In the 80s, although 20th Century Fox successfully adapted "Superman" and achieved a super high box office, it did not form a craze for bringing comic book heroes to the screen.

One is limited by the current conditions and cannot show the power of comic heroes well, and the other is that the film adapted from comic heroes has a huge investment, and once there is a loss, the company cannot afford it.

Barry. Deller had previously adapted "Batman" into a TV series, but the cost was huge, but the ratings were not very good. Viewers wrote letters or called TV stations, saying that Batman was too weak to be the superhero they had in mind.

To this Barry. There is nothing Diller can do, after all, the cost is only so much, and it is impossible to invest all the money in it just to make special effects, which would not be worth the loss.

Therefore, the TV series of "Batman" was only filmed for two seasons, and in the end it was cut by the TV station, because it was really not enough to make up for the cost.

Barry. Diller's heart was to persuade Xu Guanwu to think about it, after all, buying Marvel Comics for $500 million does not seem to be a cost-effective business now. Now, even if you rent a comic book hero to make a movie, the copyright fee is not too expensive, and it will only cost hundreds of thousands to one or two million dollars.

500 million dollars is enough to rent hundreds of comic book heroes, and if a comic hero has a movie, hundreds of comic book heroes will have to make hundreds of movies, and at the rate of three comic movies a year, hundreds of comic book movies can be made for a hundred years.

Xu Guanwu for Barry. Diller's suggestion did not give much thought to it, it is true that the copyright of comic book heroes is relatively cheap now, but it will be a hit when comic book hero movies become popular. The copyrights of comic book heroes are also rising. At that time, tens of millions of dollars may not be available.

Moreover, the film and television adaptation rights granted by comic companies are also time-limited. If there is no new film being filmed within a few years, then the image rights will be taken back. Therefore, it is better to buy Marvel directly while it is cheap now, and then you will own Spider-Man, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, X-MAN, Avengers and so on. Are you afraid that there will be no money to be made by then?

Barry. Seeing Xu Guanwu's insistence, Diler had to agree and send someone to contact Marvel Comics, and it was expected that there would be a reply within a few days.

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Xu Guanwu put down the phone, and suddenly found that Lin Qingxia and the other four beauties were looking at him, and couldn't help but smile suspiciously, "What's wrong?" Do I have flowers on my face? ”

"Nope." Deng Lijun smiled, "We just think that you are a big business of 500 million US dollars with one mouth, and we feel a little shocked." ”

Xu Guanwu smiled, it turned out to be like this. But $500 million for him. In fact, it's just a number, and there is so much money like him. They are also less sensitive to the so-called money.

To be honest, even if he spends $600 million to buy Marvel, he is quite worth it, after all, the global box office of a "The Avengers" is $1.5 billion, even if you remove star salaries, production costs, publicity expenses, etc., Marvel has at least $300 million or 400 million in net profits, not to mention the development of follow-up peripheral products.

"Ah Wu, what kind of big business have you done?" Zhao Yazhi asked curiously.

"Oh, I just bought a comic company." Xu Guanwu smiled.

"A comic book company costs 500 million dollars?! OMG. Lin Qingxia couldn't help but lose her voice. In her mind, comic books are only for children, and the cost is only a few cents, and it is worth hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars at most. What's the use of 500 million dollars?

Zhao Yazhi and Deng Lijun were also taken aback, "Ah Wu, what comic company is so expensive?" Huang Yulang's comic company is not worth so much money. Don't be fooled. ”

"Of course not, with your husband and my ingenuity, I don't cheat others and count him lucky, who dares to cheat me." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "You wait and see, my 500 million is definitely worth it." ”

Seeing that he was so sure, the four beauties had no choice but to let him go.

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"By the way, after the concert in New York, I want to take a break." Deng Lijun said with a smile, seemingly saying to Lin Qingxia and Zhao Yazhi, but her eyes were on Xu Guanwu.

Xu Guanwu smiled, "It's okay, I'm tired enough after two months of concert touring, so it's good to take a proper break." ”

"yes, look at how much weight you've lost a lot now." Lin Qingxia touched Deng Lijun's face and said, "Look, it's all out of the pointed chin." ”

"Well, the tour is tiring and I can't eat well, so it's inevitable to lose weight. So I want to go back to Hong Kong and recuperate. Deng Lijun said with a smile, "By the way, let's prepare for a concert in Hong Kong and Nanyang." ”

"It's okay, then I'll bring your parents to Hong Kong to reunite with you." Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "You haven't seen them in a while." ”

Deng Lijun smiled at Xu Guanwu gratefully, "Yes, I really miss them." ”

"In that case, I will go back to Hong Kong with you, but I don't know if if I go to Hong Kong, I will attract reporters from Taiwan." Hu Yinmeng said with some worry.

"Don't worry, there is Ah Wu in Hong Kong, see which newspaper reporter dares to mess around." Lin Qingxia said with a smile.

"When you say that, it makes me look like the leader of the Black X Club." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

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Two days later, after Deng Lijun's last performance in New York, the concert tour finally came to an end, and then she returned to Hong Kong with Xu Guanwu and others.

Xu Guanwu's return to Hong Kong this time can be called a return with honors. Not only did he win the Academy Awards, but it was also the first time that a Hong Kong filmmaker entered the 20th Century Fox, which is like a fantasy.

For a time, the popularity of the Hui Group in Hong Kong increased greatly, and countless small and medium-sized film companies came to defect, and they wanted to use the Hui Group to distribute the film in the United States through 20th Century Fox. Even if Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers were stubborn before, they have to admit that Hui's has become a veritable boss in the Hong Kong film industry.

Xu Guanwu also expressed his great happiness about this, but although there were so many film companies to invest, he was not carried away by this. It's not difficult for film companies to work together. First of all, it is also necessary to check the qualifications. Insufficient qualifications will not be considered at all.

Film companies that follow the trend and make films without innovation at all are also not considered. Only those who are serious about making movies. If the film company has a certain quality and a certain level, the Xu Group will cooperate with him, and the cooperation is not once and for all, the assessment work is always going on, if the film company falls, even if there has been cooperation before, it will be removed from the list of cooperation in the future.

Because Hui's Group now has the only distribution channel in North American theaters, and Hong Kong films distributed in North America. There are usually box offices ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, and basically if a movie can be released there, the film company can make a steady profit, so there are still many film companies rushing to cooperate.

Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers originally attracted a group of film companies to join their front through various measures, but now they are being engaged by Xu Guanwu like this, and they have also gone away in an uproar, which makes Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest itch their teeth.

Xu's big moves have been frequent at the beginning of spring this year, and the Xu brothers, who had a gap last year, came out again this year, and the name of the new film "Modern Bodyguard" is unusual. Zhou Yanfa, Zhang Guorong. Zhong Chuhong's blockbuster "Across the Seas" specially invited Golden Harvest's director Wu Yusen to direct and go to Paris, France to shoot the location, which is not inferior to "Plan A" at first glance. Hong Jingbao, Cheng Long, and Yuan Biao have been dormant for half a year, and their new masterpiece "Food Truck" will go to Spain to shoot on location, and will invite the beautiful Miss Spain champion Laura. Fang Na starred together, and it is said that this film is also quite a wonderful action movie. In addition, the news that Lin Qingxia will not make literary films and make action movies this year is also really eye-catching.

Nowadays, almost all the leading actors in Hong Kong's action movies are men, and although the male stars are fierce and vigorous in making action movies, they are also boiling in their blood. But if there is a heroic female star who comes out, I'm afraid you won't just be able to see wonderful fights. If a big beauty like Lin Qingxia can fight on the screen, it is actually quite exciting.

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After returning from the United States, Lin Qingxia continued to devote herself to training, and at the same time, the crew of "Royal Sister: Royal Warrior" is also in preparation, Xu's premier action film director Zhang Jian is responsible for directing this movie, and famous actors like Lu Liangwei, Chen Guantai, Qin Pei and other famous actors have also joined in with the momentum of the stars, so it is necessary for Lin Qingxia to succeed in transforming with this movie.

Zhao Yazhi also opened a play for "The Announcer", co-starring Zhao Yazhi, Miao Qiaowei, Feng Cuifan, etc., and after coming back, she began to be busy filming, leaving early and returning late very busy.

After Hu Yinmeng and Deng Lijun returned to Hong Kong together, both of them had their own secrets so they did not live together, Hu Yinmeng rented a house in Wong Tai Sin District in the name of Qing Xiu. Deng Lijun lived next to the former headquarters of the Xu Group on the grounds that he had to practice his voice early for fear of making noise.

Now Lin Qingxia and Zhao Yazhi are busy with their respective careers and are not at home every day, so they naturally gave Xu Guanwu the opportunity to accompany Deng Lijun in the morning and Hu Yinmeng in the afternoon, and they ran quite diligently on both sides.

After Xu Guanwu's diligent cultivation, Hu Yinmeng finally became pregnant with a baby. However, she did not abide by the previous agreement, and after having a baby, she took the child to live in seclusion, but planned to continue to maintain an underground relationship with Xu Guanwu.

Deng Lijun originally wanted to give birth to a baby for Xu Guanwu, but because a concert was going to be held soon, he was afraid that pregnancy would affect the fetus, so this plan had to be postponed.

It is worth mentioning that after the Li Ao case ended, the media in Hong Kong and Taiwan did not stop reporting on Hu Yinmeng, and most of them still focused on the scandal between her and Xu Guanwu.

This statement made Xu Guanwu a little speechless, if he wanted to harm Li Ao, would he still use the frame, just ask someone to cut it into eighteen pieces and throw it into the sea to feed the sharks, where is there such a trouble? It's really making up news and not using your brain.

During the period when Deng Lijun and Xu Guanwu were entangled again, they were also preparing for their concert in Hong Kong. Her popularity in Hong Kong has always been very high, and she is on a par with Xu Xiaofeng, the eldest sister of Yisheng Records. However, compared to his influence in the world, of course, Deng Lijun is on a higher level.

In order to make the concert in Hong Kong this time, Xu Guanwu specially asked TVB to produce a music album for Deng Lijun in order to have more influence, and made up the MVs of a number of classic songs for her, which were broadcast in prime time on the TV station in turn, so that Deng Lijun's sweet singing voice resounded in Hong Kong again.

For Xu Guanwu's good intentions, Deng Lijun was naturally very grateful, and personally cooked a table of good dishes for him to treat him, so that Xu Guanwu was very happy.

"Stanley, I want to retire at thirty." Deng Lijun said to Xu Guanwu.

"Okay." Xu Guanwu smiled, "Stand down, I'll support you then." ”

Deng Lijun smiled, "Are you really willing to support me?" ”

"That's natural, you're my woman, who don't raise you?" Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

Deng Lijun couldn't help but laugh sweetly when he heard Xu Guanwu say this. (To be continued......)