American comics: You're asked to fish, but you catch a Superman template?

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At the same time, he contacted some manufacturers.

A license has been negotiated for Superman peripherals, allowing these manufacturers to use the iconic Superman logo in the shape of an S-shield to print on clothing for the sale of books.

In just one day, Xu Fu licensed more than a dozen trademarks, bringing him considerable profits.

In addition, through his relationship with Disney, he became acquainted with the representative in charge of European merchandise sales.

Thanks to the "Superman and Mickey" short films, the image of Superman became familiar to the European market. Through this connection, he entered foreign markets and brought Superman-branded merchandise to Europe.

Of course, it was too early for Superman and Mickey to be sold throughout Europe. Xu Fu only authorized two or three European manufacturers to produce toothbrushes and kitchen utensils with the S shield logo in order to earn some foreign exchange.

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It is estimated that these licensed peripheral devices will bring Xu Fu $20 to $30 in revenue by the end of the year.

Don't underestimate this figure; keep in mind that the only thing Xu Fu paid for throughout the entire licensing process was the Superman copyright logo. On the other hand, the manufacturer had to do all the work, including product design, production, and subsequent sales.

I understand why Disney loves licensing so much.

Unfortunately, due to Superman's image and his beliefs, a full copyright license like Disney's cannot be considered.

He learned from his conversations with Disney that there are now more than 100 manufacturers producing Disney merchandise in New York City alone.

There are approximately 800 companies in the United States that have obtained licenses.

Therefore, Disney's merchandise ranges from the simplest toys and books to kitchen and hygiene products.

"As you requested, I started buying oil stocks on the market. Because the market is generally pessimistic about the prospects for oil, the trading volume of oil stocks is very low. The estimated purchase price is between 0.27 and 0.38 per share. In the past few days, I have bought more than 3 shares of Seashore United Oil Company."

Wall Street, in front of the New York Stock Exchange building.

Rostrand reported his work to Xu Fu, explaining that although he estimated he would need $300 million to purchase sufficient equity in Seashore United Oil Company, this did not mean Xu Fu should invest that much money all at once.

The stock market is volatile, and buying too many stocks at once could provoke retaliation from Seashore United Oil Company, leading to the failure of the acquisition.

Therefore, Rostrand believed that they would buy oil stocks little by little, gradually reducing the number of whales.

This will prevent the market from rebounding excessively and will also reduce the pressure on Xu Fu.

So far, Xu Fu's oil purchase plan has been progressing smoothly, except for Rostrand, who has encountered some trouble.

"However, in the past few days of trading, I seem to have noticed another competitor interested in oil stocks is making similar acquisitions in the market."

Initially, Rostrand believed that oil inventories were declining at the current level.

Apart from Xu Fu, no one else would be too interested in this market because he doesn't know the target.

However, it turns out that this is not the case.

Another competitor?

When Xu Fu heard Rostrand's words, his expression did not change, as if he had expected it.

Indeed, as Rostrand said, this competitor in the oil stock market...

Xu Fu was more familiar with it than with himself.

Paul Getty, an oil tycoon and one of the world's richest men in the 1960s.

Xu Fu's approach to oil was actually modeled after the future richest man during the Great Depression: he would buy oil stocks at low prices like a madman and then wait for them to appreciate.

In fact, in the following years, with the rebound of the auto market, the oil company's stock price soared from the current market price of 2.5 cents per share to $20. It was precisely because of the stable oil stock price that Paul Getty later became a famous oil tycoon.

But now this future oil tycoon and richest man has met his match in the market.

Xu Fu, the fake Li Cui, met Paul Getty, the real Li Cui, but didn't seem to have any intention of backing down.

"Continue to acquire shares, and if there is a counterattack from Coastal United Oil, start buying back shares like the companies that own Coastal United Oil shares in the mission."

This method of acquiring Xu Fu is essentially the same as the acquisition method that Paul Getty once used for Coastal United Oil Company.

In the stock market, the feud between Rostrand and Paul Getty clearly has time to settle.

Moreover, due to the later intervention of the Rockefeller family, the takeover of Seashore United Oil Company lasted for two full years.

This is destined to be a long and arduous battle.

However, Xu Fu was not worried at all, because this confrontation was destined to end inconclusively. Xu Fu had a grasp of the foresight of these opponents involved in the battle for the oil stock market and was confident of victory from the very beginning.

The fluctuations in the stock market did not have much of an impact on him.

On the contrary, Xu Fu paid more attention to the Messenger series.

Clearly, he hadn't forgotten that superpowers were the foundation upon which he himself had established himself in a positive world.

Since Fisher's earlier idea was to promote technologies like injection molding machines, Xu Fu made some modifications to the series of new problems, describing a capability that had been very important for a long time but had been slow to improve.

In this issue of the Superman comic, the story begins where the Metropolitan Association ended.

The encounter between Superman and this evil organization has been keeping newspaper readers on the edge of their seats for weeks.

In this episode, a group of troublemakers take the citizens of Metropolis hostage and threaten Superman with an offensive that he has not been able to organize.

Prankster: "Here's what we'll do, Superman, you have no other choice. Once you attack us, the bombs on these citizens will explode and kill them all!"

After the Joker's threat, Superman's gaze fell on the Metropolitan citizens playing on the playground, especially Lois.

On one occasion, Tøyman planted a bomb on them.

Luther was holding the button to detonate the bomb.

Superman: "The situation is more disturbing than I thought. I didn't expect even Lois to get involved."

The Metropolitan Association seems to have given Superman some trouble, even giving him a headache.

In the comics, Xu Fu used the word "note" to express Superman's current difficult situation.

Three evil villains come together, and even Superman becomes uncontrollable.

At that moment, Superman's brain worked at lightning speed, and he seemed to have come up with a solution.

Of course, as the protagonist of a comic book.

Naturally, Superman cannot be defeated, which is the core of the Superman stories during Xu Fu's time. Unlike the Superman of the future, who is immobile, injured, or even dead, the Superman of this era is on the path of gradually gaining power.

In this story, Superman demonstrates superhuman vision, easily seeing the button structure in Luther's hand.

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The next second, thanks to his immense learning ability, he used everything at his disposal to perfectly create a button identical to the one used by the Metropolitan Association. Pressing this button successfully defused the bomb threat for Louise, who was now a citizen of Metropolitan.

Toy Man: "No, how did you do that!"

Superman: "It's simple."

Luther: "Damn it, the explosion didn't work!"

To the Metropolitan Association's disappointment, Superman, having escaped the crisis, began to fight back.

The Metropolitan Association crowd was not overlooked either; amidst the King of Mischief's continuous cries for help, a giant toy robot appeared on the playground.

This is an evil robot invented by Toyman and Luther, powerful enough to destroy a city.

Controlling this giant robot, the Metropolitan Association trio engaged in a brutal battle with Superman.

Luthor fired a terrifying green laser in an attempt to destroy Superman, but Superman easily repelled it. The laser was enough to destroy a large amount of green light and did absolutely no harm to Superman.

... ... ...

Against the green light, Superman flew to the giant machine, his eyes shooting out heat vision that instantly destroyed it.

At the end of the comic, he is frozen in a scene where Superman flies over the wreckage of an explosion, and he is on a rooftop holding the remains of a robot.

"Of course, the final victory belongs to Superman!"

"I never imagined that the Metropolitan Association would eventually create such a terrifying robot. If it weren't for Superman, perhaps the entire Metropolis would have been destroyed."

"Evil has been thwarted by Superman once again."

“I never imagined that these three villains, when united, could cause such a terrible disaster, and that Mr. Troublemaker was not involved.”

"It's amazing. Even the terrifying green light created by Luther couldn't harm Superman. Most importantly, Superman was able to lift such a huge robot."

At the end of the story, we saw a picture of Superman defeating Metropolitan Society.

Despite their anticipation, readers couldn't help but exclaim in delight.

Xu Fu had been laying the groundwork for this series of events for the past few weeks, and finally, at this moment, he was able to fully vent his frustrations.

They looked at the scene in the newspaper: Superman was using his weight to support the wreckage of the robot.

Although it was just a simple image on paper, its impact on the reader's mind was beyond imagination, and this page became one of the most collectible newspapers in the future.

To this day, Superman's image as an invincible warrior has once again left a deep impression on readers.

As long as Superman exists, there will be no difficulties.

For a long time, it also became the definition of Superman comics for readers.

Perhaps it's because the Great Depression was a period of disappointment for almost everyone that readers were able to project their own thoughts onto the comic book plot.

They have a tough time in real life, so at least in fictional comics, they can escape their predicament.

This was perfectly achieved in the Superman series.