After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

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Kevin smiled, these little Japanese are quite greedy, 50.00% investment in a movie is not enough.

Kevin said flatly:

"Start with three parts."

Iwata Satoru's expression changed slightly, obviously, he was very happy.

This point was keenly observed by Kevin.

"We hope that among the three films, we can get 50.00% of the investment, and we don't need any peripherals and copyright sharing."

This condition, if it is for the average director, is simply wishful.

Chapter 273 Green Lantern Released

For them, pulling investment is a headache.

No director can guarantee that he will always be successful, except for Steve Kevin.

Now, anyone who is a director knows how amazing Steve Kevin is.

Facing Satoru Iwata's greedy request, Kevin shook his head and said:

"Impossible, tens of millions of dollars for a movie is already a lot."

"And in addition to the movie, your game will benefit from my movie, and the US market will open the door for you."

Kevin said this very confidently, and Satoru Iwata couldn't refute it. After all, Kevin used his own experience to prove that what he said was true.

Seeing Kevin's attitude, Iwata Satoru also gave up his extravagant demands.

He was just probing just now, since Steve Kevin didn't accept it, forget it.

After their careful research yesterday, they have discovered that if Kevin really shoots the Pokémon movie, it will bring them too many benefits.

This will help their business expand to the whole world.

Nintendo's main business is still limited to a few countries, while Hollywood is open to the whole world.

This adaptation is obviously more beneficial to Nintendo.

Of course, Kevin is not bad either.

After buying out the copyright of the film, he will be able to use the Pokémon image in the film in his own amusement park, and in a disguised form, he will share the popularity of the Pokémon IP.

Overall, this is a win-win situation.

Kevin doesn't like to do business that makes money by cheating others. With his reputation, he can cheat Nintendo, but it's meaningless.

In the business circle, a win-win reputation is very important.

This will win him more good opportunities. Everyone knows that he never cheats on his collaborators, so who wouldn't worry about cooperating with him.

Of course, Kevin will not give others the opportunity to cheat him, and Kevin still thinks very clearly about this.

"Okay, then a movie, 50.00% of the investment quota, does not involve interests other than the box office share."

Iwata Satoru directly agreed to the conditions proposed by Kevin.

They have already figured out the stakes in this.

The reason why I said these words was just to seek greater benefits. Since Steve Kevin refused, it is fine to accept it as soon as it is good.

"Okay, in a few days, the lawyer team of Chenxi Films will come to sign the contract, and I will play in Japan for a few more days."

"Hi!"

"I hope that the trip to Japan directed by Kevin will not be disappointing."

"I will leave here first, and I will report the results of the negotiation to the company."

Iwata Satoru bowed to Kevin again, then turned and left here.

At this point in the negotiation, Kevin's heart has settled down.

So far, Kevin has four super IPs in his hands: Pokémon, Marvel, Harry Potter, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Unless there are any accidents in the future, these IPs alone will be enough for Dawn Films The market value has been pushed to hundreds of billions.

However, it is impossible for Chenxi Film Company to go public.

Kevin will only absorb funds through MGM in a disguised form, but he will never let Chenxi Films go public, so that he can firmly grasp the control of Chenxi Films.

At the same time, Kevin will not let go of the follow-up One Piece, Hokage, Bleach, etc., as well as other big IPs that have the opportunity to start.

The development of Xianxia universe will also come step by step.

In the future, Kevin, who has countless IPs in his hand, will really be a flying dragon riding on his face, reducing dimensionality.

In Hollywood, who can beat him.

Thinking about it, he felt that his future was boundless.

It's all done.

Kevin chose to have a good time in Tokyo.

Of course, the company of Ryoko Hirosue is indispensable.

After enjoying the unique service of Japanese women for half a month, Kevin left Japan contentedly.

Of course, everything was done, and he also took away the number of Hirosue Ryoko's office for follow-up contact.

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Fast forward to July.

Blockbuster movies from all walks of life are crowded in the prime time of this summer vacation.

The first to be released is the film Peerless Catastrophe, which is distributed by Touchstone Films, a subsidiary of Bowell Films.

This company has so far mainly released some alternative and experimental films.

To put it simply, it's a lottery. I don't know if the movie will be a hit.

Of course, Heavenly Tribulation is not an alternative movie.

It was Touchstone Brands' first attempt at becoming a normal movie distribution company.

Peerless Cataclysm, directed by director Michael Bay, that is, the director of the future Transformers, known in the industry as Explosive Bay.

His movies are characterized by high explosiveness and thrilling scenes, which can stimulate men's adrenal hormones and make people's blood pump.

The cast is also someone Kevin knows well, Bruce Willey, and the future Batman actor Ben Affleck known as Big Ben.

These elements add up.

Unsurprisingly, the sci-fi disaster film Peerless Cataclysm achieved a first-day box office of close to 600 million US dollars.

As a commercial film, there is no doubt that it is qualified.

Then, on July [-]th.

The much-anticipated movie, Green Lantern, hits theaters.

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Los Angeles Studios.

Fans of Green Lantern, some middle-aged people in their 40s and [-]s, bought tickets to watch the movie in order to support their feelings.

At the same time, some boys and girls in their twenties also stepped into the movie theater to watch Green Lantern.

As a superhero movie, the theoretical audience is actually young people.

However, it has a bonus of feelings. In fact, it can also attract a lot of older fans. This is the power of IP.

Warner executives even collectively appeared at the premiere, appreciating this huge investment of 5000 million US dollars with actors and directors.

You know, the production cost of Titanic is only [-] million US dollars.

The Green Lantern is called a small Titanic.

This kind of investment is enough to show how high they have placed their hopes on this movie.

Amidst this much anticipation, Green Lantern began to air.

The screen of the movie focuses on the earth.

The pilot Hal Jordan was selected by the Lantern Ring in an accident and became the Green Lantern. At the same time, Parallax, a monster that feeds on fear, descended on the earth.

In short, it sums up the plot well.

This is a typical superhero movie, which seems to be no different from Iron Man.

The executives watched the movie and didn't feel anything wrong at all. All the plots were in the rhythm of a standard commercial movie.

With the addition of Tom Cruise, they are all looking forward to today's box office explosion.

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Along with the screening of the movie, at the beginning, they were all smiling and looking forward to the enthusiastic response from the audience.

But the further they went, the more they felt a bad breath.

In their capacity, they have attended countless film premieres.

For a big commercial production like Green Lantern, the audience at the scene responded very enthusiastically, and I don't know why everyone is so silent today.

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"It's so boring, Green Lantern is far from Spider-Man."

"I feel the same way. I'm here to see Green Lantern protecting the universe, not to see Green Lantern fighting monsters on Earth."

"Let's go, let's talk to my classmates tomorrow, there's no need to come and see it, it's not pretty at all."

"..."

All kinds of critical words came from the side.

The directors, leading actors in the front row, and Warner executives all have their own thoughts.

However, the word-of-mouth of the premiere alone can't explain anything at present. After the box office data on the first day comes out, and the follow-up overall word-of-mouth survey data comes out.

Only then will they be able to know whether the Green Lantern is successful or not.

However, the reaction of the audience undoubtedly cast a shadow over their premiere.

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In another movie theater in Los Angeles, Kevin left the movie theater silently after watching the movie.

In order to know whether Green Lantern will be successful after changing the protagonist, Kevin chose to go to the cinema to watch the movie in person.

It turned out that the movie starring Tom Cruise still did not break away from the image of the Green Lantern in Kevin's memory.

Many netizens in the previous life have analyzed Green Lantern clearly.

Why the movie failed is also clearly analyzed.

First of all, there is a problem with the positioning of this movie.

It is also a superhero movie, even Kevin has to admit that DC superheroes have higher potential than Marvel superheroes.

Marvel can make a popcorn movie, but Green Lantern can't.

It should be as much a masterpiece as Batman and The Dark Knight.

And not just a popcorn movie.

The American public had high expectations for Green Lantern from the very beginning, and this is one of the main reasons why Green Lantern failed.

At the same time, the plot of the movie is also a big failure on earth.

Green Lantern, as the cosmic policeman, is fighting monsters on the earth, and the gap between them is too great.

It has no character at all.

The battle scenes are also empty and boring, and the audience watching them are drowsy.

The characterization is also rubbish.

I have to say that the director has to take the blame for the biggest failure of this movie.

After watching the whole movie, Kevin felt that it was a waste. The director completely wasted the production cost of [-] million US dollars.