Chapter 19: Take down Spiderman
a few days later.
After accepting Zhu Ke’s entrustment, Condy, the negotiation expert, got in touch with Marvel at the first time. After several days of hard work, he finally succeeded in launching the first negotiation on the copyright issue of Spider-Man.
However, the direction of the matter went beyond Zhuke's expectations.
"What? You said Marvel's Lions are open?!"
Zhuke frowned.
Hearing this, Kandy shook his head: "It's not just that, there are other problems."
Other questions?
"That's right!"
Attorney Zhang Wei on the side of said: "This involves the history of Spider-Man. At present, MGM Pictures and Columbia Pictures have also joined the copyright acquisition of Spider-Man."
hiss~~!
Zhuke couldn't help taking a breath.
Sony Columbia, one of the top six in Hollywood, and MGM, the skinny camel bigger than a horse, are not idle characters, or even behemoths!
Wald Pictures, compared with them, is not a mass unit at all.
No, to be precise, it is not a dimension at all.
...
The history of Spider-Man?
In 1985, the script of "Spider-Man" was sold to Cannon Pictures.
In 1989, Cannon Pictures did not manage well and was acquired by French EMI Films. The chairman of Cannon Pictures, Menahem, took the copyright of Spider-Man to Twentieth Century Fox.
When he was on Fox, he sold the screenplay of Spider-Man to Columbia Pictures, ready to be filmed by James Cameron, and Arnold Schwarzenegger would play Doctor Octopus.
But.
At this time, Columbia was acquired by Sony Pictures, leading to the abortion of the shooting plan. Later, MGM purchased part of the assets of Twentieth Century Fox, including the script of Spider-Man, but Columbia Pictures insisted that the copyright should belong to them.
Therefore, today's "Spider-Man" copyright has become a three-party competition between Zhuke, MGM, and Sony!
"Condy, Lawyer Zhang, even if Sony and MGM join in, it's just a matter of price. What should we worry about." Zhu Ke gritted his teeth.
Despite this, Zhu Ke’s move undoubtedly offended the two giant companies.
MGM and Columbia are both extremely influential in Hollywood or globally. As long as they use their hands and feet on media and theater distribution issues, they can make Zucker's Wald Pictures difficult. .
"Humph!"
"I just don't believe in this evil!"
Even if you are a big company, so what?
Offend you, I’m not afraid, after all, that’s Spider-Man!
...
ten days later.
The copyright issue of Spider-Man is finally settled!
Zhuke won the copyright of Spider-Man for $9 million.
Compared to Sony in history, it paid 2 million dollars more.
Of course, what Zhuke won is not only the copyright of Spider-Man, but also the copyright of comic characters related to Spider-Man, such as Venom, Doctor Octopus, Vulture, Mystery, etc. You can adapt the movie at will. Marvel is only here. Provide some creative control on the basis to avoid conflicts with the MCU story line.
However, there is another key point in the contract.
"Marvel's follow-up on the image of "Spider-Man", including the plot of the comics, Zhuke's Wald Pictures, has the final veto power."
On this issue, Marvel's shareholders, and even Victor, CEO of Wald Pictures, are a little puzzled.
"Hehe, will Lao Tzu tell you that I am a traverser, do you know some problems that happened afterwards?" Zhu Ke thought.
The image of Spider-Man is indeed very important!
For example: After the success of Fox’s "Fantastic Four 1", Marvel once proposed to Fox to increase its box office share, but it was rejected.
However, what does Marvel do?
Okay, if you don't add money to me, then I will blacken them all in the comics of Fantastic Four.
The hero turns into a villain!
It's bad completely.
The kind of bad pus!
not only that, but also wrote them all dead!
As a result, "Fantastic Four" made many American audiences extremely disgusted, resulting in "Fantastic Four 2"'s box office is extremely bleak, causing huge losses, the third and fourth have been planned, and it was still dead.
"I have to say, Marvel is also ruthless!"
Zhuke knows this piece of information in the future, so of course he can't give Marvel the opportunity.
Take the copyright of Spider-Man, Zhuke is of course very happy.
Even if it costs 9 million US dollars, once you think of the future of "Spider-Man", the extra 2 million US dollars will be ignored.
But.
Now the problem is coming!
Zhuke’s current working capital is only more than 3 million U.S. dollars, and he still owes a large sum of money to the bank, where there are hundreds of millions of dollars to film "Spider-Man".
"It seems that I can't be lazy next, I have to find a way to get some money!"
That night.
Zhuke received a phone call by accident when he finished eating at home.
"Zuke Wald is it?"
The voice on the phone was a male, and the tone was not very friendly.
"I am, who are you? I tell you, I have no wife and no son. If you kidnapped my son, just tear up the ticket. If you say I won the lottery, then I must also tell you that I am this year In just three months, I have won two refrigerators, three microwaves, three Mercedes-Benz, five BMW cars, and a cash prize of US$270 million. Well, you go on to say, what am I in this time?"
Zhu Ke babbled non-stop.
Since you have a bad tone, don't expect Lao Tzu to have a good tone.
Look at Laozi bragging and blowing you to death!
"Mr. Wald, please don't be kidding me!" the man on the phone said, suppressing his anger.
Hearing the words, Zhu Ke curled his lips disdainfully: "Then tell me. UU reading www.uukanshu.com"
"Mr. Wald, introduce myself. My name is Kenta Dwight. I work for MGM Pictures and serve as the deputy production manager."
"Oh? Then what?"
"I know that you have taken the copyright of Spider-Man. Now you can sell it to us. Of course, MGM will not let you lose. How about $9.1 million? You made $100,000."
Hearing what he said, Zhu Ke laughed on the spot.
Man, that's Spider-Man!
You sent a beggar!
Don't say add 100,000 US dollars, even if you add 10 million US dollars, Zhuke will not sell it!
Think about it, as long as "Spider-Man" is successfully released, then the profit brought to Zhuke is calculated in billions of dollars!
"Friend, how many dishes do you want to drink tonight?" Zhu Ke said with disdain.
The man on the phone was taken aback.
"What do you mean?" The man asked in confusion.
"Hehe! I mean to let you go! I should go to bed early when I get older, I don't have the time to chat with you."
After Zhuke finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
How about you are MGM?
Although the current MGM is still known as a big company, it only has the shell of a big company. Look at what good movies they have produced since the 1990s. Except for the only one or two movies, they also rely on 007 to continue their lives. Up.
"Make you arrogant, when I get rich in the future, I will be the first to buy you, huh!"
"" Says some words of thanks.
It has been 8 days since the book was uploaded. I have not done any promotion or publicity. I can have the current results. Thank you very much. The collection is almost 300. Here, the minister thank you for your support.
