Chapter 83: The Avengers
"Master, after Pereman resigned from Marvel, some executives also submitted resignation reports with him. Two of them were Marvel's vice presidents... Now the outside world has not had a good evaluation of Marvel Comics, and there are many people who are pessimistic." The housekeeper Ivan received an email from the Marvel Operations Director, which truthfully reported some of the company's recent situation.
After hearing this, Ma Wei didn't say anything, but said that he knew. Corporate acquisition and rectification will inevitably lead to a series of chain reactions. All the senior officials and employees who are not strong-minded and are not optimistic about him will be gone. He is too lazy to fire one by one.
As for the remaining those who stick to their posts, Ma Wei will give important tasks based on each person's performance. After all, they are trustworthy partners.
After spending $46 million, Mavie only had $200 million left in his bank account. Now he needs to face a very important choice, that is, spend money to invest in filming.
According to past life memory, the shooting cost of "Spider-Man 1" is 169 million US dollars. If this money is spent, Mawei will only have 30 million working capital. It can be said that it is very dangerous for his industries. As long as there is a little bit of a problem, it may lead to a break in the capital chain and the company goes bankrupt.
"If I remember correctly, "Spider-Man 1" has a box office of 400 million US dollars in North America, and a global box office of about 830 million US dollars... From preparation, to shooting, and to final release, it took as much as two years..." Ma Wei thought in his mind.
If you are angry and invest in making movies rashly, you will definitely have to sacrifice a lot of things in the past two years.
But... if he doesn't shoot a movie, then Marvel comics can only be kept alive, being humbled by others, and being unable to turn the tide. This is really a dilemma!
"There is a list of actors here. Please contact them. Ask them if they are interested in cooperating in filming." Mawei directly sent a white list of actors' names to friends in the United States via email.
On the list, there are many well-known actors who are familiar to the past life, such as "Robert Downey (played by Iron Man), "Chris Hemsworth (played by Thor), "Scarlett Johnson (played by Black Widow)" and so on...
Since Mavie is not allowed to shoot movies now, he might as well not shoot movies and instead shoot the trailer of the "Avengers Series" first! And it's super-burning and super cool!
The trailer has a low investment cost and a short shooting cycle, which is estimated to be done within one month. However, the economic benefits and chain reactions it causes cannot be underestimated!
Ma Wei was about to post it directly to the Internet after filming the film, and this wave of momentum started.
At that time, netizens will probably go crazy and want to watch it. Not only American netizens, but also those Marvel fans or non-Marvel fans around the world must be looking forward to the movie after watching such a cool science fiction trailer.
In this way, Marvel's stock price will rebound against the market! And with that, more and more film dealers want to find him to cooperate in making movies.
After this round of reversal, Pereman, who sold his shares, and the Marvel executives who resigned one after another, were shocked to his eyes! He regretted the wrong decision he made.
...
Five days later, in front of a drug rehabilitation community in New York City, USA, a haggard and slightly listless white man walked out of the rehabilitation community with his sexy beard.
At this time, a black Hummer SUV parked accurately in front of the man, and two Russian men in suits got out of the car. "Is it Mr. Robert Downey, a little?"
The Russian man spoke in a non-standard Russian English and asked the man named Donnie.
"No, you recognized the wrong person." Seeing this situation, the man thought that some Russian mafia had come to him. So he pretended not to be the one who shook his head and left. However, he was stopped by two strong Russian men.
"Mr. Donnie, we are not bad guys. My young master, I have a short film that I want to shoot. I ask if you are interested?" The strong Russian man didn't dare to get rough with the man in front of him. After all, he was their young master's guest.
"Make a short video? What type of short video is probably about?" Donny stopped after hearing this, and asked with a little hesitation.
Since he was forced to quit drugs in 1997, he has been almost three years and has no movie appointments. It’s not that he doesn’t want to shoot it, but that no one dares to find a drug-addicted actor to film. He is afraid that he will be sent to the drug rehabilitation center again after being filmed...
"What type of short films must be discussed in person. But please rest assured about the pay, my young master will not treat you badly." After the Russian man finished speaking, he took out a business card from his body and handed it to Robert Downey Jr. The business card clearly stated the big words "Marvel Cinematic Universe". It is called Marvel Studios for short.
Donnie looked at the business card with a thoughtful expression. Although he had never heard of Marvel Studios. But now he has just quit poison and has no picky capital. It is already very good if someone is willing to ask him to make a movie. So after thinking about it over and over again, Donnie decided to give it a try and called the phone on the business card...
At the same time, at an actress audition in Hollywood, USA, a 16-year-old blonde girl and her guardian mother were also stopped by a black Hummer SUV.
"Is it Miss Slgarley and Miss Johnson? My young master has a short film that I want to find you to cooperate in shooting. I wonder if you are interested?" The Russian bodyguard said in a rough voice.
Before the 16-year-old Slgarley Johnson answered, she saw the blonde mother protecting her side, and couldn't stand up and said, "Sorry, let's forget about the short film? We have decided to take over the filming of the crew of "American Paradise". We don't have time to shoot any short films. I'm so sorry!"
After saying that, my mother planned to pull her daughter Johnson away.
But at this moment, the Russian bodyguard who was standing in front of him turned around and took out a black box from the Hummer, "This is $1 million, and my young master hopes you will refuse to drop all other itineraries."
After saying that, he opened the suitcase and 10,000 hundred dollar bills were neatly lying inside. Johnson's mother stopped in a daze.
Before she could react, she saw another Russian bodyguard in front of her take out a box from the car, "My young master also said that if you don't have US dollars, gold of the same value will be fine."
Chapter completed!