Chapter 1007 Hollywood Bully
If there is anyone who hates the collapse of the Soviet Union the most, Betty is certainly one of them.
Although she married into the Juflin family as she wished, she was angry with Jing Jian for a while, and she carelessly dragged her new husband to go bankrupt together?
But how did the Soviet Union collapse now? Please, can't you just disintegrate at another time? Almost all the media revolves around this explosive news, and it also attracts all the audiences. At this time, no one really watches the entertainment news, let alone Betty, a half-angry diva.
So in a certain talk show, Betty can only choose to zoom in - lead to eye-catching big news.
ββ¦β¦ Madame GΓΌverin!"
"Thanks, you can call me Betty!"
"Okay, Betty. Have you heard Lumina's latest single, and do you have any comments on that?"
"Huh. β
"Oh, it seems like you have a lot to say?"
"Of course, I don't comment on Lumina's musical style. But that Bichi is so shameless that it's hard to speak. β
"Bichi, God!" the host snickered in his heart.
Betty looked "indignant" and looked like a feminist representative: "Yes! Ask her what she did with Mai Ting! And that Bramble, if he hadn't been holding Lumina and Mai Ting behind his back, they would have gone to work as tavern hostesses a long time ago. β
The host secretly thought in his heart that in Los Angeles, he wanted Brambull to hold a lot of little stars and little singers. It is nothing more than envy, jealousy, and hatred. But she still added fuel to the fire in her mouth: "No, right? They should also be very powerful, right? For example, the songs that Lumina wrote and composed are quite popular with music fans?"
Betty scoffed, but she couldn't say anything against it, after all, in terms of musical strength, Lumina was still quite strong. This is a live show in the end, and it can't be shown like a shrew scolding the street. But Mai Ting is different, a standard vase, easy to be nervous in terms of performance, and the media comments are also full of ridicule. So Betty changed the subject: "Lumina has a competition with me, and I don't comment very well." But look at Mai Ting's performance in her last few films? β
"How?"
"Actually, I don't need to judge this strong contender for the Golden Raspberry Award every year. It's just that she is willing to pay, and some people are willing to make movies and even buy theaters for her to make her popular. β
When the host heard this, he felt so sour, and seemed to have eaten a lot of sour plums: "Then what do you mean? If it's the same intensity, can anyone become popular?
"Of course it is. In fact, Brambull is the standard industry bully, and he is a cancer in Hollywood. If you want to completely monopolize the film industry, you should violate the Anti-Monopoly Law. But I still don't understand why those politicians in Washington turn a blind eye and indulge him in destroying our American entertainment industry."
"Huh?" the host was taken aback, "your accusation is serious, isn't it?"
Now Betty is going to be hot and endless: "I'm willing to be the accuser." In fact, I am not afraid at all, I believe in the justice of American law!"
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Betty finally got her wish and was once again on the front page. And public opinion was also in an uproar, finally lowering the news of the collapse of the Soviet Union by a small amount.
The antitrust law in the United States is derived from the Sherman Antitrust Act, which is quite a complex law. Since the law does not provide a clear explanation of what is monopolistic behavior and what is restricted trade activities, this leaves a wide range of room for judicial interpretation, and also leaves quite a lot of loopholes.
As for Hollywood's antitrust case, the Paramount Clause stipulates that self-made films can be distributed in their own distribution companies, but they cannot be released in their own theaters. In other words, it is illegal to produce and sell yourself.
However, the implementation of the "Paramount Terms" led to a long-term downturn in Hollywood, and with the inauguration of President Reagan, who has a deep Hollywood background, he slowly began to loosen the restrictions in an all-round way, and finally formed a large media group.
But no matter how much it exists in name, it is still very unfriendly to outsiders like Jing Jian. For example, when he bought the theater line, President Reagan hinted that "peace is precious", and the government did not stop it. But as the seed group slowly expands, it will face such a lawsuit sooner or later. After all, he is not Lei Shidong, Murdoch, or some Disney group, who will be secretly indulged by the US government. To be honest, if you can't even make political donations, will those politicians be able to build it?
But in the past, the old and young masters were all a butt of shit, so they could open their eyes and close their eyes. The media groups will not look for trouble and find scandals on their own. But now that Betty has ripped off this fig leaf all at once, the government can't turn a blind eye, and the media can only publish the news.
So soon, a reporter found Jing Jian, and when he entered Yi Kai's headquarters, he blocked it: "Mr. Bramble, Mrs. Guflin accused you of being a Hollywood bully, is there such a thing?"
"Who is Madame Guffrin? Oh, that aunt who sings hard to hear. Hasn't she been in an insane asylum yet?"
"So do you have bullying in Hollywood?"
"I've always dreamed of bullying, but I can't? Why do studios like Disney and Paramount, as well as Hollywood's best directors and actors, keep making good films? I'm really angry?"
"She also accused you of illegal monopolistic practices and wants to sue you. What are you going to do about it?"
"No, right? Where is the monopoly? Okay! I'm sending a formal invitation to Betty if she can star in the San Fernando Valley. My theater will be running for a whole year!"
In the midst of the laughter, a reporter was afraid to keep it uneasy: "Bramble, you are too rude to a lady if you say this, right?"
Jing Jian shrugged: "I see, it turns out that you still want her to release the soundtrack at the same time?"
Amid the coaxing and boos of reporters, Jing Jian walked into his headquarters. Facing Kent and lawyer Smith who greeted him, he smiled: "I originally wanted to find someone else to file such a lawsuit, but I didn't expect Betty to jump out on her own." This is just right, and it saves us our own trouble. β
"Huh. That's true, Betty probably doesn't know, you're in the right place, right?"