Tal Nong was appointed by Warner executives last year to be the vice president of DC Films, responsible for the development of the DC Universe...

To be precise, he helped with the development and production of some of the films.

She's responsible for "Wonder Woman" and "Batgirl"...

"Batgirl" is the focus, "Wonder Woman" is just...a bargaining chip in the competition!

Warner is in too much internal chaos, and the management is fighting...

The newly appointed president of DC Film Company is Walter Hamada, who is also an acquaintance of Shen Changlin from New Line and has been responsible for films such as "A Quiet Place" and "Happy Death Day".

Why does DC management keep changing?

In fact, this is not bad - when "Justice League" failed, DC once again changed its staff, and the top management almost changed again...

Bringing it back, tal nong did talk about "Wonder Woman" again, and by the way, Nini went to the coffee shop.

"We have prepared 180 million U.S. dollars of funds for deployment...if it is not enough, we can increase it to 200 million U.S. dollars..."

"The heroine is Gal Gadot. If you are not satisfied, we can discuss changing her..."

Shen Changlin interrupted her: "I really don't know what "Wonder Woman" is. Can you explain it to me?"

"...You didn't see it?"

Shen Changlin scratched his head: "Sorry, I'm very busy and don't have time to read comics. I haven't read "One Piece" and "Naruto" for a long time..."

The last time we met, Shen Changlin still had no idea about American comics...

"Wonder Woman", even the movie version, Shen Changlin didn't watch it seriously...

If it weren't for Gal Gadot's long legs, he wouldn't even have the thought to open it...

tal nong sighed. Although he knew that Shen Changlin was very unlikely to accept "Wonder Woman", it was still quite uncomfortable to say it so bluntly.

——Don’t even bother to understand it!

But she still told the story about Wonder Woman very professionally...

Shen Changlin lost interest as soon as he heard it - Wonder Woman represents the awakening of women's rights.

It’s not that feminism is bad. Feminist movies have a particularly clear moral stance and value orientation. They create a hero with love and compassion as the core motivation and promote a specific idealistic spirit.

But... the majority of the audience for comic book movies are men!

Back then, Disney was willing to acquire Marvel in a big way because it wanted to capture the male audience market. If you look at the data in North America, it is not difficult to find that the audience for animated movies, Disney's live-action princess movies, etc. are more female than Men, they need the male market!

It's a pity that Shen Changlin is not good at female movies!

Moreover, tal nong mentioned World War I...

From the perspective of Americans, World War I seemed to be the fault of the German army...

This is what the "Wonder Woman" movie did. It only showed the casualties of the Allied Powers, but almost didn't mention the suffering of the German people. It seemed like a replica of World War II.

In fact, World War I was a true "unjust war in the Spring and Autumn Period." Each participating country drove thousands of ordinary people to the battlefield for their own selfish desires and ambitions, like beef cattle in a slaughterhouse. "Meat grinder." , "gas warfare", "no man's land"... these words that emerged during World War I, behind each of them are countless blood, tears and souls.

So, he refused again: "Tal, I'm really not interested."

tal nong no longer hesitated: "In that case, let's talk about "Knives Out"!"

…

"Knives Out" is the first part of Detective Huang Lanke!

Shen Changlin changed the male protagonist from a white American to an Asian.

It's not because he doesn't like Daniel Craig, it's just that he prefers people he knows. The actor chose to focus on Deng Chao, Zhang Yi, Huang Bo, and Duan Yihong...

Shen Changlin has no special tendency.

Check out the audition performance!

"Leave the leading role of Huang Lanke to me, and you can arrange the other roles... I want 60 million US dollars in funding!"

Shen Changlin put forward the conditions, and then noticed that Yang Fan had a strange expression. Just as he was about to speak, Yang Fan interrupted: "We will invest in this project ourselves and continue the previous cooperation method!"

"...it's best to choose a well-known actor to sit in."

"Don't worry about that..."

Awkward…

Shen Changlin made a big mistake...

It is understandable that after the road show, I was already physically and mentally exhausted. I had to fight hard for three hours. Although my body survived, my energy was obviously a bit depleted.

So, my brain is a bit unclear...

Just shut up and watch Yang Fan negotiate with Tal Nong. When they were done talking, Yang Fan called the staff to send Tal Nong away.

"Is there anything else?"

Yawning, Shen Changlin was ready to go home and catch up on his sleep...

Yang Fan immediately said: "Boss, Warner has made a proposal to acquire our company!"

"Acquiring Changlin Film and Television?"

Shen Changlin was shocked. Ali Baba wanted to acquire Changlin Film and Television, but was rejected. Warner gave up?

Yang Fan explained: "No, it's a branch in the United States!"

"Oh!" Shen Changlin nodded, and then did some calculations: "...Our branch is doing very well, with a net profit of more than 300 million US dollars every year..."

"Then I refuse?"

"Don't worry..." Shen Changlin asked: "How much are they offering?"

"$2.1 billion!"

"There's no sincerity... You won't even give me ten times the price-earnings ratio?"

The market value of media companies is generally more than ten times their annual profits. Even in a mature stock trading market like North America, a price-to-earnings ratio of ten times is relatively normal.

That’s a market value of $3 billion.

When you acquire a company, you must at least offer the market price!

Yang Fan was stunned for a moment, then reminded: "...Our company's New Line also holds 20% of the shares."

"...Really?" Shen Changlin completely forgot about this...

Yang Fan did not hesitate and continued the topic: "Then shall we sell it?"

"Has production started on "The Return of the Clown"?"

"It has been done and is ready to be released in October this year..."

"'La La Land' is also being filmed?"

"Yes...for Austria."

"Then you can hold on for another year."

The two dramas "Return of the Clown" and "La La Land" can at least bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, and the company was sold at the peak of its market value...

It’s definitely going to be sold anyway, so timing is very important!

Yang Fan was silent for a while, and then asked: "Boss, do you really want to sell it?"

Shen Changlin picked up the water glass, took a sip, and then asked: "How is the public opinion about Wanda's acquisition of Legend?"

"Not so good. The Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times are all talking about the Red Empire's invasion of the United States..."

"It's not the time to get tense yet..."

After patting Yang Fan on the shoulder, Shen Changlin was about to turn around and leave when Yang Fan suddenly asked: "Boss, we are going to find Henry Cavill for the second male lead..."

"Okay...but the salary cannot exceed US$5 million!"

"Don't worry, except for Superman, Henry Cavill's salary is basically around US$3 million!"

"... Just look at the arrangements... By the way, the heroine arranges Naza!"

"Um."

Yang Fan nodded and suddenly remembered something: "Boss, does Nini want to make arrangements?"

"...No need, she is the second female lead in my new work."

"But I heard that Nini is studying English..."

"Really? Ask her if she has any ideas. If so, make arrangements..." Shen Changlin replied casually.
Chapter completed!