Ian looked at Lance carefully, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was full of meaningful playfulness.

Lance looked back with an innocent face and shrugged, "Good luck?" Ian rolled his eyes speechlessly.

"What? The floating interest rate has begun to rise?" Gao Wen showed a surprise expression and sat upright eagerly, but saw Ian shook his head and denied it. Gao Wen couldn't help but be a little surprised and stood there.

"Not only did it not increase, but it also lowered. There was no sign of weakening in the hot real estate market. Our working capital was about to be cleared and we almost couldn't hold on. It was not far from bankruptcy." Although the words were extremely terrifying, Ian's voice was full of enthusiasm. Even if he was as calm as he was, he couldn't help but lean forward slightly. "But it is because of this that this is abnormal. Gao Wen, do you still remember? You saw a whole row of villas sold in Miami, but no one lived in them at all, and there was no furniture." Gao Wen nodded. Those scenes were seen with his own eyes, and he also conducted an investigation himself. "The strange place is here. The bank knows that many people with poor credit are buying houses, but why don't they raise floating interest rates but lower them instead?"

Ian looked at Gao Wen, then looked at Theo, and his eyes finally fell on Lance, and his eyes said firmly, "Because, they are trying to cover up the loophole. They firmly believe that the real estate bubble will not disappear, thinking that they only need to persist for this period of time to survive." This is true for major banks, including top investment banks, "So, they lowered the floating interest rate, hoping to win more people with good credit to buy real estate and stabilize the market." Speaking of this, Ian paused for a moment, then leaned back to the back of the chair, and gave a capable smile to Lance, "I started buying A-level bonds in December."

The upgrade from level B to level A is simply to bet on how thorough the real estate industry is. The more serious the collapse, the higher the returns of level A are. Now major banks and investment banks are firmly convinced that even if the level B market collapses, the level A market will not be.

Ian's vision never left Lance. He was so bold and even risky, in the final analysis, because of the current situation, almost all of which were met by Lance. Therefore, Ian's confidence and ambitions are gradually increasing. Chaos Pictures not only needs to complete the original accumulation and accumulate enough funds for the acquisition of Marvel Entertainment, but also win the first pot of gold to form a property rights department for itself.

"No surprise, the change will come soon. If it is the fastest, after the Oscars are over; the slowest..." Ian thought seriously, "July. If it is slower, we will think of other ways." Chaos Pictures has not had much liquidity, and Ian has calculated the box office revenue of "Rampant Road", so he can barely support until July.

Looking at Gao Wen's serious expression, Ian couldn't help but smile and reached out to pat Gao Wen's shoulder, "Even if you don't believe me, you must believe Lance." Gao Wen directly slapped Ian's hand, with a speechless expression on his face. Ian laughed and his eyes fell on Theo again, "It's basically no problem to acquire Marvel Entertainment."

The global revenue of a work "Raging Road" has exceeded US$500 million. Of course, this is the profit before taxation. However, after "Raging Road" enters the videotape rental market and CD sales market, it will also bring a second wave of profits. The development of the property rights department will bring a third wave of profits. This work alone is enough to make Chaos Film stand up, which is also an important reason why Ian began to buy A-level bonds.

"Now Marvel's stock price is around thirteen dollars. Of course, if we plan to swallow it in one go, each share may need to be increased to about fifteen or sixteen..." Ian shrugged, "There is still the market's reaction to Marvel in the next two months. Comic sales are on the one hand, and the latest developments about "Iron Man" and "Invincible Hulk" are on the other hand, and the price may rise a little." Chaos Pictures' halo is undoubtedly an important blessing, which is a positive impact for shareholders, and this is also the price that Chaos Pictures must pay. "However, it is estimated that the final transaction price will not exceed 1.8 billion. To be precise, I hope to win it within 1.5 billion."

Lance's mind was a little irreversible for a moment. In his previous life, Disney's acquisition of Marvel was $4.2 billion, including two parts: cash and Disney stocks, but why now it only costs 1.5 billion? The price gap is too big, right?

No wonder Ian is so confident that if their short sellers can really get a return, the rate of return should be around 300% to 500% or even higher, because Ian has begun to acquire A-level bonds, which also means that Chaos Film is likely to achieve more than 2 billion in profits.

Ian noticed the surprise in Lance's eyes and cast a questioning look. Lance was stunned for a moment, then reacted and waved his hand with a smile, "So, isn't a problem with the acquisition?"

Ian nodded and affirmed, "If everything goes well, the property rights department can also do its best in the second half of the year." After quickly completing the original accumulation, Chaos Film's infrastructure can be fully started.

Lance forgot one very important thing: time.

In the last life, Disney acquired Marvel Entertainment at the end of 2009. At that time, "Iron Man" achieved great success and the sequel was already in production; at the same time, the "Batman Prequel" series created a new genre of superheroes, with both box office and reputation harvests; the "X-Men" series and the "Spider-Man" series are also brewing for a second restart. It can be said that comic adapted movies are rising in full swing. Not only has Hollywood paid enough attention, but the comic sales market has also recovered, so Marvel Entertainment's stock price naturally rose in 2009.

But now, Lance not only took the lead in taking action before Disney, but also before the rise of Marvel Entertainment, even the "Batman Prequel: The Dark Knight" that dc comics has been recorded in history has not been released yet. Therefore, the stock price is not surprising.

"Time, we must seize the time." Theo's voice turned Lance. He was thinking about the question of "time". "No matter whether the cooperation between Disney and Warner Bros. can be successful, the acquisition of Marvel is our biggest goal this year. We cannot relax our guard."

"You said, do we want to mess up?" A thought suddenly popped up in Lance's mind and said it out. Looking at the three people's gaze, a sly smile flashed in Lance's eyes. "I mean, we can make a sound of wind, just say that the semi-finished product of "Iron Man" is very bad at present. I was furious and asked Jon to re-edit, so that there was a conflict between us; and then, we could make another sound of wind. I was not satisfied with the effect of "Invincible Hulk". Oscar plans to re-shoot the camera afterwards."

Gao Wen was the most outspoken and directly expressed his doubts, "So, are you saying to discredit yourself?" Lance nodded and gave a positive answer. Now Gao Wen became even more confused, "Why?"

However, Ian gradually reacted and looked at Lance meaningfully. Smearing "Iron Man" and "Invincible Hulk" can be said to be a multi-purpose method. On the one hand, it can attract more attention and the news media will pay more attention; on the other hand, it weakens the audience's expectations and cools down slightly for the adapted movies of comics. Perhaps the stock price of Marvel Entertainment will decline slightly; on the other hand, it can reveal a message that the film production is not going smoothly. You must know that even on the "Raging Road", Lance has never lost his composure, which will inevitably make Warner Bros. and Disney think more.

Although many effects may not be immediate, they can make the Tan Muddy Waters even more turbid and gain more space for Chaos Pictures. Even if it is just a slight slightest, this is valuable for Chaos Pictures, which survives in the cracks.

Theo also understood, "So, who do you plan to disclose the news?" It is definitely not up to Chaos Pictures itself. Even internal news must be made to make the hypothesis of unexpected leaks.

"Ah!" Gao Wen's reaction was slower, but he also turned around. "You want Barry Mayer, Robert Iger and others to have suspicion, right?" Gao Wen slapped the table with a big smile on his face. "If even you don't have confidence, then who else in Hollywood can say that he can complete the task well? Right? You guys, right?"

Looking at Gao Wen's proud expression with a show-off expression, Lance couldn't help but smile, nodded to Gao Wen to express his affirmation, but his words were answering Theo's question just now, "Just give it to Dorothy." Now Lance has finally gradually learned to hand over the public relations work to Dorothy. "Even if it doesn't work, Dylan Wilde will definitely be willing to exchange such inside information." Maybe he can also exchange such false inside information for valuable news.

"I'll contact Kevin Feige, maybe the Creative Committee can play a little role." Ian said, adding to the scheme through analogy, which immediately lit up Lance's eyes. If the Creative Committee broke the news and believed that Lance had screwed up two movies, it would be even more convincing and could create the hypothesis that Chaos Pictures and Marvel Studios' partnership has problems.

"Gaowen, are you planning to attend this year's Oscar?" After the main talk, Lance started chatting again.

Gao Wen waved his hands repeatedly, "What did I do in the past? I guess I was so distorted all over." But after refusing, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the other two brothers, "Where are you? Are you going this year?"

The situation this year is different. As the biggest winner in the nomination stage, the seats attending invitations have increased a lot compared to previous years, with as many as six producers alone. Theo is nominally the president of Chaos Pictures, Ian is nominally one of the producers responsible for preparing funds for "Rampage Road", and Gao Wen is the physical trainer of "Rampage Road", so if they want to, they can attend. Even if not, they can also attend as Lance's family. Leonardo DiCaprio brought his mother to attend the year of "Titanic".
Chapter completed!