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Chapter 697 New Project (14)

Chantal Nong was appointed by Warner executives last year as the vice president of DC Films, responsible for the development of the DC universe...

To be exact, helping with the development and production of parts of the film.

She's responsible for "Wonder Woman" and "Batgirl"...

"Batgirl" is the key point, "Wonder Woman" is just... a bargaining chip in the competition!

The interior of Warner is too chaotic, and the management is fighting...

The newly appointed president of DC Films is Walter Hamada, who is also an acquaintance of Shen Changlin. He is from New Line and has been in charge of films such as "A Quiet Place" and "Happy Death Day".

Why is the DC management always changing?

In fact, this is not bad - when "Justice League" failed, DC once again changed its blood, and the top management almost changed it again...

Pulling back, Chantal Nong really talked about "Wonder Woman" again, and by the way, Nini went to the coffee shop.

"We have prepared 1.8 million US dollars for deployment... If it is not enough, we can increase it to [-] million..."

"The heroine is Gal Gadot. If you are not satisfied, we can discuss and replace it..."

Shen Changlin interrupted her: "I really don't know what "Wonder Woman" is, can you explain it to me?"

"...you didn't see it?"

Shen Changlin scratched his head: "I'm sorry, I'm very busy, I don't have time to read manga, I haven't watched "One Piece" and "Naruto" for a long time..."

The last time we met, Shen Changlin still had no idea about Meiman...

"Wonder Woman", even if it was the movie version, Shen Changlin didn't watch it seriously...

If it weren't for Gal Gadot's long legs, he wouldn't even have the idea to open it...

Chantal Nong sighed. Although he knew that Shen Changlin was unlikely to take on "Wonder Woman", it still felt uncomfortable to say it so bluntly.

——I don’t even bother to understand it!

But she still tells a story about Wonder Woman very professionally...

Shen Changlin lost interest as soon as he heard it—Wonder Woman represents the awakening of women's rights.

It’s not that women’s rights are bad. Feminist films have a particularly distinct moral stance and value orientation. They portray a hero whose core motivation is love and compassion, and promote a specific spirit of idealism.

But... the audience for manga movies is mostly male!
Back then, Disney was willing to acquire Marvel with pride, largely because it wanted to capture the male audience market.If you look at the data in North America, it is not difficult to find that the audiences of animated films and Disney's live-action princess films are more women than men, and they need a male market!
Unfortunately, Shen Changlin is not good at female films!
Also, Chantal Nong mentions World War I...

From the perspective of Americans, it seems that World War I was also the fault of the German army...

This is what the "Wonder Woman" movie does. It only shows the casualties of the people of the Allied Powers, but hardly mentions the suffering of the German people, as if it is a replica of World War II.

In fact, World War I was a real "unjust war in the Spring and Autumn Period". Each participating country drove tens of thousands of ordinary people to the battlefield for their own selfish desires and ambitions, just like beef cattle in a slaughterhouse. "Meat grinder", "poison gas warfare", "no man's land"...these words that emerged in the First World War, each of which has countless blood, tears and undead.

So, he declined again: "Chantal, I'm really not interested."

Chantal Nong is no longer entangled: "In this case, let's talk about "Knives Out"!"

……

"Knives Out" is the first book of Detective Huang Rank!
Shen Changlin changed the male lead from a white American to an Asian.

It's not because he doesn't like Daniel Craig, it's just that he prefers people he knows. The leading actor chooses Deng Chao, Zhang Yi, Huang Bo, and Duan Yihong...

Shen Changlin has no particular inclination.

Check out the audition performance!

"Leave the lead role of Huang Rank to me, and arrange other roles... I want 6000 million US dollars!"

Shen Changlin put forward the conditions, and then noticed Yang Fan's strange expression, Chantal Nong was about to speak, Yang Fan interrupted: "We invest in this project ourselves, just continue the previous cooperation method!"

"...It is best to choose a well-known actor to sit in the town."

"Don't worry..."

Awkward…

Shen Changlin had a big oolong...

It is understandable that after the road show was over, I was physically and mentally exhausted. I fought fiercely for three hours. Although my body survived, my energy was obviously exhausted.

So, my mind is a bit out of control...

Just shut up and watch Yang Fan negotiating with Chantal Nong. When the two of them had finished talking, Yang Fan called the staff to send Chantal Nong away.

"Is there anything else?"

After yawning, Shen Changlin was going home to catch up on sleep...

Yang Fan immediately said: "Boss, Warner proposed to acquire our company!"

"Acquire Changlin Film and Television?"

Shen Changlin was taken aback. Ah Li's papa wanted to buy Changlin Film and Television, but was rejected. Warner forget the wool?

Yang Fan explained: "No, it's a branch in the United States!"

"Oh!" Shen Changlin nodded, and then did the math: "...Our branch is doing very well, with a net profit of more than [-] million U.S. dollars every year..."

"Then I refuse?"

"Don't worry..." Shen Changlin asked, "How much are they asking?"

"$21 billion!"

"No sincerity...don't give me a price-earnings ratio of ten times?"

The market capitalization of media companies is generally more than ten times their annual profits. Even in a mature stock market like North America, ten times the price-earnings ratio is quite normal.

That's a $30 billion market cap.

When you acquire a company, you must at least offer the market price!
Yang Fan was stunned for a moment, and then reminded: "...Our company's new line also holds 20% of the shares."

"...Really?" Shen Changlin completely forgot about it...

Yang Fan didn't hesitate, and continued the topic just now: "Then shall we sell it or not?"

"Has the production of "Return of the Clown" started?"

"It's been done, and it's going to be released in October this year..."

"La La Land is also filming?"

"That's right... for the Austrian."

"Then you can last another year."

The two films "Return of the Clown" and "La La Land" can bring in at least hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, and the company was sold at the peak of market value...

Anyway, it must be sold, timing is very important!
Yang Fan was silent for a while, and then asked: "Boss, do you really want to sell?"

Shen Changlin picked up the water glass, took a sip, and then asked: "Wanda bought Legendary, what's the public opinion?"

"Not so good. The Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times are saying that the Red Empire invaded America..."

"It's not yet the time to draw swords..."

Patting Yang Fan's shoulder, Shen Changlin was about to turn around and leave when Yang Fan suddenly asked, "Boss, the male number two is going to find Henry Cavill..."

"Okay...but the salary can't exceed 500 million U.S. dollars!"

"Relax, except for Superman, Henry Cavill's salary is basically around 300 million dollars!"

"...Look at the arrangement... By the way, the heroine arranges Naza!"

"Ah."

Yang Fan nodded, and suddenly remembered something: "Boss, does Nini want to make arrangements?"

"...No, she is the second female lead in my new work."

"But I heard that Nini is studying English..."

"Really? Ask her if she has any ideas, if so, make arrangements..." Shen Changlin replied casually.

(End of this chapter)