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Near noon, Andy flew back to his old nest, Versailles Palace, in a helicopter, sitting in the luxurious living room, contented and relaxed, sipping coffee, and looking at today's newspaper.

"" At the box office of less than 90 million on the first weekend, no sequel will be made! "Andy Smith."

"The incredible Iron Man!"

"Fun summer box office bomb."

"A trembling and innovative movie that gives people a pleasant viewing experience, which is currently lacking in superhero movies!"

Not only are major newspapers reporting the splendor of "Iron Man", but even harsh film critics, this time also praised the praise. 7,655 netizens on the imdb website scored a high of 8.4, and the rotten tomato website's 94% praise rate also proved that this entertainment blockbuster is in the audience's mind.

Not only won high reputation, but last night's North American premiere scale was 4,105 theaters, ranking 9th in film history. The box office at the premiere even reached more than 30 million U.S. dollars, and it should not be difficult to break through the three days.

The fact is the same. The production cost of "Iron Man" which is about $ 150 million and the promotion cost of $ 75 million swept the box office for $ 104 million in the three days of the weekend. It deservedly became the North American box office champion this weekend and quickly became a hot summer box office. This also puts a lot of pressure on the next dozen or so releases. Many famous sequels have begun to have a headache with "Iron Man", and the profound influence of "Iron Man" has only just begun Just show it. . .

There is no doubt that "Iron Man" was the first film that broke the box office in the first weekend of 2008. It arrived in a timely manner and wiped out the haze of the North American box office. In the ranking of box office income in the first weekend of film history, "Iron Man" relied on 1 The billion-dollar start ranked eighth.

At present, the overseas revenue for the three days at the weekend is US $ 96.75 million. In addition to the local revenue, the global box office revenue is US $ 201 million. After three days of release, the global box office exceeded 200 million. This is the first time that Marvel, the company that produced the film, has been happier.

Not only will there be a sequel to "Iron Man" soon, but it will also mark the usefulness of thousands of other Marvel Comics heroes.

And all the media and Hollywood movie companies have to marvel at Andy Smith's genius brains, and Marvel's market value has soared again, reaching as much as $ 4 billion.

Of course, in order to maximize the box office digging, Andy's Robert Downey Jr. who turned the salted fish over and Kate Beckinsale, the little pepper who has been in deep treatment with him in secret for two days, started the nationwide running publicity.

The original words Andy gave them were, "Run down 100 promotions and the second one will give you higher pay and upper limit!"

After all, Andy originally set up a tough contract to prevent Robert Downey Jr. from becoming as expensive as his previous life. Do n’t say anything about knowing what is happening or being grateful. It ’s all nonsense in front of interests. “Iron Man In "3", Downey not only received 50 million yuan in pay but also paid dividends, and has almost controlled the crew.

Although there are also provisions for increasing the pay, but Jian Jian such as Andy, how can it make others take advantage. Since he didn't give Downey 500,000 dollars worth of money, obviously, he wouldn't accept the indiscriminate thinking that Downey was sitting on the ground. Controllable is his favorite rhythm.

The success of "Iron Man" has made the entire Hollywood know that Andy Smith's position here has become stronger and stronger, and he is already a veritable Hollywood gangster. As long as he can make money, there will naturally be many people around.

Paramount's big boss called the first time he came out of the box office to chat with Andy to consolidate the relationship. The other big ones hope to get a share of Marvel's superhero.

The most eye-catching and ambitious people undoubtedly want to eat into a giant Disney. They tried to contact Andy early and proposed to acquire Marvel Group, but the tentative elements were very large, but they had already been ordered. Shi Chengjin, Marvel taking off, Disney finally couldn't sit still.

Kevin Mayer, then the chief strategy officer of Disney, expressed the importance of Marvel Group to his expansion of the Disney boy market in the presence of board members and the CEOs of various subsidiaries on the board of directors on Monday, hoping to get support. Completed the acquisition of Marvel Group.

It's just in San Francisco, the largest individual shareholder of Walt Disney who can only participate in the conference by video conference. Jobs, who holds 7.7% of the shares, has a thin face, blinking those deep and intelligent eyes, touching his face. Scolding, groaning, listening to the opinions of the board members, cleared his throat.

"Andy Smith will not sell Marvel Group ..."

Steve Jobs' speech immediately calmed Disney's board meeting and focused on the computer monitor. Looking at Jobs in the video, Disney CEO Robert Iger frowned and asked, "Steve, what's your opinion?"

"Among the people sitting here, only I and Andy Smith have dealt with the most. This young man is indeed a genius. No matter his strategic vision or the use of people, he is admirable. Dealing with him cannot be blinded by his age. Not to be taken lightly.

If you have read his data, you should clearly understand that he is building his own entertainment media empire. In addition to the integration has not yet been completed and the size is still insufficient, each of his industrial puzzles had Not the best company in the industry. Even Marvel Group is a difficult company, but it has been integrated and revitalized in his hands.

His most important thing is the ip resource. The reason why he would not agree to sell Marvel is because of the ip resource. Although he is excellent, he is not perfect, and his character is also flawed, such as possessing yu, controlling Yu, revenge is very heavy and so on. . . Don't laugh, do you feel like a kid who is not growing up?

The problem is that even if everyone ca n’t get used to him, there is no way to take him because he is too smart. Just like now, everyone feels that Marvel is about to rise, but if anyone wants to get a slice of it, they can only find it. He, you must be clear, most of his companies are his private property, and he alone has the final say! "

After listening to Jobs' words, as a good friend, Disney CEO Robert Iger flashed his eyes and groaned for a while and said, "What if we buy him as a whole the entertainment media group that is still in its infancy? By way of a share swap, then give him a board seat . "

"Oh, Robert, unless the people sitting here agree to give him the position of chairman of the board of directors, otherwise, he will only reply to you with a nasty haha! His appetite for power is so great that he likes to carry out his decision, You can't satisfy him in the power structure within his control! "

Jobs, who was gritted by Andy's pit, has a thorough research on Andy Smith's character. After all, the opponent who has suffered a lot from Andy is the one who knows him best.

After hearing Steve's words, there was an uproar in the conference room. How could these big masters tolerate a 24-year-old kid pointing at them, one by one, they wanted to blow up the old cats, and they started to spit. , Rejecting the proposal to acquire Marvel Group.

Chief Strategy Officer Kevin Meyer looked at the meeting and couldn't help but grin, he knew that the acquisition of Marvel Group was no longer a thing, even if it was the most important part of Disney's strategic layout.

Andy, who is in a meeting with a think tank from Washington to Los Angeles, naturally did not know that Disney's board meeting was fried because of his problems. Even if he knew it, he would only make two chuckles, and said with a smile. Want to be blind.

He has basically completed the layout of the Entertainment Media Group. What he needs is only one integration. How could he agree to be acquired by Disney and be a member of the board of directors who would not count? Understand better than anyone.

As for becoming the largest individual shareholder of Disney, it is possible to take charge of the giant of Disney. Andy never thought about it. Firstly, this is impossible. Secondly, Disney is too complicated. There are many factions. The struggle has never stopped. At Disney, Board members have always been keenly interested in the succession of the Disney CEO role, and are highly vigilant about the dangers that long-term CEOs can cause to the company.