Chapter 2126: A Fanciful Idea

Soon, Liu Yiming had someone gather information on the current state of Marvel superhero comic copyrights and delivered it to Zhao Fusheng.

After reading it, Zhao Fusheng was quite satisfied.

It was roughly the same as what he knew, basically maintaining that situation.

Spider-Man, Wolverine, and the like were definitely impossible to reclaim for now, and Sony wouldn't sell them either.

This involved a helpless problem: when Marvel was poor, they sold off copyrights like Spider-Man; when Marvel had money and wanted to buy them back, the other party might not go along with their wishes and sell them again.

So, it was an unsolvable dilemma.

Just like in the future, when Marvel and Sony collaborated, bringing in Tom Holland to play Spider-Man, after making two solo films, negotiations broke down. Sony wanted more benefits, Disney refused, and Sony immediately revoked Marvel's right to use Spider-Man.

Zhao Fusheng didn't want to see that happen.

With that in mind, Zhao Fusheng dialed Kevin Feige's number.

"Mr. Feige, I think we should talk about the copyrights of superheroes like Spider-Man and Wolverine," Zhao Fusheng said with a smile.

"Ah?"

Kevin Feige was taken aback, somewhat surprised.

Clearly, he hadn't expected Zhao Fusheng to bring up this matter.

Superhero copyrights?

Kevin Feige asked puzzledly, "What do you mean..."

"I think that if Disney and Future Investment jointly become the owners of Marvel, then the superhero copyrights that originally belonged to us should be taken back."

Zhao Fusheng said to Kevin Feige bluntly.

"You... you plan to make an offer to Sony?"

Hearing Zhao Fusheng's words, Kevin Feige asked in surprise.

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "Yes, what do you think?"

"This... I need to discuss it with management."

Kevin Feige said to Zhao Fusheng.

"Alright."

Zhao Fusheng thought for a moment and said to him, "You discuss it first, and after you make a decision, tell me the answer. I'll wait for you in Los Angeles."

Kevin Feige nodded, said nothing more, and hung up the phone.

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After putting down the phone, Kevin Feige specifically called his core management team, led by Sean Favreau, into the conference room.

"Mr. Feige, is there something?"

"Yeah, Mr. Feige, I have work to do over there."

"Kevin, why another meeting?"

Even Sean Favreau asked Kevin Feige with a helpless expression.

He was leading his team to prepare for Iron Man 2. As Zhao Fusheng had said earlier, since some things were already in the works, they should be done as quickly as possible.

Hearing everyone's comments and looking at their expressions, Kevin Feige smiled, recounted what Zhao Fusheng had mentioned earlier, and finally said, "So this is the situation. Let's discuss and study it. Which superhero should we buy back?"

"What?"

"Come on, Mr. Feige, today isn't April Fools' Day."

"Dear Kevin, my old friend, this isn't a funny joke."

"Yeah, Mr. Feige, do you know how much it would cost to buy back those superhero copyrights now?"

Everyone expressed their disbelief at Kevin Feige's words.

They certainly knew that if this were true, it would be a good thing.

But the problem was, it couldn't be true.

Nowadays, Marvel's superheroes were mostly second- or third-tier characters. The most popular superheroes had long had their copyrights sold off to exchange for cash to keep the company going.

For example, Spider-Man, Wolverine, and so on.

And these superhero characters had already been developed and popularized by companies like Sony.

In short, the other party bought your superhero copyrights to make money and profit.

After acquiring them, Sony quickly started the film adaptation process and produced the Spider-Man trilogy, all of which were successful.

Under such circumstances, buying back the rights to Spider-Man was not an easy task.

"Let me say it again: you don't need to know the outcome of this matter; you just need to know whether it can be done."

Kevin Feige's gaze swept over the people around him. He could see that everyone lacked confidence, except for Sean Favreau, who was silently lowering his head, seemingly lost in thought.

Clearly, he had sensed something.

Having worked closely with Kevin Feige for a long time, Sean Favreau knew well that his old friend was not the type to shoot from the hip without reason.

To put it bluntly, if he weren't absolutely certain, Kevin Feige probably wouldn't even bring up the matter, let alone have everyone discuss in the conference room how feasible this seemingly impossible task was.

In other words, he must have received some information beforehand to make this decision.

With that in mind, Sean Favreau looked at Kevin Feige.

But Kevin Feige gently shook his head, offering no explanation, or rather, he didn't intend to explain in front of these people.

As the CEO, once the task was assigned, the subordinates naturally had to carry it out obediently.

"That's it. Everyone, go about your business."

Kevin Feige clapped his hands and instructed the group.

Workplace rules were clear. He was the company's CEO, and even if they were dissatisfied with his decision, no one objected; they all followed his orders and prepared to get to work.

But Sean Favreau didn't leave immediately; he stayed behind.

"What's going on, Kevin?"

When only the two of them remained in the conference room, Sean Favreau asked Kevin Feige, "I don't think you're the reckless type. You should know how unrealistic this matter is."

That was his honest opinion. After all, both Kevin Feige and Sean Favreau had worked at Marvel for a long time, and he knew well that selling superhero copyrights was easy, but buying them back was no simple task.

Hearing Sean Favreau's words, Kevin Feige smiled and nodded: "Yes, my friend, of course I know."

Then he shrugged: "But the problem is, this isn't my idea; it's our boss's idea."

"The boss's idea?"

Hearing those words, Sean Favreau was startled: "You mean, Mr. Zhao?"

"Yes."

Kevin Feige nodded: "I've received word that he has already met with Bob Iger of Disney. If nothing goes wrong, our plan will be perfectly realized!"

"Great!"

Hearing this, a smile finally appeared on Sean Favreau's face. He knew that Kevin Feige's words didn't seem to be a dream anymore.