Chapter 286 Do you still remember Yuangu by Daming Lake?

"Washimine said that if we accepted the acquisition, they would assume all debts and buy out all shareholders at a 20% premium."

Kevin Feige told the Marvel executives about Washimine's conditions.

"Is this true?"

Many shareholders showed great interest, as they had long been dissatisfied with Marvel's half-dead state.

It is really the best thing for them that the Warriors dare to take over at this time.

Although Marvel has described the prospects of the "Iron Man" project very well, who knows what this movie will be like when there is no famous director, all screenwriters have turned down the offer, and even the investment was obtained through deception.

Is there really anyone who would like this kind of product without any quality assurance?

Shareholders who knew the details of the project expressed doubts.

Therefore, compared to the so-called bright prospects, these people all chose to live in the present.

The reactions of the shareholders and senior executives were all seen by the bald man sitting at the end of the long table.

"What do you think, Fitch?"

The old man asked calmly after everyone quieted down.

[How can I watch it? Of course it's good if someone pays me to make a movie.]

Kevin Feige really doesn't care. It's not his turn to worry about the ownership of Marvel.

Even Kevin Feige was very welcoming to Washimine's participation, especially Kiryu Nanaya, a big commercial film director.

If the other party can join the production of "Iron Man", even if not as a director but as a producer, the success rate of "Iron Man" will be greatly increased.

However, Kevin Feige has a high emotional intelligence and he knows that the old man has to say that Washimine is a bastard and doesn't want to cooperate with them.

But the problem is that Kevin Feige doesn't want to take the blame. What if Washimine really acquires Marvel in the future, and what he said today gets to the ears of the new boss, he won't want to continue working there.

So, Kevin Feige thought about it and said, "Washimine is definitely sincere in acquiring Marvel, but I think they are interested in the copyright library of Marvel characters.

"Washimine and his team have been in Hollywood for too short a time and have a serious shortage of copyrights. This is their most fatal flaw."

Kevin Feige's words were very artistic. He did not say anything bad about Washimine, but at the same time he also expressed part of what his leader wanted to express - Washimine might not necessarily pay attention to Marvel.

But the old man was still somewhat dissatisfied with Kevin Feige's words, because Feige's intention to refuse was not very obvious, but he could not express it directly in front of so many shareholders.

"Yes, Washimine's attention to Marvel is very limited." The old man said slowly, "I think everyone still remembers those people on Wall Street? Think about how they treated Marvel in the past!"

Of course, the old man doesn't want Marvel to be bought by someone else. This will not only seriously threaten his power in Marvel, but also make him a laughing stock of the public.

When the comic book industry was booming in the last century, Wall Street took a fancy to this industry and invested in Marvel. But as the comic book industry declined, those capitalists immediately revealed their sinister faces.

In order to maintain Marvel's stock price, those capitalists did something that everyone at Marvel regretted - they sold Marvel's character copyrights at a low price.

At first, Marvel was thinking of waiting for the comic industry to pick up before spending money to buy back their sons.

Sadly, the comics industry never recovered.

At this point, Marvel realized that its act of selling copyrights was just a temporary solution.

Although Marvel's profits seem to be considerable in the short term, this was achieved at the cost of selling its own son.

But even so, Marvel is still struggling in the quagmire, and the company's situation is getting worse and worse.

In order to maintain its independence and no longer be controlled by capitalists, Marvel applied for bankruptcy reorganization with a tough attitude and delisted.

This move was very effective, and Marvel became independent, but it also made Marvel's life more difficult.

It was under this premise that Marvel executives proposed the Avengers plan and used everything they had to exchange for 500 million in start-up capital from the bank.

And the leader of this series of operations is this old man - Avi Arad.

Looking back at the characters of Marvel Comics, everyone may be very familiar with Mr. Stan Lee, the creator of Marvel Comics characters.

If you know more, you might also know Jack Kirby.

This golden pair created many familiar characters, such as Hulk, Thor, Iron Man and so on.

As for the Marvel characters in the new century, in addition to the directors and actors of the MCU, you should also know Kevin Feige, the golden producer who created the Marvel empire.

In fact, there is another person who played a very important role in the development of Marvel's New Century, and that person is Avi Arad.

He is the current CEO of Marvel and the initiator of the Marvel Cinematic Universe project.

But compared to Kevin Feige, this guy is much more unlucky.

Because he is the loser in the power struggle.

Especially after "Avengers 2", Disney disbanded the Marvel Creative Committee, and Avi Arad became a completely dispensable figure in Hollywood.

He can only serve as a producer in some Marvel movies, but he is usually a consultant with little power.

But Avi Arad at this moment is no longer the character who can be manipulated by others in the future. Now he is the CEO of Marvel and the true controller of Marvel.

Avi Arad's contribution to Marvel is outstanding because he laid the tone for the MCU and made cameo appearances the biggest selling point of Marvel movies.

At the same time, in order to resist Wall Street's endless interference in Marvel and the fact that outsiders were directing professionals, Avi Arad proposed that Marvel go bankrupt and reorganize directly in order to get rid of the intervention of capital.

But Avi Arad is not a completely good person. He is a very pure capitalist and businessman.

He has a perverted desire to control Marvel and regards Marvel as his rightful empire.

At the same time, Avi Arad was also very cunning. In 2006, he resigned from Marvel and established his own production company.

Then Avi Arad participated in the production of Marvel movies under the name of this production company, and together with other Marvel executives, formed the Marvel Creative Committee.

"Iron Man" was created under such circumstances.

Apparently Avi Arad doesn't have high hopes for Marvel's success.

In order to prevent the failure of "Iron Man" or Marvel from affecting his business, he deliberately used this method to make a limited separation between himself and Marvel.

In this way, even if Marvel goes bankrupt completely, those debts will not be found on him.

And if he succeeds, he will be Marvel's savior.

So, the same thing applies.

Those who play with capital have dirty hearts.

Avi Arad had a good plan, and in fact, Marvel's subsequent development did continue to develop as he expected.

It's a pity that he miscalculated one thing. He was indeed a powerful capitalist in Marvel, but when another powerful capitalist entered the game, he was nothing.

Disney's entry should be a disaster for Avi Arad, but it's a good thing for Marvel.

Disney acquired Marvel after the success of Marvel's first phase, when Avi Arad's power reached its peak.

In order to ensure the stability of Marvel, Disney has not touched him for the time being.

But how could Disney be willing to allow its subsidiary to be dominated by an outsider?

So Disney secretly supported another person to fight Avi Arad, and that person was Kevin Feige.

This is certainly a good opportunity for Kevin Feige. He is a very strong person and has been unhappy with Avi Arad for a long time.

So Fitch, with his back against the big tree, came into direct conflict and contradiction with Arad.

The two had various magical battles in several movies during Marvel's Phase 2 period.

I have to say that Disney's vision is still very good, and Kevin Feige's production ability is much better than that of Avi Arad, who is on the verge of failure.

Especially in terms of creativity and control of topic heat, the young Kevin Feige clearly has an advantage over Avi Arad.

The specific manifestation is the great success of "Captain America 2" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" directed by Feige.

As for Avi Arad, he first had a falling out with the director during the production of Thor: Ragnarok, and then Avengers: Endgame failed to meet expectations.

What happened next was predictable. Disney directly disbanded the Marvel Creative Committee due to the failure of "Avengers 2", and Avi Arad was fired.

And Kevin Feige became the new emperor of Marvel.

As for whether there will be new warriors to challenge Kevin Feige, the new big devil, in the future, Nanaya doesn't know.

Because he traveled through time before he could see what happened in Marvel's fourth phase.

But for Avi Arad, Nanaya knew very well the fate of this loser.

Moreover, Nanaya himself does not have much good feelings towards the Marvel Creative Committee. The ideas of these old guys are already outdated.

Although during Phases 1 and 2, the Creative Committee contributed to the unity of Marvel's stories.

However, such contributions cannot cover up some of the mistakes they have made, the most important of which is the strong interference in Marvel movies and placing their power above that of the directors.

The most intuitive comparison is that after the committee was cancelled, the overall quality of Marvel movies in the third phase was a step higher than before.

"So that guy should just go back to where he came from." Nanaya curled his lips.

"But Marvel management, led by Avi Arad, did have a lot of complaints about us."

Iioka said with some embarrassment: "Their presence will greatly increase our acquisition costs."

"Tsk, these troublesome guys." Nanaya felt very unhappy, "At worst, I can just spend a little more money..."

Shion reminded him, "Nanaya, don't get carried away. This money is totally unnecessary to spend."

Washimine has a lot of money and can do whatever he wants, but that doesn't mean Shion likes to waste money.

Nanaya was of course aware of this, but in his opinion it was worth spending a little more money to get Marvel early so as to avoid any more trouble.

"Hey, Nanaya," Shion reminded, "Do you remember how we dealt with Tsuburaya?"