hollywood melon man

Chapter 126 Marvel Comics
  "Hey, Anna, fly to New York and pay attention to a comic company, Marvel Comics.

Yes, I want its information, the more detailed the better. "

Little Gilbert told his assistant Anna Singer to get in touch with Marvel Comics, while carefully recalling the history of Marvel Comics in his mind.

It seems that Marvel Comics filed for bankruptcy protection in the late 1990s, and this was Little Gilbert's chance.

He just came back to celebrate Scarlett Johansson's birthday. Little Gilbert did not return to stay at his Melon Manor, but slept in the guest room.

The next morning, Sijia got up early and dressed up beautifully.

Because of the hard work of traveling and traveling, and the continuous work, little Gilbert was still asleep after Scarlett got up.

Ms. Sloan told her daughter: "Scarlett, go wake little Gilbert up. It's time for breakfast."

Scarlett took a toothbrush and towel and went to the guest room to wake up little Gilbert.

Scarlett opened the door to the guest room. Little Gilbert was still sleeping soundly. The quilt had fallen to the floor and he was lying in a big Chinese character.

Scarlett wanted to laugh when she saw it, and walked into the bed to take a closer look at little Gilbert's face.

Maybe it was because he was very tired recently, but little Gilbert was still snoring slightly.

His long eyelashes are still moving, and he is worthy of being a handsome Hollywood director who can compete with many Hollywood actresses in eyelashes.

By the way, fans of Little Gilbert, especially female fans, are very much looking forward to the day when Little Gilbert will star in a movie. They want to see how Little Gilbert will perform in the movie behind the scenes.

Scarlett just celebrated her tenth birthday yesterday. Although she is still a child, she is very precocious.

Perhaps because her parents divorced at an early age, Scarlett, who lacked the care of her father, developed a special dependence on little Gilbert.

Thinking of the method her good friend told her, Scarlett mustered up the courage and kissed little Gilbert on the lips.

The last time she peeked behind the door, an uncle sent her mother home, which is what she did.

The feeling of kissing her was weird, my heartbeat was a little faster and my face was a little hot.

At this time, little Gilbert turned over, startling Scarlett, who couldn't help shouting and quickly retreated.

Little Gilbert was awakened by the scream. He opened his eyes in confusion and saw Scarlett standing not far from his bed, covering her face.

Little Gilbert saw that the quilt had fallen to the floor, so he stood up and picked it up. Then he saw that he was wearing pajamas very tightly and didn't reveal anything. Why was the little girl covering her face?
  "Scarlett, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm here to wake you up and have breakfast." Scarlett didn't dare to look at little Gilbert's face after she finished speaking, and ran out quickly.

Little Gilbert was puzzled: "I just woke up when I woke up. Why are you shouting so loudly?"

After washing and changing clothes, little Gilbert went to have breakfast.

Scarlett didn't dare to look at him at all. After finishing breakfast in silence, she ran back to the room.

The little girl's mood was hard to figure out, but she was obviously fine yesterday.

Little Gilbert was not interested in exploring. After breakfast, he chatted with Ms. Sloan for a while and then said goodbye.

"Scarlett, I have to leave!" Little Gilbert shouted upstairs.

The little girl ran out of the bedroom again in a hurry and threw herself into the arms of little Gilbert.

Little Gilbert carried Scarlett to the door, then put her down and touched her head: "I'll come see you when the work is over."

Scarlett gave him the picture album that little Gilbert had read yesterday: "Put this away. I also put two photos in it. Remember to look at it when you miss me!"

"Hahaha, okay." Little Gilbert finished laughing and waved his hand: "Then I'm leaving..."

"Well, here..." Sijia pointed to her lips.

According to a good friend, a boyfriend and girlfriend are friends after a kiss. Now that the boyfriend has to go to work, a farewell kiss is normal.

Scarlett was harmed by having no good friends. If Gilbert knew about it, he would probably complain: Are you asking me to learn the hobbies of people on a certain island?

Not knowing what the little girl was thinking, little Gilbert kissed Scarlett on her forehead, then got in the car and left under Scarlett's unhappy eyes.

I rushed back to the set at noon. Since I hadn't been away for a long time, the set was running normally.

Little Gilbert reviewed several of Annie's shots and thought they were okay.

After returning to the crew, "The Island" began intense filming again, striving to complete all filming before Christmas.

After working on several movies, the team of Little Gilbert has come to a tacit understanding and looks like a front-line Hollywood crew.

In terms of running-in and cooperation, this is also the benefit of not accepting CAA packaging services.

After all, no one knows that the photographer who worked well together on the last film will be replaced on the next film, and then the whole team will have to start working together again.

On the other hand, Gilbert Jr. is making movies so fast, one film a year, which makes the entire team relatively stable.

Although some members left the team to join other crews, most members chose to stay and follow the young director Gilbert Jr.

One job a year, the remuneration is high enough, the salary is basically the best in the industry, and there is plenty of rest time every year. It is simply the ultimate ideal job for a worker. Anna Singer went to investigate the situation at Marvel Comics and quickly wrote a report on the investigation and sent it back by fax.

Little Gilbert has a general understanding of the superheroes of Marvel Comics, and he knows that they are inseparable. He also knows that Marvel Comics cannot do without Stan Lee.

But before the Marvel movie, I really didn’t know much about the company’s comic business.

Marvel Comics was founded after DC Comics. It was formerly a publisher of pulp books. The publication of "Captain America" ​​in 1941 made it a great success.

But what really made Marvel Comics take off was the concept of "Avengers" proposed by Stan Lee in 1963, and the flawed superheroes that were different from DC's full of divine superheroes.

"Doctor Strange", "X-Men", and "Fantastic Four" were all born during this period.

Unlike DC Comics, which began exploring the superhero movie model very early and achieved success, Marvel Comics entered the film industry very late.

It wasn't until the 1980s that the first Marvel superhero movie was brought to the big screen. But until the recent "Fantastic Four," Marvel's attempts in the film field have been unsuccessful.

In 1986, Marvel Comics was acquired by New World Pictures. New World tried to imitate Warner DC's model and replicate the success of "Superman" and "Batman", but it ended in failure.

The executives of New World Pictures didn't even know whether Superman was from DC or Marvel, so they certainly didn't understand how to adapt comics into movies.

And New World Film Company is not doing well right now, and its situation is not very good.

In 1989, Marvel Comics was acquired by Wall Street tycoon Ron Perelman.

Under his operation, Marvel Comics quickly went public and acquired toy companies and several small and medium-sized publishing houses. However, the radical moves quickly put Marvel Comics into financial crisis.

In order to solve the financial crisis, Marvel Comics had to sell comic adaptation rights such as "X-Men", "Hulk", and "Spider-Man" to Hollywood film companies.

But this still did not save Marvel's financial crisis. After the initial glory in the 1994s, in , Marvel's financial crisis seriously affected the company.

Marvel Comics had to lay off employees, reduce business, and continue to sell its superhero adaptation rights to maintain operations.

Anna wrote in her final report that Ron Perelman had problems with other assets on Wall Street and was considering selling Marvel Comics in exchange for funds to save his other assets.

Little Gilbert's mind moved. This was a great opportunity. If he could win Marvel Comics, he would have someone to eat in the next few decades.

If there are no more movies to make, just make superhero movies, which will last more than ten years.

But Gilbert Jr. is still aware of the greed of Wall Street capitalists, and now is not the best time for acquisitions. ,
  The best time to make a move is to wait until the North American comics industry is in the cold winter, the capital boom subsides, and the value of Marvel Comics is at its lowest.

Sofia also knew that little Gilbert cared about a company called Marvel Comics, and couldn't help but ask: "Little Gilbert, are you really interested in superheroes?"

"Why not? I grew up reading superhero comics," Gilbert Jr. said.

"I can't tell that you also have a superhero dream." Sophia said.

Little Gilbert has a shitty superhero dream, and if he has to, he likes Sun Wukong.

As for the reason why he is interested in Marvel Comics, it is because little Gilbert is interested in the money scene of Marvel Comics.

Marvel Comics is life, and Monkey is true love.

Of course, even if Marvel Comics is acquired, the start will not be that fast.

If you rush into the Marvel Cinematic Universe without preparation, the result will most likely be a failure.

The film industry is not as simple as making a movie and showing it in theaters. Especially for Marvel movies, peripherals are the most important market.

If the surrounding market is not done well, it will be difficult to support such a huge plan based on box office alone.

Of course, with such a huge plan, he cannot go it alone and must find media giants to cooperate with him.

Little Gilbert heard from Robert Iger that Michael Eisner intended to merge Melon Studios into Disney and become a movie studio under its umbrella.

If what Robert Iger said is true, then Gilbert Jr. must have asked Disney to exchange shares for shares and become a member of Disney's board of directors.

At that time, he was the giant, he was the giant.

However, I heard that this proposal was opposed by many senior executives, especially the Disney family.

The Disney family has been trying to regain control of Disney Pictures. In John Disney's view, Gilbert Jr. has long been a close confidant of Michael Eisner, and naturally will not allow Michael Eisner to continue to expand his power at Disney.

In addition, Warner and the newly-entered 20th Century Fox are not willing to let Little Gilbert completely fall into the arms of Disney. When Disney wants to acquire Melon Studios, there will inevitably be many obstacles.

Little Gilbert himself also had concerns. There have been rumors within Disney that Michael Eisner intended for Little Gilbert to change his style and become a director more in line with Disney's purpose.

In addition, Michael Ovitz will also take office as Disney's CEO early next year.

Based on the past public and private grudges, even if Michael Ovitz could put aside his grudges and work happily with little Gilbert regardless of the past grudges, little Gilbert himself would still feel a little knotty in his heart.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will only continue to expand and never disappear.

Little Gilbert still remembers that it seemed that Robert Iger finally became the CEO of Disney, and both Michaels sadly retired.

So don’t rush into this matter, just wait and see how things develop first!
  (End of this chapter)