America’s Big Hero

(Ask for a guaranteed monthly pass, thank you!)

After praising Norris's high-end atmosphere and being able to keep up with the rhythm of his super-rich, he asked Norris to talk about how to acquire DC.

Rich is rich, but when he heard the acquisition of DC, Sean was still a little trembling in his heart.

DC, this is a super IP library, Sean really never thought that the acquisition would be successful.

"Boss, the year before last, oh, now that we're talking about 1984, Warner wants to sell DC." Norris organized the language and said, "At that time, the president of Warner contacted Jim Shuter, the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, and was going to sell DC. DC sold it, and it was a big deal at the time."

"Why didn't I know about this!" Sean sat up straight, if he said that, he was too interested, "Then, you continue."

"In 1969, DC Comics was acquired by Warner, but DC has been losing money every year in recent years, losing a lot of money. The comics can't sell, but the peripherals are still selling well, but the comics don't sell well, and the peripherals will end sooner or later."

"Warner has been troubled by this for a long time, but DC Comics has never wanted it."

"DC is not as good as it used to be, it is now the world of Marvel, and Secret War 1 sweeps the United States!"

"What about the Batman movie?" Sean frowned even more, he always felt that something was wrong.

"The Batman movie hasn't been made in 20 years!" Norris shrugged. "The last time it was filmed was in 1966."

"The only good thing is "Superman", but the movie copyright of Superman was sold by Warner to Elijah Serkind and his son, oh, Warner participated in the production of "Supergirl" last year, but It's a terrible loss, so they don't want to keep DC in their hands."

Sean's mouth twitched, "Tell me about DC and Marvel."

"It's nothing, Warner asked Marvel to acquire DC, and they negotiated for nearly a year. Batman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman were all negotiated anyway, including how to draw in the future. The two sides are left to sign the contract. At this time, it is you. When the Peace Hotel was built, Firstcomics, the first comic, took Marvel to court, suing Marvel for monopolizing the market."

"Because once Marvel successfully acquires DC, then 90% of the comics market in the United States will be controlled by Marvel. If Marvel acquires it, it will pay a large fine and may be split in the future."

"So, this acquisition ended up going bankrupt, um, last year."

"Hey!!" Sean gasped, he didn't even know about it!

I don't know it's normal, there are no superhero movies now.

The real superhero movie has to wait until 2002's Spider-Man.

"How much are they negotiating for?" Sean didn't hesitate. He got this thing, and when Marvel got into a bottleneck and prepared for a big sale, he would cut off Disney, Emma...

Can't even think about it!

By then, money?

What is money?

I don't like money!

Halle Berry looked at Sean with a bewildered expression, didn't he say "Catwoman", she knew, how did it become the acquisition of DC?

Last night, Michelle Pfeiffer played Catwoman.

She also has a cat's tail stuck in her ass.

Thinking about it, his face suddenly turned red.

So exciting!

"I heard, I heard, when Warner negotiated with Marvel, the asking price was 220 million." Norris is also hearsay and dare not make a deal.

"How much!?" Sean jumped up from the sofa, suspecting he had heard it wrong, "Are you **** missing a zero!?"

"How can it be worth 2.2 billion, what a joke!!" Norris was puzzled, "Ilya Serkind and his son bought the movie copyright of "Superman" for only $2 million."

"Half of 20th Century Fox's equity is only 575 million."

Sean didn't know what to say for a while. I remember that it seemed that after more than ten years, Sony only spent a few million for the copyright of Spider-Man.

In this way, DC Comics is 220 million expensive.

Of course, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. are definitely incomparable.

Twentieth Century Fox only focuses on film and television production and distribution. In addition to Warner Brothers Film and TV Studios, Warner Records, Atlantic Records and other record companies, DC Comics and many other branches.

So, 220 million, what is there to hesitate about!

Must get it!

Sean took the phone and was about to call Warner President Bill Sarnoff. Halfway through the call, Sean stopped again.

After thinking about it, I called Katzenberg. After the acquisition, it will definitely be placed on the side of the film and television company. Therefore, it is necessary to listen to Katzenberg's opinion.

"I'm buying Warner's DC Comics."

Katzenberg was stunned for a moment. What game company was Sean going to acquire last time, and this time it was DC Comics. It was all a mess.

"The comics market is not good right now. In fact, including Marvel, it is not very good. People's entertainment methods are gradually diversifying, especially the development of TV networks. The overall situation of comics is going downhill." Senberg reminded Sean.

"I know, of course I know, but DC has a lot of copyrights, those superheroes can not only be adapted into movies, but also into TV series, games, etc. It's a huge library, and the development value is very good. ."

"Warner has tried, not to mention all of them have failed. However, the only successful case is Superman. It was a long time ago. In recent years, there have been no successful cases of movies and TV series adapted from comic superheroes."

"That's because the current shooting technology is immature." Sean continued: "Take your cartoon as an example, shooting a film of the same quality now takes less time and costs less. I'm not aiming for now. market, but ten or even twenty years from now.”

"But during this time..." Katzenberg worried.

"I, have the money to support them!" Sean's voice revealed domineering!

I, Sean, have money!

"Okay, boss, it's up to you." Katzenberg shrugged, "It can be appropriate to reduce DC's expenses, and the distribution channels of comics and videotape distribution channels can complement each other, which is still a problem for the company to a certain extent. Very effective supplement."

Although Sean Pictures has won the title of the eighth major, it is indeed far behind other companies in distribution channels, especially in the distribution of video tapes, which is still developed on the basis of Norris.

Audio and video products are not separated, and it is indeed a great addition after the acquisition.

"Very well, you see, isn't this an agreement!" Sean looked very happy.

Katzenberg: You call for an agreement?

Warner has lost a lot of money in operating DC copyrights several times, so I feel that DC is a burden. In addition to the listed company, there are many shareholders, and they have to pay attention to the issue of financial reports, so they do not want to keep the "garbage" of DC, but Sean Pictures said In the end is Sean's personal property.

How you like to play is up to Sean himself, even if he loses money, as long as Sean doesn't care, it doesn't matter!

After forcing an agreement with Katzenberg, Sean immediately called Warner President Bill Sarnoff.

after an hour……

"Bill, long time no see." Sean walked up with a smile and gave Bill Sarnoff a hug.

There is a rumor in the market that Sean will hug people when he asks for something, and usually only shake hands when they meet.

Bill Sarnoff smiled and invited Sean in.

After serving the black tea, before Bill Sarnoff began to chat, Sean went straight to the topic, "I heard people say that you guys thought about selling DC Comics in 1984?"

"Ah, yes, you don't know?" Bill Sarnoff was stunned and then nodded. Is there anyone in Hollywood who doesn't know about this kind of thing?

"Yes, I just found out. After all, I was a poor man in 1984." Sean shrugged, "I was still serving dishes and cleaning in a pizza shop, but I didn't have time to focus on Hollywood."

Bill Sarnoff looked at Sean with a weird look, you've been a new generation of super-rich in the United States for 3 years, so are you sure you're not here to show off?

"Actually, I'm a comic book fan. Most of my happy time when I was a child was brought by comics, especially Batman. That's my idol and the guiding light of my life!" Sean said eloquently.

Bill Sarnoff: Oh, Penguin is your guiding light, your idol, got it!

Damn Batman, Bill Sarnov doesn't know how to vomit!

Batman doesn't kill people, you are so murderous, Batman is righteous, you are so evil, Batman knows that fans like you would jump out of the comics and kill you!

Of course, this is what I think about in my heart, Bill Sarnoff just smiled and looked at Sean, you make up, you continue to make up.

"I was very frustrated when I heard that DC was in trouble!" Sean's expression was perfect. "Since you are going to sell DC, it just so happens that I also want to fulfill a boyhood dream."

"So, I'm here today, DC, I want it!" Sean beckoned.

Bill Sarnov frowned slightly, his first reaction was that the comics world was about to usher in a new development, and this guy saw Qian Jing!

There is one thing to say, in addition to doing things by unscrupulous Sean, everyone in Hollywood also admits that Sean has a unique vision, full of courage, talent and luck.

Since entering Hollywood, the films shot have become more and more popular, and they have never been missed.

In just a few years, there have been countless explosions, and in the past two years, Sean has been in the limelight.

It's normal for Bill Sarnoff to think so, but no matter what angle he analyzes, he doesn't see where the change is.

Or is there any way for this guy in front of him to bring DC back to life?

Many thoughts flashed through my mind, including operating IP. After all, Warner had really worked **** how to save DC.

I just tried all kinds of methods, but couldn't find a way out.

This is called on the pole is not a business!

When Bill Sarnoff took the initiative to ask Marvel to sell DC, Marvel still didn't like it, but it seemed that Bill took the initiative to ask for help.

Now that Sean came to the door, they began to hesitate.

As soon as he saw this look, Sean was annoyed, and his face slapped down.

"It bothers you the most!" Sean pointed to Bill Sarnoff and said.

One sentence made Bill stunned. What's the matter, he just scolded him. Wasn't it okay just now?

You'll change your face quickly without acting, okay?

"Selling or not selling is a matter of one sentence. What do you think? I figured this out a few years ago. If I didn't understand, would I contact Marvel!"

"It's very clear, oh, when I want to buy it, you think DC is not for sale again?"

With a wry smile, Bill Sarnoff looked helpless, "Mr. Sean, after all, it's a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars. You can't let me give you an answer right now."

"Why not?" Sean spread his hands, "The acquisition of New Century Media, the 2 billion acquisition, took only two or three months before and after, and most of it was pre-preparation, and the serious talk is nothing more than a few days!"

The expression on Bill Sarnoff's face twisted. You have driven Murdoch away, but you won't complete the acquisition soon!

"I sold the shares of Punishment Company. When I was preparing to go public, the negotiation never took more than 2 days!" Sean reached out and knocked on the table, "I also took two pieces of land in Los Angeles, you know, it's only a few days before and after. "

Bill: Yes, you blew up a building and killed more than 100 people before and after, and everyone was going to die. Can you not sell it to you!

If you hadn't caught up with the riots in Los Angeles, you would have been arrested so early!

"Determine the architectural plan with the design company, and in one day, the two plots of land will be completed!" Sean continued to talk as if he didn't see the expression on Bill's face. When will you make money?"

"I spent 1.5 billion in the military, paid in one lump sum, and spent a total of 3 days!"

"Time is money. If you don't understand it, the opportunity is right in front of you. Instead of wasting time on millions more and millions less, it's better to take it out and consider how to make more money!"

"Look at me, just because I do things neatly, I can go from a waiter in a pizza shop to a billionaire in a short period of time. Isn't that enough to explain the problem?"

"You two negotiated 220 million back then, right? Now the comics market is even more sluggish, and it's not worth the price, but I'll give you 220 million back in cash!" Sean pouted, "This little money is not enough. I'm wasting your time with you!"

Bill Sarnoff's expression is really uncontrollable, although it feels that Sean is showing off, but this is really the way of doing things, and he has the capital to show off.

Taking money is not like taking money! !

Provoked by Sean, Bill Sarnoff gritted his teeth and said, "In principle, I agree, but I'm just the president of the company. It's useless for me to agree alone. To be on the board of directors, we need the owner of the company, Steve Ross. Agree, sir!"

"The small business of 200 million makes you do the same as 2 billion!" Sean shook his head with a look of contempt, "Three days, I can only wait for you for three days, and I have other things in three days."

After all, Sean got up and left without fussing.

This matter can't give Warner too much time to react. Although the market is indeed hopeless, he doesn't believe it himself if he realizes a dream he had as a child.

No one else will believe it either!

He, Sean, is a master who doesn't see the rabbit but not the eagle. If it doesn't work, there will be twists and turns.

For example, there are other people who enter the market and want to acquire, such as Warner not selling all the shares, such as copyright retention, such as splitting DC...

There are many means.

Must be cut quickly.

After all, the 220 million plate is not a big deal, and there are many people who are eligible to enter, especially Murdoch's old coercion, who might cause trouble for himself.

Even if it's to look at yourself.

Sean is 100% sure that Murdoch can definitely do it!

That's why Sean did this. It's called character design, short-tempered, and impatient. The character design is standing, and many things have an explanation.

After saying goodbye to the President of Warner Bros., Sean was not idle. He went to visit the crew of "The End of the Wild", gave the crew a day off, and took care of the employees!

It is also a platform for Maggie Cheung. He is the only Chinese actor here. Even if others do not intend to, he will inevitably be rejected.

Maggie Cheung, who was deeply moved, tried her best to make a hole in Sean at night...

You are so cute, I like it!

Turning around the next day, I went to the "Red Zone" crew again. Compared with the original version, the script here has changed a lot, adding a lot of Americans and reducing the Chinese elements.

Fortunately, Sean gave a death order, and the crew was dominated by Fang Long, including these Americans.

Of course, even if it was ordered by him, the concept that has been formed for a long time is not so easy to change, but it depends on Fang Long himself.

When Sean arrived, the crew that was filming immediately quieted down.

The impression he left on people was more ruthless and cruel. Many people wanted to come up and get close, but they just thought about it, and no one dared to move first.

Yuan Ba ​​Ye didn't feel this way before, but after the riots in Los Angeles, he also shrank a little.

Sean just chatted with the main creative team. The production of this drama is relatively large and there are many big scenes. It will take a while for this drama to be finished soon.

Fang Long was very emotional, everything went well, it doesn't look like it was a lie, um, the filming experience is definitely better than last year.

Michelle Yeoh didn't have many roles, so Sean took people away directly. He blushed brightly when he left. Fortunately, this is the United States and the atmosphere is open. She would be embarrassed if she was on Hong Kong Island.

In the end is martial arts, save energy!

...

Just when Sean was immersed in Hollywood's obsession and tenderness, in Southeast Asia, Neil was planning a big move!

Sean always felt that Neil's mentality was not normal. The task left to Neil at the beginning was to be a company in an intermediary situation, to expand his business while promoting the vigorous development of the pirate business.

Complementary to Uri's Warmongers.

Along the way, a sea.

But after Neil took root in Southeast Asia for a while, he had other ideas. He not only wanted to be the Jeff of Southeast Asia, but he also wanted to win Yuri's job.

Be the king of the underground in Southeast Asia! !

In order to make a name for himself, this guy decided to make a big one!

After following Sean for so many years, Neil concluded two truths.

First: people are not cruel, stand firm!

Second: Either do not do it, do it absolutely!

Robbery of merchant ships?

How about even a large tanker of tens of thousands of tons!

No sensational!

He wants everyone to see, what the **** is sensational!

Sean left more than 10 people to help this guy, Neil contacted Jeff again, and borrowed more than 30 people to come and make up the whole thing.

"A big move!" Neil paced slowly in front of the crowd with his hands behind his back. There were 52 people sitting below, from 26 pirate organizations that had recently emerged in the vicinity.

These people come from neighboring countries, including Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand.

Don't look at what the Four Little Tigers are in Thailand, but it is about rich people, and there are still many poor ghosts who can't eat!

Of course, it is much better than the war-torn Cambodia and Myanmar, but it is precisely because the situation is better that Neil settled his home in Thailand.

"A big operation requires a lot of people, so I found you." Neil glanced at everyone, "Who wants to participate?"

"Mr. Tiger, can you talk about the specific action?" someone asked loudly.

"No!" Neil shook his head. "Nothing can be revealed until the action begins."

Everyone looked at each other, and someone asked, "How much profit?"

"I don't know, the first goal of the action is not money, but fame. Of course, it is best to earn more." Neil replied slowly.

Everyone's brows became more and more frowning. These people were all trained and studied "Encyclopedia of Pirates Robbery" at Neil's place before, and they were all excellent graduates. Only then can a pirate team be pulled up.

Of course, it wasn't Neil who came forward for training, so this kind of handle cannot be left behind.

It’s just that everyone learns that in the end, in order to embark on the road of making a fortune and getting rich, let those who get rich first but are unwilling to lead others to get rich together.

Well, the concept established for everyone during the training is 'justice', acting for the heavens!

It's just obvious that these people don't understand deeply, and many people only see money...

Seeing that no one spoke, the corner of Neil's mouth twitched, "That's the default when no one speaks, that's fine, I'll give you 5 days to gather your staff!"

As soon as these words came out, someone couldn't hold their breath, "Mr. Tiger, I'm sorry, I have other things."

One person stood up and said that he felt that the common goal of action was too large, and it was easy to attract too many people's attention.

To be a pirate is to seek money, there is no need to be so high-profile.

"Of course, no problem." Neil made a please gesture.

The man expressed his apology and walked out with his subordinates. This time, the others began to move.

"Mr. Tiger!"

"Mr. Tiger!"

Two people in the crowd shouted again.

At this moment, two gunshots, "Bang" and "Bang" came.

The two people who had just walked out of the door had their heads explode like a watermelon hit by a sledgehammer.

Broken bones splattered with blood and brains.

A large skull fell in front of Neil.

Neil raised his right foot with a smile and aimed a volley at the skull on the ground.

The skull flew out of the door with precision, flying over two headless corpses lying on the ground, knocking against the wall and bouncing high.

Pulling out a white handkerchief, Neil bent down and wiped his leather shoes lightly. The blood stained the snow-white handkerchief red.

He got up, threw the handkerchief on the ground, and then looked up at the crowd, with a smile on his face, but no matter how he looked at it, it was full of sullenness, "You two call me?"

"No!" The two were sweating profusely, their heads shaking like a rattle.

Fortunately, it was a step slower, otherwise, the corpse lying at the door would become them.

"Could it be that I misheard?" Neil stared at the two of them.

"No no no!" The two shook their heads again, and Neil stared at them, cold sweat soaking through their shirts instantly.

"Yes, yes, I mean, I'm willing to go!" One person stammered, finally finding an excuse.

"Yes, yes, me too, I also want to say that I am willing to go!" The other person nodded quickly.

"Oh, that's it!" Neil smiled and motioned for the two to sit down.

Walking around the house for two laps, Neil said: "You have learned a lot before, but there are some things that you must experience to understand."

"This lesson is called 'eyesight'. There are so many ships at sea, can any of them be robbed?"

"Obviously not!"

"Eyesight is very important. If you choose the wrong one, you will bring yourself the calamity of death." After speaking, Neil looked at the two corpses at the door.

"Of course, luck is also very important." After speaking, he looked at the two who had just sat down.

"Okay, 5 days!" Neil gestured with his hand, turned and left.

When he came out, the corpse at the door was gone, only the long bloodstains caused by the dragging of two corpses remained.

...

A large boat followed by dozens of smaller boats galloping across the sea.

Large ships have a displacement of about 200 tons, and small boats are also about 80 tons.

After sailing at sea for more than a day and a night, Neil ordered everyone to rest before finally arriving at the destination.

In the entire fleet, only Neil has a satellite system here, and he is not afraid of them sending news at sea.

After resting for a few hours and the sky was bright, Neil gave the order to go.

"Ahead is the destination. Natuna Island, also called Riau Islands, is called differently in different countries. It doesn't matter."

"Our purpose is to loot this island!" Neil's words were astonishing, and a group of pirate leaders were startled.

They thought that they might cut off the shipping route at one time and rob a lot of merchant ships, but they never thought that Mr. Tiger would rob a 'province'.

This is a big island, and it can definitely be called a provincial level. It is much larger than the land area of ​​many small countries.

This goal is insane!

Neil glanced at everyone before continuing: "There are only about 10,000 people here, and they live scattered on the island. Our target is a town here with a total population of only about 8,000."

"8,000 people, it seems a lot, but they are all civilians without guns, and we have 500 people here, and all kinds of weapons!"

"The actual control here is currently in the hands of Indonesia, and our target Padang Town is 230 kilometers away from Indonesia."

"So, the residents of the island don't keep all their money in the bank but at home, and a small number of them are also in the county bank." Neil looked up and glanced, "Do you understand what I mean?"

Everyone was instantly stunned!

rich! !

Robbery can't take away the victim's property!

However, here is the exact opposite!

The wealth of more than 8,000 people, what a concept!

Even if you can only grab $200 per person, that's $1.6 million!

Besides, there are a lot of supplies.

TV, tape recorder, even rice, they don't dislike it...

Pirates also need to eat. They all come in boats, and the small displacement is dozens of tons. I'm afraid of shit!

Make money, it's not shabby!

"This is Padang, a seaport town southeast of Natuna Island!"

"The plan is like this. I'll take people to the island in a while. There is a satellite tower on the island, which is used for external communication on the island."

"When I send you a signal, you will come over immediately and occupy the harbor as soon as possible. At this time, my people will destroy the satellite tower and completely cut off their counterpoint communication channel."

"I don't need to say the rest!"

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and their faces were full of excitement.

"Here, I want to warn you a little." Neil looked around the crowd, his face became solemn, "No murder is allowed, or in other words, if you can't kill, you will never kill, of course, unless you have weapons to try to resist!! "

"The reason, it was very clear during the training, especially rape. Who the **** wants something that's bad for me, I'll send him to see God!"

Everyone nodded quickly.

"Okay, that's about it, you go back and arrange your own people!" Neil waved, and everyone changed boats.

After explaining the plan, the big boat drove towards the shore. There were not many people on the boat, only 6 people, Neil, 2 soldiers, and the remaining three were Thais, who could speak Malay, could communicate, and were responsible for covering.

Everything is going well, the wharf is very large, tens of thousands of people lived here 30 years ago, and the docking of ships was prosperous. Now it is in decline, but there are also many ships.

When I landed, I didn't bring any of the guys with me. Someone had already brought them to the island before.

A few people went to the place and changed their equipment. The people were divided into two parts. One went straight to the rear of the town, and there was a signal tower on the top of the mountain.

The other party went straight to the island's telephone office.

I walked up to it in an open and honest manner, without hiding anything, the people on the island were not so vigilant, there were only two people in total, the guns were shown, and the other party immediately became honest.

People were tied up, bombs were placed on the signal tower, and Neil took out his cell phone to signal.

Half an hour later, a group of pirates' speedboats rushed to the pier!

Upon receiving the signal, Neil activated the bomb, and with a bang, the signal tower fell to the ground with a bang, cutting off external communications.

"Da da da!" "Da da da!"

"Thumbs up..."

More than a dozen ships directly surrounded the pier. Submachine guns and heavy machine guns swept across the ship, deck, and sea. The gunshots were shocking, and loud horns shouted.

After killing two brains and short-circuiting them, another RPG bombarded the dock, and the port was brought under control.

Half of them were left behind, and all the people on the dock boat were driven ashore, while the other half went ashore, grabbed a few vehicles, and charged the town police station with guns.

The people at the police station didn't know that something happened to the pier. It was too far to hear it, but someone from the telephone station called the police, but they only said half a word, heard a gunshot, and then nothing happened.

The telephone office was taken down as planned, and a grenade blew up the equipment, completely cutting off communication on the island itself.

At the entrance of the police station, a group of police officers rushed out in a mess, some with pistols, some with rifles, and some with shotguns.

Before I could reach the telephone office~www.NovelMTL.com~, I was blocked by half of the people who came from the pier.

Although the pirate's equipment is made of rabbits, it is much better than the police's. With an RPG, the police can be forced to surrender in just a few minutes!

After World War II, the first pirate raids on land cities were successful.

Natuna Island has fallen! !

...

"Head, guess where I am?" Neil said with a smile while holding his satellite phone.

Sean: "..."

...

...

(PS: Please let me know, there are many things in July, the children are on holiday, they have to go out to play, the middle brother-in-law is getting married, and many great gods are coming to Sanya for vacation, and the fireworks will be responsible for entertaining... Maybe the occasional update will not be powerful...)