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Chapter 463 [28] Kevin Feige’s surprise!

"Hello, Fitch!"

At the Hilton Hotel where Chen Yu was staying, he met Kevin Feige, the future number one boss of Marvel Studios.

Wearing a peaked cap, he is tall and tall, looks very young, and is a typical American white man. He currently serves as the vice president and content director of Marvel Studios, responsible for Marvel's copyright production and maintenance.

To put it nicely, when any Hollywood giant wants to make their Marvel-related movies, he will be responsible for supervising them, with the title of producer or assistant producer; for the "X-Men" series, he is the assistant producer .

Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, was founded in 93 and was just a studio at the beginning.

"Hello, heal chan!"

Feiqi forced out a smile and shook hands with Chen Yu. The two of them sat in the cafe on the 11th floor of the Hilton Hotel. The environment was quiet and no one disturbed them.

"I just heard from New Line yesterday that you want to buy the copyright of our Iron Man hero from Marvel?"

"Are you going to take a photo, or are you?"

"Ha ha!"

"Iron Man fans are going to eat me up!"

"Then you invested in the filming yourself?"

"I'm not stupid. How can I, a Chinese, play such a role?"

"Yes, I'm ready to film Iron Man!"

Chen Yu didn't hide anything and said it very politely. Feige shrugged and said helplessly: "Do you want to play the role of Iron Man?"

"of course not!"

"Iron Man is no different than other hero movies, it requires a relatively large amount of investment!"

Kevin Feige felt a little more relaxed, which was good. The Chinese man in front of him was not as difficult to talk to as he thought.

Spider-Man is of course the best, but unfortunately the copyright belongs to Sony; so he thought about Captain America and the Hulk. Recently, he thought Iron Man was good, because these copyrights are about to expire, and Marvel can return them. purchase.

Chen Yu nodded: "Yes, that's what I think. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Kevin Feige felt it was necessary to remind the guy in front of him that according to the information he checked yesterday, Chen Yu obviously didn't have the strength to make a bid.

This cold humor made Feige feel that Chen Yu should still be a sensible person. He was really afraid that Chen Yu would directly cast him as the protagonist in Iron Man. That would definitely be a disaster in the history of Marvel heroes.

Feiqi had a smile on his face, and his expression was obviously much better than before.

But what he didn't expect was that Chen Yu smiled after hearing this and said: "Investment is not a problem!"

However, at this juncture, the sale of New Line's Iron Man still caught Kevin Feige off guard, so after he immediately inquired about the news about Chen Yu, he decided to personally come and talk to this man who just temporarily stayed in Hollywood this year. Meet the rising stars of China.

When Feige heard that New Line was going to transfer "Iron Man", he was actually quite surprised.

Over the years, he has been studying with Lauren Shuler Donner, the famous producer of Fox Hero movies, and became his assistant. At the same time, because of his love for Marvel since childhood, he has a very deep understanding of the entire Marvel system. learn.

He already has a very mature idea in his mind, which is to connect Marvel into a system and create a sense of déjà vu in TV series and movies. However, currently, there is still a lack of a main line, that is, which hero starts.

"..."

Kevin Feige put his hands on the table and looked at the Chinese movie star in front of him with a slightly nervous expression that he just got to know yesterday.

Kevin Feige frowned. Did he feel that the Chinese man in front of him didn't understand what he said?
Or do you think the investment amount is relatively large and is it the so-called RMB?
"If Marvel were to film it themselves, how much investment would they need?"

Chen Yu knew what Kevin Feige was thinking. He just felt that he didn't have the financial resources. But could it be possible that Marvel Studios had such strength?

Marvel has made some money lately, and that's small money.

Compared to the 90s when everyone relied on selling copyrights to survive, benefiting from the current Hollywood environment and the popular release of Marvel's "Spider-Man" and "X-Men", Marvel began to turn from losses to profits.

However, the little income from copyright sharing is really no different from sending a beggar.

For an "X-Men" movie, from the director to the actors to the company, in the end, Marvel can get 1% of the box office share, which is already thank God.

With a box office of 3 million U.S. dollars, Marvel will eventually get almost 300 million U.S. dollars in revenue.

But this part of the income, in addition to operating the company, must also be paid to employees.

Therefore, even though Marvel Studios is currently involved in the production of so many films, in the past few years, it has only had more than 1000 million in working capital on its books. Chen Yu, a reborn person, knows this very well.

Otherwise, Kevin Feige would not have gone against all odds. After he became the president of Marvel Studios in 06, he immediately went out of his way to independently produce new Marvel movies.

In fact, he has had enough of the big six in recent years, and he has to lead a Marvel movie by himself no matter what.

This guy's ability is still very strong. Even though there are many people in the management of Marvel Entertainment and Marvel Studios who disagree with what he did, in the end, it was under his persistence that the first-ever creation in the history of Marvel Studios was born. The first independently produced film "Iron Man"!
It's a pity that Marvel Studios also sacrificed their money and life to make this movie.

Not only did it consume all the funds on the company's account, but it also mortgaged all the copyrights for Marvel Entertainment and Marvel movies to Merrill Lynch.

They signed an eight-year, $8 million financing deal with Merrill Lynch that can be used to pay for 5.25 movies with budgets ranging from $10 million to $4500 million to build around these remaining Marvel characters, Collateral It is the copyrighted IP of these characters.

In other words, if they lose, Marvel will directly game over.

However, they chose Iron Man, but according to the agreement, they could not even use all the cash raised from Merrill Lynch... So in 2007, Marvel pounced on Iron Man with a budget of $1.4 million. The previous year, in 2006, it Operation + Merrill Lynch allocation, the total on the account is 1.58 million!
It's like giving everything you have, just go all in!

This routine is similar to New Line's "Lord of the Rings".

In fact, this is also the way for many successful people in old American Hollywood to make a fortune; many Hollywood film industries play this way, either die or live.

It can only be said that Kevin Feige is also a ruthless person.

So this guy looked at Chen Yu and said calmly: "At least, 1 million US dollars!"

"so little?"

Chen Yu acted as if there was no accident and spread his hands: "I thought it would cost 2 million?"

"..." Kevin Feige's expression suddenly became strange.

Is this guy trying to be funny?

"if!"

Chen Yu suddenly approached Kevin Feige in a serious manner: "I am cooperating with Marvel. I will provide the money and you will contribute the people and efforts. Can we make "Iron Man" happen?"

"can!"

Kevin Feige wanted to say it directly.

However, he held back.

"Chan, can you... really afford that much money?"

Kevin Feige couldn't help but said.

"Yes, I can raise it for less than US$2 million!"

Chen Yu said it very directly, but Fei Qi's eyelids still twitched. This guy is so rich!

2 billion!
There are not many movie stars in Hollywood who can directly spend 2 million US dollars.

Are Chinese celebrities making so much money these days?
Fitch took a deep breath. He felt that he needed to slow down. The young guy in front of him was a bit unexpected.

"Or Kevin!"

"Can I invest in Marvel? Just Marvel Studios. I am also a fan of Marvel!"

Chen Yu asked casually as if he was joking. Kevin Feige was a little confused and asked: "Are you so optimistic about our Marvel?"

"Well, I'm very optimistic about it, and I have a plan!"

"what's the plan?"

Kevin Feige was very puzzled and actually had some guesses in his mind, but he felt that it was impossible for Chen Yu to have such an idea.

Then Chen Yu's answer once again dumbfounded Kevin Feige.

"Same plan as you!"

Swish!
Kevin Feige's head snapped up.

"Feige, you are a smart man. You currently have real power in Marvel Studios, but it is not you who has the final say!"

The current boss of Marvel is Avi Arad, and Chen Yu knows this guy.

Founder of Marvel Studios, plus CEO of Marvel Entertainment.

He was the most influential producer in bringing Marvel comics to the big screen before the Marvel Cinematic Universe; he has been involved in every movie produced by the company starting with 1998's "Blade."

It can be said that without him, Marvel would not be what it is today.

This guy was originally a shareholder of ToyBiz, a peripheral toy manufacturer acquired by Marvel. By mistake, he united with many banks and consortiums to acquire Marvel, which was on the verge of extinction.

It was really an accident, because this was not his plan originally. It was Perelman, the former capital player of Marvel Entertainment, who wanted to play with nothing, so he filed for bankruptcy and then reorganized Marvel.

But unexpectedly, this "infighting" produced a shocking result: after a court trial, ToyBiz and Marvel Entertainment finally successfully merged, but Perelman and his nemesis Icahn were kicked out at the same time.

The people who killed them were two ToyBiz toy executives who had been on the Marvel board of directors since 1993 - Isaac Perlmutter and Avi Arad.

The person who saw the potential of adapting Marvel comics into movies and TV series was not Avi Arad, but Perelman. This guy was making wedding dresses for others, and then Marvel Entertainment established a film company.

The credit goes directly to Avi Arad.

However, this guy was not optimistic about the project of "Iron Man". At the end of this year, he directly resigned and sold all the Marvel stocks in his hands, cashed out and left the company. Marvel has now entered the scene of this guy in front of Chen Yu, Kevin Feige era.

That is to say, this year is a very critical year; otherwise Chen Yu would not have said half-jokingly and half-truly whether he could buy shares or invest.

Because Marvel really needs financing this year, they are looking for Merrill Lynch.

"..."

Kevin Feige seemed very silent, obviously he knew what Chen Yu said was the truth.

His power is indeed growing in Marvel, but... he only has a small position share.

"Sorry Kevin, I have to go to the Oscars. I'm a bit pressed for time!"

"Whether it is investing in the filming of "Iron Man" or investing in Marvel, I am very interested!"

"Like you, I am a die-hard Marvel fan!"

Chen Yu stood up and suddenly patted Fei Qi, who was silent. Fei Qi raised his head and was about to speak when Chen Yu shrugged: "Call me. I look forward to your call again!"

With that said, Chen Yu walked directly outside the coffee shop.

Kevin Feige wanted to get up and give chase, but after thinking about the fact that the other party was going to attend the Oscars, he had no choice but to back down.

As Chen Yu said, no matter what he said, Kevin Feige felt moved.

Of course he wants to dominate Marvel and bring comics to the big screen, but the only thing he lacks right now is money!

And that Chinese boy just now has a lot of money.

For a while, Kevin Feige did not leave the coffee shop directly, but sat there, thinking about how to negotiate with the Marvel board of directors next.

He really wants to bring Chen Yu to his side, so he will be more confident if he can convince the company to make a solo movie!

(End of this chapter)