Chapter 70: Eager Warner

"Warner is Warner, and the sense of smell that almost penetrates the cracks is really both gritted and admired."

Accompanied by Bea and Emily, Caesar received the Warners negotiators at his home.

The above sentence was said by Caesar directly to the two beauties in front of each other, and he did not shy away from it at all.

Time Warner's management can be said to have broken their brains for its DC Comics.

Comics are losing money every day, and it can be said that in this era of the Great Depression of comics, there is no comic that does not lose money, except for "Garfield", which was serialized in newspapers, and "Transformers", which sold toys like crazy.

In addition to economic reasons, the main reason for the depression of the comic industry is the stagnation of the comic industry.

Just those heroes who fight back and forth, heroes can't die, and villains are reluctant to die.

It's hard to create an attractive villain, and if you don't use it to the extreme, the comic company won't be willing to let the author write him to death.

In the face of this vicious circle, Warner used the method of comic film adaptation to create a profit point, and as a result, the audience watched "Superman" and "Batman" freshly.

The end result is that none of the comic hero movies have ever lived up to Warner's expectations.

DC smashed in the hands of Warners and eventually became a chicken rib.

Continue to shoot "Superman" and "Batman", right? As a result, the people can't make a lot of money, and they can't spare funds and manpower to shoot more commercial blockbusters that cater to the market.

It can be said that the return on investment of manga movies is too low, and the efficiency of attracting money per unit time is too low.

In the overall downturn of the comic market, if someone says that manga movies can sell well, then no one will believe it.

Don't adapt the movie, right? DC Comics is losing money every day, with a bunch of artists and distribution departments, but comics don't sell.

After receiving Caesar's acquisition request, Time Warner's management suddenly became excited.

In their minds, Caesar wants to take over, so whether this DC comic sells or not, it's a good thing.

If Caesar sees what the DC Comics are making money for, there's no reason we at Warner can't see it.

As a result, a large number of Warners speculated and evaluated for a long time, but they really didn't find any profit points.

Movie? As mentioned earlier, the rate of return is too low.

Caricature? It doesn't sell at all.

Toy? There are still tens of thousands of Superman and Batman in the warehouse! Ask Caesar if you want it?

Cartoon? Now children are watching the hot-blooded sci-fi "Transformers"!

Who still watches the endless "Batman" and "Superman" two bad stories about how to raise self-respect?

Warner himself did not figure out Caesar's ultimate intention to acquire DC, and could only guess about the movie and the comics themselves.

Especially for movies, they speculate that Caesar may want to make a comic movie, and these entertainment giants really know too much about the magic of this prodigy from the past and the present.

This may be the closest speculation to the real answer, but the first part of "Max Payne" was released at this time.

With more than 3,000 theaters and an explosive first-week box office, the acquisition team is just right to beat the side drum at this critical moment.

The Warners were finally a little confused.

No matter how you look at Caesar, you don't need to take DC's hero comics, right? He made his debut in comics, Garfield and Transformers can't explain the problem, and the realistic urban themes of "City Hunter" and "Sin City" are highly anticipated.

I don't understand......

Maybe Caesar, as a comic book artist, has the ability to save DC in comics, right?

Warner can only guess.

Comics...... Warners really can't do anything about it. DC has raised so many cartoonists, and I haven't seen anyone who has the level to come up with an idea to revitalize DC.

But the thought of selling DC? Warner and the management always feel unwilling.

In the end, it was a manager in charge of Warner Bros. Studios who came up with a plan.

If Caesar wants to buy DC, it's not impossible. Caesar had to be asked to help write a series of films that would not lose to Max Payne.

As a result, this very "chicken thief" condition was unanimously voted by Time Warner management.

The box office trend of the first part of "Max Payne" is already very clear, and it is obvious that it is breaking 200 million to 300 million, which is only the North American box office.

In the face of such a high return on investment, who dares to pat their chest and say that they are not blushing?

After the acquisition team conveyed the conditions to Caesar, Caesar was indeed stunned for a while, and then his face was full of tears and laughter.

Caesar's "yes" made Warner busy, for fear that Caesar would regret it, and soon formed a negotiation team to find Caesar's door.

Caesar felt even more inexplicable, two lifetimes combined, the first time he was killed? (dui) to negotiate at home.

Especially in this life, most of the time he invites others to come to his house to talk, and it is rare to be as "rushed" as Warner.

This incident had a great impact on Caesar.

In the past, whether he invited people to talk or negotiate, it was only one or two people who came, and a cup of coffee and an ashtray were all it would take.

This time, fortunately, the management of Warner alone came with three people, not to mention, but also a six-member lawyer team.

The old man is old, and even if he accepts Caesar's energy quenching, the old man is also a person who loves purity.

This hula hula came in a group of "uninvited", and Caesar himself was annoyed, not to mention the old man.

In fact, it can't be regarded as uninvited, but Warner, the negotiating team, made a phone call before coming, which was barely noticed, and without waiting for Kaiser to agree or not, he left the phone and went straight to the Li family's mansion.

Caesar can't kick people out, can he? Since you want to trade smoothly, you have to endure a lot of things. The ancestors have long said, "Harmony makes money".

Ten people from Warner, seven people from Caesar's lawyer's team, plus Caesar himself, packed the twenty-square-meter study room to the brim.

The two sides brought so many lawyers just to speed up the drafting of the contract, drafting the contract on the spot, conducting the audit on the spot, signing it without finding any loopholes, no matter how many hours, the Warner team is ready to spend here.

Caesar was crazy with hatred! Didn't do that! No matter how anxious you are, you can't disturb other people's family life!? Enraged, Caesar only stayed for a moment before walking out of the study.

Bea came over and stood aside and covered her mouth and snickered, and when she saw Caesar looking over, she hurriedly waved her hand, indicating that I was just smiling and smiling, and I didn't speak.

Emily didn't hesitate, pouting and spitting out.

"Who kept you out of the office? FFF says it's your property, not even your office. ”

Caesar looked left and right, and shouted in his heart, 'You two women, shame on you!' ’

Looking at her watch, little Liv was about to get out of school.

Caesar waved his hand and whispered, "Let's go, pick up the little girl from school, and let's have a big meal by the way." Starve Warner's sons of bitches! ”

【=。 = Asking for a ticket and asking for a collection is a gesture ~ uh...... Am I trying to be a showman? 】