Now that Marvel's board of directors has a preliminary consensus on cooperation with DD Pictures, and the current valuation of Marvel is at a low level - whether it is for Marvel Studios, which has money-absorbing machines such as "Iron Man", "Captain America", "The Avengers", etc., or before the box office failure of "The Incredible Hulk" and the turmoil in the American market. Marvel is even higher than its current valuation, so Daniel and DD Pictures actually have a lot of room to operate.

In fact, for Marvel, the uncertainty of the market has also increased their impulse to sell Marvel.

These favorable factors played an important role in pushing DD Pictures and Marvel to quickly reach more consensus.

"At the moment, it seems that Marvel's willingness to sell is quite sincere. The main contradiction is that there are several parts, one is the long-term sustainable development of Marvel, Marvel's comic book business, should be retained, and even need to have a long-term plan, they hope that DD Pictures does not want to use Marvel's existing hero library and then put it aside. At this point, the differences are not very big, and I don't think DD Pictures will be able to cut Marvel's comic book business, which is not in line with the idea of sustainable development. Of course, the degree of focus required by Marvel may be more difficult in a production company, but it can be adjusted. ”

Daniel nodded, for this, it is true, Marvel, as a comic book with a long history, still has a considerable status in the hearts of generations of young Americans, and Daniel and DD Pictures will not completely end it. But if you want to say that it is a core business like the original Marvel, this possibility is relatively low, after all, DD Pictures is still a production company, and it is impossible to attach so much importance to the comic department.

Presumably. Marvel's top management also understands this, and the possibility of a compromise between the two sides is very high.

"The second is Marvel's production plan. Mostly Arad and others want DD Pictures to commit to a production plan while negotiating — rather than waiting for years to come. ”

For this contradiction, it is actually quite strange.

DD Pictures' acquisition of Marvel, the most important thing is to fancy the IP value of many of its Marvel heroes. If DD doesn't develop the movie, it will be a big loss for DD Pictures - but Arad is concerned that DD Pictures is not in a hurry to develop a Marvel superhero movie. This is actually mainly a matter of position, as far as DD Pictures is concerned, the failure of superheroes such as "The Incredible Hulk" and "The Punisher" may prove that the current technical means and market are not so suitable for superhero films, and more "Spider-Man", "X-Men", "Wolverine" may not be the time to be born, so DD Pictures is likely to acquire Marvel first at the low valuation of Marvel, and then wait for a more favorable opportunity. Let's push the film project again. So for Marvel Studios, after joining DD Pictures, there is a problem of resource allocation, although DD headquarters, MGM, and even DD Animation are all independent, but it is undeniable that it is up to Plutos. Down to Daniel himself, their focus on different companies. It will still greatly affect the development of the company. If Marvel can't show its potential and achievements in the film industry as soon as possible, it is very likely that it will be marginalized by these studios under Plutos--the direct problem is that their current Marvel executives are likely to be marginalized.

Here's a very straightforward example.

Mirax in Weinstein's time became famous in Hollywood.

And the current Miramax, although not much inferior in works. But the influence, including the level of power of its key management within the Disney group, is far less than it was in the days of the Weinstein brothers.

Most of Marvel's high-level executives will still be used in the future, such as Arad, Kevin and others. Of course, they will worry about their position and influence in the whole system in the future.

Although Daniel has no big doubts about this, Marvel Studios' first phase of the plan, including "Captain America", "Iron Man" and "Thor", of course, the already released "The Incredible Hulk", the remaining three are all projects that Daniel wants to promote, and there is no problem in establishing a plan. However, some of the connotations embodied in this requirement still make Daniel more vigilant.

He can respect Marvel's opinion, but his acquisition of Marvel does not mean that the direction of development must be delineated according to Marvel's wishes - after Marvel is acquired by him, it should belong to him from beginning to end, and he will make the final decision. Rather than having a detailed plan that had already been signed, no one, including himself, could challenge it, which was not allowed.

Daniel motioned for Raymond to continue.

Raymond glanced at his expression and drew a cross on the second point, indicating that it was a difficult point.

"The third point is the price! At current valuations, Marvel is about 25% lower than it was later last year, so they want the price to be compared to the valuation of a year ago - which is 3.4 billion! Of course, I think there's a lot of room for negotiation on this point, after all, Marvel is still in the process of going down. The financial pressures of Hulk and the main business will let them go. ”

As for the price code, Daniel doesn't care about it, of course, he doesn't have a lot of money. As far as the negotiation price is concerned, he must try to be as low as possible, then as high as possible, DD Pictures and Plutos, the negotiation team is very experienced, they must be more comfortable than Marvel and the lawyers and accountants they hired, and they can always find the bottom line price of the Marvel board of directors, even if it is really 3.4 billion, Daniel does not think it is an unacceptable price.

So, while price is always the toughest condition in an acquisition, in this negotiation between DD Pictures and Marvel, it is Daniel who worries the least.

Raymond went on to make a couple of smaller questions.

After hearing this, Daniel thought about it, and the main problem now is that Marvel's top management wants to have more influence over Marvel after the acquisition - and this influence sometimes even challenges the management.

This is most likely a stubborn problem.

The two of them discussed for a long time, and it was not until Lola knocked on the door that it was time for work to leave, and Daniel and Raymond stopped talking.

……

At the beginning of February, the second Social Era Public Choice Award Ceremony was officially awarded, and "Blood is Coming" and "No Country for Old Men" were basically lost. And Juno except for Allen. Peggy lost Best Actress to Natalie of "Black Swan". Portman, almost the entire awards show was bloodied.

I have to say that Natalie, with "Star Wars" and the good image that she has been working hard to manage, makes her still have quite amazing influence. After all, the Golden Eagle Award is still based on young people and the Internet. The Panel's observations, while also available, were not so conclusive.

Although most people were disappointed, the stars attending this year's Golden Eagle Awards were much more star-studded than last month's Golden Globe Awards.

The cancellation and regret of the Golden Globe Awards has left many people lacking a suitable schedule, some people have gone abroad for vacation, and others have arranged their shooting plans for the day early...... So a lot of people who were supposed to be there didn't attend, plus, like Angelina. Julie and other iconic figures. I'm not too embarrassed to retort, so I simply don't attend the awards ceremony, and the whole starlight is much dimmer than in previous years.

The Golden Eagle Award does not have this problem, first of all, all the processes of the Golden Eagle Award are internally operated, as an award with Internet bloodline, its whole process is not as regular as the traditional award ceremony - string words, performances, stalks, etc. are all very perfect and appropriate. There is no Golden Eagle Award, the Golden Eagle Award is awarded through the simple process of the organizing committee, and some of the hottest singers, actors, and young leaders of the year will be invited to perform, speak, and the like. The pace of the whole ceremony is relatively fast. As a result, the Golden Eagle Awards were very little affected by the writers' strike from the outset – if the writers did not set up a cordon outside the scene, then there would be no problem for the ceremony to go ahead as usual.

So in the beginning. Many people left a schedule for the Golden Eagle Award, and because of the strike turmoil, the exposure of these stars was much lower all of a sudden, and the Golden Eagle Award is very important.

It is also a variety of factors that make the Golden Eagle Award vaguely surpass the limelight of the Golden Globe Award in the second session.

Daniel himself was of course in attendance.

It's rare to see Leonardo. DiCaprio. It seems that it is Daniel's first meeting after cutting Leonardo to win the third actor with "Unstoppable".

It's not entirely a coincidence.

Such as Leo and Toby. As Maguire said, if DD Pictures had a film asking him to star in, he would consider it well, and would even basically agree to star it - whether it was for the usual level of DD Pictures or for the confidence in Daniel. He will make this decision wisely.

DD had handed two notebooks to Leo before.

"Inception" and "The Great Gatsby", the former is from DD Pictures, and the latter is from MGM. MGM is more likely to produce Gatsby's luxury style, while DD Pictures is more suitable for a work with a whimsical character like "Inception".

When these two books were placed in front of Leo, it was a coincidence that Toby was also at Leo's house, and of course, he often enjoyed the beach, wine, and beautiful women with Leo.

After he saw it, he was also silent.

The scripts of both films are quite exciting, they belong to the kind of work, and when you see it, your eyes light up, and you know that this is a work worth shooting.

To be honest, Toby himself was moved.

Unfortunately, he never received a script from DD, MGM, etc. - interestingly, although his rough scene at the Kodak Theater was broadcast, it is unlikely that DD Pictures would have just banned him. Therefore, he couldn't even receive a script, which can only be attributed to Daniel's careful eye, in his own opinion.

Actually, Toby belongs to the top and bottom, saying that his fame is not too high, but it is not low, after all, he starred in "Spider-Man", saying that his acting skills are not very good, but it is not nothing, he belongs to the kind that is easy to be replaced, saying that the image is not too handsome, but not ugly, which is equivalent to having no characteristics - under this condition, DD Pictures can find more suitable actors on different scripts and scripts, you must know that there is more than one Leonardo who wants to cooperate with DD Pictures at present, especially recently - after DD Pictures swept the "Golden Globe Awards", It can be said that whether you want to Bradley. Cooper, Daniel. Craig became such an instant hit, or is it like Reese. Witherspoon wants to win awards like this, and cooperating with DD Pictures is the best choice.

In this way, Toby is even less likely.

Of course, Daniel didn't have the strength to ban Toby.

Even so, Toby couldn't tell Leonardo not to make these two films - in Hollywood, working with good directors is the dream of actors, such as Spielberg and James. Cameron, Martin. Scorsese, the Coen brothers, etc., are all people that big stars flock to; It is also the wish of peers to cooperate with good actors, the movie is not a one-man show, the scene of pressing the opponent is cool, but for the quality of the movie, it is very fatal, as long as there are pursuing actors, there is no hope that their opponent is a puddle of mud. But the most rare thing is a good script, a good director, a good opponent actor, many times can not save a bad script, and a good script can often not rely on well-known directors and well-known actors, and become a classic work that everyone remembers.

Leonardo himself is even more so, he is moved by these two books.

So his decision to attend the Golden Eagle Awards was very quick and quite generous to the media.

"I think it's an award that can represent this era and the attitude of hundreds of millions of people, that's very important, any actor will ultimately rely on the audience to judge."

Leo's pursuit of Daniel is a topic worth hype.

You know, these two people are particularly interesting.

Before "Titanic", Leonardo's label was a genius actor, and after the big ship, his label was "Jack" and "Global Idol", and then he has been running on the road of washing away the reputation of idols and pursuing anything, never returning, and it is very hard. But Daniel officially appeared in Hollywood's eyes in 1999 and quickly became known for his amazing talent, and soon became the second global icon with Legolas. The trajectory can be said to be very similar to Leonardo.

In the early days, it was very common for Daniel to be referred to as Leo's successor, or the second Leonardo.

However, as Daniel's achievements became more and more amazing, the Oscars were won one by one, the trophies filled a large room, and he opened a company and became super-rich, this statement gradually disappeared. Daniel is no longer anyone's successor, but has become the standard for many others, but Leo is gradually lost in the pursuit of "acting" - of course, this is the media's opinion, for Leo himself, this is a breakthrough of himself, a process of seeking transformation, it is needed and worthwhile.

Therefore, the change process of the situation of the two people can be said to be a very topical point among the entire Hollywood actors.

As a result, the two ended up communicating very closely at the Golden Eagle Awards, which can be said to have sparked a wave of news and attention.

Leo himself knew that when the news of his participation in DD Pictures broke, the contrast between the two men would be a foregone conclusion—Daniel would surpass him completely, iconically!

But he decided to take it! (To be continued.) )

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