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City of Angels.

Marvel Entertainment Headquarters.

In a spacious office.

Lin Yuan sat on a large boss chair, smiled and praised David Messer in front of him:

"Well done David!"

"Your work this time is excellent! I am very satisfied!"

"If it weren’t for your efforts, it wouldn’t be so easy for me to acquire Marvel this time."

"So, according to the promise I made to you before, from now on, you will be the new president of Marvel Entertainment. The bonus promised to you will also be paid to you soon."

He is in a good mood now.

Because all the legal procedures for his acquisition of Marvel Entertainment have been completed, he officially became the new owner of Marvel Entertainment.

In this process, David Messer played an important role. Effect.

He first sabotaged Merrill Lynch's provision of film financing for Marvel, and then successfully persuaded Parmut, Marvel's original major shareholder, by half-coaxing and half-deceiving.

Let Parmut pay $900 million. , transferred all the Marvel shares in his hands to Lin Yuan.

After taking over the Marvel shares from Parmut, Lin Yuan officially became the controlling shareholder of Marvel.

Subsequently, with the assistance of David Messer Next, after a series of negotiations, Lin Yuan successfully purchased the remaining Marvel shares from Arad and other Marvel minority shareholders for US$300 million. In this way,

Lin Yuan finally successfully acquired Marvel Entertainment and This future gold mine of Hollywood is in his own hands.

Every merit must be rewarded, and David Messer has made great contributions. Lin Yuan will naturally fulfill his original promise.

Moreover, in terms of ability, David Messer serves as the The president of Marvel Entertainment is qualified.

After all, this person is the founder of the concept of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

He can undoubtedly grasp the general direction of Marvel Entertainment's future development.

Of course, because this guy David Maisel does not hesitate After betraying Parmut, Lin Yuan is not completely at ease with this"917" gang.

Therefore, he will not let David Messer monopolize power in Marvel.

Support a person to spread power and help him It is necessary to supervise David Messer.

Moreover, if Lin Yuan is dissatisfied with David Messer's work in the future, this person needs to be able to stand up in time and preside over the overall situation of Marvel.

It can be said that the ability of this candidate is Very important.

Lin Yuan has already had a goal in mind for this candidate.

Kevin Feige, the future president of Marvel Studios in the original historical time and space, and the actual architect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Although David Messer is the The person who proposed the idea of ​​​​the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the person who actually completed the work later was David Messer's successor Kevin Feige.

And in the original historical time and space, Kevin Feige has proven himself Can do this job very well.

So this person naturally became Lin Yuan's first choice.

David Messer didn't know these thoughts of Lin Yuan. He was completely immersed in joy at the moment.

In the past, he was just The COO of Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, has now become the president of the entire Marvel Entertainment, and his salary has increased several times compared to before.

Moreover, David Messer still feels that Lin Yuan, who has a strong position , After a new boss with financial resources takes over, Marvel Entertainment will usher in great development in the future, and the future is bright.

By then, as the president of Marvel Entertainment, his status in Hollywood will definitely rise.

Watch David Messer Come, choosing to join Lin Yuan this time is an extremely wise choice and will be a major leap in his life.

"Thank you Boss! Boss, please rest assured that I will do my best to run Marvel!"

David Messer expressed his stance to Lin Yuan very solemnly.

After finally getting a big opportunity in life, David Messer naturally had to seize it with all his strength.

After all, such a big opportunity is rare.

"Of course, I have complete trust in your ability, David. Lin

Yuan replied with a smile.

Then, he continued:

"However, now that you have been promoted, the position of head of Marvel Studios has become vacant and a new head is needed. I've already decided on the candidate, and that's Kevin Feige"

"I think he's capable enough to lead Marvel Studios in executing your plans for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what do you think?"

Lin Yuan asked David Messer.

On the surface, he was asking for David Messer's opinion, but in fact, in the first half of the question, he had already fully stated his attitude.

That is this matter There is no room for negotiation.

David Messer is naturally a smart man, and he will not give the wrong answer at this time

"Boss, you are right. Kevin Feige is a very good candidate. He is very proficient in Marvel comic background setting, Marvel universe structure and other related knowledge. He is a very good candidate."

"And his work ability is also very good. He once served as an assistant producer of the"X-Police" series of movies and is very experienced in making superhero movies."

"I believe that under his leadership, Marvel Studios will achieve great results."

David Messer fully agreed with Lin Yuan's opinion.

He even praised Kevin Feige to show his generosity.

In fact, David Messer also knew in his heart that Lin Yuan This is arranging for Kevin Feige to check and balance him, but he can only accept this.

Unless he wants to leave Marvel.

But it is obvious that he will not choose this.

If he leaves Marvel, where can he find a job with such a good salary? ?

An annual salary of US$2 million a year, plus an annual 5% operating profit dividend. With his current status in the entertainment industry of Yingjiang Country, it is difficult for any other company to give him such treatment.

Moreover, even if he goes to other places Companies will encounter the same problems.

David Messer himself is also a high-level corporate leader and is no stranger to this method of internal checks and balances.

It would be strange for Lin Yuan if he didn't do this.

For everyone, Lin Yuan is very satisfied with Wei Messer's knowledge. This guy is indeed a smart man.

"Great, it seems we are on the same page."

Lin Yuan replied with a smile.

At this moment,

Lin Yuan's secretary Fang Ying knocked on the door and walked in. She respectfully reported to Lin Yuan:

"Boss, Mr. Kevin Feige is here."

"If you really say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive. Let him in."

After Lin Yuan gave Fang Ying instructions, he turned to David Messer and said:

"After Kevin arrives, we'll talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is the most important thing next for Marvel."

A moment after Fang Ying left, an energetic Kevin Feige walked into the office

"Boss, David, you two are good."

Kevin Feige greeted Lin Yuan and David Messer.

He had been in a dreamy and joyful mood in recent days.

When Marvel suddenly changed owners and all employees were uneasy, he was suddenly replaced by the new owner. The boss promoted him to the CEO of Marvel Studios, which of course made him overjoyed.

Before today's arrival, he had already been interviewed by Lin Yuan alone once.

He was generally very clear about his future role in Marvel.

On the one hand, he has to manage Marvel Studios for Lin Yuan, and on the other hand, he has to supervise David Messer for Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan has made it clear to him that if his work is good enough, he will consider letting him He will lead Marvel Studios to become independent from Marvel Entertainment and become a company parallel to Marvel Entertainment.

By then, he will be on an equal footing with David Messer and will have the power to independently manage a company.

This way For Kevin Feige, who has great ambitions in his heart, it is naturally a dream come true. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Therefore, after being beaten with chicken blood by Lin Yuan, Kevin Feige is very motivated right now

"Sit down and talk."

After Lin Yuan asked Kevin Feige to sit down, he then said:

"Next, there are two top priorities for the plans for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After a pause

, Lin Yuan first looked at David Messer and said in a deep voice:

"The first thing is to take back the copyrights of Marvel's previously stranded characters from the major studios. David is responsible for this matter. This is what you are good at. I believe you can handle it well."

"If you have any major legal issues, you can go to Covas International Law Firm to come forward. I will discuss it with them in advance."

The matter Lin Yuan mentioned at the moment can be regarded as an issue left over from history.

A long time ago, due to financial difficulties, Marvel sold the film rights to many of its superheroes such as the Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Spider-Man at very low prices. The price was sold to many Hollywood companies such as Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Fox Pictures.

Why did Marvel choose Iron Man as its first movie in the original historical time and space?

One of the important reasons is that The rights to make movies about popular superheroes are not in the hands of Marvel. Marvel can only choose the relatively popular Iron Man among the short ones.

Even the film and television rights of Iron Man are owned by Marvel. After receiving a large investment from Merrill Lynch, I spent the money to buy it back from New Line Cinema.

This was thanks to the founder of New Line Cinema, Bob Shea, who felt that the character of Iron Man was too cumbersome and completely useless. The development significance allowed Marvel to take back the copyright at a relatively small cost.

The remaining characters of the future Avengers are actually not in the hands of Marvel at this time.

For example, Thor, Captain America, and Black Widow all belong to Lionsgate Pictures , The Hulk is at Universal Pictures, etc.

What Lin Yuan is thinking now is to recover those copyrights as soon as possible before Marvel's first movie is successful.

This will cost less.

Because once the others have the copyright After seeing the success of Marvel movies, movie studios will inevitably have the idea of ​​imitating them, or possibly raise prices.

In the original historical time and space, Marvel had to seek loans from Merrill Lynch to make movies, so they naturally had no money. The only way to do this is to first buy back the rights to Iron Man to be filmed.

Then after the success of the Iron Man movie, try to buy back the rights to more comic characters.

Of course, Marvel eventually solved most of the copyright issues , we have to wait until this company is acquired by Disney, an entertainment giant............

With Disney's financial support, it has successively bought back the copyrights of many superheroes from major film companies.

If it really can't be bought back, Disney will find ways to negotiate cooperation with the copyright owner.

However, in this life, there is no need to wait for Marvel after Lin Yuan takes over.

It is absolutely possible to buy back all the copyrights that can be bought now.

Lin Yuan felt that it was appropriate for David Messer to handle this matter. This guy had wide connections, good eloquence, and was very good at persuading others.

"Okay, Boss, leave this to me."

David Messer replied.

After talking about the resumption of copyright, Lin Yuan turned to Kevin Feige and said:

"The second thing is to produce the first Marvel movie as soon as possible and complete the start of the Marvel Cinematic Universe."

"Kevin will be responsible for this matter, and David will provide assistance."

"The first movie was shot"Iron Man"》"

Although there is hope to buy back the copyright of a character who is more popular than Iron Man in comics in advance, Lin Yuan still decided to follow the original historical time and space arrangement and shoot"Iron Man" for the first movie.》

"iron Man? The character's rights are still in the hands of New Line Cinema."

Kevin Feige thought for a moment and said.

As David Messer said, Kevin Feige is very familiar with Marvel affairs and has a clear understanding of the copyright distribution of various Marvel superheroes.

"David, give the highest priority to buying back the rights to Iron Man and get it done as quickly as possible."

Lin Yuan looked at David Messer

"No problem, Boss. David

Messer nodded and replied.

At this time, Kevin Feige hesitated and suggested to Lin Yuan:

"Boss, actually I suggest you make"Captain America" ​​first. This character is more popular in Marvel comics than Iron Man."

"Yes, Boss, Iron Man’s popularity in Marvel comics only belongs to the second level, while Captain America belongs to the first level. If Captain America had been filmed, it might have attracted a wider audience."

David Messer echoed Kevin Feige's suggestion.

In the original historical time and space, Marvel had no choice but to choose Iron Man, who successfully got the copyright back.

In this life, Lin Yuan's financial support , there is more room for choice.

Based on the popularity analysis of Marvel comic characters, in terms of the possibility of success, the first Marvel movie is the first one, and the two of them are more inclined to choose the more popular Captain America.

But it is already known Lin Yuan, who gave the correct answer, obviously does not think so.

Although in the original time and space, the box office performance and influence of the Captain America series of movies were not bad, but compared with the Iron Man series, it is still far behind.

And from the Marvel Cinematic Universe In terms of the popularity of the character after the final formation, Iron Man is undoubtedly the number one

"No! It's Iron Man!"

Lin Yuan decisively rejected the proposals of Kevin Feige and David Messer.

Not only that, Lin Yuan felt that this role must also be played by Robert Downey Jr.

He was worried that others would not be able to play the role.

"In addition, the role of Iron Man is played by Robert Downey Jr."

"By the way, 2.4 first sign a contract with him for thirty dramas."

Lin Yuan remembered that in the original time and space, Robert Downey Jr. did not renew his contract with Marvel after it expired, and finally withdrew from the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the first-generation Iron Man. There are different opinions on the reasons, some say that Some people say that Robert Downey Jr.'s salary is too high, some say that Marvel and Robert Downey Jr.'s ideas are not compatible, and some say that both parties want to make changes...

No matter what the reason is, the final result is that Robert Downey Jr. and Marvel part ways. In this life, Lin Yuan feels that no matter whether his Marvel will continue to use Robert Downey Jr. in the end, the initiative should be in the hands of Marvel first.

While Robert Downey Jr. is now in decline, no one cares about him, and the salary is low When the time came, they would first sign him for dozens of dramas.

Kevin Feige and David Messer were a little confused when they heard that Lin Yuan had appointed this candidate.

"Boss, due to some things, Robert Downey Jr.’s current reputation is not particularly good, and his box office appeal is not strong enough. He can only be regarded as a marginal actor in Hollywood at the moment.……"

David Messer advised politely.

If it weren't for boss Lin Yuan's personal decision, David Messer would have said that Robert Downey Jr. was an actor completely abandoned by Hollywood.

Lin Yuan naturally knew the experience of Robert Downey Jr., and he smiled and replied:

"Wouldn’t the story of the prodigal son be more popular with audiences in your country?"

"Let's do this. When this project is officially launched, you ask him to audition. Then you will know why I chose him."

"Okay, Boss."

Both Kevin Feige and David Messer agreed to this arrangement.

Now that the film adaptation rights of Iron Man have not been recovered, the project has not been officially launched, there is no need to argue about this matter.

Besides, Lin Yuan is the boss, and he will eventually be able to Lin Yuan’s opinion prevails.

Next, the conversation between the three continues..