In a restaurant in Beiping City, Zhang Ran sat opposite Zhang Ziyi and her boyfriend Ivy Nivo, chatting about movie-related topics in a relaxed manner. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

A week has passed, in this week, the box office of "Mei Lanfang" starring Zhang Ziyi successfully exceeded 100 million, and Ning Hao's "Crazy Racing" had a double harvest at the box office, and in the laughter of the audience, it made a good start with a score of 64.53 million in the first week;

As soon as Zhang Ran returned to Beiping, he received another call from Zhang Ziyi, saying that he wanted to invite him to dinner. Recently, Zhang Ziyi was filming "Very Perfect", this drama was invested by the pinnacle of the century, and Zhang Ran's students participated, Zhang Ran also wanted to understand the situation, so he agreed.

After chatting about the filming for a while, Zhang Ran joked with Zhang Ziyi: "When I arrived at the crew in the afternoon, someone said to me, you often bully Bai Ling in the crew, is it true?"

"Very Perfect" female number two star Wang Jingjing is a very scheming character, snatched the heroine's fiancé, and calculated the other party everywhere, according to Zhang Ziyi's original idea, the first choice was Fan Binbin, but at that time, Fan Binbin was trained in the United States, and even Rong Xinda didn't know where Fan Binbin went. Zhang Ziyi couldn't be contacted, so she could only find other actors, but Li Binbin and Zhou Xun wanted to play Ding Sheng's "The Wind", Zhang Jingchu had to be busy with Zhang Ran's new play, and Xu Jinglei and Zhao Wei were not suitable, so they finally found the popular little flower Bai Ling.

Zhang Ziyi knew that Zhang Ran was joking, but she still called out to hit the sky: "Which tongue is this! Bai Ling is your proud disciple, how dare I bully her, and she is very cute and popular, we all like her very much." Bai Ling is the kind of girl who is soft and weak, and the contrast with Wang Jingjing is very big, I really didn't expect her to act so well, she is worthy of being your student, she is really good!"

Zhang Ran shook his head lightly and said: "Bai Ling's explosive power is still a little worse, and he still needs to practice again!" He glanced at Zhang Ziyi and said: "I watched your play in the afternoon, and I feel that you acted a little hard, and the effect of acting in literary and action movies in this state is very good, and acting in comedy is not relaxed enough, and it is a little too violent, and it is the same when Gong Li played "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance"!"

If someone else said this, Zhang Ziyi's eyes would have rolled to the sky, but when Zhang Ran said this, not only was she not unhappy, but said with a smile: "I know, but no one guides me, director, when will we work together again, you guide me!"

Zhang Ran has absolute trust in Zhang Ziyi's ability: "If you have the opportunity, you must cooperate!"

The two kept chatting about the movie, and Ivy Nivo next to him couldn't interject at all, although he has been in China for the last two months, he has not been involved in the matter of "Very Perfect". It wasn't until Zhang Ran and Zhang Ziyi pressed the conversation that Ivey Nivo spoke: "Mr. Zhang, last time you were in New York, you met Marvel CEO Echo Permatt, right?"

Zhang Ran laughed: "What, do you know Mr. Echo Permatt?"

In order to show his connections, Ive-Nivo exaggerated the situation and said: "We are both Jews, and we have some dealings with each other, but we don't know each other very well. But he has a good relationship with my father's good friend, Mr. Arnone Milkan, who you should have heard of as the producer of movies like "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and also produced the Marvel movies "Daredevil and Erica!"

Zhang Ran was slightly stunned when he heard Arnhorne-Milkan, this person is indeed a famous producer in Hollywood, but he also has another identity, that is, an Israeli spy, who is mainly responsible for collecting intelligence on nuclear weapons in the United States, and is a legendary figure. He couldn't help but look at Ive-Nivo, this guy can't be a spy too, right?

It is estimated that Ivey Ny's Wo relatives and Arnhorn Milkan are both spies, so they take special care of Ivey Nyvo.

Anyway, this Ive-Nivo identity is a bit complicated, so it's better to have less contact!

Zhang Ran said noncommittally "um", and said lightly: "I see!"

Seeing that Zhang Ran's attitude was a little cold, Ivy Nivo smiled disapprovingly: "Now Marvel is recycling the copyright of the comics, and it is very difficult to get the copyright from them. But it's not the same with Arnhorne Milkan, I can help you guys get some good superheroes from Marvel!"

Help me match up and take Marvel's superheroes?Zhang Ran said with a smile: "Weiwei, you don't need to be a matchmaker for Marvel's affairs, we have already negotiated with Marvel!"

"Wouldn't it?" Ivy Nivo was a little sore, he stayed in Peking for two months, he didn't expect this to be the result, he took a sip of the teacup and said depressedly: "Which Marvel role did you take?"

Zhang Ran chuckled: "It's not about which role to win, we took down the entire Marvel." ”

Avi Nivo was drinking tea, and when he heard this, he suddenly breathed, and the whole person was choked and coughed violently, and the tea sprayed Zhang Ziyi beside him.

Zhang Ziyi screamed, picked up the towel on the table and wiped it, and saw that Ivy Nivo couldn't stop coughing, so she patted him behind his back: "You said that you are such a big person, you are choked on drinking water!"

Ivy Nivo was choked half to death by Zhang Ziyi, choking out tears, and it took a while to come to his senses: "Buying Marvel, are you kidding?

Zhang Ran looked at Ivy Nivo and said lightly, "Why is it impossible?"

Ivy Nivo was still a little incredulous: "It's true?"

Zhang Ran smiled lightly: "It's true, you can see the news in two days!"

Ivy Nivo opened his mouth to say something, but in the end nothing came out. He wanted to cooperate with Zhang Ran, but now he has no cards to play at all. He hung his head in despair, his two months of hard work were in vain!

Sure enough, as Zhang Ran said, two days later, Century Summit announced in the United States that the company had completed the acquisition of Marvel for $4.3 billion, thus gaining ownership of Spider-Man, Iron Man and more than 5,000 other comic book characters.

Both the Boards of Directors of Century Summit and Marvel have approved the deal, which is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions under U.S. law. However, this transaction does not involve a monopoly, and there are no irregularities, and there will be no problems in approval.

According to the agreement, the transaction funds will be paid in the form of cash and shares. After the completion of the acquisition, Marvel will become one of the brands under the pinnacle of the century, just like Netflix, Golden Harvest and Summit Entertainment.

Marvel CEO Eco Permatt said he will continue to be responsible for the Marvel business and report to Century Summit CEO Rhett Wool. For the company's main business after the acquisition, Acco Permatt is full of confidence: "I firmly believe that Marvel will be well integrated into the Peak family, and after joining Peak Century, Marvel can better enter the Asian market and provide new opportunities for Marvel in movies, television, interactive media, theme parks, consumer products, etc." ”

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Wu Ruide said that this deal can help Century Summit increase revenue and profitability, can solve the problem of loss of Pescard stores, and help Marvel movies and characters enter the Asian market and China, in the next ten years, Century Summit will build three to five Marvel-based theme parks in China, in addition to a series of Marvel-themed parks in Asia, Europe, and the United States.

After the news of Peak Century's acquisition of Marvel spread, it immediately caused heated discussions in the United States, especially on the Internet, which immediately became the hottest event.

"Wow, Zhang Ran actually bought Marvel? He's so rich!"

"Zhang Ran's acquisition of Marvel does it mean that he will personally direct a Marvel movie. Nolan's "Batman" is too classic, the only one who can exclude the same level is probably Zhang Ran, looking forward to Zhang Ran's version of the superhero!"

"I don't think Zhang Ran will be able to shoot Marvel's superheroes, right?

"But Zhang Ran bought Marvel, he should be a super fan of Marvel!

"Although Zhang Ran is a director, he is also a businessman, and I am sure that I bought it when I saw Marvel making money. ”

"I love the idea of building a Marvel theme park at the pinnacle of the century, the Avengers come together, and superheroes like Iron Man and Spider-Man all appear, wow, how cool that is, I can't wait!"

Although Zhang Ran has a good image in the United States, is a self-made hero in the eyes of many people, and he has made a large donation in the United States in the past two months, Marvel is the childhood of many Americans, a fond memory of the past, and now it is acquired by a Chinese company, which still causes disgust among some Americans, especially those white supremacists.

On Fly, a man named Alan Smith suddenly posted a picture, turning the American flag P on Captain America into a five-star red flag, and Captain America said with a lewd smile: "Please call me Captain China in the future!" Next to the picture, Alan Smith commented sadly: "The Chinese have bought our future, this is too bad!"

This message has received tens of thousands of likes and tens of thousands of retweets in a very short period of time, and many extremists have even called on Chinese to go back to China.

"I will never read Marvel Comics again, and I will support DC Comics in the future!"

"The Chinese took our jobs, and now they are taking the money they earned from us and are going to buy our most precious things!"

"These businessmen are so shameful, they can sell anything for money! America is finished, our future is over!"

The U.S. media and investment institutions are very optimistic about the acquisition, and most of the comments given are positive.

Gerhard Fasoor, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, said of the acquisition: "Marvel's value has not yet been fully discovered, and the success of Iron Man is just the beginning. Now is the best time to buy Marvel, as Marvel's valuation is still quite low. ”

Fasol added: "For Peak Soft, the company wants more content, and the acquisition of Marvel will bring more content to it. On the other hand, through the network and channels of the peak of the century, Marvel can better enter the Chinese and Asian markets and expand its influence!"

Sean McGown, an analyst at investment agency NC, pointed out: "Marvel is a company with a large intellectual property portfolio and a very large industrial chain, while Century Summit is in the United States and has a very complete channel throughout Asia, and the combination of the two is the perfect combination of channel and content, which I believe will greatly improve the performance of both parties." ”

Tony Whitber, an analyst at JMS S in the United States, said: "Last year, Zhang Ran promised not to close Pestell's stores when he bought Netflix, and in this year, Netflix has grown by leaps and bounds in the streaming field, doubling its market value, but the store business has performed poorly, with losses reaching more than $20 million." Without closing the store and laying off employees, the company can only find a new way out, and Zhang Ran wants to make Peskind transform into a movie derivatives experience store, which is an unprecedented attempt, what the final result is, let's see while walking!"