On the afternoon of November 30, the New Year movie "Wreak City" held a grand premiere conference in Peking. The four leading actors Liang Chaowei, Kim Sung-woo, Li Binbin, Su Qi, as well as directors Liu Weiqiang, Mai Zhaohui, and screenwriter Zhuang Wenqiang made a collective appearance. The Century Peak Ceo Wu Ruide, the World Asian movie Lin Jianyue; Jiahe General Manager Qiu Yuanxu also attended the scene in person.

The media and reporters were very interested in the movie and the main creator, but they were more interested in the secret battle between Century Peak and "Mo On". Soon a reporter asked about Century Peak's ban on "Mo On". Director Liu Weiqiang said that it was the boss's business. He was the director and was only responsible for creation. Others also had similar answers, and they all played Tai Chi.

The main creator of the film refused to say much, and Zhang Ran did not come. Seeing that the big news was about to fail, the reporters present were naturally unwilling to give up, so they targeted Wu Ruide, the peak of the century.

After the press conference, the reporters rushed over, surrounded Wu Ruide's team, and raised their own questions like a gun.

Wu Ruide knew what the reporters came for, waved his hand and signaled everyone to quiet: "I know many people came for the "Mo Gong", so I will give a simple response. There is no ban. However, how to schedule the film is our freedom, and we have not violated any regulations. I know that everyone has many questions, but I have limited time, so I will answer five questions for everyone." He reached out and clicked a reporter casually and said, "What are your questions?"

The reporter immediately said: "Is the ban order of the peak of the century only targeting "Mo Attack" or all the movies in Huayi?"

Wu Ruide smiled and said, "We really didn't ban Huayi. If we really wanted to ban Huayi, we could not stop it. We just don't look forward to the Huayi company, nor do we look forward to the films of this company, and we just have fewer films for them. Other theaters can watch Huayi's movies, but we naturally don't watch Huayi's movies. This is a very normal business behavior!"

Some reporters directly criticized it, which is too shameless, it is as charming as a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!

The second reporter's question was sharp: "But many experts believe that your behavior is suspected of unfair competition and is suspected of violating the Anti-Monopoly Law. What do you think?"

Wu Ruide said lightly: "Jiahe has the freedom to play videos according to market rules. It is like the supermarket shelves, who can enter and what products are placed on the supermarket shelves. According to Article 19 of the Anti-Monopoly Law of our country, only operators with a market share of more than 50% may be considered monopoly. Jiahe Cinemas currently accounts for only 5% of the theaters in the country. Do you think we monopoly? What monopoly do we use? If you really say monopoly, "Mo Onslaught" is the real monopoly, because "Mo Onslaught" has more than 50% of the films nationwide. Such a high film scheduling squeezes the living space of other films and is quite unfair to other films. This is the real monopoly. I think the industrial and commercial department should check it?"

Before coming, many reporters thought that this was wrong with the Century Peak and suspected of monopoly, but now after hearing Wu Ruide's words, he was completely stupid. According to law, there is indeed no monopoly in the Century Peak, while "Mo Attack" is really suspected of monopoly, because the screening of "Mo Attack" is indeed more than 50%!

Many reporters who received Huayi red envelopes, how could they easily admit defeat? A reporter immediately said: "Don't you think it's unfair to "Mo Ying"? Today you banned "Mo Ying" and tomorrow you will ban other movies. Because of the grudges between the two companies, they were retaliated for filming. This will cause great harm to the Chinese film industry. If the audience goes to the cinema to watch "Mo Ying" but the movie is banned by you, isn't it deprived of the audience of the right to watch movies?"

Wu Ruide was not angry and said lightly: "If I follow this logic, I will tell the owner of a nearby dumpling shop when I go back today that you don't sell roast duck. You have deprived me of the right to eat roast duck. You must sell roast duck in the future! You are an entertainment reporter. I will call your editor in chief later. You did not report on the shooting process of "Tangshan Earthquake" today. You have hurt my right to understand the filming process!"

The reporters burst into laughter, and the reporters who asked the question turned red. Wu Ruide's words were even more uncomfortable than slapping him.

The third reporter immediately stood up: "We all know that the reason why American films are powerful is that theaters and film companies are separated. Although my country's film industry is still in its development stage, the Paramount Act of the American film industry is still worth learning from. What do you think?"

Wu Ruide said lightly: "The strength of the American film industry has nothing to do with the separation of theaters and film companies. In addition, who told you that you cannot own theaters and film companies in the United States? American film companies do not do theaters now, mainly because theaters and film companies are investing too much and profits are very small. Last year, the largest theater chain in North America, Royal Entertainment, had a profit of only more than 30 million, which was only enough to make a medium-cost movie. For big film companies, it is not willing to do this. This is different from their fear of doing things! Now the boss of Paramount has a top ten theater chains in the United States. You keep saying that the United States cannot own theaters and film companies at the same time. Which time is the United States in which time and space is it?"

The reporter who asked the question was stunned, while the other reporters were in an uproar!

The reporters present had no idea about the American film industry at all, and even the Paramount Act had only known it in recent days. They were not clear about the causes and consequences of the Paramount Act. They only knew it was antitrust and prohibited film companies from owning theaters at the same time.

Now I suddenly heard Wu Ruide say that the Paramount boss has theaters in his hands, which is completely beyond their understanding.

After being stunned for several seconds, a reporter retorted loudly: "You are talking nonsense that the United States is a country ruled by law. The Paramount Act stipulates that film companies cannot own theaters at the same time. How can the Paramount boss own theaters in his hands?"

Wu Ruide looked at the reporter in front of him with an idiot's eyes and said disdainfully: "Ignorance is not scary, what is scary is ignorance. I can tell you that Redstone is the boss of Paramount, but at the same time he is also the boss of Nationalamu Cinemas. This theater ranks sixth in the United States. I really don't understand you, why do you only watch movie history sixty years ago, but not the last thirty years? Don't you know that Paramount Act was abolished thirty years ago? You always like to say what the United States is like, so I will just say it. If you really study American policies, we can not arrange any "Mo Chao" because American cinemas implement a split-line system."

The reporters present were stunned again. Damn, the Paramount Act has been abolished, and this misunderstanding is huge!

Wu Ruide continued: "Today I will say a few more words, and give Mr. Wang Zhonglei and those who don't know how to understand, what is the line-dividing system. The so-called line-dividing system means that movies are not released in all theaters, but are selected for one or several theaters. The line-dividing system is a win-win situation for the film industry. For film companies, it can not only form exclusive franchise distribution, but also have a more profitable proportion of accounts for film companies when bargaining with theaters. At the same time, it also provides a living space for low-cost art films, and there are more movies to choose from for audiences. It is the 21st century, don't talk about the Paramount Act, the line-dividing system is the future of Chinese cinemas!"

Wu Ruide's words were so powerful that he could not refute them all.

The reporters of the reporters have learned how powerful he is. No wonder Zhang Ran asked him to be a ceo, and he really has two tricks!

After the premiere of "The City of Wound", Wu Ruide's words soon spread throughout the Chinese film industry.

Many experts and film critics who used the Paramount Act to criticize Century Peak are like being slapped a few times, with a sting on their faces. In addition to a few particularly shameless people, they are still yelling that "the behavior of Century Peak will weaken normal competition in the market, and at the same time make other film and television companies shoot and produce more commercial films, hindering the development of film types in a diversified direction." Almost everyone else was silent, and even quietly deleted the blog about the Paramount Act.

Many netizens who were watching were stunned. Damn, it turns out that the so-called Paramount Act has long been abolished! It turns out that there is no monopoly at the peak of the century, but the real monopoly is actually "The Ink Attack"!

This reversal was too unexpected!

Although Zhang Ran did not attend the press conference of "Wreak City", he also joined in the fun online. He hated those bricks and film critics who were careless all day long, so he published an article on Zhang Jingchu's blog.

"Many people are talking about the benefits of the Paramount Act, but they keep silent about the disadvantages. Then let me say a few words! Those who boasted about the Paramount Act did not say that this bill ended the golden age of Hollywood movies. Coupled with the emergence and popularity of television, the American film industry fell into a cold winter of more than 20 years. It was not until the 1970s that movies such as "Jaws" and "Star Wars" were released that the film industry began to warm up.

In the 1970s, many people were reflecting on whether the Paramount Act was good or bad. A study published in the Harvard Law Review showed that the Paramount Act directly led to a reduction in market efficiency; economist Michael Conant found that although the Paramount Act created a more free commercial space for independent filmmakers, it actually intensified the degree of incomplete competition in the film market.

After Reagan came to power in the 1980s, the Paramount Act began to loosen. On February 4, 1985, the Department of Justice publicly stated that since the industrial environment was no longer different from the past, they would no longer implement the Paramount Act, and encouraged large studios to regain the opportunity to get involved in the screening business through complaints. In 1987, T-Ri Star, a film company jointly founded by CBS, HB and Columbia Pictures, intended to acquire Loe’s theaters, requesting the New York District Court to exempt the Paramount Act from the constraints of the Paramount Act. Driven by the US Department of Justice, the court passed the application and the Paramount Act was also abolished. Subsequently, a frenzy of theater acquisitions emerged in the United States, and major companies spent more than one billion to acquire independent theaters. However, theaters were not a particularly profitable business, and major Hollywood companies withdrew one after another.

The Paramount Act was to avoid the negative impact of one dominance on the entire industry, but this act hit the American film industry hard. Americans have realized that this is a mistake, so they basically abolished the Paramount Agreement 30 years ago. Why do we repeat the mistakes Americans have made in the past?

As Wu Ruide said, the line segmentation system is the future of Chinese theaters, but the line segmentation system must reach a large number of screens and have enough excellent films. China does not have this condition yet. Century Peak is working hard for this. We will continue to build theaters and increase the cultivation of film talents. We hope that by ten years, Chinese films can begin to be distributed in line. As for "Mo Gong", it is a useful attempt!"

Wang Zhonglei almost vomited blood after reading Zhang Ran’s blog. Is there another useful attempt? I’ll try your sister!
Chapter completed!