In the suite of Rosewood Carlyle Hotel, after Charles Capet enjoyed a rich and romantic French dinner with Eva Green, they entered the bedroom.
"Phew," Eva Green pulled back the covers, took a few deep breaths, and then rested quietly in Charles Capet's arms.
Charles Capet patted the Lady's back and asked contentedly, "Have you received an audition invitation from MGM for a Bond Girl role?"
"Bond Girl?" Eva Green shook her head, somewhat puzzled, "I heard that MGM is still busy selecting the new actor to play James Bond!"
Pierce Brosnan announced his departure from the 007 series last summer, no longer playing the playboy Agent.
The 007 producers also wanted a change, after all, after Pierce Brosnan starred in four 007 films, his salary had become increasingly high, his age was increasing, and the film's reputation was declining.
"Oh, really?" Charles Capet was a little embarrassed; Sony Columbia had acquired a controlling stake in MGM, and with it, the distribution rights to the flagship 007 series!
"Well, the 007 series always likes to use European actresses for Bond Girls. If I were the producer, I would choose you too!"
The production rights for the 007 series have always been with a small company, Danjo Pictures, but the distribution rights have been with United Artists since the first 007 film. MGM acquired the 007 distribution rights after acquiring United Artists.
The current head of Danjo Pictures is from the Broccoli family, after all, the 007 copyright was purchased by the elder Broccoli.
All current 007 series are produced by the elder Broccoli's daughter, Barbara Broccoli, and adopted son, Michael G. Wilson.
Danjo Pictures stands to gain a significant share of the profits from MGM's 007 series!
"I don't know, my Agent hasn't received any information, but many Bond Girl roles lack depth, they just need to be sexy and beautiful!"
Eva Green is both sexy and beautiful, making her quite suitable for a Bond Girl, and she also has a certain level of recognition.
"Casino Royale, Ian Fleming's first 007 series novel, is also the last of the author's novels that hasn't been made into a 007 film yet," Charles Capet had some understanding of the complex copyright disputes of the 007 series, but now the copyright for the Casino Royale novel completely belongs to MGM.
"Never mind, let's rest first! Although kingdom of heaven had a poor reputation, as the only sexy and charming female character in the film, your visibility has greatly increased!"
Eva Green, responsible for being beautiful and captivating in the film, indeed gained international recognition through her sexy and glamorous portrayal.
As another weekend ended, kingdom of heaven only achieved $9.6 million in weekend box office, accumulating only $35 million in North America after ten days of release;
Meanwhile, crash, which opened on the same day, had already accumulated $20 million in North American box office after ten days.
Clearly, the disastrous failure of kingdom of heaven was inevitable. While the overseas market might salvage some face, significant losses for the film company were unavoidable.
In late May, 20th Century Fox was also set to release star wars: episode iii – revenge of the sith nationwide.
At the same time, Charles Capet also directly announced his intention to acquire Marvel Company, directly making an offer to Ike Perlmutter, the current chairman of Marvel Company.
Originally, with % of the shares plus some additional shares acquired by Capet Pictures, Charles Capet now held % of the shares, not counting those acquired through ETA.
"How is Ike Perlmutter's attitude now?" Charles Capet, leaning back lazily in his chair, asked Donna Williams, who was beside him.
"He doesn't want to sell, his attitude is quite firm. We offered $ billion, which is about a 24% premium, but Ike Perlmutter rejected our acquisition offer!" Donna Williams said, then reminded Charles Capet,
"Boss, there aren't many retail investors left outside, and some shareholders are waiting to see, so it's hard for us to acquire shares on the market now."
"ETA started earlier and acquired shares from several small shareholders, plus the retail stocks on the market before, it's estimated to be around 15% of the shares," Although Charles Capet was in New York, he had always kept in touch with his mother, and he was very clear about the progress there.
"Sure enough, greedy jewish people," Charles Capet was very clear about Ike Perlmutter's thoughts; there was only one reason: the price was too low!
"Continue to raise the offer to $ billion, see if it sways him!"
Acquiring Ike Perlmutter's 46% stake for $ billion, Charles Capet was valuing Marvel Company at nearly $ billion to acquire his shares.
Based on Marvel's current market value of $ billion, that's almost a 40% acquisition premium!
If Ike Perlmutter could be dealt with before the shareholders' meeting, Charles Capet could propose a full privatization of Marvel Company as a major shareholder at the meeting.
This would delist Marvel, forcibly acquire the shares from various shareholders, and merge it into Capa Film Company.
mr. & mrs. smith was released with significant promotional efforts; the combination of heartthrob Brad Pitt and sexy goddess Angelina Jolie, along with the love triangle involving Jennifer Aniston, drew entertainment reporters like moths to a flame.
The film's buzz remained high, and whether the movie was good or not seemed less important; audience attention was focused on the actors.
In Los Angeles, at Marvel Company headquarters, Ike Perlmutter once again received an offer from Capet Pictures.
An offer of $ billion in cash to acquire his shares in Marvel Company made Ike Perlmutter frown. He simply didn't understand why Charles Capet wanted to acquire Marvel Company.
Wouldn't it be better to be like other film companies, obtaining character licenses from Marvel Company and developing them into films?
Soon, he called David Mesel. Since his partner Avi Arad left, Ike Perlmutter's most trusted person was now the company's COO, David Mesel.
"Charles Capet is very optimistic about Marvel Company?" Ike Perlmutter asked, "He sent another offer!"
"Marvel Company has over five thousand characters, it's inherently a copyright library, it's just that our popular characters aren't in our hands right now," David Mesel said with a sigh,
"Just like DC Comics at Warner Bros., keeping them allows for development at any time."
"He is already the second-largest shareholder, and Avi also reminded me after he left that Charles Capet wants Marvel to develop films itself, investing huge sums in production and distribution!"
Ike Perlmutter listened to David Mesel's tone, which seemed to support Charles Capet's decision, and frowned, saying, "I am not Charles Capet; I won't gamble my fortune on films again and again like him;"
"And don't forget, I am the major shareholder!"