Director’s Legend

"Time" made the first comment, and "Rolling Stone" followed: "DC's Batman was a big success, and the ex-spider Spiderman and X-Men also made a lot of money. We have reason to believe that Marvel Comics is definitely not. It's just as simple as being acquired. Kevin Feige is the ambitious president and Mitchell Bruce is the cutting-edge king. Their cooperation will surely rewrite the pattern of Hollywood movies again!"

"People" focuses not on specific transactions, but Shao Shuaijun: "Shao Shuaijun is the most money-robbing director in the world. This time he focused his attention on superheroes. Back then, "Night Watcher" was an alternative original superhero. Although he failed, with Shao Shuaijun’s ambition, he would never stop trying because of a failure. Originality is not good, he aimed at the existing superhero!"

The American media is more or less scrupulous about the reader's feelings, saying it is vague and does not mention the distinction between China and the United States. But China, the other hemisphere, is called blasting pot.

"Choosing, chasing dreams is awesome, superhero, he just grabbed the superhero that Lao Mei is proud of."

"This is our great Chinese style. Yankees are waiting for the superheroes adapted by the Chinese to appear! Wow haha!"

"China's annexation of the United States is just around the corner!"

"Haha, the superheroes of Marvel Comics are all Chinese. I look forward to seeing F4 and Bugs come to China to perform their missions!"

"You are too optimistic, the copyright of the bug is in Sony's hands, the copyright of X is in the hands of Fox, these problems cannot be solved by buying a Marvel comic!"

"Anyway, Dreaming Entertainment has given Chinese people a lot of face. It has always been a foreigner who bought our company. Now it's our turn to buy someone else!"

Amidst all the exclamations, Shao Shuaijun, Mitchell Bruce, and Kevin Feige came to the "Times Life Building" on Sixth Avenue in New York. This building is a famous place in New York, many famous magazines, such as "Time", "Celebrity" are here.

However, the three of them came here today, not for an interview with Time Magazine, but for an interview with another famous magazine, Fortune. Fortune is a magazine under Time Warner, a magazine that influences the world. It mainly operates two brands, the "Fortune 500" and the "Fortune Forum".

In the 2009 Fortune 500 companies just released in July this year, Dream Entertainment Group ranked 300th with US$28.6 billion, ranking 21st among Chinese companies and also the highest-ranked private enterprise in China.

The three came here to discuss the company's decision on the acquisition of Marvel Comics. They are all listed companies. In order to maintain the stability of their stocks, certain plans must be outlined to increase shareholder confidence in the company. When shareholders have confidence, money will come continuously!

The interviewer is one of the most senior editors of Fortune. Ms. Carol Rumes, who is almost 70 years old, writes almost all major financial articles of Fortune.

After a cup of coffee, the preparations are finished and the interview begins.

Since Carroll asked about financial issues, Shao Shuaijun was half-understood, and he spent almost the entire process in boring silence and left it to Mitchell and Kevin to deal with it. Only when talking about how Summit Entertainment will develop the resources of Marvel Comics, did Shao Shuaijun cheer up and say some ideas.

"Any entertainment company, if you want to survive for 20 or 50 years, the most important thing is to have content. Entertainment is not a castle in the air. You need flat ground to build up high-rise buildings little by little. For us In other words, the more than 8,000 comic characters under Marvel Comics are inexhaustible resources. We have many plans to develop reasonably and bring the comics to the big screen."

"Marvel comics have a history of 70 years and have produced countless amazing stories. With the increasing popularity of the special effects era, the stories of these comics will eventually be perfectly presented in the movie. Our cooperation will inevitably make Both companies are shining brilliantly at the same time, and I have full confidence."

"In fact, we already have a huge plan for the ultimate universe. We currently have three stages of film conception. We have started negotiations with Paramount Pictures and may withdraw the film distribution rights of "Iron Man" and "Thor". Then, the copyrights of Daredevil, Soul Chariot, Blade Warrior, Punisher, and Daredevil will be taken back one after another. We will also start negotiations with Twentieth Century Fox, Sony Columbia, on Spider-Man, X-Men, and Fantastic Four. Copyright is negotiated."

Midway Carol asked: "Can the copyright of Spider-Man, X-Men and Fantastic Four be taken back?"

Shao Shuaijun pondered for a while and said: "Regardless of whether it can be retracted, we will try to negotiate, but the current three-stage movie plan of Ultimate Universe has been drawn up. We are not in a hurry to recover the copyright in time."

It's useless to be anxious, thinking with your toes, you know that Sony and Fox are counting on these superheroes to make money. However, Shao Shuaijun will urge Marvel Comics to take stronger measures to take back the copyright.

The copyrights of Daredevil, Chariot of Souls, Blade Warrior, Punisher, and Daredevil are very well recovered, because the film production costs are not low, and the box office results are not satisfactory. These companies still want to maintain the copyright, and can only continue to invest heavily in the development of films, but they cannot guarantee money if they invest. Eventually, the film will fail and the copyright will be automatically recovered.

In fact, another trajectory is that Disney relied on the automatic expiration of copyright to take back these superheroes. Except for Spider-Man, X-Men and Fantastic Four, these few are too popular and must be profitable.

When Carol asked what the three-stage plan was, Shao Shuaijun did not answer. This is a company secret and needs to be released after the negotiation with Paramount.

Soon, the interview was over.

Within two days, the latest issue of the semi-monthly "Fortune" was published. On the cover were photos of three people. Shao Shuaijun was in the center, Mitchell was on the left, and Kevin was on the right. The three hands were just stacked together.

With a big title: "Marvel Comics Three Helmsman!".

The three heavyweights expressed their optimism about the future of Marvel Comics and directly stabilized the stock market without any turbulence, and even a slight rise. The most exaggerated is China's Dream Chasing Golden Harvest. Under the impact of the acquisition of Marvel Comics, its stock rose by a full percentage point.

I have to say, Dreaming Entertainment seems to be a Chinese hero.

In the post-production of "Old Boy", the schedule has been set for the Chinese Lunar New Year file, which will be released simultaneously in Asia. However, because it is an oriental theme, it is difficult to say whether it will be released in the United States and Europe.

The response of "Slumdog Millionaire" is getting stronger and stronger. The North American box office has almost never been lower than a single theater of 20,000 US dollars. Because it is a small-scale release, the audience's demand is loud, but Summit Entertainment is still following the original rhythm and slowly Increase the number of theaters to warm up for the Oscars.

However, contrary to the boom in North America, in India, movies have won three consecutive box office titles, and they have suffered a lot of boycotts.

Because the slums are depicted as ugly, dirty, and dark places in the movie, and the English word "Slumdog" is used for the "slums" in the title, which is a combined word, and "Slum" stands for slums , "Dog" means dog.

Most of them are Indians in the slums of Dharavi, holding up placards, shouting "Down Danny Boyle", "We are humans, not dogs", and some even took portraits of directors and actors, slapped and Incinerate.

In addition, the Dream Chase South Asia Entertainment Company of the Dream Chase Entertainment Group in India has also been intimidated by many protesters. The crews of the Indian films "Three Fools Haunted Bollywood", "My Name Is Khan", and "Bollywood Robot Love" have also encountered great resistance. Now Danny Boyle and several leading actors are afraid to go to Mumbai, India.

To this end, Chasing Dream South Asia had to spend 300 million rupees, or about 30 million yuan, to set up the Mumbai Street Children Relief Fund and contact the Mumbai government to resolve the crisis and allow the company to operate normally.

All this does not require Shao Shuaijun's attention. Since the acquisition was completed, he has been immersed in the post-production of "Old Boy". The movie has a lot of soundtracks, the purchase of copyrights should be purchased, and the original creations are proceeding very quickly.

September has passed, and October has just arrived. Summit Entertainment and Marvel Comics jointly released the first news two weeks after the acquisition. For US$111 million, it redeemed the film distribution rights of the "Iron Man" series and the "Avengers" from Paramount.

In addition to the cash repurchase, there is also a subsidiary treaty. Paramount will receive 6 income from "Iron Man 2" and "Iron Man 3" movies, and 9 income from "Thor". In addition, Paramount Also enjoy the sole authorship of any marketing promotion of these three films.

This is a very helpless transaction. With the proceeds of "Iron Man" and "Thor", at least another 50 or 60 million dollars will be allocated. But there is no alternative, who told Marvel Comics to go bankrupt and sell copyright indiscriminately. Originally, what Paramount wanted was the income of "Avengers", but Shao Shuaijun rejected it.

Just kidding, just give you Thor and Iron Man to play, "Avengers" is his default movie, the future will be sold globally, and it will not be divided into a dime, not to mention the right to sign! Finally replaced by Thor and Steel 3!

After the film copyright was taken back, Summit Entertainment and Marvel Comics jointly released the second news.

The Chinese name of Marvel Comics Marvel-Comics is-Marvel Comics Company, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe Trio was launched at the same time, forming a separate Marvel Cinematic Universe, numbered Earth 199999 (Earth-199999)!

The first ensemble of Avengers was established, combined with the "Iron Man" and "Invincible Hulk" launched in 2008, it will be released in 2010, 2011, and 2012, "Iron Man 2," "Thor", "Captain America" ", "Avengers" four superhero movies. First shoot the story of a single superhero, and then shoot the hero team "Avengers", so that the settings of each film are unified, and the interrelated foreshadowing of each film is also laid to form a unified world view.

The second part of the shadow of the hero's heart will be released in 2013, 2014, and 2015 in "Iron Man 3", "Thor 2: The Dark World", "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron", and "Captain America 2". : Several superhero movies such as The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy. The plot began to shift to a larger universe, leading to "Doctor Strange".

The third ensemble, the birth of the unknown hero, will be released after 2015, with a superhero movie featuring Doctor Strange as the main movie, and an "Ant-Man" is tentatively scheduled. Doctor Strange is a neurosurgeon who will use powerful magic to explain the deep mysteries of the universe and human beings in the Doctor Strange sequence, combining humans and gods!

It is also noted at the end that the copyright negotiations for Daredevil, Soul Chariot, Blade Warrior, Punisher, and Daredevil are smooth. If nothing happens, they will join the Ultimate Universe Trio project one after another!

As soon as the news came out, the global superhero fans went crazy, and there were too many superhero movies in the future, so satisfying! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)