In the last life, Marvel Studios mortgaged its four comic hero characters to Paramount Pictures. After the funds were exchanged, Marvel Studios formed a team and rolled up her sleeves to shoot "Iron Man", and then handed over the distribution work to Paramount after the filming was completed. This desperate approach was almost no one optimistic about at that time, and many people even believed that Marvel Studios was choosing to commit suicide - after all, the success of "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" were based on large film companies. This is also the reason why both 20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures rejected Marvel Studios, and the "Iron Man" project fell into Paramount.

But who would have thought that "Iron Man" became the beginning of changing the entire North American film industry.

Later, Paramount was really depressed. On the one hand, they were happy with the success of "Iron Man", which made them take a lot of initiative in the Hollywood competition. Later, "Thor" and "Captain America" ​​were also developed by them in collaboration with Marvel Studios; but on the other hand, they regretted their conservativeness, just collaborative shooting, and handed over the initiative to Marvel Studios, missing the opportunity to acquire Marvel Studios, and also missed the opportunity to hold copyright in their hands. Instead, Disney came from behind and snatched control of Marvel Studios, so that the later "Avengers", "Captain America 2", and "Thor 2" were all produced by Disney.

Now, Chaos Pictures is standing at Paramount Pictures’ position, but Lance will not make the same mistake.

In the last life, Paramount and Marvel Studios did not sign a cooperation agreement, but filmed one work after another. The first "Iron Man" was successful, and then Universal Pictures' "Invincible Hulk" failed. So Marvel Studios went back to find Paramount, first "Iron Man 2", then "Thor", and then "Captain America". The two sides always collaborated on each work alone, and the concept of the Marvel Universe was very vague. Even Marvel Studios itself did not establish the concept of "universe". Therefore, when Disney noticed the business opportunity, it easily cut off the bond between Marvel Studios and Paramount.

Lance's idea is to complete the acquisition of Marvel in two steps. The first step is pure film cooperation. Lance will propose the grand Marvel Universe plan, and then cooperate with Chaos Pictures and Marvel Pictures to produce works such as "Iron Man", "Thor", "Captain America", and finally end with "Avengers". The second step is to complete the original accumulation before Chaos Pictures was released before "Avengers", directly acquire the entire Marvel, turning Marvel into a branch of Chaos Pictures, and truly completing the transformation of Chaos Pictures.

In this way, other companies can be avoided from getting involved in Marvel, especially Disney; at the same time, through the success of film works, they can further quickly complete the original accumulation and include Marvel as soon as possible.

However, Lance must face two problems.

First, the reason why Marvel Studios filmed "Iron Man" alone was that it did not want to be bound by other companies and refused to hand over the character adaptation rights to large studios like Spider-Man and X-Men, hoping to shoot this work in its own way. Therefore, in the last life, he mortgaged four characters desperately and went all out. This life would not be huge different. Even though Chaos Pictures is an independent film company, even if Lance has proved himself, the Creative Committee will not compromise easily, and Marvel Studios will not let go easily.

That's why Lance put forward the idea just now and went with the flow. On the one hand, he let go of the creation of "Iron Man" and on the other hand, he proposed the plan of the Marvel Universe to participate in the creation of the "Iron Man" script. Kevin mentioned tonight that they currently only have a few story frameworks to choose, and the creation of the script is willing to listen to Lance's opinions. This shows that Marvel Studios chose Lance after careful consideration. Obviously, they also have a certain trust in Lance's talents and abilities.

Next, the script creation of "Iron Man" and the construction of the Marvel Universe will be a game between Lance and the Creative Committee. Lance's calculation is to give up small profits and focus on the overall situation. He can appropriately compromise on the "Iron Man" script - as Theo said, giving up the initiative; but in the construction of the entire Marvel Universe, he must firmly take the initiative and take the cooperation plan for the first phase of five Marvel works.

Second, Theo pointed out the biggest shortcomings of Chaos Pictures. They do not have the ability to swallow mountains and rivers like a large film company. The investment of 150 million in a filming "Raging Road" almost put Chaos Pictures in a halt. Although the "Queen" has very little investment, and although the surprise income of "Fruit Hard Candy" has quickly replenished blood, the early publicity of "Raging Road" is still breaking a penny in half. If Lance's viral video had not achieved such amazing results in the posture of a surprise weapon, Chaos Pictures would probably still be troubled by the "Raging Road" publicity strategy.

The investment of "Iron Man" is estimated to be about 150 million yuan. Even if Lance personally takes charge of the guide, he will save money and be able to escape the level of 100 million yuan.

In other words, it is absolutely impossible for Chaos Pictures to become a fat man in one go. They can only move forward step by step and cannot withstand any failure. This also means that in order to ensure the success of the movie and to ensure the smooth cooperation, on the one hand, they cannot allow Marvel to interfere too much in the shooting of the movie. After all, they are comic companies, not film production companies; on the other hand, they cannot completely exclude Marvel, especially the interference of the Creative Committee. How to master the standards and create excellent works will become the biggest problem for Chaos Pictures.

Theo listened carefully to Lance's thoughts, his expression did not change much, but his eyes fell into deep thought, "So, you mean, our foundation is not stable now, but Marvel Studios started from scratch, and the initiative is still in our hands. We must maximize our interests." Theo's summary suddenly became simple and clear. Lance thought about it carefully, nodded and affirmed.

Theo fell into silence again, his head quickly started to run. After a while, he said in a deep voice, "We can do this, guarantee the proof of funds in our fund account, and sign the Marvel Universe plan, which consists of five movies. Chaos Pictures and Marvel Studios jointly produce the first phase of the Marvel Universe. They invest in the copyright and we provide funds; at the same time, they have priority creation rights for the script, but we have priority adaptation rights for the comic characters."

He slowly raised his head, Theo's eyes flashed slightly, "Although this plan takes some risks, I think Marvel should not refuse." Theo paused, and his words circled around his tongue, and said it, "This means that we bear most of the responsibilities. The failure of any work will be unimaginable, but Marvel Studios can easily withdraw because we do not have the right to adapt the character, but only the right to adapt the first. When we do not have the ability to invest and are forced to give up the right to adapt the first, Marvel can completely switch to others."

Simply put, Marvel Studios is staking all over the "Iron Man", but Chaos Pictures is staking all over the entire Marvel Universe. In the first phase of the Marvel Universe, the failure of any work will ruin all the efforts of Chaos Pictures. It is very likely that Cheng Yaojin will emerge in the middle, or establish a cooperative relationship with Marvel Studios, or directly acquire Marvel Studios. Then Chaos Pictures will be in vain.

Lance waved his hand with a smile and said indifferently, "Do you still remember? We made countless efforts to sign a contract with Warner Bros. and complete the first phase of the DC Universe, but Warner Bros. is still unwilling to take this risk. Now Marvel's opportunity is coming to our door, and we have no reason to miss it."

Theo looked at Lance quietly, paused for a while, and a light curve appeared on the corner of his mouth, with a little helplessness, "The best way is to do it once and for all." That is to directly acquire Marvel Entertainment, so that Chaos Pictures will have more choices whether it is success or failure.

"Don't be too greedy in life." Lance was open-minded. "Think about it carefully, six months ago, we could not imagine that Marvel was delivered to the door without any effort, right?"

"That's because the 'hard fruit candy' was successful." Theo retorted.

Lance nodded with a smile, "That's the truth. When things develop to a certain stage, the result will be natural." This is the truth. As long as Lance can always remain strong and as long as Lance's works can always be successful, things will inevitably be able to find a solution.

Theo shook his head gently, "Your tone is like Ian." The people on Wall Street are best at making money by making money. They obviously have nothing in their hands, but they draw a big pie and aim at the pearl in the crown. Once they fail, they will be crushed to pieces. But people on Wall Street always believe that only those who dare to imagine can succeed. A person dare not make ten million even in his own fantasy, and it is extremely difficult to make one million in life.

Theo did not hear Lance's answer. He looked carefully and found that Lance fell asleep leaning on the sofa. He was still talking last second, but fell asleep the next second. It can be seen that Lance was probably really tired in the past few days. Otherwise, with Lance's lack of security habits, he would never close his eyes without confirming that he was safe around him.

Retracting his gaze, Theo sat quietly on the sofa, and passed the whole Marvel plan in his mind, but his thinking was still not open enough. After deciding, he sat down with Ian and talked carefully to see if there were any missing.

He raised his head and made sure that Lance had fallen asleep completely and his breathing had become stable. Theo then stood up, walked into the room lightly, carried a quilt out, carefully placed it at Lance's feet, and gently pulled it up to avoid waking Lance as much as possible. After finishing his work, a layer of sweat had already appeared on his back.
Chapter completed!