The richest man

Chapter 99 Take down Marvel
Zhang Jun patted Spielberg on the shoulder lightly, and said with a smile: "Whether the movie "King Kong" can reproduce the classic depends on you! However, I still have more confidence in you. In addition, I will be the screenwriter for the film."

Although Spielberg and Zhang Jun have been in contact for a relatively short time, they know how powerful Zhang Jun is.Spielberg can't help looking forward to this "King Kong"...

"Zhang, what is the approximate budget for King Kong?"

"$3000 million!"

Zhang Jun thought for a while. If this movie is to be made well, special effects are very important, and the investment must be huge. The investment in "Star Wars" is only 1300 million U.S. dollars, and the investment in "Jaws" is only 1000 million U.S. dollars.

The investment in "King Kong" suddenly jumped to 3000 million U.S. dollars, which is considered a big production at the moment.However, compared with "Superman", it is far behind. Superman's investment is as high as 5000 million US dollars.

Spielberg was once invited to direct "Superman", but in terms of salary, it was difficult for the producer to reach a consensus with him.

Of course Zhang Jun knew how high Spielberg's level was. Before "Jaws" was released, he first offered a generous salary and signed the film's director contract.

You know, after the release of "Jaws", in the end, the North American box office of "Jaws" reached 2.6 million U.S. dollars, the overseas box office was 2.1 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office reached 4.7 million U.S. dollars, directly breaking the box office record held by "The Godfather" in 1972 , becoming the highest-grossing film in film history at that time!

At that time, Spielberg's worth will inevitably soar to a very terrible level.Even if Zhang Jun invites him to make a movie, he still has to worry about his wallet.

So far, Zhang Jun's albums and MVs have sold well in Europe and the United States, creating a total value of more than 3 million U.S. dollars, and the money allocated to Zhang Jun is also more than 6000 million U.S. dollars.There are two MV singles "baby" and "take me to your heart" that will be released soon, and the profit prospect is bright.

If Zhang Jun's income from other industries is included, he has enough funds to shoot "King Kong".For example, "Dragon Ball", since the "Dragon Ball" cartoon was broadcast, Dragon Ball toys have been sold well in Asia, only in the RB region. So far, more than 400 billion yen has been created, which is as much as [-] million when converted into US dollars
The profits of toys are very high, usually 40-50%. One can imagine how profitable Legendary Toys is!

Zhang Jun has tasted the sweetness, selling toys is the right way.

Another purpose of coming to the United States this time is to acquire Marvel, and then make cartoons and sell toys!

Originally, Zhang Jun wanted to invest in Intel, but the other party seemed to be very aware of the power of the Intel 8080. He dared to sell only one chip for 200 US dollars, so he might not be short of his own money.In addition, he has acquired the MOS company, and he will soon be able to develop the 6502 chip. This chip is also very powerful and has a wide range of applications, not to mention arcade machines and game consoles. The key point is that it is an Apple computer chip.

Zhang Jun feels that if he invests in Apple Computer and then points out the development direction for MOS Company, then MOS Company can also occupy a place in the field of computer chips, and the future can be expected.

Of course, Zhang Jun is also afraid that the United States will sanction him in the name of security if he does not want to face, and MOS will definitely choose financing.

Therefore, Zhang Jun has faded away from the idea of ​​investing in Intel.

After signing the director contract of "King Kong" with Spielberg, Zhang Jun's main focus is on Marvel.

Marvel is currently thriving and has surpassed its competitor DC Comics. The boss of Marvel shouted out a price of 3800 million US dollars.Of course Zhang Jun would not agree.On behalf of Legendary Comic Company, Li Yu had several rounds of talks with the other party, until recently the other party relented a bit, but the price was still frighteningly high.

3200! ! !
If you put this on ordinary people, you may shrink back, but Zhang Jun understands the value of Marvel, and knows how to develop Marvel and tap its potential.

"Boss, the boss of Marvel is like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard. He reluctantly agreed to reduce the price to 3200 million US dollars after my mouth was broken!" Li Yu sighed, with a trace of resentment on his face.

Zhang Jun poured Li Yu a glass of water and said, "Haha, thank you for your hard work, 3200 million is 3200 million, I can barely accept it."

"Boss, in 1968, Cadance Industries bought Marvel for $1500 million, and now it has more than doubled!"

Zhang Jun expressed his understanding. In the past five or six years, the momentum of Marvel has been rising.In addition, since I am the acquirer, a slight premium is normal.

"It doesn't matter, Marvel will be very profitable in our hands, sign the acquisition agreement as soon as possible, otherwise things will change later."

"Okay, boss."

Li Yu nodded helplessly.

The next day, Zhang Jun, Li Yu and his party came to Marvel Company.

After greeting the boss of Marvel, the two parties went directly to the office to sign the agreement.

Immediately, Legendary Comics acquired the entire Marvel Company for $3200 million.

After Zhang Jun acquired the company, he began to meet with the senior executives of Marvel, and still appointed Stan Lee as the publisher and chairman of Marvel Comics.

Stan Lee is a veteran figure in the comics industry, the "Father of Marvel", and has created many classics, such as "Fantastic Four", "Spider-Man", "Iron Man", "Thor", "Hulk" , "X-Men", "Doctor Strange", "Super Daredevil" and other comic characters.

"Stan Lee, how do you think Marvel should develop next?"

Stan Lee said with a smile: "Zhang, I know Legendary Comics. This is a very amazing comic company. After "Dragon Ball" was adapted into an animation, it made a lot of money selling toys. I think what Marvel will do next The thing is to bring superheroes to the TV screen! Warner Bros. is currently preparing a live-action Superman movie, and I think this is the next thing for Marvel!"

Zhang Jun nodded, but for live-action movies, Zhang Jun still needs to think about it.The special effects may be a bit poor, but in the eyes of people of this era, they will still feel very good. "Superman", which was released in 1978, has achieved a box office score of more than 3 million US dollars, which is already quite good.

Therefore, if Marvel superheroes want to be filmed, they can actually be filmed, and it happens to be a business for Industrial Light and Magic. However, Industrial Light and Magic must increase talents. Zhang Jun plans to arrange a group of Hong Kong people to study at Industrial Light and Magic to improve Hong Kong film production. special effects technology.

Hearing this, Zhang Jun nodded to Stan Lee and said, "That's right, as you said, I plan to make Marvel's superheroes into cartoons or even live-action movies, and then make money through peripheral industries. However, American animation production The cost is high, I will arrange manpower to make cartoons in Hong Kong."

Zhang Jun will not cultivate animation talents for the United States.

What's more, Zhang Jun has already arranged for people to go to the mainland to scout people. At this time, the animation talents in the mainland should not be all abandoned. When they come to Hong Kong, Zhang Jun will not worry about talents...

After a while, Zhang Jun continued: "As for the live-action movie, we can prepare for the preliminary work first, and the filming will officially start next year. Since Warner Bros. Film Company is making "Superman", then we will make "Spiderman"!"

(End of this chapter)