● Although smart TVs have increased the range of options for watching programs, there are many problems that have been criticized in the use process. From on-off advertisements to membership nesting doll-style charges, from inconvenient use, unfriendly to the elderly to after-sales services that cannot really solve the problem, a series of "routines" of smart TVs need to be improved urgently

　　● The situation of paid viewing of Internet Protocol Television is very common, and some consumers are also willing to pay for watching their favorite TV programs. However, on issues such as how many dramas members can watch and the cost of membership opening, merchants should make clear prompts before purchasing, so that consumers can choose the corresponding service according to their own needs when purchasing, otherwise it is suspected of infringing consumers’ right to know

　　In order to solve the problems in the use of smart TVs, we should play the role of the market, advocate businesses and advertising business entities to pursue profits while assuming social responsibility, actively carry out internal compliance management system construction, consciously reduce or even eliminate some unreasonable and illegal phenomenon　　

　　"Why is it so troublesome to watch TV!"

　　Zhang Bingcheng, who lives in Langfang, Hebei province, complained from the moment he turned on his son’s new year gift – an oversized LCD smart TV – during the lunar new year holiday.

　　"It’s mandatory to watch advertisements when you turn it on, and you can’t skip it. The various icons on the homepage make people don’t know how to operate. It’s hard to click on a TV series, and you have to open a membership to watch the whole episode. In addition to the members of the TV itself, there are also various App members. If you want to watch satellite TV programs, you have to buy a set-top box to open a digital channel. Why is it so laborious to watch TV on a TV?"

　　In recent years, from cable to digital to the Internet, TV technology has developed rapidly. Today’s smart TVs have greatly increased the range of options for watching programs after being connected to the Internet. However, a recent investigation by a reporter from the "Rule of Law Daily" found that there are many problems that have been criticized in the use of smart TVs. From on-off advertisements to membership nesting fees, from inconvenient use, unfriendly to the elderly to after-sales services that cannot really solve the problem, a series of "routines" of smart TVs need to be improved urgently.

　　Boot and cut screen advertisements continue

　　If you want to watch the show, the matryoshka will be charged.

　　"Every time you turn on the TV, you have to watch an advertisement, and when you turn it off, you have to watch it again. Sometimes you have to watch an advertisement for a program on demand. I originally wanted to watch TV, but I was’hit head-on ‘by a long commercial advertisement." Ding Lei, of Wuxi, Jiangsu, told reporters that his smart TV would have a 30-second boot advertisement every time it was turned on, and every time he switched channels, similar advertisements such as "Watching TV members, limited time × × yuan a year" would automatically pop up, which made him very disgusted.

　　According to the "2021 Smart TV Switch Advertising Research Report" released by People’s Daily Online Finance and Economics Research Institute, more than 89.9% of respondents said that the smart TV in their homes contains switch-on advertisements, 86.09% of manufacturers do not set a "one-click cancel or close button" for switch-on advertisements, and 72.73% of respondents said "can’t bear it for a second".

　　It is worth noting that in 2020, the China Electronic Video Industry Association established the group standard "Smart TV Boot Advertising Service Specifications", which stipulates that "the total duration of boot advertising should not exceed 30 seconds, and the recommended advertising duration of this specification should be within 15 seconds." The Advertising Law stipulates that the use of the Internet to publish and send advertisements shall not affect users’ normal use of the Internet. Advertisements published in the form of pop-ups on Internet pages should be clearly marked with a shutdown sign to ensure one-click shutdown.

　　Although there are regulations for a long time, the reporter found in the investigation that smart TV advertising violations are still very common. Many smart TV advertisements are not only longer than 30 seconds, but also do not provide a shutdown sign in a prominent position, or even skip or close signs at all.

　　In addition to the advertising issue, many respondents said that the charging rules of smart TVs are a headache, "after spending money to buy a TV, you have to pay for it layer by layer".

　　Liang Jing, from Suzhou, Anhui Province, said in an interview that she now regrets buying a smart TV.

　　"At that time, the promotion was 4K ultra-high definition image quality and high fidelity sound system. Owning it was equivalent to having a home theater, and only when you bought it did you find that you need a member to watch almost everything." In the opening member interface displayed by Liang Jing, the reporter saw that the membership package that comes with the smart TV is 288 yuan per year, while the package season costs 148 yuan. The TV membership does not include other column members. If you want to watch the children’s channel, you need to open a children’s channel membership, which is 9.9 yuan for the first month of a continuous monthly subscription. The learning channel needs to open an annual card of 298 yuan. Variety, education, sports, and major program types want to watch.

　　The reporter calculated and found that if all the members of the smart TV itself are opened, the annual cost will exceed 1,000 yuan. In addition, if you want to watch programs on the TV through the online video platform, many content must be opened as a member of the online video platform to watch normally, and the member can only use it on the TV side, and it is not interoperable with the mobile phone side. For example, a platform gold member can use it on the three major platforms of mobile phones, tablets and computers. The annual card is 258 yuan, while the diamond member only has one more TV side. The annual card is 448 yuan, which is nearly double the price.

　　"Just like matryoshka dolls, there are small members in the big members, and there are special members when you buy small members. The rules for setting fees are to guide you to choose consecutive monthly subscriptions or direct annual subscriptions, otherwise it is not cost-effective. What’s more annoying is that once I opened a children’s channel for my child for one month, the operator automatically renewed the fee for the next month, and did not remind me in advance." Liang Jing complained.

　　On February 1, the reporter went to Binjiang Road Commercial Street, Heping District, Tianjin and consulted the sales staff of a number of smart TV stores as a consumer. The reporter noticed that the sales staff rarely mentioned the above topics if they did not take the initiative to ask whether there are boot advertisements, whether they need to open a membership to watch the program normally, and whether they charge and what the charging standard is.

　　Chen Yinjiang, deputy secretary-general of the Consumer Rights Protection Law Research Association of the China Law Society, believes that the current situation of paid viewing of smart TVs and Internet Protocol Television is very common, and some consumers are also willing to pay for watching their favorite TV programs. However, on issues such as how many dramas members can watch and the cost of membership opening, merchants should make clear prompts before purchasing, so that consumers can choose the corresponding service according to their own needs when purchasing, otherwise it is suspected of infringing consumers’ right to know. At the same time, various impractical programs that require members’ settings and payment settings with obvious "calculation" behavior may be suspected of forced consumption.

　　Many options are cumbersome to operate

　　Very unfriendly to the elderly

　　Returning to his hometown for the Chinese New Year this year, Wang Xu from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, found that he couldn’t use his grandfather’s TV anymore.

　　"There are only three remote controls, one for Internet Protocol Television, one for cable TV, and one for a cable TV set-top box. I tried to switch from Internet Protocol Television to cable TV for a long time without success. Watching TV itself is for leisure, how did it become so troublesome to operate?" Wang Xu lamented.

　　Wang Xu said that unlike the previous cable TV, which can be watched when turned on, smart TVs and Internet Protocol Television operate like mobile phones. There are various options on the screen, and if you want to watch CCTV Satellite TV, you need to switch the receiving channel. "Now although there are more programs that can be watched after the TV is connected to the Internet, the’threshold ‘for watching TV is getting higher and higher. If you want to turn on the TV to watch the channel you want, it is like crossing a barrier. You have to click on countless options."

　　After interviewing many people in Beijing, Tianjin, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places, the reporter found that the vast majority of people who watch TV every day are the elderly, and for the middle-aged and elderly groups, the operation of smart TVs is obviously too complicated. Wang Xu’s grandfather calls his grandson for help every time he turns on the TV, while the neighbors are the children at home who adjust the TV to their parents every morning before going to work.

　　There are still many inconveniences. During the investigation, the reporter found that Internet Protocol Television has problems such as picture cards, picture deformation, and equipment use. Li Ping from Xinxiang, Henan told the reporter that if you open cable TV members to watch CCTV satellite TV directly through Internet Protocol Television, it will occupy home broadband, and sometimes there will be card phenomena when watching programs.

　　When consumers report to the customer service, some customer service staff do not ask or really solve the problem. The cable TV set-top box of Beijing citizen Li Fei’s smart TV is faulty. To switch channels, you must place the remote control within one or two meters of the set-top box and press it to respond. Changing the set-top box did not solve the problem. The maintenance staff said it was the problem of the system itself. The two sides communicated and pulled for several days, and the maintenance staff refused to repair it.

　　Multi-party collaborative comprehensive governance

　　Improve user TV viewing

　　The reporter retrieved relevant information and found that the problems existing in smart TV and Internet Protocol Television, especially the advertising chaos, have existed since the popularity of digital TV, and have been attracting attention for many years. Why haven’t these problems been effectively solved?

　　Du Leqi, chairperson of the Economic Law Research Association of Jiangsu Law Society and associate professor of Jiangsu University Law School, believes that this is the result of a combination of factors.

　　He introduced that the first is the mismatch between advertising laws and regulations and new types of advertising. With the rapid development of the Internet and digital economy, the advertising industry has also developed rapidly. Today’s advertising methods are more diverse, spread more widely, carry more content, and change more rapidly, which has exacerbated the proliferation of advertising. The embedding of digital or online platforms not only enriches the forms of advertising, but also enhances the concealment of advertising, making it more difficult to use relevant laws and regulations to identify advertisements. Second, there are deficiencies in government regulatory policies and efforts. In the process of law enforcement, government regulators have failed to truly crack down and strengthen supervision. In addition, the technical level of regulatory departments cannot match the market development momentum, and cannot prevent or detect problems in a timely manner.

　　"There is a lack of supervision in advertising industry organizations, social supervision organizations and individual consumers. The self-discipline review mechanism of the advertising industry in our country has not been able to form a complete and multi-level self-discipline system. There is no full-time self-discipline organization in our country, and the self-discipline function of member associations has not yet been perfected. The realization of advertising self-discipline function is mainly undertaken by advertising operators and advertising publishers, but driven by interests, it is difficult for individual enterprises as advertising operators and advertising publishers to be fair and law-abiding. Consumers play a small role in the specific supervision process due to lack of sufficient incentives and weak ability." Du Leqi said.

　　Experts interviewed by reporters believe that to solve the problems of smart TV, Internet Protocol Television advertising, high fees, and cumbersome operations, multi-party collaborative governance is required.

　　In the view of Zhu Xiaojuan, associate professor of China University of Political Science and Law, director and deputy secretary-general of the Commercial Law Research Association of the China Law Society, we should give play to the role of the market, advocate businesses and advertising business entities to pursue profits while assuming social responsibility, actively carry out internal compliance governance system construction, and consciously reduce or even eliminate some unreasonable and illegal phenomena. The Interim Measures for the Management of Internet Advertising and other relevant laws and regulations need to strengthen the targeted adjustment of illegal acts.

　　"In terms of legal responsibility, administrative responsibility is the main one and the amount of punishment is too low to play a deterrent role. The amount of fines should be increased. At the same time, it is appropriate to increase the provisions of civil liability to give full play to the role of legal responsibility. In addition, the lack of administrative management system based on geographical jurisdiction and pre-event supervision power, coupled with the use of technology, affect the effectiveness of administrative supervision. Information sharing and administrative cooperation mechanisms should be established to save the cost of transferring jurisdiction. We should also strengthen pre-trial spot checks and supervision to force relevant entities to standardize behavior. At the same time, we should strengthen the application of technology to actively detect advertising violations and investigate and deal with them in a timely manner. We should also give play to the self-discipline and leading role of industry associations, urge industry associations to formulate industry norms, strengthen industry self-discipline, and promote the healthy development of the industry." Zhu Xiaojuan

　　In the opinion of Tang Wei, a lawyer at Beijing Yinghe Law Firm, for the elderly, the complex membership system is not conducive to their understanding, and smart TV merchants should clearly prompt and guide. For example, issues such as mobile phones, tablets and TVs cannot be used universally are often prone to disputes, and they should clearly indicate the scope and channels of viewing after purchasing such members when charging to avoid disputes.

　　With the consensus that "most TVs are now watched by the elderly", many respondents hope to make smart TVs and Internet Protocol Television senior-friendly. Some people suggest that some positive TV dramas suitable for the elderly should be watched for free. Others believe that radio and television, the three major operators can make their IPTV set-top boxes into TV applications like other apps, and put them in the TV application mall. Users who need them can directly download and install them, which can "control" everything with one remote control like before.

　　Zheng Ning, director of the Law Department of the School of Cultural Industry Management, Communication University of China, believes that with the arrival of the aging society, there are more and more elderly audiences, and it is necessary to carry out the senior-friendly transformation of smart TVs, which is not only the need to implement the elderly rights protection law, but also can reduce the digital divide.

　　"Operators can consider broadcasting some movies and TV dramas that contribute to the construction of a good family style and a clean culture, and the government can also use subsidies, grants, tax exemptions and other means to encourage the broadcast of such films, so as to spread the core socialist values," Zheng Ning said.

　　IMAX Corporation and IMAX China Holding Inc. and Wanda Film’s joint stock company today announced the signing of the largest IMAX-ever agreement to build 150 new IMAX cinemas in 002739.SZ. Under the agreement, the cinemas will be built and distributed across China over a six-year period starting next year, with 110 to be installed by the end of 2020.

　　The deal builds on a long-standing partnership dating back to 2007, when Wanda Cinemas, the cinema arm of Dalian Wanda Group, opened its first IMAX cinema in Dongguan. As Asia’s largest cinema chain, Wanda Cinemas currently operates more than 160 IMAX theaters.

　　Today’s agreement is expected to increase the number of Wanda’s IMAX cinemas by more than 70 per cent to 360, with the majority set to open over the next three years and all signed cinemas scheduled to open by 2022. The agreement will increase the number of cinemas under contract in IMAX China by nearly 60 per cent. The agreement is on top of a contract signed by the two companies in 2013, under which Wanda will build 120 new IMAX cinemas by 2020. Wanda now expects the projects under the previous agreement to be installed by the end of 2016, four years earlier than originally expected. Nearly half of the new IMAX cinemas in Wanda’s cinema chain will be equipped with IMAX’s latest laser projection technology from the end of 2018. The main provisions of the new agreement are highly similar to those of the 2013 agreement.

　　Richard Gelfond, chief executive of IMAX, said: "This is a landmark development in the history of IMAX and a key point in our business growth strategy. In particular, based on our long-term observation, contracted theaters translate directly into theater installations, resulting in higher box office and ultimately increased company revenue. This agreement not only strengthens our leadership position in China, the world’s fastest growing film market, but also reinforces IMAX’s partnership with one of its most important business partners, Wanda Cinemas, and speaks volumes about the value Wanda brings to the IMAX business. Wanda’s significant commitment in the agreement fully demonstrates that our decade-long partnership has far exceeded the original single-theater sales agreement. Wanda and IMAX are now operating under a more sustainable revenue sharing model, providing new opportunities for the release and box office distribution of key Chinese-language films.

　　Since 2013, IMAX and Wanda have collaborated on a number of high-profile Chinese-language films, including "Tai Chi Man," "Get Out! Mr. Tumor" and "Finding the Dragon," which set a box office record for an IMAX Chinese-language film released last year.

　　"The strategic importance of our partnership with IMAX cannot be overemphasized," said Zeng Maojun, president of Wanda Cinemas. "This partnership has been critical to the rapid growth of Wanda’s cinema business and our record of being the leader in the Chinese box office market for seven consecutive years. And our business model will create differentiated film experiences. Combining Wanda’s first-class cinema environment with IMAX’s advanced film technology, we are able to provide the most immersive and powerful film entertainment experience anywhere in China. We look forward to working with IMAX in this successful model to accelerate the rapid expansion of China’s film industry in the coming years, bringing more blockbusters to Chinese audiences.

　　Mr. Zeng singled out the partnership between IMAX and Wanda for playing an important role in the June release of Hollywood blockbuster Warcraft, which was produced and distributed by Wanda Group’s legendary film studio and quickly broke box office records as well as sparking a cultural boom. Warcraft broke IMAX China’s first-day box office record with 35 million yuan ($5.30 million) after its release, and also set IMAX’s zero-point show and pre-sale records in China.

　　With today’s deal, IMAX has signed 284 theaters so far this year, including 229 in China, surpassing IMAX’s previous global record of 277 theaters in a year. The Chinese market accounts for about one-third of IMAX’s global box office revenue.

　　As of June 30, 2016, IMAX had 335 theaters in China, up from 250 in the same period in 2015. Despite the significant growth of the theater network and its presence in more than 100 different cities in China, IMAX’s single-screen average box office has remained steadily between $120 and $1.30 million over the past four years.

　　Earlier this year, IMAX announced four Chinese-language blockbuster summer collaborations, including Wanda Cinemas’ "Kuaishou Gunslinger," Anle Pictures’ "Chow Yun-fa’s" Chills 2, "kung fu superstar Jackie Chan’s fourth IMAX film," Jedi Escape, "and the 3D adventure blockbuster" Tomb Robbing Notes, "directed by Li Rengang and directed by LeTV Pictures and Shanghai Film Group. IMAX also plans to collaborate with" The Great Wall, "starring Matt Damon and directed by Zhang Yimou. In addition, the company is also exploring other potential collaborations, including" Journey to the West 2. "

　　"China is a rapidly growing market and Chinese moviegoers are increasingly demanding film technology and cinematic experience," said Zhang Yimou. "As a filmmaker, I want to do my best to provide the best experience for my fans and look forward to presenting my new work’The Great Wall ‘in IMAX format on IMAX’s growing cinema network."

　　IMAX plans to increase the number of Chinese-language film collaborations in China, with 8-10 Chinese-language films expected to be screened in 2016, including "Three Dozens of White Bones" and "Kung Fu Panda 3" released earlier this year. IMAX’s list of Hollywood blockbusters in China this year also includes "Bourne 5", "Star Trek 3: Beyond the Stars", "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Doctor Strange". In addition, IMAX China and the Chinese Cultural Industry Fund announced the establishment of a film production fund to jointly invest in 15 Chinese-language films over the next three years.

　　In addition to Wanda Cinemas, Wanda Group also owns the AMC Cinema Line, which is IMAX’s first commercial cinema partner in North America and the largest IMAX cinema chain in the world. AMC is also currently the largest IMAX cinema chain in North America, with 185 existing and committed IMAX theaters.

　　Zhang Jun, Sina Technology

　　"When I left Meizu for a while, I saw some products, especially when I saw other people holding these products, and I was deeply hesitant. I vowed to change," Huang Zhang, who returned to Meizu, told Yang Zhe, Meizu’s senior vice president. "If a product does not have Buddha nature, I will never allow it to appear."

　　"Change" is the key word for Huang Zhang’s return in 2014 and 2017. The difference is that Meizu in 2014 faced a change from small and beautiful to popular, while Meizu now encounters a change from too popular to return to its original intention.

　　After Meizu announced the strategy of introducing capital and expanding its product line in 2014, it quickly increased the sales volume from 4.40 million units to 20 million units in 2015, but the crazy expansion also brought the side effect of huge losses of over 1 billion yuan. In 2016, Meizu launched 14 consecutive products, but the annual sales increased by only 2 million units year-on-year.

　　In February 2017, Huang Zhang, who was regarded as the soul of Meizu, came out again, and his prescription was to create a dream machine: Meizu 15/15 Plus.

　　The "only one" brand concept put forward by Meizu recently is similar to the original beauty of wabi-****, and it is still the usual Buddha-like yellow seal style. However, the yellow chapter who came out of the mountain for the second time is no longer the pure paranoid product maniac. The dual-brand strategy of Meizu and Meizu not only gives itself the opportunity to try high-end and return to its original intention, but also leaves a basic sales trump card as a way back.

　　Meizu ushered in the 15th anniversary of its establishment this year, and Huang Zhang’s dream machine will also be officially unveiled in the spring. Can Meizu usher in a new life under the leadership of Huang Zhang in 2018?

　　Crisis resurfaces

　　Similar to 2014, when Huang Zhang announced his return in 2017, Meizu was facing an existential crisis.

　　In 2014, Xiaomi, which was established only 4 years ago, topped the Chinese smartphone market with 61.12 million sales in the Internet mobile phone model. Also in this year, Xiaomi completed a new round of financing of 1.10 billion US dollars, with a valuation of 45 billion US dollars.

　　At that time, Meizu, which had been established for more than 10 years, was still a family-owned enterprise, and the sales of smartphones remained at the level of millions for many years. At the same time, under the fierce external competition, Meizu also experienced crises such as the exodus of executives and the turnover of employees.

　　In February 2014, after Bai Yongxiang, Li Nan, Yang Yan and other executives showdown the crisis facing Meizu, Huang Zhang, who had always believed that he could solve everything by doing a good job in products, finally "realized it". In his internal speech on the day of return, he declared that he would lead Meizu to create an era of more rapid development. "We will make appropriate financing, the main purpose is to implement the employee stock option system, followed by allowing the marketing department to have more resources to increase marketing activities, and to introduce more talents."

　　However, shortly after his return, Huang Zhang once again faded out of day-to-day management, and the change plan he set out empowered executives to implement it.

　　In the following July 2014, February 2015 and October 2016, Meizu conducted multiple rounds of financing, including Alibaba, Tianyin Holdings, etc. In terms of product rhythm, Meizu also changed the style of a mobile phone in the previous year. In 2014, it released 7 products and established a new Meizu sub-brand. The overall sales volume reached 4.40 million units that year; in 2015, it released 6 products and launched a PRO series targeting high-end people. Sales jumped to more than 20 million units that year, an increase of 350% year-on-year.

　　However, in 2014 and 2015 consecutive aggressive expansion strategy also brought the sequelae, 2015 Meizu net loss of more than 1 billion yuan, the company’s total debt of nearly 8.90 billion yuan, total net assets – 1.60 billion yuan; 2016 Meizu released 14 consecutive products, but the annual sales only increased 2 million to 22 million units, did not complete the target of 25 million units, while the first half of the net loss of 300 million yuan, the company’s total debt nearly 2.70 billion.

　　In early 2016, Huang Zhang made a rare appearance at Meizu’s annual meeting and put forward the goal of "stabilizing growth, generating profits, and advancing to the IPO". Meizu then launched a 5% layoff plan. These measures also began to bear fruit, and Meizu achieved a turnaround in 2016.

　　In February 2017, in the context of the Meizu crisis still not fully reversed and the 15th anniversary of its establishment in 2018, Huang Zhang announced on Weibo that he would re-emerge from the mountain to create the dream machine in his heart – Meizu 15/15 Plus.

　　Reinventing Meizu

　　Unlike the return in 2014, Huang Zhang no longer became a hands-off shopkeeper after setting a grand strategy, but personally reformed Meizu in terms of organizational structure, products, and channels.

　　One month after the handover, Meizu increased the number of layoffs from 5% to 10%.

　　Three months after the return, Meizu underwent a major organizational restructuring. Huang Zhang served as the chairperson and CEO of Meizu and established three new business divisions – Meizu Business Division, Meizu Business Division, and Flyme Business Division. The intention of this adjustment is obvious. Huang Zhang personally manages the Meizu business division, and soon poached Yang Zhe, who has successfully built Huawei’s high-end brand perception, as senior vice president and general staff, responsible for the marketing of the Meizu brand, intending to make the Meizu brand in the high-end product line. The Meizu brand is in charge of Li Nan. Li Nan quoted Huang Zhang in an interview with the media as saying that Meizu is his own dream, but Meizu also has to bear a quantity requirement.

　　In December 2017, Huang Zhang adjusted Meizu’s structure again, establishing a new overseas business department, an e-commerce business department, and an accessories business department. He promoted CFO Qi Weimin to senior vice president of the company, on an equal footing with President Bai Yongxiang, with the intention of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure to ensure profits. At the same time, he further expanded overseas markets and expanded sales.

　　In terms of channels, Bai Yongxiang previously revealed in an interview with Sina Technology that one of Huang Zhang’s big decisions after returning to the company’s daily work in 2017 was that Meizu would gradually establish a national provincial model. "For the Meizu brand, in order to better display our products, better serve users, and better provide various environments, we will create a relatively closed offline sales system under the framework of provincial generation."

　　Li Nan also told Sina Technology that although the two brands Meizu and Meizu need to be cut in the long run, they still need to cooperate with each other in products and channels in the short term. He revealed that in terms of products, Huang Zhang will personally control the product definition and design of Meizu and Meizu, and the products of the two brands will have a certain distinction. In terms of channels, Meizu will upgrade the existing channels of more than 2,000 specialty stores together with Meizu and accessories departments.

　　At the same time, not only is the Meizu brand going high-end, but the Meizu brand will also increase its price.

　　At the Meizu brand communication meeting on January 15, Huang Zhang’s personal belief rose to corporate belief. Yang Zhe officially announced the Meizu brand concept after Huang Zhang’s decision: the only one is to return to the original intention and let Meizu return to Meizu. Yang Zhe said that the Meizu brand is more focused on the high-end market, facing business, government and enterprise, high-end and elite people, to create a different brand perception. He also revealed that Huang Zhang’s dream machine will be officially released this spring.

　　As for the Meilan brand, Li Nan told Sina Technology that under Huang Zhang’s personal control, Meilan’s products will be more aggressive next year. Meilan’s highest matching hopes to hit 2,499 yuan in the future, "but how high it should be has not yet been determined, and it is currently being discussed with Huang Zhang."

　　Can it be reborn?

　　Nearly a year after Huang Zhang’s return, the adjustment to Meizu has begun to bear fruit. However, Meizu’s 2017 under Huang Zhang’s leadership was not entirely smooth, such as the annual flagship Pro7 suffered a sales storm and the trend that Meizu Meizu missed the full screen.

　　The Meizu PRO7 was released five months after Huang Zhang’s return. Its main feature was the use of a dual-screen design. In terms of processors, although Meizu had reached a settlement with Qualcomm as early as the end of 2016, the product was equipped with MediaTek’s Xili P25 and Xili X30 processors, priced at 2880 yuan and 3580 yuan at the same time.

　　In the craze of full-screen popularity in 2017, Meizu was one of the few mainstream manufacturers that did not follow up. Although the design of the picture screen is also very innovative, the market space of PRO7 is extremely limited in the context of Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, Huawei and other mainstream manufacturers launching full-screen flagships. At the same time, MediaTek processors have also attracted doubts, and Li Nan has to admit that in flagship products or high-priced products, MediaTek’s reputation has indeed encountered huge challenges. As of now, the official price of the Meizu PRO7 standard version has dropped to 1999 yuan, a decrease of nearly 1,000 yuan.

　　For Huang Zhang’s dream machine Meizu 15/15 Plus this year, Yang Zhe revealed at the recent Meizu brand communication meeting that every detail of this product is controlled by Huang Zhang from start to finish, and 90% of the parts are customized. For example, in order to look comfortable, the screen size is customized. "In today’s situation where the screen is in short supply, customization is required, and there is no semicolon. In the age of industrialization, customizing a product, if it sells well, it will sell well. If it doesn’t sell well, it will be smashed in the hand."

　　Although Yang Zhe and Li Nan both expressed confidence in Huang Zhang’s personal products, in the current environment of such rapid changes and intense competition in the smartphone industry, it is undoubtedly risky to place all your hopes on a certain person or product.

　　In addition, Meizu in 2018 will also usher in a key node for its IPO.

　　In August 2014, Bai Yongxiang revealed in an interview with Sina Technology that Meizu has developed a plan to list within 5 years. In August 2017, Meizu entered the list of listed reserve enterprises in Zhuhai High-tech Zone, and planned to be listed on the growth enterprises market.

　　The growth enterprises market sets two quantitative performance indicators for the issuer to choose: the first indicator requires the issuer to make continuous profits in the last two years, and the net profit accumulated in the last two years is not less than 10 million yuan, and continues to grow; the second indicator requires the last year of profit, and the net profit is not less than 5 million yuan, the last year of operating income is not less than 50 million yuan, and the growth rate of operating income in the last two years is not less than 30%.

　　Meizu achieved a turnaround in 2016, but did not announce the specific profit scale; in 2017, sales exceeded 20 billion, an increase from last year, and the official said it maintained a stable profit, but did not announce specific profits.

　　Meizu also said that it will achieve double-digit growth rate in 2018, which is still under certain pressure in the context of the overall decline of China’s smartphone market and more intense competition. The effect of the two structural adjustments led by Huang Zhang in 2017 in terms of increasing revenue and cutting costs, entering the high-end and expanding overseas markets remains to be seen.

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"Back from the Dead."

From the second half of 2022 to the first half of this year, Cyrus suffered a serious sales decline, and the ensuing market doubts were also frequent.

In the face of difficulties, Zhang Xinghai chose to rise to the challenge – on the one hand, Sailis Automobile and Huawei formed a closer cooperation, and jointly established the "AITO Inquiry and Sales Service Joint Working Group", responsible for the end-to-end closed-loop management of marketing, sales, delivery, service and other businesses. On September 22, Sailis CARE Care Service Strategy was officially released, opening the era of Smart Service 3.0, and will be committed to building a full-link smart service system that runs through pre-sales, delivery and after-sales.

On the other hand, it is also more important. By continuously enriching the product matrix, Zhang Xinghai hopes to rebuild the confidence of the outside world in the increasingly fierce market competition.

On September 12, AITO asked the new M7 was listed, and in the following 64 days created a record of 90,000 vehicles in Dading. According to Zhang Xinghai, in December this year, asked the M9 will also be listed.

In order to ensure delivery, Sailis Automotive Smart Factory is making every effort to accelerate production capacity improvement. The entire supply chain has added 1 billion yuan and 20,000 more manpower. At present, AITO’s new M7 is being produced in batches, efficiently and steadily, and delivery has also been opened in many cities across the country.

Under a series of measures, the sales of Cyrus cars have finally turned around: in October 2023, the AITO series delivered 12,700 new cars, including 10,547 new cars for the new M7, and the monthly delivery of a single model exceeded 10,000, setting a record high.

This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. Yu Chengdong, executive director of Huawei, CEO of End Point BG, and chairperson of Smart Car Solutions BU, even wrote a late-night post: "It’s not easy to come back to life!"

Zhang Xinghai said, "In the past year, Cyrus Automobile has achieved a breakthrough in the new energy vehicle business from 0 to 1. In the future, we strive to achieve accelerated development from 1 to N."

Three principles define the development code

In 1986, Zhang Xinghai founded Chongqing Baxian Phoenix Electric Spring Factory and began to cut into the field of automotive parts such as automobile shock absorbers. Since then, he has been deeply involved in the automotive industry for 37 years.

"From independent entrepreneurship to joint venture vehicle manufacturing, and then to cross-border business cooperation, we have always focused on physical manufacturing companies, constantly seeking survival, change, and upgrading." Zhang Xinghai said.

In the process, he summed up the "three insistences" – "adhere to innovation-driven, adhere to long-term, adhere to commercial success", and use them as the development principles of Cyrus Automotive.

More specifically, "adhering to innovation-driven" means to provide users with the ultimate product experience through technological innovation, product innovation and business model innovation, so as to promote the development of enterprises; "adhering to long-term doctrine" means to always focus on the physical manufacturing industry, with the blessing of core technologies, to further promote the quality-focused strategy, to provide users with the ultimate service throughout the life cycle of the car; "adhering to business success" means to first enable users to succeed, serve users wholeheartedly, and meet users’ yearning for a better car life. At the same time, actively build an all-connected car ecosystem, form a closed-loop business, drive the success of all ecological parties, and share the fruits of development.

The cooperation with Huawei reflects these three principles. The smart selection model jointly created by both parties has also brought a new idea to the development of China’s new energy automobile industry.

In 2021, Sailis and Huawei jointly launched an intelligent range extension/pure electric platform based on DriveONE, and in April of the same year, the two parties signed a new energy vehicle cooperation agreement. Under the smart selection mode, Huawei will deeply participate in product definition, styling design, marketing, user experience and other links, and work with car companies to build complete vehicles.

In Zhang Xinghai’s opinion, Sailis Automobile is Huawei’s most stable, most reliable and deepest partner, responsible for the research and development of new cars, intelligent manufacturing, service and creating a pleasant car experience throughout the life cycle; Huawei is an important integrator of software products in the Sailis automotive industry chain, empowered by core software and hardware technologies such as electrification and intelligent parts, and the advantages of both parties are complementary and win-win.

This in-depth cooperation has also given Cyrus more confidence to face competition head-on. At present, with the strong support of national policies, Chinese auto brands are achieving industrial lane change and overtaking through new energy transformation. However, the global new energy vehicle market landscape is far from certain. Some multinational car companies have awakened and begun to transform, and the competition in the global new energy vehicle market is becoming more intense.

"The new energy vehicle track is a marathon, with heavy assets and long-term investment. Finally, it must be a competition of technological innovation system and intelligent landing." Zhang Xinghai said.

It is worth mentioning that Sailis Automobile has invested more than 20 billion yuan in the field of new energy vehicles, of which the AITO project has invested more than 12 billion yuan. In June this year, AITO’s 100,000 car was officially rolled off the production line in Liangjiang New Area, becoming the fastest new energy vehicle brand to achieve this result.

He said that in the next step, Cyrus Automobile will continue to strengthen cooperation with important integrators of software-related products in the industrial chain, such as Huawei, and continue to deepen "software-defined vehicles" to help build an automotive powerhouse.

　　"Your AI data manager, help you do business together!" Recently, the Ele.me retail merchant SAAS platform "Aoxiang" officially released the "AI business assistant" function for merchants in the retail industry. Through this new business tool, merchants can intelligently generate various business key reports and key data, further enhance business capabilities and seize business opportunities.

　　This business management tool driven by artificial intelligence technology integrates advanced natural language processing, intelligent decision support and deep learning capabilities, which can provide businesses with a full range of business services including weekly report push, index change attribution, competition for business alignment, and market trend selection.

　　AI technology solves business pain points

　　"Hello, I am your AI business assistant, welcome to our platform. I will provide you with weekly report analysis, intelligent interpretation and market opportunity suggestions to make your business decisions more informed." On Monday morning, Mr. Xu, the retailer of Ele.me warehouse store, opened the new version of the Aoxiang APP and found that a new business tool was launched in the upper right corner. After clicking the "View Business Weekly Report" button, the business status of his store in the past week was clear at a glance.

　　The reporter found that the intelligent weekly report generated by the "AI business assistant" not only includes core indicators such as the valid order amount of the store, the number of valid orders, and the estimated gross profit of the store, but also includes intelligent interpretation and overall business suggestions provided by artificial intelligence based on the business operation. For example, through the operation change indicators, the "AI business assistant" will judge which indicators may be abnormal according to the historical data of the merchant. The merchant can see the data fluctuations about the net sales volume of the store, the number of goods on the shelves, the original price of the delivery fee, and the platform bears the delivery fee. Further check the reasons for the fluctuation of the data, and adjust the business strategy accordingly.

　　In addition to its own business diagnosis, the "AI business assistant" can also help merchants further analyze the surrounding business opportunities in the business district where the store is located, as well as the overall market opportunities.

　　According to the introduction, through the "AI operation assistant", merchants can query the corresponding business district according to the specific store, find the surrounding TOP stores, and compare the monthly sales of goods in the shelf rate, out-of-stock return rate, product low price rate, performance timely rate, and manual reply timely rate. These analyses can provide store managers with operational optimization suggestions and the fastest way to grow orders.

　　In addition, the "AI management assistant" can also mine the most promising products in the business circle where the store is located, and provide merchants with product opportunity analysis and product selection suggestions. At the same time, the AI will also provide operators with corresponding sales strategies based on the data.

　　The first batch of application merchants: AI is really fragrant

　　The reporter learned that, as an all-channel service SAAS platform for Ele.me retail merchants, Aoxiang has been the first in the industry to launch AI business tools after researching operators of different sizes, different industries, and different entry times. On the basis of the large model, the "AI business assistant" can disassemble the key data of store operations, and combine natural language to provide merchants with logical and clear data indicators and easy-to-understand business suggestions in a conversational mode.

　　The first batch of merchants to use "AI business assistants" also expressed "AI really fragrant" in the face of convenient new functions.

　　"The weekly report is really practical, and there is no need to summarize the data one by one for the weekly store review." Welcome Supermarket operates dozens of stores, and the person in charge of its operation said that the "AI management assistant" can quickly locate the problem through the index change, directly saving itself the time to locate the store problem. In addition, the indicators of the surrounding competition analysis are also selected accurately, which is the core focus of its daily operation.

　　Beiku Convenience said that although the number of stores it operates is not large, it feels that "weekly reports and data changes are very helpful" after using the AI business assistant, which allows merchants to quickly extract effective indicators from complex indicators and summarize them. The presentation of data and suggestions is also very intuitive.

　　"In the process of daily serving retail merchants, especially small and medium-sized merchants, we feel that merchants have obvious pain points in starting their business, obtaining industry data and analyzing business reports. Now through artificial intelligence data acquisition and analysis, merchants can effectively solve these pain points." Wang Xiaojie, head of Ele.me "AI business assistant", said that this new function is currently open to all Aoxiang merchants. Merchants can use the latest version of the Aoxiang APP. In the future, "AI business assistant" will also be gradually opened to all merchants in the retail industry in the form of tools to help merchants see their own business data.

1905 movie network feature Have you ever wondered what kind of spark you will have when you become a director and encounter the golden supporting role of the movie "Frog"?

This May 1st, they collaborated on a movie.

For audiences familiar with Tian Qiwen’s comedy performances in Stephen Chow’s films, it is hard to imagine that he would participate in the creation of such a drama as a producer.

"I made my debut in a drama," Tian Qiwen explained to the 1905 film network. "When I was young, Director Mai and I worked together once. He was the assistant director, and I was the producer.

As one of the most revealing filmmakers in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, facing our camera, we once again revealed various creations and the stories behind them –

Talking about the creation of "Procuratorial Fengyun", "It turns out that there are not so many trial dramas, and there will be more suspense";

Talking about the emotional drama of "Prosecutor Fengyun", "the adjustment is only after the actors are appointed";

Tan, "I am the first person to beat Wu Jing in a movie, there is an agreement, but it will be three years later";

Talking about Zhou Xingchi, "When he is 65 years old, he will return to the big screen to direct and act."

01.

At the beginning of the movie "Prosecutors", a "school loan incident" was directly staged, and the camera directly showed the dark side of the girl being controlled by black-hearted loans.

The criminal, on the other hand, tidied up his clothes as if nothing had happened, and said flirtatiously, "It’s just a little girl’s entanglement."

It can be seen that the opening scale of the movie is not small.

And this is the first question that Tian Qiwen and director Mai Zhaohui threw to the other party when they got the script, "How big can the scale be?"

In their opinion, there are many fields and spaces worth exploring in the story of this theme, but if a lot of content cannot be talked about, then the story will be boring and the audience will not be satisfied. "After confirming these contents, we will continue to study how to create a good script."

As China’s first prosecution film from the perspective of prosecutors in the new era, "Prosecutorial Wind and Cloud" is not easy to film, even if it is endorsed by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate of China and supported by real events.

Unlike in the works of the public security police, the confrontation between you and me, this group of people is an important hub for connecting the front lines of the public security and court decisions.

Therefore, the script creation of "Procuratorial Fengyun" has been adjusted for a long time, "The previous script was more about the suspense part, and the investigation part was more prominent." But when it was about to start, Tian Qiwen suddenly found that such a creation was contrary to the theme of the prosecutor, "This is not a public security theme, and there cannot be too much content to investigate the case."

To this end, Tian Qiwen and Mai Zhaohui readjusted the script, expanding the original plan to shoot only one day of scenes, "After the adjustment, we shot for ten days." This adjustment is not a simple addition to the scene. The creative process must first follow the mainland court system to ensure that these contents can be seen.

"Fortunately, we finally did it." For Tian Qiwen, the creation of "Prosecutor Feng Yun" was extremely stressful, but it was precisely this pressure that brought him and Mai Zhaohui a lot of creativity.

02.

The first time he filmed in mainland China, Tian Qiwen was initially troubled by the cast. "My request is whether the actors are committed enough."

When the actor was confirmed, the script was still a complete male drama at first, "We just want to adjust the content and give full play to her role, not a simple cameo."

Tian Qiwen and the creative team were torn between Bai Baihe and Bai Baihe, "It must be watchable, so I kept adjusting the script."

Ultimately, the relationship between the two is not just a confrontation in court, but also a hidden emotional line.

"We have torn this relationship for a long time. After all, we are filming prosecutors, not their love." As the creator, Tian Qiwen is also very clear-headed.

Every actor in "Prosecutor Feng Yun" let Tian Qiwen see "investment".

He had collaborated with comedians before, and at the beginning, he still had scruples, "I felt a little awkward at first, and I always felt that he was a little out of place in the comedy." But when the camera turned on, "I don’t know him anymore, especially when he is so fierce in the film, I was scared when I sat in front of the monitor."

Tian Qiwen even "broke the news". In fact, at the beginning of the preparations for "Prosecutor Feng Yun", neither he nor director Mak Zhaohui considered Hong Kong actors. But he never expected that one day when he was on the crew, the styling teacher found Tian Qiwen and asked him to try on clothes, "I ordered the actor, why didn’t I know I was going to play the library director?"

At that time, the staff "pushed the blame" to the director, but no one thought the director could explain it clearly. A Rashomon-style casting selection actually led to the actor’s first original sound appearance on the mainland big screen. "In my previous movies with Zhou Xingchi, everyone saw the credit of the voice actor. After this performance, it made me very confident."

03.

When it comes to Tian Qiwen’s performance, all audiences can’t help but think of his comedy performance in Stephen Chow’s movie.

"In fact, when I debuted, I was filming a drama. Later, after we followed Stephen Chow, we did a lot of comedy, so we somehow felt that we had a sense of humor." As a golden supporting actor in Stephen Chow’s movie, Tian Qiwen felt that he had left the most breakthrough performance to Wu Jing.

It was Wu Jing’s first directorial debut, "He asked me to play the villain, and I want to play a martial arts film with him."

In that movie, the two had a lot of fights, "Wu Jing told me that only I could hit him on the big screen."

After many years, Wu Jing has become a director and actor with great box office appeal. "I still have a show appointment with him, but he has too many invitations now. We will cooperate after three years."

This kind of fate is always hard to describe, especially between him and Zhou Xingchi.

Tian Qiwen once said that he has worked with many filmmakers, and Zhou Xingchi is the one who has worked with him for the longest time. "In fact, I left Xinghui (Zhou Xingchi Company) for some other projects that I wanted to do, but then I went back to his" Mermaid "and" Journey to the West "series. Now it’s to see if he needs me, and we communicate every year."

As Zhou Xingchi’s senior partner, Tian Qiwen revealed in advance that Zhou Xingchi may "leave the mountain" to become an actor again at the age of 65.

Not only did the audience have expectations for the actor Zhou Xingchi, "He also wants to act, but he wants to play a different type for the audience, and his last one has already changed." If at that time, without Zhou Xingchi calling, Tian Qiwen admitted that all the partners who have worked together will gather again, "There are still 4 years, we have to plan carefully."

As for the current Tian Qiwen, he and his partner Mai Zhaohui will create more other projects first. In addition to "Prosecutor Feng Yun", another movie has been filmed and is waiting to be released.

"We worked together more than 20 years ago, and then we started a company together, but we didn’t care about it. He went to shoot’Infernal Affairs’ with me, and I went to develop with Zhou Xingchi, and now I just come back again."

The two filmmakers can now say that they meet at the peak, looking for a different creation in the best state. "We still have a lot of plans, and we will try different directions and markets."

1905 movie network feature The sixth day of Cannes is still a busy day for the Chinese-language media. At 10:30 am French time on May 19, the Chinese-language film that premiered in Cannes yesterday held a press conference at the Film Palace. When talking about his role, Hu Ge said emotionally that the role needs a desperate point. Regarding Hu Ge’s decision to play a gangster, director Diao Yinan even used Zhang Guorong as an analogy, saying that he is an idol, but it does not hinder the cooperation with the author and director.

In the main competition, two more films premiered in turn. The French film "Portrait of a Burning Woman" andTerrence MalickThe new film premiered successively in the Lumiere Hall of the Film Palace.

Hu Ge lamented the shooting experience: firmly established that this road must go on

"The Wild Goose Lake," which finished its premiere, scored a 2.8 on Screen, one of the Cannes film festival’s editions. Mr. Diao also appeared alongside his stars, Hu Ge, Gui Lunmei, Liao Fan and Wan Qian, and two producers, Li Li and Shen Qian, at this morning’s press conference, which has also become a gathering of Chinese media at Cannes. Speaking about his casting choices, Mr. Diao said he was not acting from a realistic perspective, but from a temperament perspective, so by casting Hu Ge as a gangster, he entered the role.

For the choice of Hu Ge, Diao Yinan even used the analogy of Leslie Cheung, Alan Delong, and others, indicating that he is both an idol and a serious author of a movie.

Hu Ge, Diao Yinan and Gui Lunmei

Hu Ge also expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to star in a film. At the press conference, he once again emphasized that this was his first film, and because of his cooperation with the director Diao Yinan, he also firmly determined that this path must be followed. Starring in a film for the first time, he admitted that he had always been anxious and uneasy in the crew. In the end, he realized that this anxiety had become the link between himself and the character.

Gui Lunmei, who has played a lot of opposite scenes with Hu Ge, also shared her feelings. She mentioned that she also didn’t know how to deal with the character, so she also felt uneasy and uncertain to experience the character’s complex mood twists.

"Burning Woman" burst into loud applause after the screening, and Malik’s monotonous and straightforward theme

In the two main competition films that premiered today, "Portrait of a Burning Woman" is set in the 18th century and tells the story of two women on an island. Although the story is simple, the director’s presentation skills are varied, and multiple shots are delivered to a shocking effect. But the film’s slightly slow pace, coupled with the setting of the era, also made many Chinese journalists feel monotonous.

"Portrait of a Burning Woman"Poster

Terrence Malik went on to make "The Hidden Life," a World War II-themed film, but the two are only similar in theme and completely different in story and production. The film does not focus directly on the war, but instead tells the life and death of a civilian couple. The hero, the Austrian soldier Franz Jagstedt, is sentenced to death for refusing to fight for Germany because of his opposition to the Nazis, and the wife is left to raise her children alone in the countryside.

The pastoral scenery in the film is picturesque, as if reproducing the scenes in Malik’s classic works, and the unique visual images created by the shooting methods of large and wide-angle, looking up, and close-up characters are also his consistent image style in recent years.

"The Hidden Life" recreates the rural work landscape

In contrast to other films that have been criticized for having only exquisite images and broken and messy narratives, this time the story is clearer and more plot-oriented. The main story is narrated through cross-cutting, focusing on the humiliation and humiliation suffered by the husband and wife. On the one hand, Franz was tortured by Nazi officers in prison, and on the other hand, his wife and children were rejected by the villagers in the village, but they still lived tenaciously.

The narration of the husband and wife’s letters and the scenes of their lives together create this undercurrent of tragedy. Although the appeal is not as grand, it is permeated with a sincere humanitarian spirit, and it also conveys love and faith, kindness and justice. However, there is still the old problem of Malik’s creation in recent years: monotonous emotions are constantly repeated, and the main theme is too straightforward.

　　The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the longest and largest man-made canal in the world, and it is also one of the oldest canals. Together with the Great Wall and the karez, it is known as the three great projects of ancient China. It is a great project created by the working people of ancient China and is one of the symbols of Chinese cultural status.

　　About the Author

　　Jia Chuanjun, a native of Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province, born in April 1963, is a member of the Communist Party of China. He was conscripted into the army in September 1981. In March 1985, he participated in the self-defense counterattack of Laoshan against Vietnam with the 138th Division of the 67th Army of the Jinan Military Region and won a third-class merit. Now he is a member of the International Professional Photographers Association, a member of the China Photographers Copyright Association, a member of the Xuzhou Photographers Association of Jiangsu Province, a member of the Pizhou Photographers Association, a number of media contracted photographers, and a photography tutor at the University for the Elderly. The author loves the canal, dedicates the canal, takes the lock as his home, and serves the boat people after returning to work in the local

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　　The canal flows through the Emperor Gaozu of Han Liu Bang, Chu Bawang Xiang Yu, Wu doctor Wu Zixu, Huaiyin Hou Han Xin and other historical celebrities, there are many historical sites and places of interest; the entire basin simple folk customs, people’s character bold, affectionate and righteous, honest and trustworthy, open!

　　The navigation mark on the canal, which indicates the direction for the safe navigation of ships on the canal.

　　The world-famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal-Middle Canal crosses the territory of Xuzhou City. Its source starts from Taierzhuang in Shandong Province in the north, Huai’an City in Jiangsu Province in the south, and the whole journey is 186 kilometers long. It enters Pizhou City in the southeast of Taierzhuang, and crosses the southeast in the northwest. It passes through Tanshang, Fukou, and Canal Town to Suqian near Yaowan Town. Xuzhou City is 56.1 kilometers long, and there are tributaries such as Taogou River, Xisheng River, Bulao River, Diversion Road, Chenghe River, Guanhu River, Liubao River, and Fangting River along the coast.

　　The navigation mark on the canal, which indicates the direction for the safe navigation of ships on the canal.

　　The canal guards supervise the safety of ships sailing on the canal and enforce the law in a civilized manner to ensure safety and smooth flow.

　　Law enforcement officers of local maritime administration track and escort passing ships in bad weather. Ensure the navigation of ships and the safety of people’s lives and property, never forget the original intention, serve the people, and ensure that the lock machinery maintains a good operating condition.

　　The long dragons on the canal have made tremendous contributions to the country’s economic development.

　　The crew lives on board, and they are also the bearers of the intangible cultural heritage of the Grand Canal.

　　The construction ships on the canal, the Liushan pumping station in Xuzhou for the South-to-North Water Diversion, the construction of the waterway, the ferry… are the bridges that connect the families on both sides of the canal!

　　The ancient town of Yaowan next to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal-Middle Canal was built in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. It is known as the description of "looking at the sea in the east, looking at Pengcheng in the west, overlooking Huai Si in the south, and looking at Tai Dai in the north" and the reputation of "Golden Waterway Golden Triangle", "Northern Jiangsu waters win the Jiangnan" and "Little Shanghai". It is one of the main docks of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. During the heyday of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, water transportation and maritime transportation were the key points for choking the north-south waterway. Most of the agricultural and sideline products in a radius of hundreds of miles were concentrated in Yaowan for shipment and long-distance transportation; cotton silk, matches, kerosene, food cigarettes and other daily necessities transported from the south to the

　　The power plant was built along the canal, contributing to the rapid economic growth on both sides of the canal.

　　The farmers living on the canal bank are versatile, and the labor scenes painted by themselves are vivid and vivid. The rice watered with canal water is particularly good, with white quality and fragrant taste.

　　The people living on both sides of the canal are particularly fortunate!

　　(Source/Canal Network)

　　Lost "life saving money".

　　A few days ago, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange announced that the strategic investment agreement signed with Newton Group was terminated. original transaction and relatedThe amendments failed to achieve further development.

　　Said that, as at the date of this announcement, no further progress has been made on the proposed transaction and the amendment of its terms. The Company confirms that the proposed transaction and will no longer proceed. As the Share Subscription is no longer taking place, the Subscriber is under no obligation under Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code to make an unconditional mandatory general offer in respect of all issued Shares which it and persons acting in concert with it have not yet owned or agreed to acquire.

　　ShanghaiNewspaper reporters recently interviewed and learned that Hengda, which once built high-profile cross-border cars, has been mired in crisis.

　　Hengchi Automobile Tianjin Factory Production Line

500 million dollar "lifesaving money" is gone

　　On August 14, 2023, Hengda Automobile announced that it received the first US $500 million strategic investment from NWTN.US, a listed company held by the UAE sovereign fund, and another RMB 600 million transition funds will arrive in the account five working days after the announcement. The proposed transaction between the two parties is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2023. After the completion of the transaction, the shareholding ratio of Newton Group to Hengda Automobile will account for 27.5% of the total number of issued ordinary shares after the expansion.

　　At that time, the market believed that the Newton investment would be a "life-saving money" for Evergrande. Evergrande had announced that the company planned to use all the war investment funds for Evergrande’s Tianjin plant to ensure the normal production of Hengchi 5 and the successive mass production of Hengchi 6 and Hengchi 7. Newton Group will also assist Evergrande in exploring overseas markets and achieve the annual export of 30,000 – 50,000 Hengchi cars to the Middle East market. However, the deal comes with 19 prerequisites, includingWorkout takes effect, no major adverse impact events, etc.

　　On January 1, 2024, Hengda Automobile announced that the Newton Group’s share purchase agreement and the company’s debt-for-equity subscription agreement for Hengda Automobile had expired on December 31, 2023. The deadline for these two agreements is December 31, 2023, and the parties to the agreement have not agreed to extend them.

　　Evergrande Motor said that the parties to the Newtown Group share purchase agreement and the debt-for-equity swap subscription agreement, as well as certain stakeholders, have been and will continue to negotiate on amending certain key terms of the proposed transaction and the debt-for-equity swap. The company will make monthly announcements until the exact intention to proceed with the proposed transaction and the debt-for-equity swap is announced or the decision not to proceed with the proposed transaction and the debt-for-equity swap is made.

　　Hengchi Automobile Tianjin Factory Production Line

Evergrande Automobile’s performance has exploded, and its business has stagnated

　　The latest financial report shows that Hengda Automobile listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2023 annual revenue of RMB 1.34 billion yuan, net loss of RMB 11.995 billion yuan, a year-on-year reduction of 56.64%. As of December 31, 2023, Hengda Automobile has delivered more than 1389 vehicles.

　　In 2019, Hengda’s Hengchi Automobile brand was born, and it also participated in the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show with a high profile. It launched 9 pure electric models in one go, and its booth area exceeded that of the same international first-tier car companies. At that time, Liu Yongzhuo, president of Hengchi Automobile, said that in the fourth quarter of 2021, Hengchi Automobile will start full trial production, and large-scale delivery will be carried out in 2022. However, it was not until April 2022 that three Hengchi 5 cars were actually unveiled. Six months later, Hengchi 5 was finally delivered. However, Hengchi Automobile soon fell into quality doubts. Since then, due to insufficient funds, Hengchi Automobile’s Tianjin factory has suspended production of Hengchi 5.

　　However, the betThe car track is still trying to help its Hengda car, which is also listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, out of trouble after falling into a liquidity crisis. At the end of May 2023, TianjinLeaders led a team to carry out research services at Hengchi Automobile’s Tianjin factory. Hengchi Automobile introduced that Hengchi’s Tianjin factory has now fully resumed production. Liu Yongzhuo said that the company will make every effort to speed up the production and delivery of Hengchi 5, and continue to promote the development and production of subsequent models to make the company bigger and stronger.

　　A Hengchi Automobile employee told reporters that in mid-2023, the company also made some efforts, such as imitating other automobile companies to hold Hengchi Chongqing Chengdu car owners’ mountaintop camping activities, which were mainly targeted atOTA online upgrade with optimized management system and charging logic.

　　But the good times did not last long. Hengda Automobile announced on January 8 that Liu Yongzhuo, the executive director of the company, has been detained according to law for suspected illegal crimes. In addition, Hengda Hengchi Automobile (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. recently added three pieces of information about the person being executed, with a total target of 98 million yuan.

　　The reporter learned that since March 1, employees of Hengchi Automobile Tianjin have been unable to enter the office building with facial recognition, and the facial recognition machine shows that "the person is not registered". The person in charge of media relations of Hengchi Automobile also told reporters that he usually does not go to the company, does not connect with the media, and no one hands over the job. "Now there are no people in the brand department of Hengchi."

　　"Evergrande’s car manufacturing industry is currently in deep crisis." Zhang Junyi, a managing partner of Oliver Wyman Consulting, told reporters that on the one hand, assets such as Hengchi Automobile’s Tianjin factory have been mortgaged many times, making it difficult to find a successor. On the other hand, with a fierce price war, the domestic new energy automobile industry has entered a stage of overcapacity. The assets of Wenzhou and Huanggang, the two production bases of Weimar Automobile, which had gone bankrupt and reorganized, have not been taken care of.

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Xing Aowei takes off.

Gao Hu’s Flying Swallow Action

　　Zhejiang Satellite TV’s large-scale charity star diving reality show "China Star Jump", since last week’s transfer to the semi-finals of the master’s tricks, the overall difficulty of the players’ jumping has improved, and the difficulty of the movements has erupted collectively. Especially in Gao Hu and Killer, two "high-platform kings" jumped out of the amazing professional-level movements. Killer took out the difficult movement of 611A handstand and somersaulted forward for half a week in the first jump, and then challenged the highest difficulty 202A of the 10-meter platform since the launch of the diving program, while Gao Hu 302C’s perfect jump of reflexively somersaulted and hugged her knees for one week, which was praised by Olympic champion Li Na, a substitute judge, as "the height that professional athletes can only reach after practicing for one year". This week’s second semi-final is still full of experts, especially Xing Aowei, the Olympic gymnastics champion of cross-border diving, who created a dazzling 720-degree somersault and a 180-degree twist against the sky in the preliminary round. The semi-final will continue to carry forward the spirit of innovation and threatened to "jump the diving action of the next Olympic Games" if he advanced to the final.

　　Killer, Xing Aowei and Gao Hu, who are also non-professional divers, have turned from inexperienced diving novices to almost professional ones. Their respective advantages of "being in harmony with the right time and the right people" are prominent, which is an important weight for their successful breakthrough and the secret behind their successful counterattack.

　　Location: Gao Hu grew up facing the sea, and his childhood "plunge" warmed up and dived.

　　Gao Hu is the "king of the platform" among the contestants. He not only won the 10m platform at the fastest speed in training, but also was the first person in the competition. In addition to the courage and boldness of "being too high to be happy", Gao Hu showed an amazing and perfect swallow in the preliminary round, and the difficulty of the action was also upgraded all the way. Especially in the last semi-final, Gao Hu 302C made a perfect jump by doing a reverse somersault and holding her knees for a week. Even Olympic champion judge Li Na praised this as "the height that professional players can only reach after practicing for one year". He also relied on this difficult and perfect jump to sit firmly on the spot and advance directly to the final without any suspense.

　　The reason why Gao Hu achieved such amazing diving attainments in a short time can be said to be due to the "geographical advantage" occupied since childhood. He is a native of Qingdao, and the urban environment surrounded by the sea on three sides gives Gao Hu a unique advantage before diving. According to Gao Hu himself, "I grew up facing the sea, and I have a deep plot about water. My whole family likes swimming very much, so I have been moving freely in the water since I was three or four years old". According to Gao Hu’s recollection, there are many hills and rocks in his hometown near Qingdao. When he was a child, he was bold. He often avoided his parents’ attention with his friends and jumped from the rocks to the water for excitement. Although the equipment was rudimentary and there was no technical content, his childhood experience was similar to that of today’s diving, especially because he learned Gao Hu’s boldness. It is no wonder that he was able to walk calmly on the 10-meter platform on the first day of training. He once said that "I am not afraid of heights at all and like to challenge the limits." Gao Hu, who has excellent water quality, also revealed that he had passed the diving certificate when he traveled to Palau.

　　In addition, Gao Hu is also a sportsman. He likes to play volleyball since he was a child. He is the leader of the school volleyball team. He has participated in many municipal competitions with the team, and volleyball has also trained Gao Hu’s good arm strength.

　　Timing: Killer was born with good gene dance skills and was born with boldness.

　　Killer has been called "Zhang Dadan" since she entered the competition. In the preliminary competition, she was the first woman on the 10m platform, which was as famous as Gao Hu. In the semi-finals, she was even more powerful, with two consecutive jumps. The first jump of 611A turned upside down for half a week, becoming the first woman to use platform handstand, while the second jump of 202A turned backwards for a week, which was the highest difficulty since the diving program was launched.

　　The reason why Killer dives so well can be said that she won at the starting line because of her favorable weather and natural genes. Killer’s mother is a dance teacher, and her innate motor genes, coupled with the super-high physical flexibility of practicing dance since childhood, give her obvious advantages in diving. In addition, Killer, who is bold by nature, also said that he was particularly love the water and liked swimming since childhood. This boldness surprised everyone when Killer walked into the diving hall for the first time, and immediately won the 10m platform, giving the competitors a modest "duel". In a daily training, the diving hall was suddenly cut off due to an accident, and it was suddenly plunged into darkness. At that time, the staff and players present, especially the girls, screamed with fear and scrambled to climb ashore from the water. At that time, Killer, who was on the shore, jumped into the water and swam in the dark diving hall, exclaiming that "such an opportunity is too rare, swimming in the dark is very exciting", which attracted Gao Hu present to be outdone and jumped into the water.

　　People and Peace: Coach Xing Aowei and the judges all found that small gymnastics and diving are connected.

　　As the Olympic champion of gymnastics, Xing Aowei still can’t hide the champion’s potential in cross-border diving. In addition to his amazing jump in the preliminary round, he let the audience see the high platform handstand for the first time, and even created a dazzling "anti-heaven" action in the second jump: 720-degree somersault and 180-degree turn, which caused a full house of applause. This action is even more created by Xing Aowei. In the semi-finals, he said that he would continue to carry forward the spirit of innovation, and he confidently threatened to "jump the diving action of the next Olympic Games" if he could advance to the final.

　　Xing Aowei has the highest starting line among all the players. As a gymnast of the national gymnastics team and an Olympic gold medal champion, he stood out among all the players from the first day of training. The national diving team and the gymnastics team are veritable neighbors. They used to practice in the same training hall. Therefore, many national diving team members and Xing Aowei have been good friends since childhood, including Li Na, the world diving champion who is the coach in this competition. Therefore, Xing Aowei has no pressure and a sense of formality in the training process. Although gymnastics and diving are two completely different sports, they have a lot in common, especially turning and tumbling, which is why Li Xiaopeng of Prince of gymnastics was specially invited to the jury, and Li Xiaopeng’s position was to comment on diving from a semi-professional perspective. Xing Aowei and Li Xiaopeng are both Olympic champions. Since Li Xiaopeng can be a judge, it can be seen that Xing Aowei’s starting line is high, and their teammates, especially good brothers, let him score in the judges’ scoring.

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