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After agreeing to meet Avi Arad the next day, Lin Yu jumped for joy as soon as he hung up the phone.

"Marvel! My God! I can actually get involved?" Lin Yu thought excitedly.

However, what Lin Yu didn't know was that Marvel's current situation was much more difficult than he imagined.

It's just that Lin Yu is currently short of money. If he had enough, he might have been able to acquire Marvel after a few rounds of negotiations.

The following day, Lin Yu met the legendary Avi Arad in a coffee shop in North America.

He had a full beard and wore blue sunglasses, which looked somewhat out of place, but he spoke very amiably.

"Hello, Mr. Lin!"

"Hello, Mr. Avi Arad!"

"Hehe... Mr. Lin is really young, much younger than in the photos. It seems Mr. Lin is not photogenic."

Avi Arad said with a smile:

"Thank you! You're younger than I expected," Lin Yu said with a smile.

"Well... Mr. Lin, I won't say too much. To save your time, I'll get straight to the point. I'd like to ask you to make a movie about our heroes. As for which one, that's up to you!"

Lin Yu was slightly taken aback: "You trust me that much?"

Avi Arad looked at Lin Yu and said, "To be honest, I don't believe you, I believe your film statistics! I've never seen a director with film statistics like yours. Every film you make returns more than ten times the initial investment. Even Spielberg doesn't have statistics like yours."

"Heh... just luck."

"No! It's definitely not luck. Luck can't favor the same person three or four times in a row. You not only understand what your Chinese audience wants to see, but you also understand what overseas audiences want to see, so you are my best partner."

Looking at Avi Arad's serious expression, Lin Yu really didn't know why this person would approach him. Companies in North America had been trying to get him to make movies, ever since "The Man from Earth" was released, but he hadn't agreed to any of them. Either the scripts from those companies were too bad, or the companies just wanted to use his name and weren't genuinely interested in getting him to make movies.

However… he didn’t want to refuse Marvel’s invitation, and he even wanted the rights to shoot several more movies. As for the fact that the system here wasn’t director-centric, Lin Yu didn’t care. After all, which company would grin at a truck driver?

As long as you make money, they'll beg you to take their pictures, even if it means kneeling down.

"I agree, and I won't take any payment. I'll even invest in you, preferably... in Marvel!" Lin Yu said, staring at Avi Arad, enunciating each word clearly.

Avi Arad was somewhat bewildered by Lin Yu's words. "I just wanted you to make a movie to save my life, how come you're also eyeing my Marvel?" However, despite his surprise, he didn't dwell on it too much, because Marvel was currently short of money and in a rather dire situation. Didn't you see they were almost sold off all their superhero rights? He desperately wanted investment, but if the investor was Lin Yu…

"How much money does Mr. Lin plan to invest?"

"One hundred million US dollars, I want five percent of the shares."

"Impossible, Mr. Lin. Let's talk about making the movie. I'll pay you your full salary, and if you can write the script yourself, I can give you extra money."

Lin Yu was not surprised by his answer at all, but it was true that Marvel was short of money. He remembered that in his previous life, Marvel had already been acquired in 2009 for about 42 billion US dollars, which was about 3 billion US dollars now. So Lin Yu felt that there was still a chance, it was just that he didn't have enough money now.

Even the $100 million he just mentioned would require a loan, because his total assets, including all his wealth in China, are less than $40 million. However, he is confident that if he were to borrow $60 million, the bank would likely approve it.

"Mr. Avi Arad, if I could bring Marvel back to life, is this not even a reasonable condition?"

"Mr. Lin, are you kidding me? Do you know how much it would cost to revive Marvel?"

"I know, one movie version of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is enough!" Lin Yu said slowly, taking a sip of coffee.

Avi Arad is now genuinely impressed by Lin Yu, this young man. He speaks so simply, but he doesn't know if he's truly confident or just bluffing.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, your terms are very tempting, but I can't agree to them. Marvel can accept your investment, but we can only give you a maximum of three percent of the shares, and that's on the condition that you make a Marvel movie," Avi Arad said after thinking for a moment.

"It's a pleasure working with you!"

Lin Yu extended his hand directly to Avi Arad.

"Haha... Mr. Lin, it seems you planned this all along. Anyway... it's a pleasure doing business with you."

"Can we talk about the movie now?" Avi Arad asked again.

"Of course, but I need to find out how many heroes you still own the copyright to."

"Hmm... I'll have someone send you some information. I hope Mr. Lin can find some good inspiration."

"Okay, but the investment will take some time. I only have about 40 million US dollars right now. I need some time to raise the money and also to think about the script!" Lin Yu thought for a moment and decided to tell the truth.

"Hehe... Lin, you're really interesting. I'm getting more and more excited to have you join us."

Avi Arad was clearly a little confused by Lin Yu's words, but he quickly realized that the man in front of him was going all out to invest in Marvel! This was something he was very happy to see, after all, it gave him more confidence, didn't it?

After discussing with Lin Yu, Avi Arad returned to Marvel and immediately convened a meeting to explain Lin Yu's plan to invest in Marvel and produce Marvel movies.

The shareholders at the meeting clearly didn't understand. How could a Chinese person want to interfere in Marvel? This was unacceptable. Unsurprisingly, most shareholders voted against it.

Avi Arad had anticipated this and didn't care how many people would oppose it, as he fully supported Lin Yu's investment in Marvel.

In the end, no one knows exactly how he managed to get Lin Yu to agree to all the major shareholders' demands.

Lin Yu was naturally quite excited about this, and without saying a word, he went straight to China to start raising money.

Lin Yu's loan activities caused quite a stir in the entertainment industry.

Although the major film companies didn't know what Lin Yu was planning, they all knew that Lin Yu was currently short of money.

So a flood of phone calls came to Lin Yu's cell phone.