Chapter 587: With a Wave of His Sleeves, He Took Away More than Two Billion Dollars

Being a tool for Marvel, although the director does not have much fame, most of the benefits of Marvel movies are shared by the producers and the leading actors.

But it has to be admitted that being a tool for Marvel really makes a lot of money.

And considering that the general environment of Hollywood will be dominated by superhero movies in the next ten years.

Unless Wu Yuan does not plan to make movies in Hollywood in the next ten years and disappears completely, then he does not need to consider these.

But if he wants to maintain his lowest exposure in Hollywood, superhero movies are inevitable.

And if he has to choose, Marvel is definitely much stronger than DC. Wu Yuan has no interest in Warner's idea of ​​handing over the DC universe to him and Nolan.

And now Warner has a new choice, handing over the DC universe to Zack Snyder.

Wu Yuan just wants to play a favorable game.

And Marvel's second and third stages are quite favorable, he can join in the fun and earn some milk powder money.

But the premise is that he has to shoot something he is interested in.

"Doctor Strange" is a Marvel Universe IP that he is relatively interested in.

On the one hand, it is because Doctor Strange's story is relatively independent of the main body of the Marvel Universe, that is, the members of the Avengers.

A relatively independent story means that he does not need to be too involved in the construction of the large Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the independent Doctor Strange story can also give him more room to play.

More importantly, under the worldview of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, among the second and third phases of the movie, only "Doctor Strange" has a slight connection with Asians.

Doctor Strange's assistant Wang is a Chinese.

And in the comic setting, the Ancient One is also a man with an Asian face.

Although I don't know why the movie version was changed to a woman, and a typical European face was found.

But if Wu Yuan took over this movie, he would definitely choose to find an Asian grandfather first.

Anyway, the image of the Ancient One in the comics is mostly that of a white-haired old man, and his facial features are more Asian.

Although it has a bit of Asian stereotypes (Danfeng eyes), at least from the setting to the comic image, the Ancient One is an orthodox Asian.

If Wu Yuan was the director, he would definitely push the film towards "realism" and would not find a European woman with long legs.

Although Tilda Swinton did act very well.

"If there is a chance, I would be happy to do it." Wu Yuan agreed with a smile.

Even if "Doctor Strange" is to be filmed, it will be after 2014, and it will not affect his current work in the short term.

"That's it for now, happy cooperation." Lawn stood up and shook hands with Wu Yuan. The negotiation was a complete success.

It was called a negotiation, but in fact it was more about confirming the results that had been discussed before.

Although it was not the most satisfactory result, both Disney and Wu Yuan could accept it, and it did not exceed their bottom line.

If everything goes well, in July-August next year, Guangshidai will officially separate from Wu Yuan and become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Disney, and will no longer have anything to do with Wu Yuan.

And he will also return to China with at least more than 2 billion US dollars in cash to build the Chinese film industry.

It just so happens that Guangying Kuaibo will also develop rapidly in the next few years. It is estimated that the cost of expansion and server construction alone will be hundreds of millions of dollars each year, which is just right to use this money to fill the development of Guangying Kuaibo.

By then, it will not be a dream for Guangying Kuaibo to share the world with overseas streaming media such as Netflix and Disney+ in Asia.

"Happy cooperation." Although he was driven away, Wu Yuan still had a bright smile on his face and shook Laun's hand vigorously.

"Done?"

"Yes."

Wu Yuan spread his hands, sat in the boss chair, and groaned, "John, after the contract is reached, you will share a dividend of 50 million US dollars."

"By then, you can also retire happily and enjoy life."

"Take your wife on a trip around the world while you are still young."

"Crystal and I have always wanted to travel around the world, but we don't have time."

John smiled and agreed, "You are right, I should compensate my wife."

"I have been too busy with work in recent years. I haven't enjoyed a complete vacation for a long time."

"It's all your fault. You pushed all the company's affairs to me to deal with!"

"But the reward is very rich, isn't it?" Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows and teased, "I believe that no professional manager in Hollywood earns more than you."

Wu Yuan is really kind to John. Although he pushed all the daily operations of Light Times to John and became a hands-off boss, John's salary is indeed worthy of this busy job.

His fixed annual salary has increased from one million dollars to three million dollars.

And in the movies produced by his company, as long as he personally takes charge of the movie as a producer, he will have a share of the box office. Although it is not high, most of them are 2% or 3%, but it is not small when accumulated.

Not counting the "severance pay" given by Wu Yuan at the last time, John has received a total of 20 to 30 million US dollars in salary in the seven or eight years he has worked at Guangshidai.

Such treatment is definitely beyond the reach of all professional managers in Hollywood.

Of course, it is still not comparable to shareholders who really control the company's shares.

However, John, who received another 50 million US dollars, is definitely a wealthy upper-class person in the United States, although he is not a billionaire.

The purchasing power of the US dollar is very strong, and a millionaire is equivalent to a multi-millionaire in China.

John has tens of millions of dollars in cash, which is enough for him to live a luxurious life in the second half of his life until he dies!

"You are right." John said with emotion: "Accepting your invitation, resigning from Fox Searchlight, and starting a business with you was the best decision I made in my life."

"Although it is a bit tiring, the sense of accomplishment is very satisfying."

"Daniel, there is something I want to talk to you about."

"In fact, Disney contacted me privately and hoped that I could stay and continue to be the general manager of Light Age, but I did not reply to them."

"Do you mind?"

"Oh?" Wu Yuan was a little surprised, but soon understood Disney's idea.

As the real helmsman of Light Age, John can be said to have built this company entirely by himself, and Wu Yuan just provided a good script.

If he can stay in the Light Age, it will be able to preserve the essence of the Light Age to the greatest extent. Even without any changes, the Light Age can continue to create benefits for Disney.

"Of course I don't mind." Wu Yuan smiled and said indifferently: "When I decided to sell this company, I had nothing to do with the Light Age anymore."

"If Disney offers good conditions and you are willing, I certainly don't mind you staying in the Light Age."

"Of course, I think before that, you should take a long vacation to rest for a while before facing the challenges of the new stage." (End of this chapter)