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Volume One Chapter 630 Epilogue

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    1993 was a really bad year for Marvel.  As early as two years ago, because they were dissatisfied that Marvel had collected the copyrights of all its contracted cartoonists into their own hands, some Marvel contracted cartoonists put pressure on Marvel executives to change their contracts, but were rejected by Marvel executives.  When their contracts expired in early 1993, a large number of Marvel's top cartoonists, led by Mark Farran, refused to renew their contracts, and subsequently announced their departure from Marvel and established their own comic publishing companies for their young people, namely  image comic company!  Due to the extremely large number of cartoonists leaving, this giant company that, together with DC, almost monopolized American comic publishing was severely damaged.  The Disney Company, which has always had a strong interest in Marvel, also took the opportunity to make trouble for Marvel, offering a price of US$974 million in an attempt to take advantage of Marvel's internal turmoil to acquire it. At this time, it owned Marvel Publishing Company  Although the Goodman family also had the idea of ??selling Marvel, they angrily rejected Disney because just two years ago, Disney offered Marvel a sky-high price of more than $1.4 billion.  However, although she firmly rejected Disney¡¯s acquisition, Lin Xiaozhi knew that now was the only opportunity to buy Marvel at a super low price.  Because of the split of Image Comics and the exodus of a large number of young contracted cartoonists, the entire American publishing industry believes that Marvel has suffered a heavy blow. Even if it survives, it will probably decline in the future. There are many people who hold this view, and even those who own comics  The same is true for the Goodman family of Marvel Publishing Company. Since the beginning of the year, they have repeatedly released signals to sell Marvel.  But unfortunately, apart from Disney, there are currently no other financially powerful forces that have expressed interest in Marvel.  Historically, the Goodman family refused to negotiate with Disney in anger because Disney¡¯s asking price was too low.  However, after surviving the initial pain of the split, Marvel had basically calmed down by 1993. In the second year, as more and more new signings were able to take charge of their own business, Marvel finally came out.  After the pain of the split of Image Comics Company, they regrouped and continued on the road.  The tragedy of Disney was that its temporary setback gave Marvel time to recover. As a result, after missing the acquisition opportunity in 1993, they had to offer a sky-high price of 4.24 billion US dollars before Lin Xiaozhi was reborn, and finally got their wish.  Get rid of this big fat piece of Marvel.  However, although Disney paid a price for its short time, it was not a money-losing business.  In the same year that it bought Marvel, Disney established Marvel Studios and launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe ambitiously. Only in the first stage before Lin Xiaozhi was reborn, Disney successively brought Iron Man, Hulk, and Thor to  Superheroes such as Erl and Captain America were put on the big screen, and then they were brought together through "Avengers" - in the first phase, Marvel relied on 6 films to earn a total of 37 million dollars at a total cost of 1 billion U.S. dollars.  . With a global box office of US$400 million, it made a lot of money.  Lin Xiaozhi has no chance to see the subsequent second, third and fourth phases, but I believe that based on the popularity of superhero movies in the first phase, Disney may have already recovered its investment and made a fortune.  It is also because of this that he is full of endless desire for Marvel, which has unimaginable high-quality IP resources!  "Why, you look down on doll paintings? The copyright of doll paintings is the same as the copyright of novels. It seems difficult to adapt it into a movie now, but with the development of computer special effects technology, no one dares to say whether the technology will be the same in five or ten years.  No. At that time, the copyrights of those high-quality doll paintings will explode! Let¡¯s just say that now, the American movies based on the doll paintings, such as "Superman", "Batman", and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"  It has taken away hundreds of millions of box office from all over the world. "Doll paintings are what Hong Kong people call comics. In fact, Lin Xiaozhi has been supporting and investing since a few years ago, trying to create a series of Chinese movies based on Hong Kong comics.  Human superhero comics.  However, looking at the past few years, the effect has not been good.  "Resident Evil" and "Dark Man" are the only two successful superhero comics in Hong Kong. The former relied on the movie and the Japanese game company's game adaptation to bring huge attention, while the latter was due to Jet Li's acting skills.  .  In addition, a series of comics created by Media Asia have huge limitations. "Wind and Cloud" is too martial arts, it is both internal strength, magic weapon and semi-mythical, making it difficult to understand what Qijingba is.  Foreigners who have no idea about IP can¡¯t understand it at all. Although it is considered a high-quality IP, in the future, it can only make money domestically. At most, it will try to go to Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea.  Some others either imitate "The Wind and Cloud" or copy the settings of "Dragon and Tiger Gate", killing people and annihilating families at every turn. Not only are they too violent, but they are still the same style of Jingu martial arts at their core. They are all inferior IPs that cannot be exported to Europe and the United States.  .  Of course, Lin Xiaozhi also knows that changing the style of Hong Kong comics cannot be accomplished overnight.  So even ifHe expressed his dissatisfaction to Ma Rongcheng time and time again, but he did not give any less of the investment funds that should be allocated. He also used his own money to use his relationship with Kadokawa Publishing House to invite many mature professional cartoonists from Japan for training.  , but if you want to rely on them to provide you with high-quality IP resources to adapt movies, you can¡¯t count on them in a short time.  Although I briefly analyzed it with Ye Weixin, you can tell by the look in his eyes that those who don¡¯t understand still don¡¯t understand.  Lin Xiaozhi could only sigh and change the topic to other aspects, but he made up his mind. As soon as Song Nianhui took care of Standard Chartered Bank, he would immediately raise money to win over Marvel.  With the arrival of summer vacation, Hong Kong cinemas, which have been tepid for some time, finally have a summer atmosphere.  Golden Harvest Cinemas took the lead in firing the first shot at this summer¡¯s box office hegemony, launching ¡°Crime Squad¡± starring Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, openly competing with ¡°Fang Shiyu¡± starring Jet Li, shot by Zhengdong Film Company.  Golden Harvest is obviously also influenced by Media Asia's policy of large investment and high-quality filming in recent years. Although Jackie Chan turned down "Crime" because of "The Rescue", the film is still very interesting and consistent with this film.  "Fang Shiyu" starring Jet Li, which has been gaining momentum in Hong Kong for two years, was released only two days apart. However, the two movies were inseparable in terms of word-of-mouth, box office and attendance. They immediately heated up this summer's movie.  atmosphere.  Wing Sing's "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" did not disappoint. It was only released two and a half weeks later than "Crime Squad" and "Fang Shiyu", but once it was screened in theaters, it quickly set off a frenzy of laughter in Hong Kong and box office  It has been rising steadily, and it has quickly caught up with the footsteps of "Crime Squad" and "Fang Shiyu", easily winning a box office of 20 million, and sprinting towards higher levels.  "The Truman Show" also landed in Debao Cinemas shortly after the release of "Tang Bo Hu Di Qiu Xiang". Although it has been predicted before, this slow and dull movie in the early and middle stages may not be suitable for young people in Hong Kong who have just gone on summer vacation.  However, the box office on the first day of release was only half of that of "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance". At the end of the first week, the four-day box office combined barely exceeded 3.5 million, which still disappointed Ye Weixin for several days.  Fortunately, although its performance in Hong Kong was tepid, when it was released in European theaters a few days later, word-of-mouth and box office were soaring. However, when it was released in the United States later, it encountered "Jurassic" at the same time.  Like many American movies that "Park" crushed, although "The Truman Show" won praise from many film critics, almost all American audiences were attracted to watch "Jurassic Park", which did not do well at the box office.  It was not as popular as "Death", which was screened almost at the same time, but because of its novel creativity, it attracted some young American movie fans to pay for tickets.  The purpose of grabbing some meat while eating.  The Hong Kong box office in July, because Media Asia failed to release a blockbuster movie, has instead become a stage for the competition between "Crime", "Fang Shiyu" and "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance".  On July 24, after nearly a month of negotiations, Song Nianhui finally succeeded in defeating Standard Chartered Bank and persuaded Lloyds Bank, which had a sudden change of attitude due to the sudden intervention of Standard Chartered senior management, to sell its shares of Standard Chartered.  Thanks to itself, coupled with the continuous absorption of shares in the past month, Kowloon Bank finally increased its holdings of Standard Chartered shares to more than 51% and successfully obtained a controlling stake in Standard Chartered.  Although Song Nianhui told Lin Xiaozhi the good news immediately, he was not very excited.  Because just two or three days ago, "Jurassic Park" officially landed within the traditional sphere of influence of Hong Kong movies and was released in Taiwan, and once again replicated its success in the United States in a very short few days!  "Jurassic Park" is about to end its North American screenings, and has already received a hot box office of more than 300 million US dollars. It is also gradually landing in European markets.  In Asia, although this monster has just been released in Taiwan and South Korea, it only took a few days for this monster to conquer South Korea and Taiwan. After its first week of release, the box office exceeded 1.8 billion won.  "Jurassic Park" is still raging in South Korea and is heading towards higher box office records.  In Taiwan, the box office of "Jurassic Park", which has been released for half a month, is still hot. Thousands of families went to the theater to watch the movie, especially in Taipei, which contributed nearly NT$60 million in the first two weeks alone.  As of the end of the second week of "Jurassic Park" screenings in Taiwan, the film's box office in Taiwan has exceeded NT$100 million, shocking the Hong Kong film industry across the water.  Entertainment newspapers even shouted "Wolf is coming", which shows the panic and uneasiness in their hearts!  The success of "Jurassic Park" in the Taiwan and South Korean markets immediately boosted the confidence of Universal Pictures and Spielberg, who were still worried about being acclimated, and they were no longer satisfied.Lin Xiaozhi, who had taken away its distribution rights in Japan and Hong Kong, had previously formulated a conservative release strategy for him. While urging him to arrange publicity and release plans as soon as possible, he also did not forget to send people to Japan and Hong Kong to contact local theaters, trying to use his own  The current popularity has attracted more theaters to screen their own movies.  Although Lin Xiaozhi has won the distribution rights of "Jurassic Park" in Japan and Hong Kong, it does not mean that the official can't bypass it and contact more theaters to show their own movies.  And if he obstructs it, he will not only offend other investors and lose the opportunity to continue investing in the remaining films, but he will also offend many theaters in Hong Kong and Japan.  If it¡¯s just Hong Kong, that¡¯s it. A place no bigger than a small bullet has squeezed out more than 200 theaters. You can imagine how fierce the competition is.  Debao Cinemas has many competitors in Hong Kong, such as Golden Harvest Cinemas, Golden Princess Cinemas, Xinbao Cinemas, and other small and medium-sized cinemas, but even so Debao has never been afraid of any challenges.  Because Debao owns 47 theaters in Hong Kong, although the number of theaters is smaller than that of Golden Harvest, it does not have a single franchised theater. More than 70% of its theaters are chain standard theaters newly built in the past three years. The overall configuration is new.  It is also the best in Hong Kong and has no fear of threats from other cinemas.  However, although Media Asia in Hong Kong is not afraid of pressure from other theaters, in Japan, one of the foreign markets that Media Asia is most concerned about in the next ten years, even though it has acquired Kadokawa Pictures, it already has a medium-sized theater in Japan.  line, but in order for Media Asia¡¯s films to receive more resources when they are screened in Japan in the future, Lin Xiaozhi must also give enough respect to Japanese theaters.  Under the pressure, Lin Xiaozhi had no choice but to advance the previously scheduled screening time of "Jurassic Park" in Japan and Hong Kong, and a fierce box office battle came.  On August 5th, a few days earlier than the earlier "Jurassic Park", the much-anticipated "Once Upon a Time 3" was officially released in Hong Kong and Japan, slightly later than the two places, and Taiwan will be released two days later  The film will be officially screened, and it will officially hit the Korean market four days later.  It did not disappoint those who were looking forward to it. Once "Once Upon a Time 3" was released, it quickly set off a kung fu craze in four places. You can hear "Bao Zhilin" and "Guangdong Ten Tigers" in the streets and in the mouths of young people.  Slogans such as "Once Upon a Time in China" and "Foshan Shadowless Foot".  However, although "Once Upon a Time: The Third" performed very strongly and indeed attracted many viewers in South Korea and Taiwan after its release, its performance can only be compared to the overwhelming "Jurassic Park".  To describe it as bleak.  A few days later, after the huge sales in Europe and the United States and the craziness in Taiwan and South Korea, "Jurassic Park" officially landed in Japan and Hong Kong under the spotlight. Although Media Asia only gave it some high-quality schedules and screening arrangements,  "Jurassic Park" easily earned over 200 million yen at the box office on its first day of release in Japan, causing the Japanese media to exclaim.  However, in Hong Kong, the hometown of Hong Kong films, the performance of "Jurassic Park" is obviously much worse. Although it earned 1.53 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office on its first day of release, it is still less than "Once Upon a Time in the World" which exceeded 2 million in a single day.  But there is still a lot left, and with the release of "Taken" not long after, Media Asia once again allocated part of the high-quality schedule and screenings to "Taken". After that, the number of screenings of "Jurassic Park" in Hong Kong and  The number of moviegoers fell instead of rising, and it was far less eye-catching than its overseas performance.  After entering September, with the strong attack of "The Mummy", "Jurassic Park", which was nearing the end of its release, finally showed its decline. It only took three weeks to catch up with the box office, and finally had to take  It was a success of HK$50 million but not too outstanding at the box office.  In Japan and the UK, "The Mummy", which novelly quoted a large number of ancient Egyptian mythological backgrounds, was released with overwhelming publicity, and its box office soared rapidly. It soon replaced "Jurassic", which had been in theaters for more than a month and was showing its decline.  Park" has become the favorite of major theaters In Europe and North America, amidst the exclamations of the media, an Oriental Hollywood belonging to Chinese-language films seems to be coming quietly!
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