Leaving from Hollywood, Lei Weidong and his entourage came to New York to meet with the purple beauty, calculated the time, and unknowingly Lei Weidong had left New York for more than 20 days, and now the time has entered mid-October.

During this time, the biggest news in the American comic book industry was the popularity of "Transformers".

"Harry, your comics have become popular during this time, only the second issue has sold 500,000 copies, and the marketing department estimates that the sales of this latest issue will be around 800,000 copies, it can be said that you have created a miracle, there is no comic in the United States like "Transformers", sales have risen so fast!" Stan Lee laughed as soon as he saw Lei Weidong and threw a cigar at Lei Weidong.

"Come, taste! New Cuban cigars! ”

Lei Weidong picked up the cigar and cut it, did what he saw on TV, roasted it on the alcohol lamp on the table, then smelled the cigar, lit it, and took a deep breath.

Ahem, a strong smell choked Lei Wei Dongzhi cough! "No, Stan Lee, I still can't smoke! I don't like the smell of smoke. Lei Weidong said apologetically.

"Oh, what a pity, Harry! To be honest, Harry, you don't smoke or drink, what a waste of life's greatest enjoyment! Stan Lee said regretfully. It's a pity that you are too young now, if you are an adult, I will definitely let you see the heat and love of our American girls! ”

"Thank you, Stan Lee, and I'm going to have to enjoy the American girl in two years! You'll be in charge! Lei Weidong did not refuse Stan Lee's enthusiasm. You must know that the last time Jobs mentioned this matter, Lei Weidong was excited, but he refused because of his age.

"Yes, Harry, when you're 16 years old, I'll take you to see the madness of American parties! By the way, by the way, Mego and Hasbro have very smart noses, and as soon as the comics are released, we were contacted for authorization. It's a pity that the copyright of this comic is in your hands! Stan Lee turned the subject to good news for Lei Weidong.

"I know, but what kind of company is Mego?" Lei Weidong said.

Stan Lee looked at Lei Weidong with wide eyes for a while: "Are you kidding?" Now I'm sure you're new to the comics industry. Mego is a toy company that specializes in making dolls, Mego is much bigger than Baby, and we make superheroes and DC superdolls. ”

"All of them?" Lei Weidong asked.

"Yes, all of them!" Stan Lee replied in the affirmative.

Lei Weidong touched his head and smiled embarrassedly, there is no way Lei Weidong is very unfamiliar with American toy companies, if it weren't for the release of the blockbuster "Transformers" by Hasbro, Lei Weidong would not have remembered Hasbao.

Before coming to the United States, all the patents related to Transformers were filed in Japan, and the technical problems of producing toys were solved. After Lei Weidong applied for a patent for Transformers in the United States, he had already notified Wu Bo to let the factory conduct trial production.

And samples have been sent to several toy companies in the United States after the popularity of "Transformers". It is estimated that Hasbro and Mego have both, and now the company only needs to wait for the contract to be signed and start mass production.

"Have you ever considered licensing this toy through Marvel? After all, we're more experienced than you. "Stan Lee's good news is not for nothing, the old guy has also taken a fancy to the patent of "Transformers".

"I'm worried that you're giving the patent to Mego!" Lei Weidong said half-jokingly: "I have sent samples to many toy companies, and I guess they have both Mego and Baby. I mean, Surprise can bring everyone together and talk, we can discuss the terms, and then whoever has the good terms I will authorize! ”

"No problem, Harry!" Stan Lee laughed.

During the negotiations, an interesting thing happened, the American lawyer Robert invited by Lei Weidong was very attentive to Lei Weidong's request, and he originally planned to persuade Lei Weidong to shake off the surprise and cooperate directly with the toy company, so that their law firm could handle it, and Robert's status in the firm would rise to the sky, and even become a partner.

For this reason, he brought in the boss of the law firm to negotiate with Lei Weidong on the terms and strive for this authorization negotiation.

However, Lei Weidong rejected Robert's kindness, after all, Lei Weidong's idea was a little different, and now Marvel Comics has made up his mind to continue to create the "Transformers" series of comics, and the comic book team has begun to be formed.

It can be said that only Marvel Comics makes a profit in Transformers, whether it is a comic or a toy. Will we work the creation of comics, so that the quality and life of comics can be better guaranteed, and the popularity of comics can promote the sales of toys.

Of course, another point is that if you have a good relationship with Marvel now, then in the future, Lei Weidong will be able to enter Marvel Comics with a lot less resistance. After all, even the Americans talk about friendship when they have the same interests.

The customer is God, since Lei Weidong has made a decision, of course Robert has to do it, although there are still some regrets in his heart, but the Americans are about professionalism, Robert put all his enthusiasm on Surprise, and Chen Dazhuang cooperated in the negotiation to help Lei Weidong retain all the copyright and concession rights and eighty percent of the licensing income.

The Transformers designed by Lei Weidong are very different from history, after all, the vision of more than a few decades is not covered. Compared with history, Lei Weidong's Transformers overcome the problems of being bulky and easy to break, and are more full of streamlined beauty.

In addition to the popularity of comics, selling, and finally come to participate in the bidding or toy companies are very complete, basically the famous toy companies in the United States have come. After careful discussion with Robert, Chen Dazhuang and Stan Lee, Lei Weidong decided to use the situation of hidden auction to conduct the auction, and first select the three highest bidders before negotiating.

In the end, BabyBaby, Mego and MGA were shortlisted. Negotiations on the final grant fee began.

History hasn't changed, although Mego has decided to invest more in sci-fi toys because it missed the excitement of the recent Star Wars toy licensing, and has offered a high price.

It's a pity that the vice president of Hasboy has a very poisonous vision, and is very optimistic about the prospects of Transformers toys like history, not only offering an unprecedented authorization commission of 10%, but also agreeing that all "Transformers" toys will be purchased by Good Friends International Trade Co., Ltd.

In one fell swoop, he obtained the sales rights of "Transformers" toys in North America and Europe, so Lei Weidong had to sigh the huge inertia of history.

With a check for three million US dollars, Lei Weidong was very happy, the matter of Transformers was basically solved, and the comics were handed over to Marvel Comics, and the promotion of toys was naturally responsible for Hasboy Baby, with the influence of these two companies in Europe and the United States. Lei Weidong only needs to wait to collect the money in the future.

Of course, it won't be that simple, because Good Friends International Trading Co., Ltd. is responsible for the sourcing of toys and other comics and works with Marvel. Therefore, Lei Weidong is going to set up the American branch of Xiaomi Comics in the United States, and Lei Weidong is going to hand over the company to Zi Hanyan, and Zi Da Mei will take her two subordinates to set up the company first.

"What, you mean, the cauliflower doll is made by us! No need to work with Hasbro! When Lei Weidong was about to mention to Zihanyan that he was going to open a branch of Xiaomi Comics in the United States, Zihanyan put forward the idea of asking the company to promote the cabbage doll by itself.