Chapter 363 Her body is more honest than her mouth (Please subscribe to support!)
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The crew of "Lover's First Kiss".
Xu Kai's character brings Sophie March's character to his mansion.
This is the place where the wealthy people in China often keep their mistresses.
The two of them met here, made love, bathed, and played...
Today's scene took a long time because it had a lot of content and needed to be shot in a delicate and artistic way.
Fortunately——
After spending some time together, Sophie March has completely fallen in love with Xu Kai, a man who always gives her surprises and is so good in every way that she is speechless.
Just like the character played by Sophie March, although she said that she would not fall in love with a Chinese man, her body was much more honest than her mouth.
Sophie March is now inseparable from the role she played. It can be said that the role she played is her. She is the romantic girl who says she doesn't love the male protagonist but actually loves him to death in her heart.
It is precisely because Sophie March is in the most ideal state to interpret this role that the filming of "Lover's First Kiss" is going more and more smoothly. Even when shooting scenes that particularly require acting skills, such as trysts, making love, bathing, and playing, Sophie March can always pass it in one take.
And Xu Kai's additional statement will not waste everyone's precious time.
“Crack!”
After filming the last bed scene, Xu Kai gently took the bath towel and draped it over Sophie March to prevent her from accidentally exposing herself.
After finishing this, Xu Kai walked towards Kevin Feige and Jon Favreau who had been waiting for him for a long time...
What Xu Kai didn't see was that Sophie March's eyes were filled with tenderness as she looked at his back...
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After inviting Kevin Feige and Jon Favreau to his RV, Xu Kai said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Mr. Kevin and Mr. Jon, I kept you waiting for so long."
Kevin Feige said quickly: "It's okay, Mr. Xu, we came here uninvited."
Xu Kai asked Spies to serve a cup of coffee to Kevin Feige and Jon Favreau. Spies then made a pot of tea for Xu Kai. Xu Kai then asked, "Why did you two come to see me?"
"Um……"
Kevin Feige pondered for a moment, then said bluntly: "Mr. Xu, I wonder if you can let us buy back the copyright of Iron Man?"
Xu Kai listened to him, calmly poured himself a cup of tea, and then said slowly: "Excuse me for being blunt, but even if I am willing to sell the copyright of Iron Man back to you Marvel, do you have the money to make Iron Man?"
"this……"
Unlike the previous life when Marvel bought back the copyrights of Marvel superheroes such as Iron Man and Captain America before filming "Iron Man", this time Marvel only has the copyrights of less popular Marvel superheroes such as Thor and Guardians of the Galaxy.
This means that even if Marvel wanted to use the copyrights of its superhero characters as collateral and even its entire fortune to make "Iron Man" as it did in the previous life, it would be very difficult.
So, upon hearing Xu Kai reveal their past so bluntly, Kevin Feige and Jon Favreau were so embarrassed that they kept silent.
Seeing this, Xu Kai smiled and spread his hands, saying, "Look, even if I am willing to sell the copyright of Iron Man back to you Marvel, you Marvel won't be able to make it, so what's the use? What's more, I will not sell the copyright of Iron Man back to you Marvel."
Upon hearing that Xu Kai was unwilling to sell the copyright of Iron Man, Kevin Feige and Jon Favreau were both disappointed and secretly relieved.
Just as Xu Kai said, if Marvel bought back the copyright of Iron Man, they would not have the money to make Iron Man into a movie. In that case, they would have to lobby others to invest in the movie "Iron Man".
Given Iron Man's current popularity, this is obviously not easy.
Instead of doing this, Marvel might as well find someone to invest money to make Thor or Guardians of the Galaxy or some other Marvel superhero.
After looking at each other, Kevin Feige and Jon Favreau, unwilling to humiliate themselves in front of Xu Kai, a Chinese, stood up at the same time and said, "Sorry to bother you, Mr. Xu."
Xu Kai smiled and said, "Don't leave yet. Although I won't sell the copyright of Iron Man back to Marvel, I didn't say we can't have other cooperation."
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Kevin Feige and Jon Favreau were stunned. They were puzzled. What did Xu Kai want to cooperate with them for? Kevin Feige and Jon Favreau sat back down, and Kevin Feige asked, "Mr. Xu, what do you want to cooperate with us at Marvel?"
"There are many possibilities."
Xu Kai smiled and said, "For example, I can acquire Marvel, and we can jointly shoot Iron Man. For example, Mr. Jon can come and shoot Iron Man for me. I bought the copyrights of these Marvel superheroes just to develop them. So, as long as it is beneficial to the development of these Marvel superhero IPs, we can discuss anything."
After knowing Xu Kai's intention, Kevin Feige and Jon Favreau, who had originally given up hope on this negotiation, suddenly brightened up! - If what Xu Kai said was true, then Marvel and Xu Kai really had a lot of directions to discuss.
As the president of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige obviously still wanted to give it a try, so after Xu Kai gave him so many options, he even considered it and resolutely chose to co-invest in the movie "Iron Man" with Xu Kai.
Although Xu Kai felt sorry that he couldn't buy Marvel, he didn't feel forced at all.
——Xu Kai knew that as long as he persisted and was willing to pay more money, he would definitely be able to get Marvel, which was now on the verge of bankruptcy, to sell him all the superhero copyrights they held.
But Xu Kai couldn't do that.
There's nothing I can do about it. I'm Chinese and this is a beautiful country dominated by white people.
Some people may wonder, what's wrong with the Chinese? Can't the Chinese buy all the Marvel superheroes and make them into movies?
able.
But the problem is that this may cause a boycott from the largest audience group for Marvel superheroes, namely the American people, or the North American box office market, which is the largest box office market for Marvel superhero movies.
In that case, it is possible that even if Xu Kai owns the copyrights of these Marvel superheroes, he will not be able to monetize them, at least he will not be able to bring them the greatest fame and fortune.
Therefore, instead of letting the copyrights of these Marvel superheroes become a pile of waste paper, it is better to cooperate with Marvel, jointly develop the Marvel Universe, and make money together.
Moreover, Xu Kai now owns the copyrights to Marvel superhero characters such as Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow, Deadpool, Iron Fist, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Punisher, She-Hulk, Man-Thing, Morbius, etc. If Marvel wants to create the Marvel Universe, it will definitely not be able to bypass him.
As long as Xu Kai can reach into the Marvel Universe, he can gain endless fame and fortune from it.
but--
Xu Kai currently has the copyrights of many Marvel superhero characters and has money. The key is that Xu Kai has foresight. The key is that Marvel is now at its weakest period. How can Xu Kai not take the opportunity to get more benefits from Marvel? So Xu Kai said to Kevin Feige: "Since Marvel has no money now, I am willing to buy the permanent copyrights of a few more superheroes from Marvel, so that you can have money to make "Iron Man" with me."
When Kevin Feige heard this, he said nervously, "We won't sell Thor, Hawkeye, and Guardians of the Galaxy. Oh, and we won't sell Doctor Strange either."
Kevin Feige is not stupid. How could he not know that if they sold the copyrights of Marvel superheroes such as Thor, Hawkeye, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Doctor Strange to Xu Kai, Xu Kai could build his own Marvel Universe and would not need to cooperate with them at all.
Xu Kai smiled and said, "Don't worry, I am sincerely cooperating with you Marvel, so I will not destroy your Marvel foundation."
After hearing what Xu Kai said, Kevin Feige was relieved and asked, "What do you want?"
Xu Kai looked at Kevin Feige and said with a smile: "I want the full and permanent adaptation rights for Shang-Chi and all characters related to Shang-Chi. Is this not too much of a embarrassment for you?"
The answer given by Xu Kai was both unexpected and reasonable to Kevin Feige and Jon Favreau.
——Xu Kai is a Chinese, so of course he would buy the Chinese superhero Shang-Chi, there is nothing wrong with that.
When it was confirmed that Xu Kai wanted to buy Shang-Chi, Kevin Feige immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Compared with other superheroes, Shang-Chi is not very popular, and he is also a Chinese hero, so his value is naturally greatly discounted. There is nothing wrong with selling him to Xu Kai.
But despite this, Kevin Feige still showed the cunning side of a businessman. He pretended to frown and said, "Shang-Chi, this is not easy to handle..."
Seeing this, Xu Kai said calmly, "Mr. Kevin, since we met, I have always maintained my sincerity in cooperating. If you don't want to mess up your only and possibly last chance for Marvel to turn things around, you'd better show your sincerity in cooperating with me."
Kevin Feige was embarrassed after hearing what Xu Kai said. He quickly said, "Mr. Xu, you misunderstood. When I said it's not easy to handle, I meant that the full range of permanent copyrights of Shang-Chi and related characters are not worth too much money. It's not enough for Marvel to invest in Iron Man. Can you buy a few more superhero copyrights?"
Xu Kai bought Shang-Chi, of course, in order to film Shang-Chi himself, or even play the role of Shang-Chi himself, and use Shang-Chi, a Chinese superhero, to further open up the European and American markets. At the same time, he also wanted to use Shang-Chi to subvert the image of Chinese people in the eyes of Europeans and Americans.
——In the previous life, although Hollywood tried its best to shoot "Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings", they did not understand Chinese people at all. They found two ugly Chinese people who had no fame in China to play the male and female protagonists in "Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings". Isn't this intentional to disgust the Chinese audience?
There is also the role of Shang-Chi’s father.
Although the Hollywood gang changed the Zheng Zu, who was hated by the Chinese, into a civil and military hero, the adaptation is still unacceptable to the Chinese - the setting is wrong, and the son killing the father does not conform to the Chinese people's emotions.
Xu Kai planned to completely subvert the role of Shang-Chi's father and make major changes to Shang-Chi after he bought Shang-Chi.
In a word, if a group of foreigners are asked to make a Chinese superhero, they will not flatter the Chinese audience even if they want to. If you want the Chinese audience to like Shang-Chi, the Chinese themselves have to make "Shang-Chi".
Some people may ask, if Shang-Chi is changed too much, will it be inconsistent with the original work and cause dissatisfaction among the fans of the original work? Bullshit.
Do you think Iron Man has never been changed? The original "Iron Man" in Marvel Comics is not as "perfect" as the movie version of Iron Man that audiences saw later. The plot of Iron Man at that time was full of restricted plots, and Iron Man was not a perfect label like "tall, rich and handsome".
When Marvel decided to use Iron Man as their last stand movie, they also made a "plastic surgery" change to the character. Simply put, they retained and strengthened Iron Man's original good elemental attributes, and eliminated all the bad element settings.
It is precisely because of that operation that the movie version of Iron Man became the "perfect" image that the audience saw later! Therefore, since Marvel can change Iron Man in that way, Xu Kai can definitely change Shang-Chi and make Shang-Chi a perfect superhero like Iron Man, and then use Shang-Chi to complete cultural output.
Of course, Xu Kai couldn't tell the people at Marvel about his plan, because if he did, they would definitely raise Shang-Chi's price.
Seeing that all the copyrights of Shang-Chi and characters related to Shang-Chi were easily obtained, the people from Marvel wanted to sell some of their other copyrights. Xu Kai thought about it and bought all the copyrights of characters related to Marvel superheroes such as Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow, Deadpool, Iron Fist, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Punisher, She-Hulk, Man-Thing, Morbius, etc., so that he could make independent movies of these superheroes in the future.
In addition, Xu Kai bought the permanent copyright of an independent Marvel superhero - Captain Marvel.
Xu Kai's purchase of Captain Marvel was actually just a long-term move.
In the future, Marvel will enter its fourth phase, and many old characters like Iron Man, Black Widow, and Captain America will leave the stage forever. Therefore, a younger generation of superheroes will inevitably step forward and take charge.
At that stage, without Iron Man, Black Widow, Captain America and other Marvel superheroes, Xu Kai's voice would definitely be weakened, so he had to hold a few trump cards to check and balance others.
The new forces in future Marvel movies will definitely be Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Captain Marvel and other Marvel superheroes.
Spider-Man is Sony's golden goose, and Sony will definitely not sell it.
Marvel also said that it would not sell Doctor Strange.
Xu Kai, who already had the copyright to Black Panther, now holds the copyright to Captain Marvel. Even if Marvel enters its later stages, it will certainly not be able to escape Xu Kai's control.
Marvel has sold the full permanent copyright of so many characters, and finally has the money to work with Xu Kai to make the "Iron Man" movie.
After negotiations between the two parties, Marvel offered 80 million US dollars and Yijiang offered 70 million US dollars plus the right to use Iron Man. Both parties each held 50% of the shares of the "Iron Man" production company and jointly produced "Iron Man".
In addition, through friendly negotiations, the two parties decided that Kevin Feige would serve as the producer of "Iron Man", Xu Kai would serve as the supervisor of "Iron Man", and Jon Favreau would serve as the director of "Iron Man".
Both Marvel and Xu Kai are actually very satisfied with this cooperation, and neither side is worried that the other side will dump them and go it alone.
I won’t say much about Xu Kai. Most of the main characters of the Avengers (and they are all popular characters) are in Xu Kai’s hands, so he is not afraid of Marvel people playing tricks on him.
Marvel also has a large number of Marvel superhero characters, and Marvel also has Marvel villains, such as Thanos, Ultron, Loki, etc. In addition, the copyrights of groups such as S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra are also in Marvel's hands, so Marvel is not afraid that Xu Kaihui will abandon Marvel and create his own Marvel Universe.
This is actually an ideal state of cooperation where both parties can restrain each other and work together sincerely.
in short.
Thanks to Xu Kai's strong financial support and the operation and planning of Marvel, the local boss, the filming of "Iron Man" jointly produced by Yijiang and Marvel officially started in late November. Xu Kai, who had just gotten rid of the burden of "Detective Chinatown 2", now took on the burden of "Iron Man"...
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(End of this chapter)
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