background of Phantom Entertainment, they would have united to boycott it long ago based on the xenophobic nature of Hollywood.
Sony and Panasonic of RB won Columbia and Universal respectively. The beginning was a hellish difficulty, but the final result was that Sony relied on its strong cash flow ability to survive the economic bubble of RB. After several years of reform, Columbia Film was finally
After the industry digested it, Columbia Pictures later disappeared and was replaced by Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Panasonic ultimately had no choice but to sell Universal.
Wu Jianye has no interest in challenging the hell difficulty.
Linda also knew what Wu Jianye meant. This joint statement between Phantom Entertainment and Fengge Media helped Phantom Entertainment suppress this potential threat.
But this does not mean that no one has doubts, but now everyone has seen the benefits this brings to them, because if there is this line between Phantom Entertainment and Fengge Media, other production companies can put their own
of movies are distributed throughout Southeast Asia at more affordable prices.
But when this honeymoon period passes, or when other production companies begin to expand into the Southeast Asian market, the problems of Phantom Entertainment will still be used as a loophole to attack Phantom Entertainment!
Both sides need time. It depends on whether Phantom Entertainment can develop into a company that can cope with these problems within this time period.
"But it doesn't matter. I think even if you don't disclose your identity, Stan Lee will be more inclined to cooperate with us. After all, Phantom Entertainment has more advantages than Ronald Perelman!"
After Linda thought for a moment, she continued: "Now we have to see what kind of conditions Ronald Perelman will propose!"
If there are two problems with acquiring Marvel, one is that when dealing with Stan Lee, one must focus on negotiating with him based on the future development of Marvel. Then it is useless to talk to Ronald Perelman.
Ronald Perelman is rich and powerful, and is a well-known investor on Wall Street. When negotiating with him, he said that Marvel's development would be useless, and even belittled Marvel's development. Only in this way could it be in his hands.
Sell Marvel back.
In the final analysis, the negotiation with Ronald Perelman is all about funds. Ronald Perelman must be very open-minded. For him, Marvel is his investment, and as a company, Phantom Entertainment
The production company, plus it has just reached a cooperation with Fengge Media.
If you find him at this time, he will definitely open his mouth like a lion.
Wu Jianye asked: "Have you contacted him?"
Linda replied: "We have been contacted. He is in New York now. The company will set a specific appointment time with him!"
Wu Jianye said: "Well, let's do this as soon as possible!"
"clear!"
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The next day!
When Wu Jianye walked out of the hotel, he saw a familiar woman in the lobby!