April 1, 1999, is a day worth recording for Tang En and Tang En Pictures.

After 7 months, as many as 8 times, and Tang En personally participated in four negotiations, Tang En Pictures and Marvel Entertainment finally reached an agreement.

Tangen Pictures acquired all shares of Marvel Entertainment for a total price of US$80 million.

From then on, Marvel officially became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tangen Pictures.

The success of this negotiation is the result of joint efforts of all parties.

Among them, CAA is responsible for communicating with Avi Arad and Ike Patum, Endeavor is responsible for contacting Marvel's management, and Warner is behind the scenes and completely cut off Marvel's idea of ​​going to enter Hollywood alone.

In just two or three years, Tang En's legendary experience of quickly establishing the status of a first-line director in Hollywood is also a huge source of Marvel's confidence.

On the same day, under the witness of multiple media, Donn and Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Avi Arad and Ike Patum officially signed an equity transfer agreement.

The photos of the three smiling and shaking hands friendly were also broadcast live on TV and spread throughout North America.

This was originally a cooperation between two small companies, but it involved Marvel Entertainment, one of the most influential comic companies in the United States, and popular director Donn Walker, making such a small thing quickly become the focus of the United States.

Not only are the movie fans paying attention, but also the comic fans.

Could it be that...the rumors are true, is Director Walker going to shoot a superhero movie?

After the signing ceremony, Tang En immediately held a press conference as the boss of Marvel Entertainment. There were as many as 100 reporters at the meeting, and almost all large and small entertainment newspapers and TV stations in North America were closely followed.

April 1, this is a special day.

When news first came out that Don't Photos would officially acquire Marvel on this day, everyone thought it was an April Fool's Day joke.

But now it seems that the price is real!

"Director Walker, your Don Films acquired Marvel by using the method of swallowing the elephant in the snake. What gave you so much confidence? You are just a director and you don't understand comics. How can you guarantee that Marvel will turn over?"

Warner's TBS obtained exclusive authorization for this broadcast, and the first question was naturally raised by their reporters.

Tang En smiled slightly, "Since I entered the industry, I have never lacked confidence. The Internet era has arrived, and paper comics will gradually fade out of the historical stage. But I am a loyal fan of Marvel. I don't want such a comic company with decades of glorious history and bringing infinite joy to the people of the United States to go bankrupt like this."

"So, whether it is based on personal feelings or public interests, acquiring Marvel, rescuing Marvel, and transforming Marvel is the general trend. No matter how big the risks are, I will do whatever I want! As for the guarantee you mentioned... I'm sorry, I can't give you any guarantee. Any commercial investment has risks, but I will do my best to reborn Marvel."

"Here, I want to thank Mr. Arad and Mr. Patham for their efforts and efforts for Marvel over the past few years. They have regained most of the copyrights of heroes who are wandering away and expanded the distribution channels of comics. They are gradually leading Marvel to the right path. Now, this Guan Rong and sacred mission has been handed over to me, and I will do my best to complete the task."

The reporters off the court opened their mouths wide and showed a surprised expression.

this……

Is this still Donn Walker?

He has changed too much, right?

Just a few years ago, at the press conference of "Titanic", Tang En was still talking nonsense and said that "Titanic" would guarantee a box office of 1.8 billion US dollars!

Although his prediction was successful in the end, his young and crazy, arrogant, impetuous and ostentatious personality was also known to everyone.

But unexpectedly, after more than two years, Tang En talked freely, behaved properly, and was steady and generous.

No wonder he has been successful continuously, he has grown so fast!

The reporters present looked at Tang En's smile and confident smile, sitting as if he was ashamed, and then felt a little disappointed after admiring it.

Without a big mouth, there will be many major topics that can be hyped.

"Director Walker, what is your specific strategic plan after you acquired Marvel? Are you really going to shoot a superhero movie like rumor?"

This is a young female reporter from the Los Angeles Times. She looked at Tang En like a fan.

"Of course, I am a director. I love movies, and my greatest ability is also movies." Donnn paused and looked around everyone. "Take this opportunity, I will officially announce a message to the public. From now on, the film project of "Spider-Man" will be officially launched!"

Spider-Man!

As the superhero, second only to Batman and Superman among the American comic heroes, obviously has many fans.

Tang En's words immediately caused a slight restlessness in the venue.

"May I ask... did you direct it yourself?"

When it comes to Spider-Man, many journalists are excited.

Tang En said tactfully: "It's hard to say at the moment. I need to discuss it with my team. But I can reveal some inside information to everyone. This movie must be a big production with huge investment! It is definitely not a small fight in superhero movies in the past few years, and the director candidate... it must be a big figure who caused a sensation in Hollywood."

"In the early 1990s, there were rumors that James Cameron was eager to direct "Spider-Man". Will you have a second collaboration this time?"

Don En smiled and said, "My good friendship with James. We did talk about Spider-Man topics. However, whether a cooperation can be reached depends on the next work arrangements between the two parties."

"Superhero movies have not been going well in recent years. Is it too risky to invest in such a big shot in Spider-Man?"

“I believe it will succeed.”

"Twentieth Century Fox's "X-Men" has been launched, and they are also Marvel's superheroes. Do you think their movie will succeed?"

"I hope so, I have a deep friendship and good cooperation with Twentieth Century Fox."

...

As soon as the press conference ended, Don went to Marvel headquarters to hold a management meeting.

At the meeting, Tang En made several major acceptances—

Don Walker personally served as chairman of Marvel Entertainment, Alan Fann as CEO, and led the Creative Committee, Dan Barkley as Chief Operating Officer, Stan Lee as Chief Creative Officer, Joe Quesadda as Chief Content Officer, and Editor-in-Chief, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Brian Bendis…

This basically maintained the power and status of Marvel veterans, and there was little change. What surprised everyone was Tang En's adjustment to Marvel Studios.

Before this, Marvel Studios was a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, but Tang En was determined to focus on development in the film industry, and Marvel Studios, a shell company, naturally became the top priority.

However, what Tang En hates the most is the layman's guidance of the experts.

In his previous life, the big reason why Marvel movies became popular was that after Disney acquired Marvel, it made industrial adjustments, split Marvel Studios from Marvel Entertainment, and mentioned that it was ranked alongside Marvel Entertainment, which were both subsidiaries of Disney Studios.

In this way, Marvel Entertainment only has the right to advise Marvel Studios, but has no leadership, allowing Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige to calmly display his talents and create the Marvel Universe.

Now, Don Edward has made the same choice, referring Marvel Studios to the position of Don Edward Studios' subsidiary, and is on par with Marvel Entertainment.

This certainly makes Marvel bosses dislike it, but Tang En's attitude is very firm. The film industry must be led by filmmakers.

As for who is the president of Marvel Studios...

Tang En was a little embarrassed.

Kevin Feige is just a young man who has just entered Hollywood.

For Tang En, making movies is easy, but managing a company, especially a complex group company, is very difficult.
Chapter completed!