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Chapter 599 The characters sold by Marvel ([-] daily updates, please subscribe~)

At this time, night has fallen on New York. As the world's top city that never sleeps, New York has shown its prosperity to the world. Through the glass, Wu Jianye can see that the rushing New York elites have disappeared.

Instead, there are groups of young people dressed in fashion, or homeless men in distress. Some homeless men are accompanied by a dirty puppy. A hot dog came not far from the coffee shop. car.

New York’s hot dog carts are very famous, and some people even call them New York’s street scene. In New York, hot dogs have a special name called dirty water hot dogs, just like New York’s street culture, messy and attractive.

The enthusiasm for dirty water hot dogs is not limited to ordinary New Yorkers, but also high-ranking people. For example, when the prime minister of England visits New York, the mayor of New York will treat him to eat dirty water hot dogs, Madonna, Celine Dion Such a female star will also come regardless of her image.

Wu Jianye looked at the hot dog cart and said to Hamgrand impatiently: "Make a decision quickly, don't delay me to buy food!"

Hamgrand glanced at Wu Jianye helplessly. The multiple choice questions given by Wu Jianye before were actually not optional. He also understood that the matter had developed to this point, and he had no choice.

"Okay!" Hamgrand finally agreed helplessly.

Wu Jianye smiled and took out the contract and check that had been prepared. With humiliation in his eyes, Hamgren signed the contract with his name, and then took the check from Wu Jianye.

That is to say, from now on, the "Spider-Man" series, which has created a value of tens of billions in the future, has been officially taken by Wu Jianye.

"I'm very curious about how Phantom Entertainment plans to operate this comic. There is a 'five-year new film' agreement!" After Hamgren finished signing, the pressure in his heart was relieved.

Most of the characters sold by Marvel have a "five-year new film" contract, which means that if Phantom Entertainment cannot create a movie for this character within five years, then Marvel has the right to take back the character copyright.

Sony's Tobey Maguire version of the third part of the "Spider-Man" series trilogy was released in 2007, and "The Amazing Spider-Man" was released in 2012 for this reason. If that time limit is exceeded, Marvel It has the right to take back the copyright of the comic "Spider-Man".

The 'five-year new movie' deal is also rife with other Marvel characters.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about it."

After finishing speaking, Wu Jianye got up and left. Now is definitely not the best time to make "Spider-Man". The reason why Wu Jianye took the copyright of "Spider-Man" now is because he didn't want him to be like another time and space. , into a chaotic lawsuit, and what he is doing now is just the first step of Wu Jianye's plan!

Walking out of the cafe, Wu Jianye came to the hot dog cart, next to two young girls in hot pants, each of them was holding a hot dog with dirty water, looking at the long bun with a sausage in it, but the girl didn't Considering the image, he opened his mouth and took the first bite.
Wu Jian Yeguan boss asked for a hot dog with dirty water and a cup of Coke. Unfortunately, the Coke is Pepsi, not Very Coke. Now the main direction of Very Coke is Southeast Asia. Only after consolidating its Southeast Asian market will it officially launch Wielding Europe and the United States.

According to the plan of the cold water drink, this is two years later.

"You are Kun?" Just as Wu Jianye was thinking wildly, the two girls in hot pants next to him recognized Wu Jianye.

Wu Jianye smiled and nodded, "Yes."

One of the girls said excitedly: "Kun, I'm your fan, can you sign for me?"

Wu Jianye spread his hands and smiled, "Sorry, I didn't bring a pen!"

In fact, Wu Jianye had a pen in his bag, but it was just a lazy signature.

But what surprised Wu Jianye was that the owner of the hot dog cart said with a smile, "It's okay, I have a pen here!" After speaking, he enthusiastically handed the marker to Wu Jianye.

As for why the owner of the hot dog cart prepared a marker pen, Wu Jianye didn't know, but now that he had the pen, he felt embarrassed if he didn't want to sign it.

Wu Jianye glanced at the two girls and asked, "Where's the paper?"

It was the girl from just now, and said with a smile: "No need for paper, just sign here!" After speaking, she raised her weapon, the meaning was very clear, just sign here.

The girl was wearing a white T-shirt, which was very suitable for signing. Wu Jianye was not pretentious, and signed her name with a smile.

And the other girl waited for Wu Jianye to finish signing.

Wu Jianye smiled.

Looks very young.
After signing the names, Wu Jianye returned the marker pen to the owner of the hot dog cart, and by this time his hot dog was already ready.

"Kun, are you shooting "Ghost Love" in New York?" the girl asked excitedly.

Wu Jianye nodded and said, "Yes."

"By the way, we haven't been introduced yet. I'm Martha and she's Anne. We are all your fans. Don't listen to those media. When your movie is released, we will definitely go back and support you!" Martha said happily.

Wu Jianye said politely, "Thank you!"

At this time, Wu Jianye was about to leave with a hot dog, while the two girls surrounded Wu Jianye excitedly, chattering and expressing their admiration.

Looking at it like this, if Wu Jianye thought about it, the two of them would follow Wu Jianye back to the hotel today.

But Wu Jianye thought about it and forgot it. After all, although this kind of girl picked up on the street looks quite young and full of vitality, who knows if there is any problem? Wu Jianye didn't want to cause this trouble. left alone.

It's just that Wu Jianye had just walked a few steps, when suddenly an old black man stood in front of Wu Jianye, and said in a low voice, "Sir, can I borrow some money to buy a hamburger!"

Wu Jianye looked up at this old black, at least 1.9 meters tall, in fact, Wu Jianye's height is not short, but compared with the old black, he is still a bit shorter, plus his strong body The figure gives people a sense of oppression.

At this time, if someone thinks that he is really just borrowing money, it is a big mistake. Many people in New York will carry some small change with them, just to deal with this situation, because if you are stingy with your money at this time, It is very likely that the white knife goes in and the red knife comes out.

This is actually the reason why Sam was robbed by Carl in "Ghost Love", because this kind of thing happens almost every day in New York. In this case, the probability that the case will not be solved is very high.

So why the little spider will become one of the most popular heroes in Marvel comics, one is because comics have a very high status in the hearts of teenagers, and the background of the little spider makes him easier to be accepted by teenagers, there is another reason It is that he is a neighborhood hero. Things like this happen every day in Brooklyn. Many people hope to have such a hero by their side.

But this big old black obviously chose the wrong partner. When he was standing in front of Wu Jianye, suddenly a few young men in black suits ran up not far away and stood directly beside Wu Jianye. forward.

Knowing that New York's security is a huge problem, how could Wu Jianye come out alone? The maple security guards are already protecting Wu Jianye 24 hours a day.

And in order to cope with Wu Jianye's life in the United States for the past few years, Maple Security has set up a branch in the United States. You must know that firearms are legal in North America!
When Da Laohei saw this battle, he naturally withered immediately. If he hadn't been born with a dark face, he might have turned pale by this time.

"Director Wu, are you alright?" The person in charge of Wu Jianye's safety in North America is a Northeast man named Hu Jian.

Wu Jianye smiled: "It's okay, just give me a good beating!"

"understand!"

Wu Jianye got into the car with a hot dog and a Coke, and went straight back to the hotel. As for that big boss, Wu Jianye didn't care what happened to him.

After returning to the hotel, Wu Jianye made a special call to Linda and told her that the copyright of Little Spider had been obtained.

Linda herself asked curiously: "As for the copyright of a comic character, do you do it yourself?"

As I said before, today's Hollywood attitude towards superhero movies is to treat them as a pit, or a huge pit.

So when Wu Jianye proposed his own plan, Linda was also a little surprised by Wu Jianye's plan, not knowing what Wu Jianye was thinking.

And according to the current status of Phantom Entertainment, even if they want to get the copyright of Little Spider, they don't need Wu Jianye to come forward in person, they just need to send a manager over.

Wu Jianye stuffed the last bite of the hot dog into his mouth, and said comfortably, "Anyway, there's nothing to do tonight."

Linda didn't think too much, and said on the phone: "The company has already negotiated with Constantine Films, and the copyright of "Fantastic Four" has also been bought at a price of 50 US dollars!"

The name Constantine Films may be unfamiliar, but one of their film series produced in later generations is the world-renowned "Resident Evil" series!
The movie adapted from "Fantastic Four" is not well-known in later generations, but the fame of Fantastic Four in the comics world is not small at all. In the history of Marvel, there have been three waves of selling heroes.

Now is Marvel's first wave of selling heroes, and for Hollywood studios, they naturally like Marvel's behavior very much.

Although superhero movies are a trap now, many companies will still buy some superhero copyrights to expand their film library.

And when Marvel was preparing to sell its own superheroes, it also opened the door. With the selection of the studio, "Fantastic Four" was the first wave to be selected. This shows that the popularity of "Fantastic Four" in North America popular.

In the first wave of selling heroes, the most popular heroes such as X-Men, Spider-Man, and Fantastic Four were sold.

The second wave sells movies like Iron Man, Hulk, Doctor Strange, etc., so some people always say that Iron Man is just a second-rate hero in Marvel Comics, which is actually inaccurate, at least second-rate.

By the time of the third wave, there are actually some unwanted superheroes left, including Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, Punisher, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Deadpool, Iron Fist, Humanoid, The vampire Morbius and so on, their contract is still the famous "5-year new movie".

To put it bluntly, these superheroes are actually selected by others.

Now that Wu Jianye asked Linda to buy the copyright of "Fantastic Four", he was naturally preparing for the future plan.

"What about the copyright of the X-Men?" Wu Jianye asked.

The task that Wu Jianye entrusted to Linda before was to buy all the copyrights of all the heroes that Marvel had sold, and he specially entrusted the X-Men.

At this time, the copyright of the X-Men has not been bought by 21st Century Fox, but in the hands of Orion Pictures. However, in history, Orion Pictures has experienced a financial crisis in the past two years, and then sold the copyright of the X-Men It was given to Caroco Films. It is said that Caroco Films in this period has indeed accumulated a lot of copyrights for Marvel heroes, but it is a pity that they did not catch up with the good times.

And the copyright of the X-Men has another advantage, that is, the copyright of the X-Men is not a five-year contract for new films, which means that this copyright has been permanently sold by Marvel.

By the way, the first "X-Men" is Marvel's first superhero movie with a box office of over [-] million.

"The asking price from Orion Pictures is a bit high. I think they want to use the copyright of "X-Men" to make up for their losses!" Linda said.

Wu Jianye chuckled lightly and asked, "How much do they want?"

Linda said: "$130 million!"

"Another lion opened his mouth and told them that the price of 100 million US dollars is the same. If they don't sell it to us, they don't have to worry about them anymore!" Wu Jianye said.

This is not to say that Wu Jianye doesn't care about the copyright of "X-Men". The mutants and the copyright of the word mutants are included.

In other words, this is not the copyright of a single hero, but the copyright of a whole set of heroes. Why did Deadpool be taken away by 21st Century Fox again? In the later disputes, Deadpool appeared in the comics as a mutant In the middle, so later "Deadpool" was also included in the 21st Century Fox.

The reason why Wu Jianye is more confident is that Karoko Films, which is now taking over the copyright of "X-Men", does not have the strength of another time and space. If Orion Films does not sell the copyright of "X-Men" to In the case of Phantom Entertainment, the copyright can only be taken back by Marvel when it goes bankrupt!
Then Orion Pictures, like Hamgrand who negotiated with Wu Jianye before, will not get any benefits.

Linda said on the phone: "I see, it's just that you really believe that superheroes will become the mainstream of future movies? The lessons of "Superman 3" have not been 10 years in the past!"

Wu Jianye smiled: "Don't worry!"

(End of this chapter)