The relentlessness of Marvel tio py against them. For some time now, under Billy's care, Ronald Perelman had spent a lise for Autodesk, with the allied help of Saban Haim. Together, they embarked on the idea of creating numerous television series. They had already started iing in two animated films for DVD distribution: the Fantastic Four series. Although the rights y with Billy, the initial iation allowed Marvel the right to recreate a series.

  Stan Lee and Billy were having coffee at Marvel Enterprises.

  -I'm filled with tradis, - Stan Lee eo Billy. Lost in thought, Stan Lee wasn't a politi, but his ambitiohe experience of Billy's. Over the st six years, Billy's crash course had been top-notch. Running a pany, numerous entrepreneurs by his side, eic activities, an MBA course, lecturers, professors, and many others providing top-tier education had taught him some lessons. For example, he kan Lee promoted his agenda, and Billy was merely a means to an end. If Billy failed, Stan Lee would turn to another medium.

  -I see why. I offered to produce the series. I have a lising agreement for the Fantastic Four. However, there's a cuse that as long as it's a Marvel initiative, they participate, as long as it's not distributed as a feature film. By distributing it on DVD, they bypass the cuse... I would have dohe best job possible - Billy ented, doubting how many more series he would create for Marvel until they were entirely his.

  -That's not the point. They want to make a Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Daredevil, and Thanos series. With minimal resources, they want to deceive ers. Our fans are unhappy. I was at the i st year; many people expressed their disappoi. I even uand why you started gaining popurity... gratutions on yreat work! - Stan Lee ented.

  -So risky? Even for me, coordinating the Spider-Man and X-Men series was quite challenging. It took two years, and I used the best animation teology. We reviewed the script with your help and worked based on all the ics. I 't believe they're making four series, - Billy ented, with some happiness inside. In his heart, he wished they would make more and more series. Pokemon trading cards would start selling, along with Tamagotchis. Oher hand, the X-Men and Spider-Man series used the best cartoons, the best graphic designs, along with thick scripts. The demand and cost doubled the value proposed by Saban.

  The pn was to make Marvel spend more money. Even if he had to lie about the success of his cards, he wao highlight, like flies, although only throwing darts. He wanted a deep fall for Marvel; now he just had to py politics.

  -Let's buy stocks. I think the stocks between you and me gee great profits. The pany has a future; it's just going through a rough patch. I already have the moo buy the shares; that pertage will be ours. With 7.6%, we might make some profits, - Billy ented.

  -For now, Ronald has been in charge of iing money and buying the remnants with the profits. We don't have any more yers, but you must be careful with Avi Arad; he's more ambitious than he seems, and I don't like his way of doing things, - Stan Lee respoaking a sip of his coffee. Oable where they sat, there were scattered papers of different Billy stories. The excuse for the meeting was a draft of Billy's ic. Both were tossing around ideas, with nothing more than the pleasure of sav the space they had.

  Helssing's drawings were one of the forms. The beautiful drawing highlighted by hyper-realism would captivate anyone, but Stan Lee, he liked seeing that they had the fideo show him some progress on their series. For now, the nine volumes were the fantasy of the illustrators.

  -Keep buying. I'll let you know of any moves Ronald makes. His ret failure with baseball stamps was just a setback. I see the failure; the first three years sales went up, the yoffs, the departures of great illustrators thrown irash, the sale hts, the deprivation of creativity. I just want the pany not to go to hell, - Stan Lee replied.

  sidering their closeness, Billy's words were only seeking to build full trust with Stan Lee. Buying Marvel wasn't just buying it; he had to attend to numerous acquired panies, subsidiaries, employees, boards of directors, a publicly traded pany with shares, and of course, satisfy the whims of some illustrators.

  -But you'll have another boss, and I'll try to separate panies. But many of the activities done by Ronald Perelman seem iing to me... I want to create movies, i in animated series, toys, and merdising, and I want to own their characters... I also want more young people to work on their ideas. There are so many worthy characters to be, good stories, good ics, good movies, - Billy replied, deliberately needling Stan Lee. He just wahe image of trust betweeo be maintained.

  -Just as you do with your series, son, you exploit your series with gusto... Will you respect the decisions of the old? Will you humiliate people in our pany? Will you fire people who have given their lives? Son, don't worry; we'll talk about busier, - Stan Lee replied.

  One respoer another response... there was a struggle after Billy acquired the chts, after the exclusive success of Marvel's movies. Many children, cousins, and surrounding family... filed numerous wsuits against Marvel over cht, some wsuits were lost, some agreed to juicy prices that made those families millionaires, and others were left in the past.

  -For now, I'll send the information to my manager. My only wish is that we go as far as we pn, and I also wish to tinue creating magnifit ic series, - ented Billy.

  Ihan a decade, the world has moved for eai panies more than i fifty years. Since Sony's purchase of bia in a bidding war, the revolution, the big produs, began to be eye-catg, with an increase in teology, novel ideas, and franchises, ema was at a point of explosion.

  -More series, son? - asked Stan Lee.

  -Yes, I'll publish a series called 'The Boys' and another one called 'Hunter x Hunter,' -replied Billy.

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  In a distant mansion in a residential area of New York, Billy took a breath, exhausted from traveling and haviings. Getting out of the car, his loyal bodyguards and a very unsuspeg Gwyh greeted him with a smile. Nervous? Nothing far-fetched, but women are anxious.

  -Don't be nervous, Dad and Mom aren't ordinary parents. My mother prefers to have a gss of wiher than live through an unfortable situation. She's wonderful, she might overdo her fidence, but they'll love you, my sweet cowboy, - ented Gwyh, smoothing Billy's hair.

  Once again, doubt arose in Billy. There had been a ge in Gwyh's attitude for some time now, her closer attitude, her way of indulging his desires, and her for his food were simply different from the carefree blonde he met at first.

  -I haven't had very good retionships with my ex-girlfriends' mothers, but I'll take this as it es, - replied Billy.

  They both walked towards the Patrowl family mansion, nothiravagant but outstanding for its difference, with an agricultural touch, somewhat distant from the city, surrounded by a fend some security, nothiravagant or out of the ordinary, but the wealth was obvious to anyone roached.

  -Good m, miss, - ented some employees of the family estate. Both parents are producers and actors; some work on other ses and stages ier, musid ema. Somehow or ahey were a united family. His parents had been married since 1968, had a long friendship, aionship, and cared for two children, the sed in line being Jake Patrowl.

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