American Fortune Life

"From this moment on, we at Marvel will no longer sell any characters that die even after appearing once, let alone those famous superheroes!"

Andy's loud voice continued to echo in the quiet conference room.

"I know, New Line Cinema's 'Blade' in 1998, Fox started putting out 'X-Men' in 2000, and Sony got a bigger hit with 'Spider-Man' in 2002. Also There are Fantastic Four, Daredevil, and Ghost Rider who have been completely changed. I also know that Marvel Pictures has the idea to make its own movies. The idea is correct, and I agree with it.

Before talking about my layout planning, I would like to thank a person here, David Messer, the executive vice chairman of our group, thank you, thank you for keeping our Captain America and Thor, under the strong recommendation of Ike , you will be the future CEO of Marvel Studios. . . As Andy spoke, he cast his eyes on David Messer, who had stood up with a serious and calm face, and Andy applauded before he finished speaking.

There was warm applause from the audience, and Andy lowered his hands, nodded with a smile to signal David to sit down, then looked around and said: "Perhaps you are still wondering why Stan was excited just now, you are all our Marvel managers , you should all have obtained an agreement, this agreement is a confidentiality agreement, if there is no problem, you can sign it."

After Andy finished speaking, he looked around for a week. The people in the meeting room did not hesitate, but quickly signed their names. Would they be fired if they didn't sign?

"Okay, everyone, draw the curtains, turn off the lights, and turn on the projector." Andy said with a faint smile after seeing the two lawyers from his think tank put away the agreement.

Andy stood in front of the projector screen with the remote control in his hand, and the light shone on him, making him even taller.

"Before I acquired Marvel, I was thinking about a question. If I succeed in the acquisition, how can I make Marvel rise? After all, superhero movies have been tried too many times, both good and bad. Those changes in the process of transformation, the fan base is our advantage, but most of them are manga fans, and manga...

Well, the public is too impressed with the Marvel main universe and the ultimate universe. On this basis, no matter how the movie script is written or revised, it cannot be recognized by everyone!

So, I thought of a new plan, please take a look. . . "Andy pressed the remote control in his hand, and the sketch of the first chapter appeared, with the new LOGO of Marvel Studios on it.

"The Marvel Cinematic Universe, numbered Earth-199999, is a common fictional world centered on superhero movies, a series of films independently produced based on the characters in Marvel Comics publications. It is like the Marvel Master Universe in comics , is established by common elements, settings, performances and characters through cross-border works.

With the Avengers as the main skeleton and a single superhero movie as the branch, superheroes such as Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, etc. will be brought to the big screen in turn. . . "

Before Andy's explanation was over, people in the conference room began to applaud excitedly. David Messer, who has always been calm and serious, couldn't restrain his excitement. He knew that he was not assigned, but a real It's going to be a big fight.

"My Avengers plan is divided into three stages. In the first stage, 6 movies are filmed. First, the stories of each character are filmed, and then the hero team Avengers is filmed. Foreshadowing of interconnectedness to form a unified world view..."

Andy smiled and stretched out his hand to press down. When the conference room was quiet, he continued to explain. In the conference room, the representatives of Marvel and Bank of America listened very seriously.

"..."Avengers: Infinity War" May 2018, "Ant-Man and the Wasp" July 2018, "Captain Marvel" March 2019, "Untitled Avengers" May 2019 ; this is the final third stage."

Andy clearly saw the expressions on the faces of the people in the conference room change from surprise, to excitement, to stunned, and finally to stunned and shocked expressions.

The applause was thunderous, and everyone stood up and applauded enthusiastically. The frivolity of the Americans was undoubtedly revealed at this moment. There was an endless stream of excited whistles and words of praise, and the scene was very lively.

Stan Lee and Ike looked at each other, and they both saw the excitement in each other's eyes. Everyone looked at the young and outrageous tall figure standing under the light with almost admiring eyes. Since then, Andy has completed With the stable reception of Marvel Entertainment Group, Marvel came to Marvel in the attitude of almost a savior.

After the excited people calmed down a bit, and sat down in their seats, Andy continued with a light smile, "Then, our Marvel Cinematic Universe is officially launched today, and our first superhero to be on the big screen— — Iron Man Tony Stark..."

In the CEO office of Marvel Entertainment Group, Andy sat on a large sofa in the lounge area, looking at the five people in front of him with a smile on his face.

His chief think tank Alvetrie, Bank of America's representative Lewis, Marvel's Ike, David and Stan Lee.

"Lewis, thank you for your bank's help." Andy first thanked the only outsider here. Well, it's not an outsider. Bank of America has taken over all Marvel's debts and has become Marvel's only creditor.

"You're welcome, Andy, you know, our proposal is always valid, as long as you are willing." Lewis said with a smile on his face.

"NO, NO, Lewis, since I took over Marvel, the value of Marvel has risen to 100%. , I don’t think your bank will be eyeing Marvel’s shares, and our cooperation will continue, please tell your CEO for me, thank you very much.” Andy stood up and shook hands with Lewis, and said sincerely.

"Okay, this is a win-win situation, so I won't bother you. If you need anything, I'm here for you." Lewis knew that he should leave, and he needed to go back and report. To be honest, he really wanted to get some Marvel The shares, damn, those idiots on the board of directors still don't like it.

After sending Lewis away, there was only his own person in the office, and Andy looked at the calm and expressionless David Messer.

"David, I will leave the matter of Marvel Studios to you. After you and Stan go back, you will immediately set up a six-member committee to write the script for Iron Man, form the crew and select the actors. If you need anything, go directly to Ike. After the script is finished, I will review it myself, and you can take the sketches of those steel suits with you."

"Understood, Boss." David Messer nodded and replied simply, and stopped talking.

"Ike, start negotiations with Paramount, terminate the distribution cooperation with them, and lower the compensation amount is the key. I will send a few people from my think tank to help you. At the same time, continue to negotiate with Sony and Fox, even if you can't get it back Copyright, but also to expand our profit sharing."

Andy naturally knows how profitable the distribution of Marvel movies will be in the future. Even if his peak is not as good as Paramount in local distribution, isn't it just spending money on advertisements? The number of curtains, everyone's starting point is the same.

Of course, giants like Fox, Universal, and Disney have shares in cinema chains, but no matter what, no one will make trouble with money.

"Sony and Fox will not compromise anymore, we have already negotiated to increase some share in 2005..."

Andy frowned slightly, and interrupted Ike's continuation with a wave of his hand, and said, "Then sue them, file a lawsuit with them, and drag down their project. I know that the agreement with Fox is a bit difficult, Stan, your future Time to focus on publishing the comics and start working on ending the X-Men series!"

"hiss--"

Except for Al, the other three couldn't help but change their expressions. They were ruthless enough and bold enough. Decades of series added weight to the negotiation of interests, and they were about to end the entire series. Nima, comic publishing also makes money.

"Okay, maybe I'm a little anxious, but we absolutely can't continue to expand the lineup of mutants! Like this..." Andy knew that it was a little too hasty, but he definitely couldn't let Fox, who was so awesome all day long, lead him by the nose.

"Don't we still have an Inhuman race? Transplant the follow-up of the mutants into the story of the Inhuman race, use S.H.I.E.L.D. as the main line, and expand the story to curb the X-Men in Fox's hands."

The three of them stared again, Nima, what kind of brain is this, to come up with a countermeasure so easily? Well, it really is a genius.

Of course, Andy's current acting skills are still very good. It's just a performance of pretending to think hard, but it's just taking out the tricks that Marvel used to deal with Fox in advance.

"Well, that's a good idea, but the lineup of mutants is too large, and Fox has a lot of room to operate, and it can expand characters casually." Stan Lee has been engaged in comics for a lifetime, and he knows the value of mutants best.

"Ike, this is your job. Hold Fox's neck and question the agreement. Just use the excuse of over-adapting the characters and affecting the original characters. Even if you can't get the copyright back, you must restrict them." Andy is If you want to stalk them with a lawsuit, damn, don't let me take advantage of it, so don't stop! Otherwise, why spend money to support so many lawyers!

The other four people, including Al this time, all looked at each other in blank dismay, with black lines sticking out of their foreheads, this damn is completely unreasonable, ready to play the rhythm of rascals.

Al pondered for a while, then stretched his brows and said, "Boss, maybe your method is really feasible. There seems to be such a clause in the US copyright law..."

"Hehe, of course, I asked, Article 107, the exclusive right is limited by the principle of fair use! It's just that most of them restrict the copyright owner. We are now questioning the copyright owner as the original creator and thinking backwards. You must know that the stronger the commercial factor of using a certain copyright work, the less likely it is to be considered as fair use." Andy took away the smile you understand on his face, raised his eyebrows, and asked Ike and the others to come at once up the spirit.

Nima, you can really play like this! There is no doubt that there is a legitimate reason for this, and the court will definitely accept it. Once it enters the judicial process, it can completely kill Fox and Sony and let them start a movie project without a hair!