Best Movie Star

The black Mercedes swerved onto Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, passed a long line of boutiques, and headed for Office Building 417, where Marvel Entertainment is headquartered.

"I've been in contact with Kevin Feige twice this week."

Looking through the car window at the luxury brand that was going backwards, Helen Herman said to Matthew, who was sitting next to him, "Marvel Entertainment has very firmly rejected your 20+20 condition, to be precise, Most of the top executives at Marvel Entertainment can't even accept a $20 million salary."

She retracted her gaze and looked at Matthew, "I have investigated, there is a problem with the funding of Marvel Entertainment, unless we significantly reduce the salary, this male protagonist..."

Helen Herman didn't say any more, but Matthew understood what she meant and said directly, "That's it."

Originally, his interest was not very big, and he didn't have enough attractive remuneration, so it's better to give up this role.

Helen Herman added, "It is estimated that after Kevin Feige contacted you, Marvel Entertainment also gave up on inviting you to play Iron Man, and just two days ago, they lifted the initial signing with Rachel McAdams. agreement and decided to use Gwyneth Paltrow as the heroine."

"It's about me?" Matthew guessed.

"It's a bit related, the main thing is Marvel's funding." Helen Herman explained in detail, "In the agreement that Rachel McAdams initially signed, the salary was $2.5 million."

She opened one hand and showed five fingers, "Gwyneth Paltrow only needs $500,000. So, Marvel Entertainment activated the exit mechanism in the initial agreement, paying $250,000 for Rachel Mack Adams left, and when a reporter asked later, Marvel Entertainment would say that Rachel McAdams voluntarily gave up the role."

Realizing that Marvel Entertainment may be short of money more than he thought, Matthew asked, "A big funding gap for Marvel Entertainment?"

"Marvel Entertainment itself has no problem with its own liquidity. In recent years, the "Spider-Man" series and "X-Men" trilogy have received excellent market response. Although their comic business can only be maintained, the copyright income is relatively considerable."

Helen Herman has apparently carefully investigated the current situation of Marvel Entertainment, "However, this is to maintain the liquidity and turnover of Marvel Entertainment itself. "Iron Man", Marvel Entertainment will have problems immediately, if the film fails, it is likely to face the dilemma of the mid-to-late 90s."

The comics industry entered an ice age in the mid-1990s, and gradually faded away. Matthew has heard about it in the past two years. Regardless of Marvel or DC, the comics business is actually shrinking, far less than that of the 1970s and 1980s. Brilliant period.

Not only the comics industry, in fact, Hollywood movies have also stagnated in recent years. The total box office in North America seems to have risen, but that is the result of rising ticket prices. In fact, the total number of people entering the theater every year is declining.

According to Matthew's own understanding, in today's era, there are too many things for entertainment, and consumer diversion is inevitable.

Therefore, Marvel Entertainment wants to directly get involved in the film industry, as well as more industries such as games.

These thoughts flashed through Matthew's mind and he asked Helen Herman, "Didn't Marvel Entertainment find a way to raise money?"

"Yes." Helen Herman continued, speaking of what she had learned, "Marvel Entertainment had a budget of $140 million for Iron Man, but the $140 million was only on paper. The budget numbers, they raised some of the money through multiple sources, but it's still a long way from the $140 million goal."

She smiled and said, "Marvel Entertainment also wants to use the model of Hollywood's Big Six to raise funds, but they are not Big Six. Previously, Marvel superhero movies had two successful series, but they were produced by Sony Columbia and 20th Century Fox. Marvel has participated, but very little, "Iron Man" is Marvel Entertainment's first independent foray into the film industry, and most people have a serious lack of confidence in them."

At this point, Matthew can imagine that it is one thing for others to successfully adapt a movie based on Marvel comics, and it is completely another thing for the comic company to come in and make a movie in person.

If he didn't have the relevant memory, even if Marvel asked him, he would never invest in such a company.

The earliest Helen Herman also said that direct investment in Marvel is too risky, which is actually a true portrayal of Hollywood industry insiders.

Helen Herman added, "Let's not talk about anything else, Marvel Entertainment and Paramount Pictures have finalized the "Iron Man" distribution agreement, Marvel can't raise funds, and wants to pull from the publisher Paramount. The investment was rejected by Paramount, and Kevin Feige is still lobbying the top of Paramount Pictures, even if Paramount Pictures finally invests, the amount will not be very large.”

Matthew didn't say much, just let Helen Herman continue.

"Marvel Entertainment also thought about taking a loan from a bank or a foundation." Helen Herman coughed in a low voice before saying, "But various evaluations are not very optimistic about them. The bank and the foundation refuse to lend directly. Require Marvel Entertainment to pledge the rights to some of its most famous superheroes as collateral."

"Marvel doesn't agree?" Matthew asked.

Helen Herman nodded lightly, "From Kevin Feige to Stan Lee to Avi Allard, all of them are unanimously opposed, Marvel's voice in this regard is very synchronized, they don't want to see "Spider-Man" and The tragedy of the X-Men is happening again."

Matthew vaguely remembers that Spider-Man and the X-Men became huge scars for later Marvel.

"So it is." He understood this and said, "So, Marvel Entertainment rejected my salary conditions and excluded me from the selection of the male lead, but wanted to meet me and discuss investment matters? "

"Everyone knows you're rich and they don't have cash flow," Helen Herman told the truth.

Matthew nodded and didn't speak again. How did Marvel Entertainment raise the production funds for "Iron Man"? After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't find any memory, and he guessed in his heart. It is estimated that in addition to Hollywood's conventional means of raising film production funds, Marvel Entertainment may have really pressed the copyrights of some characters to banks or other institutions that can lend.

This is a very helpless choice, and no one wants to press their children out.

"Marvel Entertainment is temporarily unable to raise funds to make up for the tens of millions of dollars in the gap." Helen Herman glanced at Matthew, "They... um, how do you say..."

She paused for a while and changed her tone of persuasion, "Matthew, are you really going to invest in Marvel Entertainment's first film? They have no experience."

Seeing Matthew's silence, Helen Herman continued, "You know very well that the producer plays a bigger role in a commercial film than the director, and now it's not just Marvel Entertainment's inexperience, Kevin Feige He also has no experience, he has participated in the production of the "Spider-Man" series and "X-Men" series, but he is a very ordinary member of the production team, and he is more of a representative of Marvel Entertainment."

Although he has conducted relevant investigations according to Matthew's meaning and communicated with Marvel, Helen Herman does not understand why Matthew made such a risky investment.

That is to say, she has cooperated with Matthew for many years. In addition to being a work partner, she has gradually become a friend, otherwise she will not persuade at all.

"Thank you, Helen." Matthew knew that Helen Herman was well-intentioned, but he couldn't explain it, so he could only say nonsense, "I'll tell you a secret, Rachel McAdams told me, she was in Kevin Feige and Avi-Allard overheard a message while talking, "Iron Man" is just the first step of Marvel Entertainment, they will follow up a series of works on the screen, do you know the Avengers?"

Seeing Helen Herman nodding, he continued, "Marvel wants to build the Avengers series, think about Spider-Man and X-Men, if Marvel succeeds? How much will it pay off? I not only want to invest in this one, but take this opportunity to get an investment agreement that includes more projects.”

The follow-up negotiations are still to be done by Helen Herman, which will be said sooner or later.

Matthew is serious, "I also tested Kevin Feige, and what Rachel McAdams said is true~www.readwn.com~ Once "Iron Man" is successful, the situation for Marvel will be different, so this It's my only chance to get in."

Helen Herman sighed, "You used tens of millions of dollars to buy a ticket to an unknown future?"

Matthew smiled and said, "You know, I can afford it."

Helen Herman didn't persuade any further, she knew enough about Matthew, and Matthew could really afford it.

"Let's contact Marvel's top management first." Helen Herman stopped thinking about other things. "According to the actual situation, I will adjust the strategy and then conduct targeted negotiations with them, but..."

She still said one more sentence, "Don't put all your net worth on it."

"How come." Matthew said with a smile, "I also want to prevent the possibility of failure."

Although he has the memory of the past, he will not foolishly put all the funds on one project of "Iron Man". Even if he does not understand investment, he will not be so stupid.

The Mercedes-Benz car parked on the side of Fifth Avenue. Matthew and Helen Herman got off the car one after another, and took the movie together to the seventh floor of Office Building No. 417. As soon as they got out of the elevator, they saw "Marvel" on the back wall of the front desk. " sign.

Explaining their intention to the front desk, the two received the pass, and waited for a special person to come over before entering the Marvel Company.

Probably Marvel is a copyright production company, and the management is very strict. Matthew and Helen Herman received the documents twice when they entered the door. Even if they had documents, they could not get in at all without the leadership of internal personnel in many places.

Especially the creative committee.

Before Matthew went in, he looked at the security guard with a serious look like a soldier. He guessed that if he didn't have a certificate, he would have to shout "Hail.Hydra" if he wanted to come in!

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