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Before erasing the timeline of this world, Xu Fu looked at Loki standing in front of the steps and casually touched his body.
Contact the specially distorted temporary nodes to collect a large number of temporary fragments (400).
Regardless, Loki is the one who changed the course of this world's history. Even though he no longer possesses the Time Stone fragments, he still provided Xu Fu with a large number of Time Stone fragments.
Following the flickering images of the [Fragment of Time], Xu Fu couldn't help but sigh casually.
"The ability to pause time?"
This ability is simple, yet it best embodies the power of time.
When Xu Fu uttered that exclamation, Loki's blank expression on the steps began to change. He slowly raised his head, looked at Xu Fu standing in front of him, and his blank expression turned into excitement.
"Gemstone, this is my gemstone, this is my gemstone, my power, this is my power..."
He staggered to his feet and reached out to Xu Fu to ask about the thing in front of him.
"Sorry, my time is up."
However, Xu Fu in the golden palace simply shook his head, because Xu Fu, who possessed the power of the Purple Dimension Time Gem fragment, had erased the timeline.
Everything that happened in Asgard, and everything that happened in the crumbling Gladesheim (Odin's golden palace), was gradually forgotten, becoming a non-existent part of history.
...
[Gold Seal (7220/10,000)]
"Did the time fragments really not shrink?"
Xu Fu looked at the column of numbers representing [time fragments] in the text, and his expression suddenly turned to surprise.
For the first time, he entered a world distorted by fragments of the Time Stone through Doctor Strange's portal. He originally thought that the Time Fragments he received from this world would disappear with the erasure of the timeline, but things were clearly not as Xu Fu expected. Although the timeline in which he met Loki in Odin's Golden Palace was erased, the Time Fragments he received from it were successfully preserved.
"If that's the case, perhaps I should revise my original plan."
Initially, Xu Fu's plan was to use the dimensional portal discovered by Doctor Strange to find a world where Time Stone fragments existed, and collect as many Time Fragments as possible to upgrade the Golden Mark. Now, although the goal remains the same, the method of obtaining Time Fragments might be more aggressive, which is not necessarily a bad thing.
After all, thanks to the ability to erase and split time, no adverse timeline can harm Xu Fu himself, including Dormammu and the Destroyer.
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"It now belongs to you, Mr. Xu Fu."
"A Positive World," New York.
5.7 In the presence of both parties' lawyers, William Fox signed his name. Looking at the signature of Fox Film Corporation on the transfer agreement, William Fox couldn't help but feel a sense of disappointment.
A few years ago, he was building his own film empire in Holywood, and even opened up his own film territory when it was acquired by its parent company, MGM.
However, just two or three years later, he faced bankruptcy due to a car accident and the economic crisis during the Great Depression, and was forced to sell his shares to Fox Film Corporation.
The vast differences between them gave William Fox a sense of being out of this world.
With Fox Studios slipping away from Fox, William Fox's relationship with Hollywood is becoming increasingly distant, and even if he wanted to return, it wouldn't be easy.
Chapter 990 Losers Are Not Welcome
Hollidaywood doesn't welcome losers, and William Fox looks like a loser in every way right now.
Mr. William Fox
The notary's lawyer spoke up from the side to remind William Fox.
After being reminded by his lawyer, William Fox, who had recovered, managed a weak smile on his pale face and congratulated Xu Fu, who was standing in front of him.
"This is beneficial to both sides."
Xu Fu nodded to William Fox, who was standing in front of him, and replied with a smile.
In fact, if history had unfolded normally, even without Xu Fu's intervention, William Fox would have eventually left Holliday Wood; due to the Great Depression, he became an outcast of Holliday Wood, and when he died in 1952, not a single person from the film industry attended his funeral.
Of course, this is undoubtedly a huge mockery for a monster who is determined to build his own movie empire in Hollywood.
Now, 11 days later, thanks to Xu Fu, William Fox, although he has moved away from Goodwood, is at least not as disconnected from life as he has been in recent years. The acquisition fee paid by Xu Fu helped William Fox weather the turbulent period of the Great Depression.
After hearing Xu Fu's words and recalling the price he had finally managed to get, William Fox's previously gloomy mood changed drastically.
"You may be right, Mr. Xu Fu..."
He dreamed of creating a film empire, but everything was thwarted by the possibility of a better life.
Even though Fox Studios survived the Great Depression, William Fox did not yearn for a life of poverty.
It was his experience of going bankrupt in prison that made William Fox more realistic; he didn't want to go back to that cold prison, not even for one more night.
Once he realized this, William Fox's last shred of attachment to Fox Film Corporation vanished.
After all, during the Great Depression, a delay was worth more than a loaf of bread.
"Mr. Xu Fu, this is my advice as a Hollywood passerby. The war in Hollywood is less a war of movies and more a conflict of capital. I lost that war, and I hope you can learn from it. Behind every film studio is a huge amount of capital."
William Fox's decision to sell his Fox Film Corporation was partly due to his own reasons, but it also served as a form of revenge against other Goodwill film studios. Despite losing out in the battle for control, William Fox was not fooled.
Because true stupidity simply cannot survive on the brutal battlefields of Hollidaywood.
William Fox naturally had the opportunity to become one of Hollywood's earliest film moguls and to create a studio that bore his name.
William Fox learned of Xu Fu's connection with Paramount's behind-the-scenes boss, Wall, through his connections in Los Angeles, and of course, the reason why he had become the subject of an antitrust investigation.
While William Fox couldn't contend with the political forces behind MGM, that doesn't mean Xu Fu couldn't. If such a powerful capitalist with immense media influence and political power were to enter Hollywood, the city's future would likely be anything but peaceful.
William Fox, a benevolent exile, once again takes revenge on the studio under duress.
"Of course, I'm ready."
Xu Fu's acquisition of Fox Film Corporation was never for the sake of a so-called film dream. Moreover, if it weren't for the lack of time, he would have continued to work with William Fox for a longer period of time to lower the price.
Fortunately, while now is not the ideal time to make the acquisition, it is not far off.
After William Fox took over Fox Film Corporation, it became a microcosm of Xu Fu's entire film production industry.
Because of his vision for the film industry, William Fox's Fox Studios became the first vertically integrated film company in Hollywood. And all of this, with Xu Fu's acquisition, became part of his business, enabling him to gather (Firth's) abundant energy faster than others.
As mentioned earlier, Xu Fu's initial intention in acquiring the film company was not for this so-called obscure art.
Among the filmmakers Xu Fu knew, Howard Hughes was one who aspired to be a cinematographer. His savage nature and pursuit of perfection resulted in extraordinary films, whose works could be seen from a large ship docked in New York Harbor.
Secondly, there's Walt Disney. So far, Snow White is only about halfway through its production. So in terms of craftsmanship, it has clearly surpassed most Hollywood studios, no, it has almost surpassed all filmmakers. After all, no other Hollywood studio needs three years to produce just one animated film.
If Disney weren't a studio run by the Walt brothers, even Disney wouldn't go to such lengths to create an animated film.
In the realm of film, Xu Fu naturally lacked the ambition of Hughes and Walter, so he acquired a film company solely for the purpose of making a Superman movie and thereby gaining more [faith], which was enough for him to obtain the [Golden Seal].
Although it has only acquired Fox Film Corporation from William Fox, there are currently no plans to produce a movie version of "Superman".
But this did not prevent Xu Fu from occupying the cinema as a film company owner and collecting some [faith] first.
Don't forget that Walt Disney's animated television series "Superman" was originally intended to be shown on television sets produced at the Messenger factory, but the quality of the Disney animation made it possible to show it in theaters.
Thinking about it carefully, Xu Fu was actually a little glad that he hadn't asked Walter to lower the quality of the Superman TV animation in order to save costs.
Chapter 991 The Great Ship Sinks
Fox Film Corporation's arrangements will have to wait until Xu Fu formally accepts them.
However, Xu Fu now has an even more important matter to deal with.
After a 99-day countdown, the moment finally arrived when the giant ship sank in New York Harbor.
Howard Hughes's final film, Titanic, will begin its descent into New York Harbor at 1 p.m. today!
On August 19, the Messenger World newspaper published the news of the giant ship sinking on its front page.
Although the Messenger-World newspaper recorded the sinking time of the giant ship in a daily countdown format, many people still couldn't believe it when they saw the news in the newspaper.
After all, due to the filming of the movie, no one was able to enter the interior of the giant ship during that period.
Nevertheless, the luxurious atmosphere in front of New York Harbor was still overwhelming, not to mention that Xu Fu's "Messenger of the World" sent reporters to the interior of the ship's cabins for an exclusive interview during the film's shooting, which confirmed the speculations that the public later drew from the photos published in the newspaper.
The lobby, café, and restaurant are exactly the same as those in the Titanic.
It now appears that this giant ship will suffer the same fate as the Titanic in New York Harbor.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the entire New York Harbor was packed with American citizens from all over the country, all with one very common purpose: to witness the sinking of the giant ship.
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"Are you ready, Hughes?"
Not far from the giant ship, Xu Fu gazed into the distance and turned to Howard Hughes, who was standing beside him, to ask a question.
"certainly"
Howard Hughes looked away from the camera and answered impatiently, a cigar dangling from his lips.
"I have waited a long time for this day."
In order to capture the sinking of the giant ship by shooting downwards, he installed special waterproof cameras inside the entire ship and arranged a ship at a distance as the shooting angle. He even took aerial shots. In an era without drones, he specially deployed his Hughes I to film the sinking of the giant ship.
Even Howard Hughes's initial plan was to film everyone jumping directly into the sea from the giant ship.
But his idea was met with unanimous opposition from the actors, including lead singer Katharine Hepburn, because it was too dangerous. They were just going to make a movie, not to actually experience the sinking of the Titanic.
If it were any other actor, Howard Hughes might have taken a hard line and insisted on casting this actor.