Imax box offices set a new record over the Chinese New Year period starting on Feb 5, grossing 217 million yuan ($32.3 million) across its 599 theaters in China.
Imax Corporation and Imax China said in a news release on Feb 11 that the results were driven by the
strong performances of three local-language films – The Wandering Earth, Crazy Alien and Peg
asus. The sales figures marked Imax China’s best Chinese New Year performance ever, up 40 percent year-on-year.
The Wandering Earth, China’s first big-budget sci-fi film, led the pack by grossing more than
185 million yuan in Imax theaters to become the highest grossing local-language film in Imax hi
story, surpassing Mojin: The Lost Legend. Imax screenings accounted for more than 9 percent of the film’s gross ov
erall takings. The film also set new Imax records for the biggest opening week, surpassing Avengers: Infinity War, as
well as the biggest single day and best three-day performance for a local-language title.
“We are very pleased with these record-breaking Chinese New Year results, which are particularly significant when com
pared to 2018’s record performance that was up 80 percent over the previous year,” said Imax CEO Richard L. Gelfond.
of major Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. Smaller cities and even townships are capturing the fastest growth, findings from both payment providers showed.
According to Alipay, the quickest expansion rate in per capita overseas spending was logged in
Zhoushan, a port city in East China’s Zhejiang province, which surged 55 percent year-on-year. It wa
s followed by 50 percent in Weifang, Shandong province, and 44 percent in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province.
In contrast, the growth rate in relatively affluent Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou r
eached 27 percent, 30 percent and 24 percent respectively, although they accounted for the greatest outbound spending by volume.
These trends “really highlight how mobile payment is taking root in China’s outbound t
ourism market”, said Chen Jiayi, Alipay’s head of business operation on cross-border business.
WeChat also saw a notable surge in the use of mobile payment in lower-tier cities, with over 40 percent transactions ma
de by residents who work in bigger cities but returned to hometowns for the weeklong annual gathering.
According to Taiwanese media reports, Zhong Liti recently exposed the beautiful scenery of Samui Island in Thailand, but the con
tent of the text has caused controversy. She said that she took her father and mother-in-law to Sumei Island for 11 d
ays of detoxification treatment, during which she only drank oil, and many toxins were discharged from her body, w
hich made her feel relaxed and comfortable. She also said that diabetes, hypertension, cirrhosis and other diseases could be discharged through this cour
se, hoping that more people would come to Sumei Island to detoxify. Enthusiastic solicitation reminds netiz
ens of Yi Nengjing, who recently shared spiritual lessons and was bombarded by cults and pyramids.
Zhong Liti and her parents-in-law had a bottle of oil. They only drank oil for 11 days. It’s really incr
edible to call directly, “I hope more friends can come to Sumei Island to detoxify and work together to mak
e their health healthier and healthier.” Some netizens asked, “How is it so like Ying Nengjing’s deceived mind cou
rse”, “Is there any scientific basis? If you don’t have the best, don’t recommend it casually. Others jumped out and said they were in the de
toxification camp. “It’s actually a little useful,” and Po came out to take photos with Zhong Liti.
It is reported that Miranda Kerr, a famous model, used coconut oil to lose weight after c
hildbirth. She added coconut oil to salads, cooking and even green tea. At least 4 tablespoons of coc
onut oil a day, which claimed to be able to maintain her figure and beauty, aroused many doubts.
Internal response to job cuts. Recently, the media is starting a round of layoffs, the proportion of layoffs reached 25% – more than 3,000 drops of staff to leave!
Information Map Xinhua News Agency
It is reported that the product technology, network car appointment team for th
e layoffs of the “big head”. “In addition, departments that did not make much progress in business last year, as well
as functional departments that were not strongly bound to business, were also more dangerous.”
On January 4, more news emerged that the Shanghai team was disbanded, and e
mployees were merged into Hangzhou and Beijing, and then dismissed. At the sam
e time, it was announced that Xiaoju garment would launch the “double headquarters” strategy of Beijing and H
angzhou, in order to enhance the synergy efficiency between different regions of Xiaoju garment.
As for layoffs, another person familiar with the matter sai
d that the last-place elimination system was basically adopted in this roun
d of layoffs. “Employees with year-end performance appraisal ratings of C and D will then be interviewed by HR to
persuade them to withdraw.” In previous years, only employees rated D were eliminated.
Insiders have responded that major structural changes have been made r
ecently to meet the goals of safety experience and efficiency, and the talent sys
tem has been restructured. Some employees will be involved in “live water” job transfers, which is a nor