United States.
Having received the order, Li Ye led his team to California, USA.
They met Kevin, the CEO of Marvel.
After expressing their intention, Kevin apologized with a regretful expression: "Sir, I'm sorry, but I have already made an agreement with the Disney Company to sell the company to them."
Li Ye raised an eyebrow and asked, "Have you signed the contract?"
"Not yet, but we have agreed on a price."
"May I ask, how much did Disney offer to buy Marvel?"
"This..."
Kevin was a bit embarrassed, as the contract had not yet been signed.
"Mr. Kevin, don't be embarrassed, it will be announced sooner or later." Li Ye smiled.
Hearing this, Kevin nodded: "Li, you're right. To be honest, Disney offered $4.3 billion for the entire Marvel company."
Kevin wasn't a fool, he deliberately inflated the price a bit.
In fact, the price he negotiated with Disney was only $4.24 billion.
However, for the wealthy Oasis Capital, a couple of hundred million dollars didn't matter, the important thing was to complete Xiao Yun Hai's orders.
His mind raced, Li Ye's expression changed, and he put on an angry face: "Mr. Kevin, Disney is insulting your company."
"Insult?" Kevin was taken aback.
He didn't understand how Disney insulted Marvel.
"Li, what do you mean by that?"
Li Ye said solemnly, "Mr. Kevin, think about it. Just one Iron Man movie had a box office gross of over $500 million. Marvel, with all these superhero characters, how can it only be worth $4.3 billion?"
"Uh..." Kevin was stunned, then his eyes flickered slightly, and he asked tentatively, "Li, what do you think Marvel should be worth?"
"4.5 billion!"
"At least $4.5 billion."
Looking at the serious Li Ye, Kevin almost burst out laughing.
His eyes showed disappointment.
He thought he could get $5 or $6 billion, but the price only went up by $200 million?
Well, $200 million wasn't bad.
Li Ye put away his smile and looked at Kevin across the table with a serious face.
"Mr. Kevin, as I said earlier, our company is willing to offer $4.5 billion to buy your company. I believe that right now, the only company willing to spend this much money to buy your company is us. Think about it carefully, rather than selling to Disney, becoming one of their many character IPs, why not sell to us? At least we will put our heart into developing the Marvel universe, allowing all the superheroes in the Marvel universe to shine like Iron Man."
"Are you really going to buy it and make movies out of all of them?" Kevin looked at Li Ye closely.
"Yes, sir!" Li Ye smiled, "Not only will we make movies, but we will also make TV series. Otherwise, we wouldn't spend so much money to buy it. You know, $4.5 billion is not a small number."
Yeah.
They spent $4.5 billion to buy it.
They must be going to adapt it into movies and TV series.
Otherwise, what would they buy it for?
Thinking about this, Kevin made a decision.
He extended his hand and said with a smile, "Li, you're right. Disney wants to buy Marvel for $4.24 billion, which is simply an insult to the great Marvel company. You are the one who knows the value, I'm willing to sell the company to you."
"$4.24 billion? Mr. Kevin, didn't you say $4.3 billion before?"
Kevin's heart skipped a beat, he cursed himself for getting carried away and revealing the actual price.
"Ah? Did I? You must have heard wrong. Besides, that was in the past, it doesn't matter now. You agree, right Li?"
Kevin said with a smile.
Li Ye shrugged his shoulders, knowing that he had been tricked by Kevin. But it was only a little over $100 million, as long as he could get Marvel, it was considered completing Xiao Yun Hai's task.
"Kevin, you're right, it doesn't matter now. I'm glad you chose a reliable buyer. Cheers to our cooperation."
"Cheers, Li. Happy cooperation!"
The two old foxes looked at each other and smiled.
One was happy to have sold for $200 million more.
The other was happy to have completed Xiao Yun Hai's task.
To avoid any delay, both parties signed the contract that day.
Furthermore, they increased the penalty clause to $10 billion, aiming to prevent Kevin from changing his mind.
After signing the contract, Li Ye immediately called Xiao Yun Hai and reported the situation to him.
"Your Highness, the Marvel deal has been finalized. The old man asked for $4.5 billion, I agreed and signed the contract."
Hearing the price of $4.5 billion, Xiao Yun Hai didn't think it was too much. After all, it was a hijacking. Disney had already offered $4.24 billion, so naturally, the price had to be higher if he wanted to hijack it.
Besides, those Westerners, under equal conditions, would generally choose to sell to white people, rarely selling to Dragon Country, Island Country or other yellow races at an equal price.
Getting Marvel for $4.5 billion was not a bad deal.
After all, Marvel is a major IP series, which can not only make money from movies, but also build theme parks, animation, peripherals, and more, there are too many ways to make money.
"The adaptation rights for Jurassic Park need to be expedited." Xiao Yun Hai reminded.
Compared to Marvel, he believes that the Jurassic Park theme is more suitable for building a theme park.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Both parties were eager to complete the transaction. They formally completed the transfer within three days.
And immediately announced the news to the public.
"...Recently, it has been reported that Marvel, a renowned comics and film company, has reached an agreement with an investment institution to acquire Marvel for a total of $4.5 billion. It is reported that this company, called 'Oasis Investment,' is an investment company founded by the Crown Prince of the New Han Kingdom. It has invested in a number of internet companies such as Facebook and YouTube..."
The news quickly fermented on the internet in the United States and even globally.
Compared to the American media focusing on the copyright issue of Marvel, the Dragon Country was lamenting the wealth of the New Han royal family.
They gave money to the people for almost $3 billion just the other day.
And now, they spent another $4.5 billion to buy a company, it's simply too extravagant.
On the internet in New Han itself, people thought that the royal family was too wasteful, a comic and film company wasn't worth that much money.
Regardless of how the royal family spent their own money, it was their freedom.
However, this matter attracted the attention of one company, namely Disney.
After all, acquiring Marvel's superhero characters and expanding their IP lineup was a strategic goal for Disney.
Seeing something that was about to be a done deal, now someone else had jumped out to hijack it, which made Disney's acquisition department, and even Disney's top management, furious.
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