The Antitrust Bureau of the Department of Justice was so famous that on May 15, 1911, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Mobil Oil Company (formerly Standard Oil) had established a monopoly on trade. Mobil was ordered to divide the monopoly into 34 companies within a six-month period beginning on June 1, 1911.

In 1911, the Antitrust Bureau sued the United States Tobacco Company, which monopolized the tobacco industry by using predatory pricing and other methods, and controlled 95% of the United States cigarette market. The company was found guilty and ordered to split into 16 companies, including Reynolds and British American Tobacco, which are still in operation. In 1911, the U.S. Department of Justice sued the United States Steel Company for controlling 50 percent of the market for a long time, but the Supreme Court acquitted it in 1920.

In 1969, the Antitrust Bureau sued IBM for its long-term monopoly on the computer market by bundling computer hardware and software. The lawsuit, the first time the government challenged the computer industry, dragged on for 13 years, and the Justice Department dropped the case in 1982. The company was divided into eight in 1984, and ATT, which retained its original company name, could only operate long-distance telephone business, and the seven small bells that were dismembered, such as Southwest Bell, North Bell, and Bell, could only operate local telephone business, and were subject to government supervision and control.

In 1976, the United States implemented the Antitrust Improvement Act, and mergers and acquisitions must be approved by the Federal Trade Commission or the Federal Department of Justice.

In 1992, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission jointly promulgated the 1992 Horizontal Merger Guidelines, which focused on regulating horizontal mergers between enterprises and could be prosecuted if they affected the market structure. In May 1998, the federal government and the governments of 19 states and the District of Columbia sued Microsoft for monopoly.

The charges against Microsoft mainly include bundling the "Explorer" web browser with the Windows 98 operating system, threatening to terminate the license to use the Windows operating system, forcing personal computer manufacturers such as IBM and Combay to install the "Explorer" browser by bundling sales, and coercing the network service provider to abandon the use of Navigator and use the "Explorer" instead. All of these charges relate to unfair business competition practices by Microsoft Corporation.

In 1999, the first antitrust lawsuit in the vitamin market in the United States lasted for five years. In the end, the defendant Roche was fined 462 million euros and withdrew from the vitamin business in 2002.

On June 7, 2000, the Supreme Court overturned the decision of Judge Thomas Jackson of the District Court for the District of Columbia to split Microsoft in two.

Of these organizations that can be cleaned up by the Antitrust Bureau, there are not many that are inferior to the Wang Family Foundation, and it is only Microsoft, with its huge team of affiliates and lawyers, that fights them equally.

In terms of authority, the monopoly on media and entertainment is under the jurisdiction of the Antitrust Bureau of the Department of Justice, and David and his wife prefer to apply to the Federal Trade Commission, which are two parallel enforcement agencies, both with enforcement powers, and it is inconvenient for the other party to interfere if one has already taken over.

The Anti-MM Alliance's resources are heavily invested in the Antitrust Bureau, and they are ready to wait here to give the Wang Family Foundation a good look, as long as they file a merger application, the Antitrust Bureau will sue them and give them a disadvantage.

David and the others applied to the Federal Trade Commission, which quickly accepted their application and entered the state of investigation, which made the group of people waiting in the Antitrust Bureau stare dryly.

Director Merlin came to the office of Federal Trade Commission Chairman Griffin in a menacing manner, and asked the guilty: "You guys have stepped on the line and taken care of what you shouldn't have." ”

Griffin took a long sip of his coffee, "I'm sorry! I don't know when the Antitrust Bureau was a level above us. ”

Merlin was stunned and said: "We have been following the case of Time Warner controlled by the Wang Family Fund for a long time, and we have collected a lot of evidence and information, and I hope that we will take over this case." ”

Griffin said, "The question is, we have taken over and officially entered the investigation process, and when it is handed over to you, what will others say about us?"

Merlin said: "This is originally our case, you shouldn't take it." ”

"It's our right to take it or not to take it, and we're exercising the power that the Constitution gives us," Griffin said. ”

Merlin said: "In that case, let's jointly handle the case? We have made a lot of preparations, which can speed up the progress of the matter." ”

Griffin said: "The Microsoft case doesn't need two alliances, just one merger and acquisition case is two unions, which will make the audience think that we are idle and have no ability to work, Director Merlin, I have confidence in my team, can you please go back?"

The reason why Chairman Griffin is so enthusiastic is that his lover's house in Hawaii has piled up five million dollars, and after the fact, there will be five million, which will be a lot of money to change his lifestyle, and he will have more face and confidence in front of his lover in the future.

Griffin believes that the bullshit anti-film and television trust alliance must have promised Merlin a lot of benefits, so he will be so concerned, the antitrust bureau tossed Microsoft for so long, and it took the Federal Supreme Court to reconcile, there is no cat greasy, ghosts don't believe it, they even swallow the soup and water, and don't give it to the Trade Commission at all, and now the Trade Commission has a piece of fat, they want to grab it, this is impossible.

However, Merlin of the Antitrust Bureau is not a good stubble, they are all equal-level institutions, and they have the same law enforcement powers, you can check, Lao Tzu can also check, so that Lao Tzu found the evidence and immediately sued, not only making them unable to complete the transaction, but also dividing MM into eight companies.

Merlin said that he would do it, and immediately summoned several of his generals, and arranged it as such, so that they could collect evidence first, and once he Merlin collected enough evidence, he would sue MM.

Dewey was one of Mark's cronies, and the Wang Family Foundation was founded by him and was responsible for the actual work, although he did not serve as the chairman of the foundation, because this son could only be held by members of the Wang family, and Mark, Sophia, and David served successively.

Now Dewey came to visit Merlin, he asked the secretary to make an appointment, got approval, and came in advance after the time was determined, even though Dewey was the head of the big foundation, but he was very low-key and modest, and brought a bottle of wine.

Merlin sneered in his heart, even if you are humble and low-key, it will not change anything, I am sure of you, he frowned and said: "You shouldn't bring a bottle of wine into a civil servant's office, I'm afraid that others will gossip." ”

Dewey said: "This bottle of wine is worthless, it is from Mark's private winery." ”

Merlin said bluntly: "I don't like this hypocritical guy, no matter how many movies he makes, how much money he donates, this can't change his hypocrisy, either you take out this wine, or I let people throw it out, I will be suspected of bribery to public officials." ”

It's a slap in the face.

Dewey looked a little embarrassed, he lifted the frame of his glasses, and said, "This wine has another effect, and that is ......." He picked up the bottle and slammed it on Merlin's head.

Merlin was not mentally prepared for this unexpected change, screamed, rolled his eyes, and fainted.

But his screams alarmed the secretary, and she rushed in, frightened, and exclaimed, "What are you doing?"

Who would believe that someone would break into the heavily guarded Antitrust Bureau of the Ministry of Justice and attack a popular bureau chief, this is also too, not to mention that the other party is also a well-known figure in society, the head of a large charitable foundation, it is too surprising and shocking, for the beautiful secretary Amy, this is equivalent to another 911.

Amy was about to call for help, but Dewey raised the Pingguo mobile phone in his hand and said, "Honey, it's rare that you want someone to watch the video of you fighting with Merlin?"

Dewey said, "As soon as I press this button, he will upload it to YouTube, and you will become famous." ”

Amy was so frightened that she said, "You can't do that. ”

Dewey sneered: "Of course I can! I can do this as long as I want, I don't know if he can still be the director of the antitrust bureau after the revelations? What is this called, being the director of the antitrust bureau, starting from the secretary." ”

Amy said, "We can talk, I begged." ”

Dewey said: "I came to visit according to etiquette, just to talk about this matter, but someone completely disobeyed me? Refusing my kind intentions to my face, this made me very angry, Dewey was very angry, and the back was very serious. ”

Amy said, "What conditions do you have?"

Dewey said: "My condition is to pay a million dollars for you to go to Europe for half a month, my dear, have you tried to spend a million in half a month? No! Then you must try it once, it's very cool!"

Dewey threw his phone to Amy: "Appreciate it slowly!" He gave the other party a flying kiss, walked away in style, and said at the door: "You have three hours to choose, whether to be a star or a luxury tour of Europe." ”

Amy waited for the other party to leave, immediately closed the door, found a cloth to wrap Merlin's head, helped Merlin to the sofa, and drenched him with water, Merlin scolded: "Damn, you dare to beat me, I want you to go to jail, Amy go to the police, I was attacked!"

Amy turned on her phone and said, "You look at this first." ”

Merlin covered his head in severe pain, only to feel that the sky was spinning, and he had a splitting headache, and exclaimed, "Oh my God! What kind of are you watching at this time?"

When he saw that he was the actor, he hurriedly snatched the phone, and after confirming that it was correct, his face changed greatly, and he said in a trembling voice: "Dewey brought?"

At this time, Dewey should be arrested by the guards, and there is only one reason why he can leave safely, and that is Amy letting him go, and the only reason is the one in front of him.

Amy nodded.

Merlin grimaced and asked, "What conditions does he have?"

Amy said: "He asked you if you wanted to be a star or take a million to go to Europe for half a month. ”