Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 103 Paramount

As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention.

When he heard Roy talk about the status quo of Hollywood studios, a look flashed in Colin's eyes, and he asked immediately.

"That is to say, the situation of Paramount is not good now?"

"It's not just bad, it's just terrible."

Paramount's success has been affected by the Great Depression. Two years ago, it merged with the Publix Company, which owns many theaters, and gradually became a major production factory in Hollywood.However, it is precisely for this reason that the leadership of the studio is chaotic and opposed to each other, and this situation is particularly fatal during the Great Depression.

"It is said that at the high-level meeting inside Paramount, the top leaders have long since lost their interest in film production, and internal conflicts have even surfaced..."

In fact, since the merger of Pablix, Paramount has already begun to show a downturn.

Last year alone, the studio's profits fell by two-thirds, and this year it went straight into the red.

Hearing Roy's description, Colin nodded with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Colin, do you mean?"

On the other side, Roy noticed the change in his face, and quickly reacted.

"Have a little idea."

In this regard, Colin did not deny his thoughts on Paramount.

With such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him, it would be a lie to say that he was not tempted.

Especially once the studio is in control, a live-action Superman movie seems to be a possibility.

No matter how bad it is, a musical version of "Superman" is not a problem.

It's just that, compared to the thoughts that are about to move in his heart, Colin is very aware of the huge gap between himself and Paramount.

It is not an easy task to acquire a large product factory that has lost more than 1000 million in less than half a year.At least, for the current Courier newspaper, this is a huge problem, and he doesn't have so much money in his hands to buy a studio.

Wait a minute, the Reconstruction Finance Act? !

However, just when Colin thought that he was about to miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

In the positive world, the weakened version of [Super Brain Power] suddenly flashed the news report he saw on the train about Hoover signing the "Reconstruction Finance Act".

Perhaps, this is a way.

If he remembers correctly, the so-called "Reconstruction Finance Act" did play some role later.In its first three years after its establishment, Reconstruction Finance issued nearly $20 billion in loans annually. Although this amount of money was not enough to lift the country out of economic difficulties, it did provide liquidity to the financial system.

Of course, saying this is not to boast of the good or bad of Hoover's policy.

It's because, as Colin knows, there's actually a lot of gimmicks in the lending of the Reconstruction Finance Act, and the agency's original plan was to help rescue small banks in rural America that typically couldn't get Fed loans, The reality, however, is that railroads controlled by some of the wealthiest families and companies have received $2.64 million in loans.

In the later period, it finally ceased operations in 1957 due to corruption.

Regardless of the outcome of the Reconstructing Finance Act, he's clearly a good candidate for now.

Once Colin was able to persuade the Reconstruction Finance Company to obtain a loan, the issue of Paramount's acquisition would be easily resolved.

Of course, Ke Lin would not put all his hopes on the method of rebuilding the financial company.

From Roy's point of view, although the current Paramount has been deeply mired, there is still a little time before it really goes bankrupt.

If he can raise enough funds during this period, then maybe there is no need to rely on Hoover's bill to get out of the siege.

For ordinary people, this may not be possible.

However, for Colin, it is not completely hopeless.

After all, he holds "Superman" in his hands.

"If possible, I hope you, Roy, can help me pay more attention to the news from Paramount."

"no problem."

The Disney studio was originally in Hollywood, because Roy did not refuse Colin's request.

Although, he is not very optimistic about the other party's idea of ​​​​acquiring Paramount.

But this doesn't affect him selling favors to Colin. After all, Disney and Colin are still in the stage of harmonious cooperation.

The works between each other will also appear in each other's guest appearances in comics and animations in the next period of time.

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After confirming the news of Paramount, Colin did not continue to stay in Los Angeles.

He took the train back to New York.

Soon, the comic strip of "Superman and Mickey" was published in the new issue of "The Courier".

In this era, linked comics are still a brand new concept.

When readers, in the "Superman" comics, see the appearance of Mickey Mouse, it is natural to show a novel look.

In this issue of comics, Bluto discovers a mysterious passage entrance in the basement, through which Mickey came to the metropolis where Superman is located.By accident, he was kidnapped by a group of criminals in the metropolis, and at a critical moment, Superman came on stage and rescued Mickey.

Superman sensed the specialness of Mickey and warmly welcomed the guests of this fairy tale world.And warmly invited Mickey Mouse to visit the metropolis he was protecting.

In the process, Mr. Troublemaker, who had failed in a bet with Superman and was forced to return to the five-dimensional world, reappeared and used his abilities to turn the entire metropolis into a Mickey-style fairy tale world. With life in general.

It is worth mentioning that this comic has a fairy tale background.

It was written by Walt Disney, and he also created the fairy tale images of Superman under the influence of Mr. Troublemaker, which makes this grid of comics full of Disney fairy tale style.

Of course, at the end of the comic, Superman managed to trick Mr. Trickster into saying his name backwards.

Superman: "Boom! (Knock on the door)"

Mr. Trickster: "A joke? I love jokes! Who's knocking? (Surprise)"

Superman: "Ghost-egg-trick..."

Mr. Troublemaker: "Who's the ghost-bad-trick? Oh, no! (annoyed)"

In the comics, Mr. Troublemaker had to return to his own dimension because he said his name backwards, and the metropolis that became Disney-style under the influence of his ability returned to normal again.And Mickey also thought of Brutal who was still at home, bid farewell to Superman and returned to the fairy tale world where he was.

(End of this chapter)