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After praising Norris for being high-end and high-end now, and being able to keep up with the rhythm of his super-rich man, he asked Norris to talk about how to buy DC.

Rich is rich, but, hearing about the acquisition of DC, Sean is still a little trembling in his heart.

DC, this is a super IP library, and Sean really didn't think it would be a successful acquisition.

"Boss, the year before last, oh, now it's going to say '84, Warner just wanted to sell DC." Norris organized the language and said: "At that time, the president of Warner contacted Jim Schutt, the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, to sell DC, and there was a lot of trouble at that time. ”

"How did I not know this!" Sean sat up straight, and if he did, he was too interested, "And then, you go on." ”

"In 69, Warner acquired DC Comics, but in the past few years, DC has been losing money every year, losing a lot, comics can't sell, but the peripherals are selling okay, but the comics are not selling well, and the peripherals will be finished sooner or later."

"Warner has been bothered about this for a long time, but no one wants it from DC Comics."

"DC is not as good as before, now it is the world of Marvel, Secret War 1 swept the United States!"

"What about the Batman movies?" Sean's brow furrowed even tighter, he always felt that something was wrong.

"The Batman movie hasn't been made in 20 years!" Norris shrugged, "The last shot was in 1966. ”

"The only good point is "Superman", but Superman's movie rights were sold by Warners to Ilya Seldkind and his son, oh, Warner participated in the production of "Superwoman" the year before last, but it was a miserable loss, so they don't want to keep DC in their hands."

The corners of Sean's mouth twitched, "You tell me about DC and Marvel." ”

"It's nothing, Warner let Marvel buy DC, negotiated for nearly a year, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, anyway, it's all negotiated, including how to draw the follow-up, and the two sides are left to sign the contract, but at this time, it's when you build the Peace Hotel, First comics, that is, the first comics took Marvel to court and sued Marvel for monopolizing the market."

"Because once Marvel successfully acquires DC, then, 90% of the comic book market in the United States will be controlled by Marvel, and if Marvel acquires, it will pay a large fine, and it may be split up in the future."

"So, this acquisition ended up going bankrupt, well, it was last year."

"Shhhhh Sean gasped, he didn't even know about it!

It's normal to not know, there are no superhero movies now.

The real superhero movie had to wait until 2002's Spider-Man.

"How much do they negotiate?" Sean didn't hesitate, he got this thing in his hands, and when Marvel was also in a bottleneck and ready for a big sale, he would cut off Disney, Emma......

I don't dare to think about it!

When the time comes, money?

What is Chant?

Lao Tzu doesn't like money!

Harry Berry looked at Sean with a confused expression, didn't she say that she was filming "Catwoman", this is what she knows, how did it become the acquisition of DC?

Last night, Michelle Pfeiffer played Catwoman.

She even has a cat tail stuck in her butt.

Thinking about it, his face suddenly turned red.

It's so exciting!

"I heard, I heard, when Warner and Marvel negotiated before, the asking price was 220 million." Norris is also hearsay and does not dare to pack tickets.

"How much!?" Sean jumped up from the couch and suspected he had misheard, "You're a fucking zero, aren't you!?" ”

"How can it be worth 22 billion, what are you kidding!!" Norris was a little confused, "Ilya Serkinde and his son bought the film rights to Superman for only $2 million. ”

"Half of the equity of Twentieth Century Fox is only 575 million."

Sean didn't know what to say for a while, but he remembered that it seemed that more than ten years later, Sony only spent millions of dollars to get the copyright of Spider-Man.

If you calculate it this way, DC Comics 220 million is expensive.

Of course, Twentieth Century Fox is certainly not comparable to Warner.

Twentieth Century Fox only focuses on film and television production and distribution, and Warner's words in addition to the Na Bros. film and television studios, there are also record labels such as Warner Records, Atlantic Records, DC Comics, and many other branches.

So, 220 million, what is there to hesitate about!

It must be won!

Sean took the phone and prepared to send it to Warner President Bill Sanoff, and halfway through the call, Sean stopped again.

After thinking about it, I still called Katzenberg, and after the acquisition, it must be placed on the side of the film and television company, so it is necessary to listen to Katzenberg's opinion.

"I'm buying Warner's DC Comics."

Katzenberg froze for a moment, what game company Sean was going to buy last time, and this time it was DC Comics, what a mess.

"Now the comics market is not good, including Marvel, in fact, it is not good, people's entertainment methods are gradually diversifying, especially the development of TV networks, the overall situation of comics is going downhill." Katzenberg reminded Sean.

"I know, of course I do, but, DC has a lot of rights in its hands, and those superheroes can be adapted not only into movies, but also into TV series, games, and so on, and that's a huge library of films, and the development value is very good."

"Warner tried, not to mention all failed, but, the only successful case is Superman, it was a long time ago, in recent years, there have been no successful cases of movies and TV series adapted from comic book superheroes."

"That's because the current shooting technology is not mature." Sean continued: "Take your cartoon as an example, now shoot a film of the same quality, in less time and at a lower cost, and I'm not aiming at the market now, but ten or even twenty years from now. ”

"But in ......the meantime," Katzenberg worried.

"I, I have the money to support them!" Sean's voice revealed domineering!

I, Sean, have money!

"Okay, boss, you have your say." Katzenberg shrugged, "We can reduce the expenses on the DC side appropriately, and the distribution channels of comics and videotapes can complement each other a lot, which is still a very effective supplement to the company to a certain extent." ”

Although Sean Pictures won the title of the Big Eight, it did lag behind other companies too much in terms of distribution channels, especially in the distribution of video tapes, which was developed on the basis laid by Norris back then.

Audio-visual products are not separated, and the acquisition is indeed a great addition.

"Very well, you see, isn't this an agreement!" Sean looked very happy.

Katzenberg: What do you call an agreement?

Warner has lost a lot of money by operating DC copyrights several times, so I feel that DC is a burden, plus listed companies, there are many shareholders, and I have to pay attention to financial reports, so I don't want to keep DC as 'garbage', but Sean Pictures is Sean's personal property in the final analysis.

How to play is Sean's own words, even if he loses money, as long as Sean doesn't care, it doesn't matter!

Immediately after forcing an agreement with Katzenberg, Sean called Warner President Bill Sanoff.

After an hour......

"Bill, long time no see." Sean smiled and walked up to Bill Sanoff for a hug.

There is a rumor that Sean will give people a hug when he asks for something, and usually just shake hands when they meet.

Bill Sanoff smiled and invited Sean in.

After serving the black tea, before Bill Sanoff began to greet him, Sean went straight to the point, "I heard that you guys thought about selling DC Comics in 84? ”

"Ah, yes, you don't know?" Bill Sanoff nodded after a pause, is there anyone in Hollywood who doesn't know about this kind of thing?

"Yes, I just knew, after all, I was still a poor ghost in 84." Sean shrugged, "I was serving dishes and cleaning at a pizza parlor at the time, so I didn't have time to pay attention to Hollywood. ”

Bill Sanoff looked at Sean with a strange expression, you have been the new generation of super-rich people in the United States in 3 years, so are you sure you didn't come here to show off to me?

"Actually, I'm a comic book fan, and most of the happy times when I was a kid were brought by comics, especially Batman, who was my idol and the guiding light of my life!" Sean spoke eloquently.

Bill Sanoff: Oh, the Penguins are your guiding light in life, your idol, get it!

God's special Batman, Bill Sanoff doesn't know how to vomit in a belly!

People Batman doesn't kill people, you are so murderous, Batman is righteous, you are evil, Batman knows that fans like you are so angry that they jump out of the comics and kill you!

Of course, this is just thinking about it in my heart, Bill Sanoff just smiled and looked at Sean, you make it up, you continue to make it up.

"I was so upset when I heard that DC was in trouble!" Sean's expression was very in place, "Since you are preparing to sell DC, it just so happens that I also want to fulfill a dream of my youth." ”

"So, I'm here today, DC, I want it!" Sean beckoned.

Bill Sanov's brows furrowed slightly, and his first reaction was that the comic industry was about to usher in a new development, and this guy in front of him saw the money scene!

One thing to say, in addition to Sean's unscrupulous ways, everyone in Hollywood also admits that Sean is unique, courageous, talented, and unlucky.

Since entering Hollywood, the movies he has shot have become more popular than the last, and he has never missed.

In just a few years, there have been countless hits, and it has been up to Sean to be in the limelight in the past two years.

It's normal for Bill Sanoff to think so, it's just that, no matter how you look at it, he doesn't see where the change is.

Or is there any way for this guy in front of him to bring DC back to life?

A lot of thoughts flashed through my mind, including operating IP, after all, Warner really worked how to save DC.

It's just that I've tried all kinds of methods, but I haven't found a way out.

It's called a pole, not a sale!

At the beginning, Bill Sanoff took the initiative to ask Marvel to sell DC, but Marvel didn't like it, but it was dispensable, and it was Bill who took the initiative to ask for help.

Now that Sean came to the door, they began to hesitate.

As soon as he saw this, Sean was annoyed, and his face 'clicked' and he put it down.

"It's the most annoying thing for you guys!" Sean said, pointing at Bill Sanoff.

One sentence made Bill scolded, what's wrong with this mouth scolding, wasn't it okay just now?

Acting is not as fast as you change your face, okay!

"Selling or not selling is a matter of one sentence, what do you think, didn't you figure it out a few years ago, didn't you figure it out, wouldn't you contact Marvel if you didn't figure it out!"

"It's very clear, oh, I'm going to buy it, and you think DC is not for sale?"

With a wry smile, Bill Sanoff looked helpless, "Mr. Sean, after all, it's a deal of hundreds of millions of dollars, you can't let me give you an answer now." ”

"Why not?" Sean spread his hands, "The acquisition of New Century Media, the acquisition of 2 billion yuan, only two or three months before and after, most of them are still preliminary preparations, and the serious talk is nothing more than a few days!" ”

The expression on Bill Sanoff's face distorted, you knocked Murdoch away, don't you complete the acquisition soon!

"When I sold the shares of the punishment company and prepared to go public, the negotiations never lasted more than 2 days!" Sean reached out and knocked on the table, "I also took two plots of land in Los Angeles, you know, it's only been a few days. ”

Bill: yes, you blew up a building, killed more than 100 people before and after, and everyone was fucking dead, can I not sell it to you!

If it hadn't been for the Los Angeles riots, you would have been arrested!

"Finalize the building plan with the design company, and in one day, all two plots of land will be completed!" Sean didn't seem to see the expression on Bill's face, and continued to talk eloquently, "It's like you guys think about it so much, it's been a big thing for years, when will you make money!" ”

"I spent 1.5 billion in the military, paid it all at once, and it took a total of 3 days!"

"Time is money, understand it or not, the opportunity is right in front of you, instead of wasting time on millions more, millions less, it is better to take it out and think about how to make more money!"

"Look at me, just because I do things neatly, I can go from a waiter in a pizza parlor to a net worth of billions in a short period of time, isn't that enough to explain the problem?"

"You negotiated 220 million back then, right, now the comic market is even more sluggish, and it's not worth the price anymore, but I will give you 220 million, or cash!" Sean pouted, "This little money is not enough to delay your work!" ”

Bill Sanoff's expression is really uncontrollable, although it feels like Sean is showing off, but this style of doing things is really like this, and he also has the capital to show off.

Take money is not the same as money!!

Stimulated by Sean like this, Bill Sanoff gritted his teeth and said: "In principle, I agree, but, I am only the president of the company, it is useless for me to agree alone, to go to the board of directors, you need the consent of the owner of the company, Mr. Steve Ross!" ”

"A small business of 200 million will make you do the same as 2 billion!" Sean shook his head with a look of disdain, "Three days, I can only wait for you for three days, and I have other things to do in three days." ”

After that, Sean didn't get up and left without being verbose.

This can't give Warner much time to react, although the market is indeed out of prospects, but he doesn't believe in the sentence that fulfilled a dream when he was a child.

Surely others don't believe it!

He, Sean, is a master who doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles, and if he doesn't do it well, there will be twists and turns.

For example, if someone else enters the market and wants to buy, for example, Warner does not sell all of its shares, for example, the copyright retention part, such as splitting DC......

There are many means.

It must be cut quickly.

In the end, 220 million plates are not big, and there are many people who are qualified to enter, especially Murdoch's old man, who will make a mess for himself if he doesn't do it.

Even if it's to see that you're not happy.

Sean is 100% sure that Murdoch can definitely do this!

That's why Sean did this, this is called a character design, short-tempered, impatient, the character design of this thing stands, and many things have an explanation.

said goodbye to the president of Warner, Sean was not idle, went to visit the crew of "Crazy Flowers at the End of the Road", gave the crew a day off, and cared about his employees!

is also a platform for Maggie Cheung, he is a Chinese actor here, even if others don't mean it, he will inevitably be rejected.

Maggie Cheung, who was deeply moved, did her best to make holes in Sean at night......

You're so sassy, I like it so much!

The next day, I went to the crew of "Red Fan District", and the script here has changed a lot compared to the original version, adding a lot of Americans and reducing Chinese elements.

Fortunately, Sean gave the death order, and Fang Long was the main part of the crew, including these Americans.

Of course, even if he gave the order, the concept that had been formed for a long time was not so easy to change, but it was up to Fang Long himself, who was benevolent to this eldest brother.

When Sean arrived, the crew that was originally filming immediately quieted down.

The impression he left on people was more ruthless and ferocious, and many people wanted to come up and get close, but they just thought about it, and no one dared to be the first to move.

Yuan Baye didn't feel this way before, but after the Los Angeles riots before, he also shrank a little.

Sean just chatted with the main creative team, the production of this drama is relatively large, and there are many big scenes, compared to the soon-to-be-finished "Crazy Flowers of the End", it will take a while.

Fang Long was very emotional, everything went well, it doesn't look like a lie, well, it must be much better than last year's filming experience.

Michelle Yeoh doesn't have many scenes, Sean took people away directly, and blushed when she left, fortunately, this is the United States, and the atmosphere is open, which she would be embarrassed if she was on Hong Kong Island.

In the end, it's about practicing martial arts, save energy!

……

Just when Sean is deeply immersed in Hollywood addiction and gentleness, in Southeast Asia, Neil is planning a big operation!

Sean had always felt that Neil was not in his right mind, and he was given the task of becoming an intermediary company, expanding his business while promoting the development of piracy.

Complements Yuri's warmongers.

Along the way, on the sea.

But after Neil took root in Southeast Asia for a while, he had another idea, not only did he want to be the Jeff of Southeast Asia, well, Yuri's job he also wanted to take.

Be the king of the underground in Southeast Asia!!

In order to make a name for himself, this guy decided to make a big one!

After following Sean for so many years, Neil has summed up two truths.

First: people are not ruthless, and they can't stand steadily!

Second: either don't do it, or do it!

Robbery of merchant ships?

What about even a large tanker of tens of thousands of tons!

No sensationalism!

He's going to show everyone what the fuck is called sensational!

Sean left more than 10 people to assist the guy, and Neil contacted Jeff and borrowed more than 30 people to come over and make it up.

"A big operation!" Neil slowly paced in front of the crowd with his hands behind his back, and there were 52 people sitting underneath, from 26 of the 26 recently emerging pirate groups in the vicinity.

These people come from neighboring countries, including Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand.

Don't look at the four little tigers in Thailand, but that's talking about rich people, and there are still a lot of poor ghosts who can't eat!

Of course, it is still much better than Cambodia and Myanmar, which are constantly in turmoil, but it is precisely because the situation is better that Neil has set up his nest in Thailand.

"A big operation requires a lot of manpower, so I found you." Neil's gaze swept over everyone, "Who wants to participate?" ”

"Mr. Tiger, can you tell us what you did?" Someone asked loudly.

"Can't!" Neil shook his head, "Nothing can be revealed until the action begins. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and someone asked, "How much is the gain?" ”

"I don't know, the first goal of the action is not money, but to make a name for yourself, of course, you can earn more and the best." Neil replied slowly.

Everyone's brows became tighter and tighter, these people were all trained and studied the "Encyclopedia of Pirate Robbery" here by Neil before, and they were all excellent graduates, so they could pull up a pirate team.

Of course, it wasn't Neil who came forward to train in the first place, and this kind of handle can't be left behind.

It's just that everyone learns to get rich in order to embark on the road of making a fortune after all, so that those who get rich first but are unwilling to lead others to get rich together can change their ways and return to the right.

Well, the concept that everyone was established during the training was 'justice', and it was the way for heaven!

It's just obvious that these people don't understand it deeply, and many people only see money......

Seeing that no one spoke, the corners of Neil's mouth pulled an arc, "If no one speaks, that's the default, okay, give you 5 days to gather people!" ”

As soon as these words came out, someone couldn't hold their breath, "Mr. Tiger, I'm sorry, I have something else to do. ”

One of them stood up and said, he felt that the common goal of action was too big, and it was easy to attract too many people's attention.

Being a pirate is a quest for money, and there is no need to be so high-profile.

"Of course, no problem." Neil made a gesture of please.

The man apologized and walked out with his men, and the others began to move.

"Mr. Tiger!"

"Mr. Tiger!"

Two people in the crowd shouted again.

At this moment, two gunshots, "bang" and "bang", rang out.

The two men who had just walked out of the door exploded in their heads like watermelons hit by a sledgehammer.

Shattered bones were splattered with blood and brains.

A chunk of the skull landed in front of Neil.

Neil smiled and raised his right foot to the skull on the ground and volleyed.

The skull flew out of the doorway with precision, flew past the two headless corpses that had fallen to the ground, slammed into the wall and bounced high.

Pulling out a white handkerchief, Neil bent down to gently wipe his shoes, and the blood stained the snow-white handkerchief red.

got up, threw the handkerchief on the ground, and then looked up at the crowd, still with a smile on his face, but no matter how he looked, it was full of yin owls, "You two called me?" ”

"Nope!" The two were sweating profusely, and their heads shook like rattles.

Fortunately, it was a step slower, otherwise, the corpse lying in the doorway would have become them.

"Could it be that I misheard?" Neil stared at the two of them.

"No, no, no!" The two shook their heads again, stared at by Neil, and the cold sweat instantly soaked their clothes.

"Yes, yes, I mean, I'm willing to go!" One person stumbled, and finally found an excuse.

"Yes, yes, yes, so am I, I also want to say I am willing to go!" The other nodded hurriedly.

"Oh, that's it!" Neil smiled and motioned for the two to sit down.

After pacing around the room twice, Neil said, "You have learned a lot of things before, but there are some things that you have to experience to understand. ”

"This lesson is called 'eyesight', there are so many ships at sea, can any of them be robbed?"

"Apparently not!"

"Eyesight is very important, and if you choose the wrong one, you will bring yourself death." As he spoke, Neil looked at the two corpses in the doorway.

"Of course, luck is also important." As he spoke, he looked at the two who had just sat down.

"Alright, 5 days!" Neil gestured with his hand, turned and left.

When he walked out, the corpses in the doorway were gone, leaving only long bloodstains from the drag of the two corpses.

……

A large ship, followed by dozens of slightly smaller ships speeding through the sea.

Large ships have a displacement of about 200 tons, and small boats have a displacement of about 80 tons.

After a long day and a night at sea, Neil finally told everyone to rest before they were about to reach their destination.

In the entire fleet, only Neil has a satellite system here, and he is not afraid that they will send news out of the sea.

After resting for a few hours, it was bright and Neal gave the order to go.

"Ahead is the destination, Natuna Island, also called the Riau Islands, different countries have different names, it doesn't matter."

"Our purpose is to loot this island!" Neil spoke in astonishment, and a group of pirate leaders were startled.

They thought that they might have to cut off the shipping route and rob many merchant ships at once, but they never thought that this Mr. Tiger would rob a 'province'.

This is a large island, which can definitely be called a provincial level, which is much larger than the land area of many small countries.

This goal is simply insane!

Neil glanced at everyone before continuing: "There are only about 10,000 people here, scattered around the island, and our goal is to target a town here, with a total population of about 8,000. ”

"8,000 people, which seems like a lot, but they are just civilians without guns, and we have 500 people here, and all kinds of weapons!"

"The actual control of this place is currently in Indonesian hands, and our target is the town of Patong, which is also 230 kilometers away from Indonesia."

"So, the people of the island don't keep all their money in the bank, but in their homes, and a small part of it is in the county bank." Neil glanced up, "See what I mean?" ”

Everyone was stunned in an instant!

Rich!!

It is impossible to rob the victim's property in a robbery!

But, here it's the opposite!

The wealth of more than 8,000 people, what a concept of this!

Even if you can only grab $200 per person, that's $1.6 million!

Besides, there are a lot of supplies.

TV, tape recorders, even rice they don't dislike it......

The pirates also want to eat, they all come by boat, and the small displacement is also dozens of tons, I'm afraid of a fart!

Make money, don't chill!

"This is Padang, the seaport town southeast of Natuna Island!"

"The plan is like this, I'll take people over to the island first, and there is a satellite tower on the island, which is used for external communication."

"When I send you a signal, you will come over immediately and occupy the harbor as soon as possible, and at this time, my men will destroy the satellite tower and completely cut off their communication channel."

"I don't need to talk about the rest!"

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and their faces were full of excitement.

"Here, I want to warn you one thing." Neil looked at everyone around, and his face became rare serious, "Don't kill anyone, or rather, if you can, you won't kill anyone, except for those who have weapons to try to resist, of course!" ”

"The reason, it was already very clear when I was trained, especially rape, who the fuck wants to ruin my business, I will send him to God!"

Everyone nodded hurriedly.

"Okay, that's about it, you go back and arrange your own people!" Neil waved his hand, and everyone changed boats.

After explaining the plan, the big boat drove towards the shore, there were only 6 people on board, Neil, 2 GIs, and the remaining three were all Thai, who knew Malay, could communicate, and were responsible for cover.

Everything is going well, the dock is very large, 30 years ago there were tens of thousands of people living here, the ships were very prosperous, now it is declining, but there are also many ships, Neil they are inconspicuous.

When I went ashore, I didn't bring anything with me, someone had already sent me to the island before.

A few people arrived at the place to change their equipment, and the people were divided into two ends, one side went straight to the back of the town, and the top of the hill was the signal tower.

The other party went straight to the telephone office on the island.

Walk up openly, don't hide anything, the people on the island don't have such a strong vigilance, there are only two people in total, the gun is lit up, and the other party is immediately honest.

The man was tied, the bomb was planted in the signal tower, and Neil pulled out his phone to send a signal.

Half an hour later, a group of pirate speedboats rushed to the docks!

After receiving the signal, Neil activated the bomb, and with a bang, the signal tower rumbled to the ground, cutting off external communications.

"Da Da Da!" "Da Da Da!"

"Sudden Sudden Sudden ......"

More than a dozen boats directly surrounded the pier, submachine guns, heavy machine guns swept over the ship, on the deck, on the sea, the gunfire was shocking, and the loudspeakers shouted.

Kill the two brains short-circuited out and stabbed, and another RPG bombarded the dock, and the port was brought under control.

Half of the people were left behind, and all the people on the dock boat were driven ashore, and the other half went ashore, grabbed a few vehicles, and went straight to the town police station with guns.

The people at the police station didn't know that there was an accident at the dock, it was too far away, and they didn't hear it, but someone from the telephone station called the police, but they only said half a word, and they heard a gunshot, and then there was nothing.

As planned, the telephone office was taken, and a grenade blew up the equipment, completely cutting off the island's own communications.

At the entrance of the police station, a group of policemen rushed out in a disorderly manner, some with pistols, some with rifles, and some with shotguns, older than people...... Varied.

Before he could reach the telephone office, he was blocked by half of the people who came from the dock.

Although the pirate's equipment is made of rabbits, it is much stronger than the police's, and with a single RPG, it only takes a few minutes to force the police to surrender!

After World War II, the first pirate raid on a land city was successful.

Natuna Island Falls!!

……

"Head, guess where I am?" Neil grinned as he held his satellite phone.

Sean: "......"

……

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(PS: Notice, there are more things in July, the children are on vacation, they want to go out to play with them, the brother-in-law in the middle is married, and there are many gods who are going to come to Sanya for vacation, and they are responsible for entertaining fireworks on the street...... It may not be useful to update occasionally...... ）