Marvel does not spend a penny, only publishes copyright, and adaptation also requires a copyright licensing fee of $500,000, and 5% of subsequent box office sharing.

Doing so is equivalent to turning the left hand into the right hand, and the risks are all borne by Lin's Pictures, which is equivalent to carrying a sedan chair for Marvel.

Marvel is waiting to collect money, but it seems that it is a helpless move.

Lin's Pictures and Bubble Universe spent $650 million to buy Marvel, not to watch it go bankrupt. Appropriate blood transfusion is an inevitable operation.

Most of the investment in super British movies is expensive, and US$20 million can only be regarded as a small and medium-sized investment in Hollywood, which is also the trial and error cost that Lin's Pictures can bear.

The reason why I asked Li Rengang to be this director is because he is the director of "Black Man". The story of "Black Man" is very similar to the style of "Black Man".

Second, most directors in Xiangjiang have two things to do in saving budgets. The $20 million investment is enough for them to make a super-English movie with high quality and action.

Before starting the "Blade Warrior" project, Lin's Film has been doing research on comic-adapted movies for a long time.

The final conclusion is that the failure of most Hollywood comic adaptations has nothing to do with whether it is a comic adaptation, it was made by the Hollywood people themselves.

After obtaining the copyright of comic characters, executives from these big film companies basically overturned the original plot and character settings. They preconceived the idea that comics are things that cannot be put on the table.

For example, the earliest version of "Captain America", the film company changed Captain America's identity to a district attorney, and even changed its name, without any military background, and no superpowers.

Weapons are not shields, but guns. Who can watch this thing and compare it with Captain America.

Connect.

Most failures do not stem from incompetence, but from arrogance.

In terms of respecting the market, most of the screenwriters of Lin's Pictures started with Flying Paper, and they know how to lower their qualities and cater to the market than Hollywood producers and directors.

Therefore, Tao Yumo had high hopes for the trial work of "Blade Warrior". As long as it succeeds, Marvel's big game will be alive.

"It doesn't matter if you pay less for the first work. The key is to follow this path." Tao Yushu said cautiously.

"That's the reason, but the standards must be set a little higher."

After talking about Marvel, Tao Yumo talked about Netflix's recent situation.

After being online for a year and a half, Netflix's performance has become more and more eye-catching.

With the popularity of DVD players among the American people, Netflix's user base has maintained rapid growth, and the number of subscribers has exceeded 900,000.

With the continuous competition among manufacturers, the product prices of DVD players have also dropped rapidly this year.

During the Christmas promotion, the retail price of players from some manufacturers reached $379.

From the highest price of thousands of dollars on the first year to the current $379, the sharp drop in the retail price of the product has directly benefited all consumers, removing the biggest obstacle for DVD standards to enter American families.

According to the American Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association, the sales of DVD players in the United States are expected to exceed 2 million units in 1998, and will also show an exponential growth trend in the next three to five years.

According to the forecast of the Japan Electronics Industry Association, by 2000, the total DVD market size of the United States and Japan will be 1320 billion yen, or 11 billion US dollars.

Whether it is its own development or industrial development, Netflix has become one of the most popular startups in the US Internet and film and television industries in recent years.

Mark Randolph, the company's cabin crew, has become a guest of honor for major venture capital companies. These venture capital companies are now waiting for Netflix to raise another round of funding so that they can get on the bus.

But the reality is that after Tao Yushu's marketing campaign burned hundreds of millions of dollars last year, Netflix has never conducted a large-scale money-burning campaign again.

Because of the unique subscription model design, Netflix's cash flow is much more abundant than that of ordinary companies, which is enough to support the current development.

"Now investors are looking forward to Netflix financing, but Netflix is ​​quite stable internally, and everyone's goal is to go public.

They all understand that once they are successfully listed, a large number of them will gain considerable wealth.”

Listening to his sister's words, Tao Yushu shook his head, "Netflix is ​​not in a hurry to go public. The DVD market size has not yet risen. I'll wait for a year before reading it. The focus next year will be on Asia Pacific News."

Since the beginning of this year, Yahoo's market value has risen to US$3 billion, surpassing the hot Netscape company and becoming the most popular star in the US Internet industry.

Yahoo's massive transformation to comprehensive services has brought about the emerging business network concept of "portal".

Under the influence of Yahoo, the largest news portal in the United States, Ai Online, has exceeded the 10 million registered users mark.

Tao Yushu has set a goal for Asia Pacific News Network and will use this east wind to land on Nasdaq next year to get the luck of Yahoo.

The two sisters talked about the company for more than an hour, and did not stop until they had dinner.

After dinner, Lin Chaoyang was talking to Tao Yushu. Guests came to his house. Several editors from "Flower City" came to the group.

There were three people in total, namely editor-in-chief Xiao Jianguo, deputy editor-in-chief Tian Ying and Lin Xianzhi, editor-in-chief Lin Chaoyang.

Several people went to Beijing this time to organize manuscripts, and they wanted to visit all the Yanjing writers who had a good relationship with "Flower City" before the New Year.

The editor goes out to organize manuscripts, which is actually similar to the customer visiting for sales.

Xiaoliubukou Hutong has always been the first stop for foreign writers and editors to come to Beijing. Although it has become a little deserted in recent years, there are still many customers.

The few of them just got off the train this time and went straight to here.

After caring about the progress of Lin Chaoyang's new work, Xiao Jianguo said, "We have an idea this time to come. I want to hold a tea party with Comrade Chaoyang here to have a lively and lively with the writers and friends in Yanjing."

No wonder three people came at once. It turned out that this was the reason, Lin Chaoyang thought.

Lin Chaoyang was not surprised by the operation of "Flower City". They used to do such things.

But this time I changed the location to Xiaoliubukou Hutong.

His West Courtyard was originally a place where colleagues in the literary world often appeared. It complemented each other when they held such an activity, and Lin Chaoyang happily agreed.

After talking about the important matter, Xiao Jianguo and others stayed overnight in the West Courtyard.

The next day, a few people went out to visit the writers early. Although tea partying will be held in a few days, some important writers still have to visit them in advance.

At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Chaoyang asked someone to take him to the airport to pick him up.

In the morning, he received a call from Ermtai saying that he was coming to Yanjing. Lin Chaoyang asked him about his purpose in Yanjing.

He made it mysterious and had to talk about it before meeting him.

The car arrived at the Capital Airport and waited for more than half an hour. Lin Chaoyang received the person. Ermiaotai came with Wang Shi this time.

After getting in the car, Lin Chaoyang asked, "Can you say this time?"

Ermtai looked at Wang Shi, "President Wang said it."

Wang Shi suppressed a hint of complacency in his expression and said, "We received a notice two days ago that there was a leader ZY who wanted to see me."

Lin Chaoyang thought for a moment, "Is it Zhu?"

Wang Shi showed admiration on his face, "That's right."

"The current financial crisis in Southeast Asia continues to ferment. Although the domestic situation has not been greatly affected, the downward trend and consumption are very obvious.

At the World Bank’s annual meeting in Hong Kong at the end of October, Zhu solemnly stated that the RMB would not be weaved.

In this way, the pressure is given to the domestic market, and it becomes inevitable to stimulate domestic demand.

Now the national residents’ savings are as high as 5 trillion yuan. As long as part of their consumption capacity can be released, the economic recovery can be solved."

Wang Shi's words are like a gem, and his judgment on the overall situation is exactly the same. Lin Chaoyang praised him,

He said a little embarrassedly:

"I also asked a special consultation on the policy-oriented comrades before coming to Beijing for a visit. I can't be prepared for nothing."

Lin Chaoyang sighed in his heart. Promoting real estate development will help restore economic vitality and increase residents' income. However, everything has advantages and disadvantages. As housing prices continue to rise, the pressure on people's lives will become greater.

After a while, Lin Chaoyang invited the two to dinner.

With Wang Shizai, Ermengtai did not live in Lin Chaoyang's house, but accompanied him to stay in a hotel.

In the evening, Lin Erchun sat in the living room and said worriedly: "In the past six months, it is a tax cut and a welfare room ban.

It is also allowed to promote housing mortgage loans. It seems that the above is determined to develop real estate!"

"That's not good? If you can do more business in the future, you may become a big boss." Lin Chaoyang joked.

Lin Erchun glanced at him, "What's the good thing? With this, housing prices are getting more and more expensive. In Yanjing's current housing prices, 90% of the people can no longer afford to buy a house, so will it be even harder to live in the future?"

Lin Chaoyang spread his hands, "What can I do? It's a way to stimulate the economy. Otherwise, the people will not be able to make money and live a good life."

"Both ends are blocked!"

"That's the reason."

A few days later, the west courtyard of Xiaoliubukou Hutong became lively for a long time.

"Flower City" is a front-line literary magazine in the domestic literary circle and has a great influence. The editor-in-chief and deputy editors were dispatched collectively, and the writers in Yanjing were all very proud of their face.

Wang Meng, Chen Rong, Lin Jinlan, Deng Youmei, Zong Pu, Zhang Jie, Liu Xinwu, Li Tuo, Zheng Fanglong, Chen Jiangong, Yu Hua, Liu Zhenyun, Liu Heng-·

Nowadays, almost all the old, middle-aged and young writers who can be famous in the literary world of Yanjing have made a name for themselves. The scene is very lively. "It is rare that everyone is together today. I haven't seen such people at the meeting of the literary association. You "Flower City" has a great face!"

Seeing that there were many people, Wang Meng said to Xiao Jianguo with a smile.

"It's not that we have a big face, but that everyone likes this venue this year. When they heard that we were going to hold a tea party here, everyone was active."

Xiao Jianguo's words were a bit complimentary, but they were also true.

In the past decade, the West Courtyard at Xiaoliubukou has left so many beautiful memories for everyone.

Although it is a little deserted now, as long as someone is willing to arrange it, everyone is still very happy to support it.

There is no fixed topic at the tea party. Everyone is chatting and laughing, chatting about their current situation and creations, and occasionally making a few literary gossips, and the atmosphere is relaxed and harmonious.

"How is the script written by Lao Xie?" Lin Chaoyang asked Liu Heng.
To be continued...