Hollywood Starts with Animation

Soon after Starship Technologies was founded.

Zhang Wei and Anna Josephine met Zhu Ke together again. Made a further report to Zucker on the three stocks of Microsoft, Yahoo and Cisco held by Zucker.

"Let's not say anything else, I just want to know if Marvel's Sal Perlmutter and Avi Allard are interested in these shares?" Zucker interrupted with a wave of his hand.

For Marvel's shares and controlling rights, Zucker is bound to win!

Zhang Wei and Anna looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

"Boss, this is very difficult." Zhang Wei spoke first.

"Specific?" Zhu Ke said solemnly.

Zhang Wei pondered for a few seconds, then said, "Boss, do you still remember Ronald Perelman?"

Of course Zucker knew him.

"A very cunning guy, and very good at hype." Zuke disdain.

Ronald Perelman, the former chairman of Marvel, is a master of capital hype.

In early 1989, he acquired Marvel for $82.5 million and became the largest shareholder. Later, he used cunning marketing methods to declare that "Marvel comic books have collectible value", prompting many fans to buy a large number of comic books, and listing Marvel in just two years, successfully completing the misappropriation of money in the stock market. .

However... a lie is a lie after all.

Market changes!

The value of manga collections has dropped rapidly, and the "manga collection bubble" has burst!

The whole comic industry has ushered in a cold winter!

Marvel was the first to bear the brunt, and its stock price plummeted, and it was on the verge of bankruptcy several times.

However, as the chairman of Marvel, Ronald Perelman took the opportunity to hollow out Marvel's heritage and started a crazy sale!

In just a few years, he made at least $500 million relying on Marvel Crazy!

In the original words of former Marvel shareholder Icahn: "Perelman is like a plumber who repairs your water pipes. Not only does he completely destroy your house,

Also want to take your house without paying a penny. "

...

"Boss, capital masters like Perelman were driven out of Marvel by Sal Perlmutter and Avi Allard, and even the previous second shareholder, Icahn, also stepped down, There are too many things involved here." Zhang Wei smiled wryly.

Zucker suddenly realized.

Ana added: "Boss, you're planning to complete the acquisition of Marvel before Spider-Man and Fox's X-Men come out; but Sal Perlmutter and Avi Allard, too. Waiting for the release of Spider-Man."

Hearing this, Zucker burst into laughter.

It's true that Zucker is a smart person, but Sal Perlmutter and Avi Allard are not fools either.

On the contrary, they are extremely smart!

Otherwise, they couldn't have driven Perelman out of Marvel.

In fact, Sal Perlmutter and Avi Allard had a discussion when they learned that Zucker wanted to buy Marvel.

"Can't sell!"

"Even if Marvel has to sell eventually, it can't sell it now."

"We have to wait, until the release of "Spider-Man" and "X-Men", as long as they can achieve good results and high box office like "Blade Runner", then our stock price of Marvel will inevitably soar, then sell or not sell, the initiative It's in our hands."

"Even if you sell Marvel at that time, you will definitely be able to sell it at a high price, far exceeding the current price!"

After the discussion, Sal Perlmutter and Avi Allard set the tone.

What can Zucker do?

There are no good people in Hollywood!

Everyone is a sly and cunning fox, and they are all good at singing Liaozhai!

"Dong dong dong~!"

Zucker pondered, tapping his fingers repeatedly on the table.

"Zhang Wei, Anna, I have decided to temporarily abandon Marvel's acquisition plan." Zucker decided.

"Yes, boss."

Is Zucker really willing to give up Marvel?

how is this possible? !

"Since the acquisition goal cannot be achieved by normal commercial means, then I don't mind using capital means to complete it." Zu Ke thought to himself.

That's right, Zucker still has some confidence in acquiring Marvel.

Marvel owes a lot of debt to the bank.

As long as Zucker manages the bank, breaks Marvel's capital chain, and obtains the equity and copyright mortgaged by Marvel from the bank, then he can force the acquisition.

Of course, this takes time.

It's definitely not something that can be done overnight!

......

Time passed slowly.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the beginning of July.

During this period of time, Zhu Ke had a lot of free time. The specific work of the company was taken care of by Victor and others, while Zu Ke himself was hanging out.

Wandering in the four crews of "Spider-Man", "Harry Potter", "Death Is Coming" and "Butterfly Effect", and chatted in detail with the directors, producers and starring actors of the crew.

Even so leisurely, Zucker still felt exhausted.

"Too Nima is tired~"

"The company under my name is only so small and has a large number of assistants. It is so exhausting. I really can't believe how stupid the bosses of those giant companies are!"

Wake up earlier than chickens, sleep later than dogs, work more than cows, and eat less than mice. Not only do you have to work all year round, you may also work abnormally, and you may die suddenly in the middle.

Diligent entrepreneurs and capitalists, hard work!

Zucker didn't want to be such a person!

Too Nima tired!

"I'm actually like a salted fish!"

Hold the most power, sleep the most beautiful girl, eat the best food, drink the strongest wine, live in the most luxurious house, listen to the most touching music, enjoy the most beautiful scenery...

The life of a fairy is fascinating!

But it has a major premise, that is, there must be enough capital and confidence for Zucker to squander!

Therefore, Zhu Ke's career must continue to move forward at present! go ahead! Moving forward~!

Tuesday, July 6, 1999.

sunny.

The DV film "Blair Witch", which has been low-key publicized for a long time and cost only $60,000, was released in 29 theaters across the United States in a low-key manner.

"I heard that this is a true story of witches killing people."

"I saw it from the Internet. It is said that many people are missing, but I don't know if it is true or not?"

"It must be true. It is said that the local people in the small town of Bouzidzville know about this matter, and even the local police station has many records."

"Do witches really exist?"

"Hehe, how old is this, and you still believe this? What is the use of scientific knowledge!"

"George, I'd rather believe it or not~"

When Zucker bought the film copyright of "Blair Witch", he also bought the relevant propaganda website of Blair Witch from the director, which published a lot of news about "witches" in the United States since ancient times, as well as many cases of missing persons.

Although Wald Pictures did not invest too much human and financial resources before the release of the film, some netizens still knew the news that "Blair Witch", a "top secret file" and "real video", was shown in theaters.

Of course they are interested!

As a result, on the day of the release of "Blair Witch", many people saw this "top secret file" in 29 theaters.

However, attendance was not high.

That day's box office grossed just $24,000.

The executives of Artisan Entertainment couldn't help sneering after learning the news.

"I thought Wald Pictures had any ability, but that's all!"

at the same time.

Miramax's Harvey Weinstein also laughed, "No wonder they dare not release it on a large scale, it turns out that the movie is too rubbish, and Zucker Wald can't be lucky forever."

Barry Mayer, vice president of Warner Bros. Pictures, frowned: "No! From what I know about Zucker Wald, he wouldn't do such an unwise thing, is there anything else in it? Stuff? Could it be that this dizzying "Blair Witch" can still be a big hit?"

" "The first more sent.