Violence supervision in Conan

Chapter 232: Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and the Avengers are all mine!

A cafe in New York.

"Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation, Mr. Perelman."

Gui Yewu extended his hand to a middle-aged white man with a shrewd look sitting in front of him.

"Haha, I think so too."

Ron Perelman held Takeshi Onino's hand, looked at him as if he had been taken advantage of, and laughed hypocritically, "Mr. King has a keen eye for talent, he is worthy of being a famous Hollywood director!"

I couldn't help but feel secretly happy in my heart, exchanging the copyrights of just a few cartoon characters for 30 million US dollars, it was really a good deal!
This Oriental guy is really rich, it’s a good opportunity to make some money from him!
Looking at Ron Perelman, who looked like a weasel who had stolen a chicken, Gui Yewu just smiled faintly.

The other party thought he had gotten a great advantage, but he didn't know who was actually getting the advantage.

The fellow in front of him with a mercenary look is not a simple person. He is a wealthy man, but more importantly, he owns a comics company.

Its name is——

Marvel

That’s right, it’s the famous entertainment company that opened up the superhero universe in later generations.

Iron Man, Spider-Man, Captain America, the Hulk, Thor and many other well-known superheroes are all characters from Marvel.

After entering the 21st century, this company has been very successful, but many people don’t know that Marvel was having an easy time in the 1990s.

In fact, even before being acquired by Disney, a big moneymaker, in 2009, although Marvel had taken a breather with the movie "Iron Man", it was still trembling as a whole and did not dare to make any big moves.

After all, for Marvel at the time, even though the "Iron Man" movie was a huge success, it was still difficult to fill the hole.

The box office revenue of the movie alone, as well as the fees for some character copyrights that were previously mortgaged in order to be able to film "Iron Man", were generally only enough to give Marvel a "relief" at the time.

The root of all this lies in the evil that was planted in the 1990s, or to be more precise, in the guy in front of us.

In fact, in the late 1980s, Marvel had already shown some signs of operational crisis, with heavy debt, talent leaving, and its overall development momentum gradually falling into shadow.

To make matters worse, it fell into the hands of Ron Perelman.

This guy is a businessman through and through. He has no passion for comics at all. He acquired Marvel only because of its commercial value.

Therefore, he didn't care about the talents who left at that time. Not only did he not try to retain them, but he let them go.

All he cares about is making money.

To this end, Ron Perelman began to take advantage of the opportunity of going public to acquire various other companies related to toys, cards, etc.

Not only that, during the time he was in control of Marvel, Ron Perelman showed his profit-seeking nature as a businessman. In order to gain profits, he began to sell the copyright and adaptation rights of some Marvel characters, because in his opinion -

This is easy money!

The Fantastic Four, X-Men, Daredevil, Hulk, Spider-Man and others were all sold during this period.

In the mid-90s, the rise of the Internet hit the American comics industry hard, and companies across the industry went bankrupt one after another.

At that time, Marvel was exposed to a greater crisis due to the huge debts incurred by various crazy acquisitions before.

In order to make up for the losses, Ron Perelman intensified the sale of character copyrights, including "Iron Man".

But this still didn't help, and Marvel eventually filed for bankruptcy in 96.

If Avi Arad hadn't taken over and gambled everything on filming "Iron Man", Marvel would have probably been swept into the corner of history, and there would have been no chance for the global attention-grabbing "Avengers" to appear!
According to Takeshi Ono, there is no DC in this world, but Marvel still exists, and its development process and current situation are exactly the same as in his previous life.

This made him disappointed that he couldn't "move it directly", but it also made him see opportunities.

As a time traveler, Takeshi Ono knows too well how profitable Marvel's superhero movies are. Although they kept feeding shit to the audience afterwards, all the movies before "Avengers 4" were masterpieces.

It has set off a huge wave of movie-watching all over the world and created a large number of loyal fans, which can be regarded as a huge gold mine.

It can be said that superhero movies are a trump card in Hollywood's hand, a powerful weapon that can devastate the film industry all over the world.

And this sharp weapon is still hidden in its rusty sheath and has not been opened.

How could Gui Yewu let go of such a great opportunity?

So he used Lao Dong's connections to get Ron Perelman out.

The purpose is to acquire the film adaptation rights of Marvel's superheroes.

Takeshi Ono never thought of taking over Marvel. Although it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Marvel is now a pit. There are too many subsequent troubles and it is on the verge of bankruptcy. It can be seen that the situation is worrying.

It is a pity that it is tasteless.

In comparison, it is more cost-effective to acquire character copyrights.

Look at Sony Pictures in later generations, how much money did it make from "Spider-Man"?

No wonder Sony Pictures has been holding Spider-Man in its hands and refused to agree to Marvel's repurchase. It is simply making money without doing anything.

Marvel had a hard time speaking out about this, and it wasn't until "Captain America 3" that audiences were able to see Spider-Man actively participating in the Marvel Universe.

Another reason why Takeshi Ono did not acquire Marvel is that with the current level of special effects production, if Hiroki Sawada is excluded, it is not yet time to produce a mature superhero movie.

Acquiring Marvel at this time would not bring much return except for a huge burden. It would be better to "take advantage of the situation" and first stockpile the copyrights of superhero characters, and then decide whether to shoot or not, and when to shoot, and all the benefits would be in your hands.

Moreover, not every Marvel superhero is valuable, so Takeshi Ono's target is the most representative and most promising characters.

Ron Perelman didn't care at all about selling the copyright, and the communication between the two parties went smoothly.

In the end, Takeshi Ono bought the complete set of Avengers, Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Marvel Woman, Daredevil, Punisher, Wasp, Ant-Man and other characters that were later proven to be successful for 30 million US dollars.

Roman Perelman packaged a bunch of villains as a bonus, which can be said to have swept away all the essence of Marvel.

These famous characters from later generations are now very cheap, and Gui Yewu is very happy with his choice.

There is a sense of pleasure and excitement in using imitation money to buy top-notch luxury goods.

I can't stop!

Roman Perelman was also very happy. It was rare to come across such big customers who bought in batches. Now he could make a big profit.

In the end, it wasn't that Gui Yewu didn't want to buy it, but he was really short of money.

This is also the last reason why he is not planning to acquire Marvel. He has no money left...

The remaining money was used to acquire Paramount shares.

But the rewards are already huge enough. If movies with these characters can be made, let alone 30 million, even 3 billion or 30 billion would be enough!

A huge profit!

Looking at Ron Perelman who was secretly delighted, Gui Yewu just smiled lightly.

This guy doesn’t know what he missed, but it doesn’t matter. Anyway, he won’t live to see the day when Marvel is revived.

With the copyrights to these superheroes, Paramount will no longer have to worry about not having movies to make in the future.

The ability to resist risks will also be much stronger. Even if there is a loss again, as long as a superhero movie is made, it can be revived immediately.

These are the "resurrection cards" that Takeshi Ono prepared for Paramount.

Although the news has not yet come, he has already regarded Paramount as a sure thing.

In addition, it can also become the foundation of the American branch of Onino Eiga.

The deal was done with both parties satisfied. Ron Perelman stood up with a smile on his face and prepared to say goodbye and leave.

Before leaving, I suddenly became curious and asked, "Mr. King, you bought so many copyrights, which Hollywood company are you going to sell them to?"

This is a normal idea, otherwise how could one person shoot so many movies?

Just as Gui Yewu was about to answer, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

He gestured to the other party and then picked up the phone.

"How's it going? Everything done? That's great... Yeah, okay, I got it."

After hanging up the phone, Gui Yewu gave Ron Perelman a meaningful smile: "You will know it soon."

……

After signing the contract with Marvel, the copyrights of many superheroes and super villains such as Iron Man fell into the hands of Takeshi Ono.

Marvel will definitely not be able to shoot "Avengers" in the future, and it can only be produced by Paramount.

After finishing everything, Gui Yewu immediately rushed back to Los Angeles and met Comrade Lao Dong who was very excited.

"Hey, man! Let's pop some champagne!"

As soon as they met, Lao Dong opened his arms and spoke loudly with a smile on his face.

Gui Yewu smiled and gave him a thumbs up: "Well done, man!"

He already knew that Lao Dong had successfully acquired Paramount's shares, and this time the other party had indeed made a significant contribution.

Although Paramount has been in deep financial crisis recently, it is still a high-quality asset and is not without other competitors.

At this time, it is clear that Gui Yewu has the advantage of finding Lao Dong. The other party's abilities and network resources are not to be underestimated.

Finally defeated all competitors and successfully won Paramount!
According to the agreement, Takeshi Onino owned 38% of Paramount's shares, Lao Dong owned 37%, and the remaining 25% belonged to the Ooka Group.

Takeshi Onino is the largest shareholder.

Lao Dong is a very smart person. He knows that with Takeshi Onino's ability, Paramount cannot do without him if it wants to develop. However, he knows nothing about movies, so instead of doing thankless work, he might as well just sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor.

So I took a step back.

In addition, once an agreement is reached, the Ooka Group will fully support Takeshi Ono. In fact, Takeshi Ono will have absolute say!

Paramount, one of the eight major Hollywood studios, will be completely in his hands!

At this moment, Takeshi Onino can already proudly announce to Hollywood:

he came!
(End of this chapter)