Time passed day by day. As the domestic epidemic gradually became under control, more people are now concerned about the epidemic situation in Europe and the United States. Although Ivanka and Wu Mingxuan are here this time, they have become much more cautious and professional in understanding Wang, and have not shown ignorance in various ways, but the epidemic in North America is still very crazy, and they have long dominated the world's number one.
As a time traveler, Wu Mingxuan knew very well that there was a problem with the United States, and this was definitely not a normal transmission. Maybe it had been around for quite some time. This was secondary infection and full spread, otherwise it would not be so serious.
However, because Wang Mingwang is active in fighting the epidemic, does not mess with things and shows his IQ, and is very active in sending money, the public opinion support rate is very stable, and there will be almost no accidents. The possibility of Bai Deng making a counterattack is very low. However, Wu Mingxuan also reminded the other side not to let Bai Deng get in the postal system, and do not make it into mail-in ballots. After all, Wu Mingxuan vaguely recorded mail-in ballots when he traveled through time.
The shutdowns in Europe and the United States began in March. By March 18, only two of the top 20 theaters in North America had opened, and by the end of March, almost all of them were closed.
There are no ones who go there, and no film company will choose to release new movies during this period. Even Mulan Disney gave up the release. If nothing unexpected happens, it is very likely that they will choose to pay on demand online. The heroine Liu Yifei was so angry that she was speechless.
Wang Dashao and Wanda, who had been gloating all kinds of gloating, couldn't laugh at them at all. Compared with China, foreign countries really couldn't see any hope. And judging from the current trend, it is probably difficult to return to normal for a considerable period of time.
The operating costs of the theaters in Wuzhou Cinemas are much higher than those in China, and those employees are not allowed to be laid off as long as you want to lay off. The government does not allow you to lay off employees at all now. Even if the door is closed, you must pay wages and benefits as required. Moreover, those landlords abroad will not give you relief. They only look at the money and the contract, but they will not tell you about the overall situation and social responsibilities.
It can be said that the problem facing Wanda is more serious than the perfect supply cutoff at the beginning. Tens of millions of dollars evaporate directly every day, and it continues to drag on. It can only be delayed for a year or two, and it can directly drag Wanda to bankruptcy.
So now the Wang family and son have only two choices. One is to gamble, betting that the epidemic abroad will improve soon, and the theaters will not close for too long, and business will recover soon after the door is reopened. However, neither the Wang family and son nor Wanda believe it too much, and it is almost a dream.
Another option is naturally to cut off one's arm and directly liquidate the bankruptcy of the Wuzhou Cinemas. This is the most important overseas and film and television media industry layout that took ten years to build and consume Wanda's countless manpower and material resources was directly scrapped, with direct losses of more than 30 billion US dollars.
Because Wanda's parent company is not insolvent at present, it is a conditional bankruptcy liquidation. Severance payment alone is enough to drink a pot. It is not simply a matter of not wanting this part of the industry. In this extraordinary period, no one will ask for free gifts, and many governments are watching you, and they will not allow you to go bankrupt directly to endanger the entire financial system.
So Wanda has once again appeared in capital letters of danger. This is also a landmine buried by Wu Mingxuan for Wanda and the Wang family father and son a long time ago. Now it has finally been successfully detonated.
However, what Wu Mingxuan and everyone did not expect was that the person who first teared open the fig leaf of the theater was not the relevant person in charge of Wanda, but Bona's senior vice president and theater manager Huang Wei.
On the evening of May 11, Beijing time, Guan Wei of Bona Film Group issued a statement saying: Mr. Huang Wei, vice president of the group, fell from a building and died in Chaoyang District, Beijing at around 0:00 on May 10, 2020 due to long-term insomnia and depression. After police investigation, the suspect in the criminal case has been ruled out.
On May 10, Bona issued an obituary saying that Huang Wei unfortunately passed away at the age of 52. The group has established a funeral committee and will fully cooperate with the family to properly handle the funeral.
Once this news was announced, it shocked the entire industry. Wu Mingxuan vaguely recalled that there was something happening. After all, it was too long and he didn't think it was very important and had little to do with him. So it was not until Wu Mingxuan remembered the incident of the theater manager jumping off the building.
Huang Wei is not well-known outside the industry, but he is very famous in the industry. He is the vice president of the Cinema Branch of the China Film Distribution and Screening Association. He has served in Xingmei Media Group and serves as the chairman and general manager of Xingmei Cinema Investment Development Co., Ltd. and a director of China Film Star Me Cinema Line Company.
Since January 2009, he has served as vice president of Bona Film. He has successfully signed a contract, built and opened nearly 100 modern multi-hall theaters. He has profound experience in theater investment, construction and management, and has more than 15 years of experience in the cinema industry. Bona is now responsible for theater business.
Such a few industry tycoons in the industry ended in this way naturally shocked. After all, criminal or civil cases that do not involve any aspects are purely caused by the cinema shutdown and the pressure is too great.
It can be said that the shutdown of theaters this time has burned the efforts of others for ten years, because many industries have resumed work, and relevant practitioners in the screening industry have to change careers. After all, others have to eat and survive. In the current environment, it is difficult to resume work in a short period of time. Even if they resume work, those important backbones before have almost gone.
After all, the heads of high-rise districts of theaters all receive dividends, and their salary is only a small part of it. But the question is, will there be dividends in this environment this year?
Not every theater has a big business, and you can still pay money if you don’t go to work like Wu Mingxuan. It’s just that you get less than usual, which can ensure the staff skeleton of the theater to the greatest extent and will not be too impacted by the epidemic. Other theaters and the parent companies behind it really do not have such strong financial resources.
Wu Mingxuan must attend the memorial service. Huang Wei is very familiar with him. He is really good at being a good person. He is really not a bad person. He even dug him before, which is a pity.
However, when I met Boss Wang at the memorial service, I accidentally saw some of his crazy ideas. Wu Mingxuan was really surprised. Unexpectedly, this old bastard is also a real ruthless person. He actually had such crazy ideas. It is indeed a good way to survive by breaking his tail.
As a time traveler, Wu Mingxuan knew very well that there was a problem with the United States, and this was definitely not a normal transmission. Maybe it had been around for quite some time. This was secondary infection and full spread, otherwise it would not be so serious.
However, because Wang Mingwang is active in fighting the epidemic, does not mess with things and shows his IQ, and is very active in sending money, the public opinion support rate is very stable, and there will be almost no accidents. The possibility of Bai Deng making a counterattack is very low. However, Wu Mingxuan also reminded the other side not to let Bai Deng get in the postal system, and do not make it into mail-in ballots. After all, Wu Mingxuan vaguely recorded mail-in ballots when he traveled through time.
The shutdowns in Europe and the United States began in March. By March 18, only two of the top 20 theaters in North America had opened, and by the end of March, almost all of them were closed.
There are no ones who go there, and no film company will choose to release new movies during this period. Even Mulan Disney gave up the release. If nothing unexpected happens, it is very likely that they will choose to pay on demand online. The heroine Liu Yifei was so angry that she was speechless.
Wang Dashao and Wanda, who had been gloating all kinds of gloating, couldn't laugh at them at all. Compared with China, foreign countries really couldn't see any hope. And judging from the current trend, it is probably difficult to return to normal for a considerable period of time.
The operating costs of the theaters in Wuzhou Cinemas are much higher than those in China, and those employees are not allowed to be laid off as long as you want to lay off. The government does not allow you to lay off employees at all now. Even if the door is closed, you must pay wages and benefits as required. Moreover, those landlords abroad will not give you relief. They only look at the money and the contract, but they will not tell you about the overall situation and social responsibilities.
It can be said that the problem facing Wanda is more serious than the perfect supply cutoff at the beginning. Tens of millions of dollars evaporate directly every day, and it continues to drag on. It can only be delayed for a year or two, and it can directly drag Wanda to bankruptcy.
So now the Wang family and son have only two choices. One is to gamble, betting that the epidemic abroad will improve soon, and the theaters will not close for too long, and business will recover soon after the door is reopened. However, neither the Wang family and son nor Wanda believe it too much, and it is almost a dream.
Another option is naturally to cut off one's arm and directly liquidate the bankruptcy of the Wuzhou Cinemas. This is the most important overseas and film and television media industry layout that took ten years to build and consume Wanda's countless manpower and material resources was directly scrapped, with direct losses of more than 30 billion US dollars.
Because Wanda's parent company is not insolvent at present, it is a conditional bankruptcy liquidation. Severance payment alone is enough to drink a pot. It is not simply a matter of not wanting this part of the industry. In this extraordinary period, no one will ask for free gifts, and many governments are watching you, and they will not allow you to go bankrupt directly to endanger the entire financial system.
So Wanda has once again appeared in capital letters of danger. This is also a landmine buried by Wu Mingxuan for Wanda and the Wang family father and son a long time ago. Now it has finally been successfully detonated.
However, what Wu Mingxuan and everyone did not expect was that the person who first teared open the fig leaf of the theater was not the relevant person in charge of Wanda, but Bona's senior vice president and theater manager Huang Wei.
On the evening of May 11, Beijing time, Guan Wei of Bona Film Group issued a statement saying: Mr. Huang Wei, vice president of the group, fell from a building and died in Chaoyang District, Beijing at around 0:00 on May 10, 2020 due to long-term insomnia and depression. After police investigation, the suspect in the criminal case has been ruled out.
On May 10, Bona issued an obituary saying that Huang Wei unfortunately passed away at the age of 52. The group has established a funeral committee and will fully cooperate with the family to properly handle the funeral.
Once this news was announced, it shocked the entire industry. Wu Mingxuan vaguely recalled that there was something happening. After all, it was too long and he didn't think it was very important and had little to do with him. So it was not until Wu Mingxuan remembered the incident of the theater manager jumping off the building.
Huang Wei is not well-known outside the industry, but he is very famous in the industry. He is the vice president of the Cinema Branch of the China Film Distribution and Screening Association. He has served in Xingmei Media Group and serves as the chairman and general manager of Xingmei Cinema Investment Development Co., Ltd. and a director of China Film Star Me Cinema Line Company.
Since January 2009, he has served as vice president of Bona Film. He has successfully signed a contract, built and opened nearly 100 modern multi-hall theaters. He has profound experience in theater investment, construction and management, and has more than 15 years of experience in the cinema industry. Bona is now responsible for theater business.
Such a few industry tycoons in the industry ended in this way naturally shocked. After all, criminal or civil cases that do not involve any aspects are purely caused by the cinema shutdown and the pressure is too great.
It can be said that the shutdown of theaters this time has burned the efforts of others for ten years, because many industries have resumed work, and relevant practitioners in the screening industry have to change careers. After all, others have to eat and survive. In the current environment, it is difficult to resume work in a short period of time. Even if they resume work, those important backbones before have almost gone.
After all, the heads of high-rise districts of theaters all receive dividends, and their salary is only a small part of it. But the question is, will there be dividends in this environment this year?
Not every theater has a big business, and you can still pay money if you don’t go to work like Wu Mingxuan. It’s just that you get less than usual, which can ensure the staff skeleton of the theater to the greatest extent and will not be too impacted by the epidemic. Other theaters and the parent companies behind it really do not have such strong financial resources.
Wu Mingxuan must attend the memorial service. Huang Wei is very familiar with him. He is really good at being a good person. He is really not a bad person. He even dug him before, which is a pity.
However, when I met Boss Wang at the memorial service, I accidentally saw some of his crazy ideas. Wu Mingxuan was really surprised. Unexpectedly, this old bastard is also a real ruthless person. He actually had such crazy ideas. It is indeed a good way to survive by breaking his tail.