Chapter 361: Blade Warrior
A few days later, Xu Qing and Sophia arrived in Los Angeles, and the two were going to attend the premiere of "Blade" tomorrow.
"Blade" is a film completely produced by Sunlight Films, all the investment is made by Sunlight Films, the director is also Sunlight Films, and most of the actors are also signed by Sunlight Films.
Since Xu Qing asked sunlight film and television to acquire Marvel and DC Comics, Xu Qing asked sunlight film and television to integrate all its heroes with those two companies, and also take back the heroes that were licensed and sold.
At that time, some people didn't understand Xu Qing's actions, because these things cost a lot of resources, especially the heroes that were sold, and they needed to spend more money to buy them back.
Xu Qing did not explain, and when they were integrated, Xu Qing asked Sunlight Film and Television to prepare a movie based on Marvel's "Blade" comics, with an investment of $50 million.
This move made several companies even more incomprehensible, and the $50 million investment was equivalent to the original acquisition of Marvel by Sunlight Films.
Xu Qing wants to spend so much money to make a movie based on Marvel heroes, it's crazy.
Throughout the history of Marvel and DC Comics, all movies based on the heroes of the two companies have failed in animation.
Yes, Marvel and DC Comics have a huge presence in the United States, but they just don't have market appeal.
This is also the reason why they are getting worse and worse, so that Xu Qing spent less than $100 million to acquire two companies.
Xu Qing is now going to use $50 million to make a movie about Marvel heroes, isn't he afraid of losing money?
Well, Xu Qing is really not afraid, with Xu Qing's current net worth of tens of billions of dollars, it doesn't matter if all the $50 million is lost.
However, sunlight films, Marvel, and DC Comics are still quite worried about losing money.
$50 million is not a small amount for sunlight films, and if it loses money, it will not look good financially.
Marvel and DC Comics were worried that after "Blade" lost money, Xu Qing lost confidence in their two companies and sold them.
For them, Xu Qing is a big backer, and they don't want to lose it.
Xu Qing knew that they were worried about sunlight film and television, but Xu Qing still didn't explain, facts speak louder than words, and when the results of "Blade" came out, all worries and doubts disappeared.
The original time and space's "Blade" was released in 1998, and now it is 1996, and Xu Qing let him release it 2 years in advance.
It was only 2 years in advance, the filming technology and the audience's tastes have not changed, Xu Qing has watched the finished film of "Blade Warrior" and feels that it is only stronger than "Blade Warrior" in the original time and space.
What's more, now that Xu Qing endorses "Blade Warrior", the influence can be even higher.
The reason why Xu Qing released "Blade" 2 years ahead of schedule is that he wants to give Marvel and DC Comics confidence and let them have confidence in their heroes, and second, let the outside world see the money scene of hero movies.
"Blade" invested more than 40 million US dollars and earned 130 million US dollars at the box office.
But more importantly, the huge impact of "Blade" on hero movies has allowed the outside world to see the money scene of hero movies, and since then, hero movies have continued to appear and become more and more popular.
Marvel and DC Comics in the original time and space had to cooperate with other film companies due to the strength of the company, resulting in the loss of a lot of benefits.
Now Xu Qing will not let other film companies get benefits in vain, there is no problem if you want to cooperate, and the benefits are exchanged.
After Xu Qing and Sophia came to Los Angeles, they lived in their own villa, and the two of them only lived in this villa once a month, which really met the saying that the villa is not for the owner, but for the servant.
However, Xu Qing is not bad for money, and Los Angeles is a place that he often visits, so it is impossible to stay in a hotel every time he comes to Los Angeles, so this villa has been kept and not sold.
Anyway, the house prices in Los Angeles have been rising, and it is inevitable that the value of this villa will appreciate several times in the future.
Because Xu Qing and Sophia only come to this villa once a month on average, there are only 4 servants in the villa, including the housekeeper.
However, there are 4 elite-level servants who can wear multiple hats, and one can be used by several people.
This is not Xu Qing and Sophia and more than 10 entourages came to the villa, and the 4 servants immediately turned into chefs and arranged the dinner of more than 10 people clearly.
Xu Qing gave the housekeeper a thumbs up, and the housekeeper immediately modestly said that this was what they should do, and it was not worthy of praise.
Xu Qing looked at the half-white housekeeper, the housekeeper is 61 years old this year, 7 years older than Aunt Wu, as far as Xu Qing knows, the housekeeper, like Aunt Wu, also has no partner and children.
If the housekeeper and Aunt Wu had a twilight love, it should be a very beautiful thing.
Hey, the more Xu Qing thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was wonderful, and he was looking for an opportunity to match the housekeeper and Aunt Wu, but Aunt Wu knew about it, would she kill him.
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At 5 p.m. the next day, Xu Qing and Sophia came to sunlight film and television to learn about the current situation of sunlight film and television, and chatted with the heads of Marvel and DC Comics.
They still looked worried, Xu Qing cheered them up, tonight's premiere, they are also going to stand in front to welcome the guests, how can this worried look work.
Xu Qing's way of cheering is very simple, that is, to tell the two of them that no matter what the box office performance of "Blade" is, he will invest $100 million in each of the two companies this year to support development.
When the two responsible persons heard Xu Qing's words, they quickly dispersed their worries, and their worries were mainly that Xu Qing would sell the two companies.
But Xu Qing has now promised to invest $100 million in the two companies this year, which shows that Xu Qing values the two companies very much and will not sell them.
As for whether Xu Qing would lie to them, they were not worried at all, with Xu Qing's current status and status, what he said was to the extent of a promise, let alone this kind of thing.
At 6 o'clock in the evening, Xu Qing, Sophia and the relevant personnel of sunlight film and television, Marvel, and DC Comics came to the movie theater opposite sunlight film and television, and the premiere was held in the movie theater opposite at 7 pm.
Because there were many guests invited to the premiere of "Blade", Xu Qing and others had to come to the cinema 1 hour in advance to wait for the guests.
Most of the guests were invited by Xu Qing using his connections, and without him, he was to build momentum for "Blade Warrior".
The main purpose of the premieres of most movies is to promote and build momentum, and the many guests invited by Xu Qing, with their identities, have great news value.
If it is newsworthy, the media will naturally try their best to report it, thus giving "Blade" a publicity effect.
The time is approaching, and the guests begin to appear, compared to the power that is a little nervous next to him, the person in charge of Marvel and DC Comics, Xu Qing is thinking in his heart.
It's been a long time since I've been standing like this to welcome people, and I wonder if those people will be surprised.