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When "The Incredible Hulk" was doomed, DD Pictures sent Marvel an acquisition offer. Of course, at this stage, it was kept secret. However, Kevin, or Avi, are of course well aware of this invitation, and they will not think that DD Films is insolvent-in fact, Plutos' huge cash reserves have already triggered a wide range of problems. It is impossible for Marvel to ignore the attention, and they even believe that part of the reason for Plutos' related moves may be to prepare capital for the acquisition of Marvel.

This acquisition invitation has become extremely realistic due to the capital reserves of the parent company of DD Films.

It is definitely more than just a verbal negotiation. DD Films is fully prepared to eat the entire Marvel, and this is the part that makes Kevin feel complicated.

In his opinion, this is really a very contradictory thing. On the one hand, his feelings and sense of belonging to Marvel will make him want to maintain the independence of Marvel. But on the other hand, he also knows that if Marvel wants to enter the field of film production, it is difficult to fight alone. Its size and the large investment attributes of superhero movies make Marvel's ability to resist risks Very low, which means that it must rely on a consortium, or a Hollywood giant peer.

Of course, Marvel can also take the third path. Many independent film companies are now trying to take this path, which is the path of DD Films-but basically, the feasibility ratio of this path is very small. Because everyone understands that dd film's independent development path is completely dependent on its founder, Daniel Sandler.

Whether it is his siege of cities in the social field, or his influence in the financial market, and most importantly, his legendary aura of undefeated movies-every point is unrepeatable. His similar existence, such as Steve Jobs, across Pixar and Apple, is also a legend in the limelight.

Therefore, Kevin understands that Marvel can't do this. The big defeat of "The Incredible Hulk" - a loss of more than 100 million yuan, has reduced this possibility to the point where there is no need to consider it. You know, the global hits "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" "The sum of the benefits brought to Marvel. It's less than $100 million -- which is why Marvel is pushing its own production company.

What's more, as a staunch supporter of the Marvel movie project, he knows better than anyone else that once Marvel is sold to DD Films, it will be for Marvel Studios. How important it is.

This is indeed a difficult decision.

"Personally, I agree with this invitation, but you know that I cannot decide the future of Marvel. The owners of Marvel are still the financial groups on the board of directors."

Because of the stubbornness of Revlon’s boss and Marvel’s former boss, Perelman, after Marvel went bankrupt during the low tide of comics in the 1990s, Marvel’s future is in the hands of the current board of directors. They come from different banks, Investment banks and consortiums have complicated relationships.

Kevin certainly has the strength to support himself, otherwise he would not be recognized by the board, however. Whether this force supports Marvel's acquisition is uncertain.

Of course, Daniel doesn't expect Kevin to play a decisive role, but within Marvel, having a big figure who supports the DD acquisition plan will still bring a lot of convenience-of course, this does not mean the convenience of selling negotiation information, but It is in terms of communication, harmonious negotiation process and so on.

"Daniel—"

"uh-huh?"

"Did you expect the failure of "Invincible Hulk"?"

There was some confusion in Kevin's voice,

He didn't think Daniel was digging a hole for Marvel by pushing the Hulk. After all, he decided to shoot the story of Hulk. It is still a decision made by Marvel's board of directors and has no direct relationship with Daniel. Moreover, the plan to be released on the same day as "Bourne Shadow 3" was also proposed by Marvel. As someone from Marvel, he knows why.

What a stupid move by a group of mindless people!

After the board of directors analyzed the market. There is nothing wrong with thinking that the market can accommodate two blockbusters competing at the same time, in fact, this is the norm, and blockbusters from different companies sometimes collide. Therefore, under this premise, they intend to take a dip in the light of "Spy Shadow 3". Since Daniel and Greenglass have announced. After I don't want to continue this series, "Spy Shadow 3" has received sufficient attention. As the finale, it always attracts many people, whether they are always satisfied or have been dissatisfied.

Marvel's board of directors intends to use Universal to allow followers of "Spy Shadow 3" to include "Invincible Hulk" in it. After all, as the distributor of the two works, Universal Pictures does have this convenience. During the publicity period, there were indeed a lot of bundled news materials.

But the result obviously exceeded their expectations.

"Spy Shadow 3" did not let "The Incredible Hulk" take a ride, but instead raised a big sniper and gave it a fatal blow.

The relationship between the two is not coexistent at all. Hulk was left far behind by Bourne, and he watched it break through 200 million, but he stopped before the red line of 80 million.

Daniel can understand Kevin Figo's confusion. In fact, this version of "Hulk" is indeed better than An Lee's version in terms of viewing, and the degree of commercialization is far more than that version, but the box office On the contrary, it was not as good as that one, for many reasons. He had no intention of giving Kevin an afterthought speech.

"It feels a little bit, but it's not so clear. Maybe, it's just the wrong schedule?"

"I don't know. The market and the audience are elusive. No one can grasp what they want. Maybe the future of superhero movies is not as bright as we imagined." Kevin was a little frustrated, but soon realized Seeing himself making a mistake, "Sure, Daniel, it's incredible that you seem to be able to do this."

No matter how exaggerated the newspapers and websites are, Kevin Figo and many people have no personal experience of Daniel's legendary experience. They just generally think that this is indeed a remarkable achievement. However, it wasn't until it happened to him that Kevin realized that grasping the market and audience, these not-so-surprising words, are so difficult to do.

"Maybe, maybe it would be a good idea to give Marvel to DD Films."

Kevin thought silently.

...

When "Juno" landed at the Toronto International Film Festival and held its premiere, Hollywood knew about the new move of DD Films: the acquisition of Marvel! (To be continued.)

ps: I didn’t want to code words yesterday, so I almost cried. . .