Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 356 Acquisition of Fox

"Odin?"

Sweeping his eyes over the figure in front of the throne steps, the first thing Colin thought of was the king of the gods in Norse mythology, that is, Sol's father.

"No, no..."

But looking at the intact eyes in the opponent's eyes, he quickly reacted.

No matter in which mythology, Odin always shows people with one eye. Although the surviving figure in front of him is old, the eyes on his face are still intact, so he is obviously not the original owner of the Supreme Throne.

"So Loki?"

Recalling a fleeting scene in the fragments of the time gem, he did not see Thor in the Golden Palace, so this is the world ruled by Loki, who obtained the fragment of the time gem.

After traveling through dimensions several times, even Colin himself could not be sure that the world he came to this time was really a distorted time formed by the power of the time gem fragments, or it was simply a specious alien dimension.

Flying to the old Loki and landing, Colin stared at the other's wrinkled face, gray hair and lifeless appearance, which was very different from the high-spirited appearance that Colin saw in the [Time Fragments] screen. That's why he didn't recognize it at first glance.

The battle in Asgard in front of me is almost the same as the mutant world that Colin and the Avengers went to, but unfortunately, in this world, there is no such thing as Daqun or Professor X who has to save their lives even if they sacrifice their lives. The existence of the world, and at the same time the ability of the time gem fragments possessed by Loki in front of him, is not the power that pollutes the timeline like Apocalypse.

This also means that the fragment of the time gem in this world really fell into the hands of Thanos.

In this way, with the four time gem fragments in Colin's hands and at least two or so fragments in Thanos' hands, the only known ones are Dormammu in the dark dimension and Strange in the purple dimension world.

Judging from the development of the timeline, Thanos did not appear in Strange's world after obtaining the time gem fragments in Loki's hands, which means that he most likely went to Dormammu or only The world where the fragment of the time gem is located.

From Colin's standpoint, he naturally hopes that Thanos can collide with Dormammu. In this case, even if Thanos wins in the end, he will pay a huge price. After all, as the ruler of the dark dimension, even if he controls Thanos, who has the power of infinite gloves, dare not say that he can easily defeat the opponent.

However, even so, Colin did not dare to place all his hopes on the enemy's misfortune.

Thanos, who has the power of the almost complete infinite gauntlet, will definitely not be much slower than him in collecting time gem fragments, so if you want to collect enough [Time Fragments] and [Faith] before Thanos, It seems that the time reserved for Colin in the real world is not as sufficient as imagined.

Wanting to understand this, Colin immediately stopped hesitating.

The world in front of him no longer has much meaning for him to stay. Once Colin, who has mastered the gem fragments, erases this timeline, everything will be restarted again.

However, before erasing the timeline of this world, Colin looked at the expressionless Loki in front of the steps, and touched his body casually.

[Contact a special distorted time node, collect a large number of time fragments × 400]

In any case, Loki is an existence that changed the history of this world. Even if there are no more time gem fragments, he still provides Colin with a large number of [time fragments].

Looking across the flickering screen in [Time Fragments], Ke Lin couldn't help sighing casually.

"The ability to pause time?"

Although this ability is simple, it is also the ability that can best reflect the power of time.

And as Colin's exclamation fell, the expression in the eyes of Loki, who had a numb expression in front of the steps, gradually changed. He slowly raised his head to look at Colin in front of him, and his numb face became agitated. up.

"Gem, that's my gem, my power, that's my power..."

He stood up tremblingly, reaching out his hand to ask Colin in front of him something.

"Sorry, my time is up."

However, Colin in the Golden Palace just shook his head at him, and along with Colin who mastered the power of time gem fragments in the purple dimension, erased the timeline.

In Asgard (Asgard), everything that happened in the dilapidated Gladsheim (Odinkin Palace) also disappeared, becoming a non-existent timeline history.

……

[Golden Seal (7220/10000)]

"[Time Shards] Didn't decrease?!"

In the purple dimension world, the ability to activate gem fragments erased a timeline again. Colin looked at the column of numbers representing [Time Fragments] on the text, and the expression on his face suddenly became pleasantly surprised.

This is the first time he came to the world distorted by time gem fragments through the dimensional passage of Doctor Dark Strange. He originally thought that the [Time Fragments] obtained from this world would disappear with the erasure of the timeline, but the situation But it was obviously not what Colin expected. Although the timeline of meeting Loki in the Odinkin Palace was erased, the [Time Fragment] obtained from him was successfully preserved.

"If that's the case, maybe I need to change my original plan a little bit."

Originally, in Colin's idea, it was to find a world with time gem fragments through the dimensional channel opened by Doctor Strange Dark, and collect as much [Time Fragments] as possible for the upgrade of [Golden Seal], and Although the goal has not changed now, it doesn't matter if the method of obtaining [Time Shards] can be a little more radical.

After all, after mastering the two abilities of time erasure and time splitting, any unfavorable timeline can't really hurt Colin himself, which also includes Dormammu and Thanos.

……

"It is yours now, Mr. Colin Looper."

Positive World, New York.

Witnessed by the lawyers of both parties, he signed his name and looked at the signature on the transfer contract of the Fox film company, and William Fox couldn't help but feel a little lost.

A few years ago, he was still high-spirited and wanted to build his own film empire in Hollywood, and even bought MGM's parent company by chance at one point, opening up his own film territory.

However, in just two or three years, he faced bankruptcy due to a car accident and the economic crisis of the Great Depression, and had to sell his shares in Fox Films.

The huge gap between the two made William Fox feel a little bit like the world.

With the transfer of the Fox film company, it also means that the relationship between William Fox and Hollywood has become farther and farther. Even if he wants to return to Hollywood in the future, it will not be a simple matter.

Losers are not welcome in Hollywood, but William Fox's appearance at this time looks like a loser's situation.

"Mr. William Fox."

On the side, the notarized lawyer reminded William Fox.

Following the lawyer's reminder, William Fox squeezed out a forced smile on his pale face after regaining consciousness, and congratulated Colin in front of him.

"This is a good thing for both parties."

He nodded and responded to William Fox in front of him, and Colin also said with a smile.

In fact, if normal history develops, even without Colin’s intervention, William Fox will leave Hollywood sadly. Because of the Great Depression, he became an outcast in Hollywood. Even when he died in 1952, there was no one People from the film industry went to his funeral.

This is undoubtedly a great mockery of an existence that wants to establish its own film empire in Hollywood.

Now, because of Colin's relationship, although William Fox also left Hollywood, at least he is not as embarrassed as later generations. At the same time, the acquisition fee paid by Colin is enough to help William Fox support the big This turbulent period of depression.

Hearing Colin's words and remembering the price he could receive, William Fox's melancholy mood suddenly improved a lot.

"Perhaps you are right, Mr. Colin Luper..."

Although he has a dream of creating a movie empire, the premise of all this is that he can live well enough.

If you end up living in poverty, even if Fox Films survived the Great Depression, it is not what William Fox really yearns for.

It was precisely because of his experience of being bankrupt and jailed that William Fox became more realistic. He didn't want to go back to that cold prison for another night.

Thinking about this, the last trace of William Fox's nostalgia for Fox Films also disappeared.

After all, in this era of the Great Depression, nostalgia is worth every piece of bread.

"Mr. Colin Luper, this is my advice as someone who has experienced Hollywood. The war in Hollywood is not so much a war in movies, but a conflict between capitals. I am the loser in this war. I hope you There's a lot of money behind any studio that can learn from it."

William Fox will choose to sell his Fox film company, which certainly has its own factors in it, but it is not without revenge against other Hollywood studios.As the loser in the capital war, William Fox is not a complete idiot, because a real idiot cannot survive the cruel battlefield of Hollywood.

William Fox was able to become one of the earliest film tycoons in Hollywood, and he naturally had a good means of establishing a film studio named after himself.

Through his relationship in Los Angeles, William Fox already knew the fact that Colin had been in contact with Walter behind Paramount, and of course he also knew why he had been under antitrust investigation.

Although William Fox can't resist the political forces behind MGM, it doesn't mean that Colin can't, let such a big capitalist who has a huge media voice and political power enter Hollywood, I believe it will be a long time in the future Time, Hollywood will not be too peaceful.

This is also William Fox, the Hollywood castaway, the last means of revenge against those studios.

"Of course, I'm ready."

The purpose of Colin's acquisition of the Fox film company was not for the so-called movie dream from the very beginning. In fact, if it wasn't for the pressure of time, he would even continue to drag William Fox for a while, thereby lowering the price of chips.

Fortunately, although it is not the most ideal time for acquisitions, it is not bad.

After taking over the Fox Film Company from William Fox, it also means that Colin has mastered the complete movie theater line.

Because of its own ideas about film management, William Fox's Fox Film Company is the earliest vertically operated film studio in Hollywood.And all of this, with Ke Lin's acquisition, has also become his property, which can help him collect enough [faith] as quickly as possible.

As mentioned earlier, the purpose of Ke Lin's acquisition of the film company was not for the so-called illusory art from the very beginning.

Among the filmmakers Colin knows, when it comes to the pursuit of film, Howard Hughes is one. The other party's maverick and pursuit of perfection character lead to his particularity in film production. This point stays from New York port You can see a thing or two on the big ship.

The second is Walt Disney. So far, the production progress of "Snow White" is still only about half. Such an attitude of excellence has obviously surpassed the vast majority of Hollywood, no, almost all filmmakers. After all, the entire Hollywood studios, no film company will spend three years just to make an animated film.

If it weren't for the reason, Disney is the studio opened by the Walt Brothers, or even Disney would not be able to go through such a lot of trouble just to complete an animated film.

In terms of movies, Colin naturally does not have the pursuit of Hughes or Walt, so he has only one purpose in acquiring the film company, which is to shoot Superman movies, so as to get more enough promotion [Golden Mark] of 【faith】.

Although, he has just acquired the Fox film company from William Fox, and the filming of the "Superman" movie version has not even started.

However, this does not prevent Ke Lin from borrowing the cinema under the film company to collect some [faith].

Don't forget that although Walt's Superman TV animation was originally intended to be played on a TV set made by the Messenger Factory, Disney's fine animation film quality also provides the possibility for cinema screenings.

Thinking of this, Colin was a little fortunate that he didn't ask Walt to lower the production quality of Superman TV animation because of saving costs.

(End of this chapter)