"No, no, no, I don't have any requirements, I just really want to be able to participate in a fair and open auction in the next four points of AOL Time Warner...... Nothing more. Sid smiled and shook himself off, and raised his hands to say that he just wanted an open and fair bid.

Carl Icahn scoffed at this, while Steve Keys didn't dare to take it lightly and asked, "So what are you more interested in?"

Sid pulled a thin colored book out of his briefcase and pushed it in front of them with a smile on his face.

It was an American comic book, and it was a very old American comic book, and Steve Keys took a look at it, and his eyelids jumped: "Sid, you're not ...... This, no, really...... No—"

Steve Case's life is like a maiden woman who has been forced to hide, shaking her head and constantly objecting, the scene is extremely interesting, while Carl Icahn on the side glances at the comic book that Sid has placed on the table, and can't help but be surprised.

That comic is the first comic book in history to appear in Superman, and everyone knows what Superman means - DC Comics!

Even Carl Icahn knows how important the subsidiary that joined Time Warner since the '60s is to the Warners guys.

It can even be said that they can sell New Line Pictures, but DC?

In fact, when it comes to DC, we have to mention their grievances and hatred with their old enemies Marvel.

Marvel, as a giant in the comic book industry founded in 1939, was actually quite unsmooth in the early days of its creation, because it was founded 6 years later than its old rival DC, so it was targeted everywhere in the early days.

And the superheroes created early in the morning are far less popular than Superman and Batman, and it was not until Captain America in World War II that Marvel tasted the sweetness of profitability for the first time.

After that, it was actually DC who took the lead in creating the first superhero league in history, "Justice League", and when the DC boss played golf, he showed off his superhero team concept to the then Marvel boss Goodman.

The Marvel boss directly promoted Stan Lee to create Marvel's first superhero team "Fantastic Four", and then "The Avengers" and "X-Men" were also created one after another under Stan Lee's team, and then created the golden age of Marvel!

Under such an impact, in 1968, Marvel's comic book sales successfully surpassed DC and became the No.1 in the American comic industry.

Then, after DC's collapse, in 1984, it even faced bankruptcy for a time, and at that time, DC executives also threw an olive branch to Marvel, intending to sell DC to Marvel.

But at that time, Marvel's top management considered DC's characters to be a failure and worthless, and rejected the acquisition.

And what's interesting is that after this rejection, DC was ashamed and courageous, digging talented comic book writers and artists everywhere, and launched a large number of excellent comic works.

Like "Batman, The Dark Knight", "Watchmen", "V Vendetta Squad" and several other comics that are called masterpieces, they were all born in that era.

DC Comics' sales have skyrocketed, and in turn surpassed Marvel, and Marvel in the 8 and 90s happened to be in the years of operation and crazy expansion after Perelman's acquisition.

It wasn't until Sid sold and took over Marvel that Marvel ended his upside-down career.

But what's more interesting is that after Marvel went bankrupt in '96, before Sid made a move, DC also wanted to buy Marvel, but their executives finally decided that Marvel's decline could not prevent them from abandoning the acquisition plan.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to say whether Marvel would have turned over the day when the salted fish turned over.

But for DC, it has never been more than just a comic. Not to mention anything else, every year, just related animated movies, TV series, peripheral products, and the American drama "Superman Prequel", which just started on Warner TV last year, are all projects that can be carried out because of DC.

Although "Batman and Robin" a few years ago became an unprecedented poison that buried comic movies, causing the market to be afraid of comic movies, Batman and Superman's movies are still one of the most well-known movie series under Time Warner.

Coupled with the Superman and Batman feelings of the North American bankers, if Steve Keys goes back and says that he wants to sell DC, I am afraid that the executives of the Time Warner series will be able to fry the pot immediately, and it will be difficult for the board of directors to support him all.

"It's not something I can decide alone, Sid. Steve Case, of course, won't let it go.

"There is nothing impossible in this world, all you need is to make a condition that no one else can refuse. Sid smiled and picked up the "AOL Financial Fraud" evidence book, looked at Steve Keys and said, "And I think this is a very convincing condition." ”

Steve Keys looked at the cheap Sid with round eyes and gritted back molars, he was caught, Sid made it clear that he was going to threaten him with AOL false evidence.

"Also, you're not alone, and I think Carl will help you. Sid smiled and looked at Carl Icahn on the side, and when he saw the two of them looking at him, Carl Icahn immediately jumped up.

"Hey, what does this have to do with me. Carl Icahn waved his hand repeatedly, and although he and Steve Keys were now grasshoppers on a straw, it didn't mean that he was going to be a shield for others.

"Don't pretend, Carl. Sid smiled faintly, "It's just a financial fraud, what impact can it have on you? Or is the famous Wolf of Wall Street really afraid of Time Warner's gang?"

Of course, Carl Icahn can't be afraid of Time Warner, as in history, after Steve Case's resignation and Richard Parsons took power, he dared to enter Warner single-handedly, and almost staged a ruthless man who tore Time Warner apart.

And now that Carl Icahn has entered the board of directors of AOL Time Warner, he certainly will not be afraid of Time Warner.

But the question is never who cannot be offended, but what are the conditions for offending them?

Sid Shiran stretched out two fingers, and then looked at Carl Icahn with a smile, and the other party immediately understood what he meant, "200 million bids?"

Sid bought Marvel at that time, and its debt was only two or three hundred million US dollars, as a comic book "giant" with the same name as Marvel, DC's market value is actually about the same, after all, comics are only a niche thing now, and they can't even compare to publishing.

So Carl Icahn subconsciously thought Sid was a $200 million bid.