Hollywood New Century

Xinghai Pictures, Simon Pike is now sitting with Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel Studios, which is part of Marvel Entertainment.

"Iron Man is really desperate," Simon suddenly thought of thanking Isaac Perlmutter after listening to Kevin Feige's report.

Because if it weren't for his obstruction, if the idea of ​​creative officer Avi Allard and operating officer David Messer was thought, "Iron Man" should have been released.

"Director Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey Jr. are indeed a very cheap combination. I heard that you have also been in contact with Tom Cruise and Nicolas Cage?" Simon asked.

"Yes, but their salary is too high. Marvel doesn't have that much money. Merrill's first loan is only 225 million. We want to recover the character copyright, and we are also responsible for the operation of Marvel and the budget of "Iron Man". No more than $160 million!" Kevin Feige explained honestly.

"The Marvel Universe plan you proposed is very good. The Avengers' plan is very feasible. I have read the plan and I support it, but you should buy back the entire copyright of Universal's "Hulk". The distribution rights are left to them, and there will be too many constraints for us to make single-person movies in the future," Simon still couldn't stop it, after all, it was negotiated with Universal last year, and the film adaptation rights of "Iron Man" were also bought from Universal. When I came back, I was still at New Line Cinema and 20th Century Fox for a while.

Kevin Feige did not expect that the new boss would be so supportive, explaining: "The Hulk is also an insurance. When Universal was shooting "The Incredible Hulk" in 2003, some ideas were not realized. Universal developed "The Hulk", and the actor was also looking for Edward Norton, who had an idea back then!"

"Insurance, yes, because Marvel is very poor, so "Iron Man" uses cheap directors and starring, Universal is rich, "Hulk" can use some famous movie stars, as long as one succeeds, How can Marvel still have a lot of influence!" Simon can of course understand Marvel's mood, after all, if Universal Pictures' "Hulk" is successful, Marvel can still continue to sell toys, comics, etc. These character derivatives.

"Robert Downey Jr. How did you feel about auditioning?"

"Very good, but his past is really bad, we are still worried that he will continue to take drugs and enter a drug rehab center," Kevin Feige is also very helpless, although Robert Downey Jr. promised, the salary is also very low, But his past repeated history, alas!

"Iron Man continues to prepare. I will give you a more detailed plan for the Avengers universe in a few days. There will be many ideas in it. The budget will be done according to your previous plans. In the future, Marvel Entertainment will be reorganized, and Marvel Pictures will be Directly become a sub-brand of Xinghai Pictures and is responsible for the production of Marvel movies, Marvel Entertainment is responsible for the company's comic publishing and toy licensing, and Xinghai Pictures is directly responsible for the promotion and distribution of the movie!" Simon is going to take Marvel's The toy business is sold, and Marvel Entertainment can’t control the head of Marvel Studios. No matter what it is, it has to serve the Locomotive movie business.

"Okay, so what about Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man?" Kevin Feige's biggest concern.

"Audition, if you think it's suitable, it can be him, but about the movie contract, you need to prepare properly, there are at least three "Iron Man" series, at least three or four "Avengers" series, and other hero-linked movies There will also be Iron Man, and Robert Downey Jr. will sign at least 9 movie contracts with us, and these will be detailed in the plan that will be given to you!" How could Simon Pike let Robert Downey Jr. alone in the future? Get paid more than everyone else.

Xinghai Pictures is not Disney. There is such a strong peripheral market to sell toys. Of course, Marvel’s income in its own hands cannot be compared with Disney’s.

When Kevin Feige left Simon Parker's office, he was a little confused. Can Simon make a plan in such a short time? It was a long time ago that he also had an idea similar to the Marvel universe, so he acquired Marvel!

After Simon Parker made a lot of money from the equity of YouTu, Xinghai Pictures finally got rid of the plight of lack of money.

"Now, you're a young billionaire," said Nicole Kidman, who has received a repayment of $10 million from Xinghai Pictures, plus more than $1 million in interest.

Simon smiled. It has indeed changed a lot recently. The people around him, the filmmakers he knew, and the filmmakers he didn't know, were much more polite to him.

"The remaining shares of Marvel are slowly being bought back by me. It is estimated that it will cost about 140 million US dollars. The previous 200 million US dollars, this is 340 million US dollars," Simon calculated, Xinghai Pictures currently has available funds 175 million US dollars, when the commission is paid to CAA, it is estimated to be 4 to 5 million US dollars.

$170 million to make at least three films.

Nicole Kidman's eyes were flickering, her mind was spinning fast, she looked at Simon, making money at his speed, it won't take long for him to enter the Forbes rich list, with a net worth of 1 billion US dollars!

"I thought you were making money from movies, but I didn't expect you to invest in the Internet industry. This is too difficult. There are countless start-ups every year, alas!" Nicole Kidman is not a senior investor, nothing more than Buy real estate as an investment.

"How much real estate do you have in the United States now?" Simon asked.

"Also, almost..." Nicole Kidman stretched out one hand and five fingers!

"$50 million?" Simon frowned. "Where are they?"

"A lot, California, New York, and Florida are the most in the three states, and the real estate has been very hot in recent years.

, I have always bought this kind of real estate! "Nicole Kidman didn't hide anything, anyway, now Simon Pike is richer than himself.

"Sell those houses that are not in the top rich area as soon as possible, the real estate industry is a bit scary right now, you should ask your manager to recover the money for you as soon as possible," Simon Pike is really good for Nicole Kidman , mainly because she is smart enough to ask and listen to what she should ask.

After all, she did shorten the time of her rise.

"But, the current situation!" Nicole hesitated.

"Listen to me, even if it goes up, it won't go up much. Instead of worrying about the threat of overheating, it's better to get rid of it now. I've earned what I should earn, right?" Simon didn't know when Nicole started buying real estate. I think it was after 2003, when she won the Oscar, the salary went up, and the price of the house did rise very fast at that time!

If it was in the era of the technology bubble in 2000, when I entered real estate at that time, I would have made a lot of money now.

Nicole nodded and said that she would seriously consider it, and Simon Parker also understood his gratitude.