Chapter 1384 Allies!

Stan Lee looks quite old, but he still looks very strong and energetic.

Stan Lee personally took Yang Ming in to see the development of Marvel over the years.

Before Marvel was acquired by Empire Group, it was also a comic giant in the United States. Like DC Comics, it was the most famous comic giant in the United States.

However, compared with the comics in Japan, it is far behind.

The popular comics in Japan can sell millions of copies of comic weekly, but Marvel's comics sell hundreds of thousands of copies, which is already very good.

In other words, the comic markets in the two countries are still very different.

Even so, Marvel's influence is still growing, especially the characters in Marvel, including the value brought by IP, etc.

With the support of Empire Group's funds, channels, marketing, etc., Marvel has developed better and better over the years.

In addition to the release of several Marvel films and TV series through Marvel Films every year, Marvel also cooperates with the other five Hollywood giants acquired by Empire Group.

Driven by the film and television industry, the revenue of Marvel's derivative products is getting higher and higher. Marvel's costumes, Marvel toys, etc. alone bring a lot of revenue every year.

In addition, the revenue from licensing has also been increasing over the years.

When the Empire Group acquired it, Marvel's market value has increased by more than dozens of times.

Even so, the Empire Group cannot sell it easily.

Stan Lee took Yang Ming and others to visit inside, including some common Marvel heroes Spider-Man, Thor, etc.

After reading these.

Stan Lee and Yang Ming went to his office.

Although Yang Ming and the Empire Group did not interfere with the development of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee also knew that when he reached a certain age, he would definitely give up the position of Marvel's head.

So who will be the head in the future?

Stan Lee's requirement is that you must understand and like comics. As for other professional managers, it is not impossible, but Stan Lee thinks it is not suitable.

That is to say, even if Stan Lee gives up the position of the head, the new head must meet this condition.

Now the Empire Group has many talents.

However, Yang Ming basically lets many companies invested by the Empire Group in the United States go. He does not interfere, but often provides very important opinions.

Moreover, many times, it is difficult for others to imagine that it is the Empire Group's company, and it has infiltrated every aspect of them unknowingly.

At noon.

Yang Ming and others have lunch in the cafeteria of Marvel headquarters.

Because there are mainly some administrators, comic planners, etc., mainly white people, and now there are many more Asians.

As for black people, there may be some in Marvel Studios.

After lunch.

Stan Lee personally sent Yang Ming down.

He knew that at least for 20 to 30 years, the IP value brought by Marvel comics would still be relatively large, but after 30 to 40 years, it would be hard to say.

This is related to the development of the national strength of M country. When the national strength of M country is still very strong, the value of Marvel IP is still very large. Otherwise, the comics of M country may decline like the national strength of M country.

In this regard, the comics market in Japan is very strange. Although Japan has begun to enter the era of bubble economy and is still in a declining era, the comics market in Japan is developing better and better. There are more and more otakus and otakus. Although the economy is declining, there are more and more consumers who read comics or like comic products.

In other words, the income may be reduced, but the spiritual demand for comics is still very large.

Yang Ming and others got on the Rolls-Royce and left here.

. . .

Two days later.

Lin Xiuzhi and Alina came back.

Not only the two women came, but also a person came.

It was Catherine of the Dini family.

"Hello, Sir Yang, nice to meet you."

When Catherine saw Yang Ming, she immediately stretched out her hand to say hello.

Catherine had just graduated from college and didn't know what industry she was in. However, as a member of the Dinishen family, it was easy for her to succeed no matter what she did.

However, this time, the Dinishen family didn't expect that Sir Yang, chairman of the Empire Group, sent Lin Xiuzhi and Alina to visit and discuss cooperation between the two sides.

And why did Yang Ming choose Dinishen?

In fact, both sides have common opponents, the Youtai people and the Youtai Consortium in M ​​country.

The Dinishen family is not simple. It is one of the four most important families in M ​​country. Although many things have happened, it has not declined since then, but has remained prosperous.

This time, the Dinishen family has accepted the cooperation with Sir Yang and sent a family member Catherine to meet Sir Yang first.

Catherine is just 25 years old, still very young, and looks like a very intellectual young woman.

After Yang Ming shook hands with her.

These days, Lin Xiuzhi and Alina have been in the Dinishen family's manor.

At the beginning, the main members of the Dini family learned that Sir Yang sent two people. One was Lin Xiuzhi, who was Sir Yang's secretary and had an important identity.

The other was Alina.

Many people outside may not know Alina's identity.

However, Dini was also surprised to hear about Alina's identity.

Because Alina is a Youtai, but the other party is a Youtai from Su Lian, which is completely different from the Youtai here in M ​​country. Now that Sir Yang has sent her here, he must trust her very much.

On the other hand, Alina did not reveal her identity as Yang Ming's woman, otherwise the Dini family would not think that way.

The two were well entertained in the Dines family.

However, the Dini family was still very wary at first. After all, Sir Yang and the Imperial Group are now very powerful and have a lot of wealth, but after all, they are not from the M country, and they are not white.

The single biggest advantage is that Yang Ming is now very popular with Country Y, that is, he is regarded as an Anglo-Saxon.

From a certain perspective, the main strengths of country M now are the Jewish and Thai consortium and the Anglo-Saxon consortium.

It was not until two days later that members of the Dini family gradually started talking to Lin Xiuzhi and Alina.

until now.

The Denis family sent Catherine.

Yang Ming and Kathleen went to the study.

Katherine looked at Sir Young's study in his villa on Long Island, New York, and found that it was not as simple as she imagined.

It is rumored that Sir Yang is a nouveau riche, and everything seems to be gold.

However, Kathleen has not seen it here.

To Kathleen, this Sir Young was magical.

Apart from being Chinese, it is difficult for her to imagine any difference between herself and other white elites.

"Sir Yang, I was entrusted by my family to come here to meet with you, but I still can't figure out why there are so many families and financial groups in M ​​country cooperating with our family?"

At this point, the Dini family is really confused.

"Yotai people."

Yang Ming said this.

In fact, many members of the Dini family may have died at the hands of the Utai consortium, but there is no evidence to prove it.

besides.

There is one more thing, which is very important.

That's the curse of the Dines family.

In his opinion, the curse of the Zheng family, a modern group in Goryeo, may be more terrifying.

The Dini family has a long-held dream, the dream of mastery. Someone in this family must become the master of country M. Joseph secretly swore when he was praying in church: I have reached the highest peak of wealth, and I want my son to reach the highest peak of power.

The couple has nine children, and the ones with political potential are naturally four boys.

These four boys are the eldest son, Joseph Dinesa Jr., the second son, John Dinesi, the third son, Robert Dinesi, and the fourth son, Edward Dinesi.

Based on his own experience, Joseph knew that in order for his sons to have status, they must first have money so that they would never have to worry about life. He established trust funds that provided $20 million each to his children and wife.

In the father's mind, the eldest son Joseph Jr. was the most qualified among the four sons to become the master.

But the ruthless war shattered his wishful thinking. During the war against Germany, little Joseph joined the army and became a pilot. In 1944, he was ordered to blow up the V-1 missile launcher of Nazi Germany.

While performing his mission, the plane he was piloting exploded over Country Y due to a malfunction. He and his co-pilot were blown to pieces.

This was the first disaster that the Denis family would encounter in the future.

Two weeks later came another bad news.

The newly married husband of the second daughter Kathleen, Lord Hartington of Country Y, was killed by a sniper shot by a gunman from Country D while fighting in Country F. A few years later, Catherine, who was widowed, had a new boyfriend, Earl Fitzwilliam from the country Y.

On May 13, 1948, the two rented a small plane to go to country F for vacation. They both crashed and died in strong winds in the mountains.

After the death of the eldest son, the family's hopes rested more on the second son, John Dines.

According to John Deenia later said, "My brother Joseph was the natural candidate for politics in the family. If he lived, I would continue to be a writer. If I died, my brother would become a senator. If anything happened to him, I would My other brother will campaign for us."

A son inherits his father's legacy, and a younger brother inherits his brother's legacy, just like a sequence of succession in politics.

John Dines' greatest political success was to dominate a country.

His father, Joseph, was the chief planner and chief director of realizing the dream of domination. He spent a lot of money to mobilize the press and publishing industry to publicize his son like a bombardment.

His son finally became the youngest ruler in the history of Country M. When John Dines formed the cabinet, his old father asked him to put his younger brother Robert into the cabinet, and Robert got his wish and got the post of Minister of Justice.

This was the political pinnacle of the Dines family.

On November 22, 1963, the Dines and his wife went to Dallas to canvass votes for re-election. At 12:30 noon, a bullet fired from a building next to the street hit Dinizhu in the head, shattering his skull, and Dinizh was stabbed to death. Over the past 30 years, many people have been dissatisfied with this conclusion and have made various speculations about the cause of Denisid's death.

Some people believe that during the assassination, another gunman ambush nearby and fired, hitting Denis in the head. As for the manipulator behind it, there are even more theories.

There are various theories such as the Soviet Union intelligence agency. The great Hollywood director Oliver Stone also made a movie called "Denys" in 1993, implying that powerful figures within Country M planned this conspiracy. The film actually received an Oscar nomination. It seems that the mystery of Denis's assassination will not be solved in the short term.

After the assassination of the Dinizan leader, Robert Dinizan, who served as the Attorney General, became the head of the Dinizan family.

His mother whispered to him; "Son, it's your turn now."

In 1968, Robert decided to run for the leader, and it seemed that the Dinizan family might have another leader.

Unfortunately, at a public rally, a young man shot him in the head and Robert died in the hospital. The murderer was a Palestinian refugee named Sirhan, who hated Robert's strong pro-Jewish tendencies.

Three brothers died in an accident, and Edward Dinizan was the only one left. He was also trying to sprint to the top of politics.

In 1969, he was elected as the deputy leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate and had the hope of becoming a hot figure in the 1972 leader election. But an accident in July 1969 ruined his future.

One night he was driving back to the hotel with the beautiful blonde Miss Kopekne, and the car rushed into the river when crossing a small bridge. Edward escaped, but the girl died in the car, and Edward did not report the case in time.

This incident damaged the reputation of the Denis family and forced Edward to give up the election.

The situation in the next generation of the Denis family was also quite bad. Several people were crazy "drug addicts". Robert Denis' son Bobby was sentenced in 1983.

His younger brother David was even worse and died directly. Originally, the last hope of this family was placed on John Denis Jr. He was handsome, popular, and had the strength to revitalize the Denis family politically.

Some people even estimated that as long as he announced his candidacy, there would not be many people who could compete with him. But this plane crash almost cut off the last hope of the Denis family.

The Denis family with a 200-year history can undoubtedly verify this statement. Joseph Dinis gave birth to 9 children, 4 boys and 5 girls. They seemed to have political talents, but also became the targets of some destructive forces.

Many people may think that this family is cursed, or it may be that the members of this family are restless and have adventurous genes, which leads to such a high mortality rate in a family.

However, Yang Ming thinks it is not that simple.

Because too many members of the Dinis family will suddenly get into trouble or die when they are successful.

It is impossible to say that there is no conspiracy behind this.

Yang Ming talked to Catherine about the curse of her family, and Catherine's expression also darkened.

"Our family is a very tragic family, as if it has been cursed."

However, Yang Ming shook his head.

"Maybe it's not that simple behind it."

"Sir Yang, what do you mean?"

"If your family is still the same as before, it must be the same as before, and some family members will suddenly die abnormally."