America's Road to Fame

Chapter 75 Chen and Tan
At this time, Marvel needs funds to shoot movies and recover copyrights, and Meta Investment Company wants to invest in Marvel, so the two hit it off.

But even so, the entire acquisition process is not accomplished overnight. The valuation of Marvel, the audit of the company’s debts and financial situation, the amount of funds invested by Meta Investment Company in Marvel, and the shareholding ratio, etc., all need to be carried out. exhaustive negotiations.

Moreover, William Chen himself had instructed Nelson to try to prolong the negotiation process.Because today is September 9, the time from the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis is not far away.

When the crisis breaks out, Marvel's shareholders are likely to be in a tight financial situation. When William Chen offers a suitable price, he may be able to directly buy the entire Marvel.

No matter how the world changes, the many superhero characters in Marvel's hands will be a huge material library.After the acquisition of Marvel, it will become the richest source of content for William Chen's film and television production.

Moreover, after William Chen bought Marvel, the first thing he did was not to make movies, but to take advantage of the subprime mortgage crisis to try his best to recover the adaptation rights of the superheroes that Marvel had sold.

At present, the copyrights of Fantastic Four and Wolverine are in the hands of Twentieth Century Fox, while the copyrights of Spider-Man are in the hands of Sony Pictures.

It may be easier to recover the copyright of [-]th Century Fox's film adaptation, because the company's current situation is not very good, and coupled with the background of the subprime mortgage crisis, there is still great hope of getting the copyright back.

The Spider-Man copyright in Sony's hands is different, because they have achieved relatively great success with the three Spider-Man movies since the beginning of the century, so they will not let Marvel take back the copyright so easily.

But in any case, the acquisition of Marvel is the first step, so now Nelson's team is negotiating with the other party in a rhythmic manner.

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"Is this for me? Thank you, William, it is so beautiful."

Ivanta took the bouquet of roses handed over by Chen William, with a sweet smile on her face. She looked at the flowers still covered with dew, lowered her head and smelled the fragrance of the flowers, and said sweetly.

"As long as you like it, honey, you are so beautiful today, ten thousand times more colorful than these flowers."

William Chen came directly to the headquarters building and received Ivanta here.

The two sat in William Chen's Rolls Royce, William Chen sat next to Ivanta, and kissed her gently on the cheek.

Today, the two of them went to the party held by Wendi Deng, and I heard from Ivanta that some people from the fashion and entertainment circles would go there.

In addition to being the vice president of the family company, Ivanta also runs some fashion brands herself, so she is quite interested in this kind of opportunity.

And she has a very good relationship with Wendi Deng, so it is not surprising that she will wear William Chen to this reception together.

After the two entered the villa where the party was held, Wendi Deng immediately greeted her, and hugged Ivanta first. After the two greeted each other intimately, she did not neglect William and gave him a polite hug.William Chen naturally behaved quite a gentleman, and he just touched it immediately.

"I'm so happy that the two of you can come. Every time I see you two, I can't help but sigh, it really is a natural couple." Deng Wendi said to the two of them enthusiastically:

"William, Ivanta, I won't be polite to you, you go in and chat for a while, I'm here to welcome the guests."

As a frequent visitor to Deng Wendi's side, Ivanta naturally knew quite a few guests.Together with William Chen, she greeted the models and designers in the fashion circle, and chatted by the way.

"William, I still don't understand."

After chatting with a Chinese female designer, Ivanta and William Chen sat on the sofa at one side, and she asked William Chen with some doubts:
"Just now Zoe Tan said that she and you are 'tomzone', what does that mean?"

Now Ivanta is also learning Chinese, so when he met the Chinese female designer just now, Chen William said a few words to her in Chinese, and Ivanta was listening carefully, and she didn't understand place, they immediately asked out.

"tomzone? Oh, you mean the same clan. This word means that she has the same surname as me. In the concept of Huaguo, it is very likely that they have a common ancestor. The so-called family was 500 years ago, so it is called the same clan. .”

After I figured it out, what Ivanta said about the "tomzone" meant, William Chen patiently explained to her: "It's like when you meet someone with the same surname as Trump, you can also call him the same clan."

"I can understand what you said, but her surname is obviously different from yours. You are William Chen, so if you are of the same clan as Julie Chen, I can understand why Zoe Tan also said that she is of the same clan as you Woolen cloth?"

Ivanta still asked with some incomprehension.

The Julie Chen in her mouth, the Chinese name is Chen Zhuli, is a well-known host of CBS TV station, hosting news programs and a very popular variety show in the United States - "Big Brother", before her marriage to the boss of CBS TV station It was also a sensation in the United States.

However, it is not easy to explain the question about Ivanta, and it is easy for many Chinese to confuse Chinese surnames, but he still tried his best to explain:

"Zoe Tan's surname is indeed the same as mine, both surnamed Chen. The reason why her surname is Tan in English is very complicated."

"You know that there are many dialects in China, and the same surname is pronounced differently in different regional dialects. Most of the different spellings of English surnames you see are those who left the mainland to go overseas before 49 years Chinese and their descendants."

"Because the mainland of Huaguo is the pinyin used after that time, like my surname Chen, the pinyin spelling in the mainland of Huaguo and Taiwan is the same, so the English spelling is chen."

"Before that, there was no standardized English spelling of Chinese surnames, so when many people registered their identities in English-speaking areas, they spelled them in the dialect they used, with English pronunciation."

"So the same surname is Chen, if his ancestors are from the Greater Bay Area, then the English spelling is Chan, if his ancestors are Hakka, then the English spelling is Chin, if his ancestors are Hu Jian people, then the English spelling is Tan. Therefore, Zoe Tan's ancestor is likely to be Hu Jianren, and he left the Huaguo Mainland area 49 years ago."

"I feel so complicated, William, there are so many situations with just your surname, and Hu Jianren is too strange, the others are at least somewhat similar." Ivanta said with question marks all over her head.

"Haha, that's just because their pronunciation is special. And you don't need to know the surnames of these Chinese Americans so clearly, Ivanta, because even many Chinese are confused about these various surnames. "

Ivanta's enthusiasm for learning Chinese cannot be discouraged, so William Chen hurriedly comforted her.

"What are you guys talking about?" At this time, Wendi Deng came to them and asked curiously.

So William Chen told her Ivanta's question and his answer just now.

After listening to Wendi Deng, she smiled and said to Ivanta: "Honey, you don't have to have a headache because of these, because I also felt strange about these when I first came to the United States, and many surnames are still unclear. , but this does not affect anything, after all, many descendants of Chinese descendants now speak English."

"It's like my own surname. I always use Deng directly, but people from Taiwan will use Teng. The singer Teresa Teng's English name is Teresa Teng, and Tang and Tung are also used, just like William said. Yes, it's all because of the difference in dialects, so there are these differences."

At this time, William Chen looked at Ivanta and Deng Wendi, and suddenly thought that Ivanta could not have learned Chinese from Deng Wendi, let alone, it is really possible.

"By the way, William, let me introduce you to some friends who also make movies, but they are the boss of Huaguo's film company." Wendi Deng said to William Chen.

(End of this chapter)