The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 325 Acquiring Marvel? !
After hearing Daryl's words, Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing after thinking about it for a while.According to Darryl Zanjuk, he can definitely make money.Assuming that the box office of the two films is more than 2000 million US dollars, half of the box office is [-] million US dollars, plus [-]% of the follow-up income, it will exceed [-] million US dollars. This is indeed a big profit for an investment of [-] million US dollars. made a fortune.

In order to win over Xu Guanwu, Daryl gave up the high box office share and chose copyright and follow-up income instead, which is actually fair and kind.Don't underestimate the follow-up profit sharing. A well-known American hero like "Superman" will have a very good market in the future whether it is publishing videos, renting to TV stations, or authorizing peripherals.

Daryl found someone to do a market assessment beforehand, and its follow-up revenue will exceed 20 million US dollars. Although [-]th Century Fox has made some concessions at the box office, it is still making a lot of money in terms of follow-up income, and it is still a good business that can make money without losing money.

However, although 2000 million US dollars can eventually be exchanged for [-] million US dollars in income, considering the speed of capital recovery, it may not seem so good. The two films in the "Superman" series started shooting at the same time. Based on the average shooting time of Hollywood blockbusters now, it takes at least one and a half years to shoot.

And a sci-fi movie like "Superman" requires a lot of special effects shots, so the post-production will inevitably take a certain amount of time, and it will be delayed for another half a year.In the end, it will be released at a rate of one movie a year, so it will be at least two years before Xu Guanwu gets his first box office share.It will take three years to get all the [-] million US dollars in share.As for the income of more than [-] million US dollars, it will have to wait for many years.

Therefore, although there are more than ten times the income, considering that the time span is more than three years, the average annual income is only three times.Although for ordinary capitalists, [-]% of the profit is enough for them to worry about food and clothing, [-]% of the profit can make them smile, [-]% of the profit makes them wake up from their dreams, and [-]% of the profit makes them dare to commit crimes... …

But for Xu Guanwu, a three-fold increase in revenue in a year is still a bit too slow.Take the Moutai he is hoarding now as an example. A bottle of Moutai exported in the 70s was only five dollars.But 40 years later, the auction price can reach tens of thousands of RMB, and the rate of return has increased by more than a thousand times. Even if the 40-year span is excluded, the annual rate of return is more than 20 times.

And if all 2000 million US dollars are invested in the new computer industry, the income in the next 20 years will exceed a thousand times.Now Microsoft's market value tops millions of dollars, and it will reach hundreds of millions of dollars in the next 20 years.Now Apple, IBM, Intel, etc., the market value is still quite cheap compared to the next 20 years. If you participate in the investment at this time, the annual income will also exceed five times.

Venture capital can earn investments beyond ordinary people's imagination. For example, after Facebook went public, the people who helped him create graffiti spray paintings before became multi-billionaires, and the venture capital companies behind them naturally earned more.It's just that venture capital funds won't be able to hit the treasure every time, so there must be losses and profits.However, Xu Guanwu can make a steady profit without losing money by virtue of his advanced vision, so the condition proposed by Daryl is not very attractive to Xu Guanwu in terms of economy.

But in terms of relationships, he doesn't hesitate to spend 2000 million US dollars. Friends are supposed to help each other.Besides, 20th Century Fox was a pawn worth making good use of for him, so after Xu Guanwu thought about it for a while, he nodded and agreed.

Seeing that Xu Guanwu nodded and agreed, Darryl couldn't help but smile, "Great, then I'll contact DC Comics immediately and sign the contract as soon as possible. You don't even know how hateful they are, if they didn't insist on making two films at a time." I won’t be in such a mess anymore.”

"Are they so arrogant, they don't seem to take you seriously." Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing.

"Of course, they have Warner Bros. as the backstage." Darryl waved his hands and said with a smile, "Warner Bros. bought DC Comics ten years ago."

Xu Guanwu couldn't help being stunned for a moment. This was the first time he knew the news. No wonder the Warner Bros. LOGO always appeared in front of DC comic hero movies such as "Superman", "Batman", and "Green Lantern".It turned out that they had bought DC Comics long ago, and therefore exclusively enjoyed the copyright of these super comic heroes.

"Since they were all acquired by Warner Corporation, why didn't Warner Corporation take the bid? It seems that the company's profits are very good, and there is no financial concern." Xu Guanwu thought for a while, and couldn't help asking doubtfully.

"Bringing super comic book heroes to the big screen has never been tried before, so Warner Bros. doesn't want to rush into this field when the future is uncertain. You also know that they have always been wolves. They have to wait for the prey to fall completely before hunting, even if the prey has started to rot and smell, they don’t care about it." Darryl said quickly, with no respect for Warner Bros. in his tone.

In the eyes of many Hollywood film companies, Warner Bros. Pictures is a very different existence.They never pay attention to any artistry, as long as the movie can make money, it is a good thing.If you can't make money for the company, then no matter how good the story is, you won't invest.This also allowed them to hand over a gorgeous bill in the 70s and [-]s, even if Hollywood movies suffered huge losses.

Darryl Zanyuk's current tone is actually quite envious and jealous.I envy Warner Bros. for making money, but I obviously can't do it.So let it out by saying something sour, like a fox standing outside the fence who can't eat grapes.

"Then aren't you worried about losing money?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help asking doubtfully when he saw him mentioning Warner Bros. with an angry look.

"Of course I have confidence in myself. How can I still be ridiculed by those Polish immigrants? They don't want to see my jokes." Darryl waved his hands, as if he was about to jump up and hit someone, and said very excitedly.

Seeing his emotional appearance, Xu Guanwu couldn't help secretly laughing in his heart, what insane thing did Warner Bros. do to make old Zaniuk so excited and desperate?
"Then if the box office is good in the future, what should they do if they want to take back the right to adapt the film?" Xu Guanwu asked suspiciously, "Have you talked about this?"

"Of course we talked about it, and we are not fools." Darryl glanced at Xu Guanwu, "Fox still owns the right to adapt subsequent films, but we must shoot new works within five years, otherwise Warner Bros. can take back the copyright .In addition, each time a new work is shot, there is another fee.”

"That sounds good." Xu Guanwu nodded, "The conditions are actually beneficial to us. As long as we make a movie every five years, we can permanently occupy the right to adapt the movie "Superman."

"We just have "Superman". There are more than [-] heroes in DC Comics. If we make "Superman" popular, it will be like helping Warner Bros. to dig an endless gold mine. What do you say? Who is more beneficial?" Daryl pouted.

"There's nothing you can do about it, who told you not to do it earlier." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "By the way, I don't think it's too late to do it now. You forgot that there are more than one American comics company, Marvel Comics Isn’t it also very powerful? His comic heroes are also very popular in the United States.”

"You think I haven't thought about it, but the market value of this company is more than [-] million US dollars, which is higher than the market value of our Fox company." Daryl said with a bitter face, "Snake swallows an elephant, we don't have the money to buy it at all .”

"Why is that comic company worth so much money?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help asking in surprise. In his opinion, this company was worth at most one or two hundred million dollars.Because in the new century Disney acquired Marvel, it used 40 billion US dollars (cash and stock exchange), successfully acquired Marvel Comics, and owned most of the copyrights of its more than 5000 superheroes.

And the price of 40 billion U.S. dollars exceeded 30% of the market value, which means that Marvel's market value at the time was only [-] billion U.S. dollars.And this price is still based on the fact that "Spiderman", "X-Men", "Blade Warrior", "Hulk" and other films are popular, so the copyright of comic heroes is very popular.

And now these comics have not been adapted into movies, nor has there been an upsurge in comic adaptations. It stands to reason that Marvel cannot be worth that much money.

"It's very simple, because of the emergence of TV, our movies have been impacted. But for comic magazines, there is no loss at all. And in recent years, they have also subdivided the comic audience market, drawing a lot of comics suitable for adults to read. Darryl explained, "So their comic sales have not decreased but increased, so their stocks are also highly sought after by stockholders, and now the market value remains high, which is much better than ours."

Xu Guanwu nodded with a sudden realization, and suddenly remembered the Japanese manga across the water, which seemed to have started to flourish in the 70s, and then reached its peak in the 80s.The comics such as "Dragon Tiger Gate" and "Bruce Lee" created by heroes such as Huang Yulang and Shangguan Xiaobao in the Hong Kong comics industry are also very popular.Huang Yulang also relied on this bald pen to become the chairman of the listed company. In the future, he will be worth hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, catching up with Jin Yong Jin.

From this point of view, although a comic book is not worth a lot of money, it targets a stable readership, so the income is obviously much stronger than that of movies.After all, comics are all serialized. Occasionally, one or two issues with poor stories will not affect sales too much. As long as the follow-up stories are wonderful, readers will still love them.

But if the filming of this movie is ruined, not to mention the huge loss, and the loss is basically irreparable.In terms of risk, it is indeed much greater than in comics.

However, although Marvel Comics is so expensive now, it is indeed worth the money.Because action movies have always been the mainstream of movies, and the development trend of action movies in the future is more grand scenes, more exciting plots, and more gorgeous special effects.Super comic book hero movies can follow this trend of development.

The screenwriter creates a brand new protagonist in isolation, and then lets him take risks in high-rise buildings, cosmic planets, vast sea deserts and other places to fight against another strange enemy.Nothing beats bringing a comic book hero to the stage.

Because before they were adapted, they were already well-known heroes and had a very stable audience market.This is why domestic blockbusters are invested in familiar themes, such as "Red Cliff", such as "White Snake", such as "Journey to the West", such as "Journey to the Dragon", such as "Havoc in Heaven"... because of this story People are already familiar with it, so the screenwriter can undoubtedly save a lot of work when constructing characters and arranging the plot.

And there is no reason for comic heroes to fight against villains, just like Ultraman was born to fight little monsters.This opposite relationship is very clear, basically no need for the screenwriter to work hard to arrange it, so that the audience can understand it.In the future, audiences will watch movies to relieve stress. The bigger the scene, the better, the simpler the story, the better the special effects, and the more handsome the protagonist, the better... and the movies adapted from super comic heroes will undoubtedly meet the needs of the audience. .

(End of this chapter)