Reborn coal boss? No! I will rejuvenate the country through science and technology!

"If you can help me successfully acquire Marvel Entertainment, then you will become the president of Marvel Entertainment, with an annual salary of US$2 million, plus an annual 5% dividend of Marvel Entertainment’s operating profits."

"Parmut will never give you this kind of treatment, he is a stingy guy, haha. Lin

Yuan smiled lightly and said to David Messer.

After hearing the conditions offered by Lin Yuan, David Messer was instantly moved.

As Lin Yuan said, Parmut is notoriously stingy. Guy.

As soon as this man joined Marvel, he cut Marvel Comics founder Stan Lee's annual salary of one million US dollars in half. In the end, it was only due to Arad's fight that it was reduced to US$800,000.

And David ·Messer himself, as the current COO of Marvel Studios, has an annual salary of less than US$1 million.

Therefore, David Messer can't think of any reason to refuse Lin Yuan's condition.

Just At this time, Lin Yuan added another weight to the scale:

"In addition, if you can help me negotiate the final purchase price to no more than US$1.5 billion, then I will give you an additional bonus of US$1 million."

"Once the transaction is completed, your account will be credited immediately."

After hearing this additional condition, David Messer didn't hesitate at all. He replied in a deep voice:

"make a deal"

"very good! I knew Mr. Messer was a smart man. Lin

Yuan replied with a smile.

David Messer's choice was completely within his expectation.

Most people in Eagle Sauce Country are very practical.

"The main reason is that Boss you are too generous."

David Messer replied with a smile.

His attitude was very correct. After the deal was concluded, he immediately changed his name to Boss, which fully reflected the self-cultivation of a working man.

Not only did he have a correct attitude, David Messer I also immediately submitted a letter of nomination to Lin Yuan

"Boss, Marvel is communicating with Merrill Lynch about financing. Once the negotiation is completed, Marvel will get the funds needed to make the movie. But don’t worry, I will find a way to break down the negotiations between the two parties."

"Wait until negotiations break down and you can officially make an acquisition offer to Marvel. At that time, Parmut will definitely be tempted. This guy is greedy and stingy. As long as he realizes that Marvel may become a mess, he will be eager to sell it."

As Parmut's confidant, David Messer knows Parmut's character very well.

Then, David Messer continued:

"Compared to Parmut, Arad will be a little more troublesome."

"Parmut is a pure businessman. He has no feelings for Marvel, so when the time is right, I am confident that he can persuade him to sell his Marvel shares."

"But that guy Arad has feelings for Marvel, so he may not be willing to sell his shares, and I don’t have a good relationship with him, so I can’t persuade him."

"It doesn't matter, as long as we take over Parmut's shares and realize control of Marvel, there are many ways to kick him away."

Lin Yuan said lightly.

He doesn't care about Arad's feelings for Marvel. If he dares to delay his making money, he is his enemy.

As for the negotiations between Marvel and Merrill Lynch that David Messer said, he actually I also know.

This is a key step in the rise of Marvel.

Marvel used all its star IP characters-Thor and Captain America as collateral to obtain a US$525 million loan facility from Merrill Lynch.

These funds are available to pay for 10 movies, with budgets ranging from $45 million to $180 million.

If the movie makes money, Marvel gets to take 5% of each movie's total revenue.

If the movie doesn't make money, the superheroes The film rights were immediately owned by Merrill Lynch.

It was with the money from Merrill Lynch that Marvel had the funds to start the film project, and the success of"Iron Man" in 2008 was achieved.

And helping Marvel The person who negotiated the deal with Merrill Lynch was none other than David Messer, who had rich connections at Merrill Lynch.

Therefore, Lin Yuan believed that if David Messer wanted to screw up this business, he should It’s not difficult.

Later, Lin Yuan and David Messer chatted for a while, and David Messer left.

After David Messer left, Lin Yuan spoke to Wolf Sen said:

"Wolfson, once the deal to acquire Marvel is finalized, all the legal formalities will be left to you."

"No problem, Boss. Wolfson replied.

After hesitating for a moment, Wolfson continued and said:

"Boss, I have some understanding of Marvel’s situation. The only valuable thing they have is the copyright of those comic characters, and as far as I know, many of those copyrights are no longer with Marvel."

"Therefore, I think the acquisition value of this company is not too high"

"Then you are wrong. Believe me, Marvel Studios will have great development in the future. I like the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan proposed by David Messer. Lin

Yuan replied with a smile, but did not explain anything further.

Who would have thought that Marvel Studios, which has not made any movies now, could usher in an era of superhero blockbusters in the global film market in the future?

"Come on, Wolfson, let's go to the next deal."

Lin Yuan stood up and said to Wolfson.

This is the last deal in his plan for this trip to Yingjiang Country. After negotiating this deal, his business in Yingjiang Country will be completed.

Through Guanghui International, he had already talked to the other party on the phone.

When he came to Yingjiang Country this time, Lin Yuan saw the strength of Guanghui International, the world's top headhunting company. As long as he met the person, Guanghui International There are ways to contact them.

This made Lin Yuan feel that the large service fee he paid to Guanghui International was worth it.

…… at the same time. the other side.

Glendale, 12 kilometers north of the City of Angels.

It is the headquarters of DreamWorks SKG Production Company, a famous film production and distribution group in China.

There were three people sitting in a large office.

They are the three founders of DreamWorks: great director Steven Spielberg (representing DreamWorks SKG)"S"）、Filmmaker Jeffrey Katzenberg (representing DreamWorks SKG"K") and music industry mogul David Geffen (representing DreamWorks SKG"G"）

The three of them gathered together today to discuss a major matter, which was the future of DreamWorks.

To be more precise, it is a question of who to sell DreamWorks to.

It's not that they don't want to continue running DreamWorks, but because they have no other choice.

The past year has been a nightmare for DreamWorks.

In the past few months, DreamWorks suffered its largest loss in the company's history.

The commercial blockbuster"Escape from Clone Island", which was filmed with a production cost of US$126 million, failed miserably at the box office. The domestic box office of Yingjiang was only US$35 million. Even after including the global box office, the box office was not far less than three times the investment. profit line.

According to the final calculation, including publicity and distribution costs, etc., this movie cost DreamWorks hundreds of millions of dollars.

This level of loss is enough to bring down a film company without a large capital background.

To make matters worse, before"Escape from Clone Island", films such as"Red Eye Flight" produced by DreamWorks also failed at the box office.

Continuous box office failures have left DreamWorks with a debt of nearly $800 million.

Although the three founders of DreamWorks are rich, they are still far from large capital. They cannot bear such a large debt.

Therefore, they can only consider selling themselves to pay off their debts.

Originally, the three of them first contacted NBC Universal Studios, because not only Meyer, the president of Universal Studios, and David Geffen, one of the founders of DreamWorks, have been close friends since childhood, but also Universal Studios Spielberg's old employer.

Based on this relationship, Universal Studios President Meyer expressed great interest in acquiring DreamWorks.

But just when the two sides were almost talking, variables appeared.

Jeff Immelt, the boss of General Electric, the parent company of Universal Studios, halted the deal.

He sent someone to conduct a detailed review of DreamWorks' financial situation and assets, and then claimed that DreamWorks was not worth US$1.5 billion, but only worth US$1 billion.

This approach completely angered Spielberg, who decided to suspend negotiations with Universal Film Studio and find another buyer.

In the original historical time and space, DreamWorks was eventually sold to Viacom Group, the parent company of Paramount Pictures, for US$1.6 billion.

However, in this life, Lin Yuan contacted Spielberg first through Guanghui International.

The two parties agreed to meet at the DreamWorks headquarters today, so Spielberg called both Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.

"Steven, Meyer called me again yesterday. He said that he had convinced Jeff Immelt that Universal could add another US$200 million, for a total of US$1.2 billion."

"Should we consider the Universal side again?"

While waiting, David Geffen suddenly asked Spielberg.

Although the three of them are all founders, the opinions of Spielberg, a Hollywood boss, usually prevail.

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