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The red flag is leading strongly, ＂Carlyle＂ is stuck, and Lincoln is gearing up

　　New cars have been launched one after another, and sales are catching up with each other. "Carlyle", which is a match for the second-tier high-end car runner-up, can be said to be quite interesting. And the annual champion seems to be in the bag of Red Flag. In the first seven months of this year, Red Flag led with more than 170,000 cars, and it will continue to expand its lead in the future. At the same time, Lincoln is rushing to narrow the gap with other second-tier high-end brands. According to the current sales trend, Lincoln is expected to break through the 100,000 car mark in 2021.

　　On August 16, Lexus’ main model, the new ES, was officially launched, with a price range of 294,900 – 488,900 yuan, which was higher than the current price. "Old rival" Cadillac also chose to launch the new XT6 in August. Under the premise of upgraded configuration, the price of the new model is consistent with the old model, which is 392,700 – 552,700 yuan.

　　New cars have been launched one after another, and sales are also catching up with each other. "Carlyle", which is a match for the second-tier high-end car runner-up, can be said to be quite interesting. And the annual champion seems to be in the bag of Red Flag. In the first seven months of this year, Red Flag led with more than 170,000 cars, and it will continue to expand its lead in the future. At the same time, Lincoln is rushing to narrow the gap with other second-tier high-end brands; according to the current sales trend, Lincoln is expected to break through the annual sales of 100,000 cars in 2021.

　　Red Flag accumulates strength in the second half

　　On July 31, the Hongqi brand took the lead in announcing sales data. From January to July, Hongqi’s cumulative sales reached 170,600 vehicles, an increase of 95% year-on-year. According to the cumulative sales of 145,000 vehicles in the first half of the year, Hongqi’s sales in July reached 25,600 vehicles, an increase of 46.29% year-on-year.

Hongqi H9

　　In terms of different models, Hongqi H5 and HS5 are still responsible for sales, and the two models contributed nearly 80% of sales. Among them, Hongqi HS5 is "unique". The cumulative sales from January to July exceeded 82,000 vehicles, not only becoming a regular customer of the "10,000 club", but also successfully ranking among the top ten SUV sales in the country. In addition, the flagship model Hongqi H9 also played a stable role, with an average monthly sales of about 2,500 vehicles.

　　Entering 2021, the "lack of core" crisis made it difficult for many car companies to play a normal level, but it did not disrupt the rhythm of Hongqi’s "crazy output". Data show that in the first half of the year, Hongqi’s sales growth has remained in triple digits year-on-year. At the same time, Hongqi also pays special attention to communicating with customers and growing together. At the "2021 Hongqi Fan Festival" held on July 17, Hongqi announced that the number of Hongqi brand owners has exceeded 500,000, and July 17 was designated as the "Qishi Fan Festival".

　　With innovative marketing and a rich product lineage, Hongqi has won the second-tier high-end market sales championship this year.

　　But it is worth noting that as of now, Hongqi has only completed 42.65% of its annual sales target of 400,000 vehicles, which means that Hongqi needs to achieve an average monthly sales of 46,000 vehicles in the remaining 5 months. Such a challenging sales task makes us look forward to the second half of Hongqi.

　　"Carlyle" meets its opponents

　　According to the latest data released by the China Automotive Center, in July, Lexus sold 22,726 vehicles, surpassing Cadillac’s 19,993 vehicles, and the difference between the two sales was less than 3,000 vehicles.

A Cadillac 4S store in Beijing

　　Since the beginning of this year, Lexus has maintained a relatively strong development trend in the Chinese market. According to the import data released by the customs, Lexus imported 122,992 vehicles in the first half of this year, an increase of 26.6% year-on-year. Not only did it maintain the first place in the top ten brands of imported passenger cars, but it also surpassed Cadillac with a slight advantage of more than 4,000 vehicles.

　　Regarding the reason why Cadillac is temporarily lagging behind, Cui Dongshu, secretary general of the Passenger Association, analyzed and said, "Cadillac is mainly affected by the’lack of core ‘, which is related to the overall deployment of the general system." Some industry insiders also believe that although Lexus currently dominates in quantity, Cadillac’s cumulative growth rate is obviously better than Lexus, indicating that Cadillac has more strength. Considering the precedent of Cadillac’s successful "anti-kill" at the end of last year, the battle for the second-tier high-end runner-up is even more interesting.

　　Lincoln galloped

　　Compared with the aggressiveness of Red Flag and the "stickiness" of "Carlyle", Lincoln is rushing to narrow the gap with other second-tier high-end brands. Data show that Lincoln sold more than 7,700 vehicles in July this year, an increase of 36% year-on-year and 10% month-on-month. In July, Lincoln’s sales exceeded 7,700 vehicles, an increase of 36% year-on-year and 10% month-on-month. From January to July, Lincoln sold a total of 49,978 vehicles, an increase of 95% year-on-year, setting the best January-July sales record since the brand entered China.

　　Lincoln’s sales growth is mainly due to the success of localized models. Lincoln’s domestic SUV "Three Musketeers" – adventurers, aviators, and navigators have all made new breakthroughs. Among them, the new Lincoln Navigator has exceeded 2,000 units in a single month, an increase of 167% year-on-year. The success of domestic models has allowed Lincoln to quickly open up in the highly competitive second-tier premium car market. According to Lincoln’s current sales trend, it is expected to break through the 100,000 mark in 2021.

　　In comparison, Volvo’s sales in China are a little "Buddhist", and its sales have shown a steady upward trend following the development of the high-end market. In July, Volvo sold 14,520 vehicles in the Chinese mainland market, and a total of 109,599 vehicles were sold in the January-July period, an increase of 37% year-on-year.

Volvo XC40 pure electric version

　　It is worth mentioning that last month, Volvo Cars and its parent company Geely Holding Group signed an agreement to acquire the controlling stake of Geely in the Chinese joint venture between the two parties, thus fully integrating Volvo Cars’ manufacturing, research and development and sales operations in China. Hakan Samuelsson, CEO of Volvo Cars, said, "Through this agreement, Volvo Cars will become the first major foreign automaker to fully control its business in China." (Zhang Yi, China Economic Net reporter)

Nuclear Watch ｜ The United States proposes to freeze its nuclear arsenal. Is there any hope for the renewal of the US-Russia strategic arms control treaty？

Recently, some media reported that the United States and Russia reached an agreement in principle to freeze their respective nuclear warhead inventories, and the United States also hopes to set an upper limit on the number of nuclear warheads. However, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov responded on 14th that Russia could not accept the US position on freezing nuclear arsenals. What is the purpose of the United States to set a ceiling on the number of nuclear warheads? What impact will this move have on the future fate of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty?

American intercontinental missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads.

During the Cold War, there was a nuclear arms control with a ceiling.

It is no stranger to voluntarily freeze the size of nuclear arsenals and set a ceiling. This kind of move occurred during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The first stage of negotiations on the limitation of offensive strategic weapons (SALT-I) between the United States and the Soviet Union contained the content of limiting the upper limit of their respective strategic weapons. For example, the United States has 1,054 intercontinental ballistic missiles (when SALT-I negotiations were concluded), and the Soviet Union has 1,398 intercontinental ballistic missiles, which are limited to 1,618. There are 600 submarine-launched ballistic missiles in the United States, limited to the upper limit of 710, while the Soviet Union has 950, and the upper limit is 950. There are 37 strategic missile nuclear submarines in the United States, and the upper limit is limited to 44, while the Soviet Union has 63. Instead, it is necessary to cut one and limit it to 62. The United States and the Soviet Union did not impose restrictions on strategic bombers. At the same time, the negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union at this stage also restricted and restrained strategic defensive weapons, and the ABM Treaty signed during the SALT-I negotiations made some positive contributions to maintaining strategic stability between the United States and the Soviet Union.

However, SALT-I is not a disarmament agreement in a positive sense. The United States and the Soviet Union aim at limiting each other’s arms expansion, with emphasis on control and restriction. As far as the United States is concerned, the achievement of SALT-I provides space for the United States to spare time and energy to improve the quality level of strategic deterrence. For example, the existing Trident missile and B-1 bomber in the United States are all developed during the relaxation period after the conclusion of SALT-I by the United States and the Soviet Union. As far as the Soviet Union is concerned, the number of nuclear weapons in the Soviet Union in the late 1960s was basically equal to that in the United States, and the use of the salt-I relaxation period can also improve the quality of nuclear weapons for the Soviet Union and accumulate capital for future confrontation with the United States.

Russian "Jarls" road mobile intercontinental missile.

During the three years from 1977 to 1979, the United States and the Soviet Union continued to negotiate the second stage of strategic offensive arms limitation (SALT-II). The main purpose of SALT-II was to implement the temporary agreement and related temporary constraints reached in SALT-I negotiations before, and form a real strategic arms limitation treaty. The negotiation result was that the United States and the Soviet Union signed the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Arms Limitation. As can be seen from the name, the arms control agreement reached by the United States and the Soviet Union at this stage is still based on restrictions, rather than real disarmament and reduction.

For example, according to the content of the treaty, when the United States and the Soviet Union negotiated, the United States owned 2,142 strategic projection weapons, including land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, sea-based submarine-launched ballistic missiles and strategic bombers, and the Soviet Union owned 2,318, and the United States and the Soviet Union were unified and limited to 2,250. The emergence of multi-warhead technology was the focus of technical attention between the United States and the Soviet Union in that period. The land-based multi-warhead missiles and sea-based multi-warhead missiles of the United States and the Soviet Union have also been restricted. At the time of negotiation, the United States had 1,046 land-based and sea-based submarine-launched missiles capable of carrying multiple warheads, and the Soviet Union had 588 land-based and sea-based submarine-launched missiles capable of carrying multiple warheads, which was limited to 1,200 according to the treaty. The technological capabilities of the United States and the Soviet Union, including the number of nuclear weapons, reached a peak in the Cold War before and during the SALT-II negotiations. The two countries were aware of the restrictions on strategic offensive weapons, but this restriction set an upper limit. Specifically, both SALT-I and SALT-II set an upper limit on the number of strategic offensive weapons of the other side, such as multi-warhead missiles. The upper limit set by SALT-II gave the Soviet Union room to continue to develop and increase multi-warhead missiles.

Russia has accelerated the modernization of nuclear weapons in recent years. The picture shows the newly developed "sarmat" liquid intercontinental missile.

What are the considerations for the United States to set a nuclear ceiling?

There are certain historical reasons for the SALT-I and SALT-II negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. For example, the United States was mired in the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s, and its domestic economy was dragged down to some extent. In order to confront the United States in the Cold War, the Soviet Union neglected the livelihood economy, and the problems of the livelihood economy emerged in the early 1970s. In 1971, the ninth five-year plan for the Soviet economy formulated at the 24th Congress of the CPSU was not completed, and the production efficiency of consumer goods for the people’s livelihood was low. The domestic economic situation of the United States and the Soviet Union is not optimistic, and the two countries need to reduce the negative impact of the arms race on the economy. In addition, the technical level of strategic weapons of the two countries has been continuously broken, and both countries have strategic intentions to restrict the development of their opponents. However, the strength of the two countries is equal, and it is difficult to reach a mutually acceptable reduction agreement in a short time. Therefore, under the circumstances that it is difficult to achieve arms reduction in a short time and the prospect is uncertain, setting an upper limit and voluntarily freezing can not only achieve some restrictions on the other side, but also leave room for the development and operation of armaments. Restricting nuclear armaments has become the main manifestation of nuclear arms control behavior in the pre-cold war period between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Salt-I and Salt-II didn’t help to reduce armaments, but to a certain extent put a brake on the strategic arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. The confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union still drives them to expand their strategic arms capabilities. It was not until the middle and late 1980s that the nuclear arms control between the United States and the Soviet Union began to transform into real reduction.

Now the United States and Russia are discussing freezing the number of nuclear warheads, and the United States proposes to set the upper limit of nuclear warheads, which is actually similar to the consideration of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. On the one hand, both the United States and Russia have increased their investment in the development of strategic weapons in recent years. A series of new types of strategic weapons have been put into use in Russia, and the United States is also upgrading the modernization level of its nuclear arsenal and implementing nuclear expansion. The continuous withdrawal and breach of the contract by the United States has also undermined the strategic stable relationship between the United States and Russia. The prospect of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty is worrying. Since it is difficult to reach an effective consensus on further reductions in the future, trying to freeze and set a ceiling is a move to build minimum mutual trust and ease the tension in strategic competition between the United States and Russia.

American B-61 nuclear bomb.

In addition, the US election is approaching. If the Trump administration throws out the idea of limiting and freezing the number of nuclear weapons at this time, it does not rule out that it is a consideration to alleviate its overly radical unilateralist security policy in the past four years and improve the image of Trump’s arms control saboteur. It is less than a month before the US election. If Trump wins the re-election, the upper limit of the number of nuclear weapons between the United States and Russia envisaged by the United States will actually provide flexible space for the United States to upgrade its nuclear arsenal and adjust the number of different nuclear weapons in the future. This is quite similar to the fact that although the United States and the Soviet Union conducted nuclear arms control in the middle period before the Cold War, the number of nuclear weapons became more and more controlled, and the nuclear weapons and equipment became more and more advanced. The United States intended to set a ceiling, which was tantamount to providing development space for the US nuclear arms expansion in disguise.

With the approach of the general election, the policy ideas of the two presidential candidates in the United States have gradually become clear, and Trump and Biden have different attitudes towards arms control. Trump, as always, emphasized "withdrawing from the treaty" for nuclear arms expansion, while Biden said that if elected, he would extend the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, reconsider returning to the Iranian nuclear deal in full compliance, shrink the Trump administration’s nuclear arms expansion plans, such as developing new nuclear warheads and new nuclear vehicles, and carefully consider the role of nuclear weapons. No matter who dies in the final US election, whether Trump continues to spoil the game or Biden makes up for it, the negative impact of the Trump administration’s destruction of international social security and stable relations between major powers in the past four years will be difficult to eliminate in a short time.

(The author is a postdoctoral fellow at Tsinghua University Institute of Social Sciences, studying arms control and national security.)

The fashion consumption map is constantly iteratively updated. Guangzhou is welcoming more new stores.

When the lease expires, CR Vanguard will gradually close or upgrade several Guangzhou stores.

Text/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Xu Yue

Figure/provided by respondents

On December 16th, Guangbai opened a new Rhine store in Conghua, which was regarded as the final work in the sprint stage of Lingnan Group’s retail sector consumption boost. Next month, CR Vanguard will open a new Liwan Health Port Store, which is an upgraded hypermarket store; Around Guangzhou, Yuehui Plaza Nanhai, a new project of Yuexiu Commercial Management in Nanhai District, Foshan City, will also open on December 24th, which is the first revitalization and upgrading project after the asset management strategy upgrade of Yuexiu Commercial Management. Since the beginning of this year, on the one hand, some stores have announced the closing curtain call, on the other hand, brand-new stores have announced the opening of the city, and the old and new are intertwined, and the retail format has become more and more complex and diverse.

In the third quarter of the country, more than 100 new shopping malls were opened, with the largest number in Guangzhou.

Although the sound of closing stores in shopping malls is one after another, Guangzhou is welcoming more new stores, and the fashion consumption map of Guangzhou is constantly being iteratively updated.

According to statistics from Win Business University, in the third quarter of 2023, there were 104 shopping malls in China, including 20 in Guangdong. From the perspective of urban distribution, in the third quarter, there were 65 cities all over the country, and Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai ranked the top three in terms of the number of opening projects, of which Guangzhou ranked first in terms of number.

In the relatively off-season of November, Guangzhou also has Tianhe Pavilion Plaza, which is the largest single shopping center in Pearl River New Town. The first store, space and experience have been improved in an all-round way, and at the same time, a pet-friendly shopping MALL has been built to rejuvenate the new vision of Guangzhou’s stock mall transformation.

"Upgrade" became the key word, and the brand started a new round of attacking the city.

In the sound of business opening, "upgrade" has become a key word repeatedly mentioned. In the new round of siege, each brand is dominated by its own brand upgrade plan.

For example, Guangbai has been committed to rejuvenating the "new vitality of the old city" in Guangzhou. In the brand layout upgrade of Conghua Rheinhui Store, it focuses on differentiated management and builds a local high-end fashion retail experience center; As early as 2021, Lingzhan, known as the master of stock business transformation, acquired the original Guangzhou Sun Xintiandi Shopping Center for 3,204.7 million yuan and renamed it Guangzhou Tianhe Lingzhan Plaza. At the same time, it invested about 300 million yuan in the first phase of asset upgrading project to upgrade the shopping mall into a brand-new "humanistic life circle". By the time it was fully opened in November, the total sales in October had increased by more than 30% compared with that in September and 65% compared with the same period last year.

When the lease expires, CR Vanguard will gradually close or upgrade several Guangzhou stores.

As a traditional supermarket, CR Vanguard also launched a new strategy of store upgrading this year, facing "breaking" and "establishing" directly. The relevant person in charge said frankly that if the decline of traditional supermarkets has become an irresistible trend; Then, the long-term way of development is for traditional supermarkets to transform in time and launch a format that is more suitable for current consumption habits. Transformation means "breaking" and "standing".

"Breaking" means adjusting, adjusting the new format, adjusting the business structure, adjusting the distribution of stores and so on. Taking "cost" as an example, the most unavoidable mountain in traditional supermarkets is the high cost of store rent. Because the hard demand of traditional supermarkets is often that the venue is large, the location is good and the passenger flow is high, which also means paying high rental costs behind it. In contrast, e-commerce platforms do not need to consider store rents in commercial locations, which directly leads to the difficulty for traditional hypermarkets to compete with e-commerce platforms for prices.

"So why do we frequently hear the news that supermarkets are closed in recent years? On the one hand, except for the natural price advantage of online shopping e-commerce, on the other hand, the lease period of supermarket hypermarkets is generally 10 -20 years. For supermarkets that have experienced the golden age of China retail industry for 20 years, the lease is just gradually expiring in recent years. If you want to renew the contract, the current rent level is definitely much higher than that of more than a decade ago, especially in the core business districts of the city. In the supermarket industry that values’ flat efficiency’ most, in the face of this greatly increased cost expectation, it may be the best choice to close the store after the lease expires. "

Take Guangzhou as an example. CR Vanguard has been doing neighborhood business in Yangcheng for more than ten years. However, with the expiration of more and more store leases and the change of Guangzhou city, CR Vanguard will gradually close or upgrade many Guangzhou stores.

"Break" first, then "establish". Different from other supermarkets’ closing, CR Vanguard said that the next "closing" does not mean leaving, but adapting to the changing layout. In the next 1 -2 years, CR Vanguard will lay out a more suitable address in Guangzhou, and will bring more upgraded new formats, and continue to be the companion of Guangzhou’s new life.

Shaoguan’s first cross-border e-commerce B2B export business declaration was successful, and the first batch of goods completed export customs clearance in 9 minutes.

　　Recently, Shaoguan’s first cross-border e-commerce B2B export was successfully declared. Shaoguan Haoda Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. successfully declared a batch of "protective films" with a value of US$ 54,000 using this model. The whole export customs clearance time takes only 9 minutes from declaration to release.

　　Cross-border e-commerce B2B export is called "cross-border e-commerce business-to-business export", which means that domestic enterprises transport goods to overseas enterprises or warehouses through cross-border logistics, and enterprises transmit relevant electronic data according to customs requirements, and complete transactions through cross-border e-commerce platforms. This trade model enjoys the convenience of full informationization of customs declaration, adding convenient declaration channels and giving priority to inspection, which can effectively improve the efficiency of cross-border e-commerce retail export and help improve the foreign trade competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises.

　　Faced with the impact of the epidemic, Shaoguan Customs and Shaoguan Municipal Bureau of Commerce have solidly promoted the work of stabilizing foreign trade and promoting growth, actively promoted the national customs clearance integration declaration model to enterprises, provided guidance to enterprises throughout the process of registration and filing, port opening and data declaration, and successfully attracted enterprises to return to their territories for declaration, which effectively boosted foreign trade growth.

　　The person in charge of Shaoguan Haoda Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. said that with the strong support of Shaoguan Customs and Shaoguan Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the company successfully opened the first cross-border e-commerce B2B export business in Shaoguan, and experienced the bonus of fast and convenient customs clearance in Shaoguan, and the operating cost of the enterprise was greatly reduced. The company expects that the export value will reach 70 million US dollars during the year.

　　In the future, Shaoguan Customs will fully support the development of new formats, including B2B export of cross-border e-commerce, support customs clearance facilitation measures, actively promote the diversified development of Shaoguan’s foreign trade, provide a new platform for stabilizing foreign trade and inject new kinetic energy.

Samsung released the roadmap of advanced chip technology： the new version of 2 nm process will be mass-produced in 2027, and the development and production time will be shortened by 20%.

On June 13th, Samsung Electronics announced the progress of many chip technologies in the future at the "Samsung OEM Forum in 2024", and said that its OEM business plans to provide customers with one-stop services, and integrate its number one storage chip, OEM and chip packaging services in the world, so as to produce artificial intelligence chips faster and take advantage of the artificial intelligence boom.

Samsung said that customers only need one communication channel to dispatch Samsung’s memory chip, wafer manufacturing and packaging teams at the same time. Compared with the existing technology, the time from research and development to production is expected to be shortened by 20%.

Siyoung Choi, president and general manager of Samsung Wafer Manufacturing, said: "We really live in the AI ? ? era-the advent of generative AI is completely changing the technological landscape."

Samsung has launched fierce competition with TSMC in the field of chip foundry, hoping to catch up in the field of AI foundry. Samsung introduced an advanced process called BSPDN, and moved the power interconnection to the back of the chip. This technology improves power, performance and area, and can be used for AI chips and high-performance computing. Compared with the first generation of 2 nm process, the voltage is significantly reduced, and the mass production time is in 2027. Korean media pointed out that there is no precedent for commercialization in the world.

Samsung also promotes the architecture of all-around gate transistor (GAA). As the chip becomes more and more refined and even breaks through the physical limit, GAA is regarded as an important factor to continue to manufacture more powerful chips for AI. Competitors such as TSMC are also developing GAA chips, but Samsung started earlier and said it plans to mass-produce the second-generation 3-nanometer chips using GAA in the second half of this year.

According to Samsung Electronics, the 1.4-nanometer chip technology is progressing smoothly. From the perspective of efficiency and production yield, it is expected to be mass-produced as scheduled in 2027.

Samsung predicts that the global chip industry revenue will increase to 778 billion US dollars by 2028, driven by AI chips.

Marco Chisari, executive vice president of wafer manufacturing and marketing of Samsung, said that Samsung believes that OpenAI CEO Altman’s rough forecast of the surge in demand for AI chips is true. Earlier, foreign media reported that Altman had told TSMC executives that he hoped to build about 30 new fabs. Samsung Electronics predicts that by 2028, the list of AI-related customers will increase fivefold and revenue will increase ninefold.

According to Jibang’s estimation, Samsung Electronics’ market share in wafer manufacturing fell to 11% in the first quarter of this year from 11.3% in the previous quarter, while TSMC increased from 61.2% to 61.7% in the same period.

It is worth noting that TSMC, the main competitor of Samsung Electronics, is gaining momentum. Huang Renxun, CEO of NVIDIA, has agreed that TSMC should raise prices. Barclays analysts are optimistic that the upcoming mass production of 2 nm applications will be faster than expected. Barclays believes that the leading position of semiconductor applications has shifted from smart phones to data centers. "The demand for 2 nanometers is strong, which is a big advantage for TSMC." Barclays raised the target share price of TSMC ADR from US$ 150 to 170 yuan, maintaining the "overweight" rating.

School of Rock & Roll： Rock & Roll is natural and unstoppable.

　　Original title: "Rock School": Rock is natural and unstoppable.

　　"Rock School" stills

　　This is an unstoppable world, because we are shouting together! This cry is not only the chorus of all the characters in the play, but also the collective applause and release of the audience. The Broadway musical "Rock School" has once again made the Tianqiao Art Center Grand Theater a grand carnival for opera fans.

　　The play tells the story of Dewey, the frustrated hero, who accidentally got the opportunity to start the children’s nature by rock and roll. It mocked the rigid education and the stubborn utilitarian values, and returned life to its original appearance. It seems that children’s interpretation is actually a topic that adults should reflect on.

　　To be fair, as far as the plot is concerned, the musical "Rock School" is an old-fashioned story in American campus dramas and film and television works, and some logic is not reasonable. However, after andrew lloyd webber’s magical musical expression and the wonderful performances of many outstanding actors, especially the elvish young actors, it has become different. The value collision reflected in the play, although it is a cliche, still has a strong realistic criticism in the new interpretation.

　　However, it is not so much a work that criticizes the shortcomings and values, but rather a masterpiece that explains the spirit of rock and roll. What is rock and roll? Not venting, not rebellion, not paranoia, not yelling! It is in the predicament of modern civilization that it is difficult to break through, and it sends out the voice of human beings for freedom and self-liberation. In the play, the rigid pragmatic education, which blindly pursues the ivy league enrollment rate, is the spokesman for people’s self-suppression and even strangulation of nature. In the fierce competition of contemporary commercial society, a successful life seems to be a solidified standard in the form of "consensus", but it ignores and obliterates individual differences, and even ignores the most basic rights of human beings-that is, human nature originates from nature, and some people run like wild horses like liger, while others like to migrate freely like antelopes and fly casually like birds. And rock and roll is to break the classical tradition, re-recognize ourselves, and restore nature by shouting and releasing.

　　After decades of smelting, Weber’s music has reached an insurmountable peak. This peak is not only for others, but also means a challenge to oneself. Although this latest work failed to make the expected breakthrough, the lyricism, melody and harmony based on rock and roll are beautiful and smooth, and the characters’ music is vivid, which still exquisitely demonstrates what dramatic music is. The incisiveness of rock and roll did not affect Weber’s reappearance of lyric unique skills, especially children’s solo, duet and chorus. Almost every paragraph was intoxicating and constantly won the cheers of the audience. However, the most amazing thing about Weber’s music is that it is particularly suitable for the characters and the situation. It seems that every note comes naturally from the heart with the plot and is properly on the "point".

　　Each character has a distinctive musical personality, and he also takes the opportunity to skillfully quote and borrow famous music passages familiar to the audience to highlight his character, and even makes fun of his most classic work "Memories". In the first scene of the music classroom, Luo Lisha, the principal, played stiff and boring classical music with her singing the famous aria after midnight in the opera The Magic Flute. The gorgeous aria of the original is obviously difficult to complete in the vocal range where the role is second to that of the female, but it is deliberately and forcibly reluctant. When it comes to the high notes, it has to pretend to be casually embarrassed or lowered by eight degrees, exposing the workplace and psychological embarrassment of the characters struggling. On a date in a bar, Luo Lisha was designed by Dewey. In his memory, he poured out his heart in the form of voice-changing rock, which formed a strong contrast in music color and further demonstrated the deep significance of rock’s liberation of human nature and inner spirit. I especially appreciate Luo Lisha’s handling of the aria "Where’s Rock and Roll?". She deliberately broke through her mellow timbre, and expressed her role in a wild and unrestrained state with a "sub-roar" singing style, which was very energetic and characteristic.

　　In my opinion, the overall shaping of Luo Lisha, the principal, is the most successful adult role in the play. What she has done, distorted by performance standards, is a pervert under the jungle law of ruthless business society. I have to put on airs for it, spilling a few drops of innocence from time to time, and the difference between inner and outer makes it very funny and cute. In the end, she resolutely put all her eggs in one basket for the rock of her true love, and gave Dewey a kiss, which symbolized that rock and roll washed away all obstacles.

　　Of course, the biggest difference of this drama is the collective amazement of the young actors. Their performances, especially their talent in shaping different characters, are extremely infectious. Whether it’s Shamei, a little girl who is a "band manager" with "leadership potential", Billy who wants to be a maverick stylist, or Zach, a guitarist who is always despised by his father, Tommy, who is afraid to express himself as the lead singer in the end, Lawrence, a keyboard player who is not confident but eager to be recognized, Freddie, a cool drummer, Katie, harmony sisters Marcy and Solana, etc., each child’s personality, temperament and emotional expression are extremely vivid and true. In contrast, our kind of children’s "art education", which is particularly good at creating a false and innocent national standard, is really embarrassing.

　　When Dewey’s "trick" broke through and came home frustrated, the children comforted and encouraged him and inspired his fighting spirit again. This bridge, if put in an adult performance, must be vulgar. However, this group of children actually let the "vulgar" be diluted in the pure singing, and eliminated the shortcomings in the sincerity. Tomika blurted out a well-known American work "God-given Grace" in a hurry. Although it did not reach the ideal preset state, it had a star-like charm and magnetic timbre, which was really rare. The boy Zach said, "Dad, can you really listen to me for once?" The weak but firm voice strongly stopped the father who "imposed his unfulfilled ideals on his children" and sublimated the topic of his own destiny. The subsequent children’s rock "Don’t compromise" pushed the whole drama to a climax without expectation.

　　In the seemingly regrettable but not regrettable ending, the ultimate idea of the play is revealed through Dewey’s mouth: the hard work in life is not to get ahead, but to make yourself the best and most enjoyable in countless possibilities. Real rock and roll lies in a kind of spirit, an original driving force of life, which comes from blood and faith, unstoppable and uncompromising! (Cheng Hui)

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December 3 rd "Mayday lip-synching appraisal"

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Famous singers are questioned about lip-synching! On the first May of the hot search, it was accused of lip-synching. The Law Enforcement Corps of Shanghai Cultural Tourism Bureau responded to the statement issued by the brokerage company denying lip-synching.

Just now, Mayday Brokerage Company @ Believe in Music Bin-music issued a statement saying that the comments on "Mayday lip-synching" on the Internet are malicious attacks and slanders.

There is no lip-synching in Mayday’s tour, and the comments on "Mayday lip-synching" on the Internet are malicious attacks, rumors and slander, which seriously damages our artist image.

Our company is actively cooperating with the relevant law enforcement departments to carry out the investigation, and we believe that the relevant departments will give us a fair result.

Mayday has been adhering to the theme of "youth, dreams, friendship and love" for 24 years since her debut, and has devoted herself seriously, persistently and intently to presenting our best music to fans, and will continue to promote the innovation and development of Chinese music in the future. Please believe in Mayday and music!

Late at night on December 3rd, I believe music published a document announcing that the concert "I really want to see you" will be held in Paris at 20: 00 local time on December 7th with the same theme as the Shanghai and London venues that were lip-synched. At that time, it will be broadcast live throughout, "inviting friends from all corners of the world to participate and witness by the whole people".

According to CCTV news, the reporter learned this morning (December 4) that the original video and audio of the "Mayday" Shanghai concert have been submitted to the local cultural market inspection department, and the relevant departments will make a scientific evaluation and analysis of the audio and video content provided, and publish the survey results.

The Measures for the Administration of Self-discipline of Performers in Performance Industry stipulates that "Performers shall not deceive the audience by lip-synching or lip-synching in commercial performances". The Regulations on the Administration of Commercial Performances also requires that "an actor shall not deceive the audience by lip-synching, and the performance organizer shall not organize an actor to lip-synch. No unit or individual may provide conditions for lip-synching. The performance organizer shall send a special person to supervise the performance to prevent lip-synching. "

It is understood that the ticket price of "Mayday" Shanghai concert is 355 to 1855 yuan, and the number of people attending eight concerts exceeds 360,000.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the reporter learned from the Law Enforcement Corps of Shanghai Cultural Tourism Bureau that they have been concerned about the public opinion that the Mayday concert was questioned and lip-synched. In November this year, Shanghai Yunhua Culture Development Co., Ltd. held eight May Day "I really want to see you" concerts in Shanghai Stadium. According to the management mechanism of large-scale commercial performances, during the performance, each performance is supervised by cultural law enforcement staff at the municipal and district levels. The Law Enforcement Corps of the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism attaches great importance to this alleged "lip-synching" sensation, and has requested the organizers to cooperate with the investigation in accordance with the Regulations on the Administration of Commercial Performances. After the relevant situation is verified according to law, it will respond to the concerns of netizens in a timely manner.

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Original title: "Just now, Mayday Brokerage Company responded! 》

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Esther Yu： I am red, big red! The wind, the fire and the fire are vigorous.

More than half of the large-scale women’s group growth program "Youth with You 2" was broadcast, and 109 girls bloomed themselves in this spring.

After many standardized selection programs, at first, we also had doubts about the slogan "No definition of girls, no definition of women’s groups" in "Young You 2"-does this mean that it is less accurate?

However, with the broadcast of the program, the "small transparency" that fell on other stages can glow with new vitality here, and there are also shortcomings exposed by the highly anticipated "gold medal players" in the first phase; Seeing that people with good stage charm lack the favor of the outside world, and those with true personality gain a large number of fans …

In fact, people’s state is unchangeable, the trend of public opinion is unpredictable, and the demand for practitioners in the entertainment industry is constantly being refurbished. How to sum it up in a few words and figure out what is "essence"? What can be "determined"?

Especially the charm of youth lies in its endless possibilities. The fun of watching "Young You 2" is also to see how the girls are blazing and surprised in this period of youth that can be observed by us.

In this group of "young girls", the entertainment studio has taken four samples. They are girls with completely different experiences and different personalities, and they are also girls who have either broken public prejudice or written "scripts" for them outside.

You can’t really know someone after just a few minutes of conversation. But through this round of direct communication, we can restore the youthful appearance that they want to present to the outside world.

The first to appear is Esther Yu.

Esther Yu:

I am red, big red!

The wind, the fire and the fire are vigorous.

I first met Esther Yu in the early stage recording of Youth with You 2.

When it was her turn to appear, it was already late at night, and drowsiness pervaded the whole recording place.

At that time, the charming and lovable Cai Minmin (Esther Yu’s role in "Happiness at the Next Stop") had not been shown on the screen, and I didn’t know that at the orientation meeting of "Young You 2" on the first day, she had a confession from a distance with LISA through her mentor Jony J. However, in the interview with the tutor the night before, Ella and JONY J both mentioned that among the freshmen who met for the first time, they were particularly impressed by a girl who wanted to change seats with Jony J.

Back to Esther Yu’s first stage. To tell the truth, after watching her whole performance from the introduction to the rating, the atmosphere at the scene was sober. The complex expressions of several staff members around me reveal the same subtext: how can there be a girl like her?

If you have watched the program and are impressed by the video that Esther Yu was added with the "fast forward" effect in the later stage because of her many words, what I can reveal again is that at the scene, her expression is actually more; What she said made people sweat for her.

At that time, many people predicted that she would be a topic, but few people predicted that she became the most popular one in the current program.

Screenshot from Weibo @ Sina Variety

Before commenting on her more, let’s take a look at what kind of girl Esther Yu is in her own mind.

A girl like me.

admire a star

At first, I really wanted to come to the show because I saw LISA coming (as a tutor).

I didn’t have a special concept about the women’s group before, and I really fell in love with the women’s group until I learned about BLACKPINK(LISA’s group).

There was a time when I was filming costume dramas, and I was so tired every day in the mountains. When I was at rest, I always watched teacher LISA’s videos, which was very high-end and very happy.

After I decided to come to the show, because I was still filming in Hengdian at that time, I invited my teacher to come to Hengdian to teach me lessons and learn the performances of the first stage ("Love You"). I have practiced in the mountains and forests and "prisons" and studied seriously for more than a month.

But looking back now, I think I’m so brave. How dare I sing Solo? Really! Singing is one thing, dancing is one thing, and it’s not so simple when you put it together … Can you say this? But I always thought this kind of (stage) was all singing, you know? Later, the staff told me all about it. Oh, my God! Later, I went to the training room to practice singing and dancing for three days, and I got the effect that everyone saw. But from the results, I think I should be quite talented, right?　

Esther Yu’s Early Stage Performance of "Young You 2"

disposition

When recording the first stage, have you ever thought about restraining your personality? No! I never care what others think of me.

First of all, I think, although there are many girls in this program, there will be many things in places with many girls, but I am not worried about this. I used to work with a bunch of people. People who don’t know me at first will generally misinterpret me, but as long as they get in touch with me, they will find that I am a normal and good person. If there was something wrong with my personality, I wouldn’t be safe now.

Then, from the point of recording the program itself, I think that since we want to record it, we have to devote ourselves to it, and there is a recording state. Off the stage, I just watch everyone’s performance wholeheartedly. If they are good, I will be very happy; They are very excited, and I will be very excited. When I take the stage myself, since the teacher asked me some questions, I want to answer them correctly. I am very happy when they praise me; If they say that I am not good, I will be very sad.　

I have friends who have analyzed it. Maybe I am different from others. I am an actor and my reaction will be "too much". Because I am good at grasping every expression of the other person, I want to respond to every word of others.

But it’s not just about being an actor. I’ve been like this since I was a child, and I have a lot of expressions. My mother said that when I get old, I will definitely have a lot of wrinkles!

Esther Yu in the "Audience" of "Young You 2"

Hey? Why do you all think I will be a "little princess"? I am so not a "little princess"!

At home, although my family loves me very much and supports my decision on the general direction, my father is super strict, not doting at all. I was often beaten when I was a child.　

For example, one Christmas, I bought spray paint for spraying windows, and it was sprayed into the fish tank, and then I was beaten; There are shopping and I really want to buy a flute. My father didn’t buy it for me at first, but later he bought it back and it became a tool to hit me. When I was eating, I once inadvertently said, "That thing grandpa ate yesterday was (very good), and this thing we ate was so cheap." My dad hit me again and made me kneel and said, "Why are you so wasteful? Say such a thing? "

At school, I am not a "little princess" either. The classmates around me like me very much. I really haven’t been pushed out because of my personality. What people say about me most is that I am funny, cute, or awkward.

Later, at work, I was also modest and polite. I was the most obedient when I went to the crew-although it seemed a little difficult.

When Esther Yu was a child, the picture came from Weibo @ Esther Yu Studio.

For the first time, it was controversial because of personality? It must be Grade One (Grade One is a variety show that Esther Yu participated in in in 2016)! At that time, when filming "Grade One", the staff told me that you are so cute. When the program is broadcast, no one will hate you and everyone will love you very much! And I said, "Really? Thank you! "

Ten minutes after the first day of the program, I was scolded for hot search.

My mom couldn’t do it then. In the second phase, she was taken to the hospital. People of their age seldom surf the Internet. The first time she saw her daughter being said like that, and I was not like that, she was very sad.

But those remarks had a good impact on myself. So far, no external sound can really hurt me.

Because, I am such a character. People don’t like me, and I can’t help it, and this character can’t be changed. But if you like me later, it’s still your business, and everything is your business.

Esther Yu in Qing Ni 2

act

Look at me like this, you will know that I have always been a person who loves acting. I’m precocious. I started watching idol dramas, Love in the Aegean Sea and Princess Huaiyu when I was 12 years old. When I was older, I watched the stars herding sheep and the prince turning into a frog … I occasionally practiced crying in front of the mirror. I just wanted to say how those actors cried.

I’m also thinking, is my acting now influenced by the idol drama I watched at that time? My role seems to be a little similar to Princess Huaiyu and Princess Pearl, which may be subtle.

When I was a child, I was also quite a literary backbone. I really liked to arrange programs since I was a child. I used to learn children’s dance, otherwise, how can I keep up with the dance here (Qing You)? At least my limbs are coordinated, and there is still a little bit of that kind of cell.

But I will always remember that I never succeeded in running for president of literature and art. Maybe I am usually a crazy image in the impression of my classmates, and people don’t believe that I have that strength, so they all choose others.

That day, I was lying in bed thinking: Hum, look, I have participated in the singing and dancing program now, and you should all regret that you didn’t ask me to be the president at that time!

Photo of Esther Yu’s childhood stage performance, from Weibo @ Esther Yu Studio.

Of course, I have had a low tide, because it is very difficult to put on a play. In the past, I often put information, and people told me to go back and wait for the notice, and then there was no news.

I’ve been through too much running for group interviews. Once I took a taxi for more than two hours in the middle of the night to go to a hotel-not just a hotel, but a hotel to audition. It’s scary to think about it now, but I didn’t know why at that time, so I was very courageous. I’ve tried all the roles, playing the kind of person who was kidnapped in the room and then took away the garbage bag.　

"Grade One" has gained popularity, from "amateur" to immediately receiving several plays starring. But it hasn’t been broadcast since the filming. I haven’t filmed for more than eight months twice.

Maybe God thought it was too easy for you to get something before, but now you need to adjust your mentality at home and not be too drifting. People have to go through this before they succeed.　

When I’m not working, I take photos, post social platforms and shoot Vlog every day. I never wanted to give up. I have made so many things, and I can’t give up easily. Besides, weren’t my works broadcast at that time? Maybe there will be another scene after it is broadcast.　

You see, I am not angry now?

Esther Yu in Qing Ni 2

the first place

Before I came to the show, I didn’t know what the C position of a women’s group should be like. But I have a concept now. First of all, to look good, you have to support the whole regiment; Then, the strength of singing and dancing should be particularly top-notch, and the appeal is very important, so that the audience can know what the meaning of this song is; Secondly, your mentality is also very strong, no matter what happens, you have to rush to the first place to carry it for everyone; Also, you have to take care of the members of the whole group, not just yourself, but you have to take everyone with you.

I don’t have any formal experience, and I ranked first in the previous rankings. Have you ever thought about the reasons?

First of all, I certainly didn’t expect this. I didn’t expect so many people to support me when I came. But since I won the first prize, I believe that I must have some qualities that young producers especially like.

Just like people asked me before, do you think you can sit in this position? I said that even if I am not the first today, I can find a reason to match this position in my heart at any position. For example, if I am the last one now, I will consider that everyone is really too strong and I want to go up; And when I’m in the front, I wonder if I’m okay like this. Am I suitable for the stage? Then I will use the higher standards of the top few to demand myself.

Esther Yu, Tuyuan Weibo

The reason why I got the first match for myself … Maybe people think I’m better in all aspects? Like I said, I can sing and dance, and I am kind to others. I am a good person, so the "youth producer" also likes me-because only if I like you will you help her!

If I am allowed to paint my youth, I think it should be a colorful picture. I am a cartoon villain and do a lot of things in it, because my life experience is so rich!

If you can only use one color to represent yourself, it must be red, big red! Because I am full of power and vigor!　

Esther Yu, Tuyuan Weibo

The main observation of entertainment theory

Decoding Esther Yu:

Her "unnatural" is her nature.

I thought about two questions before: 1. Is Esther Yu "qualified" as a trainee of women’s group programs? 2. Why can she rank high for a long time?

Before this season’s "Young You", I was exposed to 7-year talent show. Esther Yu’s debut made me a little uncomfortable.

In the past for a long time, stage ability must be the main assessment item. Just look at Esther Yu’s performance on the stage, as Ella put it on the initial stage: the singing atmosphere is obviously insufficient. In addition, the dance movements are also in the "complete" level. The reason why the discussion can be ignited on the first stage is mainly based on its personality.

According to the standards of past programs or selected trainees, Esther Yu is not qualified. But as a participant in the current women’s group program, she is rare.

Esther Yu in "Young You 2"

I have to admit that great changes have taken place in the industry, programs and public demand. The draft is no longer just a stage competition, but a reality show has become a very important part of the program. The public’s demand for more "greedy" public figures has also promoted the program to present more characters and relationships for the public to entertain and discuss. In addition, all kinds of reality shows and variety shows are prevalent in the whole industry, which also subtly requires us to help and deliver new people who are more artistic-when they are out of the competition and active in the industry, Ta will not be a boring existence.

Looking back at Esther Yu in this environment-fresh personality ensures her attention and topic. Although the ability of singing and dancing needs to be improved at present, it is enough to present a correct attitude and further polish its strength.

In the traditional environment, those who are too picky are vulnerable to attack. However, Esther Yu won an overwhelming favor with his personality, not that "personality" itself became more popular in the entertainment circle, but that Esther Yu won was true.

At the premiere of the program, some netizens who were shocked by her "alternative" reaction also went to archaeology on a large scale, but later everyone found out that her "unnatural" was her nature.

Esther Yu’s popular emoticons in "Young You 2"

Many actors, staff and acquaintances who have worked together will comment on Esther Yu, saying that she has exactly the same personality in front of the stage.

Xiaotang Zhao, who has a good relationship with Esther Yu in the program, also revealed to us that because of her personality, honest and frank, she couldn’t stand "playing too much". Before coming to the program, her colleagues in the company who knew that Esther Yu also participated in the competition specially mentioned her not to have a head-on conflict with Esther Yu. But after contacting the real person, Xiaotang Zhao soon fell in love with this girl: "She just showed her original personality generously, and I think it’s great!"

Of course, Esther Yu will also have problems and shortcomings. But the reason why she was accepted by many people or helped her is that she saw the courage and freedom of being herself.

The word "be yourself" is vulgar, but it is also difficult-only when you find yourself first and are willing to accept yourself can you really be yourself.

In Esther Yu’s youth, it is better to be an imperfect self than to be a perfect "other".

Esther Yu, picture from Weibo.

Xiaomi AI speaker ＂Xiao Ai Classmate MINI Edition＂ exposure： super small size, cute appearance

IT Home reported on March 18 that today, some netizens exposed the new version of Xiaomi AI speakers on Weibo – "Xiao Ai Classmate MINI Edition". He said that the price of "Xiao Ai Classmate MINI Edition" is expected to be 199 yuan, and it may be released together with Xiaomi MIX2s on March 27.

From the exposure photos, the small love speaker mini is smaller in size and rounded as a whole. It looks a lot like a reduced version of a rice cooker, which is very cute.

The interactive area is a small disc with buttons such as sound + -, pause, etc. Although there is no obvious reference, I feel that the size of this stereo should not exceed 25cm.

▲ The workstation is packing the Xiao Ai stereo, and the packaging box shows that the name of this stereo is "Xiao Ai Classmate MINI Edition".

Xiao Ai is the two-dimensional character image of the artificial intelligence speaker released by Xiaomi on July 26, 2017. The Xiaomi AI speaker equipped with it can play music, radio on demand, as well as cross talk, novels, talk shows, education and learning, children’s A variety of audiobook content can also control Xiaomi TV, sweeping robots, air purifiers and other Xiaomi and ecological chain equipment, and can also control third-party products through Xiaomi sockets and plug-in boards.

China Xinggu went to Greater Bay Area to attract more than 10 billion yuan.

Hubei Daily News (Reporter Liu Chang, correspondent Cheng Shuxiong, Ba Yangang) On May 8, Xinzhou District of Wuhan held a promotion meeting for attracting investment in Shenzhen. Many well-known domestic enterprises planned to invest more than 10 billion yuan in the Wuhan National Aerospace Industry Base named "China Xinggu".

At the promotion meeting, more than 50 key enterprises and research institutes, including Shenzhen Investment Holding, Shenzhen Yiyatong Supply Chain Company, Zhongchuan Huaxia International Travel Group, Zhuhai Obit Aerospace Science and Technology Company and Shenzhen Research Institute of Wuhan University, gathered together to seize the new track and talk about "new opportunities".

China’s first flexible intelligent satellite batch production line was completed and put into operation, with an annual output of 240 satellites; Since 2022, the world’s leading new solid rocket Kuaizhou No.11 has been successfully launched. The "Xinzhou Made" Kuaizhou rocket has 6 battles and 6 victories, and the rocket company has been promoted to the unicorn enterprise in China; The base has initially realized the gathering pattern of stars, arrows, clouds and aerospace materials … The efforts and prospects of "China Star Valley" to actively build China Aerospace roof of the world have strengthened Greater Bay Area entrepreneurs’ confidence in investing in Xinzhou. Eight entrepreneurs from Greater Bay Area were employed as "ambassadors for investment promotion" in Xinzhou District.

On the same day, a total of seven projects were signed in the fields of aerospace, new materials, intelligent manufacturing and big health, with a total investment of 16.5 billion yuan. Among them, the Wuhan National Aerospace Industry Base in Xinzhou signed an investment of more than 10 billion yuan, accounting for over 60%.