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Chapter 493 Notification of New Screenshots

On October 8, Beijing experienced its first strong wind and temperature drop since the beginning of autumn.

The ginkgo leaves in the villa area of ​​the capital city were blown away by the wind and spread a golden carpet on the ground. The property management's cleaners started sweeping from early morning, and as soon as they finished, another layer fell.

Fu Yibai stood in front of the window of his second-floor study, holding a coffee in his hand, watching several workers outside reinforcing the sunshades in the garden.

My phone vibrated in my pocket.

Fu Yibai took out his phone and glanced at the screen; it was Wang Peng.

"Feed".

"Mr. Fu, I've sent you the progress report on the preparation of 'The Wandering Earth' to your email."

Wang Peng's voice was mixed with the background sound of typing on a keyboard.

"The main structure of the space station at China Film Digital Base is 70% complete, and motion capture equipment will be installed and tested next week."

Andy Lau's scenes are scheduled for the first two weeks after filming begins. His schedule is quite tight, and he must finish filming all his scenes before March next year.

Deng Chao and Yang Mi's physical training is still ongoing; the wire stunt team has arrived.

"Okay, I'll check."

After hanging up the phone, Fu Yibai placed his coffee cup on the windowsill, turned around, and sat down at his desk.

When Yang Rong pushed open the door, she was carrying a bowl of white fungus soup in one hand and a folder in the other.

She placed the white fungus soup on the desk and then pushed the folder over.

"Xinyu just delivered it; she said it was urgent."

"She ran away again? Just tell her to bring it up directly."

"It's Yan Yan. Yan Yan asked Xin Yu to buy some things."

So I helped her bring the documents up.

Yang Rong sat down in the chair next to the desk and looked down at her slightly protruding belly.

When will this go away?

"Didn't Director Zhou say it would take three to six months, depending on the individual?"

Fu Yibai opened the folder and flipped through two pages. It contained Xinghe Cinema's Q4 film schedule and new cinema site selection report, which required his signature for confirmation.

How are you feeling today?

"It's alright, it's just that I haven't lost the few pounds I gained during my postpartum period."

Yang Rong reached out and pinched her waist.

"Don't lose weight, you're fine as you are."

Fu Yibai said something without looking up, signed his name on the last page of the report, and closed the folder.

"I don't believe it."

Yang Rong stood up, walked behind him, and put her hands on his shoulders.

"Losing weight is fine, but please don't shrink this part too."

Fu Yibai rested his head against Yang Rong's two huge granaries and carefully felt them.

After becoming pregnant, the two granaries grew even larger, now bigger than pineapples, which made Fu Yibai very satisfied.

"His moral character has sunk to the bottom; it definitely needs to be reduced."

Yang Rong shoved Fu Yibai's head away in annoyance and turned to walk outside.

On October 15th, Fu Yibai came to the company to handle some work.

He sat there from nine in the morning until two in the afternoon, only eating a boxed lunch that Zhang Xinyu had packed from the cafeteria.

At 3:10, he finished signing the last document, leaned back in his chair, and rubbed his temples.

There was a knock on the office door.

"Enter."

Wu Zhen pushed the door open and came in, holding a tablet computer in his hand.

"Mr. Fu, the screening schedule for 'Crazy Racer' and 'The White Storm' has been finalized."

He placed the tablet in front of Fu Yibai; a table was displayed on the screen.

"Crazy Racer" is scheduled for release on January 5, and "The White Storm" is scheduled for release on December 21.

The two films are released two weeks apart, so they won't compete for screen time.

The competition for this year's Lunar New Year film season is fiercer than ever. Director Zhang's "The Flowers of War" is scheduled for December 15th, just one week after our "The White Storm."

Fu Yibai didn't have any objections to the scheduling.

With the domestic economic situation continuing to improve, the film market has also ushered in an unprecedented period of prosperity.

The Lunar New Year film season is enough to support three or four blockbusters competing on the same stage.

On November 5, New Pictures Film Co., Ltd. issued a written notice to major cinema chains across the country.

The notice contains two core points: First, during the release of "The Flowers of War", the revenue sharing ratio between the production company and the theaters will be adjusted from the current 43% to 45%.

Second, the minimum ticket price has been increased from 35 yuan to 40 yuan.

Xu Liang was discussing the film scheduling plan for next month in the conference room of Xinghe Cinema when this message suddenly popped up on his phone.

He handed his phone to his assistant, and a murmur immediately filled the conference room.

Xu Liang frowned and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

New Pictures' price increase is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire in the Lunar New Year film season.

The increase in both revenue sharing ratios and minimum ticket prices has put direct pressure on cinema chains.

He looked up at the regional managers present.

"Tell me your thoughts, everyone!"

The manager of the North China region spoke first.

"Mr. Xu, we can't make this move."

If Director Zhang raises his salary by two yuan today, will other directors follow suit tomorrow?

Our profit margins were already squeezed thin enough.

The manager of the South China region held a different opinion.

"The Flowers of War is a big production by Director Zhang, and its popularity speaks for itself."

If we stubbornly refuse to allocate screenings, or reduce the number of screenings, audiences will flock to other theaters, and the losses could be even greater.

The sound of debate filled the conference room.

Xu Liang looked at the arguing crowd and raised his hand to quiet them down.

"Okay, okay."

We at Galaxy Cinemas don't need to worry about this for now.

This year's Lunar New Year film season will have no shortage of movies showing.

Using the release of "The Flowers of War" to threaten us into adjusting revenue sharing is a terrible move.

It's better if he doesn't get released; we can use the freed-up screenings for "The White Storm" and "Crazy Racer".

We might even earn more that way.