"This may be an epoch-making movie, and its significance is probably the same as Watt's invention of the steam engine, opening up a new and promising path for Hollywood filmmakers!

This "007" was just a coincidence, but now, the effect it brings is far beyond our original expectations.

While "007" received praise, the box office was indeed good. Yassel said that "007"'s box office was obviously better than "Shawshank Redemption", which means that if nothing unexpected happens, the movie's box office in one week would exceed the $10 million mark. This figure is still conservatively estimated.

"007" achieved great success, and its glory completely obscured Liu Bieqian's "Public Enemy". However, Liu Bieqian's movie still received praise. This movie, which took more than a year of hard work, was indeed the same as Liu Bieqian said, and was completely different from his previous movies. This time, he did not walk on the spot, but made great strides.

Although Liu Bieqian has not competed for Stenberg, compared with his previous achievements, this time, he has obviously succeeded with "Public Enemy".

Hollywood is trapped in a lively movie premiere, although there are some conflicts. But in the end, there will be a happy situation, which makes every film company proud of its own movies and also lament the goodness of this era.

However, in addition to the movies, there are also many things that have begun to make the United States lively.

On June 17, Brian Rutman, who just replaced Herbert Hoover as US President, suddenly issued a decree that stunned everyone - the "Total Prohibition Act".

The promulgation of this decree is definitely equivalent to atomic bombs being launched into the people, instantly making the United States anxious.

To be precise, the prohibition is no longer news, because as early as 1917, the 65th Congress of the United States adopted Amendment No. 18 of the Constitution in the name of "economic, efficiency and morality". It was submitted to states for consideration. Its contents were mainly two. The first was to prohibit the brewing, selling and transporting of drunken alcohol as volume in all territories under the United States and its jurisdiction, and prohibit the import or export of such alcohol to the United States and its jurisdiction. The second was: Congress and states had the right to implement this decree with appropriate haircuts.

In 1919, the U.S. Congress passed the National Prohibition, which stipulated that all acts of producing, selling and drinking alcohol were illegal. In 1920, the Walster Act, which prohibited the brewing and selling of alcohol, came into effect in the United States, setting off the climax of the ban on alcohol in the United States. Before the beginning of World War I, two-thirds of the states in the United States implemented a prohibition. This Act stipulates that making, selling and transporting beverages with alcohol content of more than 0.5% is illegal. Although drinking at home is not illegal, drinking with friends or holding a banquet is illegal. You can be fined up to $1,000 and stumble in prison for the first half of the year.

The original prosecution was promulgated to maintain social morality and purify civic habits. Those who support prosecution regard it as a good thing, but the development of facts forms an interesting contrast with the law. Just the day before the national prosecution Act came into effect, there were endless wine trucks on American roads, and people were rushing to transport the purchased wine home. At night, there was no one on the street because people gathered in public or in Gary to hold the last legal cocktail party.

The Prohibition also gave birth to a new industry, that is, the private brewing and wine sales industry. Historically, during the period when the Prohibition came into effect, the private brewing and wine sales industry in the United States reached an unprecedented prosperity. The huge wealth brought by this new industry made many people become rich overnight. It is said that from 1920 to 1932, a total of 750,000 people were arrested for violating the Prohibition. Those who were not caught were simply astronomical.

The prohibition of alcohol makes people see the rich benefits that winemaking and selling can bring, and in turn, many people use industrial alcohol to blend white wine, which will kill a large number of people. In addition, the participation of the underworld and the corruption of the police have made social order very bad.

Perhaps because the capital of the United States is in the east, overall, the alcohol ban in the eastern states has been implemented quite well, and the implementation of the states is also very good. However, in the west, the alcohol ban has basically become a piece of paper. Westerners do not take this order seriously at all. Many bars buy it, and drinking at banquets and parties is normal. The US federal conquest knows the temper of the Westerners, so there is no way. California, Oregon and other states are the states that don’t regard "The Prohibition" as seriously.

However, despite drinking in secret, the people still do not oppose the "Prohibition". Moreover, deep in the hearts of the people, there is still a view that drinking is reasonable, whether it is individual or party, but privately selling wine and smuggling wine and then speculating is the most shameful thing. Chaplin did such a thing a few years ago, but was scolded to be infamous.

The place where the alcohol ban was promoted was not someone else, but the Republican Party. The Republican Party was a party that followed the Puritan concept of life and it had long controlled the United States. Under the promotion of the party's strength and alcohol ban, the promulgation of the alcohol ban was inevitable. However, by 1930, the alcohol ban was already shaky, especially in the western United States and in California. Although the government of the sale of wine would crack down, people were still easily bought in underground bars, and many of these bars could not even force the agents to enter.

In other words, in 1930, the scope of application of the prohibition was actually very small. It was limited to the manufacturing, sales and transportation of wine, and did not include the holding and drinking of wine. If others did not say it, Coolidge's former president Harding once publicly admitted that his private wine cellar in the White House was always full.

In fact, in the lower class, many law enforcement officers of the Prohibition and smuggling people colluded with each other. Trafficking of smuggling caused a large amount of money to flow into the underworld. Then these underworlds used this money to bribe officials, making it increasingly difficult to implement the Prohibition. The most famous private alcohol tycoon was Al Capone. This guy was an empty-handed gangster at the beginning, but he became the most powerful person in Chicago by relying on wine sales, and was called the "underground mayor of Chicago."

These situations have made Coolidge more and more relaxed during the administration of Hoover, especially Hoover, who is a person who likes to drink, and he believes that the prohibition cannot make people purer as expected. This law not only did not have the expected effect, but instead had many opposite effects.

During Coolidge and Hoover's administration, the prohibition of alcohol has basically been gradually faded. If this continues, the decree will be abolished in a few years. But at this moment, the new President Brian Rutman actually issued the "Total Prohibition of Alcohol" through the approval of Congress. Is this guy's head stuck in the door?

"Andre, this "Total Prohibition" looks a bit famous! It's not simple." After reading the full text of "Total Prohibition" from beginning to end, Coolidge took off his glasses and smiled at me.

"It's not simple!? Why isn't it simple? Isn't it just a prohibition? It was not without it before." I shook my head and said.
Chapter completed!