Chapter 2086 Comics Kingdom

Marvel boss?

Yin Jun smiled and shook his head: "It's not that they are willing to bear the loss. On the contrary, they really want to make money from this company. It's just that we can't be too hasty, otherwise they will lose money if they want more money." It's a small thing, the problem is if they see the huge potential of Marvel and don't want to buy it, then it will be terrible!"

The current boss of Marvel is still its founder-Martin Goodman.

But Martin Goodman is over 70 years old, and he has already ignored the company's affairs, and the power of the company is already in the hands of his sons and daughters.

These young people... well, they can't be said to be young anymore, they are not very interested in comic companies, they are only interested in making money or not.

Marvel doesn't make much money, so they don't like it very much. When they meet the right price, they are naturally willing to sell it directly.

Then they can use the money to do what they like to do.

Historically, that is, this year or next year, gambling city tycoon Ren Pedrn will buy Marvel from his children.

Yin Jun didn't know the price, but a few years later, in 1989, Renpeiden would still play a trick.

He sold Marvel to himself.

In other words, from his joint-stock company, resell it to him personally, the price is 85 million US dollars.

At that time, this price was hailed as sky-high.

Ryan Pedrin originally wanted to rely on Marvel to make a fortune, but in the next few years, Marvel went from bad to worse, and even filed for bankruptcy in 1996, which disappointed Ryan Pedrin, and it was considered an investment failure. Alright.

He has no persistence, and he will not increase investment in Marvel, because this person is a speculator, and he doesn't know how to operate other industries besides his own.

So in the years he took over, Marvel was very miserable, many jobs stopped, and many heroes were sold.

Get a good Marvel universe, and there is no way to get it together until 2020.

Therefore, judging from the events of later generations, Yin Jun is sure that the children of Martin Goodman are willing to sell Marvel.

But the problem is how much is the right price and how they sell it.

Yin Jun entrusted the two negotiations between DC Comics and Marvel to be done by Colaudie.

He explained to the two companies from the very beginning that Yin Jun wanted to buy a comic book company, not necessarily DC or Marvel.

Yin Jun will buy whoever is suitable.

So they are aware of the competition with each other.

It's just that the business situation of DC comics is very bad, and the situation of Marvel is better, so the urgency between them is different.

In particular, DC Comics still has the behemoth Warner Group on its head. They determine the fate of DC Comics, not a group of chief editors and editors of DC Comics.

And Marvel just runs their own business, so they can do things according to their own wishes.

Don't look at DC Comics in trouble, but its value is still not comparable to Marvel.

Compared with Superman and Batman, two super popular heroes, Marvel's Spider-Man is still not enough to watch.

Whether it is market value or influence, they have no way to compare.

Therefore, from the beginning, Claudie only offered them a purchase price of 50 million US dollars.

Martin Goodman's children are of course unwilling. Martin Goodman is the largest shareholder. As long as they disagree, Marvel will have no way to sell it.

Afterwards, they kept talking, talking, talking about 70 million US dollars, and they were willing to bear the high remuneration contract of a group of authors, but they were still a little hesitant.

Especially after Kirin Group North America Branch announced that it had successfully acquired DC Comics, their attitude became even more uncertain.

Colouti told Yin Jun some time ago, in fact, Ren Peden also made a move, and he was asking about the possibility of Marvel's sale.

It's also funny to say.

For unknown reasons in the previous life, Ren Peden wanted to buy Marvel.

But in this life, it was because Ren Pedrn saw that the North American branch of Kirin Group was talking about the acquisition of DC Comics and Marvel.

He knew that Yin Jun was an extremely intelligent person, and he also had a vision beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Therefore, seeing that Yin Jun had already acquired DC Comics, he immediately made a decisive move and wanted to acquire Marvel.

Goldman Sachs is deeply entrenched in the United States, and it is easy to know about Ryan Pedern's bid.

His price was only 50 million U.S. dollars, but he could retain 10% of the Martin Goodman family's shares, which made Martin Goodman and his children think about it.

Originally, as long as Yin Jun also offered 70 million U.S. dollars plus 10% of the shares, they would be able to defend, but Klauti understands that Yin Jun has a strong desire to control. Impossible to share with others.

Only those companies in which he has a shareholding, he doesn't care so much.

So Claudi has been biting the current conditions and has not let go, so it is very common for Martin Goodman and his children to vacillate and find themselves in a dilemma.

It is very common to spend a year or two or even more on a business deal in the United States.

For example, DC Comics has been negotiating since the most difficult time in 1984. As a result, it was not until the summer of 1985, after "Batman 2" failed completely, that Warner finally gave up his last thought and made DC Comics It was dumped to the North American branch of Kirin Group.

Therefore, Colauti is not in a hurry, nor is Renpeiden.

Everyone is an old fox, and of course it is impossible to bid against each other, thus allowing the Martin Goodman family to take advantage of it.

After listening to Yin Jun's detailed explanation, Ye Linqinwa understood the inside story.

After all, many things will not appear directly on the file.

Before the acquisition was completed, most of the contacts between Claudi and Yin Jun were by phone.

After the acquisition is completed, such a series of actions and processes, including the twists and turns of the intermediate negotiations, will be sent to Kirin Group in the form of a memorandum.

Of course Ye Linqinwa is not qualified to help Yin Jun talk about these things, so it is normal for her not to know.

"Then how will they behave?" Ye Linqinwa asked with a frown. "We have been negotiating for so long, but in the end, Belein Pedern took advantage of the loophole and came from behind?"

"Won't."

Yin Jun shook his head, "Ren Peden's conditions are no better than ours, and even if they are tempted, they will definitely ask us if they are willing to continue to follow up. You must know that the strength of our Qilin Group is stronger than that of ours. Compared to him, Renpeeden, he is definitely much stronger."

Ryan Pedern owns two gambling hotels in Las Vegas worth more than 2 billion U.S. dollars, of which his personal share also exceeds 1 billion U.S. dollars.

Moreover, although this kind of business is harmful, it makes a lot of money, bringing them an average of more than 100 million U.S. dollars in profits every year.

For Ryan Pedern, 50 million US dollars is just a year's net profit, but he also has a lot of expenses throughout the year, and there are other investments, etc., so overall he is not very rich.

Yin Jun is different. Everyone knew that his assets were close to 50 billion U.S. dollars, and now Forbes magazine listed his assets at 60 billion U.S. dollars.

With such the richest man in the world, it would be an idiot for Marvel not to inquire about his final offer if he wanted to make a move.

"I see."

Ye Linqinwa suddenly realized, "The reason why you don't want to write a script for filming is because you don't want Marvel and Ryan Pedrn to see that hero movies can still be so good and make so much money, which will affect your acquisition plan. Is it right?"

"Smart!" Yin Jun gave a thumbs up.

"But it will take at least a year to write a script, then go to filming, and then do special effects?" Ye Linqinwa said, "There will be no delay at all. Could it be that we can't talk about Marvel for more than a year?" company?"

"It's true to say that, but for the sake of safety, I think I can let it go for a while, and it won't affect too much in the short term." The young man smiled, "Anyway, DC is already like this, and at most it will lose two or three more. Tens of millions of dollars, I can afford it."

Ye Linqinwa didn't quite agree with Yin Jun being too cautious, but she also understood that for a person of Yin Jun's status, the most important thing was safety, not making money.

But then Ye Linqinwa asked with some concern: "If we buy Marvel and DC, we will be considered the only one in the United States. Then, will there be any obstacles to the government of the United States?"

"Of course not." Yin Jun replied with certainty.

The DC company in the previous life wanted to sell it to Marvel in 1984, but Marvel looked down on the already sunset DC company, so they flatly refused.

Now that there is such a thing, it proves that the merger of the two companies is feasible.

Besides, Yin Jun has raised several public relations companies in the United States in the past few years. As many as six senators have a close relationship with the North American branch of Kirin Group. The annual expenditure on these aspects exceeds 100 million US dollars.

Le Yiling is a very frugal and stingy little woman, but she didn't hesitate at all about this matter. After listening to Yin Jun's suggestion, she just threw money away.

Those American gringos were really overwhelmed by money.

With the help of these people, the merger of Marvel and DC, even if there are some twists and turns, will not be a major problem.

Ye Linqinwa knew Yin Jun's ability, and also knew that he would not talk in plain words, and if he was sure, he was sure.

Thinking of this young man, who is about to acquire the two largest comic companies in the United States, plus the world's largest comic company she owns, Ye Linqinwa feels a lot of emotion.

"In the future, people will become Young Master Jun, you created a manga kingdom!" she said to Yin Jun.

"Haha, not bad! I like this title!" Yin Jun laughed unconsciously.

Comic Kingdom?

Of course it is!

Now Ye Linqinwa still doesn't know the significance of Marvel and DC.

Or almost everyone does not know.

After 2000, the special effects technology continued to develop at a high speed. When the mythical scenes that could only exist in paintings before can be shown to the audience through the movie screen, it is a real audio-visual feast.

Coupled with the increasing demand for entertainment and culture around the world, superhero movies with a global box office of more than one billion or even two billion dollars at every turn really brighten everyone's eyes.

Those old comic companies have gained new life because of this.

With such expectations for the future, not to mention a loss of tens of millions of dollars, even a loss of seven or eight billion dollars, to Yin Jun, he doesn't care at all.

As long as Marvel is acquired again, Yin Jun will immediately come up with three or five scripts for them to plan and prepare at the same time.

With the computer special effects technology developed earlier than the previous life, and with better financial support than the previous life, maybe the first real special effects hero movie will appear ten years earlier!

At that time, it will be the time for the comic kingdom to officially set sail!