Huayu: Starting from intercepting Duan Yu

Chapter 241 Marvel Without Iron Man: Xu Yi's Unhurried Approach
After chatting for a while, Jessica Alba made an excuse to leave.

Anne Hathaway, however, seemed unwilling to leave just like that.

However, at this moment, Xu Yi finally received a text message from Natalie.

The text message contained only a room number.

"Um, I need to use the restroom."

Xu Yi apologized.

Then, seeing Xu Yi walking towards the elevator, Scarlett Johansson immediately guessed the reason.

Anne Hathaway also wore a thoughtful expression.

But then the two exchanged a glance and immediately snorted coldly.

And at the same time, they turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

Xu Yi quickly found the room.

It was in a corner on the fourth floor of the theater.

There was also a "Do Not Disturb" sign hanging above the door.

Xu Yi naturally ignored this.

Xu Yi knocked on the door.

A moment later, the sound of the door lock being opened was heard.

He opened the door and walked in.

He also casually sent Scarlett a text message.

Natalie was already prepared in the room.

This is not just to welcome Xu Yi.

This is also to avoid wrinkling the dress.

However, Xu Yi did not walk towards her after entering the room.

Leaning against the door, head tilted, I just stared at her like that.

Natalie, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately understood what he meant.

Without any hesitation, she crawled towards him with a seductive smile...

Ten minutes later.

Natalie suddenly looked surprised.

And he immediately closed his eyes.

But the next moment, she suddenly heard the sound of the door being opened.

And it seemed that another person had entered the room.

Startled, she didn't even bother wiping the stuff off her face and quickly opened her eyes.

It's important to know that dealing with Xu Yi alone was already very difficult for her.

It often nearly killed her.

If another person were added, it would surely kill her!

Unfortunately, she had far too many things on her face.

My eyes were completely covered.

Fortunately, she could still vaguely see that it wasn't a man who came in.

It was a woman.

It was a woman she knew.

Needless to say, it was Scarlett Johansson!
Scarlett Johansson, upon entering the room, was equally stunned by what she saw!

She originally thought that Xu Yi hadn't been able to find Natalie, which was why he had called her over.

I never expected that this was their plan.

But what else could she do but comply?

……

Half an hour later, Xu Yi left the room.

This was also the shortest he had ever done.

Even before he exchanged for martial arts skills, it had never been this short!

However, this is not a problem with his health.

It's not because he has other things to do.

Just now, he received two more text messages.

One of the messages was from Harvey.

He had arranged to meet someone at the Oscars dinner, and he had already arrived.

So he immediately ended his conversation with Scarlett and Natalie.

You can chase girls anytime, but you absolutely cannot neglect your work.

A few minutes later, Xu Yi went to another room.

Besides Harvey, there was another person in the room who was older than Harvey.

This person is known for his extremely low profile in Hollywood.

He almost never gives any interviews to the media.

His photos are rarely seen online or in newspapers.

However, his name is familiar to many Americans.

Especially for Marvel fans.

Because this person is none other than Isaac Palmat, the current owner of Marvel!

"Hi Xu, it's great that you agreed to meet with me, and congratulations on winning the Oscar for Best Actor!"

Upon seeing Xu Yi enter, Isaac immediately stood up and greeted him.

Although Xu Yi is much younger than him.

But besides being a director and a star, Xu Yi is also an extremely wealthy man.

In terms of assets, they might even be above him.

While Marvel is valuable, its debt is also substantial.

Most importantly, the copyright to Iron Man is now in Xu Yi's hands.

Because of the huge success of "Iron Man", Marvel naturally benefited as well.

However, failing to successfully reclaim the rights to Iron Man is undoubtedly Marvel's biggest loss.

Although they didn't pay much attention to the copyright of Iron Man before it became a huge hit.

"Thank you, Mr. Isaac. It's a pleasure to meet you today."

Xu Yi extended a hand and shook hands with him.

His attitude, however, was very casual.

Before coming to the United States, he had Harvey contact Marvel, wanting to buy Marvel outright.

In its previous life, Marvel was sold to Disney in 09 for $42 billion.

But at that time, Iron Man had just become a huge success.

And now Iron Man has also been a success.

The box office was even higher.

However, the copyright is not owned by Marvel.

The price will naturally be significantly reduced.

With his current net worth, as long as Marvel doesn't ask for an exorbitant amount...

Then I should still be able to afford it, even if it's a bit of a struggle.

Or even if Marvel is unwilling to sell itself, it could acquire a stake.

He could accept it, too.

But who knew that Isaac, the owner, had no intention of selling Marvel?

They also refused to let him invest.

Fortunately, Isaac did not propose to buy the rights to Iron Man from him.

I just wanted to develop it with him.

Otherwise, he absolutely wouldn't have even met with them today. Of course, this is also possible that Isaac knew this.

Marvel simply can't afford the rights to Iron Man these days...

"Mr. Isaac, what brings you here today?"

After sitting down, Xu Yi didn't stand on ceremony and asked directly.

After being rejected by Isaac, he never contacted Marvel again.

Anyway, he owns the copyright to Iron Man.

If we can't take over Marvel.

So he needs to acquire at least a portion of Marvel shares.

Furthermore, the proportion of these shares must be satisfactory to him.

Otherwise, they could just let the copyright for Iron Man rot in their hands forever.

He also won't be developing it with Marvel.

It's even less likely to be sold to Marvel.

He wanted to see what Marvel would be like without Iron Man.

Will it be able to achieve the same box office success and value as in the previous life?

But to his surprise, a few days ago, Isaac contacted him.

And I invited him to meet me at the Oscars dinner today.

"Xu, you're really direct!"

Isaac said with a smile.

She didn't seem angry at all about Xu Yi's dismissive attitude.

But only he knows what he's really thinking.

However, now he is the one who needs Xu Yi's help.

But he knew that it was obviously impossible to get Xu Yi to meet him at Marvel.

He doesn't have that much influence.

Unless he is really willing to sell Marvel to Xu Yi at a "suitable" price.

Or agree to let Xu Yi invest.

But he's over 60 years old this year.

It would also be inappropriate to have him take the initiative to visit Xu Yi.

I couldn't bring myself to do it.

That's why he arranged to meet at the Oscars dinner tonight.

This way, I can see Xu Yi without losing too much face.

This is one of the reasons why such banquets exist.

"I wonder if you're still interested in buying Marvel now?"

Isaac continued, getting straight to the point.

He had already rejected Xu Yi once, and was afraid that if he continued to go in circles, he would just drive Xu Yi away in anger.

Given Xu Yi's personality of directly confronting Oscar, this possibility cannot be entirely ruled out.

"Oh? Mr. Isaac, are you willing to sell Marvel?"

Xu Yi smiled faintly.

But I was still a little surprised.

But then he thought about it again and understood.

There must be a reason why Isaac's attitude changed so quickly.

For Marvel recently, the most important thing is undoubtedly the upcoming release of "The Incredible Hulk"!
In his previous life in 05, Marvel mortgaged almost all of its valuable superhero copyrights to the bank.

This secured a loan of 5.5 million US dollars.

Marvel will also use this loan to produce its own movies.

Iron Man, released in 08, was the first movie Marvel made using these loans.

However, Iron Man is not the only one.

It's not the most important one either.

The previous Iron Man movie was released in May 2008.

Then, in June 2008, The Incredible Hulk was released.

The time difference was only a little over a month.

It is clear that the decision to make The Incredible Hulk was not made after the success of Iron Man.

In other words, Marvel did not place all its bets on Iron Man.

Furthermore, Li An's previous film, "Hulk," had just flopped.

At that time, Marvel was by no means considered to be very wealthy.

Under normal circumstances, continuing to make a standalone Hulk movie should definitely be done with greater caution.

But the truth is that the investment in "The Incredible Hulk" was as high as 1.5 million US dollars.

Iron Man, however, only had a budget of $1.4 million.

This clearly shows that Marvel values ​​the Hulk far more than Iron Man!
But this is normal.

If Marvel really valued the Iron Man copyright that much, they wouldn't have let him snag it for 60 US dollars.

It's worth noting that before he snagged this opportunity, New Line Cinema had already contacted Marvel more than once.

Marvel could easily buy back the rights to Iron Man with just a small amount of money.

But Marvel isn't even willing to pay this small amount of money.

Meanwhile, the previous Marvel loan to the bank also occurred before the Iron Man copyright was returned.

This shows that the Iron Man movie was not originally part of Marvel's filming plans.

It was only after the copyright unexpectedly returned that the decision was made to film it.

So in this life, despite Xu Yi preemptively securing the copyright for Iron Man.

This was before Marvel took out a loan.

But Marvel still ended up taking out a loan from a bank.

And they still managed to make "The Incredible Hulk".

However, in the previous life, Iron Man was an unexpected hit, while The Incredible Hulk flopped.

Although the save wasn't particularly hard, it was a save nonetheless.

It also became one of the very few Marvel movies to lose money.

The release date for "The Incredible Hulk" has not yet been determined.

But judging by the time, it should be almost finished by now.

As the owner of Marvel, Isaac must have seen the final cut.

So, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the quality of this "Incredible Hulk" film likely did not meet his expectations.

He was afraid that the movie's release would affect Marvel's value.

That's why they thought of taking action against Marvel before the movie was released.

Not to mention that loans have to be repaid.

If the movie really flops, how will Marvel pay back the money?

And now there's another big buyer.

If he could sell it for a high price, it would naturally be a very good option for him.

He invested in Marvel primarily to make money.

It's not about sentimentality.

Otherwise, Iron Man wouldn't have become such a huge hit in Xu Yi's previous life.

He was eager to sell Marvel to Disney.

What he didn't know was that Xu Yi knew better than him that "The Incredible Hulk" would flop.

So after figuring all this out, I naturally became even less anxious.

(End of this chapter)