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“Our company has halved the salary for two months.”
Under the article we pushed yesterday, some netizens commented. In fact, in the past, there are not many film and television practitioners who have similar situations to her.
On the first two days, the ILO released a report that 81% of the world ’s 3.3 billion laborers have been affected by the new crown epidemic, and their workplaces have been completely or partially closed. The impact of the epidemic on all walks of life will far exceed the 2008 financial crisis.
I’m afraid that domestic movie people have a deep experience. As one of the industries most directly affected by the epidemic, From the beginning of the film retraction, crew shutdown, film and television companies or pay cuts or layoffs to save themselves, to this day, although it has been the most difficult two months, But the bigger challenge is yet to come.
Last month, the small-scale resumption of the movie theater ’s attempt to end abruptly; Beijing, as a film and television center, will be in a state of epidemic prevention and control for a long time; a notice issued by the State Council not long ago recommended that low, medium and high risk areas be closed Both entertainment and leisure venues are temporarily closed; coupled with the delay of the film and television production cycle, I think that the movie theater wants to open in the first half of the year, and the film and television industry wants to restore its vitality in a short period of time, which is not likely.
So, can film and television companies, especially those with tight cash flow, be able to survive this long hurdle? What about the current situation of grassroots film and television practitioners?
Under the wave of salary cuts: Some people do n’t dare to leave, some people are waiting for business opportunities
“A lot of companies do not open full-term wages now?”
The rhetorical question from a friend who works in an Internet film and television company actually makes the film sir have to sincerely sigh, “You are lucky.”
Affected by the epidemic, it is an indisputable fact that film and television companies have set off a wave of salary cuts. As early as the end of January, there were media reports that the publishing company in the industry, the film association, issued a work arrangement notice: All employees will be on the job before March 31, and the salary during the job will be released in accordance with Beijing ’s relevant information. The notification regulations are implemented.
That is to say, they will pay basic living expenses not less than 70% of the minimum wage in Beijing, and the final salary of the employees is less than 2,000 yuan. In an interview with [Entertainment], Chen Lizhi, CEO of the film marketing company Matt Culture, also explained that only 70% of employees ’salaries were paid in the first quarter.
Not only these two companies, according to the interview with sir, in the past two months, except for some large-scale film and television companies and Internet film and television companies, most of the remaining small and medium-sized film and television companies are paying Various adjustments have been made in the distribution.
It can be roughly divided into several levels: Due to different prevention and control policies in different regions, film and television companies that belong to different office locations are also faced with various formalities and practical problems on the way back to work.
Therefore, some companies have adopted a shift system during this period, and wages have followed a differentiated strategy. Some uniformly pay 50% of the salary;Some pay 70% of the wages uniformly; some are calculated separately. Employees who work at home are paid 50%, and those who work normally are paid as usual; some companies work at home and those who do not work are not less than 3,000 yuan. Standards, other people are issued in proportion.
Some film and television companies pay 70% or 80% of their wages regardless of whether they resume normal work; some film and television companies, by writing daily or weekly reports, verify the workload, and then pay according to the workload in proportion; Some of them, even though their total wages remain unchanged, have deducted much more in terms of performance and commission.
No matter what salary adjustment measures are taken, in general, “the salary is much lower”, which is probably the intuitive feeling of most film and television practitioners in the past two months. Of course, most people still understand this phenomenon.
After all, no matter where it is in the film and television industry chain, compared to the past, everyone ’s workload is indeed not saturated enough. A practitioner who worked in a movie from the media said with emotion, “In February, I was basically idle at home every day. Although I wanted to be a salted fish, I would get paid if I didn’t work.”
Since last month, most of the film and television companies have resumed their normal work system, and wages can be restored to normal from April. However, there are also some post-materials companies and movie marketing companies who cannot return to their office locations due to policy restrictions. Specific arrangements are still pending further notice.
The longer the delay, the more anxious everyone is. In fact, if according to the past, it is the time when the staff of the film and television company is most mobile after the Spring Festival. Especially like a movie marketing company, it is probably due to the high intensity of work in normal days and the need for fresh blood to fill it. Every new year, there will always be a major blood exchange.
But now, there are many practitioners who have the idea of leaving, but they dare not leave easily. “It was originally planned to change to a new job in the next year, and we have a few colleagues who have talked in private (and think so), but now this situation feels the same everywhere. Let’s wait and see for a while.”
According to several companiesHR’s introduction, “Recent personnel changes are basically normal staff turnover, and even fewer people have voluntarily resigned than in the past. Either they have found a good job or they want to change jobs.”
In these situations, the performance in the theater is more obvious. “We all feel that there is no hope of opening the door in the first half of the year. Only basic salary is paid, and it will certainly not be able to sustain it. Several field duties have left, some of them are running riders, some are going to pull goods, and when will they hire? , May be back again. It ’s understandable, ”said a theater manager.
Of course, some of them want to resign and start their own business. “Just taking a good break during this time, I feel that I haven’t stopped in the past two years, and enrich myself by the way.” An employee of a marketing company said. On the other side, a retired editor is already preparing for his own studio, “Some private work before me was all kinds of small videos. This is also the industry direction, so I plan to set up a team by myself to do short videos. . “
Large company departments may be disbanded, and small companies strive to broaden their business
Compared with those who voluntarily resigned, some film and television practitioners are in fear of being laid off during this time.
An executive producer who works for a film and television company stated frankly, “Although our company is not bad and does not deduct wages, our income is linked to performance. Compared to other departments, we are It ’s really busy. I have n’t had a project in a long time. ”
Because of this, the company may adjust its organizational structure in the past two months, either by departmental integration or by direct abolition. “It mainly depends on the leadership’s decision. If we can carry out internal transfers best, if not, we can only find another way.”
Relatively speaking, the life of start-up film and television companies with only a dozen or so individuals is even more sad. A practitioner bluntly said, “Compared to you at least get your salary, we have n’t got the salary in the past two months. Now we have only three or four people left besides the boss. Maybe this situation will be maintained for one or two more. Months, it may be gone. “
Similarly, a movie partner from the media also confessed, “To be honest, we have been running out of business since the second half of last year, not to mention it now, and may not do it at any time and work for a day Count one day. “
Of course, more companies are still actively expanding their business to make a living. Especially for the film promotion companies and film materials companies in the downstream of the film and television industry chain, they are in a relatively passive state, and the sudden reduction of film projects will inevitably affect their survival. Coupled with the fact that some projects have not yet settled the balance, the days are not easy.
Therefore, during this time, they are actively working hard. On the one hand, the inventory project is being completed. “Now the movie projects I have in hand are not completed before, and the new projects are not yet available. There may be a movie watching in two days, which is expected to be released in August and September.”
On the other hand, they have extended the reach of their business to TV dramas, online universities, even MVs, celebrity vlogs, and various small videos. “In fact, we used to occasionally take some of these projects, the difference is that now we will take the initiative to fight, even some projects that have not yet been turned on, we are also talking about.” The director of a film materials company said .
Some marketing company staff also said, “We did n’t have too many marketing control projects in a year, this timeWe have more energy on the level of project development. If you are responsible for the announcement, there may be more Internet universities. “
All in all, although the business content of the film sector has been reduced in a short period of time, practitioners have also learned to broaden their horizons and find business breakthroughs in the larger entertainment industry, as one industry insider said, ” If the movie theaters really have to open in the second half of the year, it will be a particularly brutal period of intense competition by the end of the year. How can we survive the first half of the year. “
Accelerate industry reshuffle and do n’t let epidemic situation become a cover cloth
I have to say that the arrival of the epidemic has accelerated a new round of shuffling in the film and television industry.
On the one hand, the epidemic has indeed brought visible damage to the entire film industry. The Spring Festival stalls may disappear with nearly 10 billion box office revenues. The upcoming May 1st stalls, and even the summer stalls may continue to fall short. The loss of the entire industry chain of film upstream production end-to-end cinema projection.
Therefore, it is very likely that in two or three months, some film and television companies will be unable to support and will have to close. Therefore, at the beginning of the outbreak, most film and television companies made salary adjustments, also in response to more serious crises. As Chen Lizhi said in the interview, after the company has sufficient funds, he still decides to pay 70% of his salary, hoping that everyone has a deep sense of crisis in this industry, “preparing in advance to meet the upcoming industry cash outflow” .
However, from another point of view, even without this epidemic, there are actually many film and television companies, especially those that are not practical and opportunistic. After all, when the film and television industry was booming at the box office, there was a large influx of capital, and many people who wanted to make quick money joined the industry.
As an industry insider said, “There are many movie companies on the market that are actually equivalent to financial companies or investment companies. Not many are really doing content. This part of the company will definitely be the first to go out.”
Of course, there are also some small and medium-sized companies whose connections and resources are not extensive, and whose business capabilities are not so prominent, will also face the situation of being eliminated. After all, judging from various policies recently, the film and television industry has to wait for a while to really return. There are even pessimistic comments from practitioners, “If the epidemic situation in foreign countries is still uncontrollable, and Beijing, Hebei, and Tianjin are still the first-level response to prevention and control, then the industry situation at the end of the year may improve.
Therefore, in the absence of its own strength, the epidemic just made the exit of these companies seem less embarrassing. And the companies that can stay are also facing cruel reality.
However, with the crisis of all things, in this period of stagnation in the industry, it is time to calm down to ponder the content and produce quality products. Many people reached a consensus in the interview. The busiest thing now should be the screenwriter. “My own feeling is that the producers haven’t urged me that much. Although they still meet as usual to give their opinions, they are not in a hurry. Let me write and make changes. There was no such treatment before.” The screenwriter said.
I want to think that the more difficult the industry is, the more everyone should recognize the essence and return to the content creation, firmly believe that good content has its own vitality, and these content will burst out at the right time. , Give back to all creators. Right now, all you can do is look for opportunities, don’t give up, and hold on.
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