My Age of Investment

"Is the person gone?"

A bald white man in his thirties hurried into Parmut's office.

"gone!"

Parmut replied calmly, but he soon changed his expression to a serious expression and asked solemnly: "What is the quality of the finished film of "Iron Man"? Can we recoup the production cost of 140 million US dollars?" What is the cost of the film? I want to hear the truth! This is very important to me and Marvel!"

Kevin Feige, a bald man who is also the CEO of Marvel Studios, said with a troubled face: "Before the movie is officially released, all predictions are just predictions."

Pamut was silently calculating in his mind how many box office sales he would have to sell to cover costs, and he was also calculating Marvel's profits in the past two years.

Although Xia Jingxing did not give a specific quotation, his attitude towards the acquisition was very clear.

Do you want to sell it?

Parmut was very hesitant. He was worried that the box office failure of "Iron Man" would lead to Vision Capital significantly lowering its acquisition bid or even giving up the acquisition.

When the time comes, where will he find a new successor?

Marvel seems to hold a bunch of copyrights, but in fact the business is not profitable, otherwise they would not sell off the properties and mortgage the copyrights.

He put on a confident attitude in front of Xia Jingxing, but he was just pretending.

As a well-known miser in the industry, Parmut is very stingy about himself. He will cut a discarded A4 paper into eight pieces and make them into note pads;

He was even seen yelling at employees: Why buy new pencils? The one in your hand obviously still has two inches!

This level of stinginess is comparable to that of another Hong Kong film tycoon, Run Run Shaw.

How could such a Grandet-like person turn a blind eye to an opportunity to make a fortune?

But he is also worried that if "Iron Man" becomes a box office hit, he will miss out on a large amount of profits.

Parmut suddenly asked: "Do you think the box office of "Iron Man" can catch up with "Spider-Man 3" released last year?"

"It's almost impossible. That's a box office of 890 million U.S. dollars. The production cost is almost twice that of Iron Man, and Spider-Man is much more famous than Iron Man."

Parmut continued: "If it can reach this box office, how much can it increase Marvel's valuation?"

Kevin Feige was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "It's hard to estimate. That means our movie plan is successful! Subsequent character adaptations can be put on the agenda."

"What if the second 'Incredible Hulk' fails again?"

Kevin Feige smiled and shook his head, "That shows that our adaptation model is not mature and still has flaws, and the company's valuation will decline."

“In the end, it’s still a gamble!”

Parmut sighed quietly, and then his face regained its vitality, "Next, it's up to you to talk to the people from Vision Capital, and use the valuation criteria for "Iron Man" to reach the level of "Spider-Man 3" at the box office.

If they agree...hey, let's talk first! "

Kevin Feige nodded and left the office.

As soon as he left the office, the smile on Kevin Feige's face completely disappeared.

Each of these guys is extremely greedy and selfish. Why can't they wait patiently for "Iron Man" to be released?

All your belongings were mortgaged, you had been planning for three years, and you just gave up?

As the proposer of the Marvel Universe plan, Kevin Feige has grown up reading Spider-Man stories and has been obsessed with superheroes. He is very much looking forward to the successful realization of his plan and all the superheroes coming together in one movie. Then... the fight starts, how interesting that is!

It's a pity that the fragmented copyrights, the company's distressed financial situation, and the boss who only cares about short-term interests and is risk-averse...

All of this is holding him back!

Maybe Marvel will have a new boss again, which will add a lot of variables to his Marvel Universe plan.

"Damn it!"

Walking out onto the road, Kevin Feige kicked a trash can in front of him.

The half-human-tall iron trash can was motionless. Instead, Kevin Feige was holding his feet, and the golden rooster jumped in place independently for a long time, wailing incessantly.

Only then did he remember that he was just a mortal, let alone a god, he couldn't even deal with a trash can!

But I can mess up this deal!

Kevin Feige looked at the trash can in front of him fiercely. At this moment, Vision Capital and the trash can were equated, and they were both enemies that hindered him.

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In the conference room of 85 Wall Street Building, Kevin Feige put his hands in his trouser pockets and said proudly to Xia Jingxing, who was sitting across from him: "Marvel will produce more than 20 superhero movies next, and it is expected to invest at least 40- 5 billion US dollars.

The timeline of this plan is as long as ten years. If factors such as rising prices and actors' salaries are taken into account, the investment of US$5 billion may not be able to stop it. "

After saying that, Kevin Feige began to observe Xia Jingxing's face with full malice. It will scare you to death!

pity! His face was not as livid as he had imagined, but his smile was still bright.

"That's it? Invest 5 billion in ten years?"

Xia Jingxing's understatement made Kevin Feige feel as if he had punched cotton, unable to exert any force.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard Xia Jingxing stab his heart again: "Is 5 billion enough?"

Kevin Feige said lightly: "This is just an estimate. The actual cost may be more than double."

Abel smiled and said: "Brother, you may still have doubts about the strength of our Vision Capital. Do you want me to introduce our company to you?"

These words were a bit harsh, and Kevin Feige felt quite uncomfortable after hearing them. He spread his hands and said, "Okay! Let's see the true strength of Wall Street predators."

“We are the largest institutional shareholders of two of the top ten Internet companies in the world!”

“The world’s largest smartphone company in terms of shipments, we are also the largest institutional shareholder!”

“The world’s largest electric vehicle company, we are also the largest institutional shareholder!”

…

Abel instantly transformed into Versailles and stated each fact in an indifferent tone.

It's really the truth, nothing exaggerated.

Kevin Feige was stunned on the spot. He must have said "the world's largest XX, the largest institutional shareholder" in the dialect, and read a dozen times in one breath.

Is this still a fund? It's a consortium!

But he quickly realized that the other party was not honest!

Kevin Feige joked with a smile: "As far as I know, Tesla has only sold more than 2,000 cars, and Fuxing mobile phone shipments are only a few million units. The reason why it leads the world is that it accounts for the emerging industries. Advantages, right?”

When his pretentious behavior was exposed, Abel replied without blushing: "So this further demonstrates the extraordinary investment vision of Vision Capital! If we wait for emerging industries to grow before deploying, I don't know how many more dollars it will cost."

In fact, you can see from this that we at Vision Capital really like to do some disruptive undertakings.

The reason why Marvel caught our attention is because you are doing a cool thing.

The 20 movies you mentioned would be great if they were made into a series. No one has done this before, right? "

Kevin Feige shook his head, "No one has dared to do this before, because it requires the story and characters to maintain a strong vitality, and I am not sure whether my plan can succeed."

Abel smiled and said, "I think we can give it a try. We have the funds, you have the creative ideas, and we can work together to do something big."

The other party was so sincere that Kevin Feige almost blurted out "Okay", but he suddenly remembered his mission, which was to ruin the deal!

So he said with a straight face: "But before that, you need to convince Marvel's board of directors."

Abel smiled and said: "Of course, the acquisition offer we give you is US$1 billion."

Kevin Feige immediately laughed out loud and said: "Man, are you kidding me? The IP of Spider-Man alone is more than 1 billion US dollars."

Abel sighed: "Hey, it's a pity that Spider-Man is no longer in your hands. The commercial value of other heroic characters combined is not as good as it."

Kevin Feige shook his head and said: "Our offer is US$10 billion, which is a full 10 times different from your offer. This is really too disparate. In my opinion, there is no need to discuss it further."

Abel frowned slightly and lifted the table when he came up. What kind of negotiation technique was this? Want to catch me off guard?

Abel adjusted his mentality, dealt with it calmly, and slowly increased the price while picking faults.

Kevin Feige also pretended to lower the price. Even if he wanted to disrupt the deal, he couldn't do it too obviously, especially since there were several Marvel executives present today and everyone was watching.

As the two talked, the price dropped to $3.5 billion, and Kevin Feige said he was unwilling to drop any further.

Abel, on the other hand, insisted on a bid of US$3 billion and was unwilling to increase it by a penny.

Kevin Feige was panicking because the other party's bid was very close to the psychological minimum price given to him by Parmut.

"$3.2 billion!"

After watching for a long time, Xia Jingxing suddenly broke the stalemate between the two.

Hearing this, all Marvel executives perked up, and then all turned their attention to Kevin Feige.

Kevin Feige sighed in his heart, the other party's offer was too strong, and he couldn't destroy it even if he wanted to.

After saying sorry, Kevin Feige ran out and called Parmut to report.

After a while, he turned back with a joyful smile on his face, "We need to discuss it again."

Abel was slightly unhappy because he was too greedy, but now that Marvel was taking the initiative, he could only say calmly: "We can wait for three days, and we won't wait until it's overdue!"