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Under the management of Wall Street veteran Ron Pereman, Marvel Comics went public in 1991.

Relying on the listing of Marvel Comics, Ron Perreman naturally made a lot of money.

But Ron Perreman's appearance is too ugly - it would be enough to take the copyright of all the characters created by all the contracted cartoonists into the company in the form of a contract, but you Ron Perreman can let these cartoonists drink some soup with them, and at the very least, make them feel some hope. But Ron Perreman only raised the buyout price for these cartoonists a little.

Later, because of dissatisfaction with Ron Pereman's receipt of all the copyrights of all his contracted cartoonists in the form of a paper contract, some Marvel contracted cartoonists pressured Ron Perreman to change the contract, among which editor and cartoonist Nathan Burchel proposed that Marvel give up the one-time buyout of the copyright that had been implemented for half a century, and follow the example of DC Company to provide some cartoonists with guaranteed sharing contracts.

This demand, which was very unreasonable in the eyes of Ron Pereman, was clearly and seriously detrimental to the interests of the company, so it was categorically rejected by Ron Pereman.

Afterwards, many of Marvel's contracted cartoonists chose to protest against the company's domineering by collectively breaking off, but under the constraints of the contract, the matter could only be settled in the end.

But-

The contract is limited by a period of time, and later some Marvel comic artists would rather give up the follow-up creative rights of their previous works after the contract expired, and refused to continue to sign contracts with Marvel, and a group of star painters such as Jim Lee and McFarlane left Marvel to set up their own doors and established Impression Comics (Imageics), the third largest comic company in the industry.

The exodus of Marvel's cartoonists reached a high in the first half of 93, because the contracts of a large number of cartoonists expired in this year, in addition to Jim Lee, McFarlane and others who relied on personal relationships to actively attract expired cartoonists to join Impression Comics, including Marvel's old rival DC, and even the newly established publishing company such as Dark Horse Comics, are eyeing Marvel's big fat meat, as a result, although Marvel's senior management led by Ron Pereman has repeatedly raised the copyright buyout price, It is still difficult to stop the loss of a large number of signed cartoonists.

Learning from this lesson, after the first DreamWorks Group signed the acquisition agreement with the Goodman family for Marvel Comics, Xu Cun took Weng Hong, Huo Wenxi, his own bodyguards, and Stan Lee, who had been absorbed by himself, screenwriter Joe Simon, painter Jack Kirby, and painter Steve Ditko to Marvel's headquarters to have a meeting with a group of original Marvel cartoonists and screenwriters.

The only boss who wants to meet him is the only boss of Marvel in the future, and what he talks about is related to his future fate, and all the original Marvel cartoonists and screenwriters came to the conference room early to wait for Xu Cun.

And Xu Cun led people to arrive on time with their steps.

As soon as he sat down in the main seat of the conference hall, Xu Cun said with a smile: "Before I saw you, I thought I was in the wrong place, such a poor environment, how can it be a place where a group of geniuses work?" ”

It's a pity -

Xu Cun thought about the opening remarks all the way, but did not get a response from anyone from the original Marvel cartoonists and screenwriters.

However, Stan Lee, who had already been compiled by Xu Cun, said with some embarrassment: "In the past few years, the company's efficiency has been very unstable, and it owes a large amount of foreign debt to the bank, and Goodman has no money to buy an office with a very good environment for everyone. ”

Xu Cuncai didn't believe what Martin Goodman's brother-in-law Stan Lee said - Marvel hasn't always had a good time, if Martin Goodman had the heart, how could he not come up with the money to change a few offices?

Xu Cun smiled: "For Mr. Martin, the days of poverty are over. I think that by paying back the money owed to the bank, Mr. Martin and his children will have at least two or three hundred million dollars in pensions. Then, Xu Cun looked at the group of cartoonists and screenwriters present, and said: "But everyone, I'm afraid you have to continue to struggle, otherwise I'm afraid you don't even have the money for retirement!" ”

As soon as Xu Cun's words came out, several people suddenly had anger on their faces!

As if he hadn't seen the faces of these people, Xu Cun continued: "Okay, let's get down to business...... I thought, even if I don't introduce myself, someone should know me, right? However, after all, there should still be people who don't know me. So, let me introduce myself first. My name is Xu Cun, and I am the owner of the DreamWorks Group, and both DreamWorks Films and the DreamWorks Television Network are my properties. Now, Marvel Comics is also my industry, my one-man industry. ”

Looking at everyone's reactions, Xu Cun continued: "I think one of the impressions that some of you have about me is that I am very rich. Well, I admit it. Therefore, it should be a blessing for you to work for me, because you will receive the highest benefits and treatment in the industry. ”

As soon as Xu Cun's words came out, the faces of many cartoonists and screenwriters immediately showed joy, but they still didn't say anything - obviously, they would prefer to hear Xu Cun say something real again, not just empty words now.

Seeing this, Xu Cun said: "Then I'll talk about what you are most concerned about first." After glancing around, Xu Cun continued: "From now on, Marvel can provide guaranteed sharing agreements for cartoonists in need, and the price is equivalent to the highest in the industry, and in view of the fact that some cartoonists are accustomed to buying out contracts, Marvel will also respect the choice of these cartoonists and continue to provide them with buyout contracts." ”

Xu Cun's promise made all the cartoonists and screenwriters present full of joy - they finally waited for the hope of getting a high salary!

When the mood of the cartoonists and screenwriters stabilized, Xu Cuncai said: "I am a businessman, a greedy businessman, so the copyright of the characters you create must be completely owned by me!" ”

After listening to Xu Cun's domineering words, the joy on the faces of some cartoonists and screenwriters suddenly began to fade!

Xu Cun didn't look at these people, and continued: "However, although the copyrights of the characters you create are all owned by me, as long as you work for Marvel and the characters you create make money, I will give you a part, and I promise that this part will be much more than the copyright you get involved in these characters." ”

Later, Xu Cun glanced at Stan Lee, screenwriter Joe Simon, painter Jack Kirby, and painter Steve Ditko, and said: "For example, DreamWorks Pictures will prepare to shoot the two movies "Captain America" and "Spider-Man" this year, and I will give "Captain America" and "Spider-Man" the two creative teams 3% of the total global box office share. ”

As soon as Xu Cun's words fell, the scene was in an uproar, and some cartoonists and screenwriters even stood up excitedly - a high guarantee, plus a high share, plus a film and television share, although they can't have the characters they create, they can rely on the characters they create without worry, and if they can create characters that people like, they can also make a lot of money with the characters they create! How could they not be thrilled by this?

Seeing that the emotions of a group of cartoonists and screenwriters were mobilized, Xu Cun threw out what he wanted to say the most today: "In a few days, someone will organize you to travel to Xiangjiang, take a look at the DreamWorks Film and Television City that I am proud of, like the people there, someone will arrange a comfortable place for him, arrange a suitable high-paying job for his family, and if you don't like the people there, you can create independently at home in the future, and communicate with the headquarters through e-mail, ah, by the way, I mean that the headquarters of Marvel Comics will be moved to Xiangjiang." ”

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(To be continued.) )