Marvel Comics is a comic giant in the United States with the same name as DC Comics, founded in 1939 and officially named Marvel Comics in 1961.

In the new century, Marvel Comics was on the verge of bankruptcy, and the top executive, Stan Lee, decided to sell the company for the sake of the company. When the news broke, it immediately caused a sensation.

And this major event that worries thousands of American comic fans finally ushered in a real hammer this week: Disney was originally the most powerful buyer, but when Disney President Jones Mitchell was hospitalized for some reason, the foreign film and television company Menghang came to the door, and in 2009, it directly merged Marvel Comics into its own at a high price of 3.5 billion US dollars, and renamed Marvel Comics, the two sides have officially completed the acquisition agreement, and at the moment when the real hammer fell, the entire American comic circle and the film industry were boiling. At the moment when the real hammer of the acquisition fell, everyone present also witnessed the historic moment when Marvel Comics became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dream Airlines. At present, part of Marvel Comics' business and the copyright of the retained characters have been successfully transferred to Menghang, which is definitely the hottest news of the year!

But only a week has passed since this news, and the copyrights of Marvel characters such as Daredevil Hero, Ghost Rider, Punisher, and Blade Warrior will have been fully recovered by Kevin Wright, vice president of Dream Voyage, and handed over to Marvel at twice the price when they were sold, so these Marvel characters who have been left behind have officially announced their homecoming!

It was also because of Menghang's action that on April 4, 2007, Friedrich filed a lawsuit with the Federal District Court in Illinois in the southern region of the United States against Marvel Enterprises and other companies claiming that the copyright of his Ghost Rider character was brought to an end by "joint speculation and conspiracy".

In fact, as early as the 7th and 80s of the last century, Marvel was already selling the rights to its superheroes, just to make more profits and ensure that companies with declining revenues could run better. However, during this period, it was actually a small fight, due to factors such as the imperfect American film technology and the low market demand at that time, which limited Marvel's profits by selling the copyright. It wasn't until 1998 that after Marvel's bankruptcy and reorganization, they ushered in the first real sale of copyrights.

That year, Marvel sold the rights to several sets of popular characters to several high-priced film companies, including Sony, Universal and 20th Century Fox, three major studios at the time. Later, Fox produced the "X-Men" series of movies, and Sony produced the "Spider-Man" game, both of which brought a lot of influence to the company. Although the Hulk was bought by Universal, Universal did not produce hero movies.

So the characters who have not returned to Marvel's arms so far are only Sony's little spiders, Universal's Hulk and 20th Century Fox's X-Men, Fantastic Four and Deadpool. As for Menghang is a certain will make great efforts to welcome these characters home, let's wait and see!

As the news of Dream Voyage's acquisition of Marvel Comics broke out on the Internet, it immediately caused a sensation in the East and West, and at the same time, it also made many people secretly sigh that the speed of Dream Voyage's rise is simply incomprehensible. Menghang acquired the European One Cinema Line before, and now it has acquired Marvel Comics for 3.5 billion US dollars, and they have only been in the United States for a few years, and they actually have such a family background.

Although the value of the US dollar has fallen after the economic crisis, even if it is 3.5 billion US dollars, it is more than 20 billion yuan. Billionaire, Ouyang Shaogong is respected as the richest man in China, which is really worthy of the name. However, as Shaogong's fame on the Internet became popular all the way again, his wife Liu Yifei became inexplicably popular, because she is the wife of a billionaire, a standard 10 billion broad, and her husband is famous, she will definitely be taken out for entertainment.

At this time, in the office of the president of Austin Dreamhang, Shao Gong looked at the reports on the Internet and said to Kevin, who was making tea: "Yes, you have taken back four roles in just seven days, Kevin, you have worked hard." ”

"BOSS, these reclaimed characters are actually the easiest, their use rights are about to expire, plus we recycle them at twice the price, they naturally won't refuse, after all, they have already exchanged these characters for benefits, and they can make another sum when they are about to return them, of course those people will not refuse. ”

Kevin smiled wryly: "But the next one, it's not so easy." ”

"I understand. ”

Shao Gong nodded: "Fox and Universal already don't like me, and if they go to the door to beg for it, they will definitely have to eat behind closed doors, and they will not be able to hang up their face." So I decided to go to Sony first and reclaim Spider-Man from the hard bones first. In the face of difficult bones, ordinary means will definitely not work, so this recycling needs profiteers, I have already sent Baran to Sony to talk about the recycling of Spider-Man's copyright, if the time is about the same, he will soon be able to meet the head of Sony Pictures 'Ichiro Hirata', and let him meet with the president of Sony headquarters in Japan 'Howard Stringer' through video. ”

Speaking of this, Shao Gong sneered: "In the early years, Japan's economy grew substantially, establishing its position as the world's second largest economy, while the US economy was going downhill and sluggish; due to Japan's defeat in World War II, many Japanese companies frantically acquired American companies for the sake of national pride, but many American companies were powerless to fight back.

Since owning a film production company was the dream of Akio Morita, back in the seventies he thought that if Sony had its own film library and tape library at that time, it could be released in Betamax format. So at that time, Akio Morita, one of the founders of Sony, set out to buy some small film production companies, established Sony Business, and officially entered the film circle of Magnesium Country.

However, because Sony is not good at shooting movies and TV series, Sony Pictures has been losing money, and this situation was not until 1997, when the Englishman Howard Stringer became the president and CEO of Sony Pictures, and turned film shooting into distribution, which stopped Sony Pictures' losses and turned into profits, and in November 2004, he joined hands with the headquarters to merge and acquire the historic MGM Pictures, which once gave Sony Pictures the strength of a veteran Hollywood company. It was this achievement that led Howard Stringer to become Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Representative Executive Officer, and member of the Board of Directors of Sony Corporation in June 2005. And during last year's economic crisis, Colombia was also acquired by Sony, which gave Sony two old Hollywood subsidiaries and instantly became the world's No. 1 film and television production company. ”

Due to the arrival of Shaogong, Sony did not acquire Colombia in the late eighties, but it still did not escape the correction of history, and was finally crushed by Sony's huge financial resources in 2008 during the economic crisis of the magnesium country.

"Sony has a lot of money and ambitions. We're going to take something out of their hands, and they're going to cut us a few pounds of flesh too. ”

Kevin sighed: "Although Dream Airlines and Sony are both large multinational companies, we are known to have the world's No. 1 cinema chain, and Sony is known as the world's No. 1 film and television company, this bone is very difficult to gnaw." ”

"That's why I need profiteers!"

Shao Gong said indifferently: "You are too upright, compared to playing tricks, Balang is much better than you." And ------" Speaking of this, Shao Gong's eyes flashed with coldness: "Who said that Sony has no weaknesses, I just have a sharp blade in my hand that can restrain them, if they really don't know how to lift, I won't mind showing them my means." At this time, Sony Pictures in Culver City, California, ushered in a fat man with a laptop bag, a pure white short-sleeved shirt on the upper body, a pair of blue cow pants on the lower body, and a pair of oversized sunglasses covering half of his face.

Baransim, one of the shareholders of Dream Air, is in charge of Dream Air's theater chain in the United States, but at this moment he was sent by Shaogong to negotiate with Sony Pictures about the recovery of Spider-Man's copyright.

After registering at the doorman's office, the receptionist quickly invited him to the office of the person in charge, Ichiro Hirata, and when Baro explained his intentions, Ichiro Hirata immediately put a smile on his face and contacted the headquarters via computer video.

After receiving the request for a video connection from Magnesium Country, Howard directly clicked on the video on the computer, and then saw Ichiro Hirata, who was smiling, smiling in English: "Hello President, today Menghang came to the company to discuss the copyright issue of Spider-Man on behalf of Mr. Baransim. I have no right to call the shots, so I have to bother the president. ”

looked at the fat man, Howard himself, who looked like a gentleman with glasses, was also a little happy, and said in a gentle voice: "Hello Mr. Barang, the name of Oudian himself is like thunder, I am Howard Stringer, the head of Sony, I have heard of President Ouyang's name but I have no chance to see it, I really regret it." But now seeing Mr. Balang is also equivalent to meeting President Ouyang, although we met online, but this is also a thousand miles of fate, isn't it?"

"Hello, Mr. Howard, I personally don't like to waste time, so let's get straight to the point. ”

"Uh, okay!"

To be honest, Howard is really not used to saying polite words, but he heard that Baransim likes to listen to people flattering him, so he also wants to express his kindness, but he didn't expect that he is now meeting Balang, who was accepted as a believer by Shaogong.

Seeing that the fat man was not smiling, Howard squinted his eyes and said: "I understand that Your Excellency is here, in fact, I was looking forward to this day at the same time as Menghang recovered the Marvel character, but I prefer to meet President Ouyang directly than Mr. Barang, even if it is thousands of miles away, but I am very happy to discuss on the Internet like you and me." ”

"No need, my boss is very busy, there is a lot of work to deal with, this time I came to the boss to entrust everything to me, I have the sovereignty to do. ”

Baransim waved his hand, took the cigar handed over by Ichiro Hirata, and after he lit it, he took a deep breath and leaned on the sofa, smiling ruffianly, and the hooligan momentum suddenly rose at this moment: "According to your agreement with Marvel Comics, the Spider-Man copyright was sold to Sony Pictures for twenty years, but you bought the Spider-Man game and movie rights, and promised to make Spider-Man into a movie or game." If it can't be done, Marvel Comics has the right to take back the copyright without waiting for the copyright to expire, but now Sony has only made a game for Spider-Man, and the movie has no arrangement at all. Now Marvel Comics has officially changed its name to Marvel, and although it has been acquired, your original agreement with Marvel Comics is still valid at Marvel.

After our discussions, Sony Pictures did not complete all of the original agreement, although it was only half completed, but it is not all, but for the sake of the extent that you have completed half of it, I will listen very carefully even if you put forward the conditions. As long as it's not too much, I'm okay, and my boss is okay. ”

"That's good. ”

Howard was not polite: "President Ouyang's Menghang is an equity concentration enterprise, and it has such strength without dividing the equity, if you choose to go public, I believe that the money accumulated in an instant will not be worse than Sony." But now Menghang has no plans to go public, and I heard that President Ouyang has no plans to list the company. So we Sony want to invest in Dream Airlines, we don't need too much, as long as 40% of the original shares, I believe this will not touch President Ouyang's bottom line, will definitely endanger President Ouyang's control of the company, if this thing happens, Sony will return all the copyrights of Spider-Man to Marvel for free, and invest four billion dollars in exchange for shares, how about it?"

"No, I can't. ”

Baransim waved his hand directly: "Menghang came to the magnesium country to buy 51% of the shares of Wright Company, and he did not lose any shares. But I took Oudian in exchange for 10% of the shares, Sony opened its mouth to ask for 40%, you and I will share half of the president's shares, which is absolutely not allowed for the president, even if he still has half of the right to speak, our president wants absolute control, can not let any factors affect the control of the enterprise. ”

"I naturally know that Mr. Balang owns 10%, but I also know that Mr. Balang will not betray President Ouyang, so even if we Sony own 40%, it will not pose a threat to President Ouyang's controlling position. And believe us, Sony's stake in Dream Air has no ambition to snatch the Dream Air's storytellers. ”

Howard smiled kindly: "The reason why Sony wants to invest in Menghang is completely because of the potential of Menghang, we believe that with Menghang, Sony's financial support, coupled with the incomparable talent of President Ouyang, we will definitely achieve a win-win situation." Hearing this, Balang suddenly smiled and said: "Before coming, the boss explained that I would get back all the copyrights of Spider-Man without spending a penny and selling half a share, and explained it to me, and I confidently agreed." So President Howard's conditions, I can't accept. ”

"Are you kidding me if you want to get back all the copyrights of Spider-Man without paying anything? If you are in such a state of mind, I can only express my regret that you sent away the guests. ”

Howard's face was cold, and Ichiro Hirata next to him also looked at this fat man with disdain, and said in his heart that this guy is not crazy.

"NO------NO------NO------ President Howard might as well listen to my advice. ”

Balang said indifferently: "Dream Airlines is headquartered in Asia, and its strength and power are the first in China, I believe that President Howard has no objection to this!"

Indeed, this is indeed true. ”

"The Asian Film Association includes three places across the Taiwan Strait, India and Thailand, all members have theaters in hand, and the rules stipulate that the theaters are shared, so the theater resources of the Asian Film Association plus the terrorist forces of Dream Airlines Cinemas can be called the first in the world, and you don't object to this!"

"Naturally, in terms of cinema resources alone, there is no company on the earth that can compete with Menghang, which is also a fact. ”

Howard nodded again: "What do you want to say, is it just because of this, do you want to take all the copyrights of Spider-Man from Sony without paying any price?"

"Of course not. ”

Balang showed a fool-like smile: "I want to say that you only know that our Menghang's cinema resources are the first in the world, but you don't know that our Menghang's intelligence agency is also the world's first!"

"Intelligence?"

Howard sarcastically said, "You think you're the FBI!"

"Intelligence is useful. ”

"According to our survey, since the economic crisis, this disaster has spread to the whole world, North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Although China is the least affected, Asia is not too small, especially Japan, especially Sony. As a pioneer in the fields of audio-visual, video games, communication products and information technology in the world, the pioneer of the earliest portable digital products, and one of the three giants of the world's largest electronic products and video game industry, Sony, I heard that your products had quality problems before. Now that I've been hit by the economic crisis again, I'm already losing money fast, right!"

"It's normal for business to have profits and losses, even if Sony is temporarily affected by the economic crisis, but Sony has strong financial resources, so that loss is nothing?"

Howard said confidently: "Sony has seen a lot of business storms, and the loss that Mr. Barang said is not a problem for us at all, and we can solve it with a little finger movement." ”

"Is it really nothing?"

Balang sneered, "I really don't think it's a small problem!"