After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

look at him.

Davis then continued:

"He wants us to sell him the X-Men and the Fantastic Four that we acquired from Marvel last year."

"I also want to discuss this aspect, and I hope that everyone will actively give their opinions on whether to sell the movie rights of these two comics to Steve Kevin."

After all, Davis calmed down and waited for the executives to express their opinions.

In fact, Marvin Davis himself must be willing to enter into this cooperation.

The X-Men and the Fantastic Four, they only spent a few million dollars to buy these two copyrights, and the reason why they bought these two copyrights.

It was just seeing the animated version of the X-Men, which had good ratings on TV, so I bought the copyright in advance and used it later.

Now, they definitely don't have plans for this adaptation.

Otherwise, it would not be in the original history until 2000.

The X-Men just made it to the big screen.

The Fantastic Four didn't come out until 2005.

Later, it was because Marvel became ruthless.

The villainization of all members of the Fantastic Four directly in the comics has led to the big IP of the Fantastic Four, which is almost scrapped.

As a result, Fox subdued, Sony compromised, and agreed to share copyright later.

In the final analysis, Fox at this time does not yet understand the power of these two IPs, but treats them as copyrights for novel adaptations.

It's just two well-known themes.

"Give him what he wants, as long as we get more of his new movie."

"Or simply, use the copyright of the two films he wants, and let him only get paid."

"You idiot, he only gets a salary, do you dare to let him shoot? You still use copyright to threaten him to shoot, are you really afraid that he will shoot indiscriminately?"

"Only if you invest yourself, you will be more attentive. Otherwise, if he pats casually, we, Fox, can't bear this kind of loss."

"..."

Among the executives, there was a proposal to use the copyright that Kevin wanted as a condition to let Kevin only pay for the movie.

As soon as this proposal came out, it was immediately rejected by others.

It is a very subjective thing for a film director to make a film, and it is really offended. Others are trying to lose their reputation, and they are cheating Fox.

That is a huge cost in the billions.

It's better not to do such a brainless thing that offends the director.

There are also some people who are reluctant to bear the copyright, thinking that Steve Kevin is so optimistic about these two copyrights, and they want to refuse to cooperate with Steve Kevin because they take the best pictures themselves.

It's a pity that the other high-level people stopped immediately.

Looking at the chaotic conference room, Marvin Davis knocked on the table and said:

"In that case, raise your hands to vote!"

"A show of hands agreeing to sell the rights to Steve Kevin!"

As soon as the words fell, Marvin Davis was the first to raise his hand.

At the same time, among the eight executives present, six raised their hands.

This meeting, with an absolute ratio of seven to two, passed the conditions of selling the copyright to Kevin and then cooperating with Kevin.

...

Three in the afternoon.

Kevin slept soundly in Fox's office and didn't wake up until three o'clock.

The female secretary covered her body with a blanket.

Only customers of Kevin's level can enjoy this kind of service.

The table in front of him was filled with several kinds of snacks, and Kevin ate some with great interest.

But soon he frowned and drank the water.

The food is ok, just too sweet.

Perhaps because of race, Americans are too receptive to sweets.

And it is also very sweet, which is why American fat people often weigh hundreds of catties.

And he may be influenced by his previous life, so he can't accept this kind of high-sugar food.

...

The door was pushed open, and Marvin Davis walked in, conveying Fox's opinion to Kevin.

"Director Kevin, we have discussed and agreed to your request."

"As long as we reach a cooperation, the X-Men and Fantastic Four movies can be sold to you at the price we bought."

Kevin, who was eating sweets, tasted a little bit, and swallowed the food in one gulp.

The joy in my heart still rises.

At this point, all of Marvel's copyrights have returned to Marvel's hands.

His Marvel plan can start right away.

But before that, he will give Fox a movie plan to achieve this exchange.

As for what movie...

Kevin suddenly thought of a very suitable movie.

In particular, being able to complete the film he agreed with Nicolas Cage.

Looks like Ghost Rider is going to be on the back burner.

"Happy cooperation, President Davis!"

Kevin replied with a smile on his face.

After reaching a consensus in this regard, the two began to conduct in-depth discussions on investment shares.

In the end, a [-]-[-] investment ratio was reached, and an agreement was reached between both parties to share the copyright equally.

As Kevin's concession on copyright, Fox will be responsible for all the operation of the copyright, and Kevin can send finance to supervise.

You can also use the remuneration of the screenwriter, director, and producer to cover part of the investment amount.

Do the biggest thing with the smallest cash.

Of course, these are just general plans, and there will be a professional team behind the specific contract to compare every point in the contract.

to reach a consensus...

Chapter 137 The Matrix

However, Chenxi Film Company has a professional team to take charge of the negotiations for the details behind it.

And he wants to hand over the new film proposal to Fox for evaluation before specific negotiations.

Although he is currently the most profitable and hottest director in Hollywood, he still cannot break away from the rules of these big companies.

Of course, Kevin actually agrees with this rule very much.

No rules no standards.

These Hollywood giants have been able to develop this kind of rules for decades. If there is no such set of rules, I am afraid it will be over long ago.

After leaving Fox, Kevin began to collect information, investigate the background of the story, and make preparations to check whether the movie he chose fits the background of this era.

...

Just as Kevin prepares for a new film job.

People from other film companies also received the next day's box office of Batman and The Dark Knight. This data shocked everyone once again compared with the first day's box office.

Inside Fox.

CEO's office.

"Catherine, are you repeating the next-day box office of The Dark Knight?"

The female secretary lowered her glasses, looked at the report in her hand and said:

"Five thousand one million eight hundred and thirty thousand dollars!"

Marvin Davis' heart tightened instantly.

This means that it took only two days for Batman and The Dark Knight to reap the box office results that Braveheart was released for a month.

And everyone in the industry knows that the production cost of the entire Batman and The Dark Knight has been recovered in the first part.

And also realized a part of the profit.

So how much the second part is, it's all pure profit.

Based on this box office performance, the global box office of the follow-up Batman Dark Knight is at least [-] million.

This···

Marvin Davis was jealous.

At the same time, I am looking forward to the cooperation plan with Steve Kevin even more.

I wish Steve Kevin would come to negotiate tomorrow with a movie proposal.

However, their appointment time was half a month later, which made Marvin Davis look forward to that time even more.

..

the other side.

If Fox Films is looking forward to it.

Then the reaction of other film companies to hear the news is to be jealous, jealous of Warner, jealous of MGM.

Jealous of them being able to team up with Steve Kevin and rake in the cash.

At the request of Davis, the news of MGM's cooperation with Kevin is kept secret for the time being, and the outside world still doesn't know.

However, since the news of Pirates of the Caribbean 2 project was filed, all Hollywood film companies of any size have known about it.

All kinds of people who are looking for roles and want to invest, can come to them.

Everyone knows that Pirates of the Caribbean 2 must be popular.

Whether it is playing a role or investing in it, it is a business that is sure to make money.

Fortunately, there are not many people who know Kevin's private number. These harassing messages are mostly blocked by his assistant and Chen Xi.

But with such an exaggerated opening weekend box office for Batman and The Dark Knight, all studios are even crazier.

All the upper-middle-sized film companies in Hollywood have sent movie invitations to Steve Kevin, begging to cooperate with him.

For this reason, Allie and Dawson deeply felt the popularity and popularity of Steve Kevin in Hollywood.

This kind of phone calls come in all the time, and then they are not easy to get angry, and they can only refuse with nice words, which is really hard.

In just one day, no less than [-] film companies with a certain scale in Hollywood sent invitations to Kevin and expressed their goodwill at the same time.

Spielberg is the only one who has this kind of treatment in Hollywood.

However, Spielberg occasionally shoots literary films, the box office is not always so high, and he is not as good as Kevin in terms of making money.

Of course, generally speaking, you will not lose money.

And Steve Kevin is completely an enhanced version of Spielberg.

Now, except for no Oscar for Best Director.

Steve Kevin has become a well-deserved director in the eyes of Americans.

...

And the biggest beneficiary of this box office, Warner Bros., is full of enthusiasm.