Li Xiuxiu is pregnant, she has no legendary temper, and there are no adverse reactions, she can eat and sleep, and her belly is bulging day by day, which also makes Shao Shuaijun's expectations stronger day by day, and he can't wait to see his son sooner. The hustle and bustle of the outside world can no longer attract Shao Shuaijun's attention, in addition to accompanying Li Xiuxiu, he is writing scripts in the study.

"Teddy Bear" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" are in the past tense, and he now needs to plan another of his original shooting projects, the Avengers, which is the highlight of the first trio of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which requires meticulous creation. He spent a few months with Li Xiuxiu, and he happened to create this script by the way.

At the end of July, the general manager of Summit Entertainment, Mitchell. Bruce, and Marvel Comics' general manager Kevin . Fei Ji flew to the capital together, and the IPO of Dream Chasing Games Company is a major event related to the group company, and as top executives, the two have to participate.

Shao Shuaijun doesn't care about the IPO, he cares about the many good news brought by Kevin.

"We have reached an agreement with Lionsgate on the issue of the copyright of the Punisher, the humanoid, and Marvel Comics will take back all the rights to the Punisher, the humanoid, and in compensation, we will need to pay $30 million in cash and invest in 10 low- and medium-budget films from Lionsgate." Kevin said with a smile, "Now that Summit Entertainment can't make money and make money, it can't put it in its pockets, and Lionsgate has been shabby in recent years, and wants to pay attention to our money bags." ”

Lionsgate has not done well in movies in recent years, "SAW" is almost a smash, and other low-budget horror films have not lost money. Especially when it comes to DVD sales, Lionsgate is still very good. However, the limelight of the subprime mortgage crisis has not yet eased, and several plans for blind expansion before are reaching out for money.

In 06, it acquired Debmar-Mercury, an American television production syndicate, in 07, it became a shareholder of Roadside-Attractions, an independent film distribution company, and in 08, it became a shareholder of Relativity Media, a film production company, and in 09, it also joined MGM, which had been purchased by Sony, and Paramount Pictures, to establish a new pay TV movie channel, Epix.

These programs seem to be expanding dramatically, but in fact they are all not making ends meet. Especially at a time when movies have not been able to go mainstream. Lionsgate is in an awkward predicament.

"I have to give money and invest, and Lionsgate has a lot of appetite. I remember they made the Punisher twice, right? Shao Shuaijun asked casually.

"It's really two, and the first 2004 "The Punisher" is not bad. An investment of less than 10 million. It got $53.6 million at the box office. The second is 2008's Punisher: War Zone. 36 million US dollars invested, 8 million box office did not get. And "Humanoid" was also filmed as shit by them. ”

Shao Shuaijun shook his head: "Superheroes play with them, it's just a tyrannical thing." This time, we're taking the rights to two punisherments and a humanoid movie, right? ”

"Of course we have to take it, the Marvel Cinematic Universe Trio, we have to rearrange it, and all the movies that have been filmed, we will try to take what we can." Kevin said domineeringly that with the financial support of Dream Chase Entertainment, Marvel Comics can finally show its strength and reproduce the majesty of the comic giants of the year.

Over the course of a few decades, Marvel Comics has created more than 8,000 comic book characters, many of whom have been made into live-action films.

The earliest "Captain America" was filmed by Republic Pictures in 1944, "The Punisher" by New World Pictures in 1986, "Captain America" by Twentieth Century Films in 1990 and "Fantastic Four" by New Vision Films in 1994. These four movies are all old, and the copyright has long been returned to Marvel Comics, and there is no commercial value anymore.

There are currently a total of 22 real Marvel superhero movies, and the copyrights are scattered among major film companies.

Warner's New Line Pictures has three films: "Blade" in 1998, "Blade 2" in 2002, and "Blade: Trinity" in 2004.

Twentieth Century Fox has eight films: 2000 X-Men, 2003 Daredevil, 2003 X-Men 2, 2005 Erica (Daredevil series), 2005 Fantastic Four, 2006 X-Men: The Last Stand, 2007 Fantastic Four: Silver Surfer, and 2009 X-Men: Wolverine.

Universal Pictures has a 2003 copy of The Incredible Hulk, which has been reclaimed from Marvel Comics.

Lionsgate has three films: "The Punisher" in 2004, "Humanoid" in 2005, and "The Punisher: War Zone" in 2008.

Sony's Colombian films include "Spider-Man" in 2002, "Spider-Man 2" in 2004, "Ghost Rider" in 2007, and "Spider-Man 3" in 2007.

Summit Entertainment's Marvel Comics' own superhero movies include "Iron Man" in 2008, "The Incredible Hulk" in 2008, and "Iron Man 2" in 2010.

There are also four more in production, Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man", Twentieth Century Fox's "X-Men: First Class" and Marvel Comics' "Thor" and "Captain America".

These live-action superhero movies, the best thing to get back the copyright is the new line's Blade trilogy, because the shooting of the new movie has not been started for a long time, the copyright is about to expire, and the new line has no intention of starting a new movie, and by the end of the year, the blade will automatically return to the team, and all that is to talk about is to buy the ownership of the three movies.

Lionsgate has also negotiated that the Punisher and the humanoids will return. Universal's Hulk was taken back before Marvel was acquired. Twentieth Century Fox's Daredevil (Daredevil and Fantastic Four) are also under further discussion, and they can get it back at a little price.

The difficulty is Sony's Spider-Man and Twentieth Century Fox's X-Men, on these two sequences. The two companies have no intention of negotiating at all. But no matter how difficult it is, Shao Shuaijun must try his best to get it back, there is nothing difficult in the world, as long as you have money!

"By the way, Kevin, Lionsgate is having a hard time, isn't it?"

"Of course it's not good, why do you ask this?"

Shao Shuaijun smiled a little treacherously: "Since they are not happy, should we help, you say, how about we buy their shares?" ”

"Buying Lionsgate?" Kevin asked in surprise.

"Yes. Wait for Mitchell to come over. Let's sum it up again, it's not necessarily the acquisition of Lionsgate, it's the same with equity participation. If Summit Entertainment wants to develop, it can't be typed. We're now in teen films. and comedy did a good job. However, the field of horror films is rarely involved, and it can complement Lionsgate. Besides, Lionsgate's channel is also very important, isn't it, and we can also take the copyright of "King Haibian" by the way. As well as the distribution rights of animated films were also taken back. Shao Shuaijun said ambitiously.

"King Haibian" is a comic adaptation of a publisher under Marvel Comics, which was released this year, and has a good reputation and box office, which is not an orthodox superhero, but it is not bad to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe trio. As for the copyright of animated films, Shao Shuaijun does not attach great importance to it, nor is it within the trio's plan.

It was only in 2006 that Marvel Comics reached a cooperation with Lionsgate, and the animated films and videotapes produced by Marvel were handed over to Lionsgate for distribution. Lionsgate's distribution channels are indeed very strong, coupled with a strong film library, which is coveted by Shao Shuaijun.

Now he had a rough plan in his head.

Japan's Sony can dominate in Hollywood, why can't he let Summit Entertainment dominate in North America? has a solid foundation of Dream Chasing Entertainment, and it is not difficult to turn the world upside down in Hollywood.

When Mitchell came over, the three of them discussed the acquisition of Lionsgate. Lionsgate is also a large-scale film company, and if you really want to acquire it, you can't get it without more than ten or two billion dollars. However, it is possible to try to negotiate and see if Lionsgate's shareholders have any intention of selling their shares.

After talking about Lionsgate, Mitchell talked about the movie again: "Shao, how much do you estimate the box office of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"? Can it surpass Teddy Bear? ”

Although the $612 million of "Teddy Bear" shocked the world, and although the trailer of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was very exciting, and the audience was eager to see it early, the expectations in the media were not very large. After all, this is a rigorous science fiction film, but it is a work under Shao Shuaijun's double opening.

The investment is only less than 90 million US dollars, such a careless, money-free sci-fi film, coupled with the shocking ending of the previous work, it is very difficult to surpass, and it is difficult for the media to have much expectations for its box office.

"Haven't you seen it, what's the matter, no faith?" Shao Shuaijun asked as he ate grapes.

Mitchell rubbed his hands: "How to say it, I have always been confident in you, your vision has almost never been taken away, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is also shocking, I am just afraid that the audience will not buy it, will the movie be too deep." ”

"Don't worry, $400 million is the bottom line, you just need to do a good job of publicity now, and then find someone to write the script for the sequel."

"You already have plans for a sequel?"

"No, I rarely shoot sequels, but "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is a movie that can be a sequel, you can look at the arrangement."

Mitchell nodded and didn't say anything more, Shao Shuaijun's words reassured him. Mitchell and Kevin come and go fast, each with their own tedious affairs, and it is impossible for them to stay in China for long. This meeting discussed the core issues of the IPO, and the discussion in the future can be completely in the form of online conferences.

So Shao Shuaijun began to write the script and accompany his wife's life again.

August 6 is fast approaching, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes begins to land around the world. On this day, Shao Shuaijun planned to take Li Xiuxiu to the cinema to watch a movie. For Xiao Shao's safety, Li Xiuxiu stayed at home all day, whether it was office or whatever, she was bored.

After asking the doctor, a pregnant woman who is five months pregnant can go to the movies, so the two decided to go to the IMAX version of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". Now Dream Chasing Golden Harvest Cinema is blooming all over China, and they go to the cinema to watch it in the best area, surrounded by bodyguards to protect it.

On the way to the cinema, Shao Shuaijun received an unexpected phone call, which turned out to be from Li Yu, who was now in the capital and wanted to invite Shao Shuaijun to dinner tomorrow. (To be continued......)