American Peanuts

Chapter 131 Great Rout

About two hours later, the lights came back on.

"If you ask me, this is a piece of s**t!" Brad Gray lost his elegance before the start of the film and directly burst into foul language.

Stan Lee was so angry that he slammed the table.

"You brat, look what you've done!" The old man pointed his finger at Kevin Feige, who was sitting in the corner.

"Sir..." Kevin Feige looked a little overwhelmed. He felt that the movie he had worked so hard on would not receive such bad reviews.

Of course he couldn't think of a reason. After all, his ideas with merit had long been rejected by Charlie, and then he replaced them with the nonsense in Charlie's mind. During the entire filming process, he Being fooled around.

Isaac Perlmutter, who was sitting next to Stan Lee, looked livid.

Although he doesn't know much about movies and has never done an in-depth review of a movie before, this Iron Man was filmed with Merrill Lynch's money. If he can't get his money back, what's the use of it?
Did it go a little too far?

Charlie asked Brad Gray next to him, and said innocently: "It shouldn't be that bad, right?"

"It's not just bad, it's like excrement in the sewer. The whole film is full of vulgar jokes, boring lines, and the characters behave like mental patients, which is confusing. The special effects seem to have stayed in their twenties. Century, the steel suit is full of plastic, and I even saw three scenes of cross-dressing..."

"And this Tony Stark's behavior is not elegant at all, he even looks like a villain. Facts have proved that finding a star with a criminal record for filming is a very wrong choice." Brad Gray said bluntly .

In short, this movie is criticized to its fullest.

As the CEO of Paramount, his views are considered representative.

"The gangster scene will be cut. Please give the director confidence." Charlie stood up at this time and turned to look at Isaac, who was looking ashen.

"Sir, I know what you are afraid of, but we have come to this point and there is no turning back now. The release plan will still continue, and the director needs to make corrections in the meantime, and we should not shrink back, but should increase our efforts. "

"Are you crazy?" Isaac blurted out.

"A few months ago, when I acquired PB, some people said I was crazy. Later, when I confronted Wall Street investors, some people also said I was crazy. Later, when I was deeply involved in Transformers and proposed a guarantee When I asked for the release, some people said I was crazy.”

"But what's the result? I survived a potential financial crisis, I beat legends in the investment world, and I made a fortune from the Transformers movie."

"I've always thought this movie was pretty good. It's a unique superhero movie."

"It's better than this. You guys will sell me all the copyrights of this film, and I will buy it at the cost price." Charlie said very generously.

He is not afraid of Isaac agreeing. In fact, he will not agree at all. The simple reason is that recovery at cost price still cannot repay Merrill Lynch's debt, which will lead to a breach of contract with Merrill Lynch.

That’s the bad thing about being strapped for cash, leaving you with few options.

Sure enough, after hearing Charlie's proposal, Isaac adjusted his posture slightly.

"Will you increase your investment?" he said tentatively.

"Of course I will, and I am fully committed to it, but I don't want others to take away the fruits, so I hope to sign a contract with floating income."

"Floating income? It's interesting. In fact, I'm quite optimistic about this movie."

Isaac, the old fox, really changed his attitude.

His idea is simple. He wants Charlie to increase his investment, but he doesn't want him to gain more revenue. This means that Marvel must maintain an equal amount of investment.

"Very well, then it's settled."

Charlie nodded, which can be regarded as adding insurance to Marvel's death.

Unlike Marvel, this little money is nothing to him.

Kevin Feige is also a little confused. How come our chat at the beginning of Skyfall turned into additional investment.

On the other side, Brad Gray immediately patted his butt and left.

"I still have something to do, you can continue chatting."

"The publisher has withdrawn, that's good. PB will be involved in the distribution work next." Charlie laughed.

Then there are the people from Marvel.

"Why didn't you sell this movie to that brat?" Stan Lee asked Isaac as soon as he left the house. He thought it was a good opportunity.

"We've run out of money, so we can't reshoot. This is the only chance. Now that someone wants to share the risk, there's no reason not to follow up. This is the only chance to come back."

Isaac rejected Stan Lee's suggestion outright.

After everyone left, Kevin Feige thanked Charlie Rossi.

"Thank you Charlie, if it weren't for your support... I don't know what I would have done next."

"You're welcome, I will continue to support your dream." Charlie hammered Kevin Feige on the shoulder.

"My dream?" Kevin Feige was stunned, then a little moved.

It's hard to find a soulmate, but after all these years, I finally found someone who can understand.

Unconsciously, his affection for Charlie increased a lot.

After the screening, the two parties split up into two groups, with Kevin Feige and the director continuing to polish the film in an attempt to save its quality.

On the other side, PB Media Group began to spread the publicity.

More than half a month later, the movie officially started filming.

Thanks to the publicity provided by PB Company, the Rotten Tomatoes score on the day of the premiere was 64%, and the IMDB score was 6.9, only three days later.

The Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating is only a pitiful 15%, and the IMDB score plummeted to 2.1.

What followed was overwhelming curses.

All the film critics used various words to shame this shoddy superhero movie.

"If Columbia's Batman has made people see the revival of superhero movies, then Marvel has made the audience feel physically disgusted with superhero movies. I will never go to the movies to watch a superhero movie again in my life."

Similar remarks abound.

Soon, people's negative comments about the movie were transferred to other parties, including several actors, Marvel Studios, including PB Pictures, and Charlie Rossi personally.

Gwyneth's dirt was dug up again, Charlie's behavior was interpreted as an attempt to make her popular, and people began to speculate about her relationship with Charlie Rossi.

Worse than Gwyneth, Robert Downey Jr. has arguably hit rock bottom.

Marvel's stock price has also fallen sharply for several consecutive days.

In the end, the film was only released for five days, with a box office of $987 million.

"Charlie, you didn't make any money this time, but lost a lot!" Artis reminded.

"I know." Charlie was still cheerful.

"Now, it's time for us to settle accounts with Marvel!"

(End of this chapter)