"What's the solution?" Richard Parsons looked up curiously.

"The Fire Lion itself has Marvel Entertainment, and if they buy DC, then they will have a monopoly on the North American comic industry, and we can ask the Federal Trade Commission for an antitrust investigation!" Barry Meyer's idea may not be easy, but it is the only way to think of it right now.

"Okay then, I'll have someone contact the relevant department. Richard Parsons nodded.

Barry Meyer's idea was good, but it was a beat slower.

The day after AOL Time Warner announced the spin-off and sale of its DC Comics, the Fire Lion Group announced that it would acquire DC Comics for a sky-high price of $2.5 billion.

The Federal Trade Commission, which is far away in Washington, issued a statement: "We believe that the Fire Lion Group will apply their creativity in the film and television industry to the comic industry to help more entrepreneurs and artists." ”

This official statement completely broke Barry Meyer's illusions, and the acquisition of DC by Fire Lion is a foregone conclusion!

Although Barry Meyer and others did not know the role of the lobbying team of the Fire Lion Group behind it, the reason why this lobbying was successful was that they showed the Board of Trade the benefits of the rise of the Fire Lion to break the monopoly of Hollywood and activate the healthy competition and development of Hollywood.

What's more important is also because at a time when the film, television, and even video game industries are growing one after another, the old sunset industry of comics is becoming less and less competitive!

Although the Fire Lion already has Marvel Entertainment, Marvel, which has barely climbed back from the brink of bankruptcy, really has no sense of existence at the moment.

Even with the addition of DC Comics, no one thinks that this so-called "monopoly" has any substantive significance.

What's more, the federal government also tacitly approves monopolies on some special industries.

For example, Boeing in the aviation industry, Qualcomm in the communications industry, and IBM in commercial servers are all the same.

Of course, for Steve Keys and Carl Icahn, the $2.5 billion earned from selling DC Comics is just the first benefit.

Next, before Steve Case's formalities for the sale of DC were completed, he couldn't wait to formally submit the "four-point plan" to the board of directors, and Richard Parsons, who was not to be outdone, put forward a request to directly convene a general meeting of shareholders.

And Carl Icahn said, ho is afraid of ho!

Seeing the fierce strife within AOL Times Warner, it is being completely made public because of the spin-off and sale of DC Comics.

And both sides of the game have also entered the point where they can advance but not retreat.

It's just that all this, for Sid, there is no need to focus on it.

Because, DC has arrived!!

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"Cheers——!!" With a cheer from everyone, a circle of beer glasses slammed together.

Today is the finale party of "The Departed", and after several months of preparation and four months of shooting, "The Departed" is finally finished!

In order to reward the crew members who have worked hard for months of filming, Sid specially ordered the best hotel banquet hall in Toronto, although the two leading actors, Tom Cruise and Will Smith, have left the crew after their scenes were completed.

But they still sent someone to send a congratulatory gift for the completion of the crew, and the two "heroines" who joined the crew in the middle - Charlize Theron and Penelope Cruz also left after filming a few scenes

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, who made up some of the early scenes, attended the finale party instead.

"Okay, you guys drink first, I won't accompany you. Sid took a sip of beer and was the first to leave the party's center dance floor.

As he left the hustle and bustle of the dance floor, the music in his ears became a little quieter, and along the way, many of the crew members he met greeted Sid with a smile, and Sid responded with a smile.

Because it was the crew's finale party, unlike those social parties in Los Angeles, there were not too many "ill-intentioned" little women to touch porcelain, which made Sid secretly relieved.

After arriving on the east side of the ballroom, several older crew members greeted Sid with a smile, "Hey, director. "Why didn't you go dancing with the young girls?"

"Okay, you old disrespectful, I'm the one who has a girlfriend. Sid smiled back without showing weakness.

"Haha, here it is again, the director's mysterious girlfriend-" Everyone laughed, Sid's mysterious girlfriend was almost a joke in the crew.

Every time a little girl is courteous to Sid with a peach face, Sid always uses this excuse as a shield, and over time, everyone takes this as an excuse for Sid to prevaricate the little fan girls.

Sid didn't care, he looked at Robert De Niro, who was talking to producer Arnone Milkan, "Interested in talking? ”

"Sid, are you looking for me?" Robert De Niro didn't expect Sid to come specifically to find him, he pointed to himself with some surprise, Sid nodded, and then the old man sat down with Sid at the round table on the other side after saying hello to Arnhorne Milkan.

"Sid, why don't you leave so many beautiful girls looking for me?" asked Robert De Niro jokingly after sitting down.

"Hehe, I am also entrusted by people and people. Sid put aside the joke with a smile and said straight to the point.

"What is it?" asked Robert De Niro, curious.

"Old man, you also know that I have some relationship with Ali (Emmanuel) of the Endeavor Elite, so today I am entrusted by him to be a lobbyist. Sid's words with a smile immediately made Old Man Robert De Niro understand.

As a rising star in the Hollywood brokerage circle, although the "historical" endeavor elite has repeatedly created miracles, in just ten years, in the hands of Alibaba, from a fresh small company, to the only large company in the industry that can compete with the giant CAA.

But this time, Ali, who hugged Sid's thigh, walked more smoothly and rushed more fiercely, although Endeavor Elite has only been established for about five years, but its first-line stars are still not inferior to other industry peers except CAA.

And now, they dare to stretch their claws into the banner of the industry giant CAA.

Yes, Robert De Niro is now one of the stars under CAA, but as time moves into the 21st century, actors of the older generation like him have gradually become obsolete over time.