Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

"Dormammu?"

"Why am I not surprised at all?"

Looking up at Dormammu's huge star-like head, Colin didn't have much surprise on his face.

With the collection of time gem fragments, the number of remaining fragments is already quite limited. Except for the gem fragment whose location is still uncertain, Dormammu and Strange in the purple dimension all have a time gem fragment. The shards of the gems, and because of the change in the timeline of the mutant world reversing the future, he took away a time gem shard and snatched one back from Loki.

Under this circumstance, let alone Dormammu, it is not too surprising to face Thanos directly.

[Contact the distorted time node, collect a small amount of time fragments × 5]

What's more, when he glanced at the faintly visible words in front of his eyes, instead of the slightest uneasiness in his heart, Ke Lin became more eager to try.

After all, [Golden Seal] requires more than just [Faith] to upgrade, and [Time Fragment] is also indispensable.

And if you want to collect a sufficient amount of [Time Fragments], what is more suitable than directly contacting the holders of these time gem fragments.

Although, at the moment, Colin, who is only at the [Silver Mark] level, is not strong enough to compete with Dormammu, especially in a world like the Dark Dimension, which clearly belongs to the opponent's home field.

But don't forget that Ke Lin also holds a hole card that he can't lose.

The ability of the time gem itself is the most special existence among many infinite gems, and as the person who has collected the largest number of time gem fragments so far, this is an advantage in itself.

Even if Colin in the dark dimension is defeated by Dormammu, Colin in the purple dimension can completely erase this timeline through the power of gems and prevent this future from happening.

……

"...are you afraid, Colin Luper!"

Opening his mouth to swallow the howling dogs around him, Dormammu stared at the silent Colin, whose voice shook the entire dark dimension.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you all at once. On the contrary, I will 'entertain' you well, let you feel my anger in endless pain and despair, and let you know how ignorant and ignorant you were back then. "

In the dark dimension, amid the deafening sound of Dormammu, Colin's thoughts returned to the world in front of him.

"Fear?"

"No, on the contrary, I'm glad that after traveling through so many dimensions, I finally encountered a useful world."

Accompanied by Colin's description, his body rose into the air, his eyes were on par with Dormammu's and he said: "I hope this time I won't be too disappointed, after all, the world connected by the dimensional channel opened by Strange has absolutely no Guaranteed, God knows what kind of weird dimensional world it will be next time."

As he spoke, a dazzling red light burst out from Colin's eyes, illuminating the entire dark dimension like daytime.

……

"During the Great Depression, when people's spirits were lower than ever, it was a remarkable thing that for 15 cents an American could go to the movies and see the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles things." - Franklin Roosevelt.

"You look more weary, Mr. Roosevelt."

Right in the world, in the reception room for foreign guests, Colin had a long-lost meeting with Roosevelt.

"If you open your eyes every day and think about pulling a runaway train back on track, you're going to be as tired as I am."

Roosevelt considered himself an optimistic person, and even paralysis did not knock him down, but he fell into a certain kind of confusion after only taking over the country for a few months.Although, since he came to power, he has been working hard to find a direction for this country, but unfortunately, he has not found a suitable path.

The entire United States, like a derailed train, is heading in a direction that no one knows in the fog.

"Maybe you should take it easy, there's always a way out."

Colin knew very well that it was World War II that really brought the United States out of the Great Depression, but before that, the New Deal led by Roosevelt also paved the way for the possibility of its recovery from World War II.

Even, for a long period of time in the future, the United States has actually been reaping the benefits of victory in World War II.

"No one could have foreseen the Great Depression, just as no one knew when it would end, so all we can do is make people forget the pain caused by the Great Depression, even if it is only temporarily forgotten."

As a seasoned politician, Roosevelt naturally heard the overtones in Colin's words.

In fact, it is definitely not the people, no, it should be said that the memory of the voters is actually not as deep as imagined. For the vast majority of them, voting in elections is not a kind of rational thinking, even if they think they are Rational choices are actually emotional votes manipulated by politicians.

Therefore, skilled politicians only need to make a proper judgment before making a real choice, and they will leave a deep impression on the hearts of voters and guide their votes.

"I heard that you bought Fox Films?"

Without further extending the topic, Roosevelt looked at Colin in front of him, and changed the topic to the film studio he had recently acquired.

"Yes."

The news of the acquisition of Fox had already been widely reported by the Los Angeles Times, and Colin had no intention of hiding it.

He nodded, and took advantage of the situation to hand a few movie tickets prepared in advance to Roosevelt.

"This is?"

Glancing down at the movie ticket that Colin handed over, Roosevelt had a proper puzzled expression on his face.

"A movie ticket for Titanic."

Pointing to the movie ticket in his hand, Colin explained.

"Titanic?"

Hearing Colin's explanation, Roosevelt glanced at the movie ticket in front of him again, and said as if thinking of something: "If I remember correctly, the giant ship that sank in New York Harbor not long ago was because of this movie? "

The news at that time was very noisy, and because of the live TV broadcast produced by Colin, even Roosevelt saw the scene of the sinking of the giant ship.

Because the emergence of television has successfully changed people's listening experience, the influence brought by this more intuitive audio-visual means is obviously more intuitive than the pictures of news newspapers.

"No way, who called the director of this movie called Howard Hughes."

Regarding this, Colin also shook his head pretending to be distressed, and complained, "Such a maverick guy."

No matter what era, madmen are always in the spotlight, and Howard Hughes is clearly one of them.

Even Roosevelt obviously had heard of Howard Hughes's behavior. He looked at Colin who looked distressed in front of him, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

This is rare for him to be able to see such an expression from the other party.

"But it is undeniable that Howard Hughes is also an out-and-out genius."

Reaching out to take the movie ticket in Colin's hand, Roosevelt proved his choice with actions.

"I am also very interested in such a genius movie. Just like what you said, Colin, in this era, everyone wants to forget their troubles. Of course, I am no exception."

"I guarantee this, I will never let you down."

"Really, then I'll wait and see."

……

The meeting between Colin and Roosevelt was naturally not just for the release of the "Titanic" movie.

In fact, just a few days after the two met, the antitrust investigation against Fox, which was originally led by MGM, was stopped. At the same time, the Roosevelt administration also gave reasons. The economic pressure faced by the studio, if the antitrust investigation continues, will deal a fatal blow to the entire Los Angeles film industry.

Because what was suspended was an antitrust investigation against the entire major Hollywood studio, even MGM had nothing to say, and it was even one of the beneficiaries in a certain way.

Of course, MGM can also continue to use its own political power to retaliate against Fox Films. However, firstly, William Fox, the target of his revenge, no longer exists in fact. On the other hand, if political power If so, today's MGM may not be as powerful as Colin, who has now transformed into Messenger Films.

Therefore, after a short period of weighing, MGM decided to stop and no longer continue to suppress the current Messenger Films.

The occurrence of the Great Depression actually caused heavy damage to the entire Hollywood. Almost all studios that can be named have accepted capital injections from Wall Street to varying degrees. funds.

This is destined to be a competition for capital, but Ke Lin's focus is not on this.

For him, the purpose of acquiring Fox was to promote the development of Superman movies, and the existence of the Great Depression certainly brought various problems, but it also brought certain convenience to the monopoly of the studio.

With the guarantee from Roosevelt, Colin knew that at least before the end of the Great Depression, he would have enough time to develop his own film industry, and this was exactly what he needed.

In the next few days, the major theaters under the Messenger Film Company hung up the latest posters of the "Titanic" movie.

Thanks to the four-color double-sided paper offset printing machine technology, in terms of movie poster printing, the movie posters produced by Messenger Films are clearer than ordinary movie posters.

The poster takes the huge Titanic ship as the theme, and on it is a picture of the movie's hero and heroine Leslie Howard and Katharine Hepburn embracing.

Neither Colin nor Howard Hughes was worried about the movie's box office, as Roosevelt said before.

The sensation caused by the sinking of the big ship in New York Harbor far exceeds the effect of any movie promotion, and everyone can't wait to enter the movie theater to witness the situation of the big ship with their own eyes.

After all, the big ship in reality, whether it is the real Titanic or the big ship in the movie, has sunk into the sea.

If they want to see what the big ship looks like, they can only go to the cinema.

……

The news of the sinking of the great ship in New York Harbor became a national issue because of the propaganda of the "Messenger of the World".

This also led to the movie "Titanic" getting a lot of attention once it was released. Almost all the movie tickets of the major movie theaters under the Messenger Film Company were sold out. Curious people crowded the entrances of the major movie theaters, thinking To be able to see the whole picture of the ship.

To some extent, the promotion of "Titanic" by Colin and Howard Hughes is more or less the shadow of hunger marketing.

However, the cost of this marketing is not low, and it has almost become a model in the history of Hollywood movies.

Even in the future, it may not be possible for anyone to achieve such a level.

Messenger Films, inside the cinema.

"When does the movie start?"

"It should be about to start."

"I heard that Howard Hughes really sank a cruise ship in order to film the sinking of the Titanic?"

"how can that be?"

"It's true, I read the news reported in the newspaper..."

"real or fake?"

"That's not true. I heard that the television in New York broadcast live the scene of the sinking of the big ship."

"The Titanic sank, what are they talking about?"

"I don't know, but it doesn't matter. Anyway, as long as the movie is over, the lottery can be drawn. I'm about to gather a set of tableware."

In the movie theater, even without using the [Super Hearing] ability, Colin can still hear the audience whispering and discussing. In addition to the audience who came because of the previous sensational publicity, there are also many guests who are watching the movie. Came for a movie theater promotional sweepstakes.

"Don't be nervous honey, I promise everyone will be crazy about you after the movie."

Beside him, Howard Hughes was comforting Katharine Hepburn in a low voice, that even the future queen of Hollywood is now just a fledgling rookie.

During this period of film production, there seems to be a certain shift in the relationship between the two.

Gazing at Katharine Hepburn, who looked anxious, Colin didn't pay much attention to it. As I said before, Katharine Hepburn was not his favorite type, even though, during the filming of "Titanic", he had already He has fully witnessed the other party's acting skills, but Colin has no intention of inviting the other party to star in the "Superman" movie he is preparing.

In fact, Colin has been working hard to find candidates for the movie "Superman". Although there has been no news about the actor who will play the leading actor Superman, he already has a general idea about the heroine Louise. And contacted through the relationship of the film company.

I haven't fully recovered yet, so I'll update this chapter first. Thank you for your support. I hope you all take care of your health. I heard from doctors that there are many people with facial paralysis during this time.