Rebirth of the internet boss

Chapter 579 Prepare for Action
"Oh, Feng, since you are so interested in Marvel, would you like to talk to Stan Lee first?"

The morning sun shines into the living room, Li Feng and Lu Lu are sitting in the dining room, eating breakfast, two bowls of chaos, and two drawers of steamed buns, you can eat pure Chinese food in the morning in the United States, it can be seen that Li Feng has also worked hard kung fu.

Last night, the two discussed the possibility of acquiring Marvel. From Lu Lu's point of view, since Li Feng wants to acquire Marvel, he should meet Stan Lee today. Everyone knows what Stan Lee means to Marvel. It is no exaggeration to call him the "Father of Marvel".

In 1941, Stan Lee, who was only 16 years old, joined Marvel. From then on, he started his 60-year creative career in Marvel. In a sense, Stan Lee is the real creator of Marvel.

And being able to join Marvel at the age of 16 was not because of how talented Stan Lee was, but because he had a good relationship. The wife of Marvel boss Goodman was Stan Lee's cousin, Stan Lee. . Li is also a related household.

After the end of World War II, North America entered a stage of rapid development, but the comics industry did not last long. "Comics Harmful Theory" began to prevail. In the spring of 1954, the Senate held a hearing on the publication of comics. Publishers closed down one after another. Within a year, Comic book sales are down 75%.

Marvel was also on the verge of collapse. Goodman closed the company and left only a small office. At that time, Stan Lee even wanted to find another way out.

But the turning point of fate often happens at the bottom of the valley. In 1961, Goodman was inspired by the Justice League of DC comics. He decided to form his own superhero team. He told Stan Lee about this idea, so he saved Marvel's comic superheroes. The combination was born.

But this combination is not the famous Avengers, but the Fantastic Four!

It was also the emergence of the Fantastic Four that prompted the revival of Marvel.

Then Stan Lee and Jack Kobe created the Invincible Hulk. The existence of the Hulk also has a very historical background. The appearance of the Hulk stems from the mutation of the experimental failure, which reflects the people's fear of nuclear threats. The Hulk is in the comics In the confrontation with the military, this is a manifestation of people's distrust of the military and the government in the era of the Cold War and the arms race.

In the end, it was "Spider-Man" created in 1963 that really carried the banner of Marvel's prosperity.

As for the sentence in Tobey Maguire's version: With great power comes great responsibility. It is not original in the movie, but has appeared in the comics long ago.

In 1964, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby set another milestone in the history of Marvel - they created the all-star lineup of Marvel: The Avengers, and the first enemy they confronted in the comics was the evil god Loki , the movie Avengers follows this setting.

Loki is mainly the enemy of Thor, but a large number of heroes were involved in this war. After the war, the heroes decided to set up the Avengers Alliance to protect the earth.

The local tyrant Stark later funded the construction of the Avengers' base building.

When Marvel enjoyed the sweetness of the superhero combination routine, it subsequently created X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, and other characters.

Most of these comic characters are composed of Stan Lee.

If Stan Lee's support was obtained in the process of acquiring Marvel, then for Li Feng, the acquisition of Marvel would be half the battle!

"Of course I'm going to meet Stan Lee, but before meeting Stan Lee, I still need to make some preparations!" Li Feng said with a smile after eating a mess.

Lu Lu asked curiously, "What preparation!"

Li Feng asked, "Honey, what's the stock price of Marvel now?"

Lu Lu recalled it for a while, and said: "It's half dead, but it's good news that Marvel is going to start shooting its own movie, so the stock price has increased slightly, but it's limited!"

Li Feng smiled and said: "Very good, starting today, I want you to immediately start buying scattered Marvel stocks on the market, and at the same time contact Wall Street investment institutions to buy Marvel stocks in their hands. Within two days, I will become a Wei’s shareholders, it’s better to be the major shareholders!”

Lu Lu said in surprise: "Feng, if you buy Marvel stock with a large amount of money, it will have an impact on the stock price. By then, Marvel's stock price will definitely rise, and there will be some troubles at that time, and those investment institutions will also It's not a fuel-efficient lamp, and it will definitely open its mouth when the time comes!"

Li Feng shook his head and said, "Don't worry about it, as long as they are willing to buy, the price is negotiable!"

Lu Lu asked: "Are you so optimistic about Marvel's development prospects?"

Li Feng explained: "This may be the last chance!"

Originally, Li Feng planned to buy it during the financial crisis, but he had to "hurry up sooner rather than later". If we really waited for Marvel's "Iron Man" to be released, things would be complicated, not to mention there was a "Disney Baby" Look at it!

And it’s no surprise now that Marvel’s Kevin Fitch should have started contacting Wall Street investment institutions to mortgage the heroes in his hands. If Marvel raises money, then they want to win Marvel. Wei is difficult.

At this time, Marvel's market value was at most one billion US dollars, but with the success of "Iron Man", the Marvel Universe was just opening, and Marvel's market value grew rapidly like a rocket.

In the second year after "Iron Man" was released, Marvel approached Disney and proposed the idea of ​​being taken care of. At that time, Disney had already been interested in Marvel, even in "Iron Man". Before the release of Iron Man, that is to say, it is possible that Disney is already interested in Marvel this year, but Disney has not made up its mind to acquire it.

The successful release of "Iron Man" actually gave Disney such determination.

Later, Disney acquired Disney for US$42.4 billion and developed Marvel into its own subsidiary company. Everyone knows the story of the second queen. Maybe the price of US$42.4 billion was criticized at the time, but Marvel succeeded. Demonstrated his ability to absorb money, and became one of Disney's most profitable IPs!

In other words, now it has become Li Feng's last chance to acquire Marvel. If Marvel cannot be acquired, Marvel will not be interested in him next year. It doesn't take any advantage.

And if we can get Marvel done now, then not only will we be able to operate Marvel independently, but we will also have the initiative to cooperate with "Baby Disney".

And Lu Lu also thought for a while, and said, "Feng, if you are buying in cash, then you have to prepare at least 10 billion to 12 billion US dollars in cash!"

Li Feng said: "It's okay, now I will use the money from Yunfeng Fund first, and after Fengrui's financing is completed, I will transfer the money to your company's account. My only request now is that within two days, I will To become a shareholder of Marvel, at the same time, it is the kind that has the ability to hold board meetings!"

Lu Lu smiled and said, "Don't worry about this, as long as the funds are in place, I have confidence."

Li Feng nodded. Since he wants to acquire Marvel and talk to the shareholders of Marvel, he must have the right to speak!

"Then hurry up and eat. After eating, I will deal with this matter!"

(End of this chapter)