Chapter 1706 Just This

Davos in the snow is very quiet, making it feel like a health resort rather than a ski resort.

But the hotel where Feng Yiping stayed was always very lively. He and Schmidt were full of guests, many of whom they knew and didn't know.

Of course, most of them are courtesy visits, and no one must force a meeting.

After catching up on some work and making some preparations for tomorrow's meeting, Feng Yiping couldn't help but yawned twice while looking at the snowflakes outside the window.

He had long been accustomed to jet lag, but the environment here really made him drowsy.

He shook his head, wiped his face with cold water, opened the door and took a look, "Are you okay?"

"Oh, it's nothing," Zheng Jiayi sat on the sofa with a few people and had a lively discussion.

Feng Yiping's arrangements in Davos are all left to her team. They decide who to see and who not to see, and who to accept and whom not to be interviewed. It is up to them.

"What are you so interested in?" He was a little curious.

"You really might be able to use this," Zheng Jiayi smiled and handed him a large, beautifully bound book that looked like a picture album.

"Can I use it?" Feng Yiping took it and took a look. It turned out that this book was also a product brochure. However, the products it promoted were not ordinary. They were all islands, private islands.

He did have the idea of ​​buying an island and becoming its owner, but he never had the time to put it into practice.

At this time, in this mountainous area where snowflakes are falling, looking at the islands on the brochure that are bathed in bright sunshine, covered with green vegetation, and have white sandy beaches, it seems that if you close your eyes, you can smell the sea breeze and hear the waves. The sound..., let alone, it really makes people have the urge to buy.

"Among those who left information, there were three companies selling the island alone," Zheng Jiayi said. "One of them seems to be some kind of island king."

"How about it? Are you interested?" she asked.

Several other people who were also looking at the brochure also looked over. There should be cheap islands, but the information sent here today is obviously carefully produced. There is no most luxurious, only more luxurious, and the lowest one has to be 8. Well, this is not something they can bear.

"It's really pretty good," Feng Yiping flipped through a few pages. There were some islands that looked really attractive.

"Let me help you take a look. If you are afraid of the cold, then there is no need to consider the islands around the UK, Ireland, and Northern Europe. The best places in Europe are around Italy and Greece," Zheng Jiayi helped analyze in a serious manner.

Her analysis is correct. In Feng Yiping's opinion, it is best for an island to be associated with sunny beaches. If it is an island that still snows in winter, why buy it?

"You don't need to consider those from eastern Canada. Those from the west coast of the United States seem to be fine, right? Those from the Caribbean are definitely good. Central and South America. Considering the local security, let's forget it."

"Hey, there are also ones from Australia and New Zealand, which are pretty good too. They're close to China, so it's very convenient to buy one."

"Wait a minute, the islands along the coast of the Indian Ocean, okay, let's not talk about that for now." It still takes some courage to buy islands there when a tsunami has just occurred in the Indian Ocean.

"Then why not just buy one in Europe, North America, and Asia," Feng Yiping said.

"Okay, okay," Zheng Jiayi nodded wildly, "In the future, our employees from all over the world can travel to the company's island nearby. How great,"

"You know, I have had a wish since I was a child. I hope it can be held on an island in the future..." She suddenly stopped the car.

Feng Yiping could guess what she was going to say, and he didn't know since when, holding an island wedding has become the dream of many girls.

It must be said that this is indeed more realistic than dreaming of a hero riding on colorful auspicious clouds.

"We can still look forward to it," Feng Yiping closed the brochure and said with a smile.

The last thing he looked at was an island in the Caribbean. In this directory, it was not the largest in area, only 81 square kilometers—well, it was not small, but due to its superior location, original supporting facilities and It is fully equipped and priced at US$60 million, making it the most expensive island offered by this company.

"Start paying attention to the right person now. When the time comes, my brother will definitely make your dream come true." Feng Yiping patted the somewhat stunned and embarrassed Zheng Jiayi on the shoulder and greeted Cummins who walked in, "Hi,"

Keep an eye out for the right people? Zheng Jiayi's eyes followed Feng Yiping's figure. She didn't realize until he and Cummins entered the study, brother, he actually called himself brother, you are younger than me, okay?

However, why does the title "brother" seem good?

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"Have Zuckerberg and others come to a conclusion? Sorry," Feng Yiping just asked a question and couldn't help but yawned again.

"Why don't you sleep for two hours and we'll talk about it at dinner," Cummins said, looking at him.

"No, it's just that this environment makes people want to sleep too much," Feng Yiping said, covering his mouth again and yawning.

He looked at his watch and saw that the others could not be seen, but the person who was coming in forty minutes must be seen.

"I asked them to bring you a cup of coffee, oh, strong tea," Cummins and the others were now aware of some of Feng Yiping's habits. He opened the door and gave instructions to the outside.

"Thank you, what's the problem now?"

"Zach and the others are still discussing, and it is estimated that it will take a few days to reach a conclusion," Cummins first answered Feng Yiping's previous question.

"I think it's good. It gives the three of them a chance to get along," Feng Yiping said.

Especially Zuckerberg and Sandberg. Feng Yiping wants to hand over Facebook to them in the future.

"It's no wonder you're bringing this up at this time, I think they're getting used to it pretty quickly now," Cummins said.

"It's just Feng, what I'm here to tell you is another issue,"

The door was knocked gently twice, "I'm sorry," Zheng Jiayi walked in with a cup of green tea.

"Thank you," Feng Yiping said habitually, and then asked Cummins, "What problem do you want to ask?"

Zheng Jiayi glanced at him and realized that he probably didn't notice her at all.

She always felt that Feng Yiping was sometimes very close to her, as if he knew everything she was thinking, but sometimes she was far away from him, and he couldn't see her even when she was in front of him.

She was sitting on the sofa separated by a wall from Feng Yiping, and couldn't help but think of Gu Cheng's poem: You look at me sometimes, and at the clouds sometimes. I feel that when you look at me, I am far away, and when you look at the clouds, they are very close.

Wait, when did I become so sentimental?

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"Feng, you have to read this report," Cummins took out a bound report from the folder.

"About what?"

"After comprehensively analyzing the relevant situation, we feel that acquiring Marvel is not a good choice,"

"Oh," Feng Yiping really didn't expect that he felt that he couldn't acquire Marvel.

"I won't read it. Please tell me your main reasons."

"Okay, we all know that the most attractive thing about Marvel is the many superheroes it has created,"

"Yes, this is one of the reasons why I value Marvel," Feng Yiping nodded.

Marvel has created so many heroes over the years, and then randomly selected a few to form the Avengers, which resulted in sweeping the box office of billions of dollars.

"But according to the data of the past few years, superhero-themed movies themselves are high-risk. The production cost of X-Men produced by Fox in 2000 was US$7,500. The North American box office was only 150 million, and the global box office was only 2. 90 million,”

"The 2003 movie "Daredevil" produced by Fox had a production cost of US$78 million and a global box office of only US$180 million,"

"Last year's "The Punisher," produced by Lionsgate Pictures, had even more dismal results, costing US$33 million and only grossing a mere US$58 million at the box office,"

"The earlier Blade Warrior cost 45 million and the box office was only 130 million...,"

Cummins reviews the performance of the Marvel superhero movies one by one, movie by movie.

Although it seems that the final box office exceeds the production cost and seems to be a profit, this is not how the accounts are calculated.

According to Hollywood standards, the promotional cost of a movie is about 50% of the production cost.

As for theater chains, that is, exhibitors, they generally take 30% of the North American box office. Of the remaining 70%, the distributor has to take another 30%, which is the revenue that finally falls into the hands of the film studio, which is less than the box office revenue. half of.

And this half also includes the shares of the big-name celebrities...

So generally speaking, if a Hollywood movie wants to make money, the box office must be at least three times the production cost.

Among Cummins' examples, it seems that only X-Men's income is decent, and the others are either suffering small losses or big losses. It seems that Marvel is somewhat of a box office poison in the 1980s.

"Where's Spider-Man?" Feng Yiping remembered that Spider-Man seemed to be quite popular.

"Oh, the cost of Spider-Man in 2002 was 139 million, the North American box office was 400 million, and the global total exceeded 800 million. However, this is still a small probability event," Cummins said.

"When have I ever done something with a small probability?" Feng Yiping smiled.

Although there was arrogance in his words that Cummins could feel, "But Feng, we haven't made a movie, have we?"

He still lacks confidence. In fact, as the audience's requirements for special effects are getting higher and higher, the production cost is getting higher and higher. If you make a few movies a year, you can easily throw in nearly 10 Billion dollars, if only one movie turns out to make money, that's not a huge problem.

"Don't the income from the variety shows I produced in China give you confidence? I have independently produced a TV series that will be released soon. I believe the response will give you confidence again,"

Feng Yiping doesn't know much about movies, but if you want to know which movies make money, it couldn't be easier. Think of Spider-Man and X-Men, who have made several movies like this, they will definitely be cash cows. Although Hollywood is about making dreams, but How could they make a sequel to a movie that has no emotion at all and makes no money?

Just Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, etc., the global box office combined exceeds 10 billion, which is too easy.

"Well," Cummins replied reluctantly, "then there's reason number two,"

"Don't mention your second reason yet." Feng Yiping was still relatively authoritarian when it came to determination. "What do you think is the main reason for Disney's success?" he asked.

"You said that the protagonists of Disney's cartoons, mainly those that do not require remuneration or share, the peripheral sales are still high," Cummins said.

"Yes, this is also a reason, but what about the most fundamental reason?"

"Most fundamental……,"

Feng Yiping didn't expect him to answer right away, "That's because Disney has successfully opened up the market for girls," Feng Yiping put forward another point of view.

"So Marvel...,"

"At least half of the superheroes that American boys like are from the Marvel series," Cummins finally understood Feng Yiping's other plan.

"Yes, so from this perspective, if we could acquire Marvel, would it still be a bad choice?"

"You're right," Cummins put the report together.

Not to mention how many boys will watch movies about these heroes they like, but in terms of peripheral sales, the purchasing power of boys cannot be underestimated.

"You don't have to think about whether my decision is reasonable. We will decide on Marvel. Next, your main job is to concentrate on how to achieve this goal," Feng Yiping said, "especially in terms of the purchase price. , I need detailed data to support it,”

"Understood, I'll make arrangements right away,"