Rebirth: My dad is a coal boss

In 1998, toymaker Elad acquired Marvel. Although it made many improvements, such as launching "Blade" in 1998 with New Line Cinema, it received a warm response.

However, in 2000, the situation changed. 20th Century Fox began to launch its own X-Men movie universe plan. The first work not only received good word-of-mouth reviews, but also achieved a box office revenue of up to 300 million US dollars.

Then, Sony's "Spider-Man" series of movies launched in 2002 triggered a global craze and raked in an astonishing box office of 820 million US dollars.

Faced with this situation, Marvel felt very disappointed. Although they also got a share of the profits, the total amount was less than 100 million US dollars. At this moment, Marvel began to have the idea of ​​shooting its own movies. In the original historical trajectory, Marvel's senior management was determined to go all out in film production. They even spent all their resources just to be able to shoot their own movies. In fact, they did "sell everything they had" to achieve this goal.

In 2005, Marvel faced huge financial pressure, but they did not give up, but decided to take a bold action to change their fate. They used their most valuable assets - including the copyrights of superheroes such as Captain America and Nick Fury - as collateral to apply for a loan from the bank. After arduous negotiations and efforts, they finally succeeded in borrowing $525 million! This huge amount of money became the key to Marvel's turnaround. Then, they set their sights on a highly anticipated project - the production of the "Iron Man" movie.

The movie tells the story of how genius inventor and billionaire Tony Stark transformed from a selfish playboy to a superhero who saves the world. This story is not only full of exciting action scenes and amazing technological displays, but also delves into the themes of human nature, family and personal growth.

In the movie, Tony Stark puts on his iconic red and gold armor, showing amazing flying abilities and powerful weaponry. The audience was brought into a world full of fantasy and witnessed the superhero's thrilling battle with evil forces.

The success of "Iron Man" lies not only in its wonderful plot and stunning special effects, but also in its redefinition of the style of superhero movies. It is no longer limited to the traditional image of heroes, but creates a more real, humorous and human weakness protagonist.

This innovation makes it easier for the audience to resonate and have a deep emotional connection with the characters in the movie. In addition, Robert Downey Jr.'s outstanding performance also adds a lot to the film. He interprets Tony Stark vividly and gives this character a unique charm and personality. His acting skills made the audience quickly fall in love with this character who is a little conceited but full of wisdom and courage.

With the release of "Iron Man", Marvel ushered in a new vitality. This movie not only achieved great commercial success, but also triggered a global superhero craze.

Subsequently, Marvel launched a series of related film works and built a huge Marvel universe. Today, Marvel has become a world-renowned entertainment brand with many loyal fans. Iron Man is forever engraved in people's hearts and has become a classic.

Now that all this has not happened, Lin Hao naturally cannot let go of Marvel, which is a hot commodity.

"The other party's asking price is too high, 1 billion US dollars, but all Marvel's assets combined may not even be worth 500 million US dollars." Menier said.

1 billion US dollars is indeed high for Marvel at this time, but compared with the IPs owned by Marvel, it is simply too cheap. In 2007, Marvel's market value was about 1.6 billion US dollars. In 2009, Disney acquired Marvel Entertainment for 4.24 billion US dollars, thereby obtaining ownership of more than 5,000 comic characters under Marvel.

Now it is too cost-effective to spend 1 billion US dollars on the acquisition. "Promise the other party that the sooner the acquisition, the better. I don't want to drag it on. After Christmas, I want to hear good news. If you can't complete it, you can leave." Lin Hao directly gave Menier an ultimatum.

If he missed Marvel, it would definitely be the thing that Lin Hao regretted most since his rebirth. Lin Hao's words shocked Menier. He didn't expect Lin Hao to value Marvel so much, so he quickly said.

"Don't worry, I will buy Marvel comics as soon as possible."

"This matter is very important, and it must be done well."

Lin Hao reiteratedOnce, half a year has passed without any acquisition, and it is obvious that he has not taken it seriously. Lin Hao now wants to open Menier, but there is no other good candidate for him. Moreover, under his management, although the company has some movies at a loss, it is still profitable overall.

After talking about Marvel, Lin Hao mentioned the matter of movie copyrights. This time, Lin Hao acquired the copyrights of the "Fantastic Beasts" series and the "Resident Evil" series in Europe, which cost a lot of money. This reminded Lin Hao that the copyrights of many movies in the future should be hoarded as soon as possible, otherwise it will cost a lot of money to buy them later.

"Copyright department, pay attention, buy all the copyrights of "Transformers", "Inception", "Prince of Persia", "The Hunger Games", "The Hobbit", etc."

There are many others, but they have been taken by other companies at this time, such as "Harry Potter", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "The Lord of the Rings", "Spider-Man", "X-Men", "Mission Impossible", etc. It is extremely difficult to buy copyrights from these companies, but these are enough.

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The meeting lasted a whole day, from morning to afternoon. Except for lunch, the rest of the time was spent in meetings. Lin Hao said a lot of things in the meeting. There was no way. In the next 20 years, Hollywood movies will be rampant all over the world. Such a cash cow, Lin Hao must pay attention to it. Moreover, there are many beauties in Hollywood. With the resources, it is convenient to get close to these actresses and make friends.

With Lin Hao's words of adjourning the meeting, everyone in the meeting room left. It was not comfortable for anyone to stay in the meeting room for a day. Moreover, tomorrow is Christmas Eve. After work today, they will have a holiday. A group of people have been eager to go home.

Lin Hao looked at the time and prepared to get off work. Lin Hao will go to New York tomorrow. Ivanka is still waiting for Lin Hao to spend Christmas together in New York. As for tonight, Scarlett is also waiting for him in the manor.