Chapter 637: Big Shot

In New York, the roads in Brooklyn have been congested since noon on Tuesday.

In the afternoon, after many people in red and blue uniforms took to the streets, the whole of Brooklyn was flooded with "spiders", and the flow of people and vehicles was almost impassable.

As the top three most popular superheroes in the United States, Spider-Man, who is still ranked first in the market, has been fully warmed up in the first part, and the popularity of its sequel movie can be imagined.

At least at this stage, all superheroes can't shake Peter Parker on the big screen.

Sitting in the car, Vin Diesel frequently raised his hand to look at his watch, and in the crowded traffic, even the best driving skills could not be displayed.

Besides, the driver in the driver's seat is still an old and serious person.

"The premiere has begun, right?" Vin Diesel asked.

The agent replied: "At the beginning, I asked someone, the traffic in front of me is being diverted, and we can't be late." ”

Vin Diesel is not a fan of Spider-Man and has not worked with Sony Columbia Pictures recently, so he came here for another purpose: "Ronan Anderson is going to the premiere?"

"Yes. The agent said conclusively: "Marvel has been delisted and has become a subsidiary of Relativity Entertainment's absolute holding, Spider-Man is Marvel's signature, and Ronan Anderson will definitely go." ”

He concluded: "Sony Columbia Pictures extended an invitation to Ronan Anderson a month ago, and Ronan Anderson came to New York three days ago to attend the premiere of Spider-Man 2. ”

Vin Diesel shook his bald head slightly: "That's good." ”

"Why don't we reach out to Ronan Anderson to talk privately?" The agent endured it for a long time, but finally couldn't hold back: "Why are you looking for him at this premiere?"

Vin Diesel did not answer.

The agent added: "The conditions made by the female producer named Jessica Filton are very excessive, and I don't think there is any need for us to continue to talk to Shahai Entertainment or the whole Relativity Entertainment." ”

"What do you think?" Vin Diesel's voice carried a hint of mockery, as if he could see through the world at a glance: "That female producer is just a small person, and she can't see the big picture. This kind of little person who has no vision and is not big enough is often the most difficult. ”

There is no saying here that "Hades is good to see little ghosts", but many people understand similar truths.

The agent knows that Vin Diesel has always been a big man.

At least that's what Vin Diesel himself thinks.

The next moment, Vin Diesel was angry: "The big man should talk directly to the big man, not with the little one." ”

I don't know why, the agent suddenly felt that in Vin Diesel's words, he was an insignificant little person.

The agent can still put the service person's mentality right, saying: "We are in Los Angeles Yoronan Anderson ......"

Vin Diesel raised his finger and shook it, interrupting his agent: "We took the initiative to contact Ronan Anderson, did we put ourselves in the position of the underdog? ”

"That's right. The agent scratched his head, it seemed to make sense, but why did he feel that something was wrong?

Vin Diesel said: "When it comes to the premiere, I'm going to talk to Ronan Anderson and you're in charge of finding him. ”

The agent didn't think much about it and said, "No problem, I'm still very familiar with the people at Sony Columbia Pictures." ”

The scale of the premiere of "Spider-Man 2" can be called the largest in Hollywood in 2004, Sony Columbia Pictures has worked hard from the late 80s to the 21st century, and finally boiled out a hit movie series, the ups and downs of which can only be experienced by Sony Entertainment people.

To put it simply, it's really not easy.

Since the release of the "Spider-Man" movie, Sony Columbia Pictures, which has always been the tail of the six major companies, has finally thrown the penultimate position to other companies such as Paramount Pictures.

Akio Morita, who advocated buying Columbia Pictures from Coca-Cola, was unable to witness this scene with his own eyes.

Sony Entertainment acquired Columbia Pictures in 1989 for nearly $5 billion, including $3.4 billion in Coca-Cola's equity in Coca-Cola and $1.6 billion in collateral debt.

At that time, it caused an uproar in the United States.

In the 80s of the last century, the major industries of the United States were defeated by island companies, for example, as we all know, Americans drove the cars of island people, and Americans had a sense of panic and shame about this.

The islanders even bought Columbia Pictures......

You must know that Colombia is a symbol of American film and television culture, and even the registered trademark is the Statue of Liberty in the United States.

In this regard, the whole country in the United States exclaimed: Do the people of the island country plan to seize even the culture of the United States?

Ronan had seen some of the old newspapers of the year, and on the cover of Newsweek, the Statue of Liberty in the United States, a registered trademark of Columbia Pictures, had been replaced by an island geisha wearing a kimono and a lewd smile on her face.

There are even critics who assert that the Sony takeover is "a more terrible threat than the military power of the Soviet Union"!

More than ten years have passed, and Sony Columbia Pictures has not become a window for the cultural invasion of the island country, not because the people of the island country do not want to work hard, but because the film projects of the island country promoted have failed miserably without exception.

For example, the "Final Fantasy" animated feature film, which invested a lot of money, hit the streets so hard that people can't bear to watch it.

In the end, Sony Columbia Pictures laid off almost all the islanders in the top management, and the company could only continue to be managed by the Americans.

Of course, there is no doubt about the profitability of Sony Entertainment, and "Spider-Man" can go to the world's film market at the fastest speed through the entire Sony Entertainment channel.

The interests represented by "Spider-Man" are so big that even Ronan can't ignore them.

The management of the newly formed Marvel Entertainment drools over the "Spider-Man" movie all day long, and it is said that Avi Arad was taking a nap in the office some time ago and talking in his sleep, all shouting: Take back our Spider-Man!

After Ronan came to New York, he met Stan Lee, who was over eighty years old, and the old man was trembling holding his hand and repeatedly admonishing: I may not last a few years, I will close my eyes at any time, and now my biggest wish is to see my son Peter Parker return to the arms of Marvel Entertainment before closing my eyes.

Therefore, on "Spider-Man", Ronan feels that he is not moving for profit, but to fulfill the wishes of so many people!

Well...... That's it, that's right!

I'm not fighting alone!

"You are welcome to the premiere. Chris hugged Ronan and said deliberately jokingly, "Ronan, now Spider-Man is also your son." ”

Ronan answered: "Those of us who are fathers, sit down and talk about our son's future." ”

Chris laughed and said, "You guy, keep an eye on Spider-Man." ”

Ronan shrugged and asked, "I mentioned to you last time that Marvel and Sony Entertainment have a more in-depth cooperation on the development of the Spider-Man project. ”

"I reacted to the board. Chris put away his smile and said very seriously: "Sony Columbia Pictures has the ability to develop the Spider-Man movie on its own, because no one wants to share this cake with other companies." ”

Ronan was not surprised by this answer, saying: "Marvel is not another company, and no one knows the characters they create better than Marvel. ”

At present, the "Spider-Man" movie is a big hit, and if you want to get the copyright from Sony Columbia Pictures, you don't even have the slightest possibility, and the best choice is to expand the revenue share on the existing basis.

If you can get Marvel to expand its revenue on the "Spider-Man" series without using other means, it is better not to use it.

Chris shrugged and said honestly, "Ronan, I'm not in charge of this project, I can't speak, and no one else can quite talk." He knew that Ronan was very difficult and really didn't want to deal with it, so he simply pointed to a middle-aged white man with glasses: "Howard Stringer, one of my top bosses, the chairman and CEO of Sony Entertainment, and he is directly responsible for the Spider-Man project. ”

Ronan took a look, and since he wanted to snatch the proceeds of "Spider-Man" from Sony Entertainment, he naturally did a lot of preparations, and quickly remembered the information about Howard Stringer.

Howard Stringer, a native of England and a naturalized American citizen in the 80s, started as a junior reporter at CBS, served as a producer, division executive, and CEO, winning several Emmys, the nation's highest award in television, before moving to Sony Entertainment, where he took full charge of Sony's film and music entertainment business two thousand years later.

If Ronan remembers correctly, it won't take Howard Stringer a few years to become the chairman and CEO of the entire Sony.

Saying goodbye to Chris, Ronan didn't rush to the past, and it can be said that it was very difficult to get more Spider-Man revenue from Howard Stringer.

Not to mention, the CEO of Sony Entertainment is personally in charge of the "Spider-Man" movie project, which is enough to prove how much Sony attaches importance to Spider-Man.

While Ronan was observing Howard Stringer, there was also a pair of eyes quietly observing him in the theater VIP room.

Vin Diesel came in late due to a traffic jam, but within minutes of arriving, his agent helped find Ronan Anderson, the target for tonight.

Tonight, he's going to have a chance encounter with Ronan Anderson, preferably at first sight.

Seeing Ronan walking towards the left of the VIP room, Vin Diesel made a circle and walked over there as well.

The result of this elaborate design is that Vin Diesel and Ronan happen to go to the opposite side.

Vin Diesel stopped and smiled.

Ronan saw the once famous Donald, his face expressionless.