After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

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"There is no cap on the amount!"

Hiroshi Yamauchi also felt in his heart that it was impossible for Steve Kevin to joke with them with his famous brand.

To know a director who never fails, his reputation is also a huge asset.

At least Hiroku Yamauchi's Steve Kevin's reputation is worth more than their entire Nintendo. It is impossible for him to use his reputation to frame Nintendo.

"Hi!"

Iwata Satoru readily agreed.

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the other side.

Under the leadership of Ryoko Hirosue, Kevin is taking a brief tour of various scenery in Japan.

After visiting a few sights in Tokyo all morning, Kevin returned to the high-end hotel they had come to at the beginning.

This is a high-end hotel integrating restaurants, accommodation, and hot springs.

The cost of a night can be as high as thousands of dollars, which can be described as a lot of value.

Of course, for Kevin, this little expense is nothing more than a dribble.

And Nintendo has covered the expenses here for him.

Anyway, it is such a big company, to receive such a big man like him, this kind of treatment still has to be given.

When he reached the door of the room, Kevin said:

"Liangzi, go to another place to rest and come back at night."

"Hi!"

Hirosue Ryoko left respectfully.

Kevin couldn't help but feel that Japanese women still have his appetite for him.

Turning around and pushing the door, I saw a vigorous man in a suit, kneeling on the tatami.

"Mr. Sato, hello!"

Kevin stepped forward to shake his hand and say hello at the same time.

"Director Kevin, hello."

After a simple greeting, Kevin also sat down cross-legged.

This begins:

"Mr. Sato, what happened to what I ordered?"

Takeru Sato took out a piece of data from his briefcase, and then responded:

"At present, more than ten IPs that director Kevin needs have been collected."

"What?"

Kevin asked directly.

Takeru Sato is a professional he specially hired to help him collect IP.

It’s also okay to use an intermediary, he just earns a fee for running errands, so that Kevin doesn’t have to run one by one by himself.

Takeru Sato glanced at the data and read:

"Currently, those who have purchased the copyrights of movies and TV shows include One Piece and The Prince of Tennis..."

Takeru Sato read out more than a dozen cartoons that Kevin had a slight impression of.

However, the most valuable ones are One Piece and The Prince of Tennis. It is not difficult to win the film and TV series copyrights of these two comics.

In the island country, a country with a high concentration of Two-dimensional.

Animation is the most influential entertainment industry.

These comic publishers pay far less attention to the copyrights of movies and TV series than animation copyrights.

And these two comics, although the response is very good, but without the blessing of animation, the overall popularity has not yet reached its peak.

Kevin bought out One Piece's 20-year movie and TV series copyright for only 20 U.S. dollars. At the same time, he can also renew the copyright for 100 years at a price of 20 million U.S. dollars.

Of course, these are overseas copyrights. In Japan, they can shoot their own movie and TV series One Piece.

Because of this, they sell so happily.

Overseas version, isn't this free money?

None of them could have imagined how popular the copyright that Kevin was looking at would become in the future.

Of course, Kevin bought the copyrights of One Piece not all for the movie.

For example, One Piece is obviously suitable for TV dramas and movies, but it is far from being able to capture the plot.

These copyrights are all prepared by Kevin for the future Netflix.

Anyway, the price is very cheap. If you hold it in your hands, as long as one of them explodes in the future, you will make a lot of money.

Chapter 272 Winning the Copyright of the Pokémon Movie

"Mr. Sato is very reliable in his work. Next, I will hand over my business in Japan to you. This is a long-term business."

"Hi!"

Takeru Sato was overjoyed. The treatment Steve Kevin gave him was actually normal, but for a smart person like him.

He knew that the biggest benefit of doing this was not making money from Steve Kevin.

It's that he has a channel through which he can get in touch with Steve Kevin. This kind of personal relationship is worth a thousand dollars.

Using this network, even if only a little bit, is enough for him to start a powerful intermediary company.

This society is like this, the network is much stronger than the actual work.

Outside the society, you will find that people with connections can make money lying down. For example, a person has connections in the municipal government, can win a project, and is not afraid of the difficulty of getting accounts.

Re-contracting means huge profits, and all risks are borne by the contractor.

It is not guaranteed whether the account will be collected or not.

Just like that, I don't know how many people climbed on the pole.

This is the true face of society.

Then Kevin briefly chatted with him about the next business development, and then sent him out of here.

So far, apart from Pokémon, Kevin has nothing else to do in Japan.

Before coming, he thought about whether he should spend more time in the Japanese entertainment industry and get to know more Japanese actresses, but when he really came, Kevin lost interest.

One Hirosue Ryoko is enough.

Too many women is also a problem, especially women in the entertainment industry.

The first few women Kevin stepped into Hollywood had less and less contact with him.

And Kevin didn't care that much about them anymore. To put it bluntly, they had expired.

For European and American women, the most beautiful period is between the ages of thirteen and 25. This is Kevin's conclusion based on his own experience.

European and American women mature relatively early, in their teens, which is the peak period, and after the age of 25, they become uglier and uglier like flowers withering.

No wonder there are so many copper smelting addictions in Europe and America, this is a factor determined by race.

In the room, after soaking in the hot spring again, Kevin came to the room with a comfortable mind and body and turned on the air conditioner. I have to say that soaking in the hot spring in summer has a different taste, and it has the same effect as steaming in a sauna.

"Iwata Satoru is here."

"Let him in."

The bodyguard who was in charge of security outside let Satoru Iwata and the lawyer he was carrying come over.

Once in the room, Kevin motioned for him to sit down.

Iwata Satoru and the lawyer he was carrying respectfully knelt opposite Kevin.

As Kevin, sitting cross-legged on the ground is not considered rude, the status of the two parties is not at the same height.

"How's the negotiation going? What's your Nintendo opinion on the sale of Pokémon movie and TV series rights?"

Kevin cut to the chase.

In his position, coming to Japan is a blow to reduce dimensionality. As the younger brother of the United States, the Japanese naturally bow their heads in front of the Americans.

Not to mention that he is a big man who is a billionaire even in the United States.

Iwata Satoru showed a respectful look, and said logically:

"After discussions with our company, we have unanimously agreed to sell you the overseas film and TV series rights of Pokémon."

"Only $100 million for the price!"

Kevin frowned.

It's not too expensive, it's just too cheap.

One Piece is just a manga that has been serialized for a year, and the animation has not even started. Even so, Kevin paid a price of 20 US dollars.

And Pokémon, as a big game IP that has been animated and mangaized, how can a mere $100 million be worthy of its identity.

Nintendo can't be that ignorant.

Kevin raised his head and glanced at Satoru Iwata, remained silent, and waited calmly for him to raise the following conditions.

Sure enough, seeing that Kevin didn't speak, Iwata Satoru couldn't sit still, and continued:

"However, we have a condition."

"What conditions."

Kevin let Iwata Satoru continue to speak with a calm face, his face was expressionless, and he could not see his inner emotions.

This is the basic Ayutthaya.

In business negotiations, if you let the other party see through their emotions, then you have already lost.

Satoru Iwata, who couldn't see how much Kevin valued Pokémon, could only tentatively put forward his own conditions.

"Our Nintendo hopes to be an investor in the movie adapted from Pokémon, and the investment accounted for no less than 50.00%."

Although they sell TV series and movie copyrights, the money earned from TV series is much less than that from movies.

As for the copyright of TV series, they actually don't pay much attention to it, and they don't have the idea of ​​investing.

"I can accept 50.00% of the investment, but there will be no copyright and peripheral income in the later stage. All you can get is the box office share."

Kevin said lightly.

Investing in his films means making money, and everyone knows this.

But Kevin will never let others invest easily. The previous films that have been invested by other film companies have been exchanged for benefits.

For example, Fox used the copyrights of Spider-Man and X-Men to make a deal with Kevin, and thus obtained the investment rights of The Matrix.

Of course, after they learned about Kevin's Marvel Universe plan later, their guts were green with regret.

From the movie universe, they can see how important Spider-Man is. It's too bad to sell the copyright to Kevin.

But that's the end of the matter, and there's nothing you can do about it.

Who would have known that the copyright of Spider-Man was so important.

Of course, what makes them regret even more is that they handed over part of the investment share of the Titanic to Paramount. This is what they regret most.

The president of Paramount, after the Titanic went offline, his face was crooked, chasing James Cameron every day, and wanted to invest in his next movie.

Forcing Fox to send someone to chase behind him, he was afraid that James Cameron would suddenly have an idea and be cut off by Paramount.

Of course, in the future, Avatar's investor will still be Fox.

And this time Fox has learned his lesson. No matter how big the Avatar investment is, Fox still chooses to invest by himself. In the end, Cameron also brought them enough returns.

"May I ask, how many Pokémon movies are you going to make?"

Iwata Satoru tentatively said.