Chapter 221: Old Fox

In the rest area of ​​the Waldorf Astoria Hotel lobby, Ronan was flipping through an invitation letter, which was faxed by Ang Lee, the director of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", to invite Ronan to attend the Los Angeles Film Critic in a few days People's Association Awards Reception.

Although "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has not yet been officially released in North America, the relevant public relations work has already begun.

Ang Lee put all his energy into it, and these film critics who can wave the flag will certainly not let it go.

"We'll stay here for two more days." Ronan put down the invitation letter and said to Robert, "We'll go back after Marvel takes back the copyright of Iron Man."

Marvel needed money urgently. As soon as the agreement was signed, they contacted New Line Pictures to discuss the recovery of Iron Man's copyright.

Although New Line Films asked for a high price of 3.5 million US dollars, but with Shahai Entertainment paying the bill, Marvel's negotiations basically went smoothly, and they will soon sign a copyright recovery agreement with New Line Films.

The homeless son is going home, but unfortunately the parents bought it back just to sell it for a better price.

The Marvel superheroes of this era, as long as they are famous enough, live a life of indifference.

Robert asked at this time: "By the way, Avi Arad asked me yesterday, when will these authorized characters start to be adapted into movies?"

"Don't worry." Ronan said: "It will be five years at the earliest, or even seven or eight years later. With the strength of Theory of Relativity Entertainment, the recent adaptation cannot maximize the benefits."

If you want to maximize the benefits, you will have to see how far Relativity Entertainment can develop, and then see if there are suitable opportunities.

And the copyright of Hulk is still in the hands of Universal Pictures.

In the previous life, Universal Pictures used the Hulk card of Marvel and Disney to ecstasy.

After "Invincible Hulk", Marvel has repeatedly wanted to take back the copyright of the Hulk and shoot a single-player movie. Alliance" was a great success, and there was no independent Hulk movie later.

And Spider-Man...

Sony Columbia is already preparing for this "Spider-Man" movie. As long as the box office is as successful as in the previous life, Sony will definitely cling to Spider-Man's thigh.

previous life,

DreamWorks Pictures released Spielberg when it encountered problems, and Sony Columbia Pictures made Spider-Man when its performance was not good.

Robert reminds: "shooting superhero movies, there is also a critical financial problem. This type of movie requires too many special effects, and special effects are very expensive."

Ronan nodded slightly: "So, before we start the superhero movie project, we must establish a more complete and broad financing channel."

The special effects cannot be faked at all. The special effects that cost 30 million US dollars and 50 million US dollars can be distinguished at a glance, and there is no room for opportunism.

But superhero movies are the type that needs special effects the most.

Ronan roughly remembered that in his previous life, in 2005, Marvel decided to start shooting the "Iron Man" movie, but funding was still a big problem. The budget of "Iron Man" was not affordable by Marvel, so Marvel and Merrill Lynch Securities signed an agreement to mortgage the copyrights of Raytheon, Captain America and many other characters in exchange for an investment of nearly 100 million US dollars.

If Iron Man fails, Marvel won't have another chance, as Merrill Lynch will immediately own the rights to the mortgaged character.

This was a big gamble, and Marvel won the bet, and it also used the method of borrowing the chicken to lay the egg.

Ronan remembered one more thing and asked, "What about the copyright of Anne-Pullux's short story?"

"I haven't contacted yet." Robert said truthfully: "When I came to New York, I have been staring at Marvel, and I haven't talked to Anne-Pullux yet."

Ronan thought for a while and said, "There's no rush, Christmas is coming soon, you go back to Los Angeles for a vacation, and it won't be too late to talk after the New Year."

In this day and age, how many people would be interested in homosexuality, or short film copyrights?

Even Li Ang, who chose this project back then, was forced to have no choice but to die and survive.

Ang Lee is not suitable for purely commercial films, the author's style is too strong, that "Hulk"...

Ronan never thought of reminding Ang Lee that it would be too difficult for Universal Pictures to get the copyright of the Hulk if it didn't make a big fall on the "Hulk" project.

In the previous life, perhaps it was the fiasco of the "Hulk" that made the "Invincible Hulk" of Marvel and Universal Pictures, and the Hulk joined the Avengers.

It is very difficult to extract the copyright from the six major companies, and the opportunity is too rare.

Anyway, there is no need to do anything, just wait quietly.

Ronan chatted with Robert about the acquisition of copyrights, and out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a familiar figure flashing by, and soon there was a low-pitched quarrel from a rest table at the side.

One of the voices sounded familiar.

Looking back, Ronan saw a short Asian man talking angrily. Opposite him was a very tall Caucasian girl, about 1.8 meters tall.

The two people's voices were not high, and they spoke very fast. It was hard to hear what they were saying, but they were clearly arguing.

The tall girl Ronan knew, had met a few times before, and Angela Lindelwald, the hottest supermodel right now, was just named 2000 Model of the Year this month.

The Asian who was arguing with her looks very strange. According to the standards of Westerners looking at Asians, the appearance and temperament are very unique and quite recognizable.

But from the perspective of Asian aesthetics, this woman has small eyes, a flat nose, and freckles all over her face. Her face is like a pancake. She looks very weird. At first glance, she looks like a real-life version of the ghost doll Hanako.

Ronan recognized her. After all, this face has appeared in many Hollywood movies.

Compared with Devon Aoki, the traditional American girl Angela Lindelwald is simply a stunning beauty.

The quarrel lasted less than a minute. Devon Aoki seemed to back down and left quickly. Angela Lindwald turned her head and saw Ronan just in time.

The two knew each other, so Ronan had no choice but to greet her with a smile: "Good morning, Angie."

"Ronan." A smile appeared on Angela Lindemann's originally cold face: "Why are you here?"

Seeing the two greet each other, Robert was very tactful and said in a low voice, "I'm going first, call me if you need anything."

Without waiting for Ronan to respond, Robert left directly.

Ronan looked at Angela Lindelwald: "I didn't expect to meet you here, Angie."

"I came to work in New York." Angela Lindwall said with a smile, "I just checked into the hotel yesterday."

Ronan tried to invite: "Please sit down."

Angela Lindelwald walked over, sat opposite Ronan, and said, "Isn't your company in Los Angeles?"

"A business trip to New York." Ronan said, "I also live in this hotel."

Angela Lindelwald asked, "Is Carmen there?"

Knowing that she was asking about Carmen-Case, Ronan sighed lightly and said, "We haven't contacted for a long time."

Angela Lindelwald immediately understood the meaning of Ronan's words, and said, "Sorry..."

"It doesn't matter." Ronan simply explained: "Carmen's business is in Europe, while I am in the United States."

Angela Lindelwald nodded slightly. It seemed that the two broke up for a reason, and said, "Carmen is a very ambitious person."

Ronan nodded in response, and then asked, "Is Carmen in New York?"

"No, she rarely comes to the United States to work." Angela Lindelwald glanced at Ronan and said deliberately: "You have been with Carmen for so long, you should know that she rarely comes to the United States."

Ronan said, "Yeah, that's the problem."

Angela Lindelwald raised her eyebrows lightly, her eyes looked like an old fox, and said: "If you divide it by region, Carmen is a European model, and someone like me is an American model. European models basically focus on Europe, while American models Although I often work in Europe, I actually spend most of my time in the United States.”

She added: "For example, Devon Aoki just now, she is an American citizen and spends most of her time in New York."

Ronan specifically asked, "Is she also a model?"

"Yeah." Angela Lindelwald seemed to have calmed down: "Dewen Aoki is still a very powerful model. The year before last, he replaced Naomi Campbell and became Versace's number one spokesperson. Take away an advertisement for a product owned by Chanel."

She seemed very frank: "That's why I quarreled with her."

Ronan is not surprised. Actresses are fighting everywhere in Hollywood, and the more competitive modeling circle will not be any better.

"I'm a little strange." Ronan was half puzzled and half stood on Angela Lindelwald's side: "Devon Aoki looks so weird, why did someone ask her to be a spokesperson?"

Hearing this, Angela Lindelwald couldn't help laughing, and laughed happily.

Because she has a good relationship with Carmen Kath, she knew Ronan specifically from Carmen Kath before, and knew that he was the boss of a Hollywood film company, a big shot who made hundreds of millions of dollars in a movie.

Such a person with status and status, faintly praised her and belittled Devon Aoki in his words, which made people feel quite happy.

Ronan could sense the change in Angela Lindelwald and asked deliberately: "Am I wrong? I know that models pay attention to recognizability, but this kind of recognizability should not be like you, Angie. It’s amazing, can it stick in your mind?”

Angela Lindelwald was very helpful, she shrugged her shoulders playfully, and said: "The power to speak in the fashion circle is in the hands of very few people. Devon Aoki is now Karl Lagerfeld's darling."

Ronan can only sigh secretly, Karl Lagerfeld's aesthetics is really extraordinary, it has surpassed all human beings.

Think about the models who are favored by Karl Lagerfeld, except for a few who are more normal, most of them have strange looks.

Really recognizable.

The two chatted for a while, and when it was almost noon, Ronan took the initiative to invite: "Angie, do you have the honor to invite you to have lunch?"

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