Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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Hearing this voice, Wan Qiwen said to Li Ruotong with a little bit of reluctance: "Tongtong, do you have a contact information? When I return to Xiangjiang, I will invite you to climb the mountains and watch the sea. By the way, my house also has a seaside racecourse." , we can also ride horses to see the sea.”

Li Ruotong took out his note and wrote down a landline number, then sent it to Wan Qiwen, and said, "As long as I don't fly, I'm at home most of the time, so you can find me by calling this number."

After taking Li Ruotong's phone number and putting it away, Wan Qiwen waved to Li Ruotong and said, "Then let's go back to Xiangjiang and see you later."

Li Ruotong also waved at Wan Qiwen and said, "See you back in Xiangjiang."

As soon as Li Ruotong finished speaking, Wan Qiwen turned around and walked towards the first-class cabin on her two long legs.

Looking at Wan Qiwen's back, Li Ruotong shook his head unconsciously, and murmured: "How can a girl as good as Wenwen be Xu Cun's lover? Is the charm of money really that great... "

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Xu Cun, who walked out of the cabin under the stars and the moon, gave a slight nod to Li Ruotong when he passed by Li Ruotong, and then got off the plane.

Wan Qiwen, who was at the end, gestured to Li Ruotong to make a phone call, and then got off the plane.

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As soon as Xu Cun and his group got off the plane, Alan Ryder Jr., Barry Cindy, Jeffrey, and Yuan Tianfan took them to the Pebble Beach beachfront in Northern California not far from Silicon Valley. Xu Cun asked Jeffrey to help him build it two years ago. In a manor named 'Dreamland' by him.

The Pebble Beach seaside scenery is so beautiful that it is even breathtaking - on one side of the road are cliffs and the turbulent Pacific Ocean under the cliffs, on the other side are the mansions of billionaires and stars hidden in the towering redwood forest , Manor, Pebble Beach Seaside is the first and second manor Dream Manor is also in this redwood forest.

As soon as he arrived at Neverland, Xu Cun let the girls move freely, and he himself took Weng Hong and Huo Wenxi to hold a meeting with Alan Ryder Jr., Barry Cindy, Jeffrey, and Yuan Tianfan.

There is only one focus of this meeting - the acquisition of Marvel.

It is now March 5, 1987, and there is still half a month before the Oscars will be held on March 20. The half month Xu Cun came early was used to acquire Marvel. Of course If things don't go well, this time will also be postponed for a while-in Xu Cun's view, Marvel is an indispensable piece of territory in his big world, so Xu Cun is very interested in the power of Marvel. Must win!

Alan Ryder Jr. explained the current negotiation situation to Xu Cun: "Since we raised the purchase price to 800 million US dollars, the Goodman family has given a very positive response to our DreamWorks Group's acquisition of Marvel Comics. Mr. Yuan Tianfan speculated that the psychological price of the Goodman family should be 850 million U.S. dollars. Therefore, as long as we negotiate properly, the Goodman family should not reject the purchase price of 850 million U.S. dollars. In addition, we also It was found that the final repayment deadlines of the three banks, including Citibank, to the Goodman family are at the end of next month, and they will apply for the seizure of Marvel Comics after the expiration date. Therefore, the Goodman family can no longer afford us. It's time."

Yuan Tianfan took the words of Alan Ryder Jr. and said: "Mr. Xu, if you are not too anxious, I think we should not need 850 million US dollars to acquire the entire Marvel, and even, let's insist on 800 million US dollars. Regarding the purchase price, the Goodman family will definitely succumb in the end, because we speculate that it is impossible for New World Films to offer a purchase price higher than US$800 million. If you ask Chairman John to help us put pressure on the Goodman family, I think our purchase price will definitely be lower.”

Xu Cun tapped the armrest of the chair he was sitting on with his fingers for a while, and then said: "I can ask John Reed to put pressure on you, but what I want is not a reduction in the purchase price, but a reduction in the purchase price of Marvel Comics." All the copyrights of all the heroes of the company and the talents of Marvel will not be lost, especially Stanley Leiber, I want him to lead the vast majority of Marvel cartoonists to continue to serve Marvel."

Stanley Leiber is the brother-in-law of Martin Goodman. Compared with his real name, he is better known by his pen name-Stan Lee (Stan Lee).

In the last life, Stan Lee was the editor and main author. He not only created 80% of Marvel’s well-known characters, but also accompanied Marvel through more than 60 years of vicissitudes. It can be said that Stan Lee really created the miracle of Marvel, and he is therefore known as the leader of the American comics industry.

In the 1950s, American comics suffered the greatest challenge, and the "comic harmful theory" became popular. In the spring of 1954, the Senate held hearings specifically on the publication of comics. Comics companies had to set limits on themselves, and at the same time, a movement against comics was launched in society.

Publishing houses closed, and comic book sales dropped 75 percent within a year. Marvel founder Martin Goodman shut down the company then known as Atlas due to losses. Although its comics are still published - only a small office, and lost all distribution channels, had to borrow the channel of rival DC Comics to distribute the few remaining comics.

Marvel was teetering on the brink of collapse, and the comics industry seemed hopeless, so much so that Stan Lee, who had struggled with adversity for many years, almost decided to quit the industry and find another job. However, in 1961, an incident changed all of this—when Marvel CEO Goodman and DC CEO Leibowitz were playing golf, Leibowitz mentioned that DC had just launched the popular Welcome to the "Justice League," a team of all-star characters. Inspired by this, Martin Goodman wants to form the Marvel team.

After listening to Goodman's request, Stan Lee successively created Fantastic Four, Hulk, Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp-Man, Daredevil, and Agent Nick Foer. Rui waited for a large number of famous heroes, and then formed these heroes into a team-the Avengers.

The two most valuable things in Marvel, one is naturally the full copyright of all its heroes, and the other is Marvel cartoonists like Stan Lee. Therefore, Xu Cun would rather spend tens of millions of dollars more, but also must ensure that these two most valuable things are intact!

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