"If Peter Parker could make 300 million dollars a year, how do you think Peter would spend it?" Li Jie asked Peter and Gwen seriously while drinking the black tea that Lan had just made.
Peter Parker, who was drinking black tea with milk and white sugar, spat out his milk tea when he heard Li Jie's question. Pfft! The milk tea was sprayed everywhere. If Li Jie, who was sitting across from Peter, hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been hit.
However, the table and tablecloth that he had just cleaned were all for nothing. The traces of the milk tea were hard to wash off. Li Jie said, "My white oak dining table and the newly bought floral tablecloth."
Peter recovered from the surprise. He looked at the table that was stained by his milk tea, picked up a tablecloth from the side, and wiped it. He said while wiping, "If I could make 300 million dollars a year, forget about a table and tablecloth. I could just get you a bigger house. "
Li Jie said, "You haven't even gotten the money yet, and you're already as generous as Tony Stark."
Peter chuckled. He thought that Li Jie was joking. Because this was 300 million dollars, not 300,000, not three million. Any ordinary person with a monthly allowance of less than three thousand dollars wouldn't think this was real.
Peter Parker earned a lot of money from the Spider-man's copyright and the Horizon Foundation's salary. (This part was not high because Peter was the leader of the Parker particle experiment. This kind of leader usually lived on research funding. But Parker did not eat his own research funding.) Now he was a high-yielding family. But most of the Spider-man's copyright income was donated by Peter to several non-profit orphanages and church schools in New York City. Part of it was given to Frank as the operating fund for the Night Watchmen. The rest was to pay for his tuition and miscellaneous expenses, as well as to cover his family's expenses. After all, Uncle Ben was getting older and older, and he had yet to pay off the mortgage on his house.
Therefore, most of the time, Peter still maintained a relatively simple life. Spider-man's copyrights were in operation, but not as successful as Iron Man's.
Although Spider-man's manga sold the best, because Spider-man's style was very likable. However, Iron Man was the best at managing the peripherals and copyrights, and he was the most profitable.
Think about it, the Spider-man had a set of movable toys. Just add a different scale and it would be over. Because they all looked exactly the same. Who would have the time to buy a bunch of Spider-man figurines and place them at home? Of course, apart from the hardcore fans.
Other than toys, Spider-man had yet to release a movie or a game. He was very popular in New York City and was considered a culture in America. But how many people would buy it overseas? He reckoned that there were only a few of them. They had to wait for Hollywood to release a blockbuster movie about Spider-man, and then the value of Spider-man's copyrights would double.
But look at Iron Man! This guy not only produced a figurine of Tony Stark, but also a variety of steel armor. From the main models to a variety of miscellaneous mecha, mass-produced mecha, engineering mecha, and so on. There were dozens of them. And it seemed like the number was still increasing.
Then these mecha had different ratios, from 1: 12 to 1: 9 to 1: 6 and 1: 4. This was a leek harvesting pit! No matter how much money one had, it would not be enough to fill this pit.
Then the materials could be divided into ordinary plastic, alloy die-casting, and so on. Then there were the movable toys, the assembled models, the static figurines, and so on.
Iron Man's peripherals were simply the king of Marvel's peripherals! Although he was not the most popular, Iron Man's ability to make money was the most powerful.
Whether it was Tony Stark himself or his comic character, the rich were indeed rich! Even the money he made from peripherals was more than the others combined.
This crazy level of making money made others gasp in amazement. It was not an exaggeration to say that one Iron Man's copyrights could save a toy factory, because there were dozens of different models of armor. Some of them only needed to be repainted and sold (cheated).
So Peter Parker's copyrights could now fetch a few million dollars, but hundreds of millions? He did not even dare to think about it. He still thought that Li Jie was joking with him. But he heard that Marvel was working with Blizzard to produce a new game. Maybe his copyrights could be exchanged for some money? And then Li Jie used this to joke with him?
Other than Peter, Li Jie was joking, but Gwen did not think so. Because she could clearly hear the more serious tone in Li Jie's tone. And then Li Jie said to Peter, "If I can make 300 million dollars a year, don't mention a table and a tablecloth. I can just give you a big house. "This sentence was somewhat ambiguous.
So Gwen asked Li Jie with some uncertainty, "Wait, Jason. Is what you said true? 300 million dollars? Spider-man's blockbuster movie is going to start shooting? And you are going to give Peter all the profits from the copyrights? Won't this affect Marvel's normal operations? "
This was the most reasonable possibility that Gwen could think of. As for the rest? Gwen could not think of it for the time being. She could not think of how Peter could make 300 million dollars a year.
If Hollywood's blockbuster movies were operated well, it was normal to earn hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide. As a major shareholder, it was normal for Marvel to earn more than 100 million dollars.
But to give all the profits to Peter? Wouldn't that be working for him for free?
So when Peter heard Gwen's words, he immediately realized that this matter could not be like this, "Listen, Jason. You can't do this. Marvel is a company, and a serious company needs to make profits. You only need to pay me the part that belongs to me. I won't accept any more than that. "
Peter was very sincere and a good friend. But Li Jie couldn't help but laugh. This couple's thoughts were a little different from the reality.
Li Jie did not immediately throw out the fact that Peter's [Parker Particles] could make a lot of money. Peter did not realize this. Because [Parker Particles] was still in the stage of burning money crazily. It had already burned nearly 100 million US dollars of Tony's investment.
Li Jie continued to ask, "Just think of it as chatting. We haven't discussed such a topic in a long time. I just want to ask, how will you spend 300 million dollars? Gwen, why don't you join in the discussion? "
When Peter heard Li Jie's words, he laughed, "300 million dollars a year? Well, if I have 300 million dollars a year, I will definitely buy a super big, super luxurious house. There are to be thirty rooms, one of which is to be used for my laboratory equipment. One for my spider suit, and another for Captain Rogers' figurine. There will also be a special room for games! "
Peter Parker said these irrelevant and childish words. Gwen couldn't help but hold her forehead, not wanting to look at him. At this time, Lan also walked into the dining room. She gently put her hand on Li Jie's shoulder.
"Yes, normal needs." Li Jie felt that Peter's actions and behavior were normal. "But unless you go to Los Angeles and buy a house in Beverly Hills or a manor in Long Island. Otherwise, there are very few houses that can cost you 300 million dollars. A house like yours can usually be bought for 10 to 20 million dollars. You still have more than 200 million dollars. Remember, this is your annual income. "
Peter thought for a moment and said, "My God, I have to spend such a large amount of money? That's terrible. How can I spend it all? Even if I buy all the games on Steam, there will still be a lot of them. And I can play those games until the end of time! "
Gwen couldn't help but pat Peter's shoulder. "Is that all you can think about? Can't you think about something else? "
Peter thought for a moment and said, "How about I help you buy all the popular bags and shoes of the season? I think it will cost tens of millions of dollars. "
When Lan heard Peter's words, she couldn't help but laugh. "In that case, you will find that your 30-room house will soon be full, and you will need to buy a bigger house."
Peter replied, "In that case, the money will be spent even faster. Is this considered stimulating consumption in the American economy? "
Gwen helplessly patted Peter and said, "Why do I need so many bags and shoes? I'm not a girl who pursues material things. And I don't think I need your money to buy clothes for me. To be honest, if you give me one or two clothes or bags as a gift, I will be very happy. But if you give me dozens or hundreds of things, I will only want to stay far away from you. "
Gwen looked at Peter and said, "Why don't you think about something meaningful? You have so much money, but only a small part of it needs to be used for your personal life. Even if you only have 10 million dollars a year, your life will be rich enough to make most people envious and even jealous. "
Peter thought for a moment and nodded. "That does make sense. If I keep some of it. For example, if I have 10 million or 30 million dollars as my personal expenses, I think I can donate the rest to do something meaningful. Do some charity work! I think that's pretty good. "
Li Jie tilted his head and looked at Peter. "Are you sure?"
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