The fashion week might go unnoticed by any fool, and by some others not involved in the fashion world. But the cultural event is a fme that takes a short time, yet that short time entails months of work, for some years, thinking about a fashion line for some year, or several years due to the work of multiple brands, authors, known adventurers who veo the world of fashion, celebrities, businessmen, and people from the circle.

  To receive an invitation, pay for an invitation, or be part of those who were there. He received a big invitation with a white envelope, the cardboard decorated, bd detailed letters in a delicate and puterized cursive style. He could bring a panion, but that was already there, his panion was already titled, and accepted by Winona herself. Who was ahusiastian of fashion, although before the closing with Deep, she had frequent enters, she wasn't avaible for it.

  Billy, from his hotel, had spent days in a makeshift office at one of the lobby tables, drawing from suo su, sometimes going out with Mili, there was . He wrote and drew as much as he could, staying busy.

  He ate pizza uhe building of the ics; there, he met sometimes at Joe Kubert's animated school of graphic arts, and sometimes he gave lectures at his alma mater, the Rochester Institute of Teology. To his surprise, Joe Kubert had a ic css that used his work as a reference, from different styles, depths, sarios, details, and characters.

  Having a cup of coffee, he awaited Joe Kubert's arrival, also expeg Raimon's call and a sign of life from what would be his date at the fashion week. His date didn't show up, and the clock read 3:10 PM; as Joe had said, if he didn't arrive by 3, it was due to work tingencies, and the meeting was celed. He walked the streets of New York; in time, there were only two things to do when his mind, exhausted from work, needed rexation.

  And that was the Marvel studio, a better retionship, a much more avaible retionship for his liking, seeing the Marvel members was refreshing, although the atmosphere was depressing, and the work base wasn't as rexing as ohought because they were people who made their dreams flesh, w for Marvel.

  -Look who we have here, - said Brenda Stick, a novice editor and writer at Marvel.

  -Well, I had an importaing with Joe Kubert, but apparently, he's quite busy with his curriculum csses; being a teacher es a lot of his time, so I just came to say hello, - said Billy.

  Billy had a strong impact within the Marvel lines, as a tracted entrepreneur, with several lises on ematographic rights for Spider-Man and X-Men for ten years, along with other requests, for more ercial IPs. But these, they had bet on audiovisual work and marketing that, after the 1993 ics bubble, and in the subsequent case, many sources that Marvel gathered began to colpse, and ihan two years, Ronald Perelman would announce his departure and leave the pany in ruins, for now, Billy's proposal to be involved in the purchase of lises and rights referential iain ways. But such preferenly es thanks to the Marvel leaders, who know that Billy is part of the same guild.

  -Well, the office you're looking for is over there. Todd Me has also e to plot a new Spider-Man series, which I sider prudent. Givees we are and how we are, we need better ics; you've put us in a bind, - said Brenda Stick.

  Brenda is a woman iwehihin; she looks like a thirteen-year-old girl. The most remarkable thing is her green eyes like balls, big, they light up the enviro, but Stan Lee says she's a very hardw and polite girl. "Thanks, Brenda," leaving a business card. In the face of the hesitant gaze of the girl, with her big eyes.

  -When you need work, if you keep up with yrades, a position as aor in my pany is avaible. For now, learn; by my side, you won't have many things to learn; I'm also a novice, - said Billy.

  Walking towards the back offices, only there do some important people gather, the administrative parts have their offices on the upper floors, Marvel's infrastructure isn't rge, but enough to occupy a siderable space of workers between 350 to 400 workers, all occupied and people who strive for their duties.

  -Good m, Mr. Carson, I wasn't expeg you ba the offices, - said Jose Quesada, an important member of the board.

  -Well, I've e to fill myself with your tialent. See your new works and talk with your famous editors, - said Billy.

  -You don't take your time away, kid, - said Jose Quesada, entering his office, for a break.

  He walked closely to the distant offices where the most experienced ones are located, who curiously worked in dark offices lit by a white light, and beyond, some small windows aion ducts. Climbing another floor by the stairs, old and gray, somewhat fusing.

  Principio del fuys, it's great to see you, - said Billy, looking at a gang of artists; it would surprise many to see the number of people w for the pany.

  They were a group of artists who worked behind the ses, and they usually hung out with some extra people, Jim Valentino, Thomas Thun, Armarada, and John Wright.

  -Well, if it isn't Billy, friend, royalty doesn't have much to do these days, - said Thomas Thun.

  -He cks a girlfriend; my grandfather used to say a man without a wife is a fool without a future, - said Armarada.

  -No one was there to give him his goodnight kiss, 't you see the character? - said Thomas.

  -Repression, - they both said at the same time, ughing.

  Both Thomas and Armando had the habit of teasing and embarrassing people in general, regardless of their status and social position. They were like two thieves who only knew how to bother people, which caused ughter, which was trary to Billy's expectations because both guys were very funny.

  -What do we have here? - said Billy, looking at a deep piece of work on the Avengers, a series whose expansion began to gain more momentum in 1990.

  -We're the bcks; they make us do all the dirty work, - said Thomas Thun.

  -Good designs. I like the finish of the cities; this post-apocalyptic aspect is simply charming, - said Billy, taking note of the rge-scale city pn of New York, totally different with strange aspects, and micro-details that ranged from realistic to surrealistic.

  They moved forward; both were good at artistic design, sharing their ideas and their work, adapting to all the new iing forms, which, although Billy didn't know, their work was studied very closely, and they took all his teiques literally.

  -I was notified of your arrival, - said Avi Arad, a true ic book fan, who owned a total of 2% of Marvel's shares; Ronald Perelman owned 83%, J.P Maertai Group 10%, and the other 5% were owned by some shareholders who were fans or retired workers.

  -Mr. Avi, - said Billy, giving a firm handshake.

  -I'm sorry to interrupt, but we o talk urgently. We'll meet in Issac Pelmuter's office; there are many things we o discuss, and it's urgent, - said Avi Arad.

  -Let's go immediately then! - said Billy.

  Arad raised his eyebrows in surprise.

  -Let's go, - said Arad.

  Thomas and Armando said swear words in Spanish, teasing Billy as much as they could. Both faced the boss with smiles and appuse. Avi just shook his head and adjusted his leather jacket, fag the dynamic duo; the pany wao bother him with different script and c activities, but they just smiled and ughed like thieves every time they were asked to do activities, like big fans, they ended up winning over several people.

  They entered Arad's office, after moving through the maze of Marvel offices, it took some time before they settled in Avid's office, it was simply empty, a small office for aive who was in charge of lise links, sales, and marketing for the pany.

  -The ercial activities of Wall Street have harmed our pany, that's why I called you. As you well know, the pany is slowly falling; you signed a ercial lise to produ animated series; and your ats on animation expenses, revierices have reached us. I advocate for the practice, but the pany is not rec. And the clearest signs are the sales; in 1993, there was an agonizing drop, which we still feel, even your idea of serializing crossed our minds, but, before anything else, we want to make a deal, - said Avi.

  -So, you want to sell your chts, - asked Billy.

  -For now, although the dealmakers will arrive soon, I don't decide this alo's better if they agree with me and the pany, - said Avi.

  - you tell me about the deal? I'm curious to know the general terms, - ented Billy.

  -It's not possible, - said Avi.

  At that moment, Issac Perlmutter, Jose Quesada, and Bob Harras arrived.

  The agreement was a tactless tactic to squeeze money, very rudely to extend; it charged for a paid lise for 10 years, for the Spider-Man and X-Men series of 11.3 million dolrs, with some pertages, only ting on ematographic rights, without marketing, and the lise was not exclusive.

  Therefore, making the exclusive lise would require ahree million dolrs, along with other extra agreements, which exceed the lise costs. As well as extending the agreement and allowing more interference from the Marvel staff, in a rather unpleasant summary, an agreement that he would have accepted eight years ago. That is when he was a child, small.

  -I'll think deeply about this iation; however, our industries are different, and it's plicated for me to start in that industry without enough money. We sell id make produs, but I talk to my board of directors ahe feasibility of the business, - said Billy, closing the spee an obvious business stance.

  The faces didn't like it, but a sensible Jose Quesada just watched in silence.

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