Chapter 137, Entering Marvel
Some people are happy and some are worried, at least Marvel Entertainment is unhappy.
After the first tentative production of "Iron Man", it swept the global market with a box office of $580 million, costing only $140 million, but received a box office of $580 million, which gave Marvel's top management a big boost of confidence, and the success of the film led by Marvel itself made them see the possibility of continuing filming.
The Marvel Universe is not unachievable.
It's just a damn financial crisis!
It's not to the extent of breaking their muscles and bones, but the loss is still not small, but it doesn't matter, it doesn't prevent them from planning in the future. It's just that the bad things are repeated, and Marvel, which has just recovered, found that someone used the way of shell companies to buy their companies in this financial crisis.
That man was also bound to win, spending at least four billion dollars on this series of operations.
Why do you want to buy Marvel when you have that money! Isn't it good to buy other companies?!
This is probably Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac roaring in the office, after becoming Marvel Entertainment CEO, he also has indelible achievements in the development of Marvel, but his personality causes him to be very critical in various affairs, so that he is not pleasing within Marvel.
Although the company was bought by accident, the profession remained the same, and the mysterious acquirer also asked him and Kevin Feige to meet this afternoon.
Yes, Kevin Feige, CEO of Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, can be called an indispensable producer of Marvel.
He himself is also quite proficient in the background setting of Marvel Comics, the architecture of the Marvel Universe and other related knowledge. From "X-Men" in 2000 to "Iron Man" just released, almost all of them have his shadow.
However, Isaac also has a dissatisfaction with Kevin Feige, who is at odds with his frugal thinking. There is a saying that "the cost is 1 yuan, and you need to use 3 yuan to repay it", these two people cannot form a unity in terms of funding, but other aspects are okay and make a living.
After the secretary's briefing, the mysterious person who bought them finally arrived at their company.
The person who came in was not the middle-aged man they imagined, but a young man who looked to be about twenty, a yellow-skinned young man.
As mentioned in the foreword, color discrimination is also a common occurrence in the United States, and it is not uncommon for Isaac and Kevin to have such a disagreement.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm the one who bought your company, and I'm introducing myself, my name is Takuhisa Fingerhara, and I personally like Marvel's works very much. ”
The young man pointed out that Takuhisa Hara was not modest, and sat directly on the sofa and greeted them in fluent English.
"Ahh Hello. Isaac's mouth opened in a circle, as if to say something, but finally he stopped and greeted Takyupu in a normal way. Kevin, on the other hand, has a great interest in Takuhisa.
"You said you like Marvel titles?" he asked, rubbing his hand around his chin and rubbing his beard.
"I've been interested in Marvel since Blade was released in '98, and that's one of the reasons I'm here today. Takuhisa pursed his lips as he spoke, his eyes on Kevin as he spoke.
Rather than making Isaac in the comics, he focuses more on Kevin in film.
"One?" Listening to Takuhisa's words, Isaac asked suspiciously.
"Yes, in addition to my own love for Marvel, of course, there are other reasons. Takuhisa nodded, "But for personal reasons, I can't reveal it." ”
Isaac and Kevin's doubts Takuhisa will speak out in a word, and after the two of them are completely relieved, Takuhisa begins what he really wants to say.
"My talent in the production and distribution of comics and film production and many other aspects is definitely not as good as the two, so you can rest assured that I will not interfere with the actions of the two after I join Marvel. Takuhisa made a promise.
After thinking about it in many ways, Takuhisa decided to let go and not interfere more, on the one hand, it was indeed because he knew that he could do it, and forcibly intervening in it would only backfire, and it would also cause unhappiness within Marvel, so his acquisition was tantamount to wasting money.
At least he hasn't gotten to the point of wasting four billion dollars, and her surname is Zhiyuan, not Gates.
On the other hand, Marvel is also a springboard, and the memory in my mind clearly shows that during the period from 08 to 09, Disney also spent more than $4 billion to acquire Marvel, and he was just one step ahead.
He wants to have something to do with Disney, it's that simple.
Disney's reputation is known to most people who have been to Disneyland, right?
Of course, this is just a simple example to illustrate Disney's strength.
But with his financial resources and strength alone, it is too likely to have a relationship with Disney. Marvel's words are that his own strength is not strong, and he has also experienced the crisis of bankruptcy, and it was not easy to embark on a bright path, and he encountered a financial crisis, so he has a chance. Disney, on the other hand, is a Big Mac.
Just in memory:
Acquired Marvel in '09.
In 12 years, it acquired Lucasfilm, which became famous for the "Star Wars" series.
In 17 years, he acquired Fox and directly turned the Big Six into the Big Five publishing companies.
After understanding this, as long as Takuhisa is not a fool, he will not let go of this giant enterprise.
In fact, there is no way, the most important thing is in other enterprises such as real estate, even if he invests in it, what can he do, the possibility of holding on is too low. On the contrary, the exclusion of entertainment is slightly less.
That said, but the difficulty of his entry into Disney is still hellish.
Skin color issues, the family business gatekeeper shares.
If you want to enter Disney like Marvel, there is basically no way, no matter how you look for a breakthrough, there is no way, so what you can do is only to act in a curve.
When Disney wants to buy Marvel, that's when his opportunity comes.
Isaac and Kevin Feige accepted Takuhisa's proposal, and they still took their original positions and did not transfer, which should be a happy ending for everyone.
If you want to say that there are dissatisfactions, Marvel Studios originally needed to report to Marvel Entertainment when it produced movies, that is, Kevin's actions had to be discussed with Isaac and his Marvel creative committee, and there were many constraints between actions.
Takuhisa directly allowed Kevin Feige not to report anymore, of course, it is not certain whether it can be implemented, it also depends on the results, maybe without Isaac and the creative committee, the box office results will be worse after that?
Not much else to say, after shaking hands with the two of them.
also officially announced the fact that Takuhisa became the owner of Marvel.