In the last life, Marvel Studios mortgaged its four comic book hero characters to Paramount Pictures, and in exchange for funds, Marvel Studios formed its own team, personally rolled up its sleeves and went into battle to shoot "Iron Man", and then handed over the distribution to Paramount after it was completed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This desperate approach was almost not optimistic at the time, and even many people thought that Marvel Studios was choosing to commit suicide - after all, the success of "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" was based on large studios, which is why Twentieth Century Fox and Sony Pictures both rejected Marvel Studios, and the "Iron Man" project fell into the hands of Paramount.

But who would have thought that "Iron Man" would become the beginning of changing the pattern of the entire North American film industry.

Later, Paramount was really depressed, on the one hand, they were happy with the success of "Iron Man", which made them take a lot of initiative in Hollywood competition, and later "Thor" and "Captain America" were also jointly developed by them and Marvel Studios; But on the other hand, they regret their conservatism, they just cooperated in filming, handed over the initiative to Marvel Studios, missed the opportunity to acquire Marvel Studios, and missed the opportunity to hold the copyright in their hands, but Disney came from behind and snatched the control of Marvel Studios, so that the later "Avengers", "Captain America 2", and "Thor 2" all became Disney productions.

Now, Chaos Pictures is in the position of Paramount Pictures, but Lance doesn't make the same mistake.

In the last life, Paramount and Marvel Studios did not sign a cooperation agreement, but filmed one work after another, the first "Iron Man" succeeded, and then the "Incredible Hulk" filmed by Universal Pictures failed, so Marvel Studios went back and found Paramount, first "Iron Man 2", then "Thor", and then "Captain America", the two sides have always cooperated separately for each work, and the concept of the Marvel Universe is also very vague, even Marvel Studios itself has not established the concept of "Universe". So, when Disney sensed a business opportunity, it easily severed the bond between Marvel Studios and Paramount.

Lance's idea was to complete the acquisition of Marvel in two steps. The first step is a pure film collaboration, where Lance will propose a grand Marvel Universe plan, which will then be developed by Chaos Pictures and Marvel Studios to produce works such as "Iron Man", "Thor", "Captain America", and finally end with "The Avengers"; The second step is to complete the original accumulation of Chaos Pictures before the release of "The Avengers", and directly acquire the entire Marvel, so that Marvel will become a branch of Chaos Pictures, and truly complete the transformation of Chaos Pictures.

In this way, it can avoid other companies getting involved in Marvel, especially Disney, to the greatest extent; At the same time, through the success of the film works, the original accumulation was further completed quickly, and Marvel was brought under his command as soon as possible.

However, Reims had to face two problems.

First, the reason why Marvel Studios filmed "Iron Man" alone was that it didn't want to be bound by other companies, and refused to hand over the character adaptation rights to large studios like Spider-Man and X-Men, hoping to shoot this work in its own way, so the last life would desperately mortgage four characters and break the boat. There will be no huge difference in this life, even if Chaos Pictures is an independent film company, even if Lance has proven himself, the creative committee will still not compromise easily, and Marvel Studios will not let go easily.

That's why Lance put forward the idea just now, pushing the boat down the river, on the one hand, letting go of the creation of "Iron Man", and on the other hand, proposing the plan of the Marvel Universe and participating in the creation of the "Iron Man" script. Kevin mentioned tonight that they currently only have a few story frameworks to choose from, and the creation of the script is willing to listen to Lance's opinion, which shows that Marvel Studios' selection of Lance was deliberate, and obviously they also have a certain trust in Lance's talent and ability.

The next script creation of "Iron Man" and the construction of the Marvel Universe will be a game between Lance and the creative committee. Lance's calculation is that he can give up petty profits and focus on the overall situation, and he can compromise appropriately on the "Iron Man" script - just like Theo said, give up the initiative; However, in the construction of the entire Marvel Universe, it must firmly take the initiative and pocket the cooperation plan of the five Marvel works in the first phase.

Second, Theo has been astute in pointing out Chaos Pictures' biggest shortcoming, which now doesn't have the ability to swallow mountains and rivers like a big studio. Filming a "Fury Road" invested 150 million, so that Chaos Pictures almost came to a standstill, although the "Queen" investment is very little, although the surprise income of "Fruit Hard Candy" quickly replenished blood, but the early publicity of "Fury Road" is still to break a penny in half to use, if it weren't for Lance's viral video to achieve such amazing results in a strange manner, now Chaos Pictures is afraid that it is still having a headache for the publicity strategy of "Fury Road".

The investment of "Iron Man" is estimated to be about 150 million, even if Lance personally takes charge of the guide tube and saves money, the 100 million level will not be able to run.

In other words, it is absolutely impossible for Chaos Pictures to become a big fat man in one go, they can only move forward one step at a time, and they can't afford to fail once. This also means that in order to ensure the success of the movie and the smooth cooperation, on the one hand, they can't let Marvel interfere too much in the filming of the movie, after all, they are a comic book company, not a film production company; On the one hand, Marvel cannot be completely excluded, especially the interference of the creative committee, how to grasp the scale and how to create a masterpiece will become the biggest problem for Chaos Pictures.

Theo listened carefully to Lance's thoughts, his expression did not change much, but his eyes fell into contemplation, "So, you are saying that we are now on a solid foundation, but Marvel Studios is starting from scratch, the initiative is still in our hands, and we must maximize our interests." Theo's summary suddenly became simple and clear, and Lance thought about it carefully and nodded in affirmation.

Theo fell silent again, his head running rapidly, and after a short while, he said in a deep voice, "We can do this, with the proof of funds in our fund account as a guarantee, the Marvel Universe plan consisting of five movies will be packaged and contracted, and Chaos Pictures and Marvel Studios will jointly produce the first phase of the Marvel Universe, and they will take the rights as shares, and we will provide the funds; At the same time, they have the right of first refusal to create the script, but we have the right of first refusal to adapt the characters of the comics. ”

Slowly raising his head, Theo's eyes flashed slightly, "Although such a plan takes some risks, I don't think Marvel will refuse." Theo paused, the words circled the tip of his tongue, and still spoke, "This means that we bear most of the responsibility, and the failure of any work will have unimaginable consequences, but Marvel Studios can easily withdraw, because what we have is not the right to adapt the character, but the right of first adaptation, when we do not have the ability to invest and are forced to give up the right of first refusal, Marvel can switch to others." ”

To put it simply, Marvel Studios is desperate on "Iron Man", but Chaos Studios is desperate on the entire Marvel universe. In the first phase of the Marvel Universe, the failure of any work will ruin all the efforts of Chaos Pictures, and it is very likely that there will be a Cheng Biting Gold in the middle, or establish a cooperative relationship with Marvel Studios, or directly acquire Marvel Studios, then Chaos Pictures will really be empty.

Lance smiled and waved his hand, and said nonchalantly, "Remember? We had put in a lot of effort to sign Warner Bros. and complete the first phase of the DC Universe, but Warner Bros. was never willing to take that risk. Now that Marvel's opportunity has come to our door, there's no reason for us to miss it. ”

Theo looked at Lance quietly, paused for a moment, and the corners of his mouth hooked a shallow arc, with a little helplessness, "The best way is to do it once and for all." That is, to directly acquire Marvel Entertainment, so that whether it succeeds or fails, Chaos Pictures will have more choices.

"Don't be too greedy." Lance was open-minded, "If you think about it, six months ago, we couldn't have imagined that Marvel would come to the door like this, and it wouldn't take any effort at all, wouldn't it?" ”

"That's because of the success of 'fruit hard candies'." Theo retorted.

Lance smiled and nodded, "That's it. When things get to a certain stage, the results are logical. As long as Lance can always stay strong, as long as Lance's work can remain successful, things will inevitably find a solution.

Theo shook his head slightly, "You're like Ian." "What Wall Street people are best at is the white wolf with empty gloves, obviously they have nothing in their hands, but they draw a big pie, aiming at the crown jewel, and once they fail, they are crushed. But people on Wall Street have always believed that only those who dare to imagine can succeed, and a person does not even dare to earn 10 million in his own fantasy, and it is extremely difficult to earn 1 million in life.

Theo didn't hear Lance's answer, but looked closely and found that Lance had fallen asleep leaning back on the couch. He was still talking in the last second, and he fell asleep in the next second, and it can be seen that Lance is estimated to be really tired in the past few days, otherwise with Lance's insecure habits, he will never close his eyes without confirming that his surroundings are safe.

Retracting his gaze, Theo sat quietly on the sofa, and went through the entire Marvel plan in his mind, but his mind was still not open enough, so he decided to sit down with Ian and talk carefully to see if there was anything missing.

Looking up, I was sure that Lance had fully fallen asleep and that his breathing had become steady. Theo then stood up, walked into the room lightly, came out with a quilt, carefully placed it at Lance's feet, and gently pulled it up, as far as possible to avoid waking Lance up. By the time he was done, a thin layer of sweat had broken out on his back.

Theo walked over to the coffee table and turned off the lamp, before slowing down and walking back to his room. The deep night is like a quiet lake, so quiet that you can even hear the sound of the air moving, and the world finally goes into a dormant state. (To be continued.) )