In his previous life, those stars on the screen, directors, were out of reach for Ma Wei. But in this life, Ma Wei is fully able to reach them as an investor and as the owner of an entertainment company...... In this way, it seems quite interesting.

After deciding on the next step, Ma Wei immediately turned on his computer and looked up what seriously underrated studios in Hollywood.

However, after looking around, he found that the eight major Hollywood film companies, as well as the companies in the follow-up rankings, he can't afford to buy at all. Pick out any one, and the market value will exceed more than 900 million US dollars.

These film and television companies have long been famous, so the prices have also risen. But Ma Wei doesn't need to buy such an expensive one, because even if the company is good, if it shoots a bunch of bad movies, it will still be over.

So Ma Wei finally set his sights on a company that publishes comics. The company's comic book characters will later be familiar to audiences around the world, such as Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, Hulk, Deadpool, ......

That's right, the comic company that Ma Wei fancied was the Marvel Comics company that later created the "Marvel Cinematic Universe"!

Marvel in 2000 was very miserable. Due to the bursting of the bubble in the American comics industry in the 90s and the impact of the Internet industry, the sales of paper comics fell again and again, and a large number of Marvel employees left the company. made Marvel Comics almost teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. can only rely on selling character copyrights to win a glimmer of life.

For example, the well-known "Spider-Man" was sold to Sony by Marvel at the price of cabbage. The "X-Men series" and "Deadpool series", which are popular on the big screen, were traded to 21st Century Fox.

As for Captain America, Black Panther, Black Widow, and Ant-Man, they were sold to Artisan Entertainment. Iron Man and Hulk, sold to Universal Pictures. From these moves, it can be seen that the Marvel board of directors is really short of money and has not found its true value......

At this time, Ma Wei immediately called the housekeeper to the room and instructed him, "Ivan, send someone to contact Marvel Comics immediately, I have business to talk to their chairman." ”

Ma Wei found that the Marvel company in this life, although it was just as miserable in 2000. But fortunately, the film and television rights have not been sold cheaply. So you have to get in touch quickly, otherwise if it sells the hero, Ma Wei will definitely be very depressed!

"Okay, young master, I'll do it. Ivan was ordered to go out and contact his family's connections in the United States.

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Three weeks later, in the center of New York City, USA, a man in a suit went to Marvel headquarters with a female assistant to negotiate the transfer of the rights of the comic book hero.

This man, named Taro Ueno, is the vice president of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. This time, they Sony Pictures want to spend $7 million to buy the film and television rights of the hero "Spider-Man" and then make it into a movie.

Even including the X-Men series, Sony Pictures wants to buy it, if it's cheap......

Taro Ueno looks to be in his 40s, with oily and meticulous hair. He drove his assistant to the Marvel headquarters building in the heart of New York City in a Nissan sedan prepared for him by the company.

Since the travel time is in the afternoon, avoiding the morning rush hour, the roads in the city are relatively smooth. Taro Ueno drove Nissan comfortably on the road.

However, just as he was about to drive his car into the underground parking lot of the Marvel Building. Taro Ueno and his assistant saw that at the entrance of the parking lot, they were blocked by two menacing dark gold off-road vehicles.

The two off-road vehicles lined up in front of him looked very domineering, and the Hummer looked a little weak in front of them. So not to mention the Nissan sedan driven by Taro Ueno.

"President Ueno, what are those two cars in front of you? It feels like I've never seen them before. The female assistant asked Taro Ueno curiously.

"I don't know, it looks like it's supposed to be an explosion-proof SUV, right?" said Taro Ueno, shaking his head. He didn't know what the two off-road vehicles in front of them were. I just know that looking at this posture, it is definitely not easy to mess with. So I didn't dare to honk the horn to urge the front, hurry up and pass.

The two dark gold SUVs in front of him are naturally Ma Wei's car "Kaibaihe Battle Shield". It's just that because this is in the United States, these two Battle Shield bulletproof vehicles, without aviation cannons, belong to Ma Wei's "international version of SUV".

The two cars were parked at the entrance for a while, waiting for Taro Ueno and the female assistant in the Nissan car, a little anxious.

"President Ueno, why don't you honk the horn and urge the front, what are they doing?" the female assistant couldn't help but suggest.

"Drop!

After struggling for a while, Taro Ueno decisively pressed the car horn, but found that the car in front of him still didn't move.

At this time, he was a little annoyed, so he immediately got out of the car and wanted to negotiate with the owner of the car in front of him. But when he walked up to the two Battle Shield bulletproof cars. Taro Ueno was surprised to find that there was no one in the car at all, not even a shadow!

The only thing left was a faint bunch of sounds coming from the corner of the parking lot, "Just push here, thank you!"

"I'm sorry to cause you trouble!"

Taro Ueno smelled the voice and searched for it, and suddenly the whole person felt a little ashamed. I saw a group of strong Russian men in black suits, pushing an old pickup truck full of goods at this time. The owner of the car is also helping to push it, and at the same time express his gratitude to them very much.

Because pickup trucks are heavier, the body is dirty. Many bodyguards' suits are more or less stained with a layer of dust. Compared with Taro Ueno's anger and complaints, it is a stark contrast.

It turned out that the pickup truck that broke down halfway was the cause of the blockage at the intersection. As for Ma Wei and his convoy, they are not unscrupulously blocking the intersection, but doing good deeds.

Taro Ueno looked at a young white man in the crowd. Although the young man is dressed in ordinary clothes, it is not eye-catching. But he could see that the group of Russian bodyguards in front of him were following the young man......

Three minutes later, when the two Kaibaihe battle shields moved into the parking lot. Taro Ueno also drove Nissan in a gray way, following behind.

However, what he didn't know was that the white young man he had just seen was actually a rival who was going to compete with his Sony company later.

The reason why the two met so coincidentally is because Pereman, the current boss of Marvel, intends to arrange for the two parties to negotiate with the company after learning that Ma Wei is also interested in "Spider-Man" and "X-Men".