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"Yeah... maybe, but these are not important, it's just the box office. You can lose, but you can't deny the popularity of [Spider-Man]."

Martin heard the words but didn't say much. After making a casual remark, he turned to the others and said:

"Jeffrey, all the copyrights of [Mutants], [Fantastic Four], and [Deadpool] are in the hands of 20th Century Fox."

Glancing at 20th Century Fox President Jeffrey Goldske, Martin said something and then continued without waiting for a reply:

"Thirteen years ago, the rights to the popular Marvel black superhero movie [Blade] were in the hands of New Line."

"And the copyrights of [Iron Fist], [Punisher], [Humanoid], [Vampire Morbius], etc. are in the hands of Lionsgate Pictures."

"The copyrights of [Ant-Man] and [Black Panther] are in the hands of Blackwater Dragon Flag Company."

"Let's do some math. How many Marvel superheroes do I count now? Is it more than six?"

After finishing speaking, Martin leaned back on the sofa leisurely and continued to smoke his cigar leisurely.

The bait has been set, so there is no need for him to take the initiative in the following matters.

"This... seems to be more than ten superheroes. If you count [mutants] alone, there are dozens of [mutants] alone."

The old foxes present were so cunning that they could endure their loneliness and no one spoke.

Jeff Black, the upright president of Columbia, really did the math and came to a conclusion.

"I remember the copyrights for [Ant-Man] and [Black Panther] are also in the hands of Lionsgate. Qin, when did your company acquire these two superheroes?"

Counting superheroes is such a childish thing. Except for Jeff, the others didn't answer the question at all. They were all squinting and thinking about something.

Only Barry Meyer from Warner thought about it, his face changed a little, and he looked at Qin Dong hesitantly and asked.

After hearing this, everyone else also looked at Qin Dong, with their own colors in their eyes.

If it were five years ago, perhaps the CEOs of the major giants here might not know about Marvel's copyrights. After all, they are also the presidents of global super film and television companies. They even know about the copyrights of superheroes from a comic company. Then

It really makes people feel too idle.

But five years ago, with the second-tier superhero Marvel's "Tin Man" suddenly becoming popular all over the world, and then Marvel's subsequent movies were like dumplings one after another, let alone the giant Hollywood companies.

Even the entertainment circles in other countries are paying great attention to Marvel.

Marvel’s superhero copyrights were also investigated very clearly.

When they heard Martin say that the copyrights of [Ant-Man] and [Black Panther] were owned by Blackwater Dragon Flag Company, others thought about it and immediately recalled this unknown company, which seemed to be Qin Dong's film and television company in North America.

"Last summer...Barry, you have to know the concept of a movie with a box office of 1.5 billion US dollars, not to mention that this is the first one, and there will be many more movies to come. This kind of box office and the number of follow-up movies that can be seen in the future, I

We have to study it thoroughly.”

"You have to know that I am a director, and I want to know why this kind of superhero movie can dominate the annual box office list for several consecutive years, and why it can reach a box office of 1.5 billion U.S. dollars, when other Marvel movies are not sold.

The superheroes who have not been taken back have entered my eyes..."

Qin Dong, who was leaning on the sofa with squinted eyes and watching Martin's performance, heard Barry's question and opened his eyelids slightly. He didn't hide anything, he just found a reason casually and told the truth.

If these people really wanted to find out about this kind of thing with just a casual phone call after going out, it would be arrogant if they didn't just say it out loud.

"..."

Barry Meyer was silent.

He wanted to say that he and Qin Dong had been in contact many times about restarting the DC superhero movie universe. Although they had not reached a contract yet, they had been discussing with Qin Dong's agent Martin.

At this time, Qin Dong suddenly acquired Marvel's superhero copyrights. What did he want to do?

Barry wanted to ask, but there were too many people here so it wasn't appropriate.

Barry Meyer is the president of Warner, and Warner owns DC. Not only does DC have more superheroes than Marvel in the comics industry, but its superheroes are also more popular than Marvel, even though Warner failed to initially build the DC superhero universe.

, but Warner is still confident, more confident than other giant companies here.

Other giant companies don’t have comic companies under their umbrella, and the comic companies on the market are all small. Each of them doesn’t even have a hand in selling superheroes, so it’s useless to acquire them or not.

"Qin, you acquired Marvel's superheroes, and Martin also mentioned other superheroes that Marvel has not taken back. Could it be that you want to imitate Marvel and create a superhero universe movie?"

20th Century Fox President Jeffrey Goldske squinted his eyes and thought for a while before taking the initiative to ask.

The only ones here with Marvel superheroes are 20th Century Fox and Sony Columbia.

Among them, 20th Century Fox owns all the copyrights for "Mutants". There are countless mutants in this series, and "X-Men" adapted from this copyright can actually be regarded as a superhero universe movie. Unfortunately, the movie box office

Although it looks okay, I'm actually afraid of comparison.

It is also a Marvel superhero movie, and it can also be regarded as a superhero universe movie. However, compared with the box office of the first "Avengers" produced by Marvel, which was 1.5 billion, the box office of "X-Men", which gathered many mutants, was only 1.5 billion.

Hundreds of millions, 20th Century Fox and its president Jeffrey Goldske thought it was good, and the box office was fine.

Therefore, "X-Men" has been filming several movies for many years. Just looking at Marvel's 1.5 billion movie, Jeffrey felt that the box office of "X-Men" was eye-catching.

You have to throw it away when comparing things.

"Jeffrey, my country now pays attention to win-win cooperation when facing other countries in the world. Why, because this is a networked modern world, and the distance between everyone is infinitely shortened."

"And I do the same thing myself. Lionsgate Pictures owns the copyrights of multiple Marvel superheroes. Faced with a small company like Lionsgate..."

When Qin Dong said this, he found that the others looked at him a little strangely, and he guessed the reason after thinking about it for a while.

So he smiled slightly, shrugged, and spread his hands:

"Wow, you guys don't think I'm talking big, do you?"

"I know that Lions Gate is a small company in your opinion, but compared to my Heishui Longqi company, it seems to be much larger. I think Lions Gate is not suitable for a small company."

"But Lionsgate has always focused on small and medium-budget films. In recent years, it has only shot a few super commercial blockbusters, and they have all been cooperating with other companies. Maybe Lionsgate wants to share risks, but I think that is because Lionsgate has cash

There is not enough liquidity, and I heard that Lionsgate has a lot of foreign debt..."

"When it comes to cash flow, I can afford not to mention a few super commercial blockbusters, but just a few. I want to say that Lionsgate is a small company, no problem, right?"

At the end of the sentence, Qin Dong shut up and looked at the others, looking at them one by one with a smile to see who could refute him.

"Cash flow, Qin, I believe you may have better cash flow than we at Warner..."

Warner CEO Barry Meyer was the first to speak with a smile.

The attitude was very good. Maybe Barry really thought so, but Qin Dong didn't think so. Instead, he looked at Barry twice and guessed that the other party most likely said this because he wanted to have a good relationship with him.

"Qin, you are a super director. We all know that every movie you make makes money, and your own company also invests. You do have a lot of cash. Just keep talking..."

Global President Adam Ferguson smiled and agreed with Qin Dong's statement and extended his hand to indicate continued.

"Everyone, Lions Gate has usurped the copyrights of many Marvel superheroes. I can definitely buy them all back. I don't think it will cost much. No one will think that I don't have enough money, right?"

"The reason why we only acquired two of them is that we don't want to be alone and think about win-win cooperation. If you are interested, you can acquire the remaining superhero copyrights from Lionsgate. In the future, why can't we rely on these superheroes?

How about also creating a superhero universe movie belonging to several of us?"

Qin Dong straightened up, his face became serious, and he spoke out words about win-win cooperation.

"Win-win cooperation? Everyone has a superhero, and everyone makes a movie together?"

The CEOs of the five giants began to think deeply after hearing this.

There are some things that you just can’t think of.

It is now only half a year after Marvel's first true superhero assembly movie "Avengers" was released, and Qin Dong's timing is very accurate.

If it were four months later, there would be no chance.

If Qin Dong remembers correctly, his last life was also in 2013, but it was not January at his feet, but four months later in May. At that time, Disney, the parent company of Marvel, took over all the Marvel Super Movies from Lions Gate in one fell swoop.

hero.

At the same time, New Line's "Blade" was also acquired by Disney.

From this point on, the only copyrights that Marvel really has left outside are [Spider-Man], [Deadpool], [Ghost Rider], [Fantastic Four], [Venom], and [Mutants].

These six copyrights are actually enough to make a superhero universe movie, not to mention the copyrights of "Mutants", which contains many superheroes.

Even though the copyrights of these six superheroes belong to two companies, Sony Columbia and 20th Century Fox, they can be developed as long as the two companies cooperate.

But luck is also important, and these two companies are unlucky.

Because of these six copyrights, many "X-Men" adaptations of "Mutants" have been filmed, and there will be one "X-Men Days of Future Past" this year. Under such circumstances, 20th Century Fox is not willing to cooperate with Sony at all.

Join forces.

In addition, "Ghost Rider", a superhero starring Nicolas Cage, was filmed in two movies, but both of them bombed at the box office.

The first and second installments of the rebooted "The Amazing Spider-Man" also flopped, and even a trilogy won't be made.

[Venom] was still regarded as a villain at the time and could not be filmed at all.

[Deadpool] This hero is a bit weird, and no one is optimistic about it at all, making it even harder to film.

This hero is not only talkative and talkative, but the key is that he is an ugly man. He basically wears a clown suit. When he takes off his clothes, his face is covered with burning scars. He can scare children to tears. This kind of superhero with an ugly hero,

If Qin Dong was not a reborn person, Qin Dong himself would not think that such a starring movie would be popular, and he 100% believed that it would be a hit.

[Fantastic Four] was also a very popular superhero movie ten years ago. Unfortunately, Marvel became jealous when they saw their children making money for others.

Jealous people can do anything, and Marvel started to take action against their own children, so Marvel published a new Fantastic Four comic, taking the four originally superheroes and writing Aquaman, Cheating, Green

Hats and other plots, in short, the four superheroes, the Fantastic Four, have all turned into scum with bad character.

The Human Torch is the king of Neptune, and he goes out to sleep with women and fans every day.

The invisible woman cheated on her husband, Mr. Fantastic, and had affairs with many men.

The Fantastic Four, in anger, also took revenge, went out with many women, and even appeared on TV.

When this kind of comics came out, no normal person could watch the movie version of "Fantastic Four", so the sequels of "Fantastic Four" began to hit the market.

All of this may be classified as rubbish screenwriting and rubbish directing of sequels, but there is definitely a big contribution from Marvel in it. This is a fact that no one can deny.

It was under such circumstances that when Disney, the parent company of Marvel, went around to buy back superheroes, the last few that could not be recovered were usurped in the hands of Sony, Columbia and 20th Century Fox, which are in the same class as Disney. Unfortunately, these superheroes were all gone at this time.

For various reasons, the films they filmed failed at the box office and received poor reviews.

Neither company has any plans to restart, so the idea of ​​collaborating to produce a superhero universe movie is out of the question.

Qin Dong, who had been thinking about it since last year, finally found the right opportunity to reveal his true face and test the CEOs of the other five giant companies.

...

The six giants of Hollywood have done five at this time.

Disney is the only one who doesn't give Qin Dong face. This is the right time. It would be senseless not to take action on Disney.

Faced with superhero movies, which will occupy most of the movie screen in the future, Qin Dong must find a way to stop them.

If Qin Dong remains unchanged, then the future may be like the previous life, with Disney being the dominant one, and even if Warner has DC in its hands, it will be suppressed.

Disney alone dominates the film industry. It has made dozens of Marvel superhero movies, plus dozens of seasons of superhero TV series. Adding the two together, plus animated movies, Disney has been the absolute leader until now.

field, so the future Disney began its journey across the world.

The Big Six in Hollywood may sound good now, but in the future, the real situation is that even if the other Big Five join forces, they won't be able to do anything like Disney.

Qin Dong wants to change moviegoers around the world and want these moviegoers not to watch or not like superhero movies. This problem is very difficult, or it does not require thinking at all, and it is impossible for humans to do it.

In this case, Qin Dong must plan to get involved in superhero movies.

Since I can't make movie fans change their tastes, then I will join in.

If I can't beat you, I'll join you. I'm LeBron Kevin James Durant.

Otherwise, even if Qin Dong still has many registered original scripts in hand, superheroes will be a hot trend in the future. Original movies, even if the scripts are very good and the ratings are very high, can even exceed the ratings of superhero movies, but it is a pity that the box office

Above, it seems that superhero movies are taking advantage and making a lot of money all the time.

I don’t know whether people’s tastes have changed or whether they all like to watch superhero movies. In short, in the future movie industry, most of the hottest box office movie types, superhero movies will crush original movies. This is a fact.