Chapter 167, Exchanging Copyright

With a glass of sake in their stomachs, the two sides exchanged friendly ideas, and now Takuhisa is arguing about how he will benefit Eiji Hirai.

"What do you hope for?" asked Eiji Hirai.

"I hope... Sure enough, now Sony gives me an idea..."Takuhisa pretended to think, and then opened his mouth and made an extremely exaggerated request: "I like your Columbia company a lot, how about it in exchange?"

"Hey, spare me, you know it's impossible to do this thing, right?" Eiji Hirai shouted, "Can't you mention something practical? ”

Although the company was founded in the electronics department, under the leadership of Stringer, Columbia Pictures has also become a major profit point for Sony, especially at the beginning of the century, relying on copyright to make a lot of money.

"But to be honest, I'm interested in your film industry right now. Takuhisa said again, as if distressed that Sony is a worthless thing, Eiji Hirai naturally couldn't be deceived by Takuhisa's fake acting skills, and as soon as his brain filtered, he had already guessed what Takuhisa needed.

"You don't want Columbia itself, but some of the hero rights, right?" Eiji Hirai smiled with an expression that I had already guessed everything, "Combined with your acquisition of Marvel... You want to get a series of copyrights, right?"

Don't wonder, it's already a yes.

Takuhisa raised his eyebrows, although he didn't want to hide it, but so quickly Eiji Hirai guessed it, which also surprised him a little.

Sony's rising star, among the many high-level executives who are cumbersome and rely on seniority, he is not able to hold his current position because he is only the nephew of Kazuo Hirai.

"Yes, I want a series of photography rights such as Spider-Man and Ghost Rider. ”

Now that it has been broken, Takuhisa has also had a showdown.

"Although I expected it, it was still a difficult request. Eiji Hirai was in a dilemma for a few seconds, and said helplessly.

There's a reason why he's saying that, and that's going to be the 90s.

Marvel has not been smooth sailing to get to where it is now. In the mid-90s, the American comic book industry suddenly entered a hailstorm, coupled with the box office of Marvel's "Hulk" and "Fantastic Four", and Marvel's controllers at that time failed to grasp the exodus after the listing.

In the end, after selling the film and television shooting rights of its superheroes, Marvel barely survived, and it was not until later that Ike took power and took out a loan to shoot "Iron Man 1", and then it was acquired by Takujiu and Disney and embarked on the right path.

Among the various companies that sold the rights, Hulk and Namor were sold to Universal, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men series and later mutants were sold to Fox, and Disney and Paramount also had a considerable part of the superhero rights in their hands.

Spider-Man was split by Sony Columbia.

Among them, the Hulk was retracted by Marvel because of the follow-up to Universal's inability to produce the Hulk series of movies again after 03, and Universal only had the right to distribute; Disney became Marvel's boss, and the copyright of Disney's Avengers and other copyrights can naturally be used by Marvel now; Fox will not have the idea of returning to copyright for a while and a half, and it is only possible to wait until Disney acquires Fox in Tuojiu's memory.

"You also know that Colombia has made a lot of money on the rights of superheroes such as Spider-Man, and it is very difficult for them to let go. Eiji Hirai said in embarrassment.

Since the beginning of the new century, Sony has made too much money by relying on copyright, and now they are afraid that they will not spit it out easily.

"That's not what I said. Takuhisa didn't believe Eiji Hirai's words, "Since you won't let go, why don't you continue to make a sequel?" Takuhisa asked with a smile.

He also inquired about the news, since 2007's "Spider-Man 3", Sony has no idea of filming a sequel, and if it continues to be filmed, it will really lose money.

And when the copyright was sold, Marvel also kept an eye on it, if it couldn't continue to shoot the Spider-Man movie every five years, Marvel would have the right to take back the copyright.

Now there are still four years left before 2012, Sony is actually very difficult, and it will definitely fight for a sequel, and it doesn't want to hand over the copyright. Even if it's chicken ribs now, it used to be fat, wasn't it?

It is estimated that by 2012, Sony will also try to shoot a new version to test the water.

In between, there's a lot of room for manoeuvre.

To get back the copyright of Spider-Man, it is a good thing for Takuhisa or Marvel Disney. As for the benefits of Takuhisa, I will say that I will not mention it here.

"Even if you say so..."Eiji Hirai was still embarrassed, "It's impossible to let go over there, even if you don't make a sequel anymore, as long as you hold it, there will be a steady stream of benefits." ”

"That's not something I'm going to think about. As long as you can do it, I will support you. Takuhisa no longer talks about this topic with Eiji Hirai, he has already pulled down the conversation, whether he can do it or not is a matter for Eiji Hirai.

If Eiji Hirai fails, then he won't have much to say.

"I see! I'll try to convince Colombia. ”

There is no way, since Takuhisa said so, in order for his uncle to become the CEO of Sony, Eiji Hirai had to grit his teeth and agree.

With Takuhisa's support, it would be much easier to impeach Stringer.

"That's good, I'll wait for your good news. Takuhisa smiled and said, "When are you going to do it?"

"Wait until next year's financial release. ”

"It's only a few months, and you're running out of time. Takuhisa said.

"You don't have to worry about this, I will give you a satisfactory answer before that time. Eiji Hirai was a little annoyed, and then he could only complain helplessly, "You guy, you gave me such a big problem, and now you're hiding behind like watching a play, it's really... It's a lot of bad fun. ”

"It's just fighting for my own interests. ”

Takuhisa smiled and said nothing, and said lightly.

"Hmph, that's ruthless. Eiji Hirai could only accept with a smile, "Denoh is almost over, I don't know what plot development will happen in the next Kamen Rider?"

Eiji Hirai is a special effects fan, a Gundam fan, and has a deep curiosity about these.

"The electric king is too weak, I still hope to be as domineering as Kabuto. ”

Also looking at the special effects, Takuhisa's character still prefers kabuto Tiandao.