The green lawn was soft like a carpet. Matthew stood on it, waving the club in his hand, and a small white ball immediately jumped up from the ground, drawing a wonderful parabola, like a bomb falling from the air, flying forward quickly, and then falling quickly.

Plop—

There was a faint sound of falling into the water. After flying out dozens of yards, the golf ball fell into the pond without any bias.

Matthew took a look with his hips and seemed to have missed a lot.

To be precise, it is not that you miss it, but that you use too much power and hit too far.

"You've tried too much." Robert Egg came over from behind, with a Mickey Mouse-like smile on his face. "Matthew, you need to practice your skills more."

Matthew sighed and said, "Always use too much force."

Robert Eiger stood beside him and said, "When you have time, you can come here to play a few more holes. Golf is a common skill in socializing."

"I still prefer free fighting." Matthew joked, "Bob, I'll ask you to go to the club to play free fighting."

Robert Eiger waved his hand quickly, "Don't! That kind of exercise is something that ordinary people can't play." He suggested, "Why don't we go back and have a rest."

"Okay." Matthew knew very well that Robert Eiger was looking for him, not to throw the club to the caddie at the goalkeeper for the sake of playing golf, and said, "I'm a little tired, go back and rest for a while."

The two got on the electric car together, returned to a resting place near the seaside on the golf course, found Zhang Yuan's table, and sat under a huge tent, and started drinking tea together.

Robert Eiger picked up the teacup and took a sip, and suddenly asked, "Matthew, you are said to have invested $40 million in the independent film "Iron Man" of Marvel Comics?"

"That's the case." Matthew knew that the main show was on, and he did not deny it, "It's not a secret in the circle."

"Iron Man is selling well, you're going to make a lot of money." Robert Iger said with a smile.

Matthew shrugged, "This money has been invested for a year and a half, and now there is no dollar back."

"The recovery of funds always takes time, especially movie investment, which is a high risk for large investments." Robert Eiger's face always had a Mickey Mouse smile, "The profit of "Iron Man" is right in front of him."

Matthew smiled and didn't say anything, because the success of "Iron Man" is here, and there is no need to deny it.

Robert Egg pinched his chin and said, "I've always been curious. At that time, everyone was not optimistic about Marvel, but you invested a lot of money."

"I'm just taking a gamble." Matthew said casually.

Of course Robert Eiger didn't believe this, "As far as I know, you are not a person who likes to bet."

Matthew nodded, "Betting is one reason." He thought about it. The smiling Mickey Mouse was not a person who was easy to fool, and he had a close relationship with Disney and had been working together all the time, and said, "On the other hand, because this is a superhero movie."

"Superhero movie?" Robert Iger didn't quite understand what Matthew meant.

"It's very simple. The "X-Men" series was successful, the "Spider-Man" series was successful, and the first "Fantastic Four" was successful..." Matthew said all the facts, "I think superhero movies have gradually changed from edge types to mainstream types with real commercial appeal in the film market around the world. The future market prospects of superhero movies will be broader."

He suddenly asked, "Bob, I believe there is a similar judgment within Disney, right?"

Robert Eiger didn't expect Matthew to suddenly ask a question, and the smile on his face stopped for a moment, and then quickly returned to normal, saying, "There are some investigations and research in this regard."

Matthew looked at Robert Iger and said, "I invested $40 million, in addition to my confidence in the market, I also had confidence in Marvel itself." He asked, "Bob, who do you think the person who knows the Marvel superheroes best?"

"Of course it's the creator." Robert Eiger replied.

"So..." Matthew spread his hands, "I think Marvel independently produces superhero movies, and the success may be greater than failure, so I decided to take a gamble."

He sighed, "No one can guarantee that a movie can succeed. Every investment in movies is actually a gambling."

Robert Eiger nodded, fully acknowledging Matthew's words, "That's right."

After saying this, he suddenly woke up. The dominance of the two people's speech fell into Matthew's hands without realizing it. His thoughts were being led by Matthew just now.

Talking to such a smart person is both beneficial and bad.

Robert Eiger shook his head secretly, but he didn't stop and asked, "I heard that there are many movie investment agreements between you and Marvel?"

"There are seven or eight movies like this." Matthew gave a random number and then said simply, "When planning "Iron Man", Marvel Comics lacked funds, so I took the risk of investing $40 million. Marvel is very grateful to me, so she gave me a promise for future investment."

Robert Iger's eyes swept over Matthew's face, "So, are you very optimistic about the future of Marvel superhero movies?"

"I think it's useless." Matthew spread his hands, "whether the Avengers plan will be successful will ultimately be determined by the market."

"Iron Man has been a big success," Robert Eiger continued.

Matthew looked at Robert Iger. The smiling Mickey Mouse asked him out today, not to play golf or discuss his investment in "Iron Man".

Thinking of the opening of Dee Baby in front of the Marvel superhero movie, I had some guesses in my mind.

"Bob." Matthew asked simply, "You care so much about Marvel superhero movies. Is Disney interested in competing for the investment rights of Marvel Studios' subsequent superhero movies?"

Robert Iger was still smiling but didn't speak.

Matthew raised his tone a little and asked, "Or, Disney wants to acquire Marvel?"

"Hmm?" Robert Iger asked for a moment, "How could you have such a guess?"

Instead of answering, Matthew asked, “Is that true?”

Robert Eiger also did not answer and continued to ask, "Matthew, how could you have such a guess?"

"I guessed randomly." Matthew looked at Robert Iger, and roughly understood that his guess should be good. When Disney acquired Marvel, he planned how he should make a profit, especially how to guarantee the investment agreement with Marvel, so he said, "If you have to give a reason... Well, I know you a little."

He smiled and said, "We have known each other for five or six years, have we known each other?"

Robert Eiger nodded, "It's been so long at least."

"Do you know what I have for you?" Matthew didn't ask Robert Eiger to answer, and gave the answer directly, "A professional manager with ambitious but ethical nature."

This is actually what everyone thinks about Robert Eiger.

"Thank you," said Robert Eiger.

Matthew continued, "You swallowed Pixar Studios at the beginning of your term, quickly stabilizing Disney's somewhat chaotic situation. I guess you have to do more than just Michael Eisner's successor, right?"

He said without hesitation, "I heard Helen Herman mention more than once that you intend to build Walt Disney into the leading entertainment media group in Hollywood and even the world. Helen knows this right."

Robert Eiger did not deny, "I have this idea."

"If you want to grow bigger, Disney must first surpass Warner Bros. Warner Bros. has been the best performing company in Hollywood since entering the new century." Matthew has been in Hollywood for many years, and his understanding and understanding of this circle are far from comparable at the beginning. "Disney's acquisition of Pixar Studios is planning for the revival of Disney animation, but if you want to surpass Warner Bros., relying solely on animation is not enough."

The more he said, the clearer the thoughts were. "Warner Bros. has DC Comics. Since the future of superhero movies is favored by Disney, I believe you will not ignore this. Only Marvel can compare with DC Comics. Just so happens, Marvel has proved the market appeal of its heroes through "Iron Man".

Robert Eiger shook his head slowly, "If Disney's management can think clearly like you, I will do much more work."

"So..." Matthew asked with a deliberate smile, "I'm right?"

"Well." Robert Iger knew that there was no need to go around with people like Matthew. "Disney decided to acquire Marvel, and it is estimated that it will be made public in the next few days."

Matthew asked again, "You are asking me for this?"

Robert Iger nodded slightly, "You are now a Marvel investor, one of the shareholders, and the most famous of all shareholders. If you can convince you, it will affect the choices of many small shareholders."

"This share in my hand..." Matthew shook his head.

"After so many years of development, Marvel's shares are very scattered and there are many small shareholders." Robert Iger obviously had enough knowledge, "As far as I know, you completed several acquisitions some time ago, and the Marvel shares in your hands combined reached 4%.

Matthew refused to deny, "It's probably about the same."

Robert Iger said again, "Actually, this is not a small shareholder anymore. Marvel's shares are as scattered as its superhero copyrights. Four percent can be said to be the major shareholder."

Matthew knew this somewhat, and the shares of these old-fashioned companies looked very scattered from the surface. For example, after Walt Disney acquired Pixar Studios, Steve Jobs became Disney's largest shareholder, but the Disney shares in his hands were only 7%.

As for whether there are consortiums or large investment companies with multiple accounts to hold shares, he doesn't know.
Chapter completed!