Chapter 18: Marvel in trouble
For American teenagers, "Spider-Man" is naturally a household name and a very famous comic hero; for major Hollywood companies, it is a fairly good film and television copyright.
That's right, it's just "good".
As early as the 1960s, Marvel authorized a Hollywood company to shoot a Spider-Man movie. The overall picture of the film can be described as horrible.
Well, you mean the box office?
Well, after the movie was released, the production company went bankrupt.
How much do you think you can get at the box office?
In the 1970s, a Turkish film company also shot a "Spider-Man" movie.
What about this time?
You can't find it on the Internet, because this movie has never been released!
It’s not an exaggeration to say that today’s "Spider-Man" movie copyright is the same thing for many Hollywood companies.
Um, you say compared to Batman and Superman?
American moviegoers will tell you: "Friend, wake up."
China 21st Century netizens will tell you: "Brother, how many dishes do you have, should you drink it like this?"
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"Be obediently booming!"
"Unexpectedly, the famous Spider-Man in the 21st century was really miserable in the 1990s."
Zhuke wouldn’t believe it if he didn’t read the information provided by the system.
"what?!"
For an instant, Zhuke's mind suddenly flashed a flash of light!
The copyright of Spider-Man is on sale, but what about Marvel’s other film and television copyrights?
x-Men, Deadpool, Iron Man, Hulk, Blade Warrior, Black Widow and other comic heroes, their copyright is still not in Marvel.
Zhuke was suddenly excited when he thought of this.
If you can get them, will you be invincible in Hollywood in the future? !
Wouldn't it be better to buy Marvel directly? Sorry, Zhuke doesn't have that much money!
At the moment, Zhuke made a call immediately.
"Victor, I’m Zhuke, um, I’m sorry to call you so late. It’s not the release issue of Lola Run, it’s the copyright issue of the Spider-Man movie, um, yes, you can help me see it again. Marvel also sells those copyrights, yes, it’s anxious. Okay, two days, yes, that’s OK, I’ll go directly to the company when that happens."
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Two days later.
Wald Pictures.
"Boss, due to time constraints, I only collect these Marvel information for the time being, some of which are scarce. If you still need it, I will let people continue to pay attention." Victor said.
Time relationship, only collect these?
Victor, are you floating?
How many thick data, you still say less? !
For a while, Zhu Ke not only frowned, but never thought that there were so many materials. How could he finish reading this time?
"Victor, you got so much information, are you trying to exhaust me?" Zhu Ke said.
"Don't worry, boss, you can open it and take a look and you will understand that I will never exhaust you." Victor smiled.
Well, Zhuke can only trust him.
After Victor left, Zhuke opened one of the materials and read it.
"Tsk tusk tusk!"
"Victor is really good, no wonder he won't be exhausted to death, it is really so, and the analysis of the data is so clear and clear."
Zhu Ke has been fighting for the next two hours. Before noon, he had read a few thick data.
"Unexpectedly, the copyright ownership issue of Spider-Man is so complicated."
Zhuke can't help but sigh, it is really that the fate of Spider-Man is too rough.
Well, of course, and Marvel itself.
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The 1980s was the most glorious period for Marvel.
The sales of comics hit record highs repeatedly, and they almost bought the DC comics, which was on the verge of bankruptcy at the time, but were rejected by the Marvel editor at the time.
The Marvel of this period is a household name in the United States, and it is the only one who seeks defeat.
However, all this changed in 1989.
This year, Perelman spent more than $82 million to acquire Marvel.
He is not a manga fan himself, but a master of capital operation.
After taking over Marvel, he soon began a cunning marketing method: each comic book comes with a card in the plastic cover. If the collector wants to collect all five different designs of cards, he must purchase the same work multiple times. .
There was a phenomenon unexpectedly at that time:
"Fans will buy five comics at once and store them unopened; then they will buy the sixth one and read it in the plastic envelope."
Perelman’s plan is to keep **** fans paying with higher prices and more comic circulation; as long as he can find enough numbers to prove his hypothesis, he can bring Marvel to the open market. Sell 40% of the stock to cash out-this is far more than the money he paid for the acquisition!
The only problem here is that since 1993, more and more fans have withdrawn from the collection market because of the high cost.
and they feel that the quality of comics is declining;
And most retailers also feel that they have been fooled.
From 1993 to 1996, comic sales fell by 70%, hundreds of comics retailers went bankrupt, the prices of comics and card collections began to plummet, and the market collapsed. Regardless of whether Perelman is the "culprit" or not, the impact of the crash on the industry is devastating.
Marvel, the whole line is in a downturn and is on the verge of bankruptcy!
"Fuck!"
"Perelman is really a talent. He made Marvel close to bankruptcy, but he made a lot of money himself."
That’s right, Zhu Ke learned from the information that in the short span of his acquisition of Marvel, he actually made nearly 300 million U.S. dollars, and he still has a large amount of Marvel equity in his hand! You know, when he bought Marvel, he only spent more than $82 million.
"Huh? Spider-Man?!"
Sure enough, Zhu Ke saw from the information that in the latest Marvel board meeting, it has been determined that Spider-Man will be sold in the near future.
You said that the X-Men, Iron Man, Hulk and other hero copyrights?
"Damn Perelman, you have sold so many heroes out!"
In 1993 alone, the copyrights of heroes such as X-Men and Iron Man were sold.
Fantastic Four is also sold!
Hulk and Black Widow are also sold!
Wait, there are many other kinds of Sao operations. In a word, Marvel has no money, so good, just sell the hero copyright.
Well, although Marvel still has a lot of superhero copyrights, they are all unknown heroes, so there is only one "Spider-Man" support scene left. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
Now even this facade must be sold!
"Tsk tusk, the information given to me by the system shows that Sony Columbia will win the competition with MGM, for which it paid 7 million US dollars to acquire Spider-Man." Zhu Ke thought.
7 million dollars!
This is not a small number!
This shot by Sony Columbia can be described as the hand of the century. It was taken down with a wealth far beyond that of Spider-Man at the time, and it also won them a rich return a few years later.
"Go to his mother's 7 million dollars! This time I have to grab it for selling iron!"
For a while, Zhuke began to count his net worth.
In order to avoid tax, I just bought a villa in Burbank at a cost of 4.6 million U.S. dollars, although part of it was borrowed from a bank; I bought a building in Silicon Valley for a fee of 6 million U.S. dollars; the acquisition of a film company cost 2.8 million. U.S. dollars, and other expenses, and his current liquidity, there are still more than 12 million dollars left.
More than 12 million US dollars?
It sounds like a lot, but after buying Spider-Man, Zhuke still has more than $5 million in working capital in his hands. What can he do?
You need to know that the production cost of shooting the "Spider-Man 1" movie was 139 million US dollars, and the publicity cost was more than 30 million US dollars!
Zhuke didn't feel anything at first, but now he feels that the money is not enough!
"No matter what, I'm talking about taking the copyright of Spider-Man first. Anyway, the ship will go straight to the bridge. There must be a way at that time."
Zhuke gritted his teeth and immediately decided to find a lawyer to buy the copyright of Spider-Man from Marvel as soon as possible. Otherwise, when Sony Columbia comes over, Zucker will definitely pay more than 7 million US dollars.
