American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention.

When he heard Luo Yin talking about the current situation of Hollywood Studios, a look flashed in Colin's eyes, and he immediately asked.

"In other words, Paramount's situation is not good now?"

"It's not just bad, it's just terrible."

Paramount's success was influenced by the Great Depression. Two years ago, it merged with Publix, which owned multiple theaters, and gradually became a major Hollywood production company. However, it was precisely this reason that led to chaotic and conflicting leadership within the studio, a situation that was particularly fatal during the Great Depression.

"It is said that in the high-level meeting within Paramount, the top leaders had no interest in film production for a long time, and the internal conflicts have come to the surface..."

In fact, Paramount has been in a downturn since the merger with Publix.

Last year alone, the studio's profits fell by two-thirds, and this year it went straight into the red.

Hearing Luo Yin's description, Colin nodded, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Colin, what do you want?"

On the other side, Luo Yin noticed the change in the expression on his face and quickly reacted.

"Have some ideas."

In this regard, Colin did not deny his thoughts on Paramount.

With such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of us, it would be a lie to say that we are not attracted by it.

Especially once the studio is in control, it seems possible that a live-action Superman movie will be produced.

No matter how bad it is, a musical version of "Superman" is not a problem.

However, compared to the thoughts that are stirring in his heart, Colin is very aware of the huge gap between himself and Paramount.

It is not an easy matter to acquire a large product factory that has lost more than 10 million yuan in less than half a year. At least, this is a huge problem for the current Courier Newspaper Company, which does not have so much money to acquire a studio.

Wait, "Rebuilding Finance Act?" !

However, just when Colin thought that he was about to miss such a golden opportunity.

Positive World, Weakened Version of Super Brainpower] suddenly flashed back to the news report he had seen on the train about Hoover signing the "Reconstruction Finance Act."

Perhaps, this is a way.

If he remembered correctly, the so-called "Reconstruction Finance Law" did play some role later. In the first three years after its establishment, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation issued nearly $2 billion in loans each year. Although this amount of money was not enough to get the country out of economic troubles, it did provide liquidity to the financial system.

Of course, saying this is not to boast about the goodness or badness of Hoover's policy.

Rather, Colin knew that there were in fact many hidden problems in the loan issuance of the Reconstruction Finance Act. The agency's original plan was to help rescue small banks in rural areas of the United States that usually could not obtain loans from the Federal Reserve. However, The reality is that railroads controlled by some of the wealthiest families and companies received $264 million in loans.

Later, it finally ceased operations in 1957 due to corruption.

Regardless of the outcome of the Reconstruction Finance Act, he is clearly a good candidate at the moment.

Once Colin can convince the reconstruction finance company to obtain a loan, Paramount's acquisition problem will be solved.

Of course, Colin will not put all his hopes on rebuilding financial companies.

Judging from what Luo Yin said, although Paramount is currently in deep trouble, there is still some time before it actually goes bankrupt.

If he can raise enough funds within this period of time, then he may not need to resort to Hoover's law to rescue him.

This may be impossible for ordinary people.

However, for Colin, it is not all hopeless.

After all, he holds "Superman" in his hands.

"If possible, I hope Luo Yin can help me pay more attention to Paramount news."

"no problem."

Disney Studios was already in Hollywood, because Luo Yin did not refuse Colin's request.

Although, he is not very optimistic about the other party's idea of ​​acquiring Paramount.

But this does not affect him from selling favors to Colin. After all, Disney and Colin are still in a harmonious cooperation stage.

Each other's works will also make guest appearances in each other's comics and animations in the coming period.

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After confirming the news about Paramount, Colin did not stay in Los Angeles any longer.

He took the train and returned to New York.

Soon, the "Superman and Mickey crossover comic" was published in the new issue of "The Courier".

In this era, interactive comics are still a brand new concept.

When readers see Mickey Mouse appearing in Superman comics, they naturally show a novel look.

In this issue of the comic, Pluto discovers a mysterious passage entrance in the basement, through which Mickey comes to the metropolis where Superman is. By mistake, he was kidnapped by a group of metropolitan criminals. At the critical moment, Superman appeared and rescued Mickey.

Superman noticed the specialness of Mickey and warmly welcomed the guests in this fairy tale world. And warmly invited Mickey Mouse to visit the metropolitan city he protected.

During this process, Mr. Trickster, who had lost the bet with Superman and was forced to return to the five-dimensional world, reappeared and used his ability to turn the entire metropolis into a Mickey-style fairy tale world. All the trees and buildings seemed to have life.

It is worth mentioning that this comic with a fairy tale background.

was written by Walt Disney, including the fairy tale image of Superman under the power of Mr. Trickster, which made this grid of comics full of Disney fairy tale style.

Of course, at the end of the comic, Superman still successfully tricked Mr. Trickster into saying his name backwards.

Superman: "Dong Dong! Knock on the door"

Mr. Trickster: "A joke? I like jokes! Who is knocking on the door? Surprise"

Superman: "Ghost Egg Trick..."

Mr. Trickster: "Who is Ghost Egg Trick? Oh, no! Annoyance"

In the comic, Mr. Trickster had to return to his own dimension because he said his name backwards, and the metropolis that had become Disney-style under the influence of his ability returned to normal again. And Mickey, also thought of Pluto who was still at home, and said goodbye to Superman and returned to his fairy tale world.

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