Chapter 531: American Cultural Symbols

Andy stood in front of the coat mirror in Ike's CEO's office, smelling the glamorous scent of Chanel No. 5 on his assistant's body, and letting her help him sort out his tie and shirt collar.

"Alright, so be it. ”

Andy looked at himself in the mirror and felt good, "How's the preparation outside?"

"Almost, Mr. Pilmut's secretary has called, you can go down, the hall has been cleaned up, and the press conference has been notified to the media and newspapers yesterday. Tori's eyes were full of admiration and adoration, and he tilted his head to help his Great Demon King carefully stretch some of the inconspicuous creases of the suit on his body.

"Let's go. Andy reached out and pinched the chin of the little assistant who was a little oestrus, and shook it solemnly and said, "Little! excited again?"

Tori blushed with a fair face, bit his lip a little cowardly, squinted slightly, and nodded shyly, Andy rolled his eyes angrily, "You are excited about making money, and you are also excited about spending money!"

"But... This is Marvel!" the assistant said with some excitement.

Well, Andy is not a complete American after all, and he doesn't care enough about the cultural symbols of Americans, and only pays attention to monetary interests, if you really want to make an analogy, the acquisition of Marvel in the United States is undoubtedly equivalent to buying out the Monkey King in Journey to the West in the rabbit country.

Cultural symbols?

Andy took the energetic Torrey Black to the first floor of the press conference hall by elevator, the elevator door opened, and Ike and a few people were already waiting not far from the elevator entrance.

"Boss, hundreds of media have come... ”

The corners of Andy's mouth twitched, "You, Stan, and David, the four of us will go up together, just in time for today's opportunity, first make a movie to warm up in advance, release the news of the formation of the Iron Man crew, and do publicity for the next advertisers." ”

The big boss ordered, and his subordinates naturally had to do it, and there were originally three chairs on the rostrum, but soon the staff moved another one.

There were hundreds of reporters seated in the audience, and more than a dozen cameras were set up in the front, and the scene was a bit noisy and noisy, with all kinds of discussions.

Soon, a good-looking woman from Marvel Entertainment Group walked up to the stage in a gray suit, with a smile on her face, stood in front of the host stage on the side, and said into the microphone: "Please be quiet, the press conference will start immediately." ”

The scene was alerted by this sound, and soon fell silent, but one by one, they all raised their cameras in their hands, staring at the door on the edge of the hall as if they were trying to catch prey.

"Thank you for coming to the press conference of Marvel Entertainment Group, and I would like to invite Andy Smith, the new chairman of Marvel Entertainment Group, Ike Pilmut, CEO of Marvel Entertainment Group, Stan Lee, chief consultant of Marvel Entertainment Group, and David Messer, the new CEO of Marvel Studios, ......"

As soon as the host's words fell, Andy was the first to walk into the hall, and then there was a white expanse in front of him, and the shutter kept ringing.

Andy always has a faint smile on his face, calm, steady steps, and a straight body, giving people the impression of great confidence, which is also the feeling he has always given people.

After the four of them sat down on the rostrum in turn, the host began to talk about the situation, briefly introducing the situation, and then Andy and several people praised each other, what an honor to be a member of Marvel, what a great company Marvel is, and so on, the reporters are not annoyed to listen carefully, of course, everyone knows that the real show of the press conference is in the question session, and everyone is also silently thinking about the questions to be asked and waiting for the above people to finish their words.

"Thank you for coming, the following is the time to answer questions from reporters... ”

Before the host finished speaking, the reporters below stood up like a swarm of flies, raised their hands high, and began to scream, the scene was extremely chaotic, Andy rolled his eyes, this group of reporters was also crazy, he rarely accepted interviews, and finally caught once, these reporters naturally would not let go of this opportunity that Andy had to cooperate.

"You're just wasting your time by making such noise! Everyone was quiet and asked questions one by one, and today, I tried my best to accommodate everyone's questions. Andy's somewhat clear voice sounded, which made the noisy reporters in the audience immediately quiet down, and the effect was so strong that Stan Li and the others looked at Andy in surprise.

"In the first row, the female reporter in the infrared jacket gave her a microphone. Andy pointed to a blonde young man with a raised hand and a tall appearance, and said into the microphone in front of him.

"I'm Jenny, a reporter for the New York Post. Thank you, Mr. Smith, for giving me the first opportunity to ask questions, and I would like to ask, there is news that your acquisition is using high leverage, and you only used $500 million of your own funds, will this increase the debt burden of Marvel? Do you have any specific profit plans after taking over Marvel?"

"Hehe, it seems that your information is really well-informed, that's right, I used a leveraged buyout, but it's not because I don't have enough money, and my leveraged buyout is different from the past, the loan is a matter between me and the bank, and it has nothing to do with Marvel, Bank of America and I have been very happy to work together, here I also want to thank them for their trust, at the same time, Bank of America took over all the debts, and is now the largest creditor of Marvel, that's all, originally I wanted to pass on the debt to me personally, but Stan Lee decided to keep part of the shares, in this case, it can't be passed on, however, Bank of America gave us enough trust, they think that the future of our Marvel can bring them enough and stable benefits, that is to say, whether it is leverage or debt, it is not a problem for us Marvel, and we are confident and have the strength to repay all the loans.

As for the profit plan you asked, this can't tell you that it's about Marvel's strategic layout for the next 20 years, but I can tell you a piece of news, we have decided to immediately start the movie project and put our superheroes on the big screen again, and after everyone's unanimous research, we chose Iron Man Tony Stark... ”

"I'm from the Wall Street Journal... ”

"I'm from the New York Times... ”

"Newsweek... ”

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Andy seems to be really cooperating with these media questions, well, although they are all asked to him, but he is very chicken thief to throw some questions to the other three, and he easily became the host, making the reporters in the audience cry and laugh.

"Alright, it's almost time, one last question. It's you," Andy said, pointing to a female reporter in a white shirt in the last row, with a very hot upper circumference.

"Thank you, I am... I would like to ask Mr. Smith, if there is news that you have plans to enter the world of sports, and your think tank is forming a sports advisory group for you, including professionals in football, basketball, baseball, and soccer, can you think that you will make acquisitions of these ball teams in the future?

Andy really admires the awesomeness of this group of people, Nima, it seems that he will have to be more careful in the future, he really relaxed his vigilance that day, and was photographed by this group of people in his big news, then it was really over.

"It's another question that has nothing to do with today's topic, it seems that this young lady is not worried at all that I refuse to answer, forget it, since it's the last question, it doesn't matter if I say something else, yes, I have this idea, of course, this is just the preparatory stage of the plan, maybe it will take a long time to achieve, as for the goal you asked, hehe, I'm a New Yorker, naturally I want to have a team in New York, but unfortunately, I still have too little money, whether it's the Yankees or the New York Knicks, even if I want to buy, the owners of these two teams may not sell, so it's useless to say that the goal is not the goal, I'm a fan of sportsI like competitive sports, so I'm willing to get involved, all kinds of teams, clubs, all kinds of teams need to be investigated and understood in detail before making a decision, this is also a long plan, it will not be achieved overnight. Okay, that's it, thank you for being able to participate in our Marvel press conference today, and prepare a souvenir for you, I hope you can support our Marvel company more in the future, thank you. ”

After saying that, Andy got up from his seat, with a rare bright smile on his face, which is very rare for reporters, and waved to them, and left the venue with the three people on the stage, ignoring the reporters who were stopped by the security guards and wanted to rush over to ask questions.

"Okay, Ike, the office will be returned to its original owner, and the follow-up work will be handed over to you, Tom from the Finance Department and Jerry from the Legal Department will fully cooperate with your work, and you can control the funds from Marvel Studios, the more than 500 million loans from the last time, there are still more than 370 million left, which is enough for film shooting, post-production and publicity, as for the negotiation with Paramount, it must be resolved as soon as possible. Andy said with a smile on his face, holding Ikpilmut.

"I understand, boss. Ike is very grateful for Andy's trust, as for the finance department and the legal department, anyone who knows Andy knows that those are the two departments that the young boss values the most, and every time he buys the company, these two departments will be replaced by people from his think tank. This is as it should be, there is no power to restrain it, and to be honest, Ike himself does not dare to guarantee that he will not come nonsense.

In the car, Al and Andy laugh and talk about some interesting things, Andy looks in the mirror and notices that Joseph has been looking at him several times.

"Joseph, is there anything wrong?"

Joseph turned around and said to Andy: "Boss, Kenny's two teams and I have returned to the United States, and we are on a short vacation, and the company's various documents and licenses have also been obtained, and now it is left for you to designate a training base, and Mr. Vitreel and I have discussed, it is best to choose an area that is large enough and has many types of terrain... ”