The Goddess Shines on America

Alice, of course, was just passing along when it came to Fortune's endless interviews. She looked at her watch, it was already around 9:30, and it took half an hour to go to work, and everyone in the company was completely immersed in their working state.

"Well...Mr. Merdel, do you have any tea here? I haven't had a sip of water since this morning."

Also in a hurry, Merdel looked at the water dispenser and suddenly realized that he had forgotten the most basic hospitality issue: "I'm so sorry, the disposable paper cups in the water dispenser are all used up, I'll send someone..."

"Oh, forget it." Alice quickly stopped him: "Everyone is working well, don't disturb them."

"It's okay. I still have a cup of latte in my office. You must have woken up early today. Would you like a cup?"

It's embarrassing to reject the other party's two proposals in a row, but Alice weighed the stakes between her years of habit and giving face, and said without hesitation: "Thank you, but I don't drink coffee, Mr. Editor-in-Chief , How about you sit down and continue listening to me?"

Since the new boss made a strong request, Merdel naturally gave up. At the same time, Edward, the editor who worked in DC from the beginning to the end, spoke again: "Alice, since you have been talking about DreamWorks, you must be shooting a movie version of our comics, right? Or an animation?"

This is a matter that has been kept in everyone's mind. When they learned that the company was acquired by Alice Wang, it was nothing more than a new employee. How could the senior management not investigate the background of the new boss?

Obviously, Alice's strong background in Silicon Valley makes it easy for people to think that this is just a simple investment, but since she is an editor in the comics industry, everyone is of course extremely sensitive to various news in the entertainment industry. "New York Times" best-selling author, DreamWorks special screenwriter and small shareholder of capital, all these are enough to answer the truth of this acquisition from multiple angles.

It's normal to make movies and cartoons, but what about the specifics?

"Movies, TV series, DreamWorks mainly focus on them, and cartoons... To be honest, I'm not interested." When it came to the word cartoon, Alice really couldn't help curling her lips, because she really didn't have much interest in American animation. After all, for her who is used to watching two-dimensional Japanese comics, not to mention the beautiful comics of the combination of muscular men + coquettish girls playing ball, even movies like "Little Elf Mouse" and "Shrek" are really not interesting. Word.

Even, obviously Pixar has been acquired by Jobs for a while, and she has no interest in re-acquisition until now, and it is also for this reason.

3D animation or something, really loveless. As for Pixar's box office... Is it as powerful as her Silicon Valley industry?

Not to mention what Alice was thinking, at least after learning about her thoughts, everyone suddenly realized. One of the editors, Moras, screamed in an odd tone.

"Ah~ So that's the case, I remembered!"

Mordel was a little confused: "What do you remember?"

Moras slapped his thigh vigorously and said, "The movie is the editor-in-chief of the movie. Ms. Alice, you must want to put Batman on the screen!?"

Alice raised her eyebrows: "Oh, you're right, and it's a whole series. Now the entire comic company is mine, so I can shoot whatever I want."

This is the case of waking up the dreamer with one word. The employees who simply came to meet the new boss have a very simple idea. They just want to understand Alice's personality and hear her development plan for the company as much as possible. Not only the four people here, but even many ordinary employees outside can hardly imagine that the entire act of acquiring the company is to make it easier for DreamWorks to make movies!

Mordel became even more excited because he knew the management structure of the entire enterprise.

Since the parent of DC Comics, DC Entertainment was acquired by Warner, he served as the editor-in-chief, and his superiors were the CEO and shareholders of Warner. But now, DC Comics has been bought by Alice in its entirety, that is to say, the company is now completely under a single-line management!

Alice, Mordel, DC comics, such a simple line. So, as long as I coax this girl well, are I afraid that the company will not develop in the field of film and television?

Quickly recalling the shareholding of DreamWorks in his heart, Mordel immediately thought that this company, which was only established in three or two years, was originally a company founded by Roger Lawrence, a former Wall Street investor. listed. In other words, instead of dealing with the situation of countless shareholders and executives of the entire Warner Group, I only need to coax two people at most in the future?

The excitement of ascending to heaven made it difficult for him to conceal the excitement in his heart when he blurted out the words.

"We will definitely cooperate with all our strength, don't worry, boss! Just tell us how to shoot this "Batman", how can we help?"

How can DC Comics itself help?

To be honest, it’s really nothing, as long as the copyright is handed over, and when Alice bought the entire company, the so-called copyright is even more of a joke. But seeing how happy Merdel looked, it was hard for Alice to say anything to say no, after all, she had rejected the other party's proposal twice.

So, in order to repay Merdel's good deeds of "finding someone to get a water glass" and "contributing my own coffee", how should I repay it?

"Please fill in the details of the movie for me." A light bulb popped on her forehead and she said with an idea: "Let me tell you the details of the movie first."

Some people want to make their own comics into movies, and tell the concept in a large space for this, and even ask the comic company itself to provide details. This is a very happy thing. Mordel immediately stated that he would definitely show the spirit of a scientist's assiduous study, and kill all kinds of loopholes in Alice!

"Well...then I have to be more careful." Alice rubbed her fingers and began to say that it would be bad to meet the horns.

"The opening story is~" Alice said in a dramatic tone: "In Gotham City where crime is prevalent, there is a mysterious figure who calls himself 'Batman'. He punishes evil and promotes good. He is a knight incarnate in the night, I don’t know how many girls who are about to fall have been rescued, and how many scumbags who have been thinking with their lower bodies have been kicked out. There are so many people who are popular, and this has certainly attracted the attention of the public, so it’s a pain in the ass... Sorry, the reporter Nuo who seems to be fine Si and the female photographer Brigitte intend to find out the true face of this mysterious person, so they launched an investigation."

The content of the plot is very normal, but listening to Alice's description with added material, Mordel and the others always have a feeling that they can't help but laugh.

"Then there is a plot that all old fans know the inside story and love to hear. The reporter himself for the time being Brigitte met the wealthy businessman Bruce Wayne and fell in love with him at first sight, but he didn't know that Bruce was Batman. And his old butler Alfred is Batman's behind-the-scenes assistant."

It's really nice to hear and see, but until now, what Alice said was only partial to the content of the background introduction. For all the villains Batman will encounter throughout the movie, she doesn't start until the next sentence.

"In one operation, Batman caused an unknown criminal to fall into a pool of chemicals. The hapless man's facial nerves were damaged, he became a perpetual grinning man, and he was insane. He called himself the clown and was killing After the leader died, he took control of the entire underworld in Gohan City."

The villain is here, and it's the most famous clown in the entire comic book system, which doesn't surprise anyone. Of course, this was an expected surprise for Mordel and others. After all, Alice is not contributing to them now, but talking about the plot of the script that will make the movie a hit. Of course, the movie adapted from the comics has to have the main villain on the stage, otherwise how would there be any box office?

"After that, as you all know, the clown launched a terrorist act, using a large number of chemicals to make people laugh to death. Of course, there is also a romantic interaction between the protagonist and the heroine. One day, when Brigitte went to Bruce On a date, the Joker attacks the museum at the venue...well, and then it must be the beloved hero to the rescue. After a pitched battle with the gangsters, Batman takes Brigitte to his base, the Batcave, and he finds out The way to prevent the clown's killing methods has defeated the clown's plot, and up to this point, everyone is happy for the time being."

Listening slowly, the editors also nodded silently. As an adaptation of a comic book, it is a very flattering behavior to be well-behaved. What Alice is talking about now is naturally the end of the first big climax. Next, it is time for the second half of the film.

"So, you have also noticed." However, Alice stopped continuing, and said instead: "After all, movies are different from comics. Besides, there were Batman movies in the early years as examples. It turns out that being completely faithful to the original work is It's very boring. You can also see the adaptation of the original work in the plot I just made, right?"

Different from Japanese manga, the serialized American manga has a "role star system", so that a manga will be taken over by countless painters and screenwriters. Over the years, too many intricate plots have tested the editor's memory. However, Batman is a famous work after all, so without thinking, Edward, one of the oldest editors, smiled quietly.

"The thief who killed Bruce's parents has always been set as an ordinary little habitual criminal, but you have connected him with the most famous villain in the entire DC comics. Miss Alice, a very bold idea, will definitely There's a lot of people in the audience applauding it, I promise you."

Alice smiled very modestly. She has experienced the Internet age, but she is too aware of the diversity of audience tastes.

"Where there is, there will be applause, and there will definitely be scolding, so-so~"