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Chapter 563 Reinforcement
"The negotiations have come to an end!" James Whistler said.

Marvel Comics—accurately speaking, their current Chinese translation is also called Marvel Comics. According to James Whistler's speculation, the final price should be between 5000 million and 8000 million US dollars.

It is not difficult to acquire Marvel Comics. The American comics industry has been in a downturn for many years. If a rich owner is willing to pay for Marvel, they are too happy.

The trouble is that Marvel once went bankrupt in 1996. In order to tide over the difficulties in the past few years, Marvel sold many superhero film copyrights.

"Fantastic Four" and "X-Men" are in the hands of Fox, and "Spider-Man" is in the hands of Sony Columbia... Some of these copyrights can be recovered in a few years, and some will never be recovered.

Fortunately, most of the sales are only movie copyrights, and they can also earn money through TV dramas, animations, and peripherals.

The most important thing to do now is to take back the movie copyrights of these anime characters. Even if they can't take them back completely, they must find a way to get the shared movie copyrights.

The film company that Yang Dongsheng wanted was also found.

Universal Pictures, one of the Hollywood giants, was sold to Panasonic in 1990. After 1995, Panasonic resold Universal to Seagram, a Canadian liquor company.

Seagram's young heirs devoted themselves to entering the media industry. After acquiring Universal, they acquired several media companies in an attempt to form a media group, but they took too big a step and lost themselves. They are currently looking for a buyer.

The fate of another major giant, Columbia Pictures, was not good. They were sold to Sony in 1989 and have been losing money since then.

In 1994, Sony accidentally announced their financial statements. In five years, Columbia had accumulated losses of 32 billion US dollars.

Last year, the former Sony chairman Akio Morita, who advocated buying Columbia Pictures, passed away. Not long ago, the new chairman Nobuo Idei took office, and there was a voice within Sony to sell Columbia.

Except for these two major film companies, the other major giants are all in the hands of the United States, and they have all been grouped, so it is basically impossible to buy them.

Now let's see which of the two is the right price.

"Nobuyuki Idei should be quite old, right?" Yang Dongsheng asked.

"Should be 63 by the end of this year!"

"It took him more than 60 years to become the chairman, so we should put some pressure on him!" Yang Dongsheng paused and said, "In a wave of public opinion offensives in the United States, it is said that Nobuichi Io is timid and afraid to make in-depth reforms to Sony, especially not Move what the former chairman Akio Morita left behind!"

There are two necessary conditions for making a Marvel movie. One is that computer animation technology must be developed to maturity, and the other is to have the support of giants.

Marvel movies involve a lot of special effects, huge investment, and need as many audiences as possible in order to make a profit, so the rating of the movie is very important-after all, there are only a few of them who get an R rating like "Deadpool" and can still sell high box office.

Alice has taken the Mavericks for $1.8 million.

James Whistler has met Mavericks coach and general manager Nelson Sr.

Old Nelson made several suggestions. First, the Mavericks’ home court is very old and needs to build a new arena. This is the best way to win the support of fans; second, the team needs signings. Old Nelson also took out his recruitment plan.

"It's true to take advantage of the economic crisis to engage in big projects, and the team should indeed sign in, but forget about his signing plan!" Yang Dongsheng directly tore up old Nelson's plan.

Yang Dongsheng is very dissatisfied with the current Mavericks, and the one who dissatisfies him the most is the team's head coach and general manager, Old Nelson.

This guy is known as a mad scientist. Although he often comes up with something that catches people's eyes, but most of the time his brain is hot and he comes up with a bunch of inexplicable things.

In the previous life, the old Nelson led the team, not to mention winning the championship, and never even made it to the finals.

If they hadn't just joined the Mavericks, and old Nelson was a famous NBA coach, and he would have to use old Nelson for a lot of work in the future, Yang Dongsheng would have let this guy go.

The Mavericks players also made Yang Dongsheng dissatisfied. The three main players of the Mavericks, Finley, Nowitzki, and Nash, seem to have both insiders, outside shooters, and team organizers, but they are not.

Nash has not yet played star data, and the defensive end is still a colander, but fortunately, his ability is still worthy of his contract, and he cannot find a more suitable candidate than him in a short time.

Although Nowitzki is called the German tank, he is really sorry for this title.

Since World War II, German tanks and infantry fighting vehicles are all heavily armored and have sharp artillery, which can both resist and fight.

On the other hand, Nowitzki has poor confrontation and soft style of play. How is he like a German chariot?
As for Finley, he is now the biggest of the three.

Finley averaged 22.6 points per game last season, ranking 11th in the NBA, and was also named an All-Star.

But Finley's contract will expire next year, and he will definitely ask for a maximum salary by then.

Yang Dongsheng believes that Finley is not worthy of the maximum salary, and the team will renew Nowitzki in the future.

Yang Dongsheng planned to take advantage of Finley's one-year contract, trade him out, and bring back a more practical person.

These methods alone are not enough for the Mavericks to win the championship. The Mavericks still need reinforcements. According to the information brought by James Whistler, there are many big-name players in this year's NBA free market, Duncan, Both Hill and McGrady's contracts expire this year.

In this era, there are strong men like Shaquille O'Neal inside the NBA, and the Mavericks' interior, apart from Dirk Nowitzki, only has a skinny Bradley at the center position, and there are also potential injuries. Such a lineup meets O'Neal , It's all about delivering food.

Duncan has height, skills, strong defense, and averages more than [-] points per game.

Yang Dongsheng didn't know why old Nelson would rather have Juwan Howard than Duncan.

Duncan is a completely free agent this year. According to Duncan's performance in the past few seasons, he is definitely worthy of a maximum salary.

According to the regulations, Duncan can sign a contract with the Spurs for up to seven years and up to $9300 million. However, last season, when the regular season entered the final stage, Duncan suddenly suffered a serious injury, tore the meniscus in his knee, and was reimbursed for the season.

The Spurs were afraid of being locked up, so they didn't dare to sign a contract with Duncan according to the contract limit.

And Duncan has only been in the NBA for three years, and he has no affection for the Spurs. San Antonio is a small ball market. Duncan actually didn't want to stay here for the rest of his life at first. Otherwise, he renewed his contract with the Spurs in advance last year.

Duncan almost went to Orlando in his previous life.

The Spurs dare not gamble, but Yang Dongsheng knows Duncan's future performance, and the Mavericks can give Duncan a maximum-salary contract based on the maximum number of years.

In addition to Duncan, Yang Dongsheng also has his eyes on two people. One is the white center Brad Miller. The Chinese are very familiar with him. He often plays against Yao Ming. Now he is just an ordinary role player.

The other is point guard Billups.

Billups was the No. [-] pick in the same year as Duncan, but he has a bad temper, is a thorn in the team, and has average statistics. No team dares to take him.

The advantage of Billups is that he is physically strong and will not become a loophole on the defensive end. After several years of training, he can replace Nash.

In addition, the team also needs a strong man who can resist people. He must be at least 2 meters tall and weigh more than 1 kilograms. He doesn't need good skills. He can resist O'Neal in a short period of time. Such a person is not difficult to find .

Yang Dongsheng confirmed the list, "Tell Don Nelson, if he can't get these people, let him resign voluntarily!"

(End of this chapter)