Chapter 1014 Yang Ming wants to establish Marvel Studios!
In the chairman's office at Marvel Comics headquarters.
Yuan Tianfan met Stan Lee as the general manager of Future Capital.
Stan Lee knew Yuan Tianfan.
Future Capital is now the largest venture company in Silicon Valley and even in Country M.
Stan Lee was not surprised when he learned that Yuan Tianfan was acquiring Marvel Comics on behalf of the Imperial Group.
"Boss, Mr. Stan Lee knows about Future Capital and Empire Group, but he wants to meet you in person."
"He wants to see me?"
"Yes, when I proposed that Empire Group would acquire Marvel Comics and gradually adapt comic book stories into Hollywood movies in the future, Stan Lee was different. When he learned that you were in New York At that time, he really wanted to see you in person."
Marvel Comics belongs to the Martin Goodman family, and Stan Lee is more like the professional manager of Marvel Comics.
However, as the soul of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee's status and influence in Marvel Comics are not inferior to those of the Martin Goodman family.
If Stan Lee refuses to sell Marvel Comics to the Imperial Corporation, even if Martin Goodman is willing to sell to the Imperial Corporation, he may not be able to do so.
This is a bit like what Shen Bi, the former chairman of Huifeng Bank, did.
Shen Yan was only the chief executive of Huifeng Bank, but he had the right to decide who to sell Hutchison Whampoa to.
Other directors and major shareholders like Huifeng Bank have no right to interfere at all.
"Since Mr. Stan Lee wants to see me, you should make arrangements with him."
"Yes, boss."
After Yuan Tianfan left.
Yang Ming is still in the study.
he knows.
The purpose of coming to New York this time is indeed for Marvel Comics.
According to the current situation, the acquisition of Marvel Comics should not be very well-known.
Until late at night.
Yang Mingcai took a rest.
. . .
Early the next day.
Yang Ming just got up.
Yuan Tianfan came over and said: "Boss, I talked with Mr. Stan Lee and he wants to meet you at the Marvel headquarters this morning."
"Then let's go there after breakfast."
Yang Ming, Yuan Tianfan, Lin Xiuzhi, He Chaoluo, Alina, Park Jinhui, Ah Zhu, Zhong Chuhong, Guan Jiahui and others finished their breakfast.
A group of people took a car to the Marvel Comics headquarters in New York.
Marvel Comics is headquartered on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
It’s about sixty kilometers from the private estate in the wealthy area of Huntington, Long Island, which is not too far.
Almost two hours or so.
Yang Ming and others' car stopped.
Yang Ming, Yuan Tianfan and others got out of the car and went to the Marvel Comics headquarters.
At this time, Stan Lee and the management of Marvel Comics had come out to greet him.
"Sir Yang, welcome to our Marvel headquarters."
A tall white old man wearing a suit came out to greet Yang Ming.
He is none other than Stan Lee, the chairman and soul figure of Marvel Comics.
By this time, Sir Yang and the Imperial Group were already well-known around the world.
Stan Lee also knew Sir Young many years ago.
Now it was the first time to meet Sir Young in person.
"Hello Mr. Stan Lee."
After Yang Ming shook hands with Stan Lee.
Under the introduction of Stan Lee, Yang Ming got acquainted with other executives at the Marvel Comics headquarters.
Then go inside.
This is the headquarters.
There are still many people here.
Just entering inside, Yang Ming saw the most posters of characters from Marvel.
Spider-Man, Black Panther, Hulk and more.
These posters look very exaggerated and very characteristic of this era.
Stan Lee accompanied Yang Ming and others on the tour while introducing them.
It took almost half an hour to visit.
Yang Ming came to Stan Lee's chairman's office.
There in the office.
After the secretary brought coffee to Yang Ming and Yuan Tianfan, Stan Lee looked at Yang Ming and asked: "Sir Yang, I heard that Empire Group hopes to acquire Marvel Comics? Why do you like this company?"
Stan Lee felt a little strange.
"Mr. Stan Lee, our Empire Group really hopes to acquire Marvel Comics. As for why we want to acquire it, the main reason is that we are optimistic about the future value of Marvel Comics."
Future value?
In fact, it is the value of IP.
In addition to movie adaptations, there are also values brought by related derivatives and so on.
However, at this time, even in country M, there are not many people who truly realize the value of this kind of IP.
Stan Lee knew that the Imperial Group was wealthy and indeed had the ability to acquire Marvel Comics.
For Stan Lee, Marvel comics are like his children. He does not hope that after Marvel Comics is targeted by capital, if it is acquired, it will not only not play a relevant role, but will be damaged, then it is not him. hopefully.
"Sir Yang, I heard that you are planning to acquire Marvel comics and adapt them into Hollywood movies?"
"Yes, not only will it be adapted, but it will be adapted every year. I'm even planning to set up a Marvel film company."
Marvel Studios?
During the 1990s, Marvel sold the film rights to many of their characters to other studios, starting with 1993's X-Men to 20th Century Fox.
The first character rights to return to Marvel was Black Panther, returning to Marvel in 2005, having previously been with Columbia Pictures and Artisan Entertainment.
In November 2005, Marvel won the film rights to Iron Man from New Line Cinema.
In April 2006, the rights to Thor returned from Sony to Marvel. In June, the rights to Black Widow returned to Marvel from Lionsgate. The Hulk's film rights returned to Marvel Studios from Universal Pictures that same year, after failing to make a sequel to Ang Lee's The Incredible Hulk. However, Universal retains the right of first refusal.
Marvel Studios LLC, also known as Marvel Studios from 1993 to 1996, is an American television and film studio headquartered in Burbank, California.
It was originally a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment until Disney's reintegration in August 2015.
Marvel Studios consists of numerous divisions and joint ventures, some still operating and some no longer in existence, including: Marvel Television, Marvel Animation, Marvel Music, MVL Productions LLC and Produced by MLG.
Across these animation, television, film and music releases, the studio has been involved in three series of Marvel character films and has grossed over $1 billion in North America.
In other words, historically, Marvel Comics also established its own Marvel Studios, but many of its IPs were scattered and sold to different Hollywood film companies.
Marvel Studios was later reintegrated by Disney after Marvel was acquired by Disney.
But, overall, Marvel Studios didn't play a big role.
In Stan Lee's eyes, he most likes to adapt the stories and characters in Marvel comics into Hollywood movies.
At this time, hearing Sir Yang say that was indeed a bit shocking.
After all, adapting these Marvel comics into movies requires a lot of investment, and it’s hard to say how good they will be at the box office.
If it were adapted into a Hollywood movie every year, the cost would be even higher.
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