"By the way, there is another news." Helen Hermann, like Matthew, also paid great attention to observing the changes in the entire Hollywood situation. "According to the news I learned from Disney, Disney is paying close attention to Marvel Comics and Iron Man."

Matthew immediately put down the teacup in his hand and asked, "Disney is preparing to acquire Marvel Comics?"

Helen Hermann said calmly, "At least, it's doing an assessment."

Although he is a business layman, Matthew is the simplest and most basic thing to know. Before any large-scale acquisition occurs, it will be evaluated for a long time, ranging from a few months to a few years.

Involving transactions of hundreds of millions of dollars, in this typical American company, even if you beat your forehead, a person cannot make a decision easily. Walt Disney is not in the 1970s and 1980s. After rapid development, its shareholding structure and power structure are extremely complex, especially with Michael Eisner's precedent. Now the power of the CEO and the chairman of the board of directors has been subject to certain restrictions.

Matthew remembers it very clearly that the high-definition pirated versions that were once after the Marvel superhero movies, each of which was the castle of Dee Baby, which means that Marvel must have been acquired by Dee Baby.

At that time, countless people on the Internet complained that the Marvel superhero movie finally turned into a children's film of Di Baby.

"Is there any more accurate news?" Matthew asked.

"Iron Man!" Helen Herman said directly, "If Iron Man is successful, Disney is very likely to start the merger and acquisition process. If it fails, Disney may observe it for a while."

Matthew sighed, "The smiling Mickey Mouse is very courageous."

Helen Herman reminded, “You pay more attention.”

"I know." Matthew would not forget that there is another agreement with Marvel Comics.

Generally speaking, large Hollywood companies are more contractual in dealing with heavyweights.

Of course, it is not impossible for a debt to happen, and he will ask the lawyer to pay attention in time.

Walt Disney acquired ABC TV in the 1990s, acquired Pixar Studios last year, and won Marvel in the future. It seems that George Lucas's "Star Wars" was later also the opening credits of Dee Baby's Castle. In addition, Disney's inherent business will probably become the largest giant in Hollywood.

Matthew thought about it carefully and found that Disney is really amazing. From toddler animation to children's animation to teen idol dramas and movies, as well as the adult movies that followed, they are all very powerful.

When a person watches Disney characters grow up, he will definitely buy a series of related products. It is difficult for Disney to not become bigger or stronger.

If everything goes well in Walt Disney, the only thing that can stop them in the future is probably the Antitrust Act.

"This tea is good." Helen Hermann picked up the teacup and took a sip. "What I gave you?"

Matthew put one hand on the armrest of the rattan chair, "Well, you brought it from across the Pacific."

Helen Herman asked, "I went around the other side of the Pacific some time ago, and went to the mainland and Xianggang respectively. The person I contacted sent it to your email address. Have you seen it?"

"Look." Matthew thought for a while and asked directly, "You have prepared four candidates, Hu, Zhang, Wu, and Liu. Which one do you think is more suitable?"

Helen Helman thought for half a minute and said, "Daniel Wu." She explained without waiting for Matthew to ask, "Although Daniel Wu is now mainly developing in Xianggang, he is a Chinese American. He grew up on the West Coast since childhood, speaks very fluent English and has a very good understanding of American automobile culture."

Matthew nodded slowly.

"Although you said you would open up the other side of the market in the future, the first thing we need to consider is the North American market," Helen Herman continued. "Actors like Daniel Wu will definitely have a wider acceptance in North America, and the same cultural background will reduce some unnecessary misunderstandings and troubles."

Matthew didn't just come here, knowing that Helen Hermann was very pertinent.

In any case, the North American market is the number one place for Hollywood movies.

The North American market has a higher box office share ratio, relatively complete copyright, and mature surrounding markets. When it comes to profits of a single market, nowhere can compare with it.

Especially for peripheral copyrights, the benefits in this area are very large.

The box office share on the other side of the Pacific is now only 13%. When the two sides sign a new World Trade Bilateral Agreement in the future, it will only be 25%.

As for the surrounding copyright income, let’s forget it.

He used to be a person who downloaded pirated movies crazy, such as his favorite peripheral products. Who would buy the authentic version of the cinema? He could get the same product by finding a small commodity market for one-third or even less.

"There's another thing..." Helen Herman said, "Daniel Wu started practicing Kung Fu at the age of ten, and also established a Kung Fu Association at the University of Oregon. He once taught more than 20 apprentices and had innate advantages in action scenes."

"Have you practiced Kung Fu?" Matthew asked, scratching his chin, "Have you ever had an interview with him?"

Helen Herman nodded, "I talked to him and his agent, and they expressed some interest. After all, this is an opportunity to enter Hollywood. If you succeed, you can earn international popularity. If you fail, you will not have much impact on his career in Xianggang."

Matthew simply said, "When the crew is established, you can contact Daniel Wu and let him audition in Los Angeles."

The two chatted about other aspects of work for a while. Helen Hermann saw that it was getting late, so he said goodbye and left. Before leaving, he specifically reminded Matthew, "Don't forget the celebration party held by Warner Bros. and Sky Dance Film this weekend."

Matthew pointed to his forehead, "I'm thinking."

"The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" has been removed from North America. Whether it is a production company or a distribution company, it is bound to be able to make considerable profits from this film. According to Hollywood conventions, a celebration party is indispensable.

After Helen Herman left, he also went out and went to the bookstore in Beverly Business Center to find Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel counter and bought a complete set of novels "Princess Mars".

When Matthew returned home, he took time to read "Princess Mars" roughly, probably because of its early release. This science fiction novel looks old-fashioned, somewhat like the derivative novel of "Star Wars" he read when he practiced reading, with a bit of the flavor of cosmic opera.

After reading it, Matthew found that the plot of the book seemed to have been read somewhere.

The novel is a relatively vulgar RPG-style single-thread adventure structure, but considering the era, the imagination is indeed rich and the world view is grand enough. Although the plot of fighting monsters in foreign lands + marrying girls is not the first, it is in line with the classic model of adventure fantasy novels.

It mainly tells the story of the end of the Civil War in 1866, when the Southern Army Cavalry Captain Carter suddenly flew to Mars from the cave in Alitai. At this time, the scientific development of Mars far exceeded that of the Earth.

However, on Mars, there are the Saks dominated by tall and ugly four-armed green men, and the Kingdom of Helem dominated by the beautiful red men who love peace and are very similar to those on Earth.

In short, at that time, there was a chaotic situation of heroic rule. Carter showed his talents, exercised his righteousness, and married the beautiful Princess Sulis. He spent ten years of peace there, but in order to save Mars from an unexpected incident, Kashi took great danger to go to the scene of the accident...

After reading it again, Matthew confirmed that the plot pattern was very familiar. He must have seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

After consuming countless brain cells, I finally found some clues. Isn’t this a yy novel about Earth-dreaming fighting against Mars? However, the yy novel a hundred years ago was limited in imagination and was still very basic, and it was not as good as a certain level.

I thought I had found the source of the plot that I thought was familiar with, so Matthew didn't think about it anymore. After all, many yy novels at a certain point have this structure, and it is much better than the old and novice of "The Princess of Mars".

He read the subsequent "The Gods of Mars" and "The Victory of Mars" and made it more certain. This set of books is the yy novel in science fiction skin - becoming a hero, excelling everywhere, making achievements that ordinary people cannot reach, and finally winning the return of a beauty.

It is essentially no different from a popular online novel.

Just as Matthew then went to Armani to pick up a new dress for the celebration party for The Three Hundred Warriors, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were heading to their manager's office.

Due to the poor public relations effect of the Jennifer Aniston crisis crisis, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie fired their agents and refused Caa's invitation. Like Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese who left Caa, they only hired full-service managers.

Although the law stipulates the scope of the business of brokers and managers, more and more celebrities are beginning to use managers to replace brokers in all aspects.

“I have checked it out.”

Sitting in the car, Brad Pitt said slowly to Julie, "Matthew Horner's agent is negotiating with Aziva Gossman. This project is a first-line production with an investment of no less than $150 million, and an absolute leading actor movie."

Since the Oscars, he has hired professional private detectives and entertainment paparazzi to explore projects Matthew Horner is participating in or is about to participate in.

Brad Pitt is very clear that he urgently needs a work adaptation. The current situation is forgotten by the audience and Hollywood. As long as a big-selling movie with a wide range of circulating enough, the previous scandals will fade, and with the proper operation, they will slowly forget them later.

But he also knew that this was a circle of striking lows and facing highs. With the current situation, if a big production is screwed up, the media will not only ridicule him, but also bring up old accounts, which will only be even worse.

Therefore, the next work should be avoided as much as possible.
Chapter completed!