"Now that I have money, I can finally make movies."

For the first time, Marvel felt that it was a happy thing to be acquired by a wealthy man with plenty of cash, at least not because of financial problems.

If you are holding the thigh of "Disney Dad" now, it is estimated that there will be many shareholders who will negotiate for a while, and then pay slowly. Anyway, now that Hu Yifei's funds have arrived, Disney's part is still slowly preparing.

If there is anything that Marvel can't bear now, it is undoubtedly that it can't bear to sit back and watch its rival DC continue to make a lot of money, but he can only make wedding dresses for others:

With the advent of the 21st century, thanks to the rapid development of computer technology, it is finally possible to represent superheroes in movies realistically - and the time is finally ripe for comic book adaptations. Marvel has also swept the US box office with the "X-Men" series and the "Spider-Man" series. But the billion-dollar global box office of these two hugely successful franchises brought Marvel less than $100 million in box office revenue as the brand licensee.

Marvel, who no longer wants to make wedding dresses for others, can only start an independent production journey, they have been planning their own superhero blockbuster plans since several years ago, and even ambitiously launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan, but they have been suffering from no capital.

Now the company has a new boss, and the top management has undergone a major change, although it is turbulent and unstable, it has also brought new impetus for the company to flourish. The new recruits are working hard, and some of the older people are worried that they will not be able to secure their positions and will not be as lazy as they used to be.

The productivity of the entire company has increased several times, which is also a bonus.

Perhaps for the sake of the US dollar, when Hu Yifei first arrived at the Marvel headquarters at 417 Fifth Avenue in New York, he was warmly welcomed.

For a company with a long history, in the eyes of these old people, the most precious thing may not be how much money they can make in the future, but the indelible history of comics in the past. Hu Yifei also followed the local customs, and politely visited the entire Marvel company with their introduction.

There is also a deeper understanding of the origin and development of such a comic giant company that has influenced generations in the United States. Compared with China's traditional manga industry, and even compared with Japan's developed full-hair system, there are obvious differences. Whether it is in terms of division of labor, creativity, drawing and cultural connotation, it is so unique. These processes are now clearly documented, and from beginning to end, there is indeed a sense of reading history that is very beneficial.

Hu Yifei was also a superhero fan in his last life, and he almost didn't miss a single Marvel movie. Now I walked in as a different participant, but with a different mentality. Every time he saw a familiar part, he couldn't help but ask, and everyone naturally patiently answered for him and took the trouble to answer it.

If Hu Yifei just looked at it and left, maybe they would still be disappointed, but the more and more detailed he asked, the more he could touch the psychological pride of these high-level people, and every time they talked endlessly, they kept talking.

Stan Li and others were greatly relieved to see that Hu Yifei was not as conceited as rumored, but was listening very seriously, and even had a considerable understanding and understanding of the entire Marvel Universe.

That's good, at least to prove that this Chinese tycoon is not here to play a vote and leave.

Hu Yifei doesn't have much time to slowly appreciate Marvel history, and the president's office here has been vacated, and he can move in at any time. Anyway, it won't be just one time, and he will have time to slowly understand it in the future.

In the conference room, representatives of the Disney Board of Directors, as well as members of the Marvel Movie Creative Committee, the new CEO Kevin Feige and others entered the office to officially begin a detailed discussion of the Marvel Universe movie plan and sit down to make a decision.

“…… The entire Marvel Universe movie plan is temporarily divided into three phases, all of which end with the story of "The Avengers". The first phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is to focus on filming the stories of each character first, and then shoot the hero team Avengers, so that the setting of each film is unified, and it also lays interconnected foreshadowing in each film to form a unified world view. ”

"According to the original plan, the movies to be shot this year will be "Iron Man" and "Hulk"!"

Kevin Feige introduced, mainly to Hu Yifei and Disney. Others have already been involved in many discussions.

Hu Yifei was still reading the script, and at this time he also turned to the last page, closed the book and said: "I have no opinion on the "Iron Man" plan, have you ever thought about finding someone to play Iron Man?" In addition, the selection of Hulk, Team America, Thor and others? ”

Everyone immediately began to discuss, at first they thought about letting Leonardo play Team America and Nicolas Cage play Iron Man, but after Cage faded out for a long time, for a long time after Cage faded out, the industry thought that this role belonged to Tom Cruise. But in 2005, Tom gave up the role, saying, "I don't think this project will work."

At that time, Tom made this decision right, because Marvel did not have the capital to make this movie, and the preparation was not sufficient. The outside world thinks that Tom feels that Marvel Studios is not capable of making movies well. What's more, he was still busy with his "Mission Impossible 3" at the time, how could he have time to film Iron Man.

However, now that Hu Yifei has taken over Marvel, the situation is very different, and it seems that Tom Tom is also a little loose.

There are also people who think that there were too many scenes in the original script of Tony's father, Howard Stark, and Iron Man ******** instead. Subsequently, Marvel reached out to Sam Rockwell, Cliff Owen and others.

So far, Hu Yifei has taken over Marvel, but there is still no unanimous opinion.

Hu Yifei said decisively: "I want to give a little opinion on casting, it is not necessary to choose popular superstars, but those actors with superb acting skills who are not aspiring can be considered more, and it is best to sign a long-term contract." ”

"Since we're going to do the Marvel Universe project, we're definitely not going to make just one or two films, it's going to be the longest movie series ever, and we're going to shoot it with the mindset of treating it as the most expensive series ever. If we choose Mr. Tom Cruise to star, we have to pay him $20 million for the first part of the series, but how much should we pay for the second part? Gentlemen, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has already left Disney entangled in the issue of Johnny Depp's pay, and we can't afford to repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

This is really a shame for Disney, and there is a representative of Disney shareholders when you sit again.

But no one refuted, and they all listened to Hu Yifei's careful analysis.

"I'm going to recommend someone for the Iron Man character, Robert Downey Jr., to come and interview him."

"But...... Is that an addict? Immediately, objections were raised.

Hu Yifei slapped him lightly and interrupted his words, "I have already used him, and the effect is very good." (To be continued.) )