After Smith left, Karl, the general manager of Woodpecker copyright company, moistened his throat and reported,""Boss, I've already met with Marvel Entertainment's CEO, Kevin Fitch, in the name of Woodpecker's general manager.”
" According to your request, after many negotiations, Marvel's board of directors only agreed to sell the film and television shooting rights and peripheral rights of Iron Man, Black Widow, Hulk, Captain Marvel, Captain America, Spiderman, Magneto, Wolverine, Professor X, Jean Gray, and other ten comic characters.”
" After many discussions, Marvel stated their bottom line. Each comic hero is asking for 10 million dollars, which is a total of 100 million dollars.”
Hearing this, Li Yang's face darkened and he frowned.""Only selling 10 heroes, each hero 10 million dollars, a total of 100 million dollars, is Marvel trying to rob money? Didn't they know that 100 million dollars was equivalent to Marvel's annual net profit?”
At this time, Marvel's total market value was only 3.9 billion gold. This market value was supported by the many copyrights of the Marvel Universe. Marvel was so poor that it relied on selling hero copyrights to survive.
The reason why Li Yang wanted to acquire the film and television copyrights of the heroes in the Marvel Universe was nothing more than to make a big profit.
If Marvel Entertainment launched their manga adaptation plan and released their first superhero movie, Li Yang would not have the chance to pick up the loot. The copyright value of these heroes would increase by more than ten times, or even more.
In the original history, after Marvel Entertainment was enlightened and released their first superhero movie, Iron Man, it was considered a comeback.
Iron Man didn't disappoint Marvel either. The total investment of 140 million dollars earned 585 million dollars in box office revenue. If the film and television peripheral income and fame expansion income were included, this figure would double.
From then on, Iron Man, a character that had once wandered around, became the golden IP of Marvel Studios and started the glorious era of the Marvel Universe.
Of course, the main reason why Marvel could rise later was due to the acquisition of a wholly-owned company by the company.
When the movie Iron Man became a hit, in order to expand its commercial territory, disney bought Marvel Entertainment for 4.2 billion dollars.
Marvel's success could not be separated from the support of a big company like disney. With the backing of a big company like disney, Marvel was rich in everything they did. Marvel, with its abundant funds, spent 10 years building their own universe kingdom.
In fact, another comics company in the United States was similar to Marvel Comics. It was a subsidiary of Warner Brothers in the United States. The game between Marvel Comics and PC was a game between Warner Brothers. This was a competition between giants.
Carl looked at Li Yang's dissatisfied expression and explained helplessly,""Boss, these ten hero characters are more well-known, so the price is also more expensive. Previously, Marvel offered 200 million gold, and I've already cut it by half.”
" 100 million dollars, the film rights and peripheral copyrights of the ten hero characters…" Li Yang muttered to himself, feeling the pinch.
From a long-term perspective, this deal was definitely a huge profit. However, Li Yang still felt that it was a little expensive. After all, 100 million meters of gold was not a small amount. It had to be 100 million in real gold and silver!
After being reborn in this world for three years, Li Yang had only accumulated 1.1 billion meters of gold. Who wouldn't be heartbroken to lose one-tenth of it all at once?
Noticing Li Yang's pained expression, Carl said carefully,""Boss, why don't we not buy it? Marvel Entertainment is treating us like fools. This 100 million gold can already do a lot of things. Even if we buy these ten hero characters, the movie shooting plan will still burn a lot of money, and we might even lose all our money. After all, no one knows if the Americans will like these real-life superheroes on the big screen!”
In Carl's opinion, whether it was Marvel or CD, these comic characters had long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people through the form of comics. If they were replaced by real people, God knew if the Americans would buy it.
For a superhero movie like this, the investment plan was at least in the hundreds of millions. Once it lost money and the box office did not meet expectations, who could bear it? They would lose their underwear.
"I believe in my judgment. 100 million dollars it is. Later, contact Marvel Entertainment and discuss the time for the copyright acquisition contract!”Li Yang made the final decision. He was not willing to let go of this piece of fat meat.
If his financial resources allowed it, Li Yang would have bought both Marvel and CD. Unfortunately, he did not have enough money to buy any of them.
Seeing that Li Yang was determined to buy the film rights of these ten hero characters, Carl did not say anything more. He knew Li Yang's personality. Since it was Li Yang's decision, no one could persuade him.
Moreover, he was not the boss. He just had to do what the boss said.
"By the way, have you contacted the person I asked you to contact?”Li Yang looked at Carl and asked.
"Boss, I've already contacted the two people you mentioned. Scarlet and Taylor are on the plane and will arrive in New City at night at most.”Carl reported the schedule of the two men.
At the same time, Carl was also a little puzzled. Scarlet was an actress who had been in Hollywood since she was eight years old. Although she was very beautiful and had a good figure, she had never been popular. As for the girl named Taylor, other than her pleasant voice and some musical talent, he could not see any other characteristics.
Why would a billionaire like the boss pay attention to these two people, and two women at that?
"Does the boss have a special hobby?”Carl suddenly thought of such a possibility.
"Don't think too much. I just think highly of them. If we sign them and package them, they can grow into the pillars of Woodpecker's copyright company.”Li Yang smiled mysteriously.
In the future, Scarlet would be the most profitable actress, while Taylor would be the most profitable singer. By signing these two people, it was equivalent to signing two money trees.
Although Woodpecker copyright company had the word 'copyright', in Li Yang's strategic plan, Woodpecker copyright company would gradually transform into an entertainment company. Its business scope would include music album release, film and television shooting, movie theaters, cable television stations, news media, book publishing, online bookstores, and so on.
In the end, Woodpecker would become a giant in the global entertainment industry, and all of them would either become underlings or be acquired.
The journey of ten thousand miles began with a single step. The woodpecker had just started. If it wanted to spread its wings and fly high, it would still take a long time.
This book comes from：m.funovel.com。