Resource Tycoon Reborn

The copyright of the "Die Hard" series of movies is in the hands of Twentieth Century Fox Film Company. This is common knowledge to industry insiders. When did Fang Mingyuan reach a co-production agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Film Company?

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"Mingyuan, when will the news of your acquisition of MGM Film Company be announced?" Fang Bin said with a slap in the face, "Is it just these two days?"

Fang Mingyuan looked at his watch and said with a smile: "In three hours and thirty-one minutes, it will be officially announced!"

On December 12, just one month after Schwarzenegger became the governor of California, MGM Films officially announced in Hollywood, Los Angeles, that a partnership between Hong Kong's Kumho Film Group, Sony Corporation, and Providence Assets

The cooperative company thus became the controlling shareholder of MGM Film Company. This price included the high amount of debt assumed by MGM Film Company.

Originally, Fang Mingyuan planned to have Schwarzenegger announce the announcement on the day when Schwarzenegger officially took office as the governor of California. However, it was difficult to unify the opinions, and there was a delay, so it had to be postponed to December 12. Schwarzenegger

One month after Singh took office.

This news naturally caused a sensation in the film industry in the United States and other countries. As an old Hollywood film company, although MGM Film Company is no longer what it used to be, its status in the history of Hollywood and even world movies is unparalleled.

People can ignore it.

The MGM film company has been declining all the way, and the most heartbreaking thing is of course its loyal fans. Although they have heard about the MGM film company changing hands again, they have repeatedly sold MGM films.

This behavior of the company was also deeply disgusting. But when they learned that, at least this guy, the owner he chose for MGM Films this time was not bad!

Providence Asset Partners, Comcast and Texas Pacific Group are unfamiliar to many people, but Hong Kong's Kumho Film Group and Sony are different. One is the most popular this year.

film company, and the other controls Columbia Pictures, another established film company in Hollywood. This combination makes many people very optimistic about the future of MGM Films. And on the same day, MGM Films announced that it will cooperate with

Twentieth Century Fox Film Company and Hong Kong Kumho Film Group Company jointly invested in the filming of a film of the same name adapted from the novel "The Devil Wears Prada". It was also announced that MGM Film Company is already actively preparing to film "007"

A new episode. These two pieces of news have lifted the spirits of movie fans.

Subsequently, on December 13, 20th Century Fox Film Company announced that it would cooperate with Hong Kong Kumho Film Group Company to film "Die Hard 4". This made "Die Hard" fans from various countries return to

It was a carnival.

As if stimulated by Hong Kong's Kumho Film Group, Twentieth Century Fox Film Company and MGM Film Company, in the next three days, many Hollywood film companies announced filming in 2004.

plan.

Compared with Hollywood, the price of soybeans in the international market is even more popular. Compared with the lowest point in 2002, it has increased by nearly 80%! And there is a further upward trend. 1

On the one hand, because of the strong purchasing power from China, China's purchasing group bought 2.5 million tons of soybeans in the United States in one go, and is likely to purchase another 2 million tons. And China's total imports in 2003

The amount has reached nearly 8 million tons! On the other hand, the exchange rate of the US dollar continued to fall in 2003. By December, the exchange rate of the US dollar against the world's major currencies fell by nearly 18% on average.

This has also caused the prices of many bulk commodities in the international market to be settled in US dollars to rise to varying degrees, including soybeans.

Also, people are still worried about the supply of South American soybeans. Generally, at the end of September and the beginning of October every year, the soybean sowing season in South American countries comes one after another. Although the area sown in South American soybean producing areas has increased significantly this year.

, but compared with previous years, some soybean producing areas in Brazil and Argentina, the major soybean producing countries, faced the problem of insufficient early rainfall and insufficient soil moisture in November. The Cordoba region in central Argentina suffered from dry weather.

, has significantly affected the local soybean yield level.

After entering December, widespread rainfall occurred in Brazil, which was very beneficial to the growth of soybeans. However, soybean-producing areas in Argentina still received scant rainfall, and the drought situation has increased compared with November. Although South American soybeans

The final yield of South American soybeans needs to be continuously observed for the development of local weather in the later period. Especially in the first two months of 2004, when South American soybeans enter the critical pod-bearing period, weather conditions will play a final and decisive role. However, at present

The drought in the United States has made many people pessimistic about the production of South American soybeans next year. This, in turn, will undoubtedly further promote soybean prices to continue to rise. A large number of purchase orders have also caused domestic soybean stocks in the United States to decline steadily.

Today, the ending inventory of soybeans in the United States has dropped to more than 3.4 million tons, which is the lowest level since the 1970s.

However, on December 14, a piece of news shocked the world. The United States Department of Agriculture announced that the first case of mad cow disease had been discovered in the United States. This news was like a stone that stirred up thousands of waves.

On the same day, Japan, Mexico and South Korea, the three countries that import the most beef from the United States, announced that they would immediately stop importing beef and all related products from the United States. More than 30 countries including Singapore, Thailand, and Brazil, including China, will also follow suit.

In the past few days, they have announced that they will stop importing American beef!

On the other hand, Europe, which has long banned the import of most beef from the United States because American cattle take growth hormones during their growth process, violates EU food safety standards. Although it is the region hardest hit by mad cow disease, it seems very calm about this. As mad cow disease is raging

The most serious country, the United Kingdom, which was forced to slaughter more than 3.7 million cattle in order to prevent the spread of mad cow disease, also expressed its willingness to provide corresponding technical support to the United States.

But no matter how lenient and strong technical support from European countries, it cannot change the heavy fate faced by the U.S. beef industry. The total output value of the U.S. beef industry exceeds 150 billion U.S. dollars, supporting millions of farms in the United States.

, feedlots and enterprises! The number of cattle in stock exceeds 11 million. In 2002, domestic retail sales of U.S. beef exceeded US$70 billion, and exports reached US$3.3 billion! And mad cow disease has

As a result, not only overseas markets are facing the risk of being completely lost, but even in the United States, people are very dissatisfied with beef, and many people have eliminated American beef from their menus.

The stock prices of many food companies in the United States, including multinational fast-food chains such as McDonald's and KFC, have been hit hard. This is just the beginning. If subsequent investigation results worsen, consumers around the world will decide to eat less due to the news of mad cow disease.

If you eat or even avoid beef, these fast food chain companies will suffer greater losses in the future. In the past few years, after the outbreak of mad cow disease in Europe and Japan, the performance of these companies has been hit hard. This time in

The outbreak of mad cow disease in the United States can be said to have an even worse impact!

The U.S. beef industry is in a bleak situation. I don’t know how many feedlot owners are crying without tears. Although there is only one case of mad cow disease, people’s fear of mad cow disease has made the entire U.S. beef industry face the possibility of collapse. As long as one

Thinking of the British slaughtering more than 3.7 million cattle due to mad cow disease, Americans can't help but think about how many of their more than 11 million cattle will be left in the end!

But some people are sad and others are happy. In the business world, the tragedy of others is likely to be the carnival of other industries! The U.S. beef industry has been hit hard, and people have turned to other meats. This has a negative impact on the pig industry, sheep industry, and other industries.

For the chicken industry, this is a good thing. Moreover, this has also further promoted the price of soybeans in the international market. In the three days after the announcement of this news, the price of soybeans rose by another 5%!

According to scientists' research, the emergence of mad cow disease is likely due to the fact that feed made from meat and bone marrow infected with the mad cow disease pathogen is eaten by cattle, which destroys the cow's brain, causing it to lose function and become spongy, leading to mad cow disease. The U.S. government is

To dispel public doubts, it is likely that the use of meat and bone meal feed in the livestock industry will be completely banned. In this way, industries including livestock and pigs will mainly rely on plant-based protein feeds such as soybean meal. The annual use of meat and bone meal feed for poultry and livestock in the United States is

The consumption reaches 3 million tons, which is equivalent to tens of millions of tons if converted into soybean meal. Under the premise that the market supply of soybeans in the United States is now tight and the inventory has reached a new record in recent years, the price of soybeans will naturally rise further! (To be continued

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