"Ryan, you're in New York?"

When Mrs. Shelly opened the door, she looked at Ryan, who was walking behind Natalie, and was a little surprised.

"Mrs. Shelly, I haven't seen you in a long time."

Greeting, Ryan walked into the living room and said to the middle-aged man sitting on the couch, "Hello, Mr. Avner. ”

"Ryan, sit down."

"No, Dad, Ryan and I went upstairs." Natalie pulled Ryan past and walked up to the second floor.

Avner? Hershler watched the two figures disappear down the stairs, her brow furrowed, and Mrs. Shelly sighed slightly and said, "Don't worry, Nat and Ryan are both measured people. ”

"The problem is that they've grown up!" Mr. Evner was a little upset.

Walking into Natalie's bedroom, which was still the same as it had been a few years ago, Ryan looked around, pulled a chair, and sat down at the desk.

"Need a drink?" Natalie brought two cartons of juice and gestured to Ryan.

"You've always liked it, haven't you, Nat?" Ryan took the juice and placed it on the desk, "Think about when I first came into your room?" I didn't expect so many years to pass in the blink of an eye. ”

"Ryan?" Natalie's eyebrows furrowed, and she looked him up and down carefully, "This kind of emotion is not what a sixteen-year-old should say, right?" ”

"Mind you, Nat, I'm seventeen."

Ryan waved his hand casually and looked at the picture frames in the room one by one. In addition to the photo of the Herchler family, it is a photo of himself and Natalie.

"Ryan, haven't you considered moving out?" Natalie sat on the edge of the bed. Suddenly changed the subject.

"Move out?" Ryan never thought about it.

"yes, you're seventeen." Natalie rightly said, "A lot of people moved out of their homes at the age of sixteen. ”

Ryan knows this, although the law of most states in the United States says that the age of eighteen is considered an adult, and the age of sixteen requires a guardian, many people who are independent early will be after the age of sixteen. I moved out of my home and tried to live the life I longed for.

Of course, there are no fewer advantages and disadvantages to this.

"I ...... I haven't thought about it yet. Ryan could only scratch his head.

"Why don't you buy a manor of your own?" Natalie looked nonchalant. "You're not short of money."

"This ...... I'll talk about that later. It occurred to Ryan that it was indeed time to have a house of his own, "Do you have any ideas?" ”

"Uh-huh~"

Sitting across from her was her best friend, and Natalie didn't mean to hide it. "A few more months. I would ask my mother to find a suitable apartment and move out after her sixteenth birthday. ”

"Why move out?" Despite knowing that Natalie has become more and more independent as she has grown, Ryan is a little curious.

Natalie didn't answer, just pouted and looked in the direction of the stairs through the door.

Seeing Natalie's expression, Ryan could roughly guess some, presumably Natalie in the past few years. I didn't get along very well with my father, who was too conservative.

"Daddy saw me eating meat." Natalie said suddenly. "We had a fight."

"Oh. My God! Ryan suddenly covered his forehead and asked tentatively, "Did he ask you why you eat meat?" ”

"Of course." Natalie pursed her lips and wrinkled her nose and said, "I sued Daddy that some guy lied to me, and then it was like this......"

"Come on, Nat." Ryan wouldn't believe her, if it was as Natalie said, Mr. Avner would never give himself a good look, and might even blow it out.

"Stand up, Nat!" Ryan suddenly thought of another question.

"Stand up?" Despite her doubts, Natalie stood next to Ryan's chair.

"Wow~"

Ryan stood beside Natalie, then gestured between the two of them and let out an excited voice, "Nat, are you more than five feet five inches?" ”

"yes." Natalie rolled her eyes, "Is it worth being happy to be so much shorter than you?" ”

"No, no, no." Ryan was ashamed, "You know, Nat, you should thank me for growing so tall." ”

"Thank you? Hmph~"

Seeing Natalie's puzzled eyes, Ryan closed his mouth, he can't sue her, you are already higher than in your previous life, right? Well...... It's just that skinny.

There was a knock on the door, and when Natalie opened the door, Mrs. Shelly walked in with a cookie, "I'll make Zuò's snack, Ryan, you're welcome." ”

"Hmm~ It tastes awesome!" Ryan picked up a piece and threw it into his mouth.

"It's good to your taste."

When Mrs. Shelly left, her eyes deliberately circled around the two people, and after finding that there was nothing abnormal, she closed the door.

"I heard you dropped two movies in a row, Nat?" Ryan tossed another cookie into his mouth.

"To be exact, I pushed down 'Lolita', and the crew of 'Romeo and Juliet' looked down on me." Natalie subconsciously touched her neck, and under the turtleneck was a silver-white sun-shaped pendant.

"That's their loss." Rough situation Ryan listens to the pie? "Don't forget the audition at the end of February, I'd love to partner with you." ”

"Come on, Ryan, what do you think of Anakin? Skywalker and Padmé? Does Amidala have room for us to play? ”

"Please don't forget, Nat." Ryan reminded, "The box office is also a kind of qualification. ”

"But ......"

"Stop! Nat. ”

As he grew older, Ryan had long since faded that contentious heart, anyway, his future achievements were enough to illustrate it.

As it gets dark, Ryan declines Mrs. Shelly's invitation to dinner and prepares to take his leave and return to the hotel.

"Are you going to the theater tomorrow?" Natalie asked as she dropped Ryan out of the house.

"There shouldn't be time, I'm going to amaze tomorrow." Ryan reached out and pulled her long windswept hair, "It's an important time for PR, and after dealing with the surprise, I'm leaving New York, Nat, I'm waiting for you in Los Angeles." ”

…………

After last year's equity change, the new CEO Avi? Under Arad's operation, Marvel Comics has been reorganized, not only forming five major industrial structures of film, copyright licensing, toys, the Internet and comic publishing, but also preparing to establish a separate film production company in Burbank, which is responsible for producing superhero movies belonging to Marvel.

In a year's time, Marvel Comics used various means to recover the copyrights of most of the comic characters, and even so, the recycling work is still in full swing.

At the same time, the traditional comic industry continues to slide into the abyss, and Marvel Comics' losses last year reached a considerable amount.

Of course, this situation is bound to not be sustainable, and turning losses into profits is the primary issue facing the top management of Surprise.

"In the past year, we have reclaimed the rights to the most popular comic book characters such as X-Men, Iron Man, Hulk, Spider-Man, Captain America, Blade, etc., and the film production department in Burbank is in the works, and I think Marvel is now ready to bring his superhero to the big screen."

In the conference room, Avi? Arad is talking about it, and although he still lost money last year, he has used this precious time to complete the integration and optimization of Marvel's interior.

"Now it's time to think about which superhero to bring to the big screen first." The person who spoke was Stan? Lee, the old man was staring at Ryan who was speechless with a burning gaze, "How is Spider-Man?" ”

"No, Stan."

Despite being seated, Ryan's body was still standing like a javelin, "I think you guys should make a long-term plan, surprise that there are more than 5,000 comic book characters, and dozens of them are popular, we should make a plan for ten, twenty, or even thirty years!" ”

His words made several high-level people look at each other, and it has always been DC superheroes who have been popular on the big screen, and Marvel's characters have not yet been tested by the film market.

"Ryan, what do you mean?" Stan? The eyes behind Lee's lenses radiated a fine light.

"Create a unique world view that belongs to surprise, and put most of the superheroes in the same parallel universe space, such as Iron Man, Captain America and others."

Ryan flipped through the comics of this world, and the surprising parallel universe was a mess, and the worldview was far from as clear as in the movies of the previous life.

You mean...... "Stan?" Lee has realized something.

"That's right, Stan." Ryan slowly tapped on the arm of his chair, "The Avengers are one of our ultimate plans. ”

Then, he stretched out his hand to stop what the other party wanted to say, "However, it will be ten or even twenty years later." ”

"Ryan, we need a shot in the arm to change the company's current revenue status." Avi? Arad spoke.

"Let's start with Blade."

Ryan's approach is relatively conservative, but such an inconsequential, limited-investment comic book character is a perfect test for Marvel Pictures.

"How about you writing the script yourself, Ryan?"

"Stan, you're the one who knows them best." Ryan shook his head firmly, "You and your team are the best fit. ”

Ryan is not modest, and as he says, who better to be a screenwriter than the man who created these superheroes?

For the whole day, Ryan stayed in Amazement, and he didn't have any intention of interfering in the specific operation, but just discussed the future development plan with several senior executives, and put forward a lot of suggestions for film shooting, such as the mutual visit of superheroes in the future and easter eggs.

In the evening, after a phone call with Natalie, Ryan flew back to Los Angeles, and the Oscar nominations were about to be announced, and now it was time for the crunch time! (To be continued......)