Chen Lin naturally wouldn't be stupid to buy MGM at such a high price at this time, the so-called $26 billion is also a gimmick, and the price he really quoted to the other party is $8 billion.

He thinks that the $8 billion is too high, and he is a little worried that the other party is very bold and agrees with lightning, and he is really grateful to the American people for their deep understanding of righteousness.

His high-profile announcement of the acquisition of MGM is actually using this big news to attract the attention of the media and cover up a real acquisition.

"Mr. Yang, has my guest arrived?"

"I'm here to inform you that the guest has departed, the helicopter is ready for you, and you can go."

"Inform the security department, the more you reach the most critical juncture, the more you can't relax your confidentiality work, and after the matter is completed, the entire security department will be rewarded." Chen Lin commanded as he got up and walked out.

Mr. Yang nodded and led Chen Lin to the top floor of the company, and a helicopter was already waiting on the roof.

Chen Lin got on the helicopter with two bodyguards, and soon the helicopter flew away with him.

Half an hour later, the helicopter stopped at a private estate on the outskirts of New York, where the person in charge was already waiting.

"Mr. Chen, the guest has just arrived and is waiting for you in the living room." A housekeeper-like person finished his report and led Chen Lin into a villa in the manor.

Chen Lin walked into the hall and saw an American in his 40s, with sparse hair and jeans, this foreigner was sitting on the sofa and drinking coffee, and the foreigner saw that the master was coming and quickly stood up, with a smile on his face.

Kevin. Mr. Feige. It's an honor to meet you, a legend in the comic book world. ”

"Jason. Chen, I am the same, I am very happy to meet you, the richest man who is not only a legend in the comics industry, but also in the film and television industry, and in the IT and financial industry. ”

After the two met and exchanged two polite sentences, they sat down separately.

Kevin. Feige is the current president of Marvel Comics, a famous American comic book giant that was founded in 1939 and officially named Marvel in 1961.

The letter "Marvel" is believed to be very familiar to many viewers who like to watch Hollywood superhero blockbusters. More than 8,000 comic book characters such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Ant-Man, and superhero teams such as the Avengers, X-Men, and Guardians of the Galaxy are all copyrighted by the company.

Chen Lin personally led the acquisition this time not to MGM, but to the legendary comic giant. He offered Marvel an extremely tempting price tag of $6 billion.

In fact, the total value of the company is estimated to be around $4 billion by market capitalization. Jade Emperor Entertainment raised the price by 50 percent.

"Kevin." Chen Lin got straight to the point: "I believe I am the only one who can bid the price of $6 billion. This price is very sincere, how is the board of directors of your company researching. ”

"All of our shareholders on the board are happy with the price, but we have one more request."

"Please."

"The 'Marvel' company name and logo will be retained, and we are very interested in your company's proposed 'global entertainment interconnection platform'. Hope to be able to participate in this platform. ”

The so-called "global entertainment interconnection platform" is a new concept proposed by Jade Emperor Group this year. Chen Lin plans to integrate the global platform and channel resources of the five major groups of Jade Emperor Entertainment, Star Entertainment, Huangting Industrial, Pentium and Gu Ge.

These channels and platform resources include: TV stations. Online video networks, cinema lines, etc., not only offline. Online, but also includes the emerging channel of mobile phones, such as the "mobile phone online app store" jointly developed by Gu Ge and Apple.

Jade Emperor Entertainment Group has integrated these resources to create an unprecedented platform. Users from all over the world will share the latest songs, movies, TV series, reading, games, shopping and all other entertainment products on this platform.

For example, a European audience can watch Asian movies at the Royal Court Cinema, or they can pay to watch the latest American dramas on the English video website "YouTube" owned by Brother Gu without leaving home. And the people in China can see foreign film and television dramas through the Chinese video website "Youku", which was opened by Pentium in March this year. If you are a mobile phone controller, then you can click "Mobile Online" to download the latest songs.

The greatest value of this platform is that it is an open platform, companies and individuals in other countries can also enjoy this resource, and in the future, Jade Emperor Entertainment will invite other companies to join this platform and continue to expand this platform.

Although Jade Emperor Entertainment has just launched the "Global Entertainment Internet Platform" plan, Marvel's senior management sees the huge benefits of this plan and is eager to join this plan one step ahead of others.

"Kevin, the global entertainment interconnection platform is an open platform, and I welcome Marvel to join us." Chen Lin smiled: "As for the other requests, they are all trivial, and I can agree to them all." ”

Kevin. Seeing that Chen Lin agreed, Fei Qi stood up and stretched out his hand, and said with a smile: "In this case, Jason, you will be my boss in the future, I hope we will cooperate happily." ”

"Hahaha!" Chen Lin stood up with a smile and shook hands, and said happily: "Kevin, in the future, you and I will be colleagues or friends, we should open champagne to celebrate." ”

After a while, the butler brought champagne, and Chen Lin and Kevin toasted to each other.

"Happy working together, cheers-"

"It's a pleasure to work together, open up a new situation for both of our companies, cheers-"

On the afternoon of July 30, 2004, MGM announced the suspension of negotiations with Jade Emperor Entertainment Group, and in just half a month, a sensational acquisition case was stillborn.

This incident seems to be a simple economic incident, but it has caused an uproar in China, and the voices criticizing Hollywood are endless, and some experts and scholars have openly accused the US government of intervening behind the scenes to lead to the failure of the acquisition, which violates the principles of the market economy.

The next day, at 9 a.m. on August 1, Chen Lin, chairman of Jade Emperor Entertainment Group, and Kevin Marvel, president of Marvel. Feige jointly held a press conference to officially announce that Jade Emperor Entertainment Group successfully acquired Marvel Company with a huge investment of $6 billion.

This news came out of the mouths of the CEOs of the two companies, and it stunned the American media reporters who were still gloating yesterday. The news quickly spread back to the country at lightning speed.

Many netizens had never heard of the word "Marvel" before, but soon the official website of Jade Emperor Entertainment released the glorious history of Marvel's past.

After watching it, netizens learned that the company owned Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Avengers, X-Men and other well-known superheroes, the first thought came to mind: From now on, the copyright of these superheroes belongs to us Chinese.

Wow Ka Ka ~~ In an instant, many netizens were excited, and it was really impossible to express their excitement if they didn't do something at the moment, everyone logged in to QQ to share the news with friends, and entered major forums and portals to express their pride and pride.

Both people in the entertainment industry and people outside the entertainment industry are deeply happy and proud of this day, and this day will be recorded in the history of Chinese films and the development of China's economy.

It can be said that the whole country celebrates, compared to this, the mood of Americans is complicated, the first taste of a kind of loss, in a way Marvel's influence in the United States is even more than MGM, his superheroes have accompanied generations of teenagers in the United States to grow up.

As a Chinese, you may not be able to understand the status of superheroes in the hearts of Americans, but you can understand it the other way around, please imagine: Monkey King, Zhu Bajie or Black Cat Sheriff, Huluwa was bought by a foreign company The copyright, overnight, the copyright of these characters changed hands is not Chinese, how would you feel? Then what you think at the moment is what the Americans think.

After the press conference, Chen Lin handed over the merger of the two companies to his subordinates, and he disappeared from the eyes of the media, returned to China, and returned to his hometown to celebrate his daughter's second birthday with his family. (To be continued......)