Chapter 18 Marvel in Dilemma
"Spider-Man" is naturally a household name for American teenagers and a very famous comic hero; and for major Hollywood companies, it is a pretty good film and television copyright.
That's right, it's just "good".
As early as the 1960s, Marvel authorized a Spider-Man movie to a Hollywood company. The overall picture of the film can be described as a tragic sight.
Well, you talk about box office?
Well, after the movie was released, the production company went bankrupt.
How much box office can you do?
In the 1970s, a Turkish film company also filmed a "Spider-Man" movie.
What about this time?
You can't find it online at all because this movie hasn't been released at all!
It is no exaggeration to say that the copyright of "Spider-Man" movies today is just that for many Hollywood companies.
Well, you said that compared to Batman and Superman?
American moviegoers will tell you: "Friends, wake up."
Netizens from the 21st Century of China will tell you: "Brother, how many dishes do you have? How much is it to drink like this?"
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"Goodly thump!"
"I didn't expect that Spider-Man, the famous 21st century, would be miserable and miserable in the 1990s."
If Zhu Ke didn't read the information provided by the system, he wouldn't believe it.
“Huh?!”
In an instant, a light of inspiration suddenly flashed through Zhuke's mind!
The copyright of Spider-Man is for sale, so what about the copyrights of other Marvel films and TV series?
The copyright of the comic heroes such as x-Men, Deadpool, Iron Man, Hulk, Blade Warrior, Black Widow, etc. is still in Marvel.
When Zucker thought of this, he was very excited.
If they can get them, wouldn’t they be invincible in Hollywood in the future?!
At that moment, Zucker immediately called.
"Victor, I'm Zhuke, yes, I'm sorry to call you so late. It's not a release issue for "Rolla Run", it's a problem with the copyright of Spider-Man movies. Well, that's right, you'll help me see what Marvel has to sell, yes, it's a bit urgent. OK, two days, that's OK, I'll go directly to the company at that time."
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Two days later.
Wald Pictures.
"Boss, due to time constraints, I only collect these Marvel information for the time being, a little bit less. If you need it, I will keep paying attention." Victor said.
Time-dependent, only these are collected?
Victor, are you floating around?
A few thick stacks of information, you actually said there were fewer ones?!
For a moment, Zhuke not only frowned, but never expected that there was so much information. How could he finish reading this during this period?
"Victor, you've got so much information. Are you going to exhaust me?" Zucker said.
"Don't worry, boss, you can open it and take a look and you will understand. I will never exhaust you." Victor smiled.
Well, Juke can only trust him.
After Victor left, Zucker opened one of the materials and watched them.
"Tsk tsk tsk!"
"Victor is really amazing. No wonder he wouldn't be exhausted. He is actually like this. The data analysis and summary are so clear."
For the next two hours, Zhuke kept fighting and read several thick stacks of information before noon.
"I didn't expect Spider-Man's copyright ownership issue to be so complicated."
Zhuke couldn't help but sigh that Spider-Man's fate was so bumpy.
Well, of course, there is Marvel itself.
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The 1980s was Marvel's most glorious period.
The sales of comics have hit new highs and they almost acquired DC Comics, which was on the verge of bankruptcy at the time, but was rejected by the Marvel editor-in-chief at the time.
During this period, Marvel was well-known in America, and Dugu Qiubai.
However, all this changed in 1989.
This year, Perelman spent more than $82 million to acquire Marvel.
He himself is not a comic lover, but a master of capital operation.
After taking over Marvel, a cunning marketing method was soon started: a card is attached to the plastic cover of each comic book. If the collector wants to collect all five different design cards, he must purchase the same work multiple times.
A phenomenon occurred at that time:
"Fans will buy five comics at a time, and store them without opening them; then buy the sixth book torn apart the plastic envelope to read."
Perelman's plan is to keep hardcore fans paying for higher prices and more comic releases; as long as he can find enough numbers to prove his assumptions, he can bring Marvel to the open market and sell 40% of his stock to cash out - this is much more than the money he paid for the acquisition!
The only problem here is that since 1993, more and more fans have withdrawn from the collection market because of the high cost.
And they feel that the quality of the comics is declining;
And most retailers also feel that they have been fooled.
Between 1993 and 96, comic sales fell by 70%, hundreds of comic retailers went bankrupt, comic and card collection prices began to plummet, and the market collapsed completely. Whether Perelman was the "culprit", the blow to the industry this collapse was devastating.
Marvel, all over the board, is on the verge of bankruptcy!
"Damn!"
"Perrelman is really a talent. He made Marvel almost bankrupt, but he made a lot of money himself."
That's right, Zhuke learned from the information that in the short years he acquired Marvel, he actually made nearly 300 million US dollars, and he still had a large amount of Marvel shares! You know, he only spent more than 82 million US dollars when he bought Marvel.
"Huh? Spider-Man?!"
Sure enough, Zhuke saw from the information that at Marvel's latest board of directors, it was confirmed that Spider-Man would be sold in the near future.
Do you think of the copyright of heroes such as X-Men, Iron Man, Hulk, etc.?
"Damn Perelman, you have sold so many heroes out!"
In 1993 alone, the copyrights of heroes such as X-Men and Iron Man were sold.
The Fantastic Four are also sold!
Hulk and Black Widow sold it too!
Wait, there are many such slutty operations. In short, if Marvel has no money, then just sell the copyright of the hero.
Well, although Marvel has a lot of superhero copyrights, they are all unknown heroes, and there is only one "Spider-Man" that supports the scene.
Now even this storefront is going to be sold!
"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, the information given to me by the system shows that Sony Columbia will win the competition with MGM and pay $7 million to acquire Spider-Man." Zucker thought to himself.
$7 million!
This is not a small number!
Sony Colombia's move was a hand of the century. It was won by far beyond Spider-Man's wealth at that time, and it also won a generous reward for them a few years later.
"Go to the 7 million dollars! This time I'm going to snatch it up even if I sell it!"
For a moment, Zucker began to take stock of his wealth.
In order to avoid taxes, I just bought a villa in Burbank, which cost $4.6 million; bought a building in Silicon Valley, which cost $6 million; acquired a film company and other expenses, and I still have more than $10 million in my current working capital.
More than $10 million?
It sounds like a lot, but after buying Spider-Man, Zucker still has more than $3 million in working capital left. What can he do?
You should know that the production cost of filming the "Spider-Man 1" is $139 million, and the promotion cost is more than $30 million!
At first, Zhuke didn't feel anything, but now he feels that he doesn't have enough money!
"No matter what, I'm talking about taking the Spider-Man copyright first. Anyway, the ship will naturally go straight to the bridgehead, and there will definitely be a solution at that time."
Chapter completed!