After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

Chapter 135 Conditions for repossession of copyright

Immediately afterwards, the female secretary with black long straight hair and glasses walked in.

Excellent!

Kevin silently rated her in his heart.

The next moment, a blond man with the image of a standard white elite walked in.

Kevin, who knew the presidents of several major Hollywood film companies, recognized him immediately. He was Marvin Davis, the president of [-]th Century Fox.

Marvin Davis walked over with a very cheerful and refreshing smile.

"Why does director Kevin have time to come to our Fox today? This must be entertained by me, the host."

There are also smiles on Kevin's face. They are all colleagues, and there are still relatively many smiling faces when they meet each other on weekdays.

Unless there is a conflict of interest, the superficial work is still in place.

"I'm here today because I have something to do. If you want to entertain me, we can talk about it later."

Marvin Davis thought for a while, and then greeted:

"Please sit down, Catherine, go and pour iced coffee for Director Kevin and me!"

The secretary leaves.

The two sat opposite each other, and Marvin Davis asked Kevin why he came.

"I don't know if Director Kevin came to Fox, is there any new project cooperation? Or is there something else?"

Marvin Davis asked directly.

There is no friendship between the two parties, so naturally there is nothing to be courteous about.

"There is a new project cooperation, and also because Fox has something I want."

"Oh?"

"what."

Marvin Davis turned around in his mind before asking.

The words are so straightforward, obviously, the purpose of Steve Kevin coming here is for something, and in exchange, Steve Kevin is willing to discuss cooperation with them on his new film project things.

That got Marvin Davis interested.

It was something from Fox that attracted him, and he was willing to cooperate with a new film project in exchange.

Haven't they discovered this thing yet...

"Did you buy the movie rights of X-Men and Fantastic Four from Marvel?"

"Yes, that's right."

"But we didn't buy it from Marvel. We bought it from Marvel Movies last year."

Kevin's heart sank.

He thought that Fox bought it directly from Marvel, but he didn't expect to change hands once.

This shows that Fox is definitely optimistic about the film copyrights of these two comics, otherwise it will not take over from others.

Now, things are much more troublesome.

However, in this case, he can only directly explain his intentions.

The X-Men and the Fantastic Four are obviously very optimistic about Fox, so if he wants to take it back, he may have to pay a much higher price.

"Then, I want to buy the copyrights of X-Men and Fantastic Four from Fox. I wonder if Fox is willing to sell these two copyrights to me."

Kevin's words made Marvin Davis think instantly.

Combining the previous words, it is obvious that if these two copyrights are sold to Kevin, then they will be able to obtain the investment rights of Kevin's new movie.

Not to mention the number one box office ranking in North America.

You can also use the top five to compare.

This means an income of up to hundreds of millions of dollars, as well as various subsequent miscellaneous income.

In total, [-] to [-] million U.S. dollars, judging from Steve Kevin's historical record, is entirely possible.

This···

Can the X-Men and Fantastic Four bring them that kind of revenue?

Thinking of this, Marvin Davis spoke.

"In principle, I can agree, but this kind of matter must be discussed with other Fox executives."

Kevin nodded, showing an attitude of not giving up until the goal was achieved, and resolutely said:

"I'll leave at five o'clock in the afternoon, and I'll be waiting for your results at Fox."

"Okay, I'll ask my secretary to bring you something to eat later, and I'll hold a meeting right away to discuss this matter."

Kevin has expressed his opinion, and Davis is not too willing to refuse.

With an income of hundreds of millions of dollars, if they didn't happen to have what Kevin wanted, they wouldn't be able to get their turn.

Davis gave a few instructions to the female secretary before leaving in a hurry and held a high-level meeting in Fox as quickly as possible.

As for why he insisted on holding a meeting when he could clearly decide on his own.

Of course it's for splitting the pot.

Movies are a money-making audiovisual art.

Even though Kevin has succeeded so many times, each time is equivalent to starting from scratch.

No one can say that his next movie will be 100% profitable.

This kind of high-level meeting is held, and the decisions made after the meeting are all high-level decisions.

Even if he really lost, it wouldn't mean that he was responsible for it all by himself.

...

"Director Kevin, would you like something to eat?"

The female secretary asked respectfully.

"Show me if there are Chinese fried rice or other Chinese dishes outside, buy me one, and bring a bottle of Coke.

Kevin ordered bluntly.

It was almost noon, and Kevin was still hungry even though he ate something in the morning.

The female secretary walked on a catwalk to buy food for Kevin.

Staring at the back of the female secretary, Kevin couldn't help but want to do two sets for sisters Helen and Emma, ​​and play role-playing.

...

A moment later, Fox conference room.

Eight Fox executives gathered together to discuss.

"Did President Davis say something? It's such an emergency that I haven't even eaten."

"Who isn't? Something big must have happened."

"Does anyone know what's going on?"

A white man with a touch of Latin mixed race touched his beard and said his guess:

"I seem to have seen director Steve Kevin in our VIP reception room, maybe it has something to do with him."

"Are you going to cooperate with Fox?"

Hearing the news, some executives were overjoyed.

At this time, Steve Kevin is not considered one in Hollywood, but also considered half a god of wealth.

None of the films that were shot were missed, and it was nothing more than earning more and earning less.

Which film company in Hollywood is not looking forward to cooperating with him.

In the conference room, I immediately diverted my thinking on the condition of Steve Kevin and Fox to cooperate, and imagined in advance how beautiful Fox will be next year.

How much more money do these executives with share dividends have to make...

...

After a while, Marvin Davis came into the meeting room.

What you hear is executives discussing working with Steve Kevin.

Seeing Marvin Davis coming, some executives immediately stepped forward and asked:

"President, director Steve Kevin is really here?"

Davis responded in the affirmative.

"Yes, it is now in our VIP reception room."

"Are you here to discuss cooperation with us?"

"That's right!"

"Oh~~~~!"

Chapter 136 The Choice of the Next Movie

The executives couldn't help but cheer.

Companies make money, they get more bonuses and dividends, and at the same time there is no performance pressure.

Everyone is in the same industry, and the current working status within Warner can be known by inquiring about it.

That feeling, there is no performance pressure, just do things step by step every day.

The bonus is even more top-notch.

Their Twentieth Century Fox, with James Cameron's filming of True Lies last year, did pretty well.

This year, though, they have high hopes for Braveheart, because of a crash with Batman and The Dark Knight.

The box office was unsatisfactory.

The box office in North America has just exceeded [-] million. Although it is still in theaters in other English-speaking regions, the box office is not satisfactory because of Batman.

According to the team's estimates, the high probability is only 5000 million US dollars.

In other words, the global box office of Braveheart will stop at around 5000 million.

Judging from the production cost of Braveheart at 500 million US dollars, the loss on the books is already a certainty.

If you want to pay back and make money, you have to rely on DVDs.

Fox has also made preparations internally to conduct public relations for Braveheart in terms of awards, and it is best to win the Oscars.

In this way, it will be more conducive to its hot sales in the DVD market.

Otherwise, this year's Fox can be said to be something that really can't be sold.

That's why they were so excited about the arrival of Steve Kevin.

The parent company behind Fox depends on KPIs.

Once Fox does not run well, it will inevitably deduct bonuses and performance.

In this regard, in this era, the old beauty of the capitalist society is even worse than the future mainland.

"but···"

"Steve Kevin, on one condition, that's why I called the meeting."

Old God Marvin Davis was sitting at the front of the meeting room, and waited for them to be happy before speaking out.

Hear Davis.

Everyone fell silent.