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　　On March 23rd, Huawei’s spring flagship new product launch was held. Yu Chengdong, executive director of Huawei, CEO of Consumer BG, and CEO of Smart Car Solutions BU, spoiled a lot of information about Huawei’s automotive business. At this release, Yu Chengdong still positioned the Wenjie model with "far ahead", and said, "The net promoter score of Wenjie owners is as high as 86.4%, leading traditional luxury brands such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW; Wenjie ranks first in quality among all brands, higher than all car companies, and has a spontaneous combustion rate of 0."

　　In order to break through in the "inner volume" of the industry, Yu Chengdong announced that all models of Wenjie will upgrade the intelligent cockpit system Hongmeng HarmonyOS 3, and Quarter 1 will be pushed in batches in 2023. As a high-frequency touchpoint with the owner, the intelligent cockpit directly determines the experience a car brings to consumers to a certain extent. Whether it is the interaction pattern, physical space, sound, light, display, upgraded interior, or multi-screen design, HUD head-up display, streaming media rearview mirror, etc., it will bring a distinct differentiated experience for drivers and passengers, quickly grab consumers’ attention, and improve the competitiveness of the model.

　　At this press conference, Huawei also gave a detailed introduction to the details of the upcoming HarmonyOS 3, such as functions such as super desktop, PC collaboration, smart car search, Xiaoyi reminder, Xiaoyi no-wake-up and HUD highly adaptive adjustment, and added the main driver privacy mode. In addition, Yu Chengdong revealed that the high-end intelligent driving version of the two cars, Wenjie M5 and Wenjie M5 EV, will be released in April. It is worth noting that compared with the experience of Hongmeng cockpit, the level of intelligent driving ability of the previous Wenjie M5 has not reached the forward-looking position of the industry. And Yu Chengdong believes that "the two high-end intelligent driving versions released in April will bring an’unprecedented ‘intelligent driving experience."

　　The biggest advance for the Q & A M5 and Q & A M5 EV high-end intelligent driving versions to be released, whether from the teaser pictures or from the road test spy photos that have appeared before, is that the new car will be equipped with Huawei’s lidar and its corresponding auxiliary driving system, which will have the ability to pilot driving in urban areas, and does not rely on high-precision maps. "The update of high-precision maps is too slow, and the speed of obtaining them from city to city is too slow. We even have to toss a small road in Shanghai for a long time," Yu Chengdong said. Some analysts believe that in the implementation of the current urban navigation assistance driving system, there are two advantages to not relying on high-precision maps: one is to directly avoid the limitations of policy approval brought by high-precision maps, so that the plan can be quickly landed in more cities; the other is to directly subtract the cost of high-precision maps. After no longer relying on high-precision maps, the greatest convenience is that more urban users will be expected to experience the pilot assistance driving function in the urban area earlier and synchronously.

　　At present, there are three main models for Huawei’s smart car business, namely the parts supply model, the HI model and the Huawei Smart Choice model. Previously, only the HI model models were equipped with Huawei’s intelligent driving system. With the release of the high-end intelligent driving version of the M5 and M5 EV, the Qinjie series began to gradually carry Huawei’s intelligent driving system. In order to further enhance the sales and product power of Qinjie products, on the one hand, Yu Chengdong himself is increasing his investment in the Huawei Smart Choice model; on the other hand, Huawei has further strengthened its involvement in the Qinjie brand in publicity. Previously, the official account of AITO asked the world, together with all official communication pages, replaced the communication content with "HUAWEI asked the world", and at this press conference, Yu Chengdong also directly used the expression "Huawei asked the world".

　　HUAWEI is Huawei’s eco-car brand and a new business model pioneered by Huawei. This model can not only help car companies achieve commercial success, but also drive the large-scale sales of Huawei’s smart car parts. Huawei’s auto business is moving towards an accelerated stage. (HUAWEI asks the world, for pictures)

[Global Network Technology Comprehensive Report] On July 2, Xiaomi Group held a new series of Xiaomi CC launches at Beijing Water Cube, releasing three new models of Xiaomi CC9, Xiaomi CC9e, and Xiaomi CC9 Meitu Customized Edition.

Xiaomi CC9 is a redesigned Xiaomi 9 for young people, inheriting the flagship technology and core experience of Xiaomi 9. It is also the first product in Xiaomi mobile phones to use the front 32 million pixel + rear 48 million pixel three-camera flagship camera. The 6GB + 64GB version of Xiaomi CC9 is priced at 1799 yuan, and the 6GB + 128GB version is priced at 1999 yuan.

Xiaomi CC9e is a light and compact refined version of Xiaomi CC9. It is the first Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor. The camera specifications are the same as Xiaomi CC9, but the size is slightly smaller, which is more suitable for one-handed operation. The 4GB + 64GB version of Xiaomi CC9e is 1299 yuan, the 6GB + 64GB version is 1399 yuan, and the 6GB + 128GB version is 1599 yuan.

Xiaomi CC9 Meitu Customized Edition is specially designed for girls, a beauty camera phone with 100% Meitu algorithm, a unique 8GB + 256GB version, priced at 2599 yuan.

Lei Jun, founder, chairperson and CEO of Xiaomi Group, said: The Xiaomi CC series focuses on the young people market. It is a trendy camera phone for young people around the world. It is a younger, more beautiful and better photo phone. Unlike the previous Xiaomi product team, more than half of the Xiaomi CC product team has professional backgrounds in art and fine arts. Their understanding of the CC series is not only Colorful, but also Creative.

Xiaomi mobile phone new series CC debut: positioning the young trend

The global smartphone market has transitioned from an incremental market to a stock market. Under the background that the overall growth has entered a period of moderation, a brand needs a clearer and more accurate product positioning to meet the core target group it serves if it wants to continue to maintain a high growth rate beyond the industry average. After the Redmi brand is used independently, Xiaomi brand mobile phones have more imagination. On the one hand, Xiaomi brand can explore innovative technology, focus on mid-to-high-end, and pursue the ultimate experience. On the other hand, it can also focus more on market segments to make more targeted products. Xiaomi CC series is a product specially designed for young users around the world. Xiaomi CC series mobile phone design is younger and newer, equipped with a front 32 million pixel ultra-high resolution camera for young people who like to take selfies, and even Xiaomi has specially designed a matching Xiaomi CC jelly bag for young people who like CC series products, so that countless young people plant grass.

In Xiaomi’s new CC series, there is a product specifically aimed at female users – the Xiaomi CC9 Meitu Customized Edition mobile phone, which is also the first cooperative product released by Xiaomi and Meitu. Xiaomi has a high reputation in the field of technology, and Meitu’s products have a large number of female users. The ultra-clear resolution of Xiaomi’s native camera cooperates with Meitu’s AI beauty exclusive underlying algorithm to create a beauty camera phone that can achieve a super-textured, super-real, and super-detailed selfie experience. Xiaomi CC9 Meitu Customized Edition will expand Xiaomi to more female users among young people.

Xiaomi CC9/CC9e: Xiaomi’s first front 32 million pixel selfie phone

According to Xiaomi CC product manager CiCi Wei, Xiaomi CC9 uses a 6.39-inch AMOLED water drop full screen and real hardware DC dimming, which not only completely improves the stroboscopic problem under low brightness, but also ensures that the picture color is not lost, and supports the color screen display function. The 3D full-curved glass body has three new color schemes: White Lovers, Deep Blue Planet and Dark Night Prince. The beautiful and quiet white lovers are inspired by the faint light of the sun shining on the snow. Through the nano-holographic process, the mobile phone can see colorful dreamy light effects from any angle. And the unique CC texture of Deep Blue Planet adopts an extremely complex micro-nano composite process, like the ripples of the lake under the moon. The brand logo on the back of CC9 adopts a younger vertical design and adds the function of breathing light, which can correspond to different color dynamic reminders in scenes such as charging and notification. It also jointly creates innovative real-sense technology with Honor of Kings to present colorful breathing light special effects when killing the opponent’s heroes in the game.

In terms of photography, Xiaomi CC9 has been greatly optimized for front portrait photography. It has a 32 million pixel flagship selfie front camera, and the rear camera uses 48 million pixel Sony IMX586 + 8 million pixel ultra-wide-angle + 2 million pixel depth of field three-shot combination. Unlike popular beauty algorithms such as dermabrasion and thin face on the market, Xiaomi CC9 uses real beauty, which retains facial features while modifying flaws. For example, remove dark circles while retaining aegyo sal, beautify skin tone while keeping the neck skin tone uniform, and retain texture details to create texture, rather than taking a cookie-cutter assembly line beauty face. Xiaomi CC9 also supports Mimoji cute shooting function, which uses the front-facing camera to obtain facial image data and generate cute cartoon image expressions. Xiaomi CC9 has a built-in AI day-changing filter developed by Xiaomi Brain. Through deep learning on hundreds of thousands of different types of sky photos, the day-changing filter can accurately segment the sky in landscapes and portrait photos for targeted beautification, and can change cloudy days to sunny days, sunset, sunset and other realistic effects with one click. In other respects, the Snapdragon 710 processor, the seventh-generation optical screen fingerprint recognition, Hi-Res high definition audio certification, 4030mAh large capacity battery, full-featured NFC, 3.5mm headphone interface, infrared function, standard 18W fast charging, etc. also ensure that the Xiaomi CC9 has an excellent daily use experience. The price of Xiaomi CC9 starts at 1799 yuan.

Another important product at the conference is the lighter Xiaomi CC9e. It is reported that Xiaomi CC9e launched a new generation of Snapdragon 665 processor, using 11nm process technology, which greatly reduces the power consumption and improves the AI performance compared to the Snapdragon 660. 6.088-inch AMOLED screen, light and compact, more suitable for one-handed operation. It uses the same back cover material and process as Xiaomi CC9, the same seventh-generation screen fingerprint recognition, 4030mAh large-capacity battery, supports infrared, 3.5mm earphone interface, and supports 18W fast charging (standard 10W charger). Xiaomi CC9e is priced at 1299 yuan, which is the most cost-effective screen fingerprint mobile phone on the market. It is also the most cost-effective 32 million pixel front + 48 million pixel rear three-camera mobile phone on the market.

Xiaomi CC9 Meitu Customized Edition: 100% Meitu Algorithm Beauty Camera Mobile Phone

Xiaomi CC9 Meitu Customized Edition is specially designed for girls. The back cover adopts dreamy soft light gradual change fairy color inspired by the pink sand beaches of the Bahamas, and fuses light blue and pink through gradient effect, which is full of fairy energy. This phone adopts exclusive custom wallpaper, theme, and exclusive boot animation and ringtone. The camera hardware uses 32 million pixel front + 48 million pixel rear three-camera combination. The camera functions and algorithms are 100% developed by Meitu. It supports multiple customized photo and video beauty modes including classic portraits, low-light portraits, movie portraits, party mode, soft hair, and Vlog video beauty 360-degree full body beauty. The camera UI interface is also the same as that of previous generations of Meitu’s own brand mobile phones.

Xiaomi’s native camera 32 million pixel ultra-clear resolution and Meitu’s AI beauty exclusive underlying technology, Xiaomi CC9 Meitu Customized Edition mobile phone can be said to be the most powerful mobile phone on the market for selfies. Xiaomi CC9 Meitu Customized Edition’s unique AI low-light portrait can take high-quality beauty portraits in extremely low light environments. This function applies Meitu’s unique AI beauty technology and single-picture depth estimation technology, which can calmly deal with rich and diverse scenes. Even in a dark environment that is almost invisible to the human eye, it can extract the user’s facial features and combine the scene depth information to restore the appearance of the image. Xiaomi CC9 Meitu Customized Edition uses 8GB + 256GB storage combination, and other hardware configurations are the same as Xiaomi CC9, priced at 2599 yuan.

Lei Jun said that in 2019, Xiaomi mobile phones will be launched in three product series: Xiaomi digital series, including Xiaomi 9 and Xiaomi 9SE; Xiaomi MIX series, targeting the business flagship market; and the new series CC, a trendy mobile phone for young people around the world. The new series CC focuses on the young people market, better meeting the preferences of young people in terms of product functions and performance, which will help Xiaomi brand win more young people’s attention, and the Xiaomi CC9 Meitu customized version launched together will help Xiaomi brand to further expand the female user market. Through the release of several new products in the CC series, the layout of Xiaomi brand mobile phone product line is clearer and more complete. And how the market performance of CC series mobile phones, Global Network Technology will continue to pay attention to the report.

(Photography/Ermeng, Photography/Kakashi) On June 18, Wang Sicong attended the "Banana Curiosity Night" in Shanghai. He wanted to hold an annual program for new directors and screenwriters to realize their dreams and award prizes to the winners. "My film company has never thought of competing with the boss of the industry. The main purpose is not to make money, but to take out a little money to help the film market that I feel lacks infrastructure."

Wang Sicong wants to spend long-term to "raise" newcomers: help the underdeveloped film market

Banana Films has been spending time and energy on cultivating "people", as Wang Sicong said: "I hope that through my meager efforts, whether you are a professional or not, if you want to tell stories, if you want to be a screenwriter, if you want to be a director, if you dare to participate in our competition, I will directly reward everyone with money. Because I know that it is not easy to do any art, sometimes you want to be a screenwriter or a director, but in the early days, this job cannot support you. So I want everyone to not give up on their dreams and keep working hard. Anyway, I will do it every year."

As for the establishment of Banana Film, Wang Sicong said: "I never thought about competing with the boss of the industry when I started this film company. The main purpose is not to make money. Of course, it is good to make money. But at least for now, without the pressure of performance, we can take the money to do what we want. In fact, no one wants to do this job. Why don’t we do it if we can? I hope that I can not be too troubled by the industry and give a little money to help the film market that I feel lacks infrastructure." For the selected new directors and new screenwriters, in addition to giving high bonuses, Banana Film has also made a series of targeted plans.

Launched six new directors, the project invited senior bosses to escort

In order to discover China’s outstanding film screenwriters, Banana Film has also launched the "Banana New Screenwriters Dream Realization Project" to help the development of China’s film industry from the source. After more than eight months of selection, six high-quality screenwriters were finally selected from 3,000 participants. At the scene, Wang Sicong, Wei Xiangdong, Jiao Xiongping, Shuhuan and others presented awards to the outstanding screenwriters. Wang Yun with "I and my Hugh Grant" stand out from three thousand people won the first prize exclusive 1.50 million prize, Shen Dawei’s "mirror world", Guo Shuai’s "man to death is still young" won the second prize with 1.20 million dream bonus, Chai Churan with "I am a big star", Liu Xiaofeng with "genius screenwriter", Yin David with "movie watching you" won the third prize and won the 800,000 dream bonus.

Wei Xiangdong, referring to the development of outstanding directors discovered in the first banana new director excavation plan during this year, said: "We have opened a master elite class, recommended them to go to the big director crew to learn in real combat, and through internal grinding, some of them have already started to prepare their own projects."

In keeping with Banana’s promise that "when you are selected, you will have a place to play", six major projects directed by five new directors were officially announced on the spot. "Days of Living with the Villain" by Wen Nhat Hanh is a strategic cooperation with the NetEase literary platform, while "The God of Cooking" is a cooperation project with the iQIYI Yunteng Project. "Lily Cherry" was originally created and directed by Mao Yongsheng, the first winner of the new banana director’s digging project last year. "Me and My Hugh Grant" directed by Cui Rui is the work of the first winner of this year’s new screenwriting, and the cinematographer of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was specially invited to be the executive producer of the film. Qiu Xinda’s "I Am a Big Star" is also the work of this year’s winning screenwriter. Yao Bo’s "For N" was adapted from excellent literary works and collaborated with gold-medal screenwriter Yuan Yuan. Wei Xiangdong assured on the spot: "I want to tell all the screenwriters that all six of your scripts will be filmed, and at the same time, you will be accompanied by excellent senior industry professionals to escort these projects, which is like helping us get through the two veins of Ren and Governor in our creation."

　　On July 17, Mingdao, the female group talent show "The Strongest Girl Group" with Mingdao as the general commander, ushered in a new episode of the program recording. The general commander Mingdao accepted a group visit from the national media on the day of the recording. It is reported that Mingdao invited the popular Korean women’s group SISTAR to come to help out and serve as Mingdao’s star staff. The climax of the recording scene continued, and the encounter between the Chinese and Korean women’s groups was full of sparks.

　　SISTAR shouts coquettishly at Oppa, Ming Dao calls out that he wants to get married

　　At the scene, SISTAR turned on coquettish mode, and the four of them took turns calling Oba to Ming Dao, which was especially useful. When asked what it was like to be called Oba by the four girls, Ming Dao shouted "I am also at the age where I should get married this year", boldly confessing, triggering a pink craze on the scene.

　　Mingdao learns Korean for SISTAR and hopes to be more rigorous with players

　　Asked during the interview if SISTAR was familiar with Ming Dao, SISTAR said: "I have followed on TV and on the Internet. I finally met this time. I hope we can get to know each other better and make good friends in the future." For the arrival of the popular Korean group SISTAR, Ming Dao also made full preparations in advance. Ming Dao, who has always been gifted in language, learned Korean privately. Among them, the Korean language of "soju" is the best. SISTAR was surprised to hear that, and Doshun laughed and said that he "loves drinking rice wine."

　　This is an exchange between China and South Korea. On stage, Mingdao asked SISTAR members to show their versatile charm, let the members of the strongest girl group learn and learn from them, and learn from SISTAR about the cultivation of girls’ uniqueness. "Before, only a single group member was invited, but this time SISTAR is the entire girl group. It will be the most complete guidance since the opening of’The Strongest Girl Group ‘, and it will be a mature guidance for the Korean team," Mingdao said in an interview. When Mingdao asked if SISTAR would give strict guidance if the players of the strongest girl group did not perform well, SISTAR said with a smile: "No, we hope to explore the advantages of the strongest girl group and amplify the advantages." But Ming Dao was obviously not satisfied with this answer, saying that he hoped that SISTAR, as a star advisor, could be more severe and make the players of the strongest women’s team better.

　　The standard for choosing a girlfriend is more life-like, and I don’t plan to move to the background at this stage.

　　For the show "The Strongest Girl Group", Ming Dao has been paying attention to the contestants’ growth step by step since the live broadcast stage of the show, and has poured a lot of effort and emotion into them. A reporter asked if the members of the girl group would have a feeling of choosing a girlfriend, Ming Dao answered seriously: "No, I am a person whose work and life are very separate. Choosing a girl group mainly depends on their state on the stage. Of course, singing and dancing must be available. Artists must be able to express themselves on the stage and make the audience feel comfortable and smooth. And choosing a girlfriend requires understanding the other party’s private life habits, such as whether they like to eat western food or Chinese food."

　　Asked if she planned to shift her focus behind the scenes in this girl group talent show, Ming Dao responded: "No, I just broadened my work area. In terms of acting, I will be more careful in choosing roles."

　　　 News source: Nanning Evening News

　　　　

Fan Bingbing was strongly doubted

　　　　"Natural beauty is hard to give up, and it is always on the side of the king. Looking back and smiling at Bai Meisheng, Liugong Fendai has no color." Concubine Yang, one of China’s "four beautiful women", has always been a representative of plump beauty. Her story has also been filmed into film and television works countless times, including the recent TV series "Datang Furong Garden" on CCTV’s eight go LIVE sets. However, with the hit of the show, the role of Concubine Yang in the play by Fan Bingbing has attracted strong criticism from many viewers, and even evolved into a huge verbal attack on the Internet.

　　　　The netizens strongly questioned

　　　　Unlike some historical dramas, "Datang Furong Garden" only talks about love and not politics, and positions Yang Guifei as a "pure" woman. According to the director’s conception, Yang Guifei in the play should be "pure enough to make men’s hearts shake and women jealous." However, after the appearance of Yang Guifei played by Fan Bingbing, not only did she not charm the audience, but also attracted waves of strong doubts.

　　　　"By letting Fan Bingbing play Yang Yuhuan, in addition to making the audience feel despair, even the Chinese idiom is about to despair. How can I change the’Huanfei Yan Thin ‘? Looking at her thin face, how can there be any smell of Yang Guifei?" "Fan Bingbing doesn’t look like a favorite concubine in a prosperous age at all – graceful and natural charm; always looks like a small family jasper, no matter how you look at it, it looks like Yang Guifei’s maid." Many viewers also pointed out that in the famous "Neon Clothes Dance", Fan Bingbing actually used a lot of double shots, which seemed very fake. "When Fan Bingbing dances, he just swings his sleeves up, turns left and right, and has no charm."

　　　　Fan Bingbing is quite aggrieved

　　　　Faced with various criticisms from the audience, Fan Bingbing looked rather aggrieved: "Zang Jinsheng, who played An Lushan, said that he had studied relevant historical materials. The real Yang Yuhuan’s measurements are only a little bigger than mine, not so fat, and his height is shorter than mine, about 1.55 meters to 1.60 meters, so the thin version of Yang Guifei is not without basis." Fan Bingbing defended himself against the accusation of lack of temperament: "I am emotionally confident, and taking this play shows that I have confidence. I think everyone is too harsh on me, because the feelings in the play are very delicate, and the role positioning and history are inherently different."

　　　　As for the dance stuntman, Fan Bingbing explained: "The’Nishang Feather Dancing ‘is very famous, and I originally hoped to be able to complete it myself, but I didn’t learn dance after all. In the end, many scenes were shot by dance teachers as stuntmen, which is my biggest regret in filming the drama!"

　　　　Zhou Xiaowen was a little angry

　　　　The director Zhou Xiaowen looked a little angry in the face of the audience’s criticism: "Who said that Concubine Yang Guifei must be a fat woman? Who has seen it? Let him find me! Saying that Concubine Yang Guifei is fat is the imagination of literati. When I shoot Yang Yuhuan, I want to show the image of a’pure ‘woman. It doesn’t matter if she is fat or thin." (Fan Dongbo)

Editor in charge: Li Meng

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　　As a work that first broke into the film industry, Li Zonghan’s role in "Lu Zhu" in "Sword Rain" was obviously a great success. Not only did he perfectly show the compassion and infatuation of the wonderful monk, but he also performed another classic love confession "Stone Bridge Chan" for female audiences. Lu Zhu’s affectionate style and sacrifice touched countless audiences, but the actor Li Zonghan made a surprising statement, saying that "Lu Zhu died of mental cleanliness."

　　In "Sword Rain", Li Zonghan plays a Buddhist monk who is the best in the world in terms of martial arts. He has been practicing in Shaolin for twenty-seven years, but when he is about to be officially shaved, he has moved his mortal heart. The woman he loves is still a female devil who murders without blinking an eye. Lu Zhu entangled with "Drizzle" for nearly three months, and finally enlightened the female killer with his life. Not only did he persuade "Drizzle" to turn back, but he also let himself break the fate of evil. "I would like to be transformed into a stone bridge, exposed to five hundred years of wind, five hundred years of sun, and five hundred years of rain, only wishing you could walk across the bridge." This death vow made by Lu Zhu before his death also successfully hit the tear glands of the audience.

　　When it comes to the role of Lu Zhu, Li Zonghan’s words are amazing, "Lu Zhu is a person who pursues perfection, and his death is due to his spiritual cleanliness." The little prince of the constellation defined Lu Zhu as a Virgo man when assigning constellations to the twelve characters in "Sword Rain", and Li Zonghan agreed with this. "Lu Zhu has a spiritual cleanliness, he pursues perfection, he cultivates martial arts and Buddhism to the best of nobody, and he loves in the extreme way. So when he found that he could not balance love and faith, he chose to use his death to influence others and fulfill others."

　　Li Zonghan said that he was deeply attracted by the role of Lu Zhu when he got the script. "Lu Zhu is a pure and extreme man. He sees everything in the world very thoroughly, including love is also a kind of’big love ‘, and there is no selfishness. It is easy and difficult to figure out such a character, but he is not too complicated
　

The 73rd Cannes Film Festival was originally scheduled to be held from May 12 to 23

1905 movie network feature "We have a tradition that Cannes is the first sign of summer."The artistic director of the Cannes International Film Festival, Fermat, recently expressed the hope that the epidemic will end as soon as possible in mid-May, and the festival will be held as scheduled from May 12 to May 23. But judging from the current situation, such an idea is too optimistic.

In addition to Cannes, several recent film festivals originally scheduled to be held in March, April and May have been postponed or cancelled,Including the French Real Film Festival, the South by Southwest Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival, and the Miami Film Festival.So far, the official statement of the Cannes Film Festival Organizing Committee is:The cancellation or postponement will not be announced until at least April 15, the eve of the announcement of the entry list.

Why is Cannes still "struggling"?

It was first rumored to be because of the insurance premium. If cancelled, a French insurance company could compensate 2 million euros, but the organizing committee of the Cannes Film Festival has refused. However, this year’s festival’s operating budget is 32 million euros, which is not a big deal for Cannes.The president of the festival, Pierre Lescule, also said that even if it is cancelled, it will have little impact on the financial operation of the festival itself, because the festival has certain reserves and fund support.

Cannes Artistic Director Fumau (left) and President Lescule (right)

The main reason is still to go back to the movie itself.

As one of the largest international film festivals in the world, there are not only red carpets and starlight, but also hundreds of new films from all over the world participate in competitions and screenings every year, especially for art films, where you can enjoy large-scale international exposure and discussion.

Last year, for example, Diao Yinan’s directorship and Hu Ge’s starring role were shortlisted for the main competition, and the new director’s work also received praise in the parallel section. With the help of the Cannes platform, these new Chinese-language films first earn enough popularity overseas, which is also good for the promotion of their release in China.

At the same time, thousands of films are also traded in the Cannes Film Market for international sales of copyrights and distribution every year.For example, Jia Zhangke’s works in 2015, which were shortlisted for the main competition unit in Cannes that year, cost about 40 million yuan, and the cost has been recovered through overseas copyright sales on platforms such as the Cannes market on the eve of domestic release.

2019 Cannes Film Palace

The entire Cannes Film Festival team is still working on contingency measures, such as limiting the number of spectators in cinemas and other venues. But the French government has announced a law-wide ban on gatherings of more than 100 people.According to statistics, the Cannes Film Festival attracted about 60,000 participants every day last year. If the ban continues until May, how can the festival scale down the event to meet the standards? Then how many people are willing to take the risk to participate in the event?

If cancellations are confirmed, a number of international studios and agencies have also agreed to jointly create an online marketplace in early May, including promoting new films to buyers, showing flowers or samples, etc. However, such remedial measures will still affect market transactions.

The Cannes International Film Festival has been cancelled three times since its first edition in 1946.It was suspended in 1948 and 1950 due to financial difficulties, and in 1968 due to the impact of the "May storm", when Truffaut, Godard and other French New Wave directors jointly blocked the screening of the film, and the festival was forced to suspend.

Directors such as Truffaut and Godard block Cannes film screening

Half a century later, the number of new films produced has increased sharply year by year. If it is cancelled this year, it will be difficult for many films originally scheduled to appear in Cannes to compete with other new films and squeeze into subsequent film festivals, such as the Venice and Toronto film festivals. If it is postponed, it will be difficult for Cannes to find a suitable time to resume.

So the question of what to do now is to point the debut stage to Cannes or other major films at festivals that have been postponed or cancelled.

Chinese Discourse

First of all, from the perspective of Chinese films, there are three major directors’ new works poised for release:Xu Anhua’s, Tian Zhuangzhuang’s and Zhang Yimou’s.

Adapted from a classic novel by Zhang Ailing and starring Ma Sichun and Peng Yuyan, "First Incense" has attracted much attention in the industry. The film was completed in mainland scenes at the end of July last year, and its first stills were also exposed at the Berlin Film Festival at the beginning of the year.

Xu Anhua’s work has never been shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival, but judging from her past experience in other film festivals,"First Incense" is more likely to go to the Venice Film Festival.

"The First Incense" Peng Yuyan stills

Tian Zhuangzhuang’s "Birdsong" was completed in January this year. This is his new work after a decade of absence from directing. In addition, the film is adapted from Acheng’s novel "King of Trees", and the other two "Three Kings" novels have been adapted into movies, so the outside world has high expectations for this film.

Last year, Tian Zhuangzhuang brought his old 1988 film to the Cannes Classic Restoration Unit, and Fu Mao personally presided over the pre-screening activities. According to this friendship,If the quality of "Birdsong" is reliable, the Cannes Film Festival will not be cancelled, and it is very likely to be selected for a certain section.

Director Tian Zhuangzhuang

"Solid as a Rock" has been submitted for review after the National Day last year, but there has been no release news."Solid as a Rock" is Zhang Yimou’s first attempt to shoot a police and bandit action movie. According to the director himself, the film’s screen is very unique and has the cold style of a modern city.

The last time Zhang Yimou went to Cannes was in 2014 with his participation in the screening. "Solid as a Rock" has been in the confidential stage, and it is still unknown whether it has been delivered to the film festival. His next new work was still filmed in the Northeast Snow Township at the end of December last year, and there is no news on whether it was stopped by the epidemic.

Mai Junlong directs the works that are currently the most highly anticipated in the industry and are headed for Cannes or other international film festivals.The starring lineup is super luxurious, and it gathers powerful actors such as Takeshi Kancheng, Liang Jiahui, Liu Qingyun, Koo Tianle, and Gao Yuanyuan. It was cut at the end of July last year, and it is said that the amount of post productin is very large.

Director Zhang Ming was shortlisted for the 2018 Cannes Film Festival Director’s Fortnight, his new love suspense film"Hot Soup."Then it appeared in the trading market of the Berlin Film Festival at the beginning of the year, and it should continue to move towards other international film festivals.

Mei Feng won the best screenplay in the main competition at Cannes, directing a new work"Love Song 1980"Starring Li Xian and Chunxia, some samples were completed last year, with a strong literary temperament and the opportunity to participate in Cannes. And the new director works starring Wan Qian and Huang Jue"Rabbit Violence"It is also expected by the industry. Will it be the next "Spring River Plumbing" to go international?

Sino-Japanese co-filming and also want to find its audience through Cannes or other international film festivals."Yanagawa" was completed at the end of January this year, starring Ni Ni, Zhang Luyi, Xin Baiqing, Ikimatsu Zhuangliang, Nakano Yoshiko, etc. Director Zhang Lu is a regular at major film festivals.

"Yanagawa" stills

The film "Nara Again" about an old Chinese woman looking for a Japanese orphan and adopted daughter is produced by two directors, Jia Zhangke and Kawase Naomi. As old friends of Cannes "direct", it is not unreasonable for them to support the new director Peng Fei to enter Cannes.

In addition to these new Chinese films, Wong Kar-wai’s classic this year coincides with the 20th anniversary of its release. The film had its world premiere in the main competition section of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and Tony Leung also won the Best Actor Award.

Cannes officials previously announced that the 4K restored version of "In the Mood for Love" will be unveiled in the classic restoration unit, and Wong Kar-wai will also attend the screening.If the Cannes Film Festival is cancelled, the 4K restoration of "In the Mood for Love" will have to find the next premiere platform.

Overseas

For overseas films, several blockbuster new titles from Asia, Europe, and the United States have long been locked into the main competition at Cannes.

Wes Anderson’s is similar to last year’s, but the stars will be brighter,With Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Francis McDormand, Leia Seydoux, Sweet Tea, Saoirse Ronan and dozens of other internationally renowned actors co-starring, no film could be more suitable for the opening of the Cannes Film Festival.

"Mission to France" stills

French director Leo Carrax’s previous film was recently selected as one of the 10 best films of the 2010s by the Cinema Handbook.His new film, Annette, is a musical and his first English film.Starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, it is arguably the most watched film of the year and the top choice at Cannes.

Adam Driver in the post-production studio of Annette

Thai director Apichatpong won the Palme d’Or a decade ago, and this year is the latest collaboration with Tilda Swinton"Memory."The film is currently in its later stages, and Jia Zhangke’s film company has also participated in the production of this film.

Tilda Swinton

In addition, the Palme d’Or director Nanni Moletti’s "Three Floors" and Lauren Guntai’s "Arthur Rambo" were also selected for the main competition.

Cannes "familiar faces" Naomi Kawase’s "Dawn is Coming", Dumont’s "It’s Half Clear This Morning", Ojung’s "85 Midsummer", Sophia Coppola’s "On the Rocks" and Paul Van Hoeven’s "Our Lady" are also pointing at Cannes.

Leia Saidu in "It’s Half Clear This Morning."

If the Cannes Film Festival is cancelled, what other new films will we miss?

I only hope that the epidemic can pass as soon as possible, as Fu Mao wished: "This year’s Cannes Film Festival will be the first international event to celebrate life, praise life, and regenerate."I also hope that all future film festivals can be held smoothly and continue to showcase more outstanding films to us.

The healing sandbox building game "Tiny Glade" created by Pounce Light launched the latest demo at the recent Steam New Festival, and the game was loved by many players.

Pounce Light recently updated the latest news on the Steam homepage, and the number of wish lists added to the game has reached 1 million, far exceeding the developers’ expectations.

Pounce Light mentioned in the update that it was originally expected that "Small World in the Woods" would become a niche indie game, but they were surprised by the attention and love of many players. Therefore, the developers decided to extend the demo of the new festival by one week until June 23, so that players who missed it would have the opportunity to experience the game.

"Small World in the Woods" is a casual, healing castle-building game. There are no grid restrictions, and players can explore the interaction of building materials to the fullest, and see what kind of world the game can build with bricks, stones, and planks. No management, no combat, no right or wrong. Leisurely, you can turn forgotten meadows into lovely miniature landscapes.

　　Our reporter, Wan Jing

　　In June 2016, after the release of the "Opinions of the State Council on Establishing Fair Competition and Censorship in the Construction of the Market System" (hereinafter referred to as Document No. 34), in 2017, all provinces and cities across the country began to establish rules and regulations, and fully implemented Document No. 34. 31 provinces have issued implementation plans or implementation measures.

　　The National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, together with relevant departments, studied and formulated the "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Fair Competition Censorship (Interim) " (hereinafter referred to as the "Detailed Rules"), which were approved by the State Council and issued in October 2017. The industry unanimously commented that "another boot has landed" to allow the fair competition review to enter the substantive implementation stage.

　　19 provinces were included in the performance appraisal

　　"Legal Daily" reporters found that since the release of Article 34, all ministries and commissions of the State Council have established a fair competition review mechanism; 31 provinces have issued implementation plans to carry out the review work in an orderly manner. It is particularly noteworthy that 19 of these 31 provinces have proposed to establish and improve the government affairs and administrative commitment assessment system and improve the accountability mechanism for fair competition review.

　　Six provinces – Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Jiangxi, Hebei and Qinghai – called for stronger accountability and the establishment of a system of assessment, supervision and accountability for fair competition review work. Taking Jiangxi Province as an example, the Provincial Fair Competition Review Joint Conference Office and relevant industry authorities should strengthen the assessment and supervision of fair competition review work, and local governments and departments that fail to conduct fair competition review or violate fair competition review standards and introduce policies and measures, as well as fail to correct relevant policies and measures in a timely manner, must be seriously accountable.

　　In addition, more than 10 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including Shanghai, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Shandong have proposed to improve the evaluation mechanism and encourage the government to purchase services and entrust third parties to carry out evaluations. Evaluation reports should be open to the public for comments, and evaluation results should be open to the public.

　　The rules ensure that the review is left behind

　　At the end of October 2017, the "Detailed Rules" jointly issued by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council were officially issued. Non-review and non-serious review in the practice of fair competition review are the primary issues to be solved by the "Detailed Rules".

　　To this end, the "Detailed Rules" mainly strengthen the procedural constraints on the fair competition review work in the following aspects: clarify the internal review mechanism, require the formation of written review conclusions, refine the rules and procedures for soliciting opinions, and establish a regular reporting system. More notably, the "Detailed Rules" further clarify the issue of supervision and reporting and accountability, and stipulate that any unit or individual can report to the policy-making authority or report to the superior authority or the anti-monopoly law enforcement agency if the review is not conducted or the review standards are violated.

　　Professor Shi Jianzhong, a member of the Expert Advisory Group of the Anti-Monopoly Committee of the State Council and Vice President of China University of Political Science and Law, believes that it is far from enough to establish fair competition censorship, and the cage of the system must be further tightened and tightened. The Detailed Rules explain and refine the relevant provisions of fair competition censorship from the aspects of review mechanisms and procedures, review standards, exception provisions, social supervision, and accountability, ensuring that fair competition review becomes a necessary procedure before the introduction of policies and measures, ensuring that review leaves traces, avoiding self-censorship as a formality, and preventing perfunctory.

　　Investigate and punish restrictions on competition

　　In July 2017, the National Development and Reform Commission disclosed that the National Development and Reform Commission and the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission investigated and found that the Chengdu State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission organized a special coordination meeting and issued meeting notes, requiring municipal state-owned enterprises and their wholly-owned and controlling subsidiaries (sub) companies to give priority to insurance services provided by local state-owned enterprises under the same conditions of price and service. Chengdu State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission took the initiative to issue a document to abolish the above meeting notes.

　　Rather than establishing rules and regulations, the public is more concerned about practical actions. As fair competition censorship has gradually and solidly advanced across the country, in 2017, many local governments began to strictly review their respective policy documents in accordance with the spirit of Circular 34. During the year, many acts of restricting competition or abusing administrative power to interfere with market competition order have been corrected or are being corrected.

　　According to a person from the Price Supervision Bureau of the National Development and Reform Commission, there are currently more than 40 cases of abuse of administrative power to exclude and restrict competition that have been completed or are being handled in various places, and will be disclosed one after another in the near future.

　　On December 5, 2017, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the "2017-2018 Work Plan for Cleaning Up Existing Policies to Exclude and Restrict Competition".

　　According to the plan, by May 2018, all departments of the State Council and local people’s governments at all levels and their subordinate departments will form a conclusion on the policies and measures to eliminate and restrict competition, and repeal or adjust them according to the procedures. Before July 2018, local people’s governments at all levels and their subordinate departments will conduct a comprehensive summary of the clean-up work, form a written report, and report it level by level. Before November 2018, the inter-ministerial joint conference on fair competition review will organize inspections of the clean-up work of all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and departments, and correct those that are not in place.

　　Supervision network ride-hailing local policy

　　In 2017, the biggest challenge to fair competition censorship was the introduction of local policies on ride-hailing. Many people use local policies on ride-hailing as "test strips" to test whether fair competition reviews are real.

　　New regulations on ride-hailing in many places have set up obstacles to the relevant conditions of "people and cars", and "deliberately" shrinking the policy space given to the online car-hailing industry by the Ministry of Transport. In response, Beijing Tianyuan Law Firm recently reported to the relevant anti-monopoly law enforcement agencies that "the detailed rules of online car-hailing in some cities are suspected of violating fair competition censorship and are suspected of abusing administrative power to exclude and restrict competition." At present, the National Development and Reform Commission has started to investigate the situation of local online car-hailing fair competition reviews.

　　Under the supervision of the National Development and Reform Commission, in September 2017, Quanzhou, Fujian and Lanzhou, Gansu Province successively revised the previously formulated detailed rules for the implementation of online car-hailing. The adjustment direction includes weakening the personal and household registration restrictions on online car-hailing drivers, lowering the price and technical conditions requirements for online car-hailing vehicles, canceling access restrictions on online car-hailing vehicles and drivers, and canceling other unreasonable restrictions that violate the requirements of the market economy.

　　According to a relevant person from the Price Supervision Bureau of the National Development and Reform Commission, many local governments are not copying or forwarding documents in implementing the spirit of Document No. 34, but actually conducting censorship, which is why there are more than 40 cases mentioned above. This is also closely related to the efforts of the development and reform departments to initiate and organize local administrative departments to train and study Document No. 34 and the Detailed Rules. At present, some local governments, especially at the grass-roots municipal and county levels, need to speed up the implementation of fair competition censorship, establish relevant working mechanisms as soon as possible, and really move. In addition, local governments need to come up with practical solutions in specific work implementation, such as the problem of "stock clearance".

　　Just after the Spring Festival holiday, BYD began to "strengthen" its friends. On February 19th, BYD launched the glory version of Qin PLUS and destroyer 05, and set the starting price of the two models at 79,800 yuan. A week later, BYD Han and Tang glory models also came on the market. Among them, BYD Han DM-i glory version started at 169,800 yuan, Han EV glory version started at 179,800 yuan, Tang DM-i glory version started at 179,800 yuan, and there were also 2024 Han DM-p God of War versions with a price of 259,800 yuan. Obviously, for the whole automobile market, this price reduction is not only an operation of "lifting the table", but also a blow to all friends in the price range of 100,000-150,000 yuan.

　　According to the sales data in the first two weeks of March, BYD achieved 38,600 vehicles and 49,100 vehicles respectively. At the same time, thanks to the continuous expansion of the glory family, BYD’s sales in the second week (March 4-March 10) finally returned to more than 40,000 vehicles, which not only surpassed Volkswagen in sales, but also increased by more than 27% from last week. Analysis of the reasons: First, the price war effect of the core product line is remarkable. Up to now, BYD has launched more than 10 glory versions of new cars, from Qin PLUS glory version, Han EV glory version to Seagull glory version, etc., and the main models of BYD Dynasty series and Ocean series have basically completed the annual change.

　　Secondly, BYD used "all-category layout+energy revolution+cost control+intelligent upgrade" to fundamentally rob the user population of the joint venture brand. In the past, independent brands wanted to break through the blockade of joint venture brands on the mainstream household market, mostly relying on a single category to break through. The most common one was to make a "flat replacement" for CR-V or RAV4 models. However, with the continuous deepening of BYD’s "vehicle intelligence" strategy, the core advantages of its products no longer rely solely on price, but have achieved a comprehensive breakthrough in driving comfort, economy and intelligence, especially BYD, which has always been considered by the outside world as lacking intelligence. With the cooperation between the 2024 BYD Han EV Glory Edition and Horizon (equipped with Journey 5), BYD, a "top student", has opened the road of high-level intellectual driving.

　　Therefore, if BYD’s strategy of "electricity is lower than oil" only makes the joint venture car companies "complain repeatedly", then it is even more painful for friends that this top student whose annual sales just broke 3 million will continue to make progress in 2024.

　　There is no time to be quiet, and the intelligent track only has to be rolled up.

　　On the 2024 BYD Dream Day held on January 16th this year, Wang Chuanfu announced a new strategy for the intelligent development of enterprise cars — — The whole vehicle is intelligent, and it shows the intelligent strength and future strategic layout to the outside world.

　　Taking the automatic driving section as an example, BYD divides the existing DiPilot intelligent driving platform into two systems and multiple gears, among which the L2-oriented auxiliary driving system is uniformly named DiPilot 10 and 30 platforms, while the L2+-oriented high-order intelligent driving system is uniformly named DiPilot 100, 300 and 600, and the newly launched BYD Han EV Glory Edition Eye of God intelligent driving model is built based on DiPilot 100 platform.

　　According to official information, the glory version of Han EV with a price of 249,800 yuan is the first model of Yadi Dynasty equipped with the "Eye of the God" DiPilot 100 platform. Its hardware adopts a high-order intelligent driving special computing scheme from the horizon, with a computing power of 128TOPS. Based on the L2+ intelligent driving assistance function, it has upgraded the high-speed navigation NOA and AVP parking service functions of high-speed and urban expressways. It can also achieve driving tasks such as intersection traffic (straight, left turn, right turn, U-turn, etc.), traffic light traffic, overtaking, intelligent obstacle avoidance, merging, lane keeping, cruising driving, lane switching and pedestrian-non-motor vehicle courtesy in urban areas, and the intelligent driving strength has been improved obviously.

　　Wang Chuanfu believes that vehicle intelligence can solve two major pain points: First, at present, the industry equates automobile intelligence with intelligent cabin driving, which leads to the narrowing of the concept; Second, most systems of smart cars are purchased and assembled by different suppliers, which leads to the failure of linkage and integration between systems and the inability to truly meet the diverse needs of users.

　　Speaking of this, Journey 5 is also the first computing solution in the industry that integrates high-order automatic driving and intelligent interaction. It not only has a computing power of 100, but also has a computing performance of 1718FPS, a delay speed of 60 milliseconds, and a power consumption of 30 watts. From the book data evaluation, it has indeed achieved the characteristics of high computing power, high performance and low power consumption, and hand in hand with BYD Han EV Glory Edition with an annual sales volume of 220,000+. It will also promote NOA’s high-level intelligent driving function to continue to explore models below 250,000 yuan, especially in the face of the core demands of NOA’s "opening the city", "scale" and reducing costs and increasing efficiency in 2024, and the cooperation with Horizon will also help BYD to go more smoothly on the road of high-level intelligent driving.

　　Horizon makes BYD’s road to high-level intellectual driving smoother.

　　Why choose the horizon? From a macro perspective, Horizon is currently the largest intelligent driving computing solution provider in China, and it is also the first intelligent driving computing solution provider in the industry that can support L2~L4 full-scene intelligent driving pre-installation mass production. According to the latest Market Share List of NOA Calculation Scheme for Passenger Cars Front-mounted in China Market in 2023 released by the Institute of Intelligent Automobile of Hi-Tech, Horizon has become the head player after NVIDIA, accounting for 35.49% of the market, and NOA models equipped with Horizon calculation scheme are in the lead at present.

　　Obviously, from the perspective of industry status and mass production capacity, Horizon and BYD can be called "suitable".

　　Secondly, judging from the bottleneck of NOA track development, the breakthrough of NOA high-level intelligent driving needs to go through three hurdles, namely, cost hurdle, scale hurdle and daily hurdle; At the same time, for car companies, the demand for smart driving products is developing differently. The essence of volume value and volume price comes from the bottleneck of efficiency. The key to solving the problem lies in the reconstruction of the computing base, and all of this is to reduce costs and increase efficiency. The computing scheme based on unified hardware architecture, tool chain and software stack will be the ultimate answer.

　　The brand-new ecological model proposed by Horizon, which is soft and hard full-stack empowerment and cooperation between car companies, is in line with the intelligent demands of the current head car companies. First, Horizon is one of the few players in the industry who have the full-stack capability of software and hardware. In addition to launching Journey 5 and Journey 6 series for high-level intelligent driving, Horizon also has world-class algorithms and leading software technology stack, which realizes the rapid deployment of high-performance algorithms by combining the advantages of software and hardware of Horizon. Second, Horizon is committed to creating an "ARM+Android" model in the era of smart cars through various empowerment methods such as open software IP authorization and BPU IP authorization. Based on the technical scheme of "chip+tool chain+reference algorithm", it will build a software and hardware shelf for intelligent driving, which will help the development and landing of differentiated intelligent driving schemes between car companies and industrial chain partners.

　　It can be found that Horizon can not only provide a smart driving calculation scheme covering low, middle and high levels, but also provide a flexible and affordable smart driving scheme, which is just in line with "vehicles that need to travel" like BYD Tang, Song and Seal, and from the user’s point of view, in the future, high-speed pilot-assisted driving functions should also be standard for mid-to high-end brands.

　　Obviously, the urban NOA is much more complicated than the high-speed NOA, so it puts forward higher requirements for the ability of the intelligent driving system. At present, only a few car companies have this ability, and with the listing of BYD Han EV Glory Edition, it undoubtedly means that BYD’s "intelligent second half" has taken a step forward successfully, and the platform cooperation of the horizon will also help BYD speed up its intelligence. It is worth mentioning that BYD has officially announced that it will be the first batch of mass-produced intentional cooperative car companies of Horizon Journey 6 series. Based on the cooperation of Journey 6, the two parties will jointly open a new stage of the development of smart driving. (Text: Yang Xiaohong Figure: Horizon BYD)