Biden will announce that the United States will join the global vaccine program and provide $4 billion in funding

  BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) According to the US Chinese website, a senior US government official said that US President Biden will announce on the 19th that he will provide US$ 4 billion for the COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Plan (COVAX) led by WHO, which aims to help poor countries promote vaccination.

  Biden will outline the plan at a virtual meeting with G7 members on the 19th. The official said that the White House plans to allocate $2 billion immediately, which was approved by Congress in December 2020. Biden will also promise another $2 billion in aid in 2021 and 2022.

  The official said that the money will come from the funds already allocated by Congress for international vaccination and will not affect the Biden administration’s domestic vaccination plan. The Biden administration said this week that it is expected to vaccinate every American adult by July.

  According to reports, the Trump administration refused to participate in the COVAX program.

  COVAX plans to provide more than 330 million doses of vaccine in the first half of 2021, and about 145 countries will receive enough doses to vaccinate 3.3% of their population.

  In December, 2020, COVAX officials said that the donations in place were still $4 billion short of the pledged amount. If the donations were not fulfilled, both rich and poor countries would suffer from "protracted epidemic and serious economic consequences".

  The White House said it would release the second batch of $2 billion after other countries fulfilled their pledges and COVAX provided the first batch of vaccine doses to 92 low-income and middle-income countries.

Star Era New Year’s New Year, Xingtu will compete in the high-end SUV market with Chery spire technology

On January 19, the first batch of production cars of Star Era ET, the first ultra-comfortable long-range luxury SUV of Star Era, was officially rolled off the production line in the first phase of Chery Production Base in Wuhu, Anhui. This event pioneered the only immersive roll-off in the industry, feeling "mobile home" in a warm, comfortable and light luxury atmosphere.

As the most anticipated blockbuster product in China’s new energy market in 2024, Star Era ET integrates the culmination of Chery’s spire technology to create a super comfortable long-range luxury SUV, and Star Era ES "Double Star Shine", leading the "super comfortable" era of high-end new energy vehicles, opening the "star" journey of Xingtu’s high-end new energy transformation, and running the "star" speed that continues to lead the industry.

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Surprise users, satisfy them, win their trust, and build a world-class brand

Yin Tongyue, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairperson of Chery Holding Group, said, "The goal of Star Era ET is to become a’disruptor ‘in China’s high-end pure electric SUV market. To this end, Chery Group will give priority to supplying Xingtu Star Era with the best resources of the’two factories’ – the most advanced and intelligent production base in the’manufacturing factory ‘and the most advanced and high-end technology in the’innovation factory’. It hopes to bring twice or even three times the user value of the retail price with a stronger technology-to-value ratio, quality-to-value ratio, and brand-to-value ratio, so as to satisfy, surprise and trust users, and lead the entire Chery brand pyramid to soar into the clouds, helping Chery to accelerate the construction of a world-class brand."

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(Mr. Yin Tongyue, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairperson of Chery Holding Group)

"Black box" technology hardcore strength, subverting the high-end pure electric SUV market

At the offline ceremony, Dr. Gao Xinhua, executive deputy general manager of Chery Automobile joint stock company and CTO of Chery Automotive Engineering Technology Research and Development Institute, vividly explained the development concept of the new car, "At the beginning of the design, Star Era ET adheres to the original intention of’the car is the extension of the home ‘, and uses the’black box’ technical standard to create a super comfortable long-range luxury SUV that is luxurious and fearless of water and fire, bringing comfort, luxury, peace of mind and wisdom to users, and fully practicing the sincere commitment of’Polytechnic Man ‘to make the car feel like home."

Star Era ET, which is inspired to become a "disruptor" in China’s high-end pure electric SUV market, relied on Chery Group’s 26 years of car-making experience and tens of millions of user resources around the world at the beginning of the design, in-depth analysis of users’ high-frequency scenarios and extreme working conditions, to closely fit user requests as its own responsibility, carefully polish every detail, and strive to create a relaxed and pleasant driving environment for users. In addition, under the high-value empowerment of the global ultra-comfortable high-performance electric platform E0X, the new car has successfully created comfortable and luxurious, warm technology, aesthetic design, safety and health and other advantages, becoming an ideal partner for users to relax in the compact era.

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(Executive deputy general manager of Chery Automobile joint stock company, CTO Dr. Gao Xinhua, president of Chery Automobile Engineering Technology Research and Development Institute)

Greater than the shape, starting at home, and extravagant, Star Era ET carefully interprets the luxurious "home"

In order to allow users to more truly feel the comfortable and luxurious atmosphere, Star Era ET adopts the "ultra-comfortable home" light luxury design concept, the appearance is "greater than the shape", and the interior is "starting at home, extravagant in the product". The smart large screen, mobile bar, locker, leisure lounge chair and other home elements in the living room are integrated with multi-light source light field, and high-end environmentally friendly materials are applied regardless of cost to create a comfortable and livable home space.

At the same time, the new car also pioneered the only "Star Moving Bar" in the same class, which is made of pure natural solid wood, equipped with double storage compartments, warm atmosphere lights, and can be electrically moved in the front and rear rows through voice or physical buttons, further improving the flexibility of the interior space, creating more social space, more diverse car scenarios, and a more personalized driving experience, allowing users to relax while traveling, just like being at home.

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User-centered, strength verification "no fear of cold and fire"

Safety-oriented, fearless of cold and fire, is Star Era ET’s consistent commitment to users. The new car achieves the maximum wading depth of 700mm + 50mm in the same class, is not afraid of summer rainstorms and stagnant roads, and has undergone rigorous verification in six dimensions such as high temperature baking of the whole vehicle. It has become the first new energy SUV model to pass the "NESTA Six-Dimensional Electric Safety" technology verification, proving its excellent electric safety performance "fearless of water and fire" and will provide users with a more reliable electric travel experience.

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In addition, Star Era ET has just completed the industry’s first "-30 ° C 24-hour immersion ice limit challenge" not long ago. A series of "no fear of cold" stable performance and leapfrog strength have comprehensively solved the three major car pain points of users’ winter car battery life shrinkage, electric safety and driving safety, and consolidated the product hard strength of Star Era ET. Mr. Gu Hongjian, deputy general manager of China Automotive Information Technology Co., Ltd., presented the winter test result certificate for Star Era ET at the event site, and highly recognized the winter test results achieved by Star Era ET. Mr. Gu said, "This winter test result fully demonstrates the winter low temperature performance of Star Era ET, and also shows that Chery’s R & D team has a very deep and excellent foundation in low temperature performance guarantee technology."

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(Mr. Gu Hongjian, Deputy General Manager of Zhongqi Information Technology Co., Ltd., presented the award to Star Era ET)

Facing the trend of new energy vehicles, Xingtu Epoch is committed to taking the road of high-quality development of high-end new energy. The successful launch of Star Epoch ET has further consolidated the new benchmark image of Star Epoch in the high-end new energy market, adding "wings" for the new energy, intelligence and high-end of Xingtu brand to take off, and leading Chery Group to achieve the goal of world-class.

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Pre-sale on May 25 and listing in June, Geely Xingyue L new news

Recently, we have learned from relevant channels that Geely Xingyue L will officially release the pre-sale price on May 25, and then it is expected to be officially launched in June. The new car is based on Geely CMA Super Matrix, positioning a compact SUV, and will be equipped with Volvo Drive-E series 2.0TD direct injection turbocharged engine.

Geely Automobile, Xingyue L 2021 2.0T medium power top version trial car

Geely Automobile, Xingyue L 2021 2.0T medium power top version trial car

In terms of appearance, Xingyue L (Parameters | Inquiry) adopts a new design style very close to Xingrui, with a large-size polygonal front grille and a straight waterfall shape inside. The headlights on both sides are well-defined, but the matrix LED headlights are still full of technology. In addition to steering assistance and intelligent near and far lights, three welcome lights or farewell modes can also be realized. The three-stage air inlet shape under the grille further enhances the sporty atmosphere of the car.

Geely Automobile, Xingyue L 2021 2.0T medium power top version trial car

On the side of the car body, the waist line of the new car runs through the body and extends to the tail, and the front and rear fenders slightly protrude from the car body, showing the effect of wide body; the side eyebrows are very wide and thick, with "Y" type five-spoke wheels, so that the new car’s aura can be effectively improved. In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4770/1895/1689mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2845mm.

Geely Automobile, Xingyue L 2021 2.0T medium power top version trial car

In the rear part of the car, the new car uses the current popular through-type tail light design, and the internal light group adopts a three-dimensional array arrangement, which is highly recognizable after lighting. In addition, the new car also adopts a hidden exhaust system to make the new car tail feel stronger.

Geely Automobile, Xingyue L 2021 2.0T medium power top version trial car

In terms of interior, the new car adopts the design concept of instrument panel layout 4.0, and the two-color scheme provides a better luxury texture. The new car adopts a dual-screen design of central control screen and passenger entertainment screen, and the central control screen even extends to the front of the passenger, and adopts the IMAX screen design, which can display many driving information and multimedia entertainment functions.

Geely Automobile, Xingyue L 2021 2.0T medium power top version trial car

In terms of configuration, the new car is equipped with a 10-speaker Bose sound system, 5G-AVP 1km unmanned parking technology, and L4-level autonomous driving in some scenarios and working conditions. With 5G technology, V2X (garage side), V to Cloud (car cloud), and V to Mobile real-time communication will be realized, enabling vehicles to independently find parking spaces, autonomously locate owners, and find owners.

Geely Automobile, Xingyue L 2021 2.0T high-power version

In terms of power, the new car will be equipped with a 2.0T turbocharged engine, and there are two power versions to choose from. The maximum power is 218 horsepower and 238 horsepower respectively, and the peak torque is 325 Nm and 350 Nm respectively. In terms of transmission, it is matched with a 7-speed wet DCT transmission (2.0TD-T4 Evo) and an 8AT transmission (2.0TD-T5) from Aisin.

What does "Qingyu Nian" mean for male-frequency IP?

Editor/Mao Shiyang

"Isn’t it a bit of a middle school to use an ancient costume drama to say that people are born equal?" Hearing the reporter’s question, the screenwriter Wang Tie’s mind was agitated.

"It’s really idealistic, but I don’t even dare to dream, and there’s no way forward," he replied.

Like the theme expressed by "Qing Yu Nian", the adaptation process of this drama also revealed the idealism of the main creative team. For the first time, the production model of five years and three seasons was proposed, and for the first time, the cultural collision of modern people in the ancient environment was visualized. The production of "Qing Yu Nian" was full of experimental meaning.

Fortunately, as of now, the legendary costume drama "Qingyu Nian" jointly produced and produced by Tencent Pictures and Xinli TV has obtained a score of 8.0 from 83,000 Douban users, which is a double affirmation from drama fans and original fans.

In the past, there were always many glitches in the adaptation of male-frequency novels, such as the characters in the background board, the adaptation is divorced from the original novel, and there is no feeling of the original novel, but these problems seem to be basically solved in "Qingyu Nian".

Wang Qinian, Teng Zijing, Lin Gong, Cheng Jushu… These characters who were similar to NPCs in the original novel came to life in the series "Celebration of More Than Years", becoming more three-dimensional, promoting Fan Xian’s transformation from being alone to challenging established rules, adding a sense of life to the original novel.

From words and deeds to thoughts, "Qing Yu Nian" was filmed from the perspective of Fan Xian’s modern people, giving birth to a large number of jokes, which inadvertently touched the heartstrings of the audience. "The sense of humor comes from the character’s character and experience. If you try to be funny, the audience will not laugh." Director Sun HaoOne Entertainment ObservationSay.

Retaining the cool points and suspense in the novel, Fan Xian and Emperor Qing are like two sides of the same coin, pushing the plot to switch back and forth between easy banter and dignified and cold. Under the appearance of the comedy of "Qingyu Nian" is buried the stubbornness of knowing that reality still maintains idealism, which can be called "half a cool drama".

▲ "Celebration of the Year" poster

Gamified storytelling, how to get down to earth

Men’s frequency novels often have millions of words, depicting many levels around the growth of teenagers, similar to the upgrade of the game to fight monsters, the most attractive thing is the blood and burning, but the daily update of the writing method on the Internet has also caused many vague supporting roles, only appearing in a certain level of the male protagonist, setting off the wisdom and bravery of the protagonist, and then no intersection.

The characters are loose and have no characteristics, the male protagonist’s customs clearance is too smooth, and there is no spiritual connotation. These are all taboos for film and television presentation.

In order to solve this problem, previous male-frequency IP adaptations of dramas would habitually join emotional dramas to make up CP, or join difficulties according to the routines of previous dramas, and were eventually attacked by the original fans. What’s more, the order of appearances of the original characters was completely disrupted, and the content of the novel was mixed into dozens of episodes. The result can be imagined.

In such a context, how "Qingyu Nian" will be adapted has attracted the attention of the audience and the industry.

In 2017, Tencent Pictures proposed a production model of more than 100 episodes in five years and three seasons, which has a certain experimental meaning. Adhering to the story method of heavy theme and easy telling, while ensuring the plot content of each season, is a test for the creative ability of screenwriters and directors and the ability of producers to operate.

▲ "Celebration of More Than a Year" crew

"There is a lot of risk and difficulty in developing a series around one IP. Due to the discontinuity of the creative time, it brings greater challenges to the development of the script, the performance of the actors, the scheduling, the setting and the post productin. But we are still willing to explore and try," Chen Yingjie, vice-president of Tencent Pictures, said in an interview.

Will Zhang Ruoyun, Chen Daoming, Li Qin and other actors continue to star in the second season? These remain to be seen. But the arrangement of multi-season shooting allows the adaptation of "Celebration of More Than Years" to return to the creation itself, without rushing to present anything, and there are few changes that deviate from the original spirit.

"The original novel itself has different highlights. In the first season, we first made the characters appear. Fan Xian kept guessing who was behind the scenes and who killed Ye Qingmei, which made the audience curious." The director Sun Hao met the screenwriter Wang Tie for the first time, and the two discussed the general framework and plot direction of the first season of "Qingyu Nian", and determined the tone of the heavy story to be easy to tell.

In the more than 20 episodes that have been broadcast in the first season, Wang Qinian, Teng Zijing, and Fan Siche have contributed a lot of laughs, and there is a deep core hidden behind the careful consideration.

For Fan Xian, the relevant files of Teng Zijing’s family were transferred from the investigation institute just out of friendship, and the latter quickly knelt down and expressed his willingness to repay with his life.

Fan Xian and Tanzhou’s grandmother are estranged from each other on the outside, but they are actually close. Wang Qinian seems to be greedy and stingy, but he is actually kind and soft. After the screenwriter Wang Tie’s streamlining and refining, Fan Xian, his relatives and guards have many character reversals. The audience is slapped in the face by their own presets every minute, and the character who was KO at first also has memory points.

For example, Lin Gong, the second son of the prime minister suspected of plotting the assassination of Fan Xian on Niulan Street, received a box lunch as soon as he appeared in the original book, but in the episode he showed his many encounters with Fan Xian and his love for his sister Lin Waner.

"When creating characters, I will put in the audience’s perspective. If you want to remember a person, you must see his most distinctive side, what is different from ordinary people. Then you can explore his life-like side. If you only do the first step, he is just a special person. Only when you do the second step will the audience feel that he lives by my side and has lovely and vivid emotions." Screenwriter Wang Tie has created many character reversals in "Celebration of More Than a Year", and some characters strive to be remembered by the audience even if they only have a few scenes.

Cool is very simple, it is rare to leave an aftertaste after a cool experience. The fullness of the supporting characters in "Celebration of Yunian" makes it present the appearance of a group portrait drama, not just the brilliance of a person.

▲ "Celebration of the Year" poster

Science fiction costume drama?

Another highlight of the adaptation of "Qingyu Nian" is the joke produced when Fan Xian, who holds modern ideas, does not blend with the ancient environment.

After Fan Xian knew that Lin Waner was his fiancée, he happily trotted all the way and danced modern dances, and the modern languages such as "Good Man Card", "SF Express" and "IQ Basin" that popped out of his mouth, which made people laugh. The use of background music such as electronic music and Western classical music also increased the style of "Celebration of More Years".

"When Fan Xian is alone, when he is angry about what happened to his friends, his emotional expression must be modern." Under the lens of the director Sun Hao, Zhang Ruoyun plays Fan Xian before a date, soaking himself in the fragrance of "five-spiced duck" and calling the second prince "second child", but in other unfamiliar occasions, he maintains ancient etiquette.

The series "Celebrating More Than a Year" retains the passages in the original novel in which Fan Xian won praise from literary people with Tang poems such as Du Fu and Li Bai, while adding more modern details of his life. These passages are the first time in the video adaptation of online novels.

In general, in online novels, people with modern thinking appeared in ancient times, relying on their knowledge advantages, earning a reputation for talent with Tang poetry and Song poetry, benefiting the people’s court with agricultural technology and chemical experiments, and merging Kyushu Xiongba with modern military theory. This made it easy for readers to feel excited and also caused a major difficulty in film and television adaptation.

In recent years, a number of male-frequency IP-adapted online dramas broadcast in specific historical time and space have directly depicted the adventures and upgrades of the protagonists in the ancient environment, without focusing on highlighting their modern behavioral psychology.

The special feature of "Qingyu Nian" is that it uses the theme of science fiction to give Ye Qingmei and Fan Xian, two people with modern thinking, the rationality of adventure in a specific historical time and space, and also lays the foundation for the playful madness of the series.

Screenwriter Wang Tie is rightOne Entertainment ObservationFrankly, when I first received the adaptation task, I was torn for a while and hesitated to follow the previous adaptation convention. In the end, I decided to keep the sci-fi elements in the novel, "Qingyu Nian" can’t do that, its core is the collision of modern people and ancient civilizations. If the original setting is removed, the series will become a nondescript thing. "

In the novel "Qing Yu Nian", Fan Xian’s mother can make sugar and glass, which brings modern business system and intelligence agencies to Qing, and also plants the natural contradiction between his son Fan Xian and class rule. This is the origin of the story. Only by retaining this setting can the original feel and tragedy be preserved.

▲ "Celebration of the Year" stills

"If there is any difference between’Qing Yu Nian ‘and previous period dramas of the same genre, it should be the reason why he and his mother appeared in that world. He didn’t suddenly appear and inexplicably enter this body. Our setting is different from before," said the screenwriter Wang Tie.

Do you want a venue or actors? Production constraints

Interestingly, "Celebration of More Than a Year" and the costume comedy "Once Upon a Time There Was a Spirit Sword Mountain" broadcast at the same time both used directors who had previously directed modern dramas to create an atmosphere that is both ancient and modern.

Multiple light-chasing shots, similar to comic-style editing, distinguish "Qingyu Nian" from traditional costume dramas.

In the 12th episode, Lin Waner and Fan Xian recognize each other with their true identities. The woman holds a knife in one hand, guarding the psychological defense line of the ancient woman, and Maimai asks Fan Xian if he takes himself seriously. Ancient and modern marriage concepts collide with sweet sparks, and some netizens in the bullet comment ridiculed, "The director must have filmed a romantic drama before!"

Previously, he directed modern urban dramas such as "Big Man When Married" and "Big Girl When Married". He graduated from the Performance Department of Shanghai Theater Academy. Sun Hao’s advantages in grasping emotional relationships and performing are reflected in "Qingyu Nian".

Considering the large number of actors in the play, in order to facilitate everyone to enter the play as soon as possible, Sun Hao prepared a kit for each actor to assist in the performance in advance. At the same time, after discussing with the two protagonists in the play, Fan Xian and Emperor Qing, he set the two performance keywords of "dissatisfied" and "light weight". Fan Xian did not kneel to the emperor to kneel to relatives and friends, and regarded the powerful and common people as the same. Emperor Qing wore a gauze with loose hair, but it could intimidate the ministers.

▲ "Celebration of the Year" stills

In order to devote more time to the performance, 80% of the scenes in "Celebration of More Than a Year" were filmed in Duyun, Guizhou, where there are few extras. Some scenes that require a lively street scene can only be presented in a flexible way.

"For example, when the second prince and Fan Xian met on the street, we created a habit for him to like chatting in quiet streets," said director Sun Hao.

Although there is still room for improvement in production, from the current situation, "Qingyu Nian" has indeed found a new way in the male-frequency IP adaptation.

Xiaomi Automobile, which invested 10 billion yuan, has earned back 4 million yuan.

Headline reported today.
The photo of Xiaomi car was exposed again. Different from the declaration map published on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the spy photos circulated on the Internet, this time it is a millet SU7 with a light green appearance. Fresh colors, many young people said that they were moved and "must rush."On the hot search together with the photos of Xiaomi car, it is the topic that "Xiaomi car will lose 3 million fines if the media leaks". Therefore, some netizens ridiculed, and a supplier was fined 1 million yuan for leaking Xiaomi’s design draft at the beginning of this year. At present, Xiaomi Automobile has earned 4 million yuan. In addition to the photos of Xiaomi Automobile, Lei Jun, the founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, also talked about Xiaomi Automobile in the CCTV face-to-face column yesterday. Lei Jun said that he built the car with the assurance that he was determined to win. There are two principles for Xiaomi to build a car. The first one is "keeping the integrity surprisingly". Keeping the integrity is to fully respect the laws of the automobile industry and use the mature technology of the automobile industry to ensure that the first car can be built well; The second is "ten times the investment". Generally, a car company invests about 300 to 400 people in building a car, and about 1 billion or 2 billion R&D funds, while Xiaomi invested 3,400 engineers in the first car, and the entire R&D investment exceeded 10 billion.More and more details show that "the first car for young people" is about to be pushed into the spotlight and be judged by the market.Xiaomi car "hit the face"?On November 15th, the first model of Xiaomi Automobile appeared in the 377th batch of Announcement of Road Motor Vehicle Manufacturers and Products issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The declaration map shows that the first model of Xiaomi Automobile is a pure electric car, and there are two models, namely SU7 and SU7 Max.As soon as the picture came out, many fans thought that Xiaomi’s car hit Porsche. The media electric gorilla made a series of pictures, comparing the front face, taillights and waistline of Xiaomi car and Porsche TayCan. "It’s not that Porsche can’t afford it, but that Xiaomi is more cost-effective." Some car fans even ridiculed Xiaomi’s car "Bao Shi Mi".In terms of specific parameters, the length, width and height of Xiaomi SU7 are 4997mm/1963mm/1455mm, the wheelbase is 3000mm, and the height of Xiaomi SU7 Max is 1440mm, and the other parameters are the same. Xiaomi SU7 will have two battery capacity versions, the battery pack capacity is 101kWh and 73.6kWh respectively, of which the battery life of 101kWh is 800km and 750km; respectively; The battery life of 73.6kWh battery pack is 668km and 628km respectively. Xiaomi Automobile adopts ternary lithium-ion battery made in Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited, and its driving motor has a peak power of 220kW/275kW. It is also equipped with an automobile event data recording system (EDR). In addition, when the spy photos of Xiaomi’s car frame were exposed, some fans thought that the handle area of Xiaomi’s car interior door panel was similar to Tesla Model 3.At present, there are various spy photos, "ID photos" and unpainted driving photos of Xiaomi Automobile on the Internet, and most rice noodles are satisfied with the appearance of Xiaomi Automobile exposed at present.Does Xiaomi Automobile insist on cost performance?At present, the news on the market is that Xiaomi car is divided into standard version, Pro version, Max version, and track version that will not be mass-produced, and the price is concentrated at 190,000-300,000 yuan. Guo Ming, an analyst at Tianfeng International Securities, said that the key selling points of Xiaomi Automobile are autonomous driving, software ecology and 800V fast charging and power configuration, and the estimated price is less than 300,000 yuan. Han Lu, a senior car blogger, previously broke the news that Xiaomi Automobile is positioned as a C-class luxury car with a minimum price of around 300,000 and a high allocation of around 500,000. At present, this Weibo has been deleted. Earlier, the article said that Xiaomi Automobile was priced at 260,000 yuan and divided into two versions. The price of low-profile models ranges from 260,000 to 300,000 yuan, and the price of high-profile models exceeds 350,000 yuan. However, the price of Xiaomi car will be as low as 200,000, or 200,000-300,000, or more than 300,000. The price of the three stages directly determines whether Xiaomi car still focuses on the familiar "cost-effective" formula. After the announcement of building a car, Lei Jun initiated a vote on the pricing of Xiaomi car, with nearly 20,000 people participating, with the largest number of netizens choosing less than 100,000 yuan, followed by 100,000-150,000 yuan. However, from the current exposure of Xiaomi car configuration, the pricing below 150,000 is indeed somewhat difficult. Xiaomi automobile, which has not yet been released, has already faced an increasingly new energy market. This year, new energy vehicles started a price war. Near the end of the year, in order to rush sales, the promotion methods of car companies are becoming more and more crazy. According to a document issued by Cui Dongshu, the current secretary-general of the National Passenger Car Market Information Association, the promotion of new energy vehicles increased especially in November this year, and it has reached the historical high promotion level since last November.According to the data of Easy Car, in the last month of 2023, Jiyue, BYD, Tucki, Zhiji, etc. adjusted the prices of various series of vehicles one after another, and other new energy vehicles also introduced various preferential policies to buy before the end of the year. Can the fans be satisfied with the final pricing of Xiaomi Automobile at the moment of rushing sales volume and volume price at the end of the year? Is Xiaomi Auto released this year?Yesterday was also Lei Jun’s 54th birthday. Last night, Lei Jun sent a message thanking his friends for their birthday wishes, with a picture that "everything will work out in the end". Because of this point in time and the word "car", netizens, while wishing Lei Jun a happy birthday, also wondered whether the Xiaomi auto conference was coming. The blogger "Game Technology" of Xiaohongshu previously published a document saying that Xiaomi has "finalized" the launch conference of Xiaomi Automobile in Beijing on the 28th. The internal staff of Xiaomi Automobile denied that "the time has not been fixed yet, and we are really considering this time point". There have been more and more official actions of Xiaomi Automobile, such as Xiaomi Automobile Weibo, which has just been opened and the speed of light is off the assembly line, Xiaomi Automobile official website, which has only a few photos, and some Xiaomi Houses in Beijing and Shanghai, which have started to confirm the display of automobiles. According to national business daily, the four major manufacturing workshops (stamping, welding, painting and assembly) in the first-phase factory of Xiaomi Automobile have been built, and small-batch trial production has started, and all the produced cars are parked in the assembly workshop. At the Xiaomi 14 conference, Lei Jun said when answering questions from netizens that Xiaomi Automobile is progressing very smoothly and will be officially listed in the first half of next year. When the time is right, report to everyone. Will this "appropriate time" be the end of this year? In the "Face-to-Face" column, Lei Jun said that he was a little anxious: "I am particularly worried that everyone will not buy it if it doesn’t catch fire; I am even more worried that everyone will buy it. If you wait for 1-2 years, you will definitely be scolded. Can the upcoming Xiaomi car satisfy the majority of rice noodles? And what changes will Xiaomi cars and rice noodles bring to the automobile industry? We will wait and see.

September 7-8 Theme: Vehicle Observation

      A white line on the crosswalk of a city street, also called zebra crossing. Zebra crossing originated from jumping stones in ancient Rome. As early as in ancient Rome, on some streets of Pompeii, chariots and horses crossed with pedestrians, which often caused traffic jams and accidents in the city. To this end, people separated the sidewalk from the carriage road, raised the sidewalk, and built blocks of stones protruding from the road near Ma Lukou as signs to instruct pedestrians to cross the street. Pedestrians can step on these jumping stones and slowly cross the road. When the carriage is running, the jumper is just between the two wheels of the carriage. Later, many cities used this method. At the end of the 19th century, with the invention of automobiles, the traffic in the city was rolling, and people were crossing the street at will, which hindered the traffic. The previous kind of stone jumping could not avoid the frequent occurrence of traffic accidents.

      In the early 1950s, the British designed a kind of crosswalk on the street, which stipulated that pedestrians should only take crosswalks when crossing the street, so a series of striking crosswalks appeared on the streets of London, which looked like white stripes on zebras, so people called it zebra crossing. When the driver sees this white line, he will automatically slow down or stop to let pedestrians pass safely. Zebra crossings are still everywhere in the streets.

Senior Arts and Crafts Artist of Banknote Printing Factory talks about ingenuity: Doing things well and doing rough work carefully.

  Respondent: Su Xihua

  Presenter: Wu Bingcong

  Time: January 28, 2018

  biographical notes

  Su Xihua was born in Baoding, Hebei Province in 1933 and graduated from Hebei Finance College in 1955. Senior Arts and Crafts Artist, Beijing Banknote Printing Factory, China People’s Bank Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation. His carved head of the Queen of England won China a good reputation in the international banknote printing industry; Soong Ching Ling portrait was selected by Soong Ching Ling Foundation; The giant portrait of Chairman Mao at Work was collected by Chairman Mao’s former residence and Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. China’s fourth set of portraits carved by him on the face of 100 yuan, 50 yuan and 10 yuan in RMB represents the highest level of carving technology in China. He has won the Meritorious Medal of the Banknote Printing and Minting System of the People’s Bank of China, and the Labor Medal of the Capital on May 1st, and enjoyed the special government allowance issued by the State Council.

  Interview notes

  On March 22nd, the central bank released a news. With the approval of the State Council, the central bank decided to stop the circulation of the fourth set of RMB in full denomination in the market from May 1st. From 1987 to 2018, the fourth set of RMB 31-year circulation will also come to an end. This set of RMB is the product of meeting the needs of China’s economic development, further improving China’s monetary system, and making breakthroughs in design ideas, styles and printing techniques. Among them, Su Xihua, a senior arts and crafts artist in Beijing Banknote Printing Factory of China People’s Bank, is responsible for carving portraits of people in 100 yuan, 50 yuan and 10 yuan vouchers. The 100 yuan Voucher carved by him is not only the "resurrection" of the hundred-dollar bill in China after the reform and opening up, but also the first time that the portraits of Mao, Zhou, Liu and Zhu were selected together on the RMB. In this set of RMB, he became the main sculptor of the fourth set of RMB with his skillful carving techniques and bold innovative spirit. When the fourth set of RMB is about to bid farewell to the public, we contacted Mr. Su Xihua to talk about his sculpture story.

  You went to Hebei Institute of Finance in 1952 and studied accounting at Baoding Bank School at that time. How did you get the chance to start carving later?

  There is a little history in it. I grew up in the war years, because the war was raging at that time, and my family let me drop out of school. After liberation, I didn’t go to primary school until I was seventeen or eighteen. After graduating from primary school, I was admitted to Baoding Bank School. This school has good conditions, and it doesn’t charge tuition fees. Because this school has excellent conditions and can reduce the financial burden on my family, I gave up other schools I was admitted to to to study there.

  At school, I studied banking accounting for three years. At that time, I had to learn junior high school culture courses plus junior college banking courses. After studying for three years, we graduated. At that time, Sino-Soviet relations had begun to break down, and our country urgently needed to issue new RMB and stamps, and people were needed in the factory. Our group of graduates went directly from Baoding to Beijing’s 541 Factory (now Beijing Banknote Printing Co., Ltd.) to support the industrial construction of the capital. In all, more than 100 people gave up their accounting major and went to work in the factory.

  After I entered the factory, my initial position was as a worker in the sealing workshop. Although it was a pity to give up my original major, I also like it here because I can come to Beijing, which is a state-owned enterprise in a special industry with a good environment and complete facilities. At that time, I worked hard and made progress in my thoughts. I joined the party in the first year of entering the factory, and I was transferred to the design room more than a year later. When I was first transferred, I didn’t understand it. I told our section chief that I was doing well here and didn’t want to leave. However, the section chief said that our students were of good quality, and their cultural level was relatively high at that time. The design department needed us to "take technical classes and catch up with the international level", so I transferred to the design department to engage in hand carving.

  ② You carved characters at first, and then gradually set foot in decoration, landscape and portrait carving. What was the process?

  At that time, more than a dozen of us were transferred from the sealing workshop to the design room, and each of us was assigned a different direction to start studying and working. This department is divided into three parts: design, hand carving and machine carving, and I was assigned to the direction of hand-carved text carving. Carved characters have the lowest technical content in hand carving, followed by decoration, scenery and portraits, among which portrait carving is the most difficult and the most contribution. At that time, I was assigned the job of carving words, and I was not half-hearted, so I obeyed the assignment and concentrated on carving words. After studying with Master for eight years, Master retired, just in time to carve the third set of RMB, so I took over the master’s class and carved the text of 5 yuan and 10 yuan banknotes in the third set of RMB. In the process of completing the carving task, the teacher also taught me to carve patterns, so I tried it myself, changed the original method of carving layer by layer, and the carved patterns were better than the most advanced universal carving machine in the factory at that time, which was recognized by the leaders, so the patterns I carved were also selected into this set of RMB.

  At that time, the technology was somewhat closed, and the technicians who carved landscapes could naturally carve portraits when they reached a certain level, but no matter how well they carved words and decorations, they could not. Although some boundaries were broken after liberation, there was no specific opportunity to learn all-rounders at that time, let alone "job-hopping" now. At that time, it was very difficult to directly transfer from engraving characters to engraving portraits, and in order not to affect others, I learned layer by layer, sincerely asked the teacher for advice, first learned to engrave decorations, then learned to engrave landscapes, and finally attacked portraits. I have been studying by taking the path for 26 years, so I really started carving portraits, only ten years before I retired.

  (3) in the decade of the "Cultural Revolution", someone criticized you for being "only expert but not red". What was the situation at that time?

  During the "Cultural Revolution", the ultra-left ideological trend was serious. Our department belonged to the technical department, and the technicians were also called "smelly Laojiu". Some leaders were sent to the May 7th Cadre School. At that time, some young people didn’t like my study. At the meeting, they insinuated that I was "not prominent in politics, only professional and not red, and purely technical". But at that time, the thought in my heart was, how can we catch up with the international level when we are out of work and making revolution like you? But I didn’t do anything special, so I chose a work of "Chairman Mao inspects the Red Guards" to express my love for Chairman Mao, and I also avoided the edge.

  ④ You worked very hard when carving the portraits in the fourth set of RMB, and worked overtime for 120 working days to complete the task. What was the state at that time?

  At first, I carved characters, and I was junior in carving portraits, but I also hoped to show my achievements in years of study in the fourth set of RMB, so I worked very hard. The first task was to carve the workers and peasants intellectuals on the 50 yuan voucher. I won the competition with the Shanghai sculptor, and the original was selected. When the second 10 yuan coupon was carved, the leader only assigned me to carve it, so the pressure was even greater. There was no mistake, otherwise there was no substitute. I worked hard for more than two months and completed the task on time. Carving the heads of Mao, Zhou, Liu and Zhu on 100 yuan paper money was the most important thing at that time. Many experts from Beijing, Shanghai and Sichuan will spend four months to complete the statue. At that time, I thought that it was not appropriate to use traditional carving techniques to express the characters in relief style, and the content and form were not uniform enough. So I made up my mind to break away from convention and innovate, and changed the traditional curve carving techniques to use parallel lines and points to express them. At that time, time was tight and the task was important. I got up at four or five o’clock every morning to work overtime, and I didn’t get off work until 10 o’clock in the evening. Every day, I had to carve it under a magnifying glass for more than 13 hours.

  Who do you admire most and why?

  My vision is more about the industry I am engaged in, so the people I admire most are also in the industry. For example, the first generation of sculptors and the second generation of sculptors that we passed down, their technology and development have had a lot of help and influence on me, so I admire these people more. There are also people I admire in the society, such as program hosts. They have a wide range of knowledge and can talk, but we are engaged in different industries and have different advantages. I admire outstanding talents in all aspects.

  ⑥ Many people call you a "great country craftsman". How do you understand "ingenuity"?

  I think "ingenuity" is a persistent spirit of Excellence. Just like I finished repairing the steel, it is not artistic, but it is done carefully bit by bit. For example, when carving a portrait, it is always hard to leave this small place for several months, but it is also necessary to ensure that the quality of the finished product is not problematic. "Ingenuity" is what we advocate now, and it is also a requirement and encouragement for technicians to do things well and do the rough work carefully.

  ⑦ What do you do for those who are trained?

  In this respect, I have really made efforts. It can be said that I have broken the division of labor of manual carving taught by American sculptors. From the time I taught my disciples to carve words, I told them that carving words should also lay the foundation for carving people. I can’t learn skills like running a marathon like me, and I can’t only carve words all my life like my master. I also arranged training for them to learn multi-faceted techniques, paving the way for carving portraits. Later, I served as the deputy director of the design room. At that time, the talents of portrait carving were not available, so I organized all the old, middle-aged and young sculptors who had a certain carving foundation to invest in the portrait carving technology, which improved the overall level of portrait carving and provided talent guarantee for later engraving the fifth set of RMB.

  When carving the portraits on the fifth set of RMB 50 yuan coupons, according to the requirements of the head office, the design studio sent two young designers to compete for carving, and I served as their guidance. When one of the young sculptors carved the fifth set of portraits of Chairman Mao with RMB 50 yuan coupons, the first edition widened the overall line spacing, so that the skin texture of the characters could not be expressed in place and could only be invalidated. Later, I told her a value that could ensure the success of the line pattern and asked her to change the plate and engrave it again. Finally, her work was successfully adopted. Later, when carving the 5 yuan coupon, the sculptor widened the temporal pattern spacing when carving the portrait of Chairman Mao, which made the overall line pattern out of proportion and affected the image. However, it was too late to carve it again, so I quickly taught her my "steel-mending stunt" to help her repair and adjust the pattern spacing, so that she completed the task on time and was finally adopted. I have spared no effort to help young sculptors grow up, and I have not failed to live up to the expectations of the leaders.

  Did your early life experience have any influence on later sculpture creation?

  Speaking of this problem, I really can’t ignore the influence of my family on me. Although my family is not a noble family, it has a certain cultural foundation. My great-grandfather was a gongsheng and my second grandfather was a scholar. My grandfather didn’t catch up with the imperial examination. Growing up in such a family that attaches great importance to education, I was seventeen or eighteen years old after liberation, and my family also supported me to go to primary school. Because of my family’s education, I went to school and had a successful "stepping stone".

  Pet-name ruby from farmers to a generation of masters in the field of sculpture, what do you think is the most important factor for your high achievements?

  In fact, the most important thing is the spirit of hard work and hard study, which is the foundation of success. It is not enough to be smart without hard work, but to pursue it persistently. Of course, I may have relatively strong adaptability and acceptance in carving.

  Attending are you a perfectionist?

  Yes, I am a person who pursues perfection, and the idea of perfection above perfection is very serious. I will do things more seriously, which is one of my advantages and a magic weapon to win.

  ⑾ If you don’t take this job, what career will you choose?

  I work diligently and sincerely wherever I go. At first, I did seal inspection in the workshop. I didn’t think about doing anything else. I just wanted to do this job well. The sealing work needs quick eyes and quick hands. I am not particularly talented in this field, but I have also worked hard and hard. Later, I started carving, and I didn’t pick and choose. I carved whatever I asked. Generally speaking, I try my best to do it well when I am assigned to do it. I have no great ideal. In this environment where I work, what I want to do most is to carve portraits, and I have tried my best to do it now.

  ⑿ How to describe your life after retirement? What have you done during this time?

  I don’t have any special hobbies, but I wrote better than others when I was in primary school. I didn’t have so much work pressure in the ten years after I retired, so I picked up my pen at home and practiced my handwriting again. At that time, I sorted out the old copybooks at home. There were copybooks used by my great-grandfather and grandfather more than 100 years ago. Some of them were rained and some were bitten by insects. I spread the wrinkled copybooks flat and then mounted them, then bound them into a book and practiced calligraphy with them. Later, I can also write some banners such as "home and everything" to my family and fellow villagers.

  I also carved a stamp after that. At that time, when the chief engineer of our factory was transferred, he must ask me to carve a stamp. I said I carved steel plates. How can I get a stamp? But he insisted that I carve it and brought me the stone I bought, so I couldn’t refuse any more. I bought a set of tools myself and used a knife for carving steel plates to carve stamps. To be honest, what I carved can be seen as a stamp, but the artistry is still not enough. After carving a few square seals, my eyes failed, so I didn’t carve any more.

  Do you have any hobbies in your life? Do you like traveling, cooking or sports?

  I like traveling very much. I have been to Meishan, the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Hong Kong and Daqing in Sichuan before. Now that I am old, it is inconvenient to go out again. Speaking of cooking, the rice cake I made is very good, and it is a dessert in my hometown. To make this rice cake, you need to use yellow wheat, jujube and jujube, and steam them together with sugar. Only I can cook this at home. Every time I made rice cakes, everyone liked them.

  [14] What do you think is your most precious thing? Is it a work?

  Looking back now, I think the most precious thing is these honors given to me. I can’t take credit and be complacent about honors, but I cherish them very much. Some honors are just a certificate and a piece of paper, but it represents the process of my hard work and I have not wasted my time.

  ⒂ In today’s developed industrial level, what contribution did the profound accumulation of hand-carved in those days make to the present art sculpture?

  Hand-carved is not what it used to be. Now laser carving is used, and the previous carving tools are basically no longer used. However, the basic usage of carving, such as the use of points and lines, still continues the foundation of manual carving.

  You have left your mark on several generations of RMB. What’s it like to face and use your own works for decades?

  In fact, I didn’t say that I would look at it and think that this is my carved work, that is, money. The blue one is 100 yuan, and the green one is 50 yuan. How much money should be given to others? There will be no concept of works in life. But my family will feel very proud, and sometimes they will tell others that it was carved by my relatives.

  This edition/Wu Bingcong