Even though the filming task of "People and Ghosts Are Not Over" was very heavy, Wu Jianye still took a little time out in the evening of the last day of July to meet a guest in person.

In a modest café in New York, Mr. Wu sat in a simple T-shirt and jeans with a cup of iced coffee in front of him.

The person he invited had not yet arrived, but Wu Jianye was not in a hurry, just simply stirred the iced coffee in his hand, and looked through the window of the café to see the busy crowd outside, and often saw a young man holding a bag with special coffee, trotting all the way towards a certain building.

These people should be newcomers who have just joined the company and bought coffee for their bosses, and this behavior actually means that they will not leave work on time today.

As the economic center of the United States, New York can even be called the global economic center in this era, there is never a shortage of people who dream of getting rich overnight, of course, there are many people who have lost their edges and corners by reality, and only hope that they can retire smoothly and start enjoying their lives with a huge pension.

It's a paradise for the rich and a hell for the poor.

Someone once said that if you love someone, let him go to New York, and if you hate someone, let him go to New York!

At this time, a person walked into the café, wearing a delicate suit and a rimless eye, obviously dressed as a social elite.

"Director Wu, I'm sorry to keep you waiting!"

The person who came was called Hamgran, and although he was sorry to Wu Jianye, there was not much sincerity in his words.

Wu Jianye smiled: "It's okay, I haven't been here for a long time!"

After finishing speaking, Wu Jianye called the waiter over, and saw that the other party turned out to be an Asian, but he just didn't know which country the other party was, but Wu Jianye didn't ask just Ham Gran to order something.

Ham Gran was not polite, and ordered a cup of the most expensive coffee in the store, Wu Jianye smiled and didn't say anything.

"Ham, let's go straight to it, I'm representing Phantom Entertainment this time, and I want to buy all the copyrights of "Spider-Man" in your hands in Marvel Comics!"

That's right, Wu Jianye personally met Ham Gran this time for the copyright of "Spider-Man" in his hands, and everyone in later generations knew that the copyright of Marvel's "Spider-Man" was in the hands of Sony, but now the copyright of "Spider-Man" is actually in the hands of 21st Century Pictures, founded by Ham Gran himself.

Don't get me wrong, 21st Century Pictures has nothing to do with Twentieth Century Fox, just as Jordan Sports in China has nothing to do with Michael Jordan in the United States.

In the mid-80s, Marvel, which was called Marvel Comics at this time, was in full swing, and was acquired by New World Pictures, one of the Hollywood independent film companies at the time, to establish Marvel Entertainment Group, and released a signal that it wanted to adapt Marvel Comics characters into movies.

However, at that time, the so-called prosperity also had a boundary, and superhero movies had no way to show the audience well because of the problem of film technology, so don't look at the current Marvel from the eyes of future generations.

As for the copyright of "Spider-Man", in fact, it was sold by Marvel as early as the 70s, and it happened to be sold to Columbia Pictures at that time, and Columbia Pictures also released three "The Amazing Spider-Man" TV series at that time, but it did not cause any waves.

In the 80s, with the box office failure of the third part of the "Superman" series, which has the status of superheroes in this era in North America, Hollywood recognized as superhero movies at this time has no future.

It was also at this time that the copyright of "Spider-Man" returned to Marvel, but it was soon pulled by Stan Lee for a price of $225,000 and a certain percentage of revenue sharing, and finally sold to Cannon Pictures with the 5-year copyright term of countless film companies.

Doing a film company in Hollywood has always been a high-risk job, and often the failure of a movie is enough to bankrupt a company, and Cannon Pictures is such a company, so last year Cannon Pictures went bankrupt, and at that time, one of the producers of Cannon Pictures, who is the Ham Gran seen by Wu Jianye today, flew alone to form 21st Century Pictures, and at the same time took over all the rights of "Spider-Man" in the hands of Cannon Pictures.

Now Hollywood and even the world, it is not clear what kind of combat power superhero movies have in later generations, but Wu Jianye clearly knows that superhero movies began to emerge in 2000, and then began to dominate the global box office for 20 years.

If he didn't know this, Wu Jianye would not have set up his own animation company in China, paving the way for the IP of domestic superheroes in the future.

However, this did not delay Wu Jianye at this time to pocket the North American superheroes first.

And the first step he is preparing is to take down Spider-Man, the most well-known superhero under Marvel.

Ham Gran showed a faint smile, when he received the call from Phantom Entertainment, he had already guessed the other party's purpose, but what he didn't expect was that Phantom Entertainment would let Wu Jianye be in charge of this matter.

Wu Jianye's fame in North America is now very high, although these fames are not necessarily very good, but it is enough for Hamgran to know Wu Jianye.

"Director Wu, I'm afraid this matter is a little troublesome, our 21st Century Pictures is already preparing to adapt this movie, and we have also reached a distribution contract with Columbia Pictures!"

Wu Jianye looked at Ham Gran's confident smile and said with a smile: "There are some things, I think Columbia Pictures shouldn't know yet!"

When Ham Gran heard Wu Jianye say this, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, but he covered it up in an instant.

"I don't know what Director Wu means by that?"

Wu Jianye said calmly: "If Columbia Pictures knew that your company was not capable of making this movie now, I don't think they would choose to sign a contract with you in the end, and if this news was known by Marvel, I think they would also sue you, right?"

Hamgran's face was completely panicked, he didn't expect Wu Jianye to know his hole cards, you must know that what he did was very secretive, and no one knew.

Although Ham Gran is a producer, he is not actually well-known in Hollywood, and he has no ability himself.

After taking over the copyright of "Spider-Man" in the hands of Cannon Pictures, Ham Gran approached Marvel and proposed that he had formed a filming team and was ready to bring "Spider-Man" to the screen, so Marvel agreed to his request to extend the copyright of "Spider-Man".

In fact, Ham Gran is actually a second-class dealer, he didn't set up any so-called team to shoot "Spider-Man" at all, if there was no rebirth of Wu Jianye, Ham Gran would have distributed the copyright in his hands, sold the shooting rights to Caroco Pictures, and sold the distribution rights to Columbia Pictures, isn't this a typical second-way dealer with empty gloves and white wolves?

The development of Caroko Pictures in this time and space is not without the success of the previous life, and the reason is actually related to Wu Jianye, if there is no Wu Jianye, James Cameron will become a member of Caroko Films, and in this time and space, James Cameron joined Phantom Entertainment, and as of now, Caroco Films is only a Hollywood film company.

His own survival was in question, and it was naturally impossible to reach an agreement with Hamgran.

In fact, in another time and space, Hamgran's behavior was really successful, but when his matter is revealed, Marvel, Caroco Pictures, 21st Century Pictures, and Columbia Pictures will go to court because of the copyright issue of "Spider-Man".

From 95 to 96, Marvel, Caroco Pictures, and 21st Century Pictures will go bankrupt one after another, and the copyright of Little Spider is just cheaper than Columbia Pictures, and finally the copyright of Little Spider has never returned to the Marvel family.

In fact, when Caroco Pictures got the filming rights of Little Spider, it really wanted to put Little Spider on the big screen, and the directors set at that time were the famous James Cameron, Schwarzenegger as Doctor Octopus, Little Plum as Peter Parker, Peter Parker and Mary Jane also had a bed scene.......

However, with the financial problems of Caroco Films, James Cameron filmed "True Lies" to save the company, but unfortunately, Caroco Pictures still could not avoid the fate of bankruptcy.

And now Hamgland has not found a production company willing to take over the filming rights, so even if he negotiated with Columbia Pictures on the issue of distribution rights, he has never signed a contract with the other party.

Ham Gran was almost alone in all of this, and he didn't expect Wu Jianye to know all this.

"Director Wu, if you say so, I can sue you for defamation!" Hamgran did not directly admit this matter, he did not know whether Wu Jianye really knew about this matter or was lying to himself.

Wu Jianye looked at Hamgran, who was no longer calm and no longer pretending to be forced at this time, and said with a smile: "If you think I'm cheating on you, you can sue us at any time!"

Looking at Wu Jianye, who showed a confident smile, Hamgran's heart became more and more panicked, if he really let Columbia Pictures and Marvel know about it, then the whole of North America will know about it, then he will not be able to mix in this circle in the future.

"Director Wu, there are some things that can still be discussed, Phantom Entertainment, as one of the largest production companies in North America, since I have taken a fancy to the copyright of "Spider-Man", in fact, I can sell the filming rights in my hands to you!"

Wu Jianye shook his head with a smile and said, "You are wrong, I said it just now, it is not the filming rights, but all the copyrights of "Spider-Man"!"

He is not in the mood to go to court with those companies because of a copyright issue.

Ham Gran showed a look of embarrassment, "Director Wu, I worked hard to get the copyright of this comic, and I am indeed optimistic about the movie adapted from this comic, I really want to cooperate with you." ”

Wu Jianye glanced at Ham Gran, Wu Jianye didn't believe what he said, if he was really optimistic about this comic, it would be impossible to distribute it, it was just a matter of wanting to make some money.

"Forget about cooperation, let's talk about the price of the copyright of this comic now!" Wu Jianye directly blocked Hamgran's thoughts.

Ham Gran showed a look of anger: "Director Wu, don't push people too quickly, I think there are still some production companies in North America that are very interested in the shooting rights of this comic, and I can find a company to work with me." ”

Wu Jianye smiled: "Of course, but this possibility will only be possible under the premise that this matter has not been exposed, if your previous behavior is reported, do you think there will be any company interested in your proposal?"

Wu Jianye has always been determined by Hamgland, and the spirit of contract is still more respected in Hollywood, and the behavior of selling multiple rights like Hamgland has been exposed, and I believe that no one will believe his words anymore.

Looking at Wu Jianye's calm expression, Hamgran finally showed a dejected expression: "Okay, since Phantom Entertainment is so interested in the copyright of "Spider-Man", I have no choice but to Chéng Rén's beauty, $1 million, if Phantom Entertainment can come up with $1 million, I can sell the copyright to you!"

Wu Jianye looked at Ham Gran, who was still sitting and struggling, and sneered, before Cannon Pictures got the copyright of Little Spider, it only used $225,000 plus a certain percentage of the achievement to get it, and now he is asking for $1 million!

"I don't think you have figured out the situation yet, now only Phantom Entertainment can help you, you need the help of Phantom Entertainment, otherwise, if no company is willing to produce the "Spider-Man" series of movies, then your previous investment will be all in vain. ”

After explaining the stakes, Wu Jianye continued: "$300,000, this is the highest price, if you don't agree, the issue of the copyright of "Spider-Man" tomorrow morning will definitely let the whole Hollywood know!"

Hamgran's face was stunned, and he hurriedly said: "Director Wu, the bargaining price is not like this, although Cannon Pictures only used 225,000 US dollars at the beginning, but I also spent money on these and the early operations." ”

Wu Jianye smiled: "This is not what we have to consider, 300,000 is a low price, it is impossible to increase it again, now whether you want to lose money, or get this money to make up for your own losses, it depends on your thoughts!"

After finishing speaking, Wu Jianye picked up the iced coffee in front of him and took a sip gently, while Hamgran's face was cloudy.......