Chapter 116: God-Level Director Awakens! Acquires the VFX Team of

Unlike in his previous life, where Disney spent a fortune and struggled to acquire Marvel, Xu Can felt his acquisition of Marvel was too smooth.

Fortunately, he had completed the acquisition with lightning speed before filming "Iron Man" began.

Otherwise, even 2 billion wouldn't have been enough to stop it after the movie's release.

"Let me give you a piece of advice, Mr. Xu. They say you're a gambler, and you've won many times, but a long gambler always loses."

At the signing ceremony for the completed acquisition, former Marvel chairman Perlmutter educated Xu Can with the air of a seasoned veteran, speaking with grave seriousness.

On the surface, it was for Xu Can's own good, but the arrogance of that old white man was impossible to hide.

Xu Can had already completed the acquisition; at this moment, he wasn't angry, but instead smiled as he looked at the other man.

He didn't support Robert Downey Jr., nor did he support the Marvel Cinematic Universe he had planned; that was their loss.

"Mr. Perlmutter, we could have had a very good outcome, and Marvel could have instantly become a force in Hollywood that couldn't be ignored... unfortunately, you gave up too early."

"Huh Is-that-a-joke? Are you kidding me? Since you are obstinate, I'd be happy to see the day you go bankrupt and liquidate."

Perlmutter dropped those words and left the scene with other former Marvel board members.

They escaped in time while the old ship was still sinking to the bottom of the sea,

leaving a mess for a young man who didn't know the height of the sky or the depth of the earth.

"Hahaha, a loan of over 700 million... I wonder what he was thinking..."

The arrogant laughter faded away, unaware that Xu Can was watching this group of old stubborn men leave with the eyes one uses to look at a clown.

In his previous life, these people almost ruined Marvel.

First, the powerful Perlmutter and Kevin Feige didn't get along; back then, they almost wanted to fire Kevin Feige and almost ruined the MCU.

Later, as the MCU grew more and more popular, Perlmutter and others, including the comic editor-in-chief and the publishing department head, established the "Marvel Creative Committee."

For example, in "Captain America 3: Civil War," the ending set by the Russo brothers, where Captain America and Iron Man broke apart, was very thought-provoking,

but Perlmutter and the others wanted to forcibly intervene in the plot and set the ending as a traditional Hollywood happy reunion.

Captain America and Iron Man would reconcile as before, and together they would defeat the villain, ending in universal joy.

If they really changed it like that, "Captain America 3" would go from a quality film to a vulgar blockbuster movie.

You're right, but this is Perlmutter.

Fortunately, he was bought off by 700 million and left Marvel completely.

Marvel Entertainment now belongs entirely to the Xu family.

"Xu, shouldn't I call you 'Boss' from now on?"

In the chairman's office, Xu Can was ordering his subordinates to completely clear out the previous owner's office supplies and replace them all with his own.

Kevin Feige stood at the door, arms crossed, smiling.

"Yes, I am your boss, Kevin. Remember to be more respectful from now on."

"Ah?" Kevin Feige was a bit panicked.

"Just kidding. Let's talk about business now. How is the pre-production for 'Iron Man'? We need to start filming as soon as possible."

"No problem. Actually, I've been preparing during this time. The casting we proposed earlier has all been settled; we can start filming next week."

"Good, let's get moving!"

The news created by Warner and Marvel caused a ripple in Hollywood.

Has the spring of comic book movies finally arrived completely?

Multiple live-action films will be released consecutively within two years; since "Spider-Man" achieved huge success, it seems other superheroes can also be brought to the big screen.

However, some media outlets still weren't optimistic about this field.

The success of "Spider-Man" was too accidental; whether it was Xu Can's outstanding acting or the bold use of first-person camera shots, it would be hard to perfectly replicate.

If one isn't careful, it's very easy to make comic book movies awkward.

The failure of the Batman series is still fresh in memory, and Iron Man has cast a former criminal who was arrested three times.

From an observer's perspective, the future of DC and Marvel was covered in a layer of shadow.

Soon, as summer blockbusters like "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and "Transformers" were released one after another, all media attention was drawn away.