As a response to the excellent box office of "Iron Man", just last night, Walt Disney released news to the outside world, announcing the launch of the Marvel Comics acquisition plan, which plans to acquire all the shares of Marvel Comics with $3 billion!

With the news released by Walt Disney to the outside world, Marvel Comics' shares rose in response! The vast number of American people are convinced of this news, because Walt Disney announced the news in a gesture of imperativeness, so they plan to follow Walt Disney to drink a sip of soup, and during the time of the private jet flight, Marvel stock has been up and down!

Of course, no one doubts that Walt Disney will be able to buy Marvel even if the stock appreciates, and no one in this country where capital is king can remain indifferent to $3 billion. Today, it will be Walt Disney's first negotiations with Marvel Comics.

Xiao Zhu came to the world-famous business circle on Fifth Avenue in New York, a busy scene of people coming and going, Xiao Zhu and Jessica came to the front of the building at No. 417 in a low-key manner, and looked up, the headquarters of the Marvel Building was impressively listed.

This headquarters building is actually very famous, it has appeared in superhero movies such as "Spider-Man", "Iron Man", "Hulk" and so on, and has become one of the iconic buildings of New York in the film.

"Sir, who are you looking for?"

The receptionist at the front desk was an "old woman" in her thirties, and when Xiao Shu came over, the woman was putting on makeup in front of the mirror, looking like she had just gone to work.

"We're looking for Mr. Stan Lee." Jessica stepped forward and said to him.

"Do you have an appointment?"

"Old woman" said casually, while talking, and opened the newspaper, this is the latest "New York Times", in the past few days, Xiao Zhu's name kept appearing in the newspaper, but today, Xiao Zhu's frequent position is occupied by a piece of news: Walt Disney announced the acquisition of Marvel Comics!

"Yes, our boss ......"

Without waiting for Jessica to finish speaking, Xiao Shu stepped forward and said coldly to the old woman: "I don't care if you received instructions from above, I think you should know my identity and tell Stan Li that I am here to join the board of directors, if he does not come down to greet me within 20 minutes, then I will regard him as not valuing my investment, then I will turn around and leave." ”

What are you kidding, for the front desk reception of a large company, how can it be possible to greet guests with such a "snubbing" attitude, moreover, Marvel is a subscription company to The New York Times, and Xiao Zhu's name and photo often appear in the New York Times newspaper, in this case, as a large company front desk, this "old woman" does not know Xiao Zhu?

No matter how you look at it, it seems like some usual means of negotiation, and even the matter itself may have been ordered by Marvel executives, after all, Xiao Zhu came to discuss the details of "cooperation", and in Marvel's view, Xiao Zhu represents an individual, and he is weak.

If you make it a little difficult for the front desk, and then an executive like Stan Lee comes forward to reprimand and put on a good show of pretending to be a slap in the face, it will naturally immediately bring the relationship between them closer. This kind of drama, Xiao Shu in his previous life really encountered it a few times.

"Amount"

The old woman was stunned for a moment, looking at Xiao Zhu's gaze, revealing a trace of fear, she almost instinctively looked to the side of the company, where was an office area, blocked by blinds, and now, the blinds have been lowered.

Xiao Shu didn't say anything more, but looked at the Patek Philippe on his wrist and said, "It's 8:49 a.m." ”

"Haha, Mr. Gretel, good morning, see you again!"

At this moment, Stan Lee's figure appeared in the office area on the first floor, and the old man strode towards Xiao Zhu, enthusiastically extending his hands as he walked.

Xiao Shu shook hands with Stan Lee, looked at him with a smile and said, "I remember that there is a similar plot in the movie, and this kind of tried-and-true routine can really get the favor of others." ”

It's just that if someone debunks it, it will be very embarrassing...... Xiao Shu didn't say this, but Stan Li could also hear the meaning beyond the words.

He looked at Xiao Shu apologetically and said in a low voice: "Mr. Gretel, in fact, you misunderstood, today's incident was not my intention, there is a force in the company that opposes letting you become a shareholder." ”

Stan Lee said as he invited Xiao Zhu to a lounge on the first floor and explained to him in detail the current situation of Marvel.

The founder of Marvel Comics is named Martin Goodman, a publisher who created Marvel Comics in the late thirties, during which time, although Marvel Comics has gone through ups and downs, the founder's stake has been diluted, but until now, Martin Goodman is still the majority shareholder of Marvel Comics, holding about 30% of the shares.

Stan Lee is Martin Goodman's brother-in-law, and most of the shares in his hands come from Martin Goodman's scattered shares, so speaking of which, the two can be said to be one, and Stan Lee is the opposite of another comic book author who later joined Marvel, Jack Bryant, who teamed up with Stan Lee to create the Avengers comics!

And Jack Bryant is inclined to the company to be acquired by Walt Disney, he believes that the company's acquisition by Walt Disney can bring greater benefits to the company, Jack Kirby is now the chief writer of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee is old after all, he mostly creates characters and story synopses, and then throws them to the creative department headed by Jack Bryant, and then a superhero comic will be born.

So the role of Jack Bryant is very important, although he only holds about 5% of the shares of Marvel Comics, but his influence ranks among the top three in Marvel!

According to Stan Lee, the person who made it difficult for Xiao Zhu this time was Jack Bryant, and Jack Bryant controlled the voting rights of Walt Disney in most cases, that is, his personal shares were added to Walt Disney's shares, close to 30% of the shares, giving Jack Bryant a huge voice.

"So, Mr. Gretel, before today's negotiations begin, I would like you to meet with Jack Bryant and please convince him."

Eventually, Stan Lee said to Xiao Zhu.

"No problem, take me to see Jack Bryant and give me half an hour."

Xiao Shu said this, simply and neatly, but Stan Li was surprised for a while.

But then, Stan Lee still brought Xiao Zhu to the front of Jack Bryant's office.

This is the third floor of the Marvel Building, and it is also the core department of Marvel: the creation department, when Stan Lee brought Xiao Shu over, countless employees quieted down, and they paid attention to Xiao Zhu, and it has been spread throughout the company: in the face of the olive branch handed by Walt Disney, the company decided to take the lead in cooperating with Gretel Diao, a wealthy man from the East, which is really incomprehensible to ordinary employees.

"That person is Gretel Diao!"

"It doesn't look like much, it's only 1.8 meters, so thin, he may fall to the ground with a punch."

"Don't underestimate him, I heard that he wrote a book called The Hunger Games, which is very popular with women."

"Stupid woman!"

There was a chaotic noise in the entire office area, and in this case, the door of the office was pushed open, and a weakened man walked out of it, he smiled and came to Xiao Zhu, and introduced himself: "Hello, Mr. Gretel, I'm Jack Bryant, I heard that you are going to take a stake in Marvel?" I'll tell you, it's impossible! ”

With a smile on his face and resolute words, in front of these countless employees, Jack Bryant didn't give Xiao Shu any face!

Xiao Zhu's face froze, he hadn't encountered such a scene for a long time since he was promoted to the fourth level of the comfort system, he stared at Jack Bryant in front of him, and suddenly said: "Mr. Stan Lee, please arrange a quiet place for me and this gentleman, I need to have a good talk with Mr. Jack Bryant." ”

"No need, I don't think you can bring anything to Marvel Comics other than money, but Walt Disney can, it is a full-fledged film production and distribution company, and its capital injection marks that all the superheroes of Marvel Comics will accelerate to the big screen, so, even if you give more than three times the price of Walt Disney, I choose to refuse!"

Jack Bryant said categorically, and with his words, the employees were in an uproar.

"Oh my God, that's three times the price of Walt Disney, isn't that $9 billion?"

"How is it possible, is this Chinese man so rich?"

"Mr. Jack is right, what we need at Marvel is channels and production companies! And not a bunch of dollars. ”

Stan Lee's face was a little unsightly, and Jack Bryant's words seemed to say that he contacted Xiao Shu for money, but in fact, he was just willing to let Xiao Shu become a shareholder, and from beginning to end, he and Xiao Shu did not talk about the possibility of a complete acquisition of Marvel. Stan Lee believes that giving Xiao Zhu a stake and then bringing in Walt Disney is the best option for Marvel.

To put it bluntly, neither Jack Kobe nor Stan Lee think that Xiao Shu has the ability to buy Marvel. So at this time, Xiao Shu was frowning: according to his plan, he really didn't want to spend too much money to acquire Marvel, but looking at the faces of these people, it was really unhappy!

Moreover, in view of the contradictions and demands of the two people, there seems to be some room for maneuver.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shu took this opportunity to open the system panel, but this time, he directly opened the gold prize pool of Anyi Mall.

Since the comfort system was promoted to the fourth level, Xiao Shu has never drawn the gold prize pool again, even if the gold prize pool has been refreshed later, Xiao Shu has not drawn a lottery, because unlike his previous life, in this life, Xiao Shu's comfort is very high, and now he has reached platinum! And it has 150 comfort points! He is able to directly split the Platinum Comfort Value, which can be used to purchase transcendent items below the gold level directly from the system, such as persuasion cards, etc., which are all items with incredible magical effects.

Compared to these, the things in the gold prize pool are not cost-effective.

It's just that Xiao Shu suddenly came up with the idea of "acquiring Marvel", which seems to be a little impossible for him at present, so he opened the gold prize pool.

Looking at the prestige, the reputation value of 30 million is enough for Xiao Shu to directly drain the golden prize pool.

Click on the lottery, and an item appears in front of you: a black technology prop "Extraordinary Wings", which is a personal flying machine, which has no effect on Xiao Zhu, and continues to draw.

After smoking for a full five minutes, Xiao Zhu stopped, and he drew a platinum-level prop:

Persuasion Cards:

Item Class: Platinum

Item Attributes: Extraordinary

Item function: For the next hour, share your thoughts with the other person and make them accept them.

Item restrictions: 1. Please note that the idea of persuasion must be logical. 2. The target influence shall not exceed the "platinum category". 3. This item cannot be stacked.

That's it!

Seeing this card, Xiao Zhu's eyes lit up, he had used a bronze-level persuasion card to successfully "persuade" Wu Fan, compared to that scum bronze, the noble platinum is naturally powerful! And the highest level of the Persuasion Card is platinum!

"Mr. Gretel, please come in."

By this time, Stan Lee had "succeeded" in "convincing" Jack Bryant if he ignored Jack Bryant's ugly face and the constant muttering of "don't try to convince me" and the like.

Xiao Shu smiled slightly and strode in.

"Don't try to convince me, it's impossible!"

Jack Bryant sat on the chair, crossed Erlang's legs, looked at Xiao Shu playfully, and put on an attitude that he would definitely refuse.

Xiao Shu opened the storage bar and chose to use props, he looked at Jack Bryant with a straight face, and began to talk endlessly:

"First of all, Mr. Jack Bryant, let me tell you, I'm not alone, I own shares in Warner Bros., I'm a shareholder in Warner Bros., in fact, among the eight major Hollywood film and television production companies, Warner Bros. has always been above Walt Disney at the box office throughout the year, ranking first."

Jack Bryant was slightly stunned, his expression instantly converged, and he sat up upright.

"Secondly, I have my own production company, my own agency, I have superstars like Julia Roberts, I have future potential stocks like Scarlett Johansson, and I'm still an author, whether you admit it or not, my work 'The Hunger Games' has been listed in the United States and has done well."

Jack Bryant nodded unconsciously, he is a sane person, and he will not feel that Xiao Shu is cheating because the results of "The Hunger Games" are too good.

"Third, I told Stan Lee that I am investing in Marvel Comics, $1.6 billion, and only needs 15% of the shares, with this money, Marvel can further expand, and there is no need to even look at Walt Disney's face, and from then on, Marvel Comics is no longer short of money, do you really want to send people under the fence and look at Walt Disney's face to do future creations?"

"Fourth, when I become a shareholder of Marvel Comics, I'm going to integrate the resources that I'm going to have, the resources of Warner, that will be shared with my company, New Century Entertainment, and if Marvel comes in, then it also enjoys that, the production of the movie? Channel? Sorry, I have ......"