Chapter 291: Marvel and DC Comics

Xu Qing wants to buy Marvel, that's right, it is the famous Marvel company in later generations.

The Marvel company of later generations is majestic, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Blade, Hulk, Deadpool and a lot of other heroes who are famous all over the world.

Every time a Marvel movie is released, it can be a big hit at the box office, and there are few box office losses.

In fact, the box office is not the most terrifying, the horror is Marvel's peripherals.

Usually, Marvel's peripheral earnings are several times higher than box office profits, or even dozens of times, such as Spider-Man's peripherals.

Its parent company, Disney, has a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars thanks to many Marvel hero characters.

Of course, Disney has such a high market capitalization, and it is not entirely dependent on Marvel, but Marvel plays a large role, which is undeniable.

However, Marvel, which was extremely brilliant in later generations, is now very down.

A few years ago, Marvel was acquired by billionaire Pereman for $85 million, and now Marvel's assets are below $85 million.

Marvel of the original time and space, in 1996, filed for bankruptcy, and now it is 1995, and Marvel will go bankrupt in less than a year, you can know how bad Marvel's situation is.

Pereman, the boss of Marvel, must be in pain now, but Xu Qing is happy now, and Marvel's downfall has given him the opportunity to acquire.

Xu Qing wants Sunlight Film and Television Company to acquire Marvel Company, and the reason why Marvel Company is so famous in later generations is largely because of Marvel movies.

Marvel was half-dead before the movie exploded, and then released "X-Men" and "Spider-Man", two hugely successful movies.

This opened the road to the glory of Marvel movies, and Marvel's various heroes and characters were also well-known to the world.

Sunlight Films is a medium-level film and television company, and it has the ability to make some Marvel movies with not so many special effects.

Sunlight can make good use of Marvel heroes, and Marvel heroes can use it to expand their influence, and the two complement each other.

After listening to Xu Qing's words, Willy thought about it for a while, he also knew Marvel, and he had read a lot of Marvel comics, and he liked it a lot.

However, he had reservations about Xu Qing's statement that Marvel movies would be a big success, and Marvel had made several movies, but without exception, they all suffered big losses.

It has become a Hollywood norm that Marvel heroes are not suitable for making movies.

Willie asked Xu Qing his question, although Xu Qing is the big boss, if Xu Qing must let Sunlight Film and Television buy Marvel, he will definitely implement it seriously.

But to raise his own questions, it is his duty as the general manager of Sunlight Film and Television, and he must do so.

Xu Qing appreciated Willy's questioning behavior, he didn't want his subordinates to be people who would only listen to orders, he was not a god, he would definitely make mistakes, he needed to be questioned by others.

But why Xu Qing has confidence in making Marvel heroes into movies, Xu Qing is not easy to explain to Willy.

There are too many examples of Marvel's previous failures, and after thinking about it for a while, Xu Qing explained with a very powerful reason:

"Marvel's current acquisition price is up to $50 million, and Sunlight Film and Television is not bad for money, even if Marvel fails, it will not affect the development of Sunlight Film and Television. ”

Willie's strong reason for Xu Qing can't be said, Xu Qing is right, now Sunlight Film and Television is not bad for money, with hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and more than $1 billion in assets.

Buying a Marvel with assets of less than $50 million is more than enough.

Willie wanted to say that it was not such a waste to have money, but after thinking that after the extraordinary company went public, Xu Qing's net worth had exceeded $5 billion, which was worth 100 Marvel companies.

However, Willy's mood had not calmed down, and Xu Qing said another piece of information that made his eggs hurt.

Xu Qing wants to buy DC Comics!

DC Comics itself is nothing, its assets are even less than Marvel's, and it costs $50 million to acquire Marvel anyway, and it doesn't care about spending tens of millions more dollars to acquire DC Comics.

But what hurts Willie is that the parent company of DC Comics is Time Warner Group, that is, the parent company of Warner Bros.

It can be said that DC Comics and Warner Bros. are related by blood.

And the relationship between Warner Bros. and sunlight Film and Television is very bad, Xu Qing wants sunlight Film and Television to acquire DC Comics, won't Warner Bros. object?

Of course, Xu Qing knows the relationship between DC Comics and Warner Bros., and also knows that Sunlight Films' acquisition of DC Comics is likely to be opposed by Warner Bros.

But Xu Qing also covets DC Comics very much, and the later DC Comics Superman, Flash, Green Arrow, Batman, Wonder Woman and other heroic characters are no less famous than Marvel's heroic characters.

These heroic characters are a cornucopia, how can Xu Qing not be tempted.

And in order to avoid the situation of Marvel fans and DC Comics fans tearing apart* in the future, Xu Qing felt that it was necessary for him to integrate the two of them together.

They all belong to sunlight film and television, and they can't be torn up if they want to.

Xu Qing knew the difficulty of acquiring DC Comics, so he asked Willy to find a third-party company first to test whether Time Warner Group had any intention of selling DC Comics.

If there is, it can be acquired by a third-party company, and then Sunlight Film and Television can acquire it from a third-party company.

This method of resale is found in commercial markets all over the world.

Time Warner also can't use contracts to restrict third-party companies from selling DC Comics to other companies.

Although the process is a little more cumbersome, it is better than not being able to acquire.

If Sunlight Film and Television successfully acquires these two companies, in the next few years, Sunlight Film and Television will grow at least several times, and Xu Qing is thinking about whether to integrate Sunlight Film and Television and become a group company.

After thinking about it, I felt that it was not appropriate now, and the Sunlight Group originally had 3 subsidiaries, Sunlight Newspaper, Sunlight Film and Television, and Sunlight Publishing House.

Sunlight Newspaper has been integrated by Xu Qing into the Future Group, and if Sunlight Film and Television are also integrated, the Sunlight Group will be the commander of the light pole.

Xu Qing's thoughts Willy didn't know, at this time he was thinking about the feasibility of changing hands, and after thinking for a while, he felt that the probability of success was very high.

Hey, it's good if the boss has money, and I don't need other reasons to buy a company, I have money and willfulness, and it doesn't matter if the acquired company fails.

Xu Qing asked Willy to buy Marvel and DC Comics as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

After all, Xu Qing's big butterfly has been able to initially affect the course of history, and Xu Qing doesn't know if the comics and DC comics of this era will go bankrupt and be acquired by other companies.

Willy immediately promised Xu Qing that he would buy it as soon as possible, Xu Qing was very confident in Willy's guarantee, maybe Willy was not so smart, but the execution of Xu Qing's orders had always been very efficient.

This is also the reason why Xu Qing is relieved to let Willy buy those two companies, rather than Xu Qing to buy them himself.

After talking to Willy, Xu Qing met with other managers and employees of sunlight film and television, and he hadn't come to sunlight film and television for a long time, Xu Qing needed to try his presence first.

After the display, Xu Qing left Sunlight Film and Television and went back to the villa for dinner.