Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

At this time, Marvel Entertainment, the parent company of Marvel Comics, is no longer a small company. The company's business is currently divided into two parts: publishing and licensing.The publishing company is mainly Marvel Publishing Company, which specializes in publishing the comic books of Marvel, and the cover concept publishing house that publishes Marvel’s comic magazine "Surprise Weekly" and other related publications; the licensing company is the Marvel character responsible for authorizing the characters The company and the Marvel Copyright Company responsible for licensing various copyright works; together with the Marvel Toys Company, a joint venture with Mattel, these three pieces can bring nearly one million profits to Marvel Entertainment every year.Therefore, the disheartened Atlas Trust and Investment Company no longer plans to sell Marvel's equity, which also puts Jade's wholly-owned acquisition plan in trouble.

In fact, it's not that Jed is unwilling to retain other partners in Marvel Entertainment, but that Atlas Trust and Investment Company is a typical "pig teammate".When the company is in trouble, the first thing they think of is to sell the company's shares; when the company is in good times, the first thing they think of is how much the company's shares have increased in value.

Therefore, both the editor-in-chief Joe Quest and the company's executive president Isaac Perlmutter have great opinions on Atlas. Both the company's management and the company's core creative group think that Atlas Scorpio is a vampire attached to Marvel Entertainment.It's just that the two senior core comic writers, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, still have a little gratitude to the owners of Atlas, which makes Jed feel a little wary of Atlas.

It's not that Jed can't afford to lose a cartoonist. In fact, Stan Lee and Jack Kobe are the only pair in the United States.They are the builders and main creators of the most famous "Avengers" world under Marvel Comics. If they lose them, Marvel Comics will not be Marvel Comics.Therefore, when Jed kicked Atlas out of Marvel Entertainment, he had to get the consent of both of them, otherwise Jed would rather maintain the status quo.

Seeing that everyone in the conference room has arrived one after another, Jed first said: "The reason why I rushed back to the United States from the British film set, I think everyone knows what happened. Yes, I trust my secrecy too much. It’s a trick, but let me ignore a very old problem-"long nights and dreams". I have known you for several years, and I reorganized Marvel Comics, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, into Marvel Entertainment, and now it has become the two largest comics in the United States. One of the companies. We are not only the best comic company in the United States but also in the world. I believe everyone has no objection to this point.

"However, if we want to become the leader of comics in the future world, then we must make some changes. This requires a lot of funds. It's not that I don't want to pay, but as a joint-stock company, why should I pay so much money? Some shareholders are unwilling to change, thinking that the current Marvel is already very powerful. But you are wrong, if someone asks, who is the most famous superhero in the United States? I think No.1 will be Superman, and No.2 will be Bat Man, No.3 may be The Flash, Green Arrow, or even Catwoman. But why not have our Marvel heroes? What about our Men? What about our Avengers? What about our Fantastic Four? This That's the gap!

"D Comics has already left us behind, so what will happen once D Comics and Warner join hands? I can tell you that Warner Bros. Films and Warner Television Entertainment will definitely launch one after another within a few years after the completion of the acquisition. The superhero movie of D comics, where will Marvel's foothold be at that time? I can help Marvel to achieve glory, but I need the board of directors to give me corresponding power!"

Everyone on the board was silent, and everyone was really happy that Marvel Entertainment finally entered the stage of making millions of dollars a year after years of losses.But comparing the income of d comics, Marvel really deserves the title of "one of the two largest comic companies in the United States".Moreover, people in the United States and even the world still have superheroes in American comics that are still limited to Superman and Batman, not to mention the Avengers, Men of War and Fantastic Four. In the fourth and fifth positions.

Marvel Entertainment really hopes that Sherman Films and Television Entertainment can help Marvel Entertainment to shoot more cartoons, TV series and even movies, but Sherman Films and Television Entertainment is only the major shareholder of Marvel Entertainment, not even the controlling shareholder. so?And just as Jed said, if Warner succeeds in acquiring D Comics, with Warner's current ally relationship with Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group, will Marvel still have such high value?

The representatives of Atlas Company were the group with the darkest complexion. Jed's words were directed at them, and the other shareholders also showed a clear expression on their faces.Atlas is the loudest clamor for dividends every year. When Marvel has just slowed down and prepared to distribute bonuses to those senior employees who have stayed behind and persisted in their work, Atlas has been clamoring for a share of the proceeds.In the end, it was Jed's own money to pay the bonuses to the employees, which has led many editors and comic writers to Jed's side.Even Stan Lee and Jack Kobe were embarrassed to say anything, so they had to give some consolation prizes to their subordinates out of their own pockets.

"I don't understand what Mr. Sherman means. If you want to buy our stocks, just mark the price clearly. Why bother playing the sympathy card here?" A certain shareholder of Atlas couldn't help but sarcastically road.

Jed couldn't help laughing when he saw that pig teammate's proud face of "I'm so shameless, so what". Abandon the old king in favor of a new monarch.

Jed didn't accuse the pig teammate, but said lightly: "Everyone is a shareholder of Marvel Entertainment, which is equivalent to the people on the same boat. I don't want anyone to hold us back when we are sailing towards victory, even for the sake of We sunk our ship for the benefit of some shady people. It is not easy for Marvel to develop to this day. I hope that Marvel will have a better tomorrow. So, everyone in Atlas, I hereby express You issued an acquisition invitation. According to the general rules, you will acquire all the shares in your hands at a premium of 120% compared to the market price, turning Marvel Entertainment into a company under the Jed Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group. This acquisition price is valid for everyone , if you want, you are welcome to sell shares to me."

Atlas suddenly realized that something was wrong, and they forgot where they were.Although Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group is not the controlling shareholder, Atlas is not a key minority shareholder either.As long as Jed can control 67% of the shares, there is no difference between this company and Sherman.If Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group can control more than 67% of the shares, then Atlas Company will be completely reduced to the role of accompanying the prince to study.No matter what decisions Jed makes at Marvel Entertainment, their voting rights will be worthless.Even if they want to sell their shares at that time, Jed may have to decide whether he wants to or not.However, Atlas immediately remembered the loyalty of Stan Lee and others to the company, and immediately let go of his heart.

But when Atlas felt very safe, Stan Lee suddenly spoke and asked: "Mr. Sherman, I want to know one thing. If Marvel Entertainment is acquired by you, what will you do? Help Marvel?"

Jed showed a satisfied smile in his heart. It seems that the old courtiers actually have complaints.Now, as long as Jed can convince Stan Lee, he is only one step away from fully mastering Marvel Entertainment. "Marvel will establish its own film and television department and interactive entertainment department, which will be our key publicity methods in the future. Marvel's film and television department will be divided into Marvel Animation Company, which will be responsible for the production of Marvel series of cartoons broadcast in the United States and even the world. Marvel Home Entertainment, which will be responsible for producing TV series related to Marvel heroes and broadcasting globally; Marvel Film Production Company, will be responsible for producing Marvel hero movies; in addition, Marvel Studios, which will be responsible for producing Marvel heroes series of hero movies. The first series that comes to mind is 'Cop Cop'; the second series is 'The Avengers'. I expect to make no fewer than ten films for each of these two series over the next 15 years , Do you think this plan is huge? And between ten movies, two to three TV series will be produced to tell stories that are not clearly told between movies. At the same time, Marvel Interactive Entertainment will authorize game companies to develop Marvel superheroes Related games and e-reading editions. Let me tell you, the smart phones and tablets developed by our companies will be on the market in 2003 and 2008 at the latest, and then everyone will understand why there is a need for e-reading editions.”

The promise made by Jed really made all shareholders feel excited. The two series have 20 movies, plus other Marvel superhero movies.To put it bluntly, an average of two Marvel superhero movies a year is still guaranteed.With such a large amount of exposure as support, how much will the sales of Marvel comics surge?And as these movies enter major markets around the world, Marvel comics can also be sold to those countries!Thinking of such a beautiful vision for the future, everyone's minds suddenly became active.It's not that no one has thought about how much Jed's words can achieve, but they really hope to see that their leadership does have such boldness.

Finally Stan Lee stood up, "Mr. Sherman, I am willing to sell my stock to you."

The next day, Jed returned to England in high spirits, and no one knew why.Until later in the TV news, Jia Fei officially announced on behalf of Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group, "Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group officially acquired Marvel Entertainment Company today. From now on, Marvel Entertainment Company will become Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group. It is a publishing subsidiary of Man Film and Television Entertainment Group."

It seems that the good brothers are going to fight together. When the market has not digested the news of Sherman's acquisition of Marvel, Warner Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Group, also announced the official acquisition of D Comics.Warner said that Warner Dongfeng Broadcasting Company will launch related animation works as soon as possible, and said that it does not rule out that in future works, Marvel heroes will work with D heroes to defend the earth.

As soon as this remark came out, comic fans all over the world began to look forward to Superman leading the Avengers, Batman United, and other plots that originally only appeared in fanbooks with a cute and embarrassing mentality.At this time, when a Japanese female reader asked about the romance between Batman and Iron Man, Marvel and d remained silent at the same time.