The box was quiet, seemingly isolated from the hustle and bustle of the outside world, only Stan Lee's not too high voice sounded: "I have been away from Marvel for a long time, and I rarely participate in Marvel's affairs anymore. ”

Bernard Issinger follows Stan Lee's words: "Film revenue is a very important piece of all comic book companies these days. ”

Joan Clea Lee continued: "I've heard that a lot of comic companies are counting on film and television adaptations to maintain revenue sharing. ”

"Marvel also values this piece. Bernard Issinger said naturally: "Recently, people from Marvel Entertainment have been urging Twentieth Century Fox to ask for a revenue share in the first half of the two films in the X-Men series...... Oh yes, and Sony Columbia Pictures has a higher revenue share for the Spider-Man movie. ”

Stan Lee still has some understanding of the current state of the comics market: "The income is too low to rely solely on publishing comics. He looked at Bernard Issinger: "You're at Twentieth Century Fox, if you can, help Marvel a little more." ”

Bernard Issinger said with a smile: "One of the tasks of my visit to New York this time was to get Marvel Entertainment to sign the second revenue share of X-Men 2. ”

Stan Lee took the glass of water handed by Joan Clea Lee, took a sip, and said, "Thank you." ”

"You're so polite. Bernard Issinger said: "Stan, to put it mildly, Marvel Entertainment is not the Marvel of the past anymore. ”

Stan Lee shook his head: "No matter how the equity changes, it will be Marvel after all." ”

Bernard Issinger deliberately said: "Don't worry, Stan, the share has reached Marvel Entertainment's account today. ”

Koya Morgan, who had been silent, suddenly interjected, "Has the movie been paid? or is it the second one, why hasn't Marvel Entertainment notified me and Stan and me?"

Stan Lee looked at his lawyer and business agent.

Koya Morgan further said: "No, nothing. ”

Bernard Eisinger deliberately put on a very curious post: "You're talking about ......"

"Oh, that's it. Koya Morgan said simply: "Marvel signed an agreement with Stan that every character Stan initiated would receive 10% of Marvel's profits if it was made into a movie or TV series. ”

It was probably too long, and after being reminded by the lawyer, Stan Lee remembered: "It seems that there is such an agreement." ”

Bernard Issinger duly asked, "So Spider-Man and X-Men are included?"

Koya Morgan replied, "Yes, absolutely included. ”

Bernard Issinger didn't seem to hear Koya Morgan's words before, and asked: "'Spider-Man' is a big hit at the box office and merchandise." "X-Men" pays a lot of shares to Marvel Entertainment, and Stan should get a lot of them, right? ”

Stan Lee looked at Koya Morgan and asked, "Is there one?"

Koya Morgan replied with great certainty: "No!"

"No?" Bernard Issinger's face was full of surprise: "How could it not be? As far as I know, Sony Columbia Pictures has paid Marvel three times for the Spider-Man movie, Spider-Man 2 has also paid once, and Twentieth Century Fox ......"

Stan Lee rubbed his forehead, and before he could speak, Joan Clea Lee said, "Marvel never mentioned this to us!

Bernard Eisinger hurriedly said, "Sorry, I don't know very well. ”

Stan Lee waved his hand, "It's okay. ”

Joan Clea Lee asked, "Father, is Marvel going to pay the bill?"

"Probably not. Although Stan Lee has left Marvel, his relationship with Marvel management is not bad: "Presumably Marvel is more difficult financially. ”

Joan Clea Lee screeched: "But they can't deprive us of our legitimate income either. ”

Hearing his daughter's suddenly raised voice, Stan Lee reminded, "This is my legitimate income. ”

"Yes, it's yours. Joan Clea Lee never argues with Stan Lee in front of outsiders: "Father, I'm concerned about protecting your rights and interests. ”

Koya Morgan chimed in: "Marvel Entertainment has defaulted. ”

The assistant rang the phone, answered it and said a word, and then handed it to Bernard Issinger, who stood up and went outside to answer the phone, and quickly returned to the box.

There are some things that he, an outsider, can bring up the topic, and others have to be made by the people around Stan Lee.

Therefore, Bernard Eisinger timely proposed his resignation on the grounds that there was a temporary matter.

Inside the box, it became the three of Stan Lee again.

Stan Lee asked directly, "Koya, hasn't Marvel contacted you about the split?"

"Nope. Without hesitation, Koya Morgan said, "Never." ”

Although he has an unusually deep affection for Marvel, Stan Lee is still quite uncomfortable when it comes to huge revenue sharing.

This is human nature, and everyone will also have emotions.

Joan Clea Lee couldn't wait to say, "Father, your legitimate rights and interests have been violated!"

Stan Lee was silent, with mixed feelings, and for a moment did not know how to resolve this dispute, which was bound to cause trouble.

""Spider-Man" and "Spider-Man 2" have a scary high box office, and it is said that the peripheral income also exceeds the box office. Seeing that there were no outsiders, Stan Lee was silent and hesitant again, and Joan Clea Lee was anxious: "There are two more "X-Men", Universal's "Hulk", Marvel Entertainment owes us too much!"

Her words went on and on: "We can't just let it go, this money is more than my trust fund......"

Hearing Joan Clea Lee's words, Koya Morgan quickly gave her a hint with her eyes.

Just a little bit, Joan Clea Lee will say that she needs money to buy a big villa.

Joan Clea Lee has gnawed on the old man for so many years, gnawed out the experience, and also gnawed out a bit of ingenuity, and quickly shut her mouth.

Koya Morgan, as a lawyer, is much smarter than Joan Clea Lee: "Stan, we can't act like it didn't happen. ”

Stan Lee said: "I'm old, probably Marvel thinks I'm useless. ”

"It's not about age. Koya Morgan continued: "Marvel has dozens of well-known superheroes, involving your legitimate rights and interests, we back down this time, Marvel Entertainment may be when you, the original author, never existed, and more revenues will be suppressed, and our future losses may reach tens of millions of dollars." ”

Stan Lee trusts Koya Morgan so much that he asks, "What do you want to do?"

Joan Clea Lee almost couldn't hold back her voice again, but finally maintained a rare silence under Koya Morgan's gaze.

Koya Morgan said: "Tomorrow I will send a letter to Marvel Entertainment to question, and then contact Avi Arachchi to meet with him, if Marvel Entertainment still ignores our legitimate rights, we can only solve it through legal means." ”

Stan Lee frowned slightly: "I've worked at Marvel for more than fifty years, so it's not good." ”

Joan Clea Lee finally couldn't help it: "They don't take you to heart, why do you care about their feelings? If they really value you, they will hold back your hair and not give it? Did they forget? Is this possible?"

"You have a contract with Marvel. Koya Morgan said: "This is Marvel Entertainment's breach of contract, and we are just taking up legal weapons to protect our legitimate rights and interests." ”

Joan Clea Lee said: "It's their fault in the first place. ”

Stan Lee thought about it for a moment and said to the female lawyer, "Koya, you're in charge of this matter. ”

"Okay. Koya Morgan naturally complied.

Stan Lee reminded his unconscious daughter: "Don't get involved, be calm, the current Marvel Entertainment is not the Marvel of the past." ”

Joan Clea Lee was not reconciled, but Koya Morgan reminded her with her eyes and said, "I see." ”

With such an accident, Stan Lee lost interest in watching the theater and stood up and said, "Don't watch it, let's go back." ”

Koya Morgan took his arm: "Don't worry, I'll deal with it tomorrow." ”

Joan Clea Lee followed, calculating how much more she could get after the hundreds of thousands of dollars in Twentieth Century Fox?

The two sent Stan Lee home and got into the same car outside the apartment building.

"What are you going to do?" asked Joan Clea Lee.

Koya Morgan said calmly, "Send a lawyer's letter to Marvel Entertainment and sue them in Stan's name." ”

Joan Clea Lee asked again, "Marvel Entertainment won't give it directly?"

"No, it won't. Koya Morgan said: "Maybe Marvel's new parent company doesn't know the situation, but Marvel's management must know about it, at least Avi Arad knows, but has been holding back and not giving it, because what? As you said, forgetting is impossible, and it's not an excuse, the only reason is that the management of Marvel Entertainment doesn't want to give!"

Joan Clea Lee finally said something particularly sensible: "When people retire and leave, their influence is gone." ”

"Marvel probably thinks that Stan is not in good health, and Stan may not be there for a few years. Koya-Morgan thinks it's quite likely: "When Stan is gone, the money might be saved." ”

Joan Clea Lee said, "They want to be beautiful! And me!"

Koya Morgan smiled and didn't speak, because Stan Lee didn't give Joan Clea Lee the authority, and if that happened, it would be very troublesome to follow.

"He's not going to let Marvel go, is he?" said Joan Clea-Lee.

Koya Morgan said: "Absolutely not, with me, he will not give up." ”