Rebirth of the internet boss

Chapter 585 Still Working Hard
Just when Li Feng and Brad Gray reached a cooperation agreement, the president of Marvel, Kevin Feige, was still actively running around...

At this time, Kevin Fitch, the president of Marvel, also got on the plane to New York. On the plane, Kevin Fitch closed his eyes slightly, thinking about what he should do when he met the person in charge of Merrill Lynch this afternoon. how to talk.

Now the top popular heroes of Marvel are not there, so the confidence in my heart is naturally gone, but Kevin Fitch is not constantly cheering himself up, and what makes him most confident is the creativity of the Marvel Universe, which is beyond ordinary people up!

In fact, the matter of the movie universe was not created by Marvel itself. In the Xiangjiang movies in the 90s, there were actually such ideas, but at that time, such ideas were not valued by Xiangjiang movies, or they did not I didn't face that, it was more just for a gimmick to increase the box office of the movie.

And this gimmick movie is actually "The Best Lucky Star" starring Sammo Hung, the bald man, Alan Tam, Liu Dehua and others!
This film combines the two major IP films of Xiangjiang, "Best Partner" and "Five Lucky Stars", to produce "Best Lucky Star". Unfortunately, Xiangjiang Films did not really pay attention to this point.

After the millennium, let Hollywood's Marvel truly carry forward this concept.

In the later generations, film companies around the world seem to be ashamed to meet people unless they say that they plan to make their own films into a film universe.

But even so, in the domestic film industry, the only one that has really achieved the prototype of the film universe is the "Detective Chinatown" series by the director Chen Sicheng who has always been chaotic and finally abandoned.

Nothing else!

Marvel Universe has been proposed by Marvel since last year. It is indeed considered by many people to be an extremely clever idea, but genius ideas are often not accepted by everyone, because such ideas have not been recognized. No one knows if such an idea will come true!
No matter how genius the idea is, as long as there is no way to realize it, it is a stupid way!

And now Kevin Fitch is going to see Merrill Lynch, just to convince the other party that he has the ability to realize this method, which is why he doesn't want Robert Downey Jr. to be Iron Man. At this time, for Marvel It's really important.

He cannot allow a single mistake, especially when the money has not been received.

"Boss, you don't have to worry too much, I believe Merrill Lynch will believe you!" Kevin Fitch's assistant whispered.

Kevin Fitch nodded and said, "I hope so. After all, among the many investment companies, only Merrill Lynch is more interested in this plan!"

If Merrill Lynch really does not lend to Marvel, Kevin Feige will really consider letting Tom Cruise bring money into the team, but Kevin Feige is a little unwilling. I am very confident in the movie, and I will not only make one movie, but will definitely make it into a series.

And according to Tom Cruise's level, if the first film is successful, he will definitely increase the investment, and at the same time ask for a higher salary, which can be seen in the "Mission: Impossible" series.

In fact, the remuneration of Hollywood movie stars is divided into two situations.

If it is a sequel movie, the protagonist in the movie will definitely ask for a higher salary.

For example, after Robert Downey Jr. succeeded with "Iron Man", the final "Avengers 4" had a bonus of 7500 million US dollars in bonuses.

But if Robert Downey Jr. shoots an ordinary movie, the salary will be 2000 million+ US dollars, and the box office share will not be too high.

This is also the reason why some series of movies have a high box office, but they don't shoot sequels very much, because they can't afford the high salaries of the stars.

It's still Robert Downey Jr., why did they write Tony to death when it came to "Reunion 4", because they have no way to pay Robert Downey Jr.'s high salary.

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, Tobey Maguire's "Spider-Man" series, and the later "Amazing Spider-Man" series all mean this.

……

This is not only related to the life and death of Marvel, but also related to the success or failure of his own career. Looking at the clouds outside the window, Kevin Fitch murmured: This time we must succeed!

It's a pity that the ideal is plump, but the reality is the backbone. When Kevin Fitch got off the plane, he got a piece of news that almost broke him.

"Boss, I just got the news that Brad Gray, the president of Paramount, suddenly posted a message on his personal Facebook." After Kevin Fitch's assistant answered the phone, he came to Kevin Fitch in a panic. Next to Fitch.

Kevin Feige gave him a dissatisfied look, and said, "Why panic? We are going to meet the person in charge of Merrill Lynch Securities. If we let the other party see you in such a panic, how can they have full confidence in us?" !"

"Boss, that's not the case." Kevin Fitch's assistant quickly explained: "Just now Brad Gray suddenly announced on his Facebook."

'In view of the company's development strategy, a certain degree of rectification will be carried out on the movies scheduled to be released in May next year. The specific movie needs to be notified to the production company after five days.'

Kevin Fitch's face immediately changed after hearing this. In this statement, Brad Gray did not say which movie it was, nor did he say which production company it was, but Marvel and Paramount The screening contract was signed in May!
More importantly, the movies released by Paramount in May, in addition to its own Marvel movies, are Paramount's own movies, and how could Paramount take advantage of its own movies!
If this kind of thing is announced by someone with a heart, it is likely to affect Marvel, which will also deal a devastating blow to Marvel, which is already worse.

For a while, Kevin Feige was also a little panicked.

Before Kevin Fitch walked out of the airport lobby, he called Brad Gray's office.

"Hello, that one!" There was a pleasant woman's voice on the other end of the phone!
"Hello, I'm Kevin Fitch from Marvel, and I want to talk to Mr. Gray!" Kevin Fitch suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart. He didn't know if the movie in Brad Gray's statement Marvel filmed "Iron Man", but he knew that he had to know an accurate answer, otherwise Marvel would suffer pain that did not belong to them.

Although this kind of pain only lasted five days, these five days were the time for me to negotiate with Merrill Lynch. Such a situation would make my negotiation with Merrill Lynch full of variables.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Kevin, Mr. Gray has already given himself a vacation. Is there anything I can look for Mr. Gray in five days." Brad Gray's secretary's voice was still very sweet, but it fell on Kevin Fitch The ear area is like a bolt from the blue.

Smart people like to complicate things, and Kevin Fitch is no exception. Why is Brad Gray taking a vacation at this time? Why is he taking a vacation when he is on the phone? Does Paramount want to replace Marvel? "Iron Man", that's why I don't want to answer my phone, is it to catch myself off guard when the news is announced five days later?

Or is Brad Gray doing something during these five days?
"Then, I would like to know if the agreement between your company and our company will change?" Kevin Fitch asked.

Brad Gray's secretary politely replied: "Sorry, Mr. Gray is in charge of this matter, I don't know!"

After finishing speaking, I hung up the phone directly!
Kevin Fitch stood there with a more serious expression, and then he directly dialed Brad Gray's private number.

But just as he thought, the phone was turned off, which made the usually calm Kevin Feige feel a little panicked for the first time.

This decision was probably made by Brad Gray against himself, otherwise he wouldn't have deliberately not answered the phone.

"Boss, what are we going to do now? Will we go to Los Angeles?" Kevin Feige's secretary asked. At this time, Brad Gray's statement put Marvel into an extremely passive situation. The words of Danny Green, the general manager of Merrill Lynch, will definitely add more difficulties.

Kevin Fitch thought for a while, and said: "I can't go back, now Marvel can't wait any longer, and even if we go back, we can't solve the problem, now Brad Gray is obviously avoiding us, even if Even if we go back to Los Angeles, we may not be able to see him."

"And we have already made an appointment with Danny Green. If we cancel the meeting, there will be no room for negotiation on this matter!" Kevin Fitch said helplessly.

There is a weird feeling about this incident. They have already made an appointment with Merrill Lynch to meet tomorrow morning. I believe that Brad Gray's statement has spread throughout North America. If they unilaterally Cancel the meeting with Merrill Lynch, then Merrill Lynch will definitely think that this matter is about Marvel. In that case, Marvel may really lose the possibility of getting a loan from Merrill Lynch.

A movie whose release date has been pushed down will increase the risk level a lot!

"But now?" Kevin Fitch's assistant was also very helpless.

"Calm down, now that Brad Gray didn't say which company made the movie, why should they think it's Marvel's "Iron Man"!" Kevin Feige suddenly said seriously .

This is also Brad Gray's cleverness. In his opinion, it is not difficult to agree to Li Feng's request. It seems that it is indeed the case now. It is just a statement of his own. He didn't say the movie, nor said it was That company just made these companies worry about it for five days. After five days, I just found a movie with a small investment and just changed the release time for two days!

In this way, there is no need to worry about someone saying that Paramount has broken the contract, and Marvel's "Iron Man" was originally scheduled to be released in May, and this statement naturally includes Marvel's "Iron Man".

This plan was made after the agreement between Brad Gray and Li Feng.

And Kevin Feige also thinks that he has grasped this loophole, as long as he kills Paramount's announced plan when negotiating with Merrill Lynch, it is not Marvel's "Iron Man".

And Merrill Lynch naturally has no way to obtain evidence.

Now for Kevin Feige, the most important thing is to get the funds from Merrill Lynch first, and everything else can be delayed. Now that the crew has been established, it can be said that all of them are used for money. Marvel’s own funds It won't last long.

When Kevin Fitch's assistant heard what his boss said, he immediately understood what his boss meant, and said, "Boss, I understand!"

Kevin Fitch nodded, and said: "Call the company immediately and ask them to contact Brad Gray as soon as possible. We must find him and find out if it is our Marvel's "Iron Man". At the same time, contact Several other film companies, see if we can cooperate!"

This is what Kevin Fitch is saving for himself. In case there is any problem with Paramount, he needs a spare tire!
"Okay, I will notify the company now, but even if we contact other distribution companies, the other party may not be able to arrange the release on the date we have set!" The assistant expressed a little helplessly.

Of course, Kevin Fitch knows this. Although it is only 2007, basically every large publishing company will arrange their work until the next year or even the year after, even if it is the month of May. The schedule is the same.

North America’s summer vacation starts at the end of May, while Marvel is scheduled to be released in early May. This is actually a manifestation of Marvel’s lack of strength at this time. With the rise of Marvel movies in later generations, basically every A movie is released at the best time and at the best time, right now?
Marvel movies are just a younger brother in Hollywood!
Kevin Fitch and his assistant walked out of the airport hall with complicated emotions, and took a taxi to the hotel. When they arrived at the hotel, Kevin Fitch said to his assistant: "Forget about all those things now , turn off the phone, refuse all external contact, we must recharge our batteries and prepare for the negotiation with Merrill Lynch Danny Green tomorrow!"

"understand!"

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Just when Kevin Fitch was preparing to negotiate with Merrill Lynch, Lu Lu had already signed her first contract on Wall Street.

"John, I'm very glad to cooperate with you this time!" Lu Lu wore a brown OL suit, looking very intellectual, with a confident smile on her face.

Standing opposite Lu Lu was a white man in his 30s, who was John Howard, a manager of Goldman Sachs North American Investment Department.

Goldman Sachs probably holds a 3.57% stake in Marvel. For Goldman Sachs, Marvel’s shares are like chicken ribs. .

This is a very good result for John Howard.

Especially when I just received a call from my secretary and learned of Brad Gray's decision, it was also Brad Gray's decision that caused Marvel's stock price to fall again now, that is to say, for the current As far as Goldman Sachs is concerned, it is no longer a 15% stock price premium, but more!
Although the girl in front of me looks very vigorous and resolute, she is actually an idiot. If she was not an idiot, how could she buy the worthless Marvel shares at a premium of 15%?

The most important thing is that as a colleague in this industry, he doesn't pay attention to Marvel's stock price, which makes him look down on Lu Lu even more.

However, although he didn't like it in his heart, he still had to have proper etiquette, so John Howard shook hands with Lu Lu with a smile and said, "We at Goldman Sachs are also very happy to cooperate with you, and hope that we can continue to cooperate in the future!"

It's hard to find people who are taken advantage of these days.

Lu Lu didn't know what John Howard was thinking, but even if she knew, she didn't care. She believed in Li Feng's vision. This matter didn't even have to wait until "Iron Man" was released, as long as people knew about the real acquisition of Marvel. It's Li Feng, it is estimated that Marvel's stock price will rise gradually,
Of course, what she thought was rising slowly was based on the original stock price. Now Lu Lu is indeed just like John Howard thought. She doesn't know the fluctuation of Marvel's stock price, because Li Feng shot from behind.

This is not to say that Lu Lu's professional ability is not enough. The main reason is that Lu Lu believes in Li Feng too much and knows Li Feng too well. Now that she is leading the charge, although Li Feng did not follow her to New York, she must be working hard in her own way. .

So when Lu Lu walked out of Goldman Sachs, she immediately smiled when she heard her people tell Marvel's stock price that there had been a drop. She didn't even call Li Feng. She also knew that this was Li Feng's action.

Lu Lu also smiled at her opponent: "Very good, since Marvel's stock price has fallen, let our people immediately buy shares in the stock market. I believe that shareholders who hold Marvel shares in their hands should also be anxious at this time!"

"understand!"

"By the way, at the same time, tell those investment companies who are still undecided that if they don't sell their shares in Marvel, we can terminate the negotiations with them and let the wind out, it is what we bought in the stock market. The stock is enough to get on Marvel's board!"

This is the favorable condition that Li Feng won for himself, and it is naturally impossible for Lu Lu to give up.

At this time in New York, Kevin Feige turned off his mobile phone in order to deal with the negotiations with Merrill Lynch tomorrow, so as to avoid external disturbances, because he knew that with Paramount's unclear An unclear statement will definitely cause the company's stock price to fluctuate.
At the same time, this will also cause problems for the company's board of directors. Originally, Marvel's board of directors did not agree with the company's investment in a film in such a desperate way. Now that Paramount has come to such a hand, some shareholders are naturally more Dissatisfied with such behavior.

And Kevin Fitch doesn't want to be distracted by these messy things anymore, so what he has to do now is to turn off his mobile phone, he doesn't want to hear the noise from those shareholders, as long as he can get a loan from Merrill Lynch , everything is a foregone conclusion, and those shareholders have nothing to do if they want to object.

Even when Stan Lee called Kevin Fitch, he didn't receive it...
(End of this chapter)