Farewell Performance artist Yu Lan died of illness and recalled the eternal "Jiang Jie"

Special feature of 1905 film network "Jiang Jie"Yulan, go.On the evening of June 27th, I was in a movie.Yu Lan, a famous film performance artist who played "Jiang Jie", died in Beijing at the age of 99.



Yu Lan’s youngest son, Tian Zhuangzhuang, a famous film director, confirmed the news in a circle of friends. He wrote: "Mom is gone, and now your senses no longer work. Your heart is independent, naked, clear and in the present. You have never experienced it before, and everything you are experiencing now is the Buddha. Thanks to all those who care about my mother, I want to be alone for a few days. "



Wang Xiaotang, the original director of Bayi Factory and a film performance artist, deeply expressed his nostalgia and recollection of Lan by writing a mourning letter. Wang Xiaotang said: "Yu Lan is an outstanding son and daughter of the Chinese nation and a respected elder. Yu Lan is the’ most beautiful struggler’ and the pride of China film industry. Yu Lan is eternal! "


At the same time, China Film Group, Changying Group, Chen Shu, Cao Kefan, Zray, Ni Ping and other people in the literary and art circles also sent letters to mourn.


Yu Lan is one of the "22 movie stars in New China" and a witness to the development of new China movies. Although her film works are not many, her films are excellent, and she has created many dazzling heroic images on the screen.


In addition to performing, Yu Lan was appointed to set up the China Children’s Film Studio in her 60s. She was the first director of the Children’s Film Studio and ran in the front line of the development of children’s film in China.In 2009, she won the Golden Rooster Award for Lifetime Achievement in Chinese Film. When receiving the award, she said, "I have only done very little work for the cause of the party and the film industry."


Yu Lan is modest, and she will devote her whole life to China film art.. Now that Sisi has passed away, let’s review her film career, pay tribute to her performing arts and pay tribute to her pioneering work for children’s films in China!


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In 1938, the Japanese army occupied Beiping, and Yu Lan was 17 years old the year after the fall of North China.Her old friend’s mother changed her original name from "Yu Peiwen" to "Yu Lan", which means: I hope you will walk in.Wan LiUnder a cloudless blue sky

 

Yu Lan’s first blue sky is in Yan ‘an. In August of that year, she walked for two months from Zhaitang, the anti-Japanese base area in Pingxi, crossed many enemy areas and arrived in Yan ‘an with full revolutionary blood.


When she wanted to fill in the information form, she saw a line written on the left and right sides of the form: "Excellent sons and daughters of the Chinese nation" on one side and "Infinite loyalty to the revolution" on the other. Yu Lan recalled that her eyes suddenly became "hot".

 

After that, she studied in Yan ‘an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University and Women’s University, and became a glorious Communist party member. During the period, because she spoke Mandarin well, she was sent to participate in the drama performance with anti-Japanese theme, and then transferred to the experimental troupe of Lu Xun College of Arts and Literature as an actress.


Yu Lan’s experience of performing drama for the masses in the countryside during the "Luyi" period enlightened her literary and artistic thoughts. In 1949, at the age of 28, Yu Lan was in her prime, and she went to her second blue sky: becoming a movie actress.


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Yu Lan’s first screen work was that she played a female captain of the medical team who served the PLA wholeheartedly.This is not only the first time for Yu Lan to make a film, but also the first time for the director and screenwriter to make a film. She once recalled that her performance was still difficult and tense.



In the second film, Yu Lan played "Xiang Wuer", a family member of the Red Army who always cared about the revolution. This cooperation with director Junxiang Zhang finally made her feel like making a film.



Co-starring with Yu Shizhi is Yu Lan’s satisfactory work. She depicts a Beijing woman "Cheng Niangzi" who loves her husband and life.


At first, Yu Lan didn’t dare to take this play. On the one hand, it was a classic adaptation, and the pressure was great. On the other hand, she was not sure whether she could play this role well. "At that time, I was pregnant with Tian Zhuangzhuang and my legs were swollen."

 

Yu Shizhi encouraged Yu Lan to take her to the painting to experience life. Pregnant, she also went to Beijing Tianqiao to observe the working women in the street and learn their generous speech posture and action manner. Gradually, she had the confidence and confidence to play this film and role.


By the age of 33, Yu Lan had the courage to study acting again, and studied stanislavski’s performance system in the performance cadre training class of the Central Academy of Drama.After a year and a half of training, she realized that playing characters should have a sense of reality and life, and that performing arts should be used to influence the audience.


After that, Yu Lan and director Shuihua made films one after another, among which Revolutionary Family was the only collaboration between Yu Lan and her husband Tian Fang on the screen.

 

Yu Lan successfully created a strong red mother Zhou Lian in Revolutionary Family and won the Best Actress Award at Moscow International Film Festival. Premier Zhou also praised her performance, holding Yu Lan’s hand in a film conference and saying in front of everyone, "Yu Lan played a good mother!" "


 

Yu Lan’s acting peak is coming soon.

 

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"The will of Communist party member is steel", "I know the name of the superior, and I know the name of the subordinate, but I can never tell the enemy."Yu Lan’s lines firmly spoken in the movie "Eternal Life in Fire" are deeply impressed by the audience. Jiang Jie, the female martyr she interpreted, has become an indelible and glorious female image in the history of China movies.


Yu Lan has become synonymous with "Jiang Jie". When recalling this film, Yu Lan said: "I seem to be her after Jiang Jie left, and I am very embarrassed." "I hope everyone will forget me and only remember Jiang Jie."In fact, Yu Lan is not only the starring role of Immortality in Fire, but also the original screenwriter of the film.


At the end of 1961, Yu Lan was hospitalized, during which she read the novel Red Rock serialized in China Youth Daily and was deeply moved by Jiang Jie’s story.Soon after, Beijing Film Studio decided to adapt and shoot Red Rock. The directors Shuihua and Yu Lan cooperated together. They went to Beidaihe and Chongqing to interview, talked with the author of Red Rock, sorted out more than 300,000 words of notes, and wrote three scripts before and after.

 

Because there are many stories about characters, it has been difficult to sort out a narrative main line in the script, so they turned to playwright Xia Yan for help. There were only two Jiang Jie plays in the original script, and Xia Yan suggested that the protagonist should be changed to Jiang Jie, plus Xu Yunfeng in Red Rock.


Xia Yan took over the revision and handed over the script in four days. After the film started shooting, Xia Yan specifically told Yu Lan: "You should play Jiang Jie, not Liu Hulan or Zhao Yiman."

 

Yu Lan was confused at first, and then slowly grasped the complex characteristics of Jiang Jie: a gentle woman in the family and a strong soldier in prison. Finally, she performed this great female image with real and natural performance.


Yu Lan once said that after the film was released, she didn’t dare to watch it, because she felt that her appearance was not like Jiang Jie’s, and her ideological height was beyond her reach. Later, she dared to watch it when she was old, and after watching it, she thought it was ok.


She is still humble about the performance.Jiang Jie and Xu Yunfeng went to the execution ground together at the end of the film, and the heroic melody of The Internationale sounded. Behind them washigh mountainWith pine and cypress, this is Yu Lan’s most satisfying scene. She said that every time she watched it, she felt "excited and into the play".

 

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"Eternal Life in Fire" created a highlight. After starring in 1974, Yu Lan suddenly chose to bid farewell to the screen.During the work in the cadre school, Yu Lan fell from the roof and hurt her face, so she decided to leave acting and study directing, and directed her debut in 1978..


At the age of 60, Yu Lan went to her third blue sky: she devoted herself to the children’s film industry, built a Chinese children’s film studio from scratch, and worked until she was 80.Yu Lan recalled that when the Children’s Film Factory was first established, the conditions were simple, and it worked in a row of simple rooms in the North Film Factory. One day in 1983, when she went to work to pull the door handle, she was accidentally caught in the door and broke a section of her right ring finger.


When I arrived at the hospital, the doctor said that I had recovered for more than 20 days after connecting my severed finger. Shortly after the factory was established, Yu Lan threw away her broken knuckles because she thought it would affect her work. After sewing the wound, she returned to the factory and put it into work.


At the beginning of the establishment of the Children’s Film Factory, Yu Lan actively organized a creative team to shoot children’s films, and a series of works won many awards at domestic and foreign film festivals.

 

However, Yu Lan was dissatisfied, because the distribution and screening of children’s films in China was not good. She once said in an interview with the media at that time: "I am the head of children’s films, but I can’t send colorful children’s films to children. I am ashamed of 300 million children. The more I get to the festival, the more painful I am. However, the children’s film factory is small and weak, and it is difficult to meet the expectations. "


Yu Lan strives to improve the quantity, quality and influence of children’s films and provide spiritual food for children’s film art. She also runs for years:

 

Initiated the establishment of China Children’s and Teenagers’ Film Association, and founded the Children’s Film "Cow Award"; During his tenure as a member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, he submitted relevant proposals to promote the development of children’s films; Writing an article calling for "saving children’s movies"; The year before last, at the age of 97, she also attended Beijing International Children’s Film Week to discuss the future development of children’s films. ……

 

Yu Lan said: "Children are the future and hope of the motherland. Only by making more and better films that meet the characteristics of children can we satisfy children’s desire for knowledge and stimulate their rich imagination."


From the strangeness of first appearing on the screen to the natural blooming, Yu Lan broke through the single and conceptual performance program of the previous New China films, and her images of revolutionary fighters and working people were simple and sincere, reflecting the context of the times.

 

For performance, she always believes that only by really going deep into the people can I really write works that meet the needs of the people, and I can truly become an actor with both morality and art.


When I went to Yan ‘an, it was the revolution that prompted Lan to devote herself to art. From drama to film, from performance to children’s film, she also served the revolutionary ideal."Dedicated to the film.Love moviesShine on you is better than blue ". Yu Lan, we will always miss you!


(The content is compiled according to many interviews with Yu Lan in 2017-2019 movie channel)


Dark blue G318 debut! A new off-road choice for medium-sized SUV

On March 18th, the new model G318 of Deep Blue Auto was officially unveiled. The new car is positioned as a medium-sized SUV, with extended-range power system, air suspension, four-wheel drive system, electronic differential system and other equipment to compete with a group of "square box" hard-core SUVs.

Comment on Deep Blue G318 in a word:

Although it is a load-bearing body, it still has certain off-road ability. The brand-new power system and "smart magic carpet" suspension are worth looking forward to.

Advantages:

1. The departure angle of approach angle at 27 is 31, the maximum ground clearance is 240mm, and the maximum wading height is 650mm.

2. The torsional rigidity of the car body reaches 45,000 N m/deg.

3. The trunk has a volume of 818L, and there are 31 storage spaces in the car, and various body extension parts can be selected.

4. Extended-range electric driving force, with four-wheel drive system with rear drive as the mainstay, with a maximum output of 316kW.

5. Double wishbone+five-link suspension with air spring and CDC damper.

Insufficient:

1. There is still a gap between passability and some off-road vehicles with non-load-bearing bodies.

As a brand-new vehicle with a "hard-core technology" orientation, the design language of Deep Blue G318 is completely different from that of SL03 and S7, and the power, configuration and detail design are also targeted to cater to consumers who have both urban and outdoor needs. We can better understand this new car from the following highlights.

Highlight 1: Tough design and rich expandability

The appearance of G318 is particularly "hard" at first glance, with a large number of straight lines, strong front and rear bumpers, high-rise wheel arches, and scratch-resistant design for wheel arches and side skirts. The closed "armored face" front face shape is matched with the new C-shaped light group, which is simple but full of scientific sense.

In the rear part, the tailgate is designed to open to the right and equipped with electric suction function. In addition to the shape of the lamp group and the details of the nameplate, the square trailer hook of the original factory can also be installed, and the maximum towing mass is 1600kg.

The shooting car is also equipped with a roof rack with a spotlight, with a static load of 300kg and a dynamic load of 80kg. Full-size spare tire or "small schoolbag" storage box can be selected for tailgate, pedals are installed on the side of the car, and AT off-road tires or road tires can be selected for wheels. These legally optional original accessories are really good news for off-road players.

In terms of size, the dark blue G318 belongs to a medium-sized SUV. The body data of the shooting car is 5010mm/1985mm/1960mm (including spare tire and roof spotlights), and the length of the car when the storage box is installed at the rear is 4998 mm. Therefore, after removing the rear and roof fittings, the length of G318 is about 4.8~4.9m and the height is about 1.8m.

G318 approach angle has a 27 departure angle of 31, a longitudinal passing angle of 27.3, a maximum ground clearance of 240mm and a maximum wading height of 650mm. The height of the battery pack from the ground ranges from 278 to 348 mm (adjusted with the air suspension), and it is 318mm by default. Judging from the standards of the loaded body SUV, these indicators are really eye-catching.

Highlight 2: Excellent space practicality.

According to the feeling of static experience, G318 has done quite well in space utilization. After the front main driving position is adjusted, the head and leg space in the back row are close to two punches (height 176mm).

The rear seats are well supported, the cushion length is sufficient, and the floor is flat. The only drawback is that in order to take care of the flatness of the seat after folding, the back seat cushion is relatively straight and the thickness is average.

The storage space of the trunk of G318 is 818L, and the internal space is square, which is convenient for storage. The rear seat can be expanded to 1747L after being laid down, but the position of the rotating shaft is slightly raised after the rear seat is laid down, and the backrest also has a certain slope.

There is a 220V two-phase and three-phase power interface near the tailgate in the trunk, an air suspension control button on the left side that can reduce the convenience of taking things from the car body, and four circular anchor points that are convenient for self-expanding the fixed rope.

There are 31 storage spaces in the G318 car, and there are also some special designs for off-road scenes. The central armrest storage box is internally provided with air conditioning vents, and there is a large hollowing under the armrest platform. The upper layer is a 50W mobile phone wireless charging board and a cup holder with a cover, and the lower storage compartment is provided with three USB ports (two A ports and one C port) and a TF memory card slot.

The passenger glove box is large and regular, and there is a small hook on the left. When the four doors are opened, you can see the handlebars. The front row is located at the outermost position of the instrument panel, and the rear row is located at the inner side of the window edge of the B-pillar. The storage box under the car door has a considerable volume, and the left and right rear doors are respectively provided with USB power interfaces. The storage compartment inside the tailgate is very wide, and the middle is also limited.

Highlight 3: Extended range power and high-end chassis configuration

The torsional stiffness of G318′ s body reaches 45 000 N m/deg, and the data is bright, which helps to maintain good deformation resistance in complex terrain. This is also the emboldened spirit of Deep Blue who dares to shout "Who said that hard-core cross-country must have girders". However, it is undeniable that there is still a gap between G318 and some hard-core off-road vehicles with girders in terms of passability indicators.

G318 adopts the latest extended range power system of Deep Blue, with a 1.5T range extender, with a maximum power of 110kW. It is worth mentioning that this is a set of rear drive-based system. The rear motor power of the two-wheel drive version is 185kW, and the front motor of the four-wheel drive version is increased by 131kW, and the comprehensive power reaches 316kW. The whole system is equipped with 35.07kWh lithium iron phosphate battery.

The suspension configuration of G318 is really high-grade. It adopts the structure of front double wishbone and rear five-links. The front all-aluminum double wishbone is equipped with hydraulic bushing, and the air spring and CDC adjustable damping shock absorber are equipped to realize the adjustable height and hardness of the chassis.

Deep Blue Auto also said that in the future, G318 will upgrade the "smart magic carpet" function of real-time adjustment of suspension hardness by scanning the road information in front of the camera. In addition, according to the previously exposed test car video, the G318 can realize the function of "turning around in place" by locking the rear wheel.

Finally, the interior design is supplemented. The shooting car is not open for display because the car is not the final version, and the interior is not completely black. The material of the real car is acceptable, but the visual effect is really average. The official interior map released in the later period shows the optional green/gold stitching interior, with a luxurious style. In addition, the 14.6-inch central control panel shows some vehicle interfaces, such as vehicle off-road mode control.

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Hard-core off-road vehicles with girders are good, but real hard-core off-road enthusiasts are still a minority in the market. Improving the off-road capability of self-supporting body SUV, giving consideration to both urban use and outdoor use without sacrificing too much chassis comfort and NVH performance, may bring a new trend of "hard-core" SUV with the help of extended range/plug-in hybrid power.

Chuanfaw-Volkswagen’s top management changed blood, and the vice president of the group rarely airborne.

On July 11th, FAW Group officially announced that Bin Chen, former assistant to the president of Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd., general manager of Shenlong Automobile Co., Ltd. and secretary of the Party Committee, officially became the standing committee member and deputy general manager of the Party Committee of China FAW Group Co., Ltd..

Bin Chen, born in October 1976, became the youngest deputy general manager of FAW Group.Previously, Lei Ping, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and deputy general manager who was also transferred from Dongfeng Group to FAW Group, retired because he was over 60 years old.

Recently, we learned that FAW-Volkswagen, the most important joint venture under FAW Group, has undergone major adjustments.Bin Chen took over the post of general manager of FAW-Volkswagen as the vice president of the group, while Pan Zhanfu, the current general manager of FAW-Volkswagen, will retire early.

This is a high-standard appointment to directly manage a joint venture company as the vice president of the group.

At the moment when the joint venture brand share is compressed, FAW-Volkswagen has also been challenged by the market, and the sales pressure is huge. Faced with such a situation, taking over FAW-Volkswagen as the deputy general manager of the group shows that FAW Group attaches great importance to FAW-Volkswagen.

Bin Chen, who once played a role in turning the tide in Shenlong Automobile, led Shenlong Automobile to sell 50,000 vehicles a year to 100,000 vehicles a year in a year, which doubled its sales.This also gives Bin Chen a label that he is good at playing against the wind. This time, Gao Gao became the general manager of FAW-Volkswagen. Presumably, the group also hopes that he can lead FAW-Volkswagen to achieve contrarian growth as soon as possible and stabilize the situation.

In addition,Wu Yingkai will succeed Nie Qiang and be promoted to deputy general manager of FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co., Ltd. (business) and general manager of sales company.

Wu Yingkai was born in September, 1977. He used to be the director of the content marketing department of the user operation center of FAW-Volkswagen Sales Co., Ltd., and became the deputy general manager of FAW-Volkswagen Sales Co., Ltd. in early 2024, in charge of the mass brand market and user operation.

At present, FAW-Volkswagen has three main sections, namely FAW-Volkswagen Volkswagen brand, FAW Audi and Jetta.

In contrast, FAW-Audi suffers from higher market pressure and attention.Since the beginning of the year, FAW Audi dealers have repeatedly exposed the news of "quitting the network", which has repeatedly shaken the morale of Audi dealer network.

Recently, it was once again revealed that two Audi dealers switched to Huawei and became brand dealers in the world. The two dealers are Beijing Huayang Aotong, the largest FAW Audi dealer in Beijing, and Zhengzhou Zhongsheng Huidi, the largest FAW Audi dealer in Zhengzhou.

In addition to the defection of dealers, FAW Audi is also facing the same door squeeze of SAIC Audi.At this year’s Guangzhou Auto Show, SAIC-Audi launched a new Audi brand with letters-"Audi", and simultaneously launched a concept car. The car is jointly developed by Audi and SAIC, and SAIC is responsible for the three electricity, intelligence and product production. Audi is responsible for leading the design and chassis.

Moreover, SAIC Audi is also preparing its own dealer network, and is ready to part ways with FAW Audi’s dealer network. This will undoubtedly further squeeze the living space of FAW Audi, and it is also a thorny problem for the brand-new FAW-Volkswagen management.

We confirmed the details of FAW-Volkswagen’s top management adjustment with insiders of FAW Group. The other party said that the relevant adjustments are still in the publicity period, and will be formally appointed after the publicity.

Chongqing’s automobile industry has changed from "quantitative change" to "qualitative change"

On December 26th, the flagship SUV AITO, a panoramic wisdom cooperation between Cyrus and Huawei, was officially released. This car is not only the epitome of the most advanced technology and the latest manufacturing technology in the automobile industry, but also enhances the perception of the "Made in Chongqing" car.

A few days ago, the National Bureau of Statistics also released the latest data. From January to November this year, Chongqing’s automobile production reached 2,074,200, up 10% year-on-year, ranking second in the country.

Over the past decade or so, the ranking of Chongqing’s automobile production in the country has fluctuated. Now Chongqing ranks among the top in the country again. The industry is more concerned about the specific path to promote the development of local industries. After all, it is difficult to sustain the current automobile industry structure through the "impulse" of low-end products.

Chongqing’s auto industry has performed brilliantly this year. Is there really a "new power" blessing behind it? From the emergence of AITO M9 and the performance of major auto companies in Chongqing this year, we can see that Chongqing’s auto industry is changing from "quantitative change" to "qualitative change".

On December 26th, AITO authorized the user center, and many consumers came to consult and learn about AITO's M9. Reporter Zhang Jinhui photo/visual Chongqing

On December 26th, AITO authorized the user center, and many consumers came to consult and learn about AITO’s M9. Reporter Zhang Jinhui photo/visual Chongqing

The price of high-end cars rushed to five or six hundred thousand yuan.

Since the second half of this year, the AITO series products jointly designed by Cyrus Auto and Huawei have continued to sell well. In November, the sales volume of Sailisi new energy vehicles reached 23,834, up 104.39% year-on-year; Among them, the sales volume of Sailis brand was 20,318 vehicles, up by 145.92% year-on-year, both hitting new highs.

Changan Automobile is still strong. In November, the sales volume of its own brand new energy vehicles exceeded 50,000, a year-on-year increase of 52.73%.

The reporter learned from the Municipal Economic and Information Committee that the output of new energy vehicles in Chongqing in November increased by more than 100% year-on-year, which also far exceeded the year-on-year growth rate of total local automobile production in the same period.

The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Economic and Information Committee said that since 2023, the contribution rate of new energy vehicles in Chongqing to the growth of the city’s automobile industry has reached 85%.

"Behind the recent bright performance of Chongqing Automobile, it is obviously driven by high-end models, especially high-end intelligent networked new energy vehicles." A related person from Chongqing Automobile Business Association said that a large number of "Made in Chongqing" vehicles with high value and high product strength have emerged in this year, with intensity and frequency exceeding any previous period.

The reporter combed the "Made in Chongqing" new energy hot-selling models launched this year, and found that most of them are mid-to-high-end vehicles, such as the dark blue S7 model of Changan, whose price is between 150,000 and 220,000 yuan, while the price of Aouita 11 HarmonyOS Edition and Aouita 12 is between 300,000 and 400,000 yuan. The price of Sailis AITO’s M5 Smart Driving Edition and AITO’s new M7 covers 250,000 to 400,000 yuan. AITO asked M9 to push the price above 500,000 to 600,000 yuan.

The new path makes "Made in Chongqing" cars sought after.

In the eyes of the industry, the above changes in Chongqing’s automobile industry follow a profound value logic.

On December 16th, in the special activity of Chongqing International Talent Exchange Conference, Li Keqiang, an academician of China Academy of Engineering and chief scientist of Chongqing Western Science City Intelligent Networked Automobile Innovation Center, pointed out that the automobile industry will usher in the 4.0 era, and the new generation of automobiles will reflect the characteristics of low-carbon energy, electrification of power, intelligent body and networking of transportation networks, and the original automobile development mode, production mode and ecology will change.

Dong Yang, vice chairman of China Electric Vehicle committee of 100, believes that people’s "quality view" of automobiles has changed, from focusing on quality to focusing on experience. "In the past, when a new car was released and 20 new technologies were listed, it was amazing that users could use one or two items. Each car also brought a thick manual, and no one read it. This is no good. Car companies must directly face users, find out what needs users have, and let users make full use of new technologies. "

"First, we must’ change’ and strive to develop new technologies in the direction of intelligent networking and new energy; The second is to be’ close’, close to the needs of users, shorten the distance with users and reduce communication costs. " The relevant person in charge of Changan Automobile said.

A closer look at the many products newly launched by Chongqing car companies such as Chang ‘an and Sailis this year shows that they all follow the above ideas.

Taking the M9 as an example, by adopting the innovative owl-enhanced steering technology, the turning radius of a 5.2-meter-long "big guy" is smaller than that of a medium-sized car. In addition, the model also has 2.6 million pixels of fine lighting with dual lights. When the high beam illuminates the opposite vehicle, it will automatically leave a dark area, which will not affect the opposite vehicle, but also keep the high beam.

Qu Yunchao, a market observer, believes that some of the above technologies and functions have solved the pain points of users, while others have opened up interesting or comfortable new experiences for users. Since the beginning of this year, the popularity of "Made in Chongqing" cars has proved the success of this path.

It takes "one step at a time" to become a world-class company.

In the new year, how can Chongqing’s automobile industry anchor new development coordinates? "The global automobile industry pattern is undergoing subversive changes." Zhu Huarong, Chairman of Changan Automobile, said that from Europe, America, Japan, Germany and South Korea, where China was divided into six parts, to China, where the brand occupies half of the country today, the advantages of China brand in modeling, new energy and intelligence lead the world, and its scale advantage is further highlighted, and its competitive advantage in changing lanes is even more obvious.

But it also brings a series of new problems-

For example, the future development of China’s automobile industry will no longer be promoted by learning from the outside world. Another example is that the boundary of the division of labor between the whole vehicle and parts is reconstructed, and the battery of new energy vehicles is rapidly transformed from shortage to overcapacity.

To solve these problems well, we can move towards the first-class in the world, and the road is only "one step at a time". Zhu Huarong believes that it is necessary to take five steps to meet the challenges in the critical period of track switching in the industry by accelerating the layout of products and production capacity, strengthening the layout of brand building, strengthening the layout of marketing services, accelerating the improvement of market layout and strengthening the layout of organizational talents.

Zhang Xinghai, the chairman (founder) of Sailis Automobile, said that the local area is currently in the best opportunity to develop new energy intelligent networked vehicles. A strong supply chain can support a strong vehicle enterprise, and the industry should further expand open cooperation and let professionals do professional things to create high-quality products that meet the needs of users.

Relevant persons of the Municipal Economic and Information Committee said that Chongqing will strive to basically form a new ecology of intelligent networked new energy automobile industry by 2025, and build a world-class intelligent networked new energy automobile industry cluster by 2030, with the industrial scale reaching the world-class level.

To this end, Chongqing will continue to expand its industrial scale, accelerate the completion and commissioning of new projects, put new products on the market, and develop new brands, and strive to build a trillion-level intelligent networked new energy automobile industrial cluster; Adhere to the whole zero coordination, implement major projects to attract investment, cultivate and upgrade key enterprises, transform and upgrade traditional enterprises, and promote intelligent networked new energy vehicles to supplement the chain and strengthen the chain extension; Strengthen the integrated layout of charging, storage and parking, vehicle and Lu Yun infrastructure, promote the integration of energy network, transportation network and information network, and strive to form a moderately advanced, rational, intelligent and efficient charging and replacing service system; Accelerate the network transformation of existing roads and create the most distinctive and rich vehicle-road collaborative experience scene in China.

The first "Made in Chongqing" panoramic wisdom flagship SUV

AITO asks M9 to go public.

(Reporter Bai Lin) On December 26th, at the press conference of the asking world M9 and Huawei’s whole winter scene, the first "Made in Chongqing" panoramic wisdom flagship SUV AITO asking world M9 was officially launched, and four models were launched with two power versions, namely extended range and pure electric, with the price of 469,800-569,800 yuan.

AITO Jiejie M9 was jointly launched by Chongqing car companies Cyrus and Huawei, and adopted a brand-new family design "Kunpeng Wings Spreading". The new car applied a number of cutting-edge innovative technologies, such as "Super Xuanwu Body", which was the world’s largest one-piece die-casting, and the lightweight coefficient was significantly higher than that of the same class. The 12 parts of the whole car also adopted 2000 MPa nuclear submarine-class hot car steel.

Huawei Turing Intelligent Chassis, equipped with AITO Wenjie M9, comes standard with intelligent closed air spring and CDC variable damping shock absorber, supports 5-speed body height adjustment, and also has a full-scene smart road preview system with adaptive active suspension, which can smoothly cope with different road conditions.

In terms of power, AITO’s M9 extended range version is equipped with a drive system consisting of a 1.5T engine and front and rear motors, with an acceleration of 4.9 seconds at zero and 4.3 seconds at zero for the pure electric version. The fuel consumption of the extended range version is as low as 6.9 liters per 100 kilometers, the comprehensive battery life is as high as 1402 kilometers, and the pure battery life is as high as 275 kilometers. The pure electric version is equipped with Huawei’s "Whale" 800-volt high-voltage battery platform, which can achieve a battery life of 150 kilometers in 5 minutes and an overall battery life of 630 kilometers.

In terms of automatic driving, M9 adopts Huawei ADS2.0 advanced intelligent driving, equipped with industry-leading 192-line laser radar, and cooperates with high-definition camera and millimeter-wave radar to support intelligent driving of national highways, urban expressways and urban areas.

AITO M9 is expected to be delivered in batches on February 26th next year. The relevant person in charge of Cyrus said that the company has built a world-leading super smart factory in Chongqing, with intelligent manufacturing equipment that integrates advanced technologies such as AR vision and big data. The key processes are 100% automated, and a new car can be rolled off the assembly line every 30 seconds, with the highest production efficiency in the world.

Chery Automobile, "Out of the Woods" | K Focus

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Holding Ningde on the left and Huawei on the right, locking in Hong Kong stocks and selecting investment banks, Chery Automobile’s IPO is imminent.

Chery’s IPO, which sprouted as early as 2004, has accumulated too much hope and disappointment for more than 20 years.Joint-stock system reform, related party transactions, backdoor listing, and mixed reform.It seems that every step is only one foot away, and you can’t ask for it.

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Zuoyong Ningde

In 2023, Yin Tongyue once threatened, "Chery New Energy is welcome!" In the age when the language was not surprising and endless, everyone was more questioning and waiting to see.

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On October 18, Yin Tongyue said at the 2024 Chery Global Innovation Conference that Chery Automobile New Energy "We will cross the 80,000-vehicle mark in October and exceed 100,000 vehicles in December to ensure the third and strive for the second."

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As early as 2022, Chery Group launched a comprehensive strategic cooperation with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited, aiming at utilizing the superior resources of both sides.Jointly explore the new energy vehicle market at home and abroad.

It seems self-evident that Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited purchases Chery cars.

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It is also worth mentioning that Chery Automobile also released the Kunpeng battery brand at the 2024 Chery Global Innovation Conference, and plannedKunpeng solid-state battery will be operated directionally in 2026 and listed in batches in 2027.

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Youbaohuawei

Accompanied by "new energy", "intelligence" is also a popular concept.Intelligent competitiveness has become the highland and strategic fulcrum for the new development of industries and enterprises..

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"In the past, we all went to suppliers with our necks up, but now we all go with our heads down." Yin Tongyue said that the cooperation with Huawei promoted Chery’s technological innovation and improved the quality standards of the whole supply chain, and took the opportunity to learn quality control management from Huawei.

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Although it basically failed, relying on Chery’s vehicle manufacturing capability, Huawei’s deep technical blessing and the gradual deepening of technical integration between the two parties, the market performance of Zhijie R7 is still worth looking forward to. It may become a new explosion point of Chery automobile, and take this as a start to fulfill Chery’s promise of being intelligent and impolite.

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Qiangqiang exit

When the domestic market is being killed vigorously, the advantage of having a foreign market can be described as a timely help.

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From Straw House to Top 500 in the WorldChery group (automobile sector) finally ushered in the dawn of listing.

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Chery Group said that the company isThe only one in the whole industry to achieve "double growth" of new energy vehicles and fuel vehicles; "Double growth" in domestic and overseas marketsAutomobile companies.

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Can the shareholders plan to reduce the price of products in good shops and maintain their competitive advantage during the transition period?

Text | Investor Network Xie Yingjie

With the aura of "the first share of high-end snacks", Liangpin Shop Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Liangpin Shop", 603719.SH) has steadily increased its revenue in recent years and its stores have continued to expand. But at the same time, the company is also facing the dilemma of shareholders taking turns to reduce their holdings and the market value evaporating.

The core competitiveness of a good shop lies in its perfect product supply chain and rich industry experience, but there are still some problems such as quality control and low R&D expenses caused by OEM mode. Under the influence of high competition in the industry, the company has fallen into a vicious circle of stagflation in recent years, and its gross profit margin has also dropped from over 30% to around 27%.

Today, good shops have announced their return to the image of their neighbors. More than 300 sharp goods and explosive products have reduced their prices by an average of 22%, with the highest drop of 45%. After the news landed, the capital market gave an eager response, and the company’s share price went up and down twice.

However, there are still many practical problems before the company. On December 30, 2023, the second largest shareholder once again threw out the reduction plan.

Both revenue and net profit declined.

In the past two years, the performance of snack food companies has been generally under pressure. In addition to the pressure of high performance in previous years, the most important factor is the influence from the channel side. Snack shops have blossomed everywhere, and new brands such as "Zhao Yiming Snacks" and "Snacks Busy" have won the favor of capital, which has accelerated the pace of "staking the land".

As the industry enters the Red Sea period of competition, good shops continue to expand through the whole category layout SKU, driving revenue, and personally participate in the snack discount track competition.

In the second half of 2022, Liangpin Store launched its sub-brand "Snacks Hard Home" to expand the sinking market by joining mode, and the store mainly sold third-party brand products. In April 2023, Guangyuan Juyi, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liangpin Store, invested 45 million yuan to participate in Zhao Yiming Food, and held 3% of the shares at that time.

A few months later, Liangpin Store sold all its shares, and at that time, the valuation of Zhao Yiming was only 3.5 billion yuan. Only 22 days after the equity transfer, Zhao Yiming announced the merger with Snacks, with an overall valuation of 10.5 billion yuan.

Liangpin Store is suing Zhao Yiming recently because it didn’t know the integration news in advance and sold its equity at a high valuation.

All of the above have intensified the operating pressure, and the performance has stagnated.

From 2020 to 2022, the operating income of good shops was 7.894 billion yuan, 9.324 billion yuan and 9.440 billion yuan, with growth rates of 232%, 18.11% and 124% respectively, and the net profit returned to the mother was 344 million yuan, 282 million yuan and 335 million yuan, with growth rates of 0.95% and-18.000% respectively.

In the first three quarters of 2023, the revenue of good shops was 5.999 billion, down 14.33% year-on-year; The net profit was 1.91 billion yuan, down 33.43% year-on-year; Among them, the net profit in the third quarter was only 1,998,400, a further sharp drop of 97.88% year-on-year.

The third quarterly report showed that the decline in net profit was mainly affected by changes in the market and platform, the operating income of online channels declined, and the proportion of fixed expenses attributable to shareholders of listed companies increased.

The turnover rate of total assets also showed a downward trend, with 1.49 times, 1.38 times and 1.18 times from the first three quarters of 2021 to the first three quarters of 2023 respectively. This means that the overall operating costs have increased and the growth momentum has shown signs of decline.

As a result, some research institutions have lowered their profit forecasts. Considering that the company’s online business is in the adjustment stage and the layout process of offline stores remains to be seen, Everbright Securities lowered its net profit from 2023 to 2025 to 2.72/3.85/431 billion yuan (down 35.3%/27.54%/31.55% compared with the previous one).

Homogeneous competition depresses gross profit margin

Liangpin Shop is the representative of the last round of snack chain operation. It cut into the market with high-end snacks, opened up offline channels and actively embraced e-commerce and landed in the capital market.

In order to get deus ex from low-end snacks, in 2018, good shops began to market "high-end personal products". The company upgraded its Logo, replaced its brand image with a simple "good" mark, and offline stores began to take the "apple style" with a generous atmosphere. In marketing, the company highlighted internationalization, youthfulness and high-end.

Among the domestic leisure and snack listed companies, only the online and offline channels of good shops account for an even proportion of revenue, and the two channels basically account for half of the revenue. By the end of the third quarter of 2023, there were 3,344 stores in the company, of which direct sales accounted for about 40%.

Among peer companies, Three Squirrels (300783.SZ) and Miss You (002582.SZ) mainly earn online income, and online sales revenue accounts for about 80%; Laiyifen (603777.SH) and qiaqia Food (002557.SZ) mainly rely on offline store revenue, accounting for about 90% of offline revenue.

Online or offline performance growth problems will put pressure on the company’s overall profitability, and the high sales expenses are also dragging down the gross profit margin. The data shows that the sales expense in the third quarter of 2023 was 1.15 billion yuan, accounting for 19.17% of the total revenue.

From the results, the high-end not only failed to improve the profitability of enterprises, but left the impression of "snack assassin" to the market.

The financial report shows that the gross profit margin of good shops has dropped from over 30% in previous years to about 27%, and it was 28.54% in the first three quarters of 2023, which is at a low level among similar enterprises. In terms of peer-to-peer companies, the gross profit margins of Yanjinpu and Laiyi are around 38% and 42% respectively.

In the pre-sale list of double 11 Tmall leisure snacks in 2023, good shops also fell out of the top 10, while in 2022 and 2021, they ranked eighth and second respectively.

In the secondary market, in 2023, the share price of good shops kept falling. From February to September, 2023, the share price dropped from 40 yuan to below 20 yuan.

The stock price downturn is the result of multiple factors: limited product competitiveness, wrong management decisions and overall stock market decline, while the far-reaching background is that the snack industry is changing rapidly-from consumption upgrading to discounts.

Shareholders issue a reduction plan.

According to the data of China Commercial Industry Research Institute, offline channels still account for more than 85% of the circulation share of snack foods. Modern channels such as snack specialty stores and convenience stores continue to occupy the market share of traditional small stores, while the growth of e-commerce platforms is gradually slowing down.

As an old brand, the concern of a good shop is obvious. The most worrying thing is that it will lose its right to speak in the process of playing games with new channels and eventually become a foundry role.

Yang Yinfen, the new chairman of Liangpin Store, recently announced a large-scale product price reduction. According to the open letter issued by the chairman of the board of directors on November 29th, the price of 300 products from all channels of the company was reduced simultaneously, with an average price reduction of 22% and the highest drop of 45%, which was the largest price reduction for the first time in the 17 years since the establishment of the company.

After the news of price reduction was released, the share price of good shops rose sharply. On December 1, it closed at 21.32 yuan/share, recording a daily limit. At this time, it has fallen by 46.18% from the high point of the year in February. In the last month, its share price is still hovering around 20 yuan/share.

In the view of some organizations, good shops are still actively transforming and have achieved some results. Some investors are also worried that under the mode of OEM, the cost and difficulty of quality control in good shops will increase, which will bring product quality problems.

The root cause lies in the brand’s high dependence on the foundry, lack of product research and development capabilities, and price reduction "treats the symptoms rather than the root cause". In the first three quarters of 2023, the research and development expenses of good shops were 36.2 million yuan, accounting for 0.6% of the revenue; In the same period, the research and development expenses of Yanjin Puzi and Chacha Food were 63.19 million yuan and 43.09 million yuan, accounting for 2.1% and 1% of the revenue.

It is worth noting that some shareholders are voting with their feet.

On December 30th, Liangpin Store announced the reduction of shares. Dayong Co., Ltd., the second largest shareholder holding 26.05%, plans to reduce the company’s shares by no more than 12.03 million shares, and the reduction ratio does not exceed 3% of the company’s total share capital.

During the period from May 25th to November 29th, 2023, Dayong Limited reduced its holdings by 17 million shares, accounting for 4.25% of the company’s total share capital, and cashed in 404 million yuan.

Good shops also suffered a clearance of high-quality goods. During the IPO of Liangpin Store, Gaochun Capital held a total of 46,800,300 shares, accounting for 11.67% of the total share capital. As of September 30, 2023, the number of shares held by Gaochun Capital was 16,040,600, and the shareholding ratio dropped to 4%.

To sum up, the transformation of good shops is still in its infancy, and there is still a long way to realize large-scale benefits. The recent shareholder reduction and the lawsuit against Zhao Yiming have cast a layer of uncertainty on the company’s future. Research institutions are cautious about the company’s secondary market forecast, and remind investors to be alert to trading risks.

Appreciate the rotor charm Mazda rotor classic model real shot

    Thank you for waiting! Taking advantage of this Tokyo Auto Show, Aika Automobile visited the Fufang factory and the Meini test site in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan at the invitation of Mazda. Mazda RX-VISION gained a lot of popularity in Tokyo Auto Show, but its Skyactive-R has never been unveiled. However, this mystery has further increased our enthusiasm for rotary engines. After all, in addition to the rare Mazda RX-8 in China, there are only "parallel imports" RX-7 that are scattered in the south, and their appearance rate on the streets of Beijing is not even as high as that of a group of Italian supercars.

Mazda (Import) 2016 RX-VISION

    During this visit, we not only saw many models of rotary engines, but even had the privilege of driving them personally and experienced the unique charm of rotary engines. After the baptism of time, do these rotary engine models still have charm? In this article, we will take the lead in showing their posture in a static way.

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    Le Mans — — Mazda 787B

    Speaking of the strongest rotary engine model, the first car presented in the minds of many fans must be the RX-7(FD). Indeed, as a civil rotary engine, FD is worthy of the word "strongest", but if we only consider the field of civil vehicles and ignore the performance of the stadium, it is obviously impossible to say all the charm of rotary engines. When it comes to the most legendary Mazda rotor model on the field, I believe you have already heard the story of Mazda 787 family in Le Mans.

Mazda (Import) 2016 RX-VISION

    In fact, as early as 1983, Mazda had begun to participate in the newly established Le Mans Group C Junior race with the prototype racing car code 717C (Group C Junior, with a minimum vehicle weight of 700 kg, a maximum fuel tank capacity of 55 liters, and the specified replenishment times within 25 times). Mazda, who first entered Le Mans, showed strong strength. With more and more racing experience, Mazda also launched a series of prototype cars of Le Mans, such as 727C, 737C, 757 and 767/B, but missed the title of Le Mans several times.

Mazda (Import) 2016 RX-VISION

    Until June 23, 1991, the champion of C2 group in Le Mans 24 Hours was taken away by a Japanese racing car for the first time, and this racing car was officially the 787B model of Mazda 787 family. It not only became the first Japanese racing car to win the championship in Le Mans, but also the only one that used rotor engines.

Mazda (Import) 2016 RX-VISION

    Its code name is R26B four-rotor engine, which is based on the 13J-MM model of 767. Structurally, two twin-rotor engines are connected in series, and each rotor is attached with three spark plugs. The displacement of a single rotor is 654ml, and the total displacement is 2616ml, which can output the maximum power of 700ps at 9000rpm (it is said that the maximum power of this model can reach 800ps at 10000rpm, but considering that the engine needs to run under continuous high working conditions for 24 hours in the competition, a conservative setting of 700ps/9000rpm is adopted).

    In this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, a total of 44 world-class cars competed in the same race. Facing the harsh competition environment, only 12 cars finally finished the race. The three racing cars of Mazda Team are all among the top ten (ranked first, sixth and eighth respectively) under the siege of European powers (Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Jaguar and other established manufacturers), and the No.55 racing car painted with orange and green is the champion of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in one fell swoop.

Mazda (Import) 2016 RX-VISION

    However, with the arrival of the 1992 season, the FIA cancelled the C2 group of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Mazda’s rotor legend in Le Mans became a swan song with the end of the 1991 season.

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Mazda (Import) 2016 RX-VISION

Mazda (Import) 2016 RX-VISION

Mazda (Import) 2016 RX-VISION

    It’s a little pity that the 787B No.55 car that won the Le Mans Endurance Championship was not the one that appeared in this visit, but the JSPC-style 787B No.3 car in 1991. Speaking of the naming of the 787 car series, there is also an interesting story. As the successor of the 767B car series, Nigel Stroud, the designer of 787, intended to use 777 as the code name of the new car, but because the pronunciation of "777" in Japanese is very awkward (in Japanese, 7 is pronounced as "ななな" when used as a quantifier, and its pronunciation is similar to "NaNa", so 777 will be pronounced as "nana". Therefore, the number will be postponed to 787.

Bao Beier: The Road of Transformation from Comedian to Controversial Villain

Bao Beier, a controversial figure in the entertainment circle of China, has gradually become familiar to the audience in recent years, especially in his villain role, which is surprising. In the recent film and television work "Fighting Black", he played the evil force Wei Tianlang, which not only caused a heated discussion, but also made people think deeply about his acting career and the road to transformation. In this article, we will start with Bao Beier’s early experience, gradually analyze his career, achievements and social evaluation, and comprehensively analyze this complex and multifaceted artist image.

Early experience: growing up under the stage

Bao Beier, born in Gansu, China in 1984, as a child of an ordinary family, had a strong interest in performing since childhood. As a teenager, Bao Beier was a diligent student. He signed up for many extracurricular activities, including drama clubs and various performance competitions, which showed his early artistic talent. After graduating from high school, he successfully entered Shanghai Theatre Academy and started his own professional performance. Here, Bao Beier not only accumulated a solid performance foundation, but also made many friends from his future peers, which laid a good foundation for his future career.

Career: from comedy niche to villain challenge

After finishing his studies, Bao Beier entered the entertainment circle, and at the beginning, he made his mark in many comedy programs with his comedy talent. His humor and excellent acting skills quickly attracted the attention of the audience. In the variety show The Good Voice in 2014, he was widely recognized for his unique humorous style, which laid the foundation for his later career. Later, he continued to be active in film and television dramas, became famous for his comic role, and became the "sketch king" in the eyes of the audience.

However, Bao Beier’s success in comedy didn’t stop him. Facing the audience’s approaching expectations for him, he began to consider the transformation and try a more complex and profound role. In this process, he was challenged and questioned.

The key event: the transformation and questioning of the villain role

Just as Bao Beier was actively exploring new roles, his role as Wei Tianlang in the film "Fighting Black" made him completely enter the whirlpool of controversy. The setting of this role completely subverts the image he left to the audience before and becomes a typical representative of evil forces. Although this transformation made him more famous, it also attracted a lot of criticism.

Many viewers and critics have expressed doubts about Bao Beier’s acting skills after watching the movie, thinking that his performance is still superficial and lacks depth and realism. In an interview, Bao Beier said frankly: "I hope to constantly break through myself and challenge different roles, but sometimes I do encounter many questions and even criticisms. In the face of this, I can only accept it with humility and then play every role with my heart. "

Climax and turning point: bravely facing the controversy

Just when everyone thought that Bao Beier’s transformation would fail, and even have a great impact on his career, he showed an extraordinary courage in "Fighting Black". The profound description of violence and evil forces in the play makes his seemingly simple performance more emotional and complicated. This time, he did not choose to avoid the controversy, but actively embraced the challenge. Instead, he repositioned himself and won the recognition and appreciation of some audiences.

After this play, Bao Beier gradually realized that a real actor should not only rely on superficial performance, but also be delicate and true in all aspects of his role. He began to pay more attention to the inner shaping of the role, hoping to bring more profound feelings to the audience in his subsequent works.

Multi-dimensional image: the reaction of the public and the media

In the process of Bao Beier’s transformation, the attitudes of the public and the media towards him are changeable. On the one hand, some media have sharply criticized his villain role, thinking that he still needs to improve his acting skills before he can really play the villain role in place. On the other hand, some viewers expressed their understanding and thought that Bao Beier’s courage to try new roles was commendable, expecting him to bring more surprises in the future. In this way, Bao Beier’s image is becoming more and more complicated in the constant challenge and reflection.

Summary and enlightenment

To sum up, Bao Beier’s acting career is a road of constant exploration and challenge. From a comedian to a villain today, he has experienced many twists and turns and doubts, but he has also grown and changed in the process of continuous progress. Bao Beier is not only an actor, but also represents a kind of courage to pursue his dreams.

This is enlightening to everyone who is exploring their own path. In life, we may face many tests and incomprehension, but as long as we are brave enough to face it and always stick to our dreams, we can open up a glorious road of our own. Whether Bao Beier can continue to challenge himself and win the hearts of more audiences in the future performing arts career is worth our expectation.

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18 years after Pink Girl was broadcast, has the domestic drama urban women changed?

  Beijing, March 14 (Reporter Yuan Xiuyue) As a hot topic in the film and television circle in recent years, the female theme has produced many explosive dramas. But there is one that is always the "Bai Yueguang" in the hearts of domestic drama audiences. That’s Pink Girl, which is adapted from Zhu Deyong’s comic book Bitter Girl.

  It makes four girls, heartthrob, man-woman, marriage fanatic and Ha Mei, become many people’s first cognition of urban women.

  Recently, The Ideal Life of Love, adapted from Bitter Girl, was broadcast. Over the past 20 years, what changes have taken place in the image of astringent girls?

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  "In modern cities, love always belongs to yesterday and marriage always belongs to tomorrow."

  The Bitter Girl was first published in 1992, and Zhu Deyong mentioned his creative motivation in the preface. He noticed that the single ethnic group in society is expanding rapidly and has developed a unique set of ideas and lifestyles, which made him have the idea of creating cartoons.

  In Bitter Girl, he divides single women into four extreme types: one wants love instead of marriage, the other wants to work without love, the other wants to marry all men, and the other can’t figure out anything. The four types correspond to heartthrob, workaholic, marriage fanatic and naive girl respectively.

  Zhu Deyong adopts the form of four-grid cartoons, and narrates around the personal characteristics of four single lady, focusing on the dialogue between them, with no storyline. Because of the author’s careful observation of society and unique and spicy brushwork, Bitter Girl also has a cold and humorous irony effect.

  For example:

  Workaholic: Women don’t need to get married to prove that they are wanted.

  Workaholic: Similarly, a woman who doesn’t get married doesn’t prove that she is unwanted.

  Marriage maniac: Wow, amazing, what a new woman.

  Workaholic: Alas, women can only prove whether they are new women by getting married or not.

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  Four single lady live in an apartment, which is very fashionable today, so why are they called "astringent girls"?

  The astringency here is "raw astringency". Zhu Deyong explained: "They have a unique personality on the outside, or they are often labeled as typed by others, but at heart they are a group of people who are not so sure about themselves; Whether they break through the shackles or live by tradition, they don’t really know what they want. Their breath, mixed in this prosperous era, has a particularly raw flavor. "

  There are personal choices behind this, and more is the change of the times. In 2003, "single woman economy" was still a new word, and the first generation of urban women were facing unprecedented changes. In the past, women mostly lived according to the traditional trajectory, and revolved around their families all their lives, without real self. In modern society, whether it is career or marriage, they have more choices in life, but they also have more confusion.

  To sum up, their ideas have changed, but the reality has not changed. In Zhu Deyong’s words: "Today’s women, under the requirements of society, still have to be as soft as silk, but they have to be as hard as king kong."

  Under the humorous shell of Bitter Girl, it is full of such helplessness and contradiction.

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  Become a heartthrob or a man woman?

  By the TV series Pink Girl in 2003, the four single lady’s personalities were even fuller, and their friendship of helping each other became an important part of the TV series.

  In cartoons, heartthrobs are keen to be mistresses of different men and know how to play with them in the palm of their hands with their own appearance advantages. In the fast-food love game in modern society, she comes and goes freely, which is admired by many people. Her sober attitude towards love and marriage also resonates with many modern women.

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  In the TV series, heartthrob is more flesh and blood outside the label. Her father is a university professor, and her family wants her to have a stable job and marriage. But she likes to experience life and doesn’t accept the same life, so she went to Shanghai from her hometown to work hard. The heartthrob sees love and marriage thoroughly, and it is not gifted, but is summed up from experience after experience.

  Workaholics in comics are only interested in making money, and occasionally fall in love with their partners as employees. In the play, the man and woman work hard because she wants to build a primary school for her hometown.

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  In contrast, the marriage fanatics and naive girls in comics are not very popular. The marriage fanatic’s attitude towards marriage scared many people, but in the TV series, she became the protagonist. Although her appearance is ordinary, she is kind and persistent. Her persona is more like Cinderella, and finally the screenwriter gave her a prince charming, which brought her together with Wang Hao.

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  Naive sister is not much different. Ha Mei in the play likes to follow the trend and is enthusiastic, but she is always in a daze.

  Four single lady look at the world around them with women’s eyes, showing the unique lifestyle of urban women. However, they also have stereotypes about women from outside, such as being obsessed with work, being in love unintentionally is a man woman, being enchanting in appearance is a fox, and the value of women is reflected in whether men like them or not.

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  Some people think that Pink Lady is new in appearance, but they are still a generation of old women in internal ideas.

  This is related to the degree of social development, and also related to the way TV plays are created. The cartoonist’s perspective is an observer outside the bureau, and making a TV series requires a dominant value. The TV series pursues a warm and touching style, so it loses the humorous and spicy effect of the original. Finally, the sharp point of view is also buried in the happy family story.

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  Break the stereotype of single women

  From the industrious and gentle Liu Huifang in Desire, to the heroine in Hua Qiangu in Empresses in the Palace, and then to the urban women with different backgrounds in Nothing But Thirty in Ode to Joy. In recent years, the female images in domestic dramas have undergone weak and obvious changes — — From attachment to family to the pursuit of self-independence.

  Nowadays, the most popular heroine is neither a hard-working and selfless traditional woman, nor a fool saved by the hero, as can be seen from Su Mingyu in Everything is Fine and Wang Manni in Nothing But Thirty. They are all capable, strong and independent.

  "The Ideal Life of Love" stills Yin Tao plays "heartthrob"

  In The Ideal Life of Love, the four heroines are also different from those in comics. The biggest change is the desalination of labels and the disappearance of stereotypes. The heartthrob is no longer a charming big wave and a proud figure, the workaholic is no longer a man-woman, and the marriage madman has no two buckteeth. Only the naive girl is still catching up with the trend, and now it is two yuan.

  A heartthrob doesn’t attract men by appearance, but by changing boyfriends, it’s more about pleasing yourself. Workaholics don’t just make money, but seek self-worth at work. Marriage fanatics are not unable to get married, but want to live a standard life because they have lived a good life since childhood. Naive sister has a shallow experience, but she insists on her hobbies.

  "The Ideal Life of Love" stills Xia Ruoyan plays "Workaholic"

  In the play, female roles are not saved by men, and even male roles are weak. Four people are either rich second generation or strong women, and there is almost no material pressure. As for whether they are married or single, they also have clear personal positions. To some extent, this drama does provide an ideal life for contemporary urban women.

  "The Ideal Life of Love" stills Yi Song plays "Marriage Mad"

  However, this is also its weakness. The people in the play are glamorous, just like living in a model room. Without the complicated background of reality, women’s pain and choices are also indifferent. If "Pink Girl" is less sharp, then this drama has created a crystal ball. Although it looks beautiful, it is only a fairy tale after all.

  "The Ideal Life of Love" stills Angel plays "Naive Sister"

  Some netizens believe that astringent girls are an attitude that is out of date at any time. In fact, whether it is comics or TV series, they are the epitome of women in different times. Today, there are also new heartthrobs, marriage maniacs, workaholics and naive girls. Perhaps, every woman is a combination of these four people. The connotation of astringent girl is changing, and the only constant is the still confused heart and the growing pace.

2.4% off the transfer of the trademark, etc! What is Huawei playing in the next game?

  Zhang Xingwang CSI Taurus 

  On the evening of July 3rd, Celeste issued a supplementary announcement on the purchase of assets, saying that Celeste Automobile, a holding subsidiary, plans to acquire the assets of Huawei’s Jiejie trademark and other targets for 2.5 billion yuan. After evaluation, the market value of the underlying assets is 10.233 billion yuan. In other words, in terms of valuation, it is equivalent to Huawei selling the underlying assets such as the border trademark to Cyrus at a discount of about 2.4%. 

  Analysts believe that Wen Jie is a brand supported by Huawei, and this brand transfer shows Huawei’s sincerity. Huawei has repeatedly publicly stated that it will not build cars and sell a series of trademarks, which is Huawei’s strategic business policy, that is, to be a supplier of incremental parts for automobiles. At the same time, Huawei set up a company this year, focusing on the intelligent driving system and incremental parts business of intelligent networked vehicles. Recently, Huawei transferred trademarks such as Wen Jie, Xiang Jie and Zhi Jie to Zhixuan car partners in order to dispel the concerns of car partners about Huawei’s possible car construction.  

  Definitely don’t build a car  

  Wenjie is an automobile brand launched by Huawei and Celes by adopting the smart car selection model. This model is a cooperative model in which Huawei deeply participates in the definition, design, research and development, sales and other links. The two sides launched the M5 in December 2021 and the M7 in July 2022, but the sales were tepid. Until September 2023, after the launch of the new M7, the sales were strong, which made Huawei’s smart car selection model "out of the circle". Since then, the smart car selection mode has been upgraded to HarmonyOS Zhixing. 

  In the first half of this year, HarmonyOS Zhixing delivered a total of 194,207 vehicles, ranking first in China’s new power brand sales. From the perspective of the industry, in June 2024, the sales volume of the industry exceeded 42,000. The new M7 delivered 18,493 vehicles in June, and the cumulative sales in the first half of the year exceeded 110,000 vehicles, ranking first in China’s new power model and second in luxury model. The sales volume of M9 reached a new high. In June, it delivered 17,241 vehicles, with a total of over 100,000 vehicles, ranking first in domestic sales of vehicles with a price of over 500,000 yuan. 

  Then, why does Huawei sell related trademarks at the high-light moment of the brand? Pan Helin, a member of the Committee of Experts on Information and Communication Economy of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, told the reporter of china securities journal CSI Taurus that Huawei’s goal is very clear, and it has repeatedly stressed that it is to practice this strategic management policy by not making cars and selling trademarks. In the automotive field in the future, Huawei will focus on intelligent solutions. 

  On March 31, 2023, Xu Zhijun, the rotating chairman of Huawei, made it clear: "Huawei didn’t build a car, nor did it have any brand of car." 

  Pan Helin believes that Huawei’s transfer of the brand is to prevent the car dealers and Huawei brands from being fully bound. Analysts said, "The brand influence of Wenjie series is more than 2.5 billion yuan. This brand transfer shows Huawei’s sincerity." 

  On the evening of July 3, Cyrus announced that the market value of the underlying assets such as the border trademark was 10.233 billion yuan after evaluation.  

  Clarify the boundary of smart car selection  

  Huawei established BU, a smart car solution, in May 2019. Huawei’s 2023 annual report shows that the company has unswervingly and continuously increased its R&D investment. Since the establishment of BU, a smart car solution, the accumulated R&D investment has exceeded 30 billion yuan. 

  It is understood that Huawei cooperates with car companies in three modes: parts supply mode, solution mode and intelligent car selection. Among them, the car companies that cooperate with the intelligent car selection model are Cyrus, Chery, BAIC and JAC. This is the most in-depth mode of cooperation with Huawei among the three modes. 

  Because Sailis is the first partner of the smart car selection model, and the series launched by both parties are selling well, Sailis has received high attention. On June 18th, the market value of Cyrus soared to 151.5 billion yuan, exceeding the ideal, ranking first in the market value of domestic new force car companies. 

  Will Huawei’s cooperation with Cyrus be affected after it sells trademarks such as Wen Jie? On the evening of July 2, Huawei responded to the reporter’s statement that after Huawei transferred a series of trademarks such as Wen Jie to Celeste, it would continue to support Celeste to build and sell Wen Jie. Huawei has always insisted on not building cars, but using the leading intelligent networked car technology to continue to help car companies build and sell good cars. 

  According to the reporter’s understanding, the current cooperation mode between Huawei and Cyrus is not affected, and the two sides also signed the Agreement on Further Deepening Joint Business Cooperation. 

  In fact, Huawei not only transferred a series of trademarks such as Wenjie, but before that, Huawei also transferred trademarks such as Xiangjie and Zhijie to relevant smart car selection partners. 

  In May 2024, Tianyancha showed that Huawei transferred its registered trademark of "Enjoy the World" to Beijing New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. The trademark was applied by Huawei in May 2023 and registered in November. At the beginning of June, 2024, Tianyancha showed that Huawei transferred two registered "Zhijie" trademarks of transportation tools to Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. 

  An auto industry veteran told reporters that the smart car selection model is deeply bound to Huawei, and Huawei leads the sales. Consumers buy brand cars such as Wenjie, Zhijie or the upcoming enjoyment world, mainly because consumers recognize Huawei brands and technologies. 

  Pan Helin believes that since Huawei is a supplier, it can’t favor one over the other. Its transfer of series trademarks and equal treatment of smart car partners are conducive to determining Huawei’s role as a supplier of automotive incremental parts. 

  Some analysts said that after the trademark transfer, the boundary of Huawei’s HarmonyOS Zhixing/Zhixuan model became clearer, and Huawei further indicated that it would not build cars, but use its own advantages to help car companies build and sell good cars. Huawei’s cooperation with other smart partners will not be affected.  

  Create an electric intelligent open platform  

  In November 2023, Huawei and Changan Automobile signed the Memorandum of Investment Cooperation. According to the memorandum, Huawei intends to integrate the core technologies and resources of smart car solutions business into the new company, and Changan Automobile and related parties will be interested in investing in the company. At that time, a person familiar with the matter told reporters that Huawei hoped to build an electric intelligent open platform with the participation of the automobile industry. 

  Huawei hopes that more auto industry partners will invest in this new company. In November 2023, Yu Chengdong, managing director of Huawei and chairman of BU, a smart car solution, publicly stated that Huawei had sent an invitation to invest in a new company to its smart car model partners and hoped that FAW would join. 

  In January this year, Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. was established, which is wholly owned by Huawei and is a new company established by Huawei Car BU. 

  On July 4, the reporter learned that in order to further deepen the all-round cooperation with Huawei, Sailis is actively planning to participate in strategic investment and cooperation. 

  When Huawei signed a memorandum with Changan Automobile, Yu Chengdong said, "We always think that China needs to build an electric intelligent open platform with the participation of the automobile industry, an open platform with a’ locomotive’. We deepen cooperation with Changan, and at the same time, we will work together with more strategic partner car companies to continuously explore new models of openness and win-win, and jointly seize the opportunity of electrification and intelligent transformation of the automobile industry. "