Chapter 1992: Tough Guys

Old Murdoch said nothing and ate his dessert, which did not contain much sugar. At home, the skin on his face seemed to be very loose, but when he raised his eyes, his eyes were still radiant.

"Looking at his arrangement, he obviously wants to make a difference in movies. So, do you think we can make some promises to him regarding the copyright of the Fantastic Four to strengthen our bargaining chip?" Mrs. Murdoch suggested. .

The rights to the Fantastic Four are now finally in the hands of Fox. Of course, Marvel can still get a portion of the profits from the box office.

"No," Old Murdoch shook his head and said slowly, "I don't think he has that much confidence. When he was doing those jobs, Skype's competition had not yet begun. I believe even more. He just did it casually,"

"Looking at it from another angle, it will be easier for us to see that he has done so much for this movie, but he is just a super rich man courting a young and beautiful Hollywood female star,"

"You can understand how attractive a female star like Jessica Alba is to a young man like him,"

Mrs. Murdoch nodded, "It seems so,"

Speaking of which, although several female elites from China, including her, have successfully become the wives of some wealthy celebrities in Europe and the United States, when it comes to pursuing female stars in Hollywood, the former male compatriots are really incompetent in this regard. Jianshu, maybe Feng Yiping just wants to prove himself to everyone in all aspects?

"I also think it's impossible for him to see so far,"

Objectively speaking, the biggest beneficiary of the publicity he helped Alba carry out was indeed Alba personally.

"Then how do you think he will adjust Marvel?"

Murdoch wiped his mouth with a napkin, "The film industry is a very mature industry and has its own rules of operation. I believe that with his financial support, Marvel may be able to produce some blockbuster movies on its own."

"But if you want to hope that he can make any revolutionary changes to this industry, as the newspapers in Silicon Valley are clamoring, that is nonsense."

Murdoch Sr., who entered the film industry from journalism, has a very deep understanding of this.

In the field of film, it is too difficult to make groundbreaking changes.

"So I'm not interested in what he's going to say tonight at Marvel's first meeting,"

This statement is somewhat contradictory.

If he really said something about Feng Yiping's first meeting at Marvel tonight, then he should not know at all that Feng Yiping held his first meeting at Marvel tonight.

But it was obvious that he, like many others, was paying close attention to Feng Yiping's schedule after arriving in Hollywood.

"There are no more than two possibilities. One is to make structural and personnel adjustments, and the other is that according to his usual practice, he will propose some new projects that will help the development of Marvel,"

"This time it's easy. Just by adding Netflix and YouTube, Marvel's development will immediately accelerate."

"It seems that this year's revenue will not exceed 100 million US dollars for a company." Old Murdoch shook his head. Like many people, he really didn't think much about Marvel, which was just barely surviving at this time. care.

Otherwise, Feng Yiping would not be able to privatize Marvel so smoothly this time.

He stood up, walked to Mrs. Murdoch, and kissed her on the cheek, "What I'm more concerned about is our attention to Myspace. He should have known about it, but he didn't react to it. This is a A question worth pondering, don’t you think?”

Although with NEXTDOOR in front, Myspace is weaker than it was in the original time and space, both in terms of products and influence. It is still just in the United States, compared with Facebook, which is now booming around the world. It's a big difference, but no matter what, Myspace is always a decent opponent in the social field, and Feng Yiping faces it in the United States.

If the powerful News Corporation acquires Myspace, it is conceivable that Myspace's development will accelerate, and it will definitely compete with Feng Yiping for the US social market. However, he seems to have no reaction to the news, which is really unreasonable.

"Perhaps he has been too busy recently and has not paid attention to relevant information." Mrs. Murdoch also wiped her mouth and caught up with her husband who was walking out.

"Impossible," Old Murdoch shook his head. "They will definitely follow up on the follow-up status of each company that is interested in Skype,"

So, why didn’t he respond at all to my desire to acquire Myspace?

Such an abnormal situation made old Murdoch, who had a very smooth contact with Myspace, hesitate.

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In the Marvel conference room, the meeting was still going on. Under everyone's expectant and anxious eyes, Feng Yiping said his first adjustment, "From today on, the Marvel film department will become an independent department, working closely with the Marvel film department." Wei's other business departments are separated..."

"Bah bang bang," said Arad, the head of Marvel's film department and Palmater's old comrade-in-arms, stood up and applauded excitedly.

Under his leadership, many senior executives also applauded.

Establishing an independent film department is what many Marvel people have always wanted to do. Feng Yiping announced such news at his first meeting when he took office. No wonder everyone is so excited.

Seeing everyone so enthusiastic, Feng Yiping also clapped his hands a few times, "Whether Marvel will continue to be a cow or become a Hulk that even superheroes can't do anything about, depends on the development of our independent film department, Marvel Pictures,"

"Feng, you must rest assured about this," Arad interrupted Feng Yiping loudly.

Feng Yiping nodded, "Independent Marvel Pictures will continue to stay in Hollywood. Of course, I suggest that the current headquarters be renovated and expanded to accommodate our growing number of employees,"

"My ultimate goal is to build our Marvel Pictures headquarters into a holy place in the minds of Marvel fans around the world,"

The applause rang out again.

In the hands of the very frugal Palmat, such a thing is also hard to imagine. The office space only needs to meet basic needs. Why spend so much extra money?

But what they care most about is Feng Yiping's positioning of Marvel Pictures.

Although it has been spun off from Marvel's other businesses, what is its status? Will it continue to be responsible to Palmat, or directly to Feng Yiping?

This is the most concerned issue for the executives headed by Arad at this time.

"Marvel's other business departments, including our core, the comics department, will continue to develop in New York,"

But Feng Yiping then talked about the arrangements for Marvel's other business departments. Hearing this, Arad was obviously a little disappointed, and even Palmat looked at Feng Yiping deeply.

"Marvel's toy department will remain the same as before, but in the future we will build a larger production base in Asia, specifically in China,"

His decision made everyone a little nervous again.

This means that the production capacity of Marvel's toy department in the United States will be gradually stripped away. It is conceivable that this is a topic that will affect the work of many people.

"Marvel's game department will move from New York to Silicon Valley in the near future," Feng Yiping said his next decision.

Of course, this is not bad, and this arrangement is also reasonable.

It is a very reasonable arrangement to move the game department to Silicon Valley, which gathers the world's top engineers.

However, many people looked at Palmat at this time. This was equivalent to taking the game department away from Palmat. No wonder he looked a little gloomy at the beginning.

"Including comics and toys, all other departments in New York are still under the charge of Mr. Palmat," Feng Yiping finally said something that everyone was more interested in.

Arad and the others became nervous.

However, it seems that there is nothing to be nervous about. At present, the situation looks optimistic.

"Some departments that move to Silicon Valley will eventually achieve the same status as Marvel Studios, and integrate other existing game development teams in NEXTDOOR to become our main business department in the game field,"

"I am also very optimistic about the future development of the game industry, and hope that the game department can become another cornerstone of our future development,"

In China, Feng Yiping has no idea of ​​getting involved in the game field, but in the United States, he has no concerns in this regard.

By the way, with so many Marvel IPs, it would be a huge waste of resources if we don't develop some games well, right?

This was also the first time he privatized the acquired listed company. In addition to Marvel's unsatisfactory revenue, many original shareholders had no confidence in it. Making this work easier and facilitating his adjustments was also the main reason.

If Marvel was still a listed company, such a split would be extremely difficult.

Arad was more relieved when he heard this. Obviously, the game department would not continue to be responsible to Palmat.

That must be the case for Marvel Studios, which is great!

"The independent Marvel Studios will report directly to our President Cummins, who is responsible for US affairs,"

Suddenly, there was a loud applause, and the excitement on Arad's face could be seen by anyone.

"Next, I will announce a personnel appointment,"

Arad, who originally wanted to ask Feng Yiping, also shut up at this time. This is a personnel appointment! This should be about the person in charge of Marvel Studios, that is, his own personnel appointment. In this way, will he and Palmat be on an equal footing?

He and others looked at Feng Yiping expectantly, and Feng Yiping happened to look at him, and Arad was immediately excited.

"Due to personal development reasons, Mr. Avi Arad, the former head of Marvel Studios, will leave us and start his own business,"

What? Many people at this time were like Ara, staring at Feng Yiping in amazement.

Arad stared at Feng Yiping fiercely, then slowly turned his gaze to his old comrade and old friend, "Why?"

As he said this, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became tense.