After Buying Marvel, I Became the King of Hollywood

Chapter 54:

The release of the Caribbean, no one knows no one knows.

Of course they all heard it.

This kind of masterpiece, after the release of many subsequent sequels, is no accident, that is, the movie box office does not hit the street continuously.

This kind of authorized theme town will only become more and more influential.

If they don’t take it as soon as possible, they will bleed a lot later.

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The group hurried to the Disneyland headquarters with the collected data, and reported the data they collected and the evaluation they had made.

This kind of exaggerated data instantly got the attention of the executives of Disneyland.

After some discussion, Disney immediately made a decision to take the project at any cost.

Although this project may only be the icing on the cake for themselves, but in the hands of other large amusement parks, it is a sharp axe that cuts to itself.

Led by Jewett, they went to the location of the copyright owner of Pirates of the Caribbean, Morning Sun Entertainment, to discuss the licensing of Pirates of the Caribbean.

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Dawn Film Company.

conference room.

Kevin and Dawson confronted a group of professionals from the amusement park company behind the Six Flags theme park in Illinois.

“How is it? We, Six Flags Entertainment, are very sincere and willing to directly pay $100 million for the authorization of Pirates of the Caribbean.”

The bald-headed man at the head showed a look of us being so generous on his face.

Looking forward to Kevin’s response to his words.

Disney’s mechanism, and some amusement park companies also follow suit. It is in this case that the current impact of Pirates of the Caribbean on the traffic of Pirates of the Caribbean town is known by many people.

Six Flags, as the top three companies in the American amusement park project, was the first to come to the door and negotiate with Kevin on licensing.

Facing the $100 million reported by the bald man.

Kevin just smiled lightly and wrote lightly:

“For a mere $100 million, do you think you can get authorization from the Pirates of the Caribbean?”

The bald man suddenly changed his face.

“Then how much do you think is appropriate?”

“$200 million and 10 percent of the net profit on this project.”

Kevin directly offered his own psychological price.

Originally, Kevin was going to keep this authorization in his hands and run a theme park himself.

After all, there are so many Marvel IPs in the future, and building a theme park is the best way to make money.

However, when he inquired about the specific requirements of the amusement park project, he immediately dismissed the idea.

Amusement park projects, different from ordinary projects, need to involve a lot of dealings with US government departments, and also require huge amounts of money.

The construction of the future Shanghai Disneyland cost more than 5.5 billion US dollars. Even if it is not so expensive in this era, it is also indispensable for the ten or two billion US dollars.

Kevin gave up then and planned to build an amusement park himself.

Chapter 88 The $300 Million Licensing Fee

“This is impossible!”

At $200 million, it’s not really a problem for Six Flags, which is qualified to run an amusement park.

But if you want to get involved in the division of amusement parks, it is simply whimsical.

This is the prohibition of any amusement park company, and no one is allowed to touch it.

boom!

The door was pushed open impolitely.

“We Disney said yes!”

Jewett, who broke in, seemed to have heard Kevin’s opinion and agreed directly.

The two little beauties at the front desk arrived later and said aggrievedly:

“They broke in, my sister and I couldn’t stop them…”

“It’s okay, you go back to the front desk first.”

Kevin waved his hand and told them to go back to the front desk. At the same time, he muttered in his heart that he had to hire a few security guards.

But now this situation is not a bad thing.

After giving up his plans to start an amusement park, Kevin naturally pondered the plan to sell Pirates of the Caribbean.

And the one who can offer the highest price is naturally only Disney.

As the only giant of amusement parks, the prices they can offer are not comparable to other amusement parks.

The two little girls at the front desk left and took them to the door by the way.

At this time, the atmosphere in the office suddenly changed.

In the face of Disney’s aggressive attack, the people at Six Flags are somewhat guilty.

In terms of strength, heritage, and money, they are no match for Disney.

If a project is targeted by them, there is a high probability that Six Flags will not be able to compete.

After sitting down, Juette, just continued:

“They, Six Flags, are only willing to pay $100 million for the Pirates of the Caribbean license, but we at Disney are willing to pay $200 million plus 10% of the net profit for the Caribbean project you proposed.”

“I think, who to choose, Director Kevin, shouldn’t there be too much doubt?”

The Six Flags immediately interjected:

“We at Six Flags are willing to pay $250 million in cash, plus an equal share of profits.”

In fact, the prospect of Pirates of the Caribbean can be seen by everyone.

The people who go to the Caribbean town for inspection are not only the Disney family.

The previous 100 million was just a low price to take advantage of.

They didn’t expect Disney to come so quickly, and they were suddenly caught off guard.

Seeing the price offered by Disney, they discussed it internally, gritted their teeth, and directly quoted the highest price they could quote.

If it can be won, of course, it is good. If it cannot be won, it will not hurt Disney to make a little more blood.

Seeing Six Flags making another bid, Jewett downplayed:

“Disney paid 300 million plus 10% of the net profit to buy the license of Pirates of the Caribbean!”

“You~.”

The people from Six Flags were speechless, and turned around and left Chenxi Entertainment.

Just like Disney’s offer, Six Flags can’t possibly win the Pirates of the Caribbean project, and it’s not necessary to stay here to shame.

Looking at the backs of them leaving, Juette just smiled faintly.

For Disneyland, maintaining its status as the sole giant is the most important thing.

As long as the status remains unshakable, billions of dollars in annual revenue are simply firmly in Disney’s pockets.

To this end, paying 300 million US dollars is actually not a big problem.

This means that other amusement parks cannot get such high-quality projects as Pirates of the Caribbean.

They can continue to occupy the largest share of the amusement park market.

Kevin was a little surprised by the amount Disney offered.

Although he is sure that Disney will never lose money because of this project, Disney’s ability to have such a vision in advance shows that their success is not for nothing.

Seeing the competitor leave, Jewett said again:

“Director Kevin, Disney is willing to pay this price for Pirates of the Caribbean, but there are several conditions, I don’t know if you can agree.”

As soon as Kevin heard it, he knew that the meat was coming.

The key point is the latter conditions. If you can agree, the price in front will naturally be no problem.

If you can’t agree, the price will be greatly reduced.

These are general skills in business negotiation, and Kevin knows it well.

“What conditions?”

“One, Pirates of the Caribbean has to have more than four sequels.”

Jewett put forward this condition also for the influence of this IP.

Multiple sequels can spread the influence of Pirates of the Caribbean to the greatest extent. For Disney, it can make this IP last longer.

Kevin pondered for a while and said:

“It’s definitely not a problem, I have no problems with the planning of Pirates of the Caribbean, longer, more than four sequels.”

Zhuyet nodded and continued:

“The second condition, the box office of each film, cannot be less than $100 million, and the filming interval of each film cannot exceed five years.”

Kevin nodded again, these two conditions are not excessive.

“I promise.”

“it is good!”

Kevin agreed very happily, and Jewett naturally didn’t bother.

The people calling the shots on both sides have negotiated, and the rest of the details will naturally be handed over to the subordinates and lawyers, and they will slowly break it down.

After the matter here, Kevin ordered Dawson to find a few editors to adapt the script of Pirates of the Caribbean into a novel to expand his influence.

Since becoming the boss, Kevin has also learned a little bit about the operation behind the movie.

After a movie explodes, a series of means to expand the influence of IP can be used, such as novels, animations, TV series, and comics.

The accumulation of many aspects can make the IP of Pirates of the Caribbean truly enduring.

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Such a huge amount of transactions, naturally, can’t be hidden from the conscientious people.

The news that Pirates of the Caribbean earned $300 million in licensing fees quickly spread in Hollywood, and Steve Kevin once again became a favorite among countless actresses.

A big director who is rich, has status, and can make people famous. Which female star doesn’t want to take him as her own.

Even the two most rumored people with Salma Hayek and Angelina Jolie and Kevin have been hated by other actresses.

However, the two girls didn’t feel any discomfort, on the contrary, they enjoyed the feeling of being hated by others.

On the other hand, as an investor, Warner has started discussions on this.

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Warner Bros., internal high-level meeting.

A white male with a face full of flesh said with dissatisfaction:

“Robinoff, how can you let Steve Kevin own so much copyright in Pirates of the Caribbean.”

“As an investor with 30% of the investment, we should also get 30% of all Pirates of the Caribbean copyrights, not just 30% of Pirates of the Caribbean 1.”

“Disney’s licensing fee, $100 million should be ours.”

In the words, full of greed.

Chapter 89 The Bad Warner

Other executives have also expanded their views on this matter.