"Not necessarily. Considering how powerful he is, we have never heard of this person, which means he is not on our path. Since he is not a fellow traveler, there is no need for him to step over.

It seems that his family members were really present in the Shanghai Palace a few days ago.

Zhan Kui, please quickly find out if Qiu Chishan is really dead. If he is really dead, it was the FBI who did it. Then you really have to pay this money."

If Qiu Chishan was shot unintentionally, Wu Jiazhao would not be worried at all. Although someone touched the bedside this time, the defense around him was not tight to begin with, so he would just have to pay more attention in the future.

However, if it was really the FBI who did it, then this force named Nan is a big deal and cannot be offended.

"Uncle Qi, over eight million, this will wipe out my family fortune." Yin Zhankui said with heartache.

"Money is more important, or life is more important?"

Nan Yi's original idea was to kill Yin Zhankui and Wu Jiazhao quietly, but when he calmed down and thought about it, he really killed both of them, and there was a vacuum in Chinatown's power.

Basically, there will be a situation where it will be cannibalized by the Jingnan Gang or the Mafia, and then wait for the next Chinese force to rise and drive them out of Chinatown.

Just how many Chinese in Chinatown have suffered greatly from this process?

I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me. Nanyi really can't do anything that harms others but does not benefit oneself.

Nan Yi went back upstairs and saw Nan Ruobin carrying a "chicken wing" to the sky garden, "What time is it now and you are going to have a barbecue?"

"No, for such a big chicken wing, of course it has to be smoked with honey. It's so heavy. Dad, how much do you think these chicken wings weigh?"

"It weighs about thirty pounds. Don't call them chicken wings. It's rude."

"Ostriches can't fly, so they can only be considered chickens. I don't know if the chicken wings are so big or not."

"It's okay. It's similar to beef, but the meat is more delicate than beef. Don't do it. Send it to Scarlett for Renault to do it. This meat is not cheap, so don't waste it."

"Dad, didn't you say that girls should be able to cook? I'm learning to cook now." Nan Ruobing said righteously.

"Come on, you are just a thin girl, what a girl."

"It's the same, no matter what, I'm going to make smoked chicken wings today." With that said, Nan Ruobin continued to walk to the sky garden carrying the ostrich wings.

Nan Yi shook his head and went to the kitchen to put away the remaining ostrich meat.

An African ostrich weighs nearly three hundred pounds, and one neck is enough for three people to eat a meal. It is estimated that not many people will buy a whole bird. The future sales will mainly focus on restaurants. The breeding volume of Nuwa Animal Husbandry is not suitable.

Too big.

Nan Yi put away the ostrich meat and started studying "Paramount Judgment".

The most profitable business is a monopoly business. Everyone knows this, so industry leaders will do their best to obtain a monopoly position.

However, monopoly hinders competition and is very detrimental to consumers in the long run. Therefore, Washington will always use some means to restrict monopoly and keep the market active and competitive.

For the Hollywood film industry, the battle between large companies pursuing monopoly and Washington's anti-monopoly has been played out for countless rounds in its century-old history.

One of the most critical turning points included the "Paramount ruling" in the 1940s, which broke the vertical monopoly of the eight major Hollywood companies on the entire film industry.

The defendants involved in the "Paramount Decision" were the eight major film companies that held absolute dominance in Hollywood at the time. These eight major film companies can be divided into five majors and three minor ones.

The top five are Paramount, MGM, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, and RKO, which control the three links of production, distribution, and exhibition at the same time; the three small ones are Columbia, Universal, and United Artists, which only produce.

and distribution, which do not own movie theaters.

Beginning in the 1920s, these eight major studios tried to monopolize the film industry. They aggressively acquired luxury theaters in major cities in the country, although in terms of quantity, the theaters they controlled only accounted for a small part of the theaters in the country.

But what they control are high-quality first-run theaters in each city, which are the main ticket warehouses. In terms of box office share, the Big Eight have achieved a monopoly in the Chinese market.

Small producers and independent non-chain theaters have been squeezed out, making it difficult for small producers' films to enter the first-run theaters controlled by the Big Eight, and it is also difficult for non-chain theaters to get the most popular films from the Big Eight.

The strategies of the eight monopolies include packaging and distribution, extending the time between rounds, showing films in their own theaters based on exclusivity in different cities, etc.

Naturally, Washington cannot sit idly by and ignore this kind of operation.

As a result, the judicial department launched a lawsuit and brought all eight major film companies and theater chains to court.

Although Washington has won most of the lawsuits, and the Eighth National Congress has signed various agreements and guarantees, who will see that there is no money to be made?

This is definitely the intended meaning of the question.

During World War II, Washington did not have time to deal with Hollywood affairs. The Eighth National Congress took advantage of this opportunity and occupied about 20% of the movie theaters in the United States.

Although the number may seem small, these two percent of theaters have 90% of first-run theaters and 75% of the number of released films.

So after the end of World War II, Washington, which had freed up its hands, came back to deal with the Eighth Congress.

According to the Sherman Antitrust Act, the local court determined that although the Big Eight Hollywood companies did not try to monopolize the production of movies, they did have many monopolistic behaviors in the distribution process, which must be broken.

At first, the New York District Court proposed negotiating with the Eighth National Congress to develop a "film distribution system that can ensure sufficient competition." However, this idea was rejected when it was sent to the Supreme Court for approval.

The Supreme Court believes that the system proposed by New York’s local law is simply not feasible. What’s worse is that in order to supervise whether the Eighth Congress is implementing this system, it has to waste manpower and material resources and invest in the protracted daily operation tracking of the Eighth Congress.

It's not cost-effective to do this, so it's better to find a good solution once and for all.

This good idea is to permanently separate theaters from the eight major movie studios. As long as the production, distribution and exhibition are not in the same company, the previous monopoly of the eight majors will naturally break down.

In the end, the process of stripping off theaters by the eight major theaters lasted for more than thirty years, and it has not been completely completed until now. However, the illegal methods used in distribution operations disappeared very quickly.

In accordance with the requirements of the Supreme Court, film distribution no longer involves multiple films being packaged together, but each film is negotiated individually, and all theaters are treated equally based on the quality of the film.

In turn, theaters are not allowed to treat distributors differently.

However, Nanyi looked at the strategy proposed by the Supreme Court and realized that it actually had loopholes. No wonder several of the eight major universities are now eyeing cinemas again.

In accordance with the requirements of the Supreme People's Court, the Eighth Congress was split into a film company and a theater chain, and both parties were not allowed to interfere with each other's operations.

If the film company wants to re-enter the screening stage, or the theater chain wants to enter the production and distribution stage, it needs to make a petition to the Supreme Court [state the situation]. The Supreme Court will only give approval if it is identified as not hindering competition in the industry.

This is a bit nonsense. As long as the two companies are still controlled by the same shareholders, although it is not as convenient as before, it is still relatively easy to take care of each other.

However, despite this, this has also resulted in the eight major congresses' control over film distribution channels weakening. All films have received fairer competition conditions than before, and films from independent film producers have more opportunities to enter theaters.

This has led to the fact that there are now countless independent film producers in Hollywood like crucian carp crossing the river.

However, this situation changed after Reagan came to power. Reagan pursued neoliberal economics and had very loose supervision of trust monopolies. He promoted a small government, non-intervention, and efficiency-first policy, which was equivalent to reversing the Great Depression.

Roosevelt's New Deal was turned upside down.

The Sherman Act was also re-understood during this period, and some behaviors that were considered monopolies in the past were now legal.

This heralds the coming of a period of great mergers. Since the 1980s, there have been many corporate merger cases in the country, and many companies have been expanding in a low-key or high-profile manner.

The Eight Natural Cinemas also sensed the opportunity. In 1980, before Reagan entered the White House, Loew's Cinemas applied to the Supreme Court to restart their film distribution business. Unexpectedly, the Supreme Court approved it.

Although there are some additional conditions, Love's cannot show its own films, try not to conflict with Paramount's ruling, etc.

Loew's Theaters was actually a subsidiary of MGM a few decades ago. As a result, Loew's has returned to the embrace of MGM in disguise.

In 1981, Columbia purchased 48% of the shares of Walter Reed Cinemas and also received permission.

In 1983, CBS, HBO and Columbia Pictures jointly founded Tristar Pictures. Because their merger was considered to increase internal competition in the film industry, it was not blocked.

After all, the three companies are all production and distribution companies and are not involved in theaters.

But not long after, Samsung Pictures began to merge with Loew's Cinemas. This move was actually encouraged by the Supreme Court. Recently, the bosses of independent theaters have begun to jump out and call for the repeal of the Paramount ruling.

It will endanger free competition in the film industry and ultimately harm the interests of the audience.

However, their appeal did not receive support from anyone. The success of Samsung's acquisition of Loew's was like the first shot of the Eight Big Countries' counterattack. In an instant, the Eight Big Countries were internally annexed, turning from the Eight Big Eight into the Seventh Big.

Then everyone was ready to make a move. Warner Bros. made a big move and bought the shares of many theater chains in one fell swoop. Paramount spent 300 million US dollars to acquire more than 100 theaters in one fell swoop.

Then the showmanship began, Warner injected capital into the theater chain owned by Paramount, and the two majors began to join forces.

The other majors, except for 20th Century Fox, are actually interconnected with each other. The purpose is very simple. Independent film producers and theaters have to rely on them, and independent films must be distributed by one of the seven majors.

Otherwise, just go to the cinema one by one and see how many people will pay attention.

This ensures that the Big Seven can eat the fattest piece of the pie in the Hollywood film industry, while independent film producers can only eat the rest.

If an independent film company believes that its film has great potential, it must be distributed by one of the seven major film producers. Otherwise, no matter how good the film is, it will have no chance of achieving a high box office.

Nan Yi took out his calculator and calculated the investment return period and rate of return of theater chains, as well as the future investment in renovating theaters and updating projection equipment. According to the calculation results, he was not optimistic about the return on investment in theater chains in North America.

The cycle is too long and the rate of return is not high.

Instead, you can consider investing in theater chains in Asia, especially the Mainland, where the rate of return will be relatively high.

The Fang Group's construction plan for Fang's Plaza in East Asia has been launched. In East Asia, Fang Group will soon be able to set up a theater chain. When Hong Kong films are popular, they will show more Hong Kong films. If they can't wait any longer, they will seamlessly connect with Hollywood.

Blockbuster.

"Dad, try it and see if it tastes good."

Nan Ruobin used a barbecue fork to fork a large piece of ostrich wing meat and came to Nan Yi.

"Are you kidding me? How long have you been smoking? The ostrich meat needs to be smoked for at least a day and a night. Bring it here and let me smell it." Nan Yi took the barbecue fork, smelled it, and frowned, "You use

What kind of wood smoked it?”

"No wood, smoked with walnut charcoal."

"I……"

Nan Yi jumped up from his chair. It had been more than two hours. Nan Ruobing, this damn girl, had to use so much walnut charcoal from him.

"Haha, Dad, I lied to you, I used apple tree wood."
Chapter completed!