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Chapter 570 US$1 million acquisition

After Stan Lee finished speaking, he offered the price: "[-] million U.S. dollars."

Zang Hong was stunned for a moment. Are you kidding? How much does it cost to buy a company like yours that is about to go bankrupt?

Mayfair said seriously: "I can accept this price, provided that all Marvel heroes have permanent movie rights."

Stan Lee's eyelids twitched. This is a big customer. He opened his mouth in a leisurely manner: "It's just Spider-Man. It will never be possible. It will be eight years at most."

"Spider-Man, 100 million US dollars, ten years of movie rights." Faile slashed the knife without ceremony, not only splitting the water, but also splitting the bones.

Stan Lee's eyebrows stood up, his eyes widened and he said, "Are you kidding? This is one of my favorite heroes, and I'll sell you ten-year movie rights for $100 million?"

"Then I'll buy ten heroes for $1000 million and ten years of copyright." Mayfair gave in.

Stan Lee looked at her intently for a while and said, "I'm sure it's OK, including Spider-Man."

"That won't work. I'll make my own choice." Feier will never give in on this point.

"2000."

"I won't bargain with you. 1000 million will buy the ten-year copyright for ten heroes. This is Xia Chuan's bottom line." Fei'er simply brought Xia Chuan out. Didn't you agree that Xia Chuan wanted to buy it? Then don't bargain. .

Stan Lee shook his head and said, "No way."

Mayfair said solemnly: "I only give you these three options. The full package of permanent copyrights is 1000 million US dollars; the ten-year copyrights of ten heroes are 100 million; the ten-year copyrights of one Spider-Man are [-] million."

Mayfair knew the company's plight. When money was most needed now, what Stan Lee needed to consider was not whether to sell, but how many units to sell.

Stan Lee still shook his head: "I don't even agree."

Feier smiled, "I won't force it. But let me say the last thing, your creativity is not valuable in Xia Chuan's eyes. What is valuable is that your hero has been deeply rooted in people's hearts for decades. If we don't take shortcuts and create hero movies ourselves, the effect will be Maybe it’s better. By the way, The Truman Show is Xia Chuan’s idea, what do you think?”

Stan Lee smiled and said: "I don't mind the blows from my negotiating opponents, but I really don't think Xia Chuan will create a hero that Americans like. Well, the Truman Show you mentioned, a bird in a cage, is also called a hero. ?”

"Oh, you misunderstood, I meant creativity. Do you think Xia Chuan lacks creativity?"

"I don't deny Xia Chuan's creativity, but my value is irreplaceable, at least until Xia Chuan creates a hero that surpasses me." Stan Lee said with a smile.

Feier spread her hands: "Then I have no choice but to give up. If you change your mind, call Anna, the general manager of Yike Group."

"It's impossible for me to call, but I thank you for coming, at least you gave me a lot of inspiration." Stan Lee smiled.

Feier said angrily: "Am I so ugly?"

Hahaha, Stan Lee laughed and said: "You really understand comics, but you call it abstract, not ugly."

Feier's cheeks turned red with anger, and she stood up directly and said, "Then just take your time and take your leave."

Zang Hong's heart sank. Are you giving up now?But he still stood up as if nothing had happened.

Stan Lee grabbed Mayfair's arm and said, "I haven't finished speaking yet. Why are you so anxious, little girl? Sit down."

Fei'er reluctantly sat down again, and Zang Hong followed suit.

Stan Lee asked: "You made a movie, and the license for the movie derivatives belongs to me. I can accept your price."

Mayfair shook her head and said: "That's impossible. The image of the movie is already very different from the comic book. Of course we will run the movie derivatives, and all the income will belong to us."

When Stan Lee saw that Mayfair understood everything, he was immediately discouraged. The company was indeed in operating difficulties. Even if the entire company was sold, it would only cost more than 1 million U.S. dollars. Now that Mayfair only wants the permanent copyright of all the heroes' movies, it seems that there is no problem. Reason for selling.

In fact, Feier also asked Xia Chuan, since it can be packaged for US$[-] million, why not buy all of Marvel.

Xia Chuan's explanation is that what makes money is only movies and movie derivatives. After buying all the movie rights, Marvel will only have Stan Lee worth money.

But after the acquisition, Stan Lee cannot be retained. He will immediately leave Marvel to start his own company.

Stan Lee pondered for a while and finally said dejectedly:

"I agree to US$[-] million and the permanent copyright of all heroes. But it needs to be voted by the board of directors, and I think they will agree. In addition, this contract must be detailed, otherwise our previous licenses, such as toys and the like, will be inconsistent with the movie image. Authorization conflicts. But these are not problems.

What I'm saying is, it's not that you're overpaying, it's that Marvel is grossly undervalued.

Being deeply rooted in people's hearts is a guarantee of box office. Today's young people have grown up watching Marvel. I regret my inability to bring Marvel heroes to the screen.However, Marvel heroes will eventually shine on the screen, and the era of hero movies dominating the screen will surely come! "

Mayfair nodded seriously, she understood the old man's feelings very well, it was his decades of hard work.

The era of heroic movies that Stan Lee expected would actually come ten years later, but by that time it was no longer possible to buy the permanent copyrights of all heroes for US$[-] million, and a single box office split would exceed [-] million.

Each of these images is the result of decades of accumulation of popularity. It can no longer be replaced by recreating a hero. It is full of feelings.

……

Feier and Zang Hong stayed at Niu's appointment, and it took them a full week to sort out all the details and complete the acquisition.

The media rushed to report on this acquisition, because the person who acquired it was a company owned by Xia Chuan, which had enough news value.Moreover, the acquisitions are Marvel heroes that everyone is familiar with.The most important thing is that this generosity is so amazing that it actually buys out the permanent movie rights of all heroes for US$[-] million?

Xia Chuan's every move has been studied and analyzed by countless people, and every business behavior has been carefully studied by professors at the Harvard School of Management.

The conclusion is that the era of heroic movies will definitely come, and Xia Chuan has pointed out the direction for future movies.

It's just that computer stunts are not mature enough yet, maybe Xia Chuan already has a solution.

Movies in the future will rely on high technology to make money.

Only those Hollywood stars are extremely regretful. In their hearts, Xia Chuan is a superior producer and investor.

In a capitalist society, heroes are judged by their wealth. Matthew is respected by everyone, not to mention a legendary figure like Xia Chuan, a strong and successful person in any field.

It's a pity that Xia Chuan doesn't seem to be interested in Hollywood movie companies. Let alone acquisitions, he hasn't even asked.The only movie to be made, "The Truman Show," still appointed a second-rate actor who was not very famous.

But everyone believed that Jim Carrey was going to become an A-list star.

They just hope that when Xia Chuan makes a hero movie, he can think of someone in Hollywood again.