Megan said: "Why not? Last time you got drunk and said that if you have money, you will buy Marvel, and in the future, our film company will not have to worry about having no themes and stories, and Marvel is a treasure trove of themes and stories." ”

Mark wondered, "I said that?"

Megan said: "Of course, drink and spit the truth. ”

Mark said: "Marvel is a treasure trove, but we don't have money to buy it, we have money relative to ordinary people, for Marvel there is no billion, we can't take it, compared to the billions and eight billion people at every turn, we are still poor." ”

Megan said: "I just want to ask you, is Marvel worth buying, do you have a way to turn Marvel into treasure?"

Mark said: "You seem to have a way to get the money to buy Marvel?"

Meghan said confidently: "Yes, when I invited you to join, I said that I would be responsible for the funds, and we can make the cake bigger together." ”

Mark said, "How?"

Meghan said: "The rich people in our country actually almost rely on borrowing to get by, like Disney, Warner, Paramount, why are they developing so fast? They also use this trick, their debt is almost between 50 and 60 percent, and many companies want to do this, the problem is that they can't borrow money, and if they can borrow, they will also dilute their equity, but we don't have this problem." ”

"I don't really want to beg Sophie every time, even though she'll help me," Mark said. ”

Meghan said: "You don't need to go out this time, I'm in charge, David and I have our own trust fund, of course, the main component of it is the equity of Oracle, you can't take it out, but you can pledge, this has to persuade Larry to agree, I will persuade him to agree, and guarantee our loan, we will raise 800 million US dollars this time, and after winning Marvel in one fell swoop, we will invest in a fund rectification, you have to assure me that you have a way to make a blockbuster superhero movie, not a burden that I bought back for us." ”

Thinking about Marvel, Mark drools, "Iron Man", "Captain America", "Thor", "The Avengers" , Any series, the value is not below a billion, the next ten years, almost the world of Marvel, before Mark was a slander, but he knew that it was not something he could touch, the market value was more than one billion, and it depended on the billion-dollar tycoon Logan Perelman who refused to sell, because he had an absolute controlling stake, not money, and could be forcibly hostile takeover, Mark never thought that he would be so close to him, he asked: "Now "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" It's a big hit, Marvel is generally optimistic, will Perelman be willing to sell it?"

Meghan said: "There are also "Hulk" and "Daredevil " pounced, there are too many variables in the film market, superhero movies are not a panacea, "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" sold well, so that their stock price nearly doubled, before that, their market value was only about 500 million, but "Hulk" and "Daredevil " pounced, so that investors become cautious and calm, and they no longer blindly pursue this stock. ”

The two of them were talking about it over afternoon tea, and after a cup of coffee, before they could say anything, Mark made the coffee and asked Billy to inform Nick to take over.

Billy was almost fired because he went to the toilet last time at a critical moment, which made Mark embarrassed, and now he is at work, and he does not dare to leave Mark's side for a moment, and he is ready to be called at any time.

Mark said: "That Marvel tycoon is a person who is more than a ghost, he wants to sell water as oil, and he is not short of money, can you convince him to sell Marvel?"

Meghan: "I think Uncle Perelman is not short of money, this is just the opinion of people who are not familiar with him, he has a net worth of two or three billion, but he also has a lot of debts, since he took over Revlon, he has tossed a company with a market value of tens of billions into four or five billion, his pressure is greater than anyone else, don't you see that he is bald? This is all sad?"

Mark was skeptical: "Are you sure that his wife and lover are married and exchanged one after another." ”

Megan said: "He is superficial, Revlon and Marvel have become his burden, and he has to rely on his blood transfusion to maintain it a few years ago, haven't you seen his ranking in Forbes decline again and again? In the Internet technology bubble in the past few years, he lost a lot of money, some people say 300 million, some say 500 million, anyway, the amount is huge, he owes money from several major banks, and the interest alone makes him miserable, and they are now trying to raise funds to make "Iron Man" , but no film company is willing to invest, and the bank is unwilling to lend, and he also lobbied us MM to invest, but I also refused. ”

Mark was surprised: "This tycoon can't even come up with 100 million production funds?"

Megan said: "If you smash the pot and sell iron, it should be possible, but investing in movies is too risky, and the movies that Marvel has invested in in the past have all failed, which makes them cautious, if they cooperate with giant companies, they have nothing to make money, and now they are in a dilemma." ”

Mark said: "It's really superficial, how should we convince him to sell Marvel?"

Meghan said: "I will be in charge of lobbying, if necessary, I can ask Larry and Sophia to come out, especially Sophia, Revlon Group owes a lot of money to Citibank, what we need to do now is to write a plan to impress Larry and get him to agree to me to use the money from the trust fund for mortgages." ”

Mark's heart is as warm as a fire, for the first time, he feels that Ramegan joins the gang, it is a choice that he will not regret, and now this is the real cake bigger, if you rely on Sophia, it is no problem to borrow tens of millions, but if you are hundreds of millions, the problem is big, like now, knowing that Marvel is a big fat meat, but you can't start, but for Meghan, it is very operable, she is one of the heirs of Oracle with a market value of more than 200 billion, and the bank will think that she has no ability to repay? As long as there is a mortgage, she is not afraid of not being able to borrow.

Mark said excitedly: "I am in charge of the plan, and I will lobby Sophia to seek her support." ”

Meghan bumped her fist with him and said, "I'll fly to San Francisco right away to lobby Larry." ”

Mark handed a document to Meghan and said, "Here is a list of some of the scripts that I am more optimistic about, and now that the company has the money, it must build its own script library, and the screenwriting department must be expanded, and we must train our own screenwriting team." ”

Meghan said: "OK!" Since "The Hangover" and "Love Notes", Megan no longer questions Mark's vision, and in this regard, she has always listened to Mark.

According to the old contract signed between the Screenwriters Guild and the Producers Guild in 2001, the six major Hollywood studios (Warner, Disney, Paramount, Sony, Fox, Universal) The minimum fee for an original movie script is $106,000, and the price offered by major TV networks for TV scripts is about $21,000 per episode for prime-time comedies and $31,000 per episode for prime-time dramas. Many screenwriters actually earn far more than that, with major studios paying at least $1 million for movie scripts and well-known screenwriters earning more than $4 million for movie scripts.

However, this does not mean that professional screenwriters in the United States are all "rich", in fact, there are still many screenwriters whose income is only enough to make a living, and there are many novice screenwriters who can only earn less than 30,000 US dollars a year. The Screenwriters Association of the United States said that 48% of the members of its West Coast branch are often unemployed, which also means that it is not difficult for MM to recruit people, and Mark is now relying on the advantage of foresight to collect a large number of high-quality scripts under its umbrella and enrich his script library.

Mark also personally wrote several story outlines, and made his screenwriting department polish and turn them into dramas, which are all preparing for the company's next big work.

Now that Mark is back in the crew, the most painful thing is Xiao Lizi, Mark is hospitalized, the happiest is Xiao Lizi, he even has a party to celebrate, of course, the theme does not dare to write to celebrate Mark's hospitalization, but to write about the carnival night, if you find Hollywood that does not take Xiao Li in his eyes, Mark should be the first, in front of Xiao Lizi, this is bigger than James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Wood Allen, these big names will not be like Mark, they don't use stand-ins at every turn, at first it was an action scene, and then all the scenes let the stand-in.

That day, Xiao Lizi took a half-day off, Mark happily approved, and the progress was not pulled down at all, the scenes were filmed by stand-ins, and Xiao Lizi's countermeasures against him also seemed ridiculous, Mark Gentai didn't care if he acted well or not, whether he was good or not, if he was too good, if he was bad, he would take pictures, not if he would take pictures, this almost made Xiao Lizi crazy, filming for so long, it was the first time that people were so tormented, Mark was smashing his signboard of Mr. 20 million.

Fortunately, Mark was sick, and the crew was taken over by Nick, Nick didn't dare to be as arrogant as Mark, he followed the rules and did everything with Xiao Lizi, which made Xiao Lizi recover a lot of Mr. 20 million self-esteem, but unfortunately it was only three days, and Mark went to work three days later, and everything returned to the old view, he was lamenting: "How can Mark's illness get better so quickly, and he will have to live a hard life again." ”

He had listened to Mark and Nick privately discuss: "Please Xiao Lizi is just for his fame and face, as for the rest, who cares? As long as we use the banner of this guy, someone will pay for it, as for the bad acting, what does it matter to me as a director? Of course it's his fault, I will push everything on him." ”

Xiao Lizi knows why this guy is so arrogant, it turned out that he was playing this idea, no wonder he didn't care, this movie was not invested by him, he just got paid and dividends, what's the problem with making less money, and there is another point, if he doesn't act well, he doesn't necessarily not sell well, superhero blockbusters have always been based on big scenes and special effects, as for appreciating acting skills, look for literary films.