After Buying Marvel, I Became the King of Hollywood

look at him.

Davis then continued:

"He wants us to sell him the X-Men and Fantastic Four we bought from Marvel Studios last year."

"I also want to talk about this, and I hope everyone will actively give their opinions on whether to sell the film rights of these two comics to Steve Kevin."

After all, Davis was quiet and waited for the executives to express their opinions.

In fact, Marvin Davis himself is certainly willing to reach this cooperation.

The X-Men and the Fantastic Four, they bought these two rights for only a few million dollars, and they bought these two rights.

I just saw the animated version of the X-Men, which has a good rating on TV, so I bought the copyright in advance and used it later.

Now, they certainly have no plans for this adaptation.

Otherwise, it will not be in the original history until 2000.

The X-Men just made it to the big screen.

The Fantastic Four was not released until 2005.

Later, it was because of Marvel's ruthlessness.

Directly turning all the Fantastic Four into villains in the comics has resulted in the Fantastic Four being a big IP, almost scrapped.

As a result, Fox's service was soft, and Sony compromised and agreed to share the copyright later.

In the final analysis, it is actually Fox at this time, who still doesn't understand the power of these two IPs, but treats it as the same as the copyright of the adaptation of the novel.

Just two well-known themes.

"Give it to him if he wants, as long as we can get more of his new film."

"Or simply, using the two copyrights he wants, we can let him only get paid."

"You idiot, he only gets paid for the film, do you dare to let him film it? Or coerce him to film it with copyright, are you really afraid that he will shoot randomly?"

"Only if you invest yourself will you be more attentive. Otherwise, if he pats it casually, we Fox can't stand this kind of loss."

"..."

Among the executives, some proposed to use the copyright that Kevin wanted as a condition, so that Kevin could only make movies for remuneration.

This proposal was immediately dismissed by others.

It's a very subjective thing for a film director to make a movie. It's really offensive. Others don't want their reputation, and they cheat on Fox.

That's a huge cost in the billions.

It's better not to do this kind of brain-dead thing that offends the director.

There are also people who are reluctant to copyright, thinking that Steve Kevin is so optimistic about these two copyrights that they shoot the best by themselves, and want to refuse to cooperate with Steve Kevin.

Unfortunately, the other high-level executives stopped immediately.

Looking at the messy conference room, Marvin Davis knocked on the table and said:

"In that case, raise your hands to vote!"

"Hands up for agreeing to sell the rights to Steve Kevin!"

As soon as the words fell, Marvin Davis was the first to raise his hand.

At the same time, six of the eight executives present raised their hands.

This meeting, with an absolute ratio of seven to two, passed the terms of selling the copyright to Kevin and thus cooperating with Kevin.

....

Three in the afternoon.

Kevin slept soundly in Fox's office and didn't wake up until three o'clock.

She was covered with a blanket by the female secretary.

Only guests of Kevin's level can enjoy this kind of service.

The table in front of him was also filled with several kinds of snacks, and Kevin ate a little with great interest.

But soon he frowned and drank water.

The food was okay, just too sweet.

Perhaps because of race, Americans are too receptive to sweets.

And also very addicted to sweets, which is why American fat people often weigh hundreds of pounds.

And he may have been influenced by his previous life and could not accept this high-sugar food.

...

The door was pushed open, and Marvin Davis walked in, conveying Fox's opinion to Kevin.

"Director Kevin, we agreed to your request after discussion."

"As long as we reach a cooperation, the X-Men and Fantastic Four movies can be sold to you at the price we bought."

Kevin, who was eating sweets and tasting a little bit, swallowed the food in one gulp.

The joy in my heart still rose.

At this point, all the copyrights of Marvel have returned to the hands of Marvel.

His Marvel plan can start right away.

But before that, he's going to give Fox a movie plan in exchange for that.

As for what movie...

Kevin suddenly thought of a very suitable movie.

In particular, being able to finish the film he made with Nicolas Cage.

Looks like Ghost Rider is going to be left behind.

"Happy cooperation, President Davis!"

Kevin replied with a smile.

After reaching a consensus in this regard, the two began to have in-depth discussions on the investment share.

In the end, the ratio of 55 to 50% of the investment was reached, and the copyright was divided equally between the two parties.

As Kevin's concession in terms of copyright, the operation of the copyright is all handed over to Fox, and Kevin can send financial supervision.

You can also use the salary of the screenwriter, director, and producer to top part of the investment quota.

Do the biggest thing with the least amount of cash.

Of course, these are only general plans. There will be a professional team behind the specific contract to compete against every point in the contract.

to reach a consensus...

Chapter 137 The Matrix

However, for the details behind this, Chenxi Film Company has a professional team to be responsible for the negotiation.

And he has to hand over the new movie plan to Fox for evaluation before specific negotiations.

Although he is currently the most profitable and hottest director in Hollywood, he still cannot break away from the rules of these big companies.

Of course, Kevin actually recognized this rule very much.

No rules no standards.

These Hollywood giants have been able to develop this kind of rules for decades, and if they didn't have this set of rules, I'm afraid it would have been over.

After leaving Fox, Kevin began to collect information, investigate the background of the story, and check whether the film of his choice fits the background of the era.

...

Just as Kevin prepares for a new film job.

People from other film companies also received the next-day box office under Batman's Dark Knight, which shocked everyone again compared with the first-day box office.

Inside Fox.

CEO's office.

"Catherine, you repeat the Dark Knight's next-day box office?"

The female secretary adjusted her glasses, looked at the report in her hand, and said:

"$51.83 million!"

Marvin Davis' heart tightened instantly.

This means that under the Batman Dark Knight, it only took two days to reap the box office results of Braveheart, which was released for a month.

And people in the industry know that the production cost of the entire Batman Dark Knight film has been recovered in the first part.

And also achieved some profit.

So how much of the second part is purely earned.

In terms of this box office performance, the follow-up Batman Dark Knight is less than 600 million in the global box office.

This···

Marvin Davis was jealous.

At the same time, I am looking forward to the cooperation plan with Steve Kevin.

Can't wait for Steve Kevin to negotiate tomorrow with a movie plan.

However, their appointment time is half a month later, which makes Marvin Davis even more looking forward to that time.

..

the other side.

If Fox Studios is expecting.

Then the reaction of other studios to hear the news is to be jealous, jealous of Warners, jealous of MGM.

Jealous of them being able to work with Steve Kevin and make a lot of money.

The news of the cooperation between MGM and Kevin has been kept secret for the time being at the request of Davis, and the outside world does not know it yet.

But the news of the establishment of the Pirates of the Caribbean 2 project has been known to all Hollywood studios since the filing.

All kinds of people who are looking for roles and want to invest, but many come to the door.

Everyone knows that Pirates of the Caribbean 2 will fire.

Whether it's playing a role or investing, it's a sure-fire business.

Fortunately, there are not many people who know Kevin's private number. These harassing messages are mostly blocked by his assistant and Chen Xi.

But with such an exaggerated opening weekend for Batman's Dark Knight, all the studios are even crazier.

Every medium-to-large-scale film company in Hollywood has sent Steve Kevin a movie invitation, begging to cooperate with him.

To this end, Allie and Dawson have a deep sense of how popular Steve Kevin is now in Hollywood.

This kind of phone call comes in all the time, and then they are not easy to get angry, but the feeling of refusal with good words is really a bit hard.

In just one day, no less than 50 film companies with a certain scale in Hollywood sent invitations to Kevin, and at the same time showed goodwill.

With this kind of treatment, in Hollywood, it is Spielberg.

However, Spielberg occasionally shoots literary films, and the box office is not always so high, but he is not as good as Kevin in terms of making money.

Of course, in general, there is no loss.

And Steve Kevin, completely enhanced version of Spielberg.

Now, except for best director without an Oscar.

Steve Kevin has become a well-deserved director in the eyes of Americans.

...

And the biggest beneficiary of this box office, Warner Bros., is full of fanaticism.