Chapter 354: Acquisition of Marvel (Part II)

After a while, Rock Seniors and the others arrived in the conference room.

"Haha, Mr. Senior, welcome!" Ron Pereman and Stan Lee stood up to greet them.

"Hello, Mr. Ron Pereman," Locke Senior, looking at the others next to Ron Pereman, smiled, "Are these two Mr. Stan Lee and Mr. Jack Bryant?

"Hello, Mr. Rock Senior, it's a pleasure to meet you!" said Jack Kirby and Stan Lee in unison.

Ron Pereman was a little upset when he saw that Rock Seniors was more enthusiastic about Stan Lee and Jack Bryant.

"Mr. Senior, please, time is pressing, let's start negotiating!" Ron Pereman stepped forward, standing in front of Stan Lee and Jack Bryant, and then pointed to Rock Senior's right-hand row of seats.

"Good ......" Rock Seniore nodded, leading his team to his seat and sitting down.

Locke Seniore turned his head to look at Ron Pereman and said lightly, "Mr. Pereman, your last offer was really high. I don't know what your offer is this time?"

Ron Pereman fell silent as Stan Lee gave him a look and warned him not to be too greedy.

"Mr. Pereman, my team and I are returning to Hollywood tomorrow, so let's take a step back and make a deal!" Rock Senior, after finishing speaking, calmly picked up the mineral water on the table and took a sip.

"Of course, of course...... Ron Pereman nodded.

Locke Seniore blinked. "So, what's your offer?"

Ron Perreman gritted his teeth. He said, "$60 million, Rock Senior! I think that's the price." You should be okay with it, right...... After all, Marvel is one of the two major comic book giants in the United States, and you should know its value very well!"

"Yes, Mr. Pereman, we do know what it's worth, but we know better that Marvel has more than $200 million in debt!" Rock Senior said lightly, "$50 million, we at Galaxy Pictures are only willing to bid $50 million to buy Marvel!"

As soon as Rock Senior's words were finished, the conference room fell silent.

Ron Perreman's face has a tangled and unwillingly mixed expression, while Stan Lee frequently winks at him. Let him agree immediately. Ron Pereman glanced at Locke Senior, and saw that he looked indifferent, and couldn't help but think of the recent news about Locke's family, maybe Galaxy Pictures would really sit back and wait for Marvel to go bankrupt before buying it. At that time, the court would auction off Marvel's assets to pay off debts, and the debt of $200 million has exceeded Marvel's current market value, and even if all Marvel assets are auctioned off, he will not get a penny......

Ron Pereman thought it through. I thought to myself, now that Marvel is in debt, there is no one else except Galaxy Pictures who are willing to buy it. Since it was able to sell for $50 million. That's pretty good already. Ron Pereman looked up at Rock Senior, "Mr. Senior. We agree with your proposed purchase price!"

Locke Senior's laughter when he heard this. "Very well, Mr. Ron Pereman! Does anyone else here have any objections? If not. We can sign up right away!"

"No objections...... Marvel shareholders shook their heads.

Locke Seniore nodded, then looked at Ron Pereman. Ron Pereman said, "Okay, then we're ready to sign the contract now, and I'll ask the lawyer to draw up a contract for us!" As he spoke, he beckoned to a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes, who nodded in understanding, and then brought two men who were also lawyers to the computer and drew up the contract on the spot.

After an hour, the contract was finalized after discussion between the two parties.

Lawyers for both sides checked it and found that there was no problem, so they signed the contract on the spot. Galaxy Pictures bought a 75 percent stake in Marvel's major shareholders for $5,000, and shares held by ordinary shareholders on the stock market were not included. If Galaxy Pictures wants to wholly own Marvel, it must delist Marvel from the stock market and forcibly buy the shares of ordinary shareholders!

Henry originally wanted Marvel to be delisted from the stock market, and naturally, after the successful acquisition of Marvel, he applied to the stock exchange for delisting.

Rock Senior was still dealing with these things in New York, and Henry told him: "Stan Lee and the main creators of Marvel, you tell them that after Marvel completes the delisting, they can subscribe for 15% of the shares!"

"Understood. Rock Seniore nodded.

Marvel's main creative staff are all talents in the comic industry, and they will be able to work in the company with peace of mind by subscribing for shares.

"Chairman, will Marvel go public in the future?" Rock Senior asked, in fact, he asked for Marvel employees, Stan Lee and others subscribed for shares, if the company does not make money and does not go public, then subscribing for shares is equivalent to spending money in vain, and they may not be willing.

Henry thought for a moment and said, "It will be listed, but not anytime soon." As everyone knows, how low Marvel's stock price is at present, and it is useless to go public! At the very least, we will not choose to go public until Marvel generates huge commercial value!"

"Okay, I see, then we're going to tell Stan Lee and the others now. Rock Seniore said.

"Hmm!" Henry replied faintly, then hung up.

Henry was in the chairman's office at Galaxy Pictures at the moment, and after a moment's thought, he picked up the phone again and dialed Bobby Robin's cell.

"Come to my office!"

"Okay, chairman, I'll be right there. ”

A few moments later, Bobby Robin knocked on the door and entered.

"Chairman, what do you have to do with me?" asked Bobby Robin.

"Sit," Henry said, "Marvel has arrived, and the Marvel movie project can be launched! By the way, Marvel has sold a lot of heroes before, have you sent someone to buy it?"

"Chairman, you mentioned it last time, and then I immediately arranged for people to take back these heroes. Marvel sold the Fantastic Four to Constantine Pictures, and in 1992, Constantine Pictures spent 25 days making a bad movie in order to keep the copyright of the Fantastic Four...... This time, we paid $4 million to get back the rights to the Fantastic Four. Immediately afterward, we took back X-Men from 21st Century Fox. "X-Men" was sold by Marvel to 21st Century Fox in 1994. When we asked to take back the rights to X-Men, 21st Century Fox made a request, but I didn't think it would be a problem and agreed, otherwise they wouldn't have sold it to us!"

"What does 21st Century Fox ask for?"

"The first three X-Men films allowed 21st Century Fox to participate in the investment, but the distribution rights and film rights are owned by us. ”

Henry thought for a moment and said, "Well, this is really no problem, you can agree." You move on to the buybacks of other heroes. ”

"Okay," continued Bobby Robin, "and the rest are some heroes who are not very famous, and we have reclaimed more than twenty of them!"

"What about the rights to the Hulk and Spider-Man?" asked Henry.

"I don't think I sold it......" Bobby Robin thought for a moment and said affirmatively, "I remember correctly, I shouldn't have sold !!."

Henry pondered when he heard this. It seems that Marvel should really not sell the rights to Hulk and Spider-Man. According to Henry, Marvel only began to sell superheroes aggressively after it went bankrupt in 1996. It may be that at that time, many superheroes such as Hulk and Spider-Man were sold...... Henry couldn't help but rejoice, fortunately, he bought Marvel ahead of schedule, otherwise, it would be a very troublesome thing to take back the hero.

Actually, Henry was not wrong. After Marvel went bankrupt in 1996, the poor jingle had to sell superheroes to get by. Universal bought the Hulk, while Sony bought Spider-Man. Spider-Man is the most popular hero in Marvel animation, Sony and Marvel have been talking since 1996, and it was not until 1999 that Sony bought the film rights to "Spider-Man" for $7 million.

But now, all the popular heroes belong to Marvel.

Cool, all heroes are there!

(To be continued.) )