Provinces do not agree to the opening of theaters, and the resumption of theaters may be postponed until July-August.
This kind of gossip has never been broken in a few months. The rumored opening time has been floating from March to the end of May. The version that Pufferfish heard a few days ago was still in mid-June, and now it is now pushed to 7 and 8. month. This information once rekindled the hope of theater people, but the reality has extinguished it again and again. “After three years and three years, I feel I can’t hold it anymore.” A movie theater person expressed emotion in the circle of friends.
No one knows whether tomorrow will come the life-saving straw, or the sword of Damocles that has finally fallen. However, whether at the physical level or the spiritual level, theater people can’t afford to spend longer, they urgently need to open.
“Let’s die in our theater”
“Do you know the person responsible for the theater’s anti-epidemic relief fund? Is it convenient to give me the contact information? I want to talk to them.” Aqing, the owner of the film investment company with nearly ten theaters, accepts Asked in an interview with the Entertainment Capital Theory Matrix No. Puffer Film Archive (ID: htysda). If the price is right, he plans to change hands in some theaters.
According to the second phase of the “Survey on the Survival of Cinemas” jointly released by the China Film Festival Association, the China Film Distribution and Screening Association and major movie theaters, as many as 47% of theaters have cash flow urgently, and 42% of theaters believe that I may face the problem of business closure, and 10% of theaters think they will change hands.
The theaters managed by Aqing are now in healthy cash flow, but he is worried about the future development of the theaters. Two months ago, he began to streamline the team, reduced more than 100 staff to 60 to 70, and organized employees to produce short videos related to film and television. He wanted to open up new sources of income, and he has not seen it because of lack of experience. Too much effect.
On May 8, the State Council issued guidance, pointing out that under the premise of implementing prevention and control measures, the theater will be opened by way of appointment and current limiting. A Qing was very excited. He immediately retrieved the cinema staff and spent more than a week sterilizing and cleaning several thousand seats one by one, and arranged for employees to go to work every day.
Until today, a month later, he hasn’t waited