Shion has always trusted Nanaya very much because he has never made a mistake in his vision for movies.
But this time, Shion felt that Nanaya might have really made a mistake.
Because when Iioka gave her the Marvel investigation report, Shion said that she had never seen such a bad company.
"Is this the company you think has great potential? Are you sure you're not a liar?"
Shion questioned with a suspicious look.
"Don't say that. When has your seventh brother ever lied to you?"
Although Nanaya sounded nonchalant, his nervousness could be seen from the sweat on his head.
Although he knew that Marvel was unlucky before the success of "Iron Man", Nanaya never expected that Marvel would become so bad.
According to the report from Washimine's investigation, Marvel has currently mortgaged everything it can, and asked the bank for $500 million to produce Marvel Entertainment's films.
However, due to the fact that Marvel sold its own sons to keep the company alive in the last century, it has very few film and television copyrights.
Not to mention well-known characters like Hulk, Spider-Man, and X-Men, Marvel doesn't even have many second- and third-tier characters left.
Nanaya glanced at the characters that Marvel still had the film and television rights to. Apart from Iron Man, the only one he was familiar with was the Galaxy Audition.
Among the three giants of the Avengers, Captain America and Thor are not in Marvel's hands now.
Even Iron Man was bought back by Marvel with the money from selling his underwear for its own movie plans, otherwise Marvel would really have nothing to shoot.
However, according to the agreement between Marvel and the bank, "Iron Man", which Marvel is currently preparing, is not included in the agreement.
In other words, Marvel cannot invest a single cent of the $500 million in "Iron Man", otherwise it would be considered illegal and the bank would sue it.
So in order to solve the investment problem of "Iron Man", Marvel played some tricks.
They take advantage of the information asymmetry of ordinary investors and use the snowball method of small investments to collect funds.
Nanaya could even imagine the scene when Marvel salesmen were soliciting investments.
"Hey guys, I have a bank loan of $500 million to make a movie. Are you interested in investing? It doesn't have to be much, just a few hundred thousand dollars will do."
If Nanaya didn't know that Marvel was really serious about making a movie, after seeing this report, he would have thought that this was a pyramid scheme that came out of nowhere.
All I can say is that Marvel's turnaround is a miracle in every sense.
"It's like dancing on a tightrope." Nanaya couldn't help but exclaim in amazement after reading the report.
Not to mention, Marvel has already raised a movie budget of 30 million US dollars with this trick.
If Kevin Feige succeeds in conning Washimine, they can start filming directly with the budget of 50 million.
Through this report, Nanaya finally understood why the cost of "Iron Man" in the previous life had always been kept secret and could only rely on external estimates.
After all, there are too many investors, and it would be very troublesome if the specific numbers were announced.
Nanaya could even guess what Marvel would do next.
It's nothing more than using accounts, taxes, and profit-sharing with Montblanc to balance out profits, making it appear that the film is barely breaking even or even losing money.
This is a reserved program for Hollywood to cheat newbies from outside the industry.
However, this trick can only fool outsiders. For industry insiders like Nanaya, it is simply a case of showing off one's skills in front of an amateur.
However, this matter is also a big handle.
Nanaya is not referring to Marvel's accounting matters, after all, this has not happened yet.
What made Nanaya feel that there was an opportunity was Marvel's method of attracting investment.
Although Marvel did not violate any laws in this process, it did mislead investors.
This wouldn't be a big problem if it happened to an ordinary company, but for Marvel, which is currently on the brink of a cliff, losing the trust of investors is undoubtedly fatal.
Marvel is now at a critical moment from 0 to 1. If handled properly, perhaps the entire Marvel can be taken control of.
"How should I start specifically?"
Nanaya was struggling over how to make use of this opportunity, but Shion obviously couldn't understand his thoughts.
After all, from a normal business perspective, Marvel is doomed to fail, and there's no need to bury it.
"Nanaya, are you really going to invest in this movie?"
Shion saw the desire in Nanaya's eyes and she felt a little funny.
Now Nanaya is like a child who sees a favorite toy but his parents don't agree to buy it for him.
"Well... this is my sentiment."
Nanaya was talking about the ten years he spent with Marvel in his previous life, but Shion thought that this guy had been a fan of American comics since he was a child and was eager to help Marvel (although this understanding cannot be said to be wrong).
"I'll have Iioka make a more detailed report, a comprehensive analysis of Marvel."
Shion really couldn't bear to say no to Nanaya, "I'll just use Luvia to hold Marvel back for now, and wait for Iioka to come up with the report on the possibility of acquisition."
"It's the only way."
Nanaya nodded helplessly. After all, acquiring a company was not such a simple matter.
Perhaps it was Nanaya's puppy-like look that made Shion feel a little bit reluctant. She thought to herself: [As long as the purchase price is within 500 million US dollars, if Nanaya really wants it that much, I will help him buy it. ]
Of course, Shion's acquisition of Marvel for Nanaya was certainly not due to a relationship between a man and a woman. If that were the case, she would have stepped down as the chairman long ago.
Washimine's acquisition of Marvel can not only expand its own copyright library, but also win Nanaya's favor.
Because the profits brought to Washimine by "Fate" directed by Nanaya are far more than 500 million US dollars.
The movie "Fate Stay Night" has been released for the third week and its box office trend remains stable, with the decline still controlled within 40%.
Although the three most important weekend days of the third week have not yet arrived, relying on the box office accumulation of the previous four weekdays, the North American box office of "Fate" has successfully exceeded the 200 million US dollar mark, reaching 205 million US dollars.
In addition, "Fate" is also very popular in other countries.
Currently, "Fate Stay Night" has been released in 45 countries and regions around the world and has achieved a box office of 147 million US dollars.
As a result, "Fate" has already earned $300 million in global box office within just three weeks of its large-scale release.
According to the prediction of box office agencies, the final performance of "Fate" may reach 350 million US dollars in North America and 700 million US dollars worldwide.
This is just the box office result. As a commercial blockbuster, the peripheral profits of "Fate" are immeasurable.
According to preliminary estimates, the movie "Fate" alone can bring more than 1.5 billion US dollars in revenue to the entire Washimine Group.
Although many of these profits can only be obtained through long-term IP management, Washimine can still get at least $700 million in short-term benefits in the past two years.
If Marvel could strengthen the cooperation between Nanaya and Washimine, Shion would agree without hesitation.
More importantly, the movie "Fate" is divided into two parts.
Everyone thinks that unless the reputation of the second half of the movie collapses drastically, after a year of fermentation, when the second half of the movie is released next year, the popularity will definitely be much higher than it is now.
It can be said that "Fate" was a huge success in terms of both movie reputation and commercial performance.
What follows are the various benefits that "Fate" brings to film-related stakeholders.
The one who benefited the most was undoubtedly Shion and her Washimine Group.
As the distributor of the film, no one would doubt the profits they made from "Fate", and most Hollywood film companies believed that Washimine could make a name for himself in North America with "Fate".
It's just like Warner next door reached the top of the Big Six with the Harry Potter series.
As long as the commercial value of "Fate" is half of that of the "Harry Potter" series, Washimine Entertainment will become a force that cannot be ignored in Hollywood.
The most intuitive reaction is that Washimine's stock has been all red since July, without even a green dot.
It's no wonder that Shion had the idea of spending $500 million to buy gifts for people. She has earned too much money during this period.
The second person to benefit from "Fate" was director Nanaya Kiryu.
A few years ago, Nanaya made a name for himself in Hollywood with "Goblin Slayer".
But at that time, he was only known in Hollywood as a "small director who could make R-rated movies."
In the eyes of people in the North American film industry, the success of "Goblin Slayer" is more about the film's achievement of the director. After all, there will always be a market for R-rated films as long as they are not too bad.
But Nanaya proved with the success of "Fate" that he is not the kind of director who only knows how to play tricks, and he can still succeed even with orthodox commercial films.
The success of "Fate" with its smooth narrative rhythm, novel plot setting, and sophisticated script framework has made Nanaya a hot director in Hollywood.
Since the box office hit of "Fate", Nanaya has received too many invitations to cooperate in movies, including many big Hollywood companies, even the Big Six.
However, just like the previous premiere of "Escape from the Island", Nanaya rejected these invitations on the grounds that he had to prepare for the second half of the "Fate" movie.
As for the actors, although Sasuke Sugiyama and Rin Tohsaka are not very popular in North America, they are already first-line actors in Asia.
Even new actors such as Sakura Shimoya and Junichi Ishida received good reviews and even had the opportunity to star in a movie or TV series.
However, no matter how popular these people are, they cannot be compared with another person.
If you ask who is the actor who gets the most attention in "Fate", there is no doubt that Lily Wetting is the brightest star among them.
Although Lily is a newcomer, there is currently only one character, Artoria.
But Fate is a movie series, and as long as Artoria's story continues, no one will doubt that Lily can become a top-notch star.
Just like Johnny Depp next door, who became a global superstar by playing Captain Jack Sparrow in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.
Speaking of Depp.
After facing mediocre opponents in the first two weeks, "Fate" finally encountered a strong opponent.
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", brought to you by two famous Hollywood eccentric duo Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, will be released in North America on July 15.
You have to know that this is not the time 10 years later when the audience will get tired of Depp's unchanging character creation.
Now in 2005, Johnny Depp is at the peak of his popularity. Relying on the charm of Captain Jack Sparrow, Depp is almost unrivaled in North America.
More importantly, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is mainly aimed at the family market, which has a wider audience than "Fate" which focuses on the young market.
Nanaya did not expect that "Fate", an old movie that has been released for 3 weeks, could defeat Depp's new film.
But this is not an excuse for Nanaya to surrender. Even if he cannot defeat the opponent, he must at least stabilize his position and prevent the box office from plummeting.
So in order to expand publicity, Nanaya brought the leading actors of "Fate" to San Diego this week.
Nanaya hopes to maintain the popularity of the movie through vigorous promotion at the San Diego Comic-Con, and he has prepared a series of killer tricks for this purpose.