Entertainment: Acquisition Of Marvel At The Beginning, Winning The Widow Sister

Time Warner, a veteran Hollywood giant, is not just a company that produces film and television works.

The production of film and television works is only one of its business segments, which is mainly in charge of Warner Bros., a subsidiary.

It also owns cable television, including CNN and HBO.

There are also magazines including Time and People.

It can be said that it is a very influential media giant.

However, to Ding Shuo, these are worthless, or even worthless.

The subsidiary that accounts for more than half of Time Warner's market value is Warner Cable, which owns TV stations such as 'CNN' and 'HBO'.

If Time Warner's market capitalization is about 70 billion U.S. dollars, then Warner Limited should account for at least 40 billion U.S. dollars.

But Ding Shuo, as a reborn person, knows very well that with the development of the Internet.

After all, TV will be replaced or even eliminated.

The future is the world of streaming media.

The market value of Netflix once surpassed that of Disney, which is better than Time Warner, is the best proof.

There are 40 billion US dollars to buy Warner Limited, which is tasteless, and it has not spent 4 billion US dollars on Netflix to increase its efforts to produce self-produced dramas.

But DC Comics is different.

This is a comic giant like Marvel, with many popular IPs around the world, such as Superman and Batman.

In the original time and space, DC's superhero movie, in terms of box office, is not as good as Marvel.

But it really cannot be said that DC's superhero has less influence than Marvel's superhero.

The DC superhero movie that was taken seriously, it is really influential, and it can even become a classic existence.

For example, Nolan's "Batman Trilogy" and later "Joker" are examples of this.

What really drags DC back is actually Warner's management.

At the beginning, they had the crazy money-making "Harry Potter" series and the "Middle Earth" series, and they didn't pay attention to DC at all.

It restarts every time, and it always starts with Dachao and Batman...

After Marvel's "Avengers Series" became popular, Warner also lost one of the two crazy profitable series, so it also began to pay attention to DC.

It even made a "Justice League" against the "Avengers alliance".

However, without long-term planning and foreshadowing, as well as careful polishing of the story line, the box office of "Justice League" is far inferior to that of the "Avengers alliance" series.

On the contrary, works such as "Aquaman" and "Joker", which were carefully created later, have exploded at the box office.

For Ding Shuo, it would be a perfect thing if he could hold DC in his hands.

Not to mention that he will definitely make DC's superhero a lot of box office for him.

Not to mention that you can gather such stunners as Widow Sister, Scarlet Witch, Catwoman, Harley Quinn and Wonder Woman...

It is even possible to achieve the linkage between Marvel and DC heroes on the same screen that many people are looking forward to.

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Others at the venue, especially Philip Morgan, heard that Ding Shuo was not interested in acquiring Warner Times, a behemoth with little prospect.

But when he wanted to acquire DC, a subsidiary that was not valued by Warner, he was really relieved.

Philip Morgan nodded to Ding Shuo with a smile.

"It seems that Mr. Ding is really a fan of comics. It's not worth buying Marvel. He also wants to take over DC!"

"But I fully support your plan, and I believe in Mr. Ding's vision!"

Robert Dupont, who had always played the role of a listener, also spoke slowly at this time.

"Mr. Ding, how much money are you going to spend to acquire DC? How sure are you?"

Ding Shuo was not impatient with Robert Dupont's inquiry either.

After all, the price of acquiring DC is at most similar to the price of acquiring Marvel, which would cost billions of dollars.

For the use of such a large amount of funds, it is quite normal for board members to know the details.

So Ding Shuo just answered this question with a smile.

"Although DC is not like Marvel, it sells many superhero IPs around."

"Even, from the 1970s to the 1990s, the superhero movie has always been dominated by DC!"

"Superman and Batman movies, hit the world!"

"At that time, Marvel movies could only be regarded as third-rate productions, mixed in the TV and video market."

"However, since the disastrous box office failure of "Batman and Robin" in 1998, DC's superhero movies have started to fail, and they have slowed down!"

"Even in 2005, the film "Batman: Mystery of Shadow" directed by Nolan had a global box office of just over 300 million U.S. dollars, and failed to break through 500 million U.S. dollars!"

"At the same time, the popularity of other DC heroes has not been well developed, far less than Superman and Batman."

"So, in terms of the purchase price, I can only give the same price as Marvel at most, a maximum of four billion US dollars!"

At this price, several other shareholders and directors also nodded in approval.

Ding Shuo continued: "As for the certainty of the acquisition, I think it is very big."

"First of all, the influence of comics today is far less than that of TV and movies."

"So even if we gather Marvel and DC together, we will not be interfered by the official in the name of 'monopoly'."

"Secondly, Warner has the box office hit "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" series, and it doesn't care about DC that much."

"More importantly, under the influence of the global financial tsunami, even a film and media giant like Warner Times is having a hard time."

"If an opportunity to sell DC for three or four billion dollars to survive this financial tsunami is presented to them, it will be difficult for them to refuse!"

After Ding Shuo explained the situation in detail, he leaned back comfortably on the executive chair.

With a warm smile on his face, he looked at the three shareholder representatives and sent a final question.

"After I finish speaking, who agrees and who opposes?!"

Carl. Locke Filler was the first to raise his hands: "I support Mr. Ding's decision!"

Philip Morgan also followed closely and raised his hand to escort: "I believe in Mr. Ding's vision!"

Robert DuPont smiled: "We invest in Qiangsheng Group because we believe in Mr. Ding's ability, and I support your plan!"

This result made Ding Shuo very satisfied.

He knocked on the table with a smile, and said, "Very well, the motion to acquire DC was unanimously passed!"

Then he said to the person in charge of legal affairs and finance: "Get ready, contact Warner as soon as possible, and discuss with them the specific matters of acquiring DC!"

Ding Shuo believes that this acquisition will also be very fast.

Because Warner Times is really short of funds now.