In North America, it was released for a week, and the box office in the opening weekend slashed by $75 million, crushing all the films in the same period, without dispute.

In China, the box office statistics in the first week also reached 30 million yuan, although it is much worse than the North American box office, but the domestic film market is not good now, and the development is not mature, and it is normal to have a gap.

The box office in other regions was also a big hit, and by the end of the movie, the global box office exceeded $250 million, which was already a big success. Far Away Films immediately announced the filming of "Iron Man 2", and at the same time announced that it would shoot "Captain Rice" and "The Incredible Hulk", as well as a larger plan, that is, "The Avengers". The film company announced that it had acquired the rights to several Marvel heroes, which was enough to form a complete "Avengers".

As soon as this news came out, it caused a sensation in the media, and countless media rushed to report it, and Marvel fans cheered. Those viewers who are not Marvel fans, because of the success of the first part of Iron Man, are also full of expectations for the follow-up plan.

On the contrary, it is Marvel, although it didn't say anything on the surface, but regret is certain. They didn't know that their comics would be so profitable to make movies, and as soon as the news was announced, Marvel contacted Zhou Fangyuan and wanted to take back the copyright. Zhou Fangyuan directly gave them a hehe, what kind of joke are you kidding? I just made the cake and you want to come over and cut it? Isn't it a dream?

However, Zhou Fangyuan did not directly block the road, but proposed a shareholding plan.

It's not impossible for Marvel to take back part of the copyright, but Yuanfang Film (米国) Company wants to use these copyrights to invest in Marvel, as well as the follow-up shooting plan, Marvel wants to make money with it, but Zhou Fangyuan must be accepted to become a shareholder of Marvel, otherwise everything will be negotiated. Anyway, they have bought the copyright right for 20 years in one go, and within 20 years, Zhou Fangyuan can shoot his superheroes to his heart's content, Marvel can only stare at it, and if he is unwilling to do this, let Zhou Fangyuan become a shareholder of Marvel, so that everyone can make money.

In short, it's a choice of two, and Marvel can choose by itself.

Marvel's life is really hard now. As mentioned earlier, with the development of society, people's entertainment methods have changed a lot. Several big comics that were popular in the United States back then, and now life is not very easy. Although comics are still popular and there are still many firm supporters, it is almost impossible to restore the glory of the past. Although these large companies dare not say that every decision is correct, at least they brainstorm, it is difficult for the company to completely collapse because of one or two incidents, and they themselves can take the initiative to avoid many possible hidden dangers.

Now this situation is like this, several major comic companies can predict their future, with the further development of society, paper comics will inevitably be more seriously impacted, what about webcomics, but there is a feeling of losing the soul of comics...... In short, several major comic companies are now looking for a good way out. At this juncture, Spider-Man and Iron Man were both successful, some of them were Iron Man, showing strong box office dominance, and at the same time, the follow-up plan announced by Distant Movies allowed Marvel to see a new way out for the company. So they are now desperate to take back the copyright and then shoot it themselves.

Marvel is still very rich, and the so-called life is not easy, but it is just very confused about the future and doesn't know what to do next. Now that the distant movies have paved the way, they naturally know what to do next.

But now Zhou Fangyuan is not so easy to get rid of, Marvel wants to take back the shares and participate in the film production share, you can, take out the shares.

Maozi's financing work has been completed, this time it is the part of AL Investment that sells the shares, after this part of the shares is sold, AL Investment has a large amount of money in his hands, and this fund is the most stupid to deposit in the bank, and investment is the best way. So where to invest? Zhou Fangyuan has already set his sights on Marvel.

He proposed that he could exchange the shares for Marvel, but Marvel had to accept him as a shareholder, and he would buy 30% of Marvel's shares with the rights to many superheroes for 20 years and $100 million, which was his bottom line.

Marvel was immediately depressed, his superhero was sold more than a year ago, but now if you want to buy back, you must accept the other party's shares, although the other party is willing to invest 100 million dollars, but this is too depressing.

But seeing that superhero movies have jumped up, if you don't seize the opportunity now, you can really make distant movies make a lot of money in twenty years, and you can only stare at the side, and Marvel can't accept it.

So, the two sides began negotiations, and Marvel theoretically agreed to Zhou Fangyuan's shares, but they still had to discuss the amount of shares.

And in the negotiation process, Disney was also involved, or rather, it took the initiative to jump in.

As mentioned earlier, Disney has always wanted to get involved in the broader film market, not just fight around animated films. There have been many attempts before, but they have all failed, and Disney's most successful work is out of its own position, that is, through the distribution channel to release a lot of high-quality movies, but this has little to do with Disney itself. Now that Marvel's superheroes are on fire, Disney is an expert in IP operation, and they naturally see the high-quality IPs in Marvel's hands, so they took the initiative to come over and also expressed their desire to invest in Disney.

As a result, the talks between the two sides turned into three-way talks, and in the end, even Far Cinema and Far Away Media, as well as Blizzard, came.

The situation was completely messed up and became a multi-party meeting.

This talk is for many months.

In the end, the result of the negotiation is quite complicated, Zhou Fangyuan's side, Yuanfang Film (米国) Company, AL Investment, Yuanfang Cinemas, and Yuanfang Media will jointly inject 200 million US dollars, plus Zhou Fangyuan's shares in a large number of superheroes, which is his payment. And he will get 25% of Marvel's shares, and Disney's 15% shares, and Disney will get 20% of the shares of Far Away Films (米国) Company, and 20% of Marvel's shares, of course, he will also spend a lot of money. As for Marvel, after getting its own comic copyright, the entire company has been split by Zhou Fangyuan and Disney. They only have less than 50% of the shares left in their own hands, after all, some of Marvel's shares were originally sold to other investors.

After this transaction, Zhou Fangyuan exchanged 30% of the shares of the Yuanfang Cinema Line for 20% of the shares of Disney, including Disney's Cinema Line.

Disney and Marvel also spent money to buy some shares from Zhou Fangyuan's side, but in the end, Zhou Fangyuan was the biggest winner.

He got 35% of Disney's shares and became the largest individual shareholder, of course, his shares are held by several companies, so he is not a major shareholder on the surface. He also got a 25% stake in Marvel, as well as the shooting rights of subsequent films, which were placed under the umbrella of AL Investment and Far Away Films (米国) Company.

This transaction lasted for several months, and when the transaction was finally completed, the entertainment industry in the United States shook again.

This is the largest equity transaction in Hollywood since entering the 21st century, although the amount involved is not much, but the share changes are violent, so that many people are a little incomprehensible.

Oh, and I have to say that because Blizzard also joined the deal, Blizzard also acquired a 5% stake in Disney and a 5% stake in Marvel, anyway, Blizzard has money now, and it is not a problem to pay this money at all.

A consortium of films, comics, and games is beginning to emerge, and several other major Hollywood companies are feeling threatened and are starting to connect with each other, and a wave of larger acquisitions and equity exchanges has gradually begun.

The starting point of all this is actually the popularity of superhero movies, which allows everyone to see the value of these traditional IPs in the new era, Marvel is no longer good, and has been split up by several companies. But there is more than one famous comic book company in the United States, and there is more than one DC on an equal footing with Marvel, so DC has become the target of other large companies, and it is reported that people from several large companies have begun to contact DC, and they want to start attacking DC.

And at the same time as the turmoil on the side of the United States, Zhou Fangyuan returned to China.

As for the school, he hasn't been there for a long time, and the school doesn't care about him anymore, yes, he doesn't care about it at all.

There are always people who are privileged, and although the school is an ivory tower, it is not all saints who are not exposed to fireworks. Especially from the perspective of school management, it is necessary to get more smoke and fire. Although Zhou Fangyuan is not good at class, why does no one care? Very simply, Zhou Fangyuan is already a well-known alumnus of the school in the future, and he now not only has a good position in China, but also has begun to cast a wide net abroad, and can be regarded as a member of the businessman group who has successfully gone out. Not only did he continue to engage in wind and rain in Hollywood, but it is also said that he also got 500,000 hectares of land on Maozi's side.

What is the concept of 500,000 hectares?

Mao Ziguo has more than 1.2 million square kilometers of cultivated land, accounting for less than one-tenth of the total land area, or more than 100 million hectares in hectares. Distant agriculture has taken 500,000 hectares of land in Maozi at once, which is about 1 200th of Maozi's total cultivated land. That's a lot, 200 percent of a country's arable land is owned by a foreign company, who can believe it? But that's the way it is.

It's just that what everyone doesn't know is that the so-called 500,000 hectares are not all farmland. There are wasteland, fertile land, and completely undeveloped land, all of which require continuous investment in the transformation of distant agriculture. According to expert estimates, Maoziguo's arable land reserves are actually about 2.5 million square kilometers, but most of the land has not been well utilized.

But in any case, the movement of distant agriculture in Maozi Country has alarmed many people.

Of course, those who can know this news will not casually talk nonsense to the outside world. In fact, there is no news about the actions of agriculture in the distance, and the movements on Maozi's side have also been disguised to a certain extent, including the people and media in Maozi country, and basically no news has been obtained, and the news blockade in all aspects is very strict, basically guaranteeing that it will not be leaked.

Let's put it this way, although Zhou Fangyuan is still nominally still in school now, to be honest, both teachers and students in the school know that he is extraordinary. The school leaders know more about some inside information, so the school now completely ignores Zhou Fangyuan, what he wants to do, even if he doesn't take all the exams, in the end, his graduation certificate can be properly obtained. This is the so-called privilege, after all, the school is also just right, such a high-quality alumnus, maintain a good relationship, and the help to the school in the future is also huge, the school leader is crazy to chase him to go to school or not, it is expected to be so, it is better to sell more, and it will be good for the school and even for individuals in the future.

So Zhou Fangyuan came back, not for class, but for more important things...... That's the company's annual meeting!

Yes, since the establishment of Yuanfang Group, it has not really held an annual meeting.

In fact, there was such a plan last year, but SARS was so fierce that this annual meeting could not be held.

But this year, all the conditions are right, and the group should also have an annual meeting.

On the one hand, it is to show the strength of the company, theoretically, the higher the specification of the annual meeting, the more it proves that the company's strength is strong. Secondly, the annual meeting is also used to encourage employees, most companies will reward outstanding employees at the annual meeting, more powerful, reward housing and reward cars, and it is good to reward some cash or something.

In short, the annual meeting is a must, the development of the group has become larger and larger, more and more employees, and there are more and more people with excellent performance.

The headquarters of the group began to prepare almost two months ago, including the venue, participants, award specifications, invited guests, etc., which have been prepared for a long time, and now they have been almost prepared.

The venue of the annual meeting is undoubtedly Beitong. It was held at the Beitong Auditorium. The Beitong Auditorium, the largest auditorium in Beitong, is one of the facilities under the government, and of course it is also open to the public, but it needs to be applied for in advance, and the cost is not low. However, since the event can be held here, the organizers are probably not short of money.

This year's annual meeting was held here, and the city opened the door of convenience, and the rights of fire protection and stability maintenance cooperated, and even the cost of using the venue was reduced a lot.

In fact, Zhou Fangyuan really doesn't care about the money, but since the city wants to sell well with the Yuanfang Group, Zhou Fangyuan will not refuse.

The annual meeting was held on December 20th, just in time for several festivals at the end of the year, which happened to be no important festivals.

The employees of the subsidiaries of Yuanfang Group, which are located all over the country, also came to Beitong a few days in advance. They visited the group headquarters, visited several important subordinate companies, and spent two days on the farm.

Finally, the day of the annual meeting arrived, the weather was very good on this day, Zhou Fangyuan got up early to clean up himself, and Deng Yuan helped him put on his clothes.

"It's handsome. ”

Deng Yuan praised.

Zhou Fangyuan smiled and kissed her, turned around and went out.

。 m.