The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 244 Stan Lee Wants to Come Back

"Sir, something big is happening in our company!" Standing at home and reading comics, Stan Lee suddenly received a message from one of his former employees.

And this former employee is naturally an employee of Marvel.

Don't get me wrong, this employee did not leave Marvel, but Stan Lee himself left Marvel in 99, and then opened his own media comics company, which also closed down in 2001.

Anyway, now, the guy known as the father of Marvel has completely severed all ties with Marvel in name. Until his death in history, Stan Lee did not return to Marvel, although every Marvel movie Stan Lee will be invited to make a cameo.

But Stan Lee's feelings for Marvel are fundamentally inseparable, so if there is any disturbance in Marvel, Stan Lee will report to Stan Lee as soon as possible under Marvel's staff.

And this time, Stan Lee's men reported an amazing news, that is, Marvel was acquired by someone again, and the price was 1 million US dollars.

This news is actually nothing, because Marvel has been acquired countless times, which can't cause too many heart fluctuations in Stan Lee.

But the next news made Stan Lee feel a little palpitated, because according to this employee, Marvel's original film and television department was separated and a separate company called Marvel Pictures was established.

At the same time, Marvel is now selecting a superhero to produce a brand new superhero movie belonging to Marvel. Obviously, the new boss intends to strengthen and expand Marvel's movie project.

This is not a big deal. According to the news that several high-level executives inadvertently revealed, the new boss is building a huge Marvel movie universe. The superhero movie launched this time is only the first one. In the next 1 years, there will be 20 films produced by Marvel itself are released, which is definitely an unprecedented huge amount.

The emergence of this news really changed Stan Lee's mood, because the idea of ​​the Marvel Cinematic Universe was originally proposed by Stan Lee.

At that time, the company was in trouble and urgently needed to find a way to change the predicament again, so Stan Lee proposed the concept of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, trying to use movies to save Marvel's comics.

However, this idea was rejected as soon as it was born, because it required a huge amount of funds, and Marvel had no funds to make movies. All they could do was sell the copyrights of superheroes to those film companies. Let's go shoot a movie.

At that time, Stan Lee felt that this was not bad, because these superhero movies could increase the sales of Marvel Comics itself, but the facts proved that the results of these superhero movies were more outrageous than one after another. In the end, the theme of superheroes directly changed. Became box office poison.

Marvel's aggressive selling of superheroes to make movies not only failed to improve the performance of Marvel comics, but also caused the value of superheroes themselves to plummet.

Can you believe that a superhero like Spiderman was sold to Sony for 120 million that year, and when Captain America was sold, it was only $90.

The only thing that is a little more is the Fantastic Four, which is packaged and sold for a little over 200 million US dollars. This is all the top heroes of Marvel, and the rest such as Hawkeye, Iron Man, Black Widow, Thor, etc. The Avengers superheroes are priced almost under $50, and most buyers have little interest.

This made the guy who spent a huge amount of money to buy Marvel very depressed. He bought Marvel originally intending to make money by splitting and selling superheroes. In the end, he didn’t make much money, and he lost all of it in a financial change. up.

Anyway, the history of more than 10 years has proved one thing, that is, the era of superhero movies has passed, and superhero movies are worth shooting.

Then Stan Lee learned the news, which made Stan Lee very excited. He left Marvel back then because he couldn't see any hope in Marvel, and now this hope seems to be back.

So after hesitating at home for a long time, Stan Lee took the initiative to send a message to Isaac Perlmutter, hoping to chat with the new boss of Marvel. He has a lot of thoughts and opinions about the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is willing to Tell this new boss for free.

He doesn't want to get paid, just wants the Marvel Cinematic Universe to move in the right direction.

Isaac Perlmutter soon received news that the new boss expressed his willingness to meet with Stan Lee at Marvel’s corporate headquarters, so Stan Lee came again after two years The entrance to Marvel headquarters.

What made Stan Lee particularly excited was that when he appeared at the door, almost all the editors of Marvel gathered at the door, and when Stan Lee got off the car, all the editors were cheering and applauding collectively, countless people Trying to hug the father of Marvel, the scene is quite warm, it can be said that those who hear it are sad, and those who see it cry.

"Unexpectedly, Stan Lee has been gone for two years, and he still has such a huge influence in the company, and this kind of influence is probably difficult for me to achieve in my life!"

In fact, on the second floor of the office building at this time, Isaac Perlmutter and Huang He were watching the not-so-grand but extremely grand welcome ceremony at the entrance of the company from a special angle.

This ceremony seems to tell Marvel that your emperor is back.

"Yes, after all, he is the one who has created countless superheroes, so he deserves such treatment!" Huang He said lightly, but there was no change of emotion in his words.

"Actually, Stan Lee is willing to come here on his own initiative, which means that he has moved his mind to return to the company. In addition, the company he founded has closed down. I think if we take the initiative to invite him, he should be very happy to return to the company. The company, continue to serve as editor-in-chief and CEO!" Isaac Perlmutter looked at Huang He, squinted his eyes and said, "Huang, should we invite him back?"

"This issue should be decided by you, not me!" Huang He smiled slightly, "According to the contract between us, Marvel's comic business is in charge of you, I don't care, if Mr. Isaac is willing to send Stan Li, please come back and help you continue to run Marvel, I have no objection!"

"Hehe!" Isaac Perlmutter gave a dry laugh. When Stan Lee left Marvel, more than half of the credit was caused by Isaac Perlmutter's many black hands. How could he Will bring Stan Lee back.

In Isaac Perlmutter's view, Stan Lee is qualified as an editor-in-chief, but his ability to run the entire Marvel company is far from enough.

The evidence is that in the years when he was the CEO of Marvel, Marvel almost broke his underwear, and after Isaac Perlmutter took over the management of Marvel, although Marvel is still poor, but at any rate Struggling on the edge of the abyss, not completely falling into the abyss.

Whether it's for himself or for Marvel, there's no way Isaac Perlmutter will bring Stan Lee back.

"However, I think the main reason for Stan Lee's return this time is your Marvel movie universe plan, so I think he will probably not be interested in running Marvel's comic business, but wants to help you run it Marvel Cinematic Universe."

"This is the human being who knows the Marvel Universe best in the world. If he can help you correct the various settings of the Marvel Universe, then I don't think there will be any mistakes!" Isaac Perlmutter laughed road.

"If that's the case, then he won't be able to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe!" Huang He laughed.

"Why?" Isaac Perlmutter asked curiously. Although he was very disgusted with Stan Lee's involvement in the company's management, if Stan Lee was only responsible for building the Marvel Cinematic Universe, then Isaac Perlmutter Matt thinks it is still a pretty good and correct choice, and at the same time, it can win the cheers of a group of diehard fans, which is very cost-effective.

"Stan Lee's Marvel Cinematic Universe is the Marvel Universe before the 90s. This universe can no longer keep up with the times and the hobbies of young people!" Huang He said lightly.

"I think the original Marvel universe is actually a failed universe. It is too messy. There are countless so-called parallel universes, which have produced too many various settings. There are more than ten in Captain America alone. A few, if such a Marvel universe is stuffed into the movie universe, I think what is waiting for this movie universe is not success, but a big bang!"

"What the Marvel Cinematic Universe needs is not such an old antique who is proficient in old antiques, but because he understands the hobbies of all young people and the essence of the Marvel Universe, and then brings the two together to reopen a movie with a completely different setting. The universe." Huang He said.

"If that's the case, I'm afraid some diehard fans will be angry!" Isaac Perlmutter said with some concern.

"If the so-called die-hard fans were really die-hard fans, then Marvel wouldn't be in this situation." Huang He smiled slightly, "Actually, one of the biggest mistakes of Marvel is that it values ​​those so-called die-hard fans too much. .”

"Especially those fans who are sick, they like to dig out one detail after another. Any change in the setting will arouse their anger. They will crazily shout and insult us on the Internet. But we let them go to the cinema to really They don’t go there at all, and say, the movie you made is not the movie I had in mind, but a piece of rubbish, why should I go to the movie theater to contribute box office to you?”

"So, it's better to clean up all these fans, and use the movie universe to win over those young people who don't know anything about Marvel at all, and only know the names of Captain America and Iron Man. They learned about a new Marvel from scratch!" Huang He said.

"Huang, if those fans hear your words, they will come to the company gate to protest."

"I just told you to listen alone. If someone comes to protest, then you have violated the confidentiality agreement between us, and I can fire you."

"Oh, I promise, no third person will know what you said today." Isaac Perlmutter shrugged his shoulders and said, "Huang, regarding the first movie, which superhero did you choose? "

"I've already chosen!" Huang He nodded, "What do you think of Iron Man?"

(End of this chapter)