After Buying Marvel, I Became the King of Hollywood

Chapter 135 Conditions for Recovery of Copyright

Immediately afterwards, a female secretary with long black glasses walked in.

Excellent!

Kevin silently rated her in his heart.

The next moment, a blond man with the image of a standard white elite walked in.

Kevin, who knew something about the presidents of several major Hollywood studios, immediately recognized him as Marvin Davis, president of Twentieth Century Fox.

Marvin Davis approached him with a very cheerful smile.

"Why does Director Kevin have time to come to our Fox today? This must be entertained by my host."

Kevin also had a smile on his face. They were all peers, and there were more smiles when they met on weekdays.

Unless there is a conflict of interest, the superficial efforts are still in place.

"I'm here today because I have something to do. If you're entertaining, you can talk about it later."

Marvin Davis thought for a while, and then greeted:

"Sit down, Catherine, and pour iced coffee for me and Director Kevin!"

The secretary leaves.

The two sat opposite each other, and then Marvin Davis asked about Kevin's purpose.

"I don't know Director Kevin, come to our Fox, is there any new project cooperation? Or are there other things?"

Marvin Davis asked directly.

There is no friendship between the two sides, so naturally there is nothing to be polite.

"It's about new projects, but also because Fox has what I want."

"Oh?"

"what."

Marvin Davis turned around in his mind before asking.

To put it so bluntly, obviously, Steve Kevin is here for something, and in exchange, Steve Kevin is willing to discuss cooperation with them on his new film project thing.

That got Marvin Davis interested.

It was something about Fox that attracted him and made him willing to work on a new movie project in exchange.

This thing, they haven't discovered it yet...

"Did you buy the movie rights of the X-Men and Fantastic Four from Marvel?"

"Yes, that's right."

"But we didn't buy it from Marvel, we bought it from Marvel Movies last year."

Kevin's heart sank.

He thought that Fox bought it directly from Marvel, but he didn't expect to change it once.

This shows that Fox is definitely optimistic about the film rights of these two comics, otherwise it will not take over from others.

This time, things are more troublesome.

However, in this case, he can only directly explain his intentions.

The X-Men and the Fantastic Four are obviously very optimistic about Fox, so if he wants to take it back, he may have to pay a much higher price.

"Then, I want to buy the copyrights of X-Men and Fantastic Four from Fox. I wonder if Fox is willing to sell these two copyrights to me."

Kevin's words made Marvin Davis think for a moment.

Combined with the previous words, it is obvious that if these two rights are sold to Kevin, then they will be able to obtain the investment rights of Kevin's new film.

Not to mention the number one box office chart in North America.

You can also use the top five for comparison.

This means up to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, and various subsequent miscellaneous income.

In total, $200 million to $300 million, based on Steve Kevin's historical record, is entirely possible.

This···

Could the X-Men and Fantastic Four bring them such income?

Thinking of this, Marvin Davis spoke up.

"In principle, I can agree, but this kind of thing must be discussed with other Fox executives."

Kevin nodded, showing an attitude of not giving up until the goal is achieved, and said firmly:

"I'm leaving at five o'clock in the afternoon and waiting for your results at Fox."

"Okay, I'll ask my secretary to bring you something to eat. I'll hold a meeting to discuss this matter."

Kevin has made a statement, and Davis does not want to refuse.

With hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, if they didn't happen to have what Kevin wanted in their hands, it wouldn't be their turn.

Davis instructed the female secretary two sentences before leaving in a hurry, holding a high-level meeting in Fox as quickly as possible.

As for why he could make his own decisions about this matter, he still insisted on holding a meeting.

Of course it's for sharing.

Movies are a lucrative audiovisual art.

Even though Kevin has succeeded so many times, each time is equivalent to starting from scratch.

No one dares to say that his next film will be 100% profitable.

To hold such a high-level meeting, the decision made after the meeting is the decision of all high-level leaders.

Even if he really loses, it doesn't mean that he bears the whole blame alone.

...

"Director Kevin, do you want to eat something?"

The female secretary asked respectfully.

"Show me if there's Chinese fried rice or other Chinese food out there, buy me one, and bring a bottle of Coke.

Kevin ordered unceremoniously.

It was almost noon. Although he ate something in the morning, Kevin was still hungry.

The female secretary twisted her catwalk and went to buy food for Kevin.

Staring at the back of the female secretary, Kevin couldn't help but want to give Helen and Sister Emma two sets to play role-playing.

...

A moment later, Fox Conference Room.

Eight Fox executives gathered to discuss the matter.

"Did President Davis say something? It's so urgent that I haven't even eaten."

"Who is not, something must have happened."

"Does anyone know what's going on?"

A white man with a bit of Latin mixed blood touched his beard and said his guess:

"I think I saw Director Steve Kevin in our VIP lounge, maybe it's something to do with him."

"Are you going to cooperate with us Fox?"

Hearing the news, some executives were overjoyed.

At this time, Steve Kevin is not one in Hollywood, and he is also half a **** of wealth.

All the films that were filmed were not missed, it was nothing more than making more money and making less money.

No film company in Hollywood is looking forward to cooperating with him.

In the conference room, I immediately thought about the condition of Steve Kevin and Fox cooperating, and imagined in advance how beautiful Fox will be next year.

How much more money do these executives who have share dividends earn...

....

After a while, Marvin Davis came into the conference room.

Hearing executives talking about working with Steve Kevin.

Seeing Marvin Davis coming, an executive immediately stepped forward and asked:

"President, is Director Steve Kevin really here?"

Davis replied in the affirmative.

"Yes, right now in our VIP lounge."

"Did you come to discuss cooperation with us?"

"That's right!"

"Oh~~~~!"

Chapter 136 The choice of the next movie

The executives couldn't help but cheer.

The company makes money, and their bonuses and dividends are more, and at the same time there is no performance pressure.

Everyone is a peer, and you can know the current working status of Warner by inquiring.

That feeling, there is no performance pressure, just do things step by step every day.

Bonuses are top-notch.

They have 20th Century Fox, and they had True Lies filmed by James Cameron last year, and their performance is not bad.

This year, though, they had high hopes for Braveheart because of a crash with Batman The Dark Knight.

The box office was unsatisfactory.

The North American box office has just exceeded 100 million. Although other English-speaking regions are still being released, the box office is also unsatisfactory because of Batman.

According to the team's estimate, the high probability is $50 million.

In other words, Braveheart's global box office will stop at around 150 million.

Judging from the $75 million production cost of Braveheart, the loss on the books is a certainty.

If you want to make money back and make money, you have to rely on DVDs.

Inside Fox, preparations have been made to do PR for Braveheart in terms of awards, preferably an Oscar.

In this way, it is more helpful for its hot sale in the DVD market.

Otherwise, this year's Fox is really nothing to take.

That's why they were so excited about the arrival of Steve Kevin.

The parent company behind Fox depends on KPIs.

Once Fox does not run well, bonus deductions and performance are indispensable.

In this respect, in this era, the capitalist society Laomei is no worse than the future mainland.

"but···"

"Steve Kevin, there's one condition, and that's why I called the meeting."

Marvin Davis was sitting at the front of the conference room, and when they were happy, they would say it later.

Hear Davis.

Everyone fell silent.