DC Comics, created in 1934. In June 1938, the company created the world's first superhero, Superman, in the inaugural issue of Action Comics, which rewrote the history of comics in the United States.

In May 1939, the company created the world's first superhero without superpowers, Batman, in the 27th issue of "Detective Comics".

Since 1940, the National Justice Society has been born, with members including The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Atom, Ghost, Doctor Fate, Shixia, and Sandman. Wonder Woman later joins in.

In this era, due to the element of war, superheroes served as many ordinary people's desire to punish evil and promote good, and after the end of World War II, people immersed in the joy of victory no longer needed superheroes to save the world. The serialization of most heroes has ended one after another, and the only heroes who are still active are the old Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.

It's not easy for DC Comics right now, but Chen Jun still spent money worth a few buildings in downtown New York to buy him.

And Marvel Comics, that is, Marvel, was founded in 1939, and is still a younger brother compared to DC, and has not created any well-known heroes, but it is not without gains, there is a 21-year-old young man who is very talented in comics is also in Marvel Comics Company, his name is Stan Lee, and he spent a lot of money on acquisitions for these people.

This kind of huge acquisition of a comic book company made many people in the Corleone family not understand, why a few broken villain books could be worth so much money, but he naturally bought it.

Except for Chen Jun, naturally no one could have predicted that in the future, these characters would be gold-sucking beasts that could set off a huge influence in the world.

This is a long-term investment, although limited by the factors of the times, it is impossible to expect them to attract crazy money on the screen in 30 years, but as a media territory embedded in the daily media company, it is still necessary to form a closed-loop entertainment model and inject new blood into "Daily Headlines".

In the future, Daily Media will radiate newspaper paper media, television, radio, music records, film production and other major media fields to form a complete set of pan-entertainment ecological chain.

In the 4,50s, many well-known film companies and broadcast media in the future have not yet made their mark, and now the acquisition of these high-quality assets is like picking up cabbage, and no one is trying to integrate all media fields.

Of course, soft power must be used, and hard power should also be grasped in industries related to the foundation of people's livelihood.

Chen Jun has ordered Hagen to travel to Las Vegas and make a trip to California to buy a pharmaceutical company.

When the plane arrived in Los Angeles, Wilde, the newspaper director who had been promoted to "Daily Headlines" for his meritorious service, greeted him at the airport early.

When he first returned to the United States from Sicily, Chen Jun already knew about the operation of "Daily Headlines".

Because of sniping at those big names, the newspaper was accused by many forces of violating market rules, and once stopped operating, and the staff of the newspaper panicked, and many of them changed jobs, and this situation was not withdrawn until the godfather lived in Corleone Manor.

The newspaper resumed operations, Wilde took control of the newspaper, and the newspaper gradually got on the right track, and because of the previous sensational news events, "Daily Headlines" gained great credibility and influence, and sales rose instead of falling, which was a blessing in disguise.

"Is what I want you to prepare?" Chen Jun asked Wilde.

"The two separate office buildings could serve as their headquarters, each with a media company but run by them independently, and the newspaper also recruited special personnel and a series of resources to promote them," Wilde said. and work with their New York office. ”

"Well done."

Chen Jun praised it, and then introduced the two heads of DC Comics and Marvel Comics to meet with Wilde, and a series of affairs were discussed by themselves, and the two comic companies moved to Los Angeles and operated independently, he only provided resources for promotion, the corresponding environment, and the vast majority of shares.

After that, he didn't pay attention to it, they were all companies with mature experience, and naturally there were corresponding professionals to deal with it for him.

"Let's go, I'll take you to taste the food here."

Chen Jun drove Marlena into a French restaurant, and as soon as she entered, all the male and female eyes were projected, and even the food was forgotten.

Marlena is used to this, and the gaze here is just a glance and then retracted, even if it is hidden in the heart, this group of high-income groups will pay attention to decency and decency in front of the restaurant and female companions.

But one of them, who seemed to have no eyesight, came up and handed over a business card: "Oh, this lady, you are truly a gift from God." ”

"You are so beautiful, like a goddess, are you interested in becoming an actor? With your style and beauty, I believe you can make all the men in the United States crazy about you. ”

"I'm an actor at Paramount Pictures, you can call me Martin, and if you're interested, I can make you a female star."

When he spoke, he didn't pay attention to Chen Jun the whole time.

Chen Jun also knows that this is an extremely normal phenomenon in Hollywood. Every now and then, there are actors or scouts who boast that a certain film company can make a beautiful girl a popular female star, but of course they have to pay some price in the process.

The temptation to become a star is great, even a woman who originally had a good partner will choose to give up a wealthy object and pursue a nihilistic star dream, which is also where the confidence of this talent scout called Martin lies.

"You said it so fast that I didn't hear it clearly?" Marlena frowned and spoke English that she was not fluent in.

"Are you from the countryside, or a foreigner?"

Martin could guess a rough idea just by listening to the voice, and his heart couldn't help but be excited, so it was better to fool, and he repeated the words again, but Marlena still pretended not to understand.

Seeing her beautiful appearance, Martin endured a sigh of relief, and continued to repeat like a repeater, making Chen Jun next to him laugh, "How long are you going to tease him?" Don't eat it anymore? ”

Marlena has been in the United States for nearly two months, and she basically communicates correctly, but with some accents.

When Martin heard this, he immediately reacted, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

Before he could get angry, Marlena had already torn up the business card in her hand, slapped it at him, and said with a frown: "This gentleman, when you see me or something, what makes you have the courage to step forward regardless of decency and etiquette?" ”

Marlena, who came to the United States, has been contaminated with some habits of the United States, Chen Jun said that he is very happy about this, and he will teach more in the future.

Martin raised his hand to fan it, Chen Jun easily grabbed his wrist, shook it hard, and suddenly heard the slight sound of bone cracking, he glanced slightly, and the bodyguard next to him dragged him down.

Not everyone will bring bodyguards to dinner, what does this mean, and many people suddenly withdrew their gaze.

"There's a Hollywood in Los Angeles, and that's the way it's all about, and you're probably going to have to get used to it a lot later."

Marlena smiled and nodded, and the two sat down at the table.

Soon, there was a stir outside the restaurant, and even the owner of the shop ran out of the door excitedly, and after a while, people finally saw the reason.

Big star Johnny Fontan brought seven or eight men and women to the restaurant, and among the three female faces was the popular female star Vivien Leigh.

Chen Jun also saw them, but did not say hello.

He heard Hagen report that Johnny Fontan had already filmed the script "** Record" provided by Chen Jun with the funding of his godfather, and this group was the crew, because he recognized Alfred Hitchcock, a famous director who influenced later generations.

Johnny Fontan first thanked the shopkeeper for his welcome, and waved slightly to the surrounding group of high-income decent people.

It's just that suddenly, he saw the beautiful and moving Marlena for the first time, and then found Chen Jun sitting opposite.

"William!"

Johnny shouted loudly, waving his hand in the air, he hadn't seen this brother in a long time, his tone was full of excitement and surprise, and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

When Vivien Leigh heard this familiar name, she also turned around and looked over, and saw Chen Jun and Marlena on the other side.