Chapter 1789: Too Optimistic

It's related to Hollywood, and it's bigger than establishing a relationship with James Cameron, so there's basically no need to guess, "Have you contacted Marvel?"

Cummings knew that when he said this, Feng Yiping would definitely guess, "Yes, I have found a lot of people, not only those former friends in the Wall Street Modern Boss Club, but also the New York Economic Club, which you are also familiar with, and It took a lot of people at the Bankers Club in New York to finally get Marvel's Isaac Perlmutter to agree to meet with us,"

Cummins is not showing off his merits, he is excited.

When taking over this position from his predecessor Buchanan, Buchanan, who obviously still wanted to maintain close contact with the company, gave him the most important piece of advice: the most important thing is execution.

The implication of this is that even if you don't have any constructive ideas, it doesn't matter, as long as you execute the tasks assigned by Feng Yiping efficiently.

Fortunately, Cummins is also self-aware of this. If Feng Yiping wanted to find a CEO who could take full responsibility, he would not choose someone with the highest position as vice president. He would definitely find someone as experienced as Schmidt. Someone with a very impressive resume.

What's more, Feng Yiping's good vision is obvious to everyone.

But the reason why he was particularly positive this time was entirely because Feng Yiping's analysis when he mentioned this idea to him before deeply moved him.

Why is Disney so successful? Mainly because they have firmly captured the girls market.

More than half of the superheroes that American boys like are from Marvel. Therefore, acquiring Marvel is the best way to seize the boys market.

Disney has achieved such great success by developing the market for girls, so it might not be possible for Disney to use Marvel to expand the market for boys and achieve similar success in entertainment.

By then, let’s not talk about the sales of comics, but let’s talk about the TVs in the living rooms of families playing Marvel animations, and the big screens of movie theaters where adults patronize will play Marvel movies...

According to Feng Yiping's arrangement, using YouTube and Netflix as carriers, combined with Marvel, to create a media group similar to Disney within the group... Cummins is really excited just thinking about it.

It's just that the current boss of Marvel is really difficult to contact. He almost never attends any large-scale events and never accepts interviews. His circle of friends is very small and very fixed.

After asking several important friends to make an appointment to meet with him, but to no avail, Cummins even made some unkind speculations as to whether Perlmutter acted this way because he was a veteran of the Third Middle East War. There is a close connection with the experience of making a living officiating at Jewish funerals in Manhattan when he first arrived in the United States.

Fortunately, in the end, although it took some twists and turns, we still established contact with him.

"Has he set a time?" Feng Yiping asked.

"We will meet in his office in Manhattan the morning after tomorrow,"

It was the morning of the first day of junior high school. Considering the time difference between China and New York, I couldn't make it in time. "Then I'll leave it to you,"

"Don't worry Feng, I have remembered the key points you discussed with me. Besides, there is no doubt about the ability of our M&A team now,"

Indeed, in just one or two years, under the leadership of Feng Yiping, we successfully acquired Coin Star and Netflix, and also cooperated with companies like McDonald’s to operate Redbox. The young members of the team at the time are now It has become a very powerful M&A team.

Feng Yiping believed that even if he said he wanted to acquire Disney today, they would be able to come up with a thorough plan soon.

Of course, no matter how well this plan is done, it will definitely be a failure. Those guys at Disney, especially the current head of the family, Michael Eisner, will not consider any acquisition proposal. You're pretty much there.

"Well, you talk to him first. If he is willing to meet with me, I am willing to accommodate his time," Feng Yiping said.

He believed that when Cummins was contacting him from person to person, Perlmutter, who was low-key and cautious, must have done his homework a long time ago and should have understood Cummins' intention to find him.

Then he must also know that in the end, Feng Yiping must make the final decision on such a matter, that is, he must talk to Feng Yiping.

"Don't forget to apologize to him on my behalf," Feng Yiping said.

Now that he has made up his mind to acquire Marvel, and since Perlmutter agreed to contact him, that means he also has such a desire, Feng Yiping now believes that sooner or later, Marvel will come to his bowl, so it is completely necessary. Let the head of the family feel his sincerity and gentle and easy-to-get-together personality now.

The reason why I want to apologize to him is that relatively speaking, the identities of Cummins and Perlmutter are still somewhat unequal. Strictly speaking, one can only be regarded as an executive, while the other is the head of the family who can make decisions.

"I know, boss, you have a good Spring Festival in China and just wait for my good news," Cummins was very optimistic at this time.

"Oh by the way, Cameron, I guarantee you'll hear good news soon too," he added.

"Thank you for your hard work,"

Feng Yiping couldn't help but become a little excited after hanging up the phone.

Marvel, let alone the copyrights it has sold before, just talk about the subsequent Avengers series, its ability to attract money is by no means limited.

What's more, the individual series of the heroes in Avengers, such as Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, etc., are not inferior to any of them.

As for Cameron, "Avatar", which he is currently preparing to shoot, is naturally one of the most worthwhile movies in film history.

In this way, it is difficult to estimate the income of domestic Jiasheng Media at present, but if everything goes well in the United States, the direct income it will bring in the future will be at least ten digits in U.S. dollars.

Is this considered a failure in love and a success in the mall?

Lin Ruhan saw him turning the satellite phone around on the table and refilled his tea, "Very good news?"

"It should count," Feng Yiping said with a smile, "Ruhan, I'm sorry, I can only let you rest for a few days during the Spring Festival."

There are a lot of things to do when he returns to China this time. In addition to the regular domestic matters, it is very important to meet with Sun Zhengyi and let him formally sign an agreement to withdraw from Alibaba. Therefore, in addition to flying around the country, talking about If not, I still need to fly to Japan.

"It's good. To be honest, especially when I'm on vacation during the Spring Festival, it's actually very stressful. To be honest, it's not necessarily easier than going to work,"

Feng Yiping nodded, who said it wasn't?

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At this time, Jin Ling, who had just returned to the provincial capital, inspected the Jiasheng Building in the provincial capital non-stop and expressed condolences to the employees who still had to stick to their posts during the Spring Festival. Then, together with Mei Yiliang, he visited people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places. As well as Thailand's Youjia Convenience and other companies that still have normal business operations during the Spring Festival, a conference call was held.

After the meeting, she made a special trip to stay with Mei Yiliang, "Mr. Mei, my arrangements have changed a bit. This Spring Festival, the group may need you to take care of me more,"

"No problem, it's time for you to take a rest. During the Spring Festival, I will take care of everything. Oh, I have to tell Mr. Zhou and Mr. Xu to let them have a good rest for a few days," Mei Yiliang said immediately.

"I think it will only take three days," Jin Ling said. "I want to fly to the United States on the first day of junior high school."

"America?" Mei Yiliang said immediately, "Isn't there still a few hours to arrive at the provincial capital as soon as it reaches peace?"

Jin Ling was immediately speechless. What do you mean by that? Why do you think that my going to the United States must be related to your precious nephew? ——Even if it is indeed related to him.

But no matter how strong she was at work, she was still a woman. Facing Mei Yiliang and such a problem, she really couldn't say anything.

Mei Yiliang soon realized that there was something wrong with what he said, "Oh, I mean, don't worry, Yi Ping will be back soon, and there won't be any problems with the company,"

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At this time, when Feng Yiping and Cummings were very optimistic about the acquisition of Marvel, they did not expect that Cummings' previous behavior of finding someone to contact Isaac Perlmutter with such great fanfare would inevitably fall into the trap of someone with serious intentions. in the eyes.

Burbank, known as the capital of media companies in the world, is home to well-known media companies such as Disney, Time Warner, and NBC. In the Disney headquarters building, Michael Eisner slowly frowned as he read an email. .

He checked the time and quickly told his secretary, "Notify all directors that we need to hold a board meeting tonight, or tomorrow morning at the latest."