"David, I hope to hear a satisfying result today. Coming to Goldman Sachs again, Zhang Fan looked at David Lawrence with a smile on his face, and felt in his heart that this time it was estimated that there was a result.

Sure enough, David Lawrence confidently took out a business plan and handed it to Zhang Fan: "Goldman Sachs' service is absolutely satisfactory to customers." Mr. Zhang only needs to pay 290 million US dollars, and we will buy you all the superheroes you need. ”

Zhang Fan pursed his lips after hearing this number, and directly put the copywriting in his hand on the table, "What about your company's commission?"

Investment banks are not angels, in fact, the people who have established themselves on Wall Street are all characters who don't mind putting two horns on their heads for money! They can't give love to others in vain, and any business needs to be charged, and it is a high fee.

"A commission of $30 million is enough. "For Goldman Sachs, this is a small and difficult project. Naturally, they would not scare Zhang Fan away with a desperate price. For them, it is even more important to develop Zhang Fan into their own customer.

In general, Goldman Sachs charges a commission of about 10 to 40 percent of the total price, depending on the amount and difficulty. Another extremely important means of making money for investment banks is to conduct IPOs for other companies.

In this era, everyone knows that listing and financing is an extremely convenient way to gather funds. However, it is very difficult to go public, and it is almost impossible to succeed without a relationship with the channel, without sufficient funds and channels. And investment banks like Goldman Sachs have such strength.

After signing a contract with a company that is going to go public, they began to speculate on a large scale, thus blowing up the value of the stock of the listed company.

And a big reason why investment banks work so hard is that they own the original stock as compensation. After the price was blown up, these investment banks made a lot of money by selling the original stocks.

These investment banks that do financial derivatives are definitely not angels. Zhang Fan can see this very clearly.

"David. Zhang Fan sighed lightly and looked at David Lawrence, "You can also see that I didn't come here with lawyers and accountants. This is because I don't want to waste my precious time on bargaining bit by bit. ”

David Lawrence's face finally became solemn, and he could feel Zhang Fan's seriousness.

"I don't want to spend my time negotiating, so I ask that if you can do it, we'll sign a contract. If I can't accept it, then I'll go to someone else. Zhang Fan put down the teacup in his hand, his face calm, "It's that simple." ”

"Mr. Zhang. David Lawrence also got serious: "What is your real request?" ”

"Goldman Sachs helped me get the rights to the film adaptation of the Marvel superheroes that I wanted. Zhang Fan said his plan: "The purchase price is within $250 million, and I am willing to pay Goldman Sachs a commission of $30 million." Within $200 million, $40 million in commissions. If it can be compressed to less than $150 million, I am willing to pay Goldman Sachs $50 million in commissions. ”

"Mr. Zhang. David Lawrence's face was heavy, and he frowned, "This price is too low." ”

"If it's not difficult, why should I come to Goldman Sachs?" Zhang Fan said with a smile, "If you can buy it easily, I'll just go directly to Marvel." There is no need to trouble Goldman Sachs. ”

"Mr. Zhang. "David Lawrence is not complacent about Zhang Fan's flattery" As far as I know, since Warner filmed Batman, the night knight was a big success, Marvel has been thinking about making its own superhero movie. It's very difficult to get them to sell superhero rights. ”

"I said it. Zhang Fan responded with an unchanged expression, "If it weren't for the difficulty, I wouldn't have come to Goldman Sachs." ”

Since the nineties, superhero movies have been in decline with the decline of the comic book industry. DC's Batman and Superman lost one film, so that Marvel didn't dare to think about making its own live-action movie.

That is, after the success of Batman's Night Knight activity, this backwater only had a trace of fluctuations. Let Marvel's ambitions gradually swell.

It's just that compared to the superpowers of DC superheroes, which can be easily displayed on the screen, Marvel's superheroes need to spend a huge amount of money on computer special effects technology if they want to appear on the big screen. With Marvel's tight business situation at this time, they simply can't come up with so much money.

As for the major Hollywood companies, they have money. But now the market is just improving, and many companies are still in the demonstration stage, and no one has yet contacted Marvel.

This is also Zhang Fan's last chance, once the Hollywood giants and Marvel begin to contact and negotiate the acquisition of superhero character movie rights, then Zhang Fan, an outsider, will definitely not have the slightest chance at all.

Therefore, the true value of Marvel superheroes is not shown now, and the price to buy them is actually not that high. Goldman Sachs also knows this, and the reason why it bites on is just to make more.

Zhang Fan also gave an ultimatum, it is this price, if you can win it, then we will sign a contract to do it. If it doesn't work, then I'll go find someone else.

For an investment bank like Goldman Sachs, this kind of door-to-door and intractable business is simply intolerable if it is launched.

After pondering for a moment, David Lawrence nodded vigorously, "Yes, just do as Mr. Zhang asks." ”

The next thing is simple, the two parties sign a formal contract. Zhang Fan entrusted Goldman Sachs to buy the film adaptation rights of superheroes such as the Avengers, X-Men, and Spider-Man from Marvel.

After the contract was signed, Zhang Fan paid $100 million to Goldman Sachs, and the rest of the funds will be paid after the final results are known. Both parties agree that a specific commission will be paid extra.

It seems that Zhang Fan spent a lot of money to buy the adaptation rights of these superheroes, and he couldn't get the income immediately, and he had to pay high commissions and loan interest. It looks like you've suffered a big loss. But Zhang Fan knows very well how much frenzy these superheroes will set off once they are really put on the screen, and how much income they can bring to themselves!

After doing these things, Zhang Fan boarded the plane to Huaxia without stopping at all. The family of gold powder over there has officially started filming, but he, the leading actor, has not yet arrived.

"Congratulations. "Came to the set to change into costumes, Lin Yueqing, who had not been seen for a long time, came to Zhang Fan in a beautiful dress from the Republic of China and won the Oscar. ”

"Thank you. Zhang Fan looked at the beautiful girl in front of him with a smile, "Doesn't it sound sincere?"

"Hmph. Lin Yueqing raised her chin slightly, pouted and looked at Zhang Fan, "Why didn't you let me go to the Oscars? You had a lot of fun with that beautiful agent." ”

The events at the Oscars have already been broadcast to the world through television, and industry insiders like Lin Yueqing must watch it. Naturally, I saw the intimate interaction between Zhang Fan and Li Ruhui.

"Next time. I'll be with you next time. At this time, Zhang Fan has nothing to say, he doesn't need to explain, and it is the best choice to appease him directly in this way.

After making a lot of promises, Zhang Fan finally appeased Lin Yueqing. Then came the hectic work of shooting.

Zhang Fan didn't be the director of this TV series, he really couldn't find time to get this. Fortunately, there is a perfect script, as long as you shoot according to the above requirements.

And the director this time is also an acquaintance, Xue Kai, who was filming Fairy Sword before, finally became a TV series director. Before the start of Xianjian, the director, who previously specialized in shooting commercials, had signed a contract with Zhang Fan's company. This time it can be regarded as the fertilizer water does not flow into the fields of outsiders.

Zhang Fan has already considered the future work arrangement, and the identity of the actor will be used in Asia. When you go to Hollywood, you come forward as an investor and director. After all, in the Caucasian world, it is not difficult for Zhang Fan to play the leading role, but it is almost impossible to get the approval of those Caucasians.

It's like a costume monster film shot by a certain director in China, after finding a white actor as the starring role, how many viewers really agree? This kind of thing is the same on the Hollywood side. It's barely acceptable to play a supporting role, but it's definitely not okay to play a leading role. With Zhang Fan's identity at this time, how could he play a supporting role.

The family of gold powder, this film mainly tells the love story between a man and two women. Other Republic of China atmosphere, family disputes, all kinds of intrigues and even the general trend of the world are just backgrounds. Only the interaction between the protagonists, one man and two women, is the core.

Since Zhang Fan is the leading actor, he must be playing the rich boy Jin Yanxi, who lives a rich life and doesn't know the real hardship. And Lin Yueqing accepted Zhang Fan's suggestion and played a supporting actress like Bai Xiuzhu.

said that she was a supporting actress, but in fact her role was not much worse than that of the heroine. And such a breakthrough role will be very helpful to her future acting growth.

As for the female lead in this TV series, it is played by Tang Yumo, who played Lin Yueru in the previous fairy sword. This is the decision of the TV series preparation team, and it has nothing to do with Zhang Fan. After all, Zhang Fan's main focus was on the United States at that time. And with the continuous expansion of his career, it is impossible for Zhang Fan to always resist everything on himself.

He didn't have the energy and perseverance of Napoleon, and it was best to leave professional things to professional people.

Of course, there will certainly be no shady casting in terms of casting. Zhang Fan will never tolerate this kind of thing. With Chen Guozhong and Cheng Qu watching, Zhang Fan is very relieved about domestic affairs.

The reason given by the preparatory team is also very simple, after passing through the fairy sword, Tang Yumo's fame has risen significantly, and there is absolutely no problem with playing the female number one of the gold powder family. And her image and temperament are also very suitable for the role of Leng Qingqiu.

In addition, there is another important reason that the main actors of Xianjian, who have created a miracle in ratings, are reunited in a new drama, which will definitely attract great attention and topicality. That's what any work needs.