Brad Pitt shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "It's Disney after all." ”

After a moment of silence, Gwyneth couldn't help but say, "That woman is Scarlett?" Scarlett Johansson? ”

For this "second-rate star" born as a child star, Gwyneth has heard of fame, but she is not very sure.

"That's right, many people in Hollywood say she's a future superstar, and when I think about it, it seems like there are many people who say that her template is you......"

Brad Pitt gave an intriguing smile: Generally speaking, if a template wants to become famous quickly, it needs to seek fame in the owner of the template, and the relationship between the two parties is usually not very good.

Sure enough, after hearing Brad Pitt's words, Gwyneth's displeasure was almost written on her face, she snorted coldly, turned around and walked in.

Five minutes later, Xiao Shu dragged Scarlett to the Hollywood Theater, and at this time, Stan Lee also appeared in front of him: "Welcome, my dear friend, Mr. Gretel! ”

The father of Marvel gave Xiao Zhu a warm hug, as if Xiao Zhu was a friend he hadn't seen for many years, in fact, Stan Lee's perception of Xiao Zhu is indeed getting better, a week before the release of "Iron Man", Xiao Shu said that he wanted to buy Marvel, so Marvel's stock has been rising, and now it has risen by more than 30%, but Xiao Shu has not seen any action, how do you look like a fortune boy", such a "good person", how can Stan Lee not like it!

"Hello, Stan Lee, this is my girlfriend Scarlett Johansson, I heard that she has taken over the role of Black Widow in "Iron Man 2", she is very interested in "Iron Man", and I was pulled by her today."

Xiao Zhu smiled wryly while introducing his female companion to Stan Lee, and in just one moment, Scarlett suddenly created a good sense in Stan Lee's heart: after all, "Iron Man" was created by him, and Black Widow was also created by him, and Stan Lee will naturally be happy about the love of others.

He even praised Scarlett directly: "What a beautiful lady, Mr. Gretel will be very happy with you, I feel that director Jon has a really good eye......"

The two sides chatted for a while, and soon, the main creators took the stage to give various speeches and other things to set off the atmosphere, and Xiao Shu and Scarlett also made it to the guest seat.

The premiere of "Iron Man" began soon, and Downey Jr. appeared on the big screen, for this film that is popular all over the world, Xiao Shu has naturally seen it, and he doesn't feel anything anymore, but Scarlett watches it very seriously, as an actor, her cultivation in this area has always been very good.

The two-hour plot ends with the advancement of time, Xiao Shu is very honest from beginning to end, and there are many thoughts turning in his heart: The first part of "Iron Man" in history is naturally successful, but Xiao Shu does not know the specific extent of success. But no matter what, even if Marvel's stock price appreciates, in fact, the purchase is not a loss, because only Xiao Shu knows that "Iron Man" is followed by "The Avengers", which is the big boss, and the superheroes who are gathered together can sweep the global box office every time!

Of course, Xiao Shu doesn't have much feeling for the Avengers, he is just a pseudo-fan, just to the members of the Avengers, Scarlett don't say it for the time being, superheroines such as Captain Marvel, Scarlet Witch, Invisible Girl, and Storm Girl are all a lot of characters, and if they master this thing, they almost master a red sofa......

"Gretel, I'm going to say hi to Director Jon."

When Xiao Shu was "imagining the future", Scarlett's voice came from his ears, Xiao Shu nodded very casually, in fact, he wanted to say that Jon, the director of "Iron Man 1", did not have anything, and now he is sure that he is the director of the first part, but whether the director of the second part is another thing to say, this kind of super production, it has always been the work that has made the director and the actor, not the actor or the director who has made the work, in later generations, the people of the earth know that the difficulty of playing a superhero is extremely low.

"It seems that we have to act quickly, after the results of "Iron Man" come out, Wall Street is also going to make some moves, it's time to find some trouble for them." Xiao Zhu muttered to himself, he knew that Wall Street represented almost trillions of dollars of wealth, but this wealth was uneven, not even Wall Street itself, so if Wall Street invested too much in something, then Wall Street's own alliance fell apart!

At this time, Scarlett came back in a hurry, she sat beside Xiao Shu, and said with a little lost soul: "What to do, what to do......"

"What's wrong?" Xiao Shu asked in amazement.

"Gretel, my role is gone, I heard that Black Widow is going to be cut off!" Scarlett hugged Xiao Zhu's arm and said with an aggrieved expression, her beautiful big eyes seemed to be about to shed tears.

"Poof"

Xiao Shu almost didn't spray, as the most eye-catching superhero Black Widow in "The Avengers", is about to be cut off? How is this possible!

"What's the situation?"

Scarlett said aggrievedly: "How do I know what the situation is, when I first met Jon, I said that I promised to take over the role of Black Widow, who knew that he was stunned and told me that there are many controversies about "Iron Man 2" on the Marvel side, and some people don't want other superheroes to appear in "Iron Man", so my role was cut ......"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhumo rubbed his chin and comforted Scarlett: "It's okay, without "Iron Man 2", we still have "Black Widow", and "The Hunger Games", with me, are you still afraid of the lack of films?" ”

This is actually Xiao Zhu's deliberately comforting words, he knows Marvel's future strategy, because according to the disclosure of later generations, as early as the 60s, Marvel for its superheroes, came to an integration in the comics, so there is the name Marvel, there is "Marvel World", and now as the beginning of the movie version of "Marvel World", as long as "Iron Man" is a big success, Marvel will definitely mix private goods in it, and Black Widow is the most suitable choice.

However, Xiao Zhu didn't know what had happened, so after comforting Scarlett, he still found Stan Lee after the premiere, but the reason he sought Stan Lee was naturally not to directly say justice for "Scarlett".

"What? You said you were going to buy the rights to Black Widow? ”

Stan Li looked at Xiao Shu in surprise and said in amazement.

In fact, in the comics, although the character of "Black Widow" appears a lot, she is really not a "new character" similar to "Wonder Woman" in Justice League, who appears as a protagonist, she appears more as a supporting role, which means that Black Widow is actually not too important, so Stan Lee was surprised.

Xiao Shu shrugged his shoulders and smiled deliberately: "Marvel doesn't really think that I want to buy your company, how is that possible, Marvel's market value is now more than $5 billion, and tonight, with the release of "Iron Man", I believe it will take Marvel to a new height, so it is impossible for me to buy Marvel, not that I don't want to, but I can't afford it." ”

Stan Lee nodded unconsciously, because every word of Xiao Shu was true, in the internal meeting of Marvel, everyone had discussed Xiao Zhu's behavior, and finally they came to the conclusion that Xiao Shu could not complete the acquisition of Marvel, because the money required was too much, and Xiao Shu would never be able to take out this money.

"In fact, I just plan to buy some marginal characters from Marvel, my girlfriend likes the role of Black Widow very much, so I plan to buy it, and then let my New Century Entertainment recreate it, to put it bluntly, this only needs an authorization from Marvel, of course, the copyright of the created work naturally belongs to New Century Entertainment."

Stan Li was surprised, but then he smiled and shook his head, "Mr. Gretel, character authorization is just a small matter, it's not a big business, but because of that, why should I promise you?" ”

Yes, Stan Lee is a stubborn and cautious old man, so he won't sell the "superhero" who may have great potential in the future for a little licensing fee, even if the superhero is still only a supporting role or a bud.

"It's a deal, I'm going to invest in Iron Man 2, the investment amount is $200 million, I'm only asking for a part of the box office dividends, and Black Widow's separate character authorization, and of course, I'm going to insert the Black Widow character into Iron Man 2, I think, even if Iron Man really succeeds, it's a good deal, isn't it? As far as I know, when you were filming "Iron Man 1", you had to compromise with Walt Disney several times because of the broken financial chain, and finally let Walt Disney take most of the proceeds of "Iron Man". ”

"Tonight's situation, you also saw how charismatic Iron Man is, countless people in the United States are crazy about him, he is a superhero who is different from all the previous characters, I believe that its future North American box office will inevitably exceed 500 million US dollars! However, Marvel can only get a pitiful box office dividend, all because of financial constraints......"

Stan Lee was moved, he didn't ask for shares in Marvel, he didn't ask for the copyright of the movie, it was just the final net income, and in fact, an investment like Xiao Shu, after the final calculation of the distribution company, would basically only give a basic principal plus a pitiful part of the income, to put it bluntly, this is Xiao Shu sending money again! How could Stan Lee not be impressed!

"Let me think about it."

Stan Lee took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

But then I heard Xiao Shu say coldly: "Only before 12 o'clock tonight, before the box office on the first day, I need you to give me an answer, otherwise when the box office comes out tomorrow, my conditions may be reduced, but it will definitely not be improved!" Mr. Stan Lee, you know, even if "Iron Man" really reaches 500 million US dollars, my investment in the second part is still a huge risk, not to mention, the box office has not come out yet, in case it ......"

Xiao Shu didn't say the following words, but the meaning was very clear.

Stanley knew that Xiao Shu was not such an easy character to fool, and the conditions proposed by the other party were really very favorable, so he nodded seriously and said: "Okay, Mr. Gretel, I will immediately hold an emergency meeting with other executives of Marvel to discuss this matter, and at least give you an answer before 12 o'clock!" ”

"Looking forward to working with Marvel."

Xiao Shu nodded and left the scene.

……

"How's it going?"

Gwyneth found a moment, came to director Jon, and asked softly, as a Hollywood woman, she didn't allow people who could threaten her to appear on the crew, so she had previously told Jon that she would cut off the role of Black Widow.

Jon climbed into Gwyneth's bed more than once during the filming, and naturally responded to this.

"Don't worry, in the future "Iron Man 2", there will be no Black Widow scenes."

Jon said with a smile on his face to Gwyneth, he was very satisfied that he was able to get on Gwyneth, as an old man in his fifties, he was not a big star like Brad Pitt, and being with an Oscar-winning actress like Gwyneth made him seem to have regained the confidence of a man in the past, so any request for Gwyneth was almost unconditionally met.

Gwyneth nodded in satisfaction, and at this moment, she looked solemn, hurriedly stood up, and nodded to Stan Lee, who was walking over, "Hello, Mr. Stan Lee." ”

"Hello two!"

Stan Lee nodded, then said to Jon, "Black Widow's character was axed?" I heard that you mean? ”

Jon was stunned, generally speaking, such a small role, a big guy like Stan Lee wouldn't care, but in the face of the big guy's question, he still nodded, trying to find some words or excuses.

But before he could speak, Stan Lee commanded in an unquestioning tone: "Add the role back at once, and make the scene more important, I once told you, I have a big plan, and Black Widow is one of those big plans, and I don't want her to make any mistakes." ”

"Yes, sir!" Jon almost immediately agreed, he was a smart man, and knew what the women around him were close to.

"Hmm!"

Stan Lee nodded, turned to leave, he will return to Marvel Comics soon, the directors of the company have already received news from him, the reason why Jon was ordered in advance is because after a conversation with Xiao Zhu, he always felt that the role of Black Widow could dig deeper, after all, there are too few female superheroes in Marvel, since the beginning of this year, feminism in Hollywood has begun to rise, and he doesn't want to affect his "big plan" in the future because of any factors.