Chapter 20: Marvel Entertainment.
On December 5, 1965, United Film Company began to acquire comic publishing houses in various cities in North America, and a few bankrupt comic publishing houses including New York City to Los Angeles, and San Francisco were acquired.
After the anti-comics movement in the early 1950s, there were very few comic publishers who could survive. Many comic publishers went bankrupt that year.
In addition to the National Joint Publishing Company (DC Comics), a few comic publishing houses that have existed for 10 years are still living in difficulty.
The comics industry began to resume its market in the mid-1960s. Before everyone could discover it, it was when Herak entered the comics industry with great fanfare.
At this time, it doesn’t cost much money to acquire a comic publisher. The funds spent from the first to the 200th comic publisher were US$2.6 million.
You should know that when the time comes, Herac stopped acquiring comics Publishing House after acquiring 200 companies. When Lianmei Film Company had not yet made a profit, he did not want to have a crazy acquisition for the sake of profit, like Blockbuster and Ron Pereman in the original time and space, resulting in debt or bankruptcy.
60 million US dollars is indeed a huge capital chain in this era and is of great use. It can be used as a capital chain that Sterlingford has other functions in his hands, so he is not allowed to use it willfully.
United Film Company's acquisition of comics publishing house with such a big move has attracted the attention of some entertainment journalists and comics industry. The news of Herak's acquisition of Marvel began as early as early December, which naturally aroused speculation from them and Marvel fans.
Although the acquisition of National United Publishing Company (DC Comics) failed, Herac was not disappointed at all, which was in his expectation.
The acquisition of Comics Publishing House was stopped. Without the need for the publishing house to relocate, Herac quickly integrated 200 Comics Publishing Houses and formed a headquarters company in New York City, collectively known as United Comics Publishing House.
Herak's acquisition action made Marvel executives see clearly and fulfill their requests sincerely.
After gaining recognition from Marvel executives, Herak reached a deal with Goodman on December 15 to acquire Marvel Comics for $10 million.
That afternoon, after signing a Marvel transfer contract with Herak and Goodman, he met with media reporters in the media room and accepted their interview.
The 36-year history of Marvel Comics may not be as long as United American Film Company, which is already 55 years old, but the Captain America published by Marvel during World War II made the company influence several years of North America. What's more, superheroes such as Spider-Man and Avengers published in recent years have gradually increased Marvel's influence.
Lianmei Film Company's acquisition of Marvel naturally attracted a lot of attention.
"I now announce that Marvel Comics will become a subsidiary of United Film Company and will be renamed Marvel Entertainment."
Herak's words made the media reporters on the scene eager.
A series of questions were asked from the reporters. After answering the questions of several media reporters, Goodman held hands with Herac and left Marvel under the escort of the staff.
When Goodman left, the reporters who were not satisfied with the interview asked the topic the other side. "Mr. Herac, do you want to create a superhero live-action movie for acquiring Marvel?"
The dc comic "Batman" was adapted from an American drama that caused a lot of noise in North America, and its topic was no less popular than the top of "007: Thunderbolt Bomb" and the American drama "Mission: Impossible".
The live-action version of "Batman", which will be broadcast on the TV network at the end of April 1966, has attracted many expectations. Now that Herac acquires Marvel, they have to think about this.
When "The Punisher" had not appeared in Marvel, it was obviously not that easy to shoot Marvel superheroes with current special effects and photography techniques, so of course he would not say these words.
"I have had the idea of adapting a comic-adapted live-action movie, which may appear within 15 years, but the idea of adapting a comic-adapted movie will not appear when the Marvel Universe is not complete yet."
Herac gave media reporters a vague idea, and also gave Marvel movie fans anticipated through the broadcast NBC TV station, and also implied the National United Publishing Company (DC Comics).
The irony in the words, the media reporters present naturally did not hear anything. Instead, the Marvel Universe that Herac mentioned made media reporters confused, but the comics felt that the eyes were lit up, which reminded them of the future development plot of the Avengers.
At the scene, in addition to media reporters, it was also broadcast by NBC TV. This is also a promotional method by Herac for Marvel to stimulate the sales of Marvel Comics.
The Marvel Universe that Herak mentioned was also known to Marvel fans and viewers through the broadcast of NBC TV.
After being interviewed by some media reporters, Herac ended the reporter's questions.
This Marvel transfer conference was also well known to many people through reports from media reporters and NBC TV networks, especially Herak, who appeared in front of the audience for the first time.
The young face made many people feel that the new owner of Lianmei Film Company is so young, which surprised them.
After the interview, Herac did not leave Marvel, but held important meetings with Marvel executives in the conference room.
As the executives arrived one after another, Herac met Goodman's nephew, Mr. Stan Lee, and the soul of Marvel.
Although Goodman transferred Marvel, Stan Lee, who loved superhero comics, stayed.
This is what Herac is most pleased with when Stan Lee is able to stay. After all, he still depends on him for creating superhero comics.
When Marvel executives arrived, Herac signaled to Kim Jan-fu and sent them the planning case.
Jin Jianfu picked up more than ten minutes of planning and sent it to every Marvel executive, saying: This is a planning designed by the chairman for the future development of Marvel.
The executive was slightly surprised and picked up the planning plan that Jin Jianfu sent to his hand to watch.
"The newly established United Animation Publishing House will merge with Marvel and rename it Marvel Entertainment. In addition to the unchanged headquarters of Marvel in New York City, it will also open a comic distribution department to specialize in comic works other than Marvel."
In addition to the establishment of a department, the planning case also has the development trend of Marvel over the past decade.
"Do you have any questions?"
After the executives finished reading it, Herac asked quickly.
"No."
A group of people shook their heads,
Seeing their agreement, Herak looked at the middle-aged man sitting in front of him and wearing glasses and announced: "Mr. Stan Lee appointed Chairman of Marvel Entertainment and Mr. Jack Kobe as Assistant Chairman to assist Mr. Stan Lee in his affairs."
These two appointments made Stan Lee and Jack Kobe look at Herac in surprise, and then they looked excited. The other executives envied the two of them for being so valued by Herac.
Herac does not have so much energy to run to manage multiple companies at the same time, so he naturally has to choose the chairman to handle the business and operation of Marvel Entertainment. When choosing who to be the chairman of Marvel, he will not consider laymen as the chairman of Marvel Entertainment.
In the original time and space, in addition to being the father of Marvel superheroes, Stan Lee still has certain abilities in company management and operation.
Stan Lee is the right choice for the position of Marvel Chairman. He is the best position to sit in this position, as he is originally the number one character in Marvel.
After appointing two, Herac moved several other famous executive positions to promote them in their original positions.
Then let’s break up!
Herac got things done and ended the meeting.
Chapter completed!