People’s direct attack: two girls were killed and one injured, who was at fault?

On the 39th day after Zhou Zhe’s death, "Office Xiao Ye" officially resumed the video update. And Zhou Zhe’s life, forever fixed at the age of 14.

On August 22nd, Zhou Zhe and Xiaoyu, two girls in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province, imitated the short video released by online celebrity, and exploded when they made their own popcorn in household cans, killing one person and injuring another. Zhou Zhe’s family said in an interview with the media that the two girls used their mobile phones to watch a short video of "Pop-can Homemade Popcorn" posted by online celebrity called "Office Xiao Ye" in Tik Tok.

Zhou Zhe’s death has aroused great public concern. The responsibility of family members, "Office Xiao Ye" and short video platform has become the focus of hot discussion. The "Office Xiao Ye" team reached a settlement agreement with the families of the two girls by paying aid. After the accident, Zhou Zhe’s family also contacted the Tik Tok platform, hoping that the other party would be responsible for the consequences of its poor supervision. "But they shirked that they are customer service and can’t manage this matter." Zhou Zhe’s father told reporters.

Zhang Shiwen, a lawyer of Shanghai Huiye Law Firm, said that bailout money is an economic subsidy provided by one party to the other for humanitarian reasons, not a legal definition. The party providing the aid is not necessarily at fault. The compensation is usually the money paid by the responsible party to the injured party.

Today is the 49th day of Zhou Zhe’s death. By the end of July, Zhou Zhe’s family didn’t wait for compensation, only "relief money". No one admitted responsibility for Zhou Zhe’s death except Zhou Zhe’s parents.

Although the short video of "Pop-can Homemade Popcorn" released by "Office Xiao Ye" has been removed from the shelves in Tik Tok, when the reporter searched on other short video platforms with related keywords, it was found that there are still similar videos spread without safety tips.

The question that the public cares about is: Can Zhou Zhe’s death bring about changes? How to avoid the recurrence of tragedies in the future?

Chen Tangfa, a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication of Nanjing University and a scholar of media law, believes that the platform party should do its duty to remind the spread of short video content with obvious risk or probability of injury on the premise that minors constitute an important component of its users. In addition, he suggested that the relevant departments should increase their legal obligations to short video uploaders. "Short video producers should be required to give necessary explanations on the possible dangers of their videos and how to avoid them."

Traceability:

Two underage girls imitated "pop-can homemade popcorn", one died and one was injured.

On August 22, 14-year-old Zhou Zhe and 12-year-old Xiao Yu exploded while making popcorn in household cans.

In an interview with the media, Zhou Zhe’s family said that the two girls watched a short video of "Pop-can Homemade Popcorn" posted by online celebrity called "Office Xiao Ye" on Tik Tok on the same day, so they also learned to make popcorn. The first time alcohol was ignited, the corn did not turn into popcorn, and after alcohol was poured again, it exploded.

Both girls were burned to varying degrees. Among them, 14-year-old Zhou Zhete was severely burned to 96% and died on September 5.

This incident has aroused public concern. Regarding who should be responsible for the accident, Zhou Zhe’s family believes that the family members are responsible, but the video publisher "Office Xiao Ye" and the platform Tik Tok are also responsible. They have proposed to sue the video publisher and the short video platform.

"Office Xiao Ye" responded in Weibo, saying that Zhezhe’s and Xiaoyu’s accidents were by no means imitating their own videos, but they were willing to provide whatever help they could for Xiaoyu’s follow-up treatment and Zhezhe’s family, and would continue to launch strict self-examination, permanently removing all videos with potential security risks from their accounts on the whole platform.

According to the Beijing News, representatives of the "Office Xiao Ye" team went to Zaozhuang, Shandong Province on September 16th to meet and discuss with Zhou Zhe and Xiaoyu’s family members. The two sides agreed not to consider the division of responsibilities, but only to talk about how to deal with the aftermath. Later, on 17th and 18th, the "Office Xiao Ye" party reached a settlement agreement with Zhezhe and Xiaoyu’s family one after another, giving them a one-time aid.

Zhang Shiwen told reporters that aid money is common in reconciliation and mediation mechanisms. "From a legal point of view, the party providing the aid is not necessarily at fault, and the amount is not specified."

Zhang Shiwen also mentioned that according to the law, compensation is usually paid by the responsible party to the injured party, "that is, the responsible party damages the interests of others in the course of its behavior and pays the injured party in cash, in kind and other material ways. The calculation method of compensation will have a corresponding legal basis and the amount is usually greater than or equal to the losses actually suffered by the injured party (such as property losses, personal injuries, etc.). "

Less than a month after the signing of the settlement agreement, "Office Xiao Ye" took the lead in restoring the video update of Weibo’s account on October 14th. Subsequently, it was resumed and updated on today’s headlines, watermelon videos, WeChat WeChat official account, volcano videos and platforms such as bilibili and Tik Tok.

The reporter tried to contact the two parties about the content of the agreement. Zhou Zhe’s father said that when signing the agreement, he had promised the other party not to disclose the settlement information. The "Office Xiao Ye" party failed to give the reporter’s WeChat application, and Weibo and WeChat WeChat official account did not reply to their private letters about the interview.

Regarding the prosecution of the Tik Tok platform mentioned earlier, Zhou Zhe’s father told reporters that the matter has been handled. When he signed a settlement agreement with "Office Xiao Ye", he agreed not to pursue their responsibility with the Tik Tok platform. "I can’t break my promise and can’t pursue it again."

According to Peng Dingdai, a professor at Nanchang University Law School, there are three types of subjects who should bear the responsibility in this accident. One is the guardian of the minor who has no ability to distinguish and control certain things, that is, the parents of the victim; The second is the producer of the video. As an adult, he should expect others to imitate his video, which is likely to lead to danger, so he should give safety tips in prominent parts of the video. The platform for video distribution is the third party that needs to be responsible.

"The platform should fulfill its obligation to censor videos containing bad information, including those that are dangerous, lead people to commit suicide, pornographic, etc." As for the specific responsibility, Peng Dingdai said that evidence is needed in law.

Phenomenon:

Short video imitation causes casualties or public security incidents from time to time.

A Jian still has a scar on his right eyelid, which was left after he failed to imitate an action challenge short video called "double somersault".

This is an action that needs to be completed with friends, that is, two people stand face to face, one person bends down and puts his hands out from the middle of his legs; The other person grabs his outstretched hands and flips them up 180 degrees. If he succeeds, he will finish riding his waist, and if he fails, he will be injured.

Two years ago, when the short video was just on fire, A Jian liked to watch some creative, spoof and interesting videos. After watching many short action videos, he chose some actions suitable for challenging with his friends and successfully completed them many times. A Jian told reporters that he also watched a lot of highlights of the failure of such action challenges. "I feel that I have no problem and I can do it completely."

Unexpectedly, failure came. When challenging "double somersault" with a new friend, the other party used too much force when turning up, and the direction was not accurate. His forehead suddenly hit Ajian’s glasses. "The glasses burst on the spot and his eyes could not be opened."

Recalling the scene at that time, A Jian was scared in his heart. "Fortunately, it is not serious, otherwise his eyes may be blind."

A Jian’s injured right eye and cracked glasses (photo courtesy of the client)

The reporter then searched and found that the video of "double somersault" can still be seen on many platforms, and some of them have added a warning that "this behavior is risky, please don’t imitate it easily", but there are still more videos not attached. Such casualties or public security incidents caused by imitating short videos have occurred many times in all parts of the country.

According to Hubei Jingshi, last year, a father in Wuhan also failed to challenge his two-year-old daughter to "double somersault", and missed when he flipped 180 degrees upwards, resulting in the child’s head landing, serious spinal cord damage and inability to move his upper body.

Also last year, "Live Hainan" reported that three children in Ding ‘an County, Hainan were injured by firecrackers because they imitated the live video of fast hands to make "Mountain Pig Cannon"; The Legal Evening News reported that an 8-year-old boy in Xi ‘an, Shaanxi Province, imitated the video of Tik Tok’s "sticky tape on the door", causing his 6-year-old brother to fall and be covered in blood.

According to Weibo, the official of Shaoshan Public Security Bureau, Hunan Province, two men who had drunk were driving their motorcycles home, so they imitated a short chat-up video and blocked a lady on the road. After the police arrived at the scene, the two men also pushed and insulted the police. Finally, the two were sentenced to administrative detention for 20 days respectively.

According to Zhang Shiwen’s analysis, video publishers generally have a mature operation team and a huge fan base. Short videos are widely spread on the Internet as soon as they are issued, and video viewers lack professional guidance when imitating short video content, which is more likely to be dangerous.

Behind:

Netizens imitate short videos and have frequent accidents. online celebrity earns considerable income by realizing traffic.

The "Xiao Ye in the Office" in the incident of "Girl Imitates Homemade Popcorn and Dies" was hailed as the first online celebrity in 2017. She became popular on the Internet with her brain-opening food videos. Her representative works include cooking hot pot with a water dispenser in the office, roasting fat beef with an iron, and spreading pancakes in the box.

With its huge traffic, "Office Xiao Ye" realized the realization of revenue and performed well in entering overseas platforms. According to a special report in The China Journal, she ranks first in the number of fans in China, a YouTube platform. Previously, NoxInfluencer, a platform for analyzing YouTube’s online celebrity data, announced the income of YouTube in online celebrity: the monthly income of advertising alliance in office Xiao Ye is 4.59 million, and the annual dividend is expected to be 55.08 million.

However, Nie Yangde, CEO of Xiao Ye’s Onion Video, once told the media that the data is not true, but Xiao Ye’s income on YouTube is indeed considerable.

When the reporter browsed the Tik Tok platform, he found a short video producer "Wanzi Mo" who is as creative as "Office Xiao Ye". She has more than 8 million fans and was certified as "creator of quality life field" in today’s headlines.

In the video, the self-made barbecue grill, juicer, etc., the sharp objects such as wood saws, chainsaws, sickles, etc. are still visible, and several videos browsed randomly by reporters have no step descriptions and safety risk tips, so users, especially minors, are prone to accidents when imitating.

In the name of business cooperation, the reporter consulted the company where "Wanneng Zimo" is located, and the other party replied to an October business price publication.

In the example, the reporter saw that in a short video platform, the company’s 11 IP accounts have different charges for business promotion according to the total number of fans, the total number of works and the total number of likes. In the promotion of 0-20 seconds, the "hand price" ranges from 7800 yuan to 108000 yuan, and in the range of 21-60 seconds, the price ranges from 9000 yuan to 180000 yuan.

In this network era, everyone can be a online celebrity, and it can be a fire in minutes. For users, in addition to watching these videos released by online celebrity, many ordinary people also want to pick up their mobile phones and shoot videos to get more likes and onlookers.

At this time, imitatable content is more likely to stimulate users to spread. In particular, fun, interesting, novel and even curious movements, dances and plots are all elements that users prefer to imitate. These conditions are often linked to their traffic and are easily recommended by the platform and become explosions.

The short video platform quickly gathers users of the same kind by challenging, bringing topics, bringing labels, etc., so the popular short videos such as "splashing water into ice" and "ice drift" are all dangerous, the former may be scalded, and the latter will lead to drowning.

According to media reports, in the first two days of this year, there were three drowning accidents caused by driving on the ice in Shanxi, Tianjin and Heilongjiang.

The reporter searched for "splashing water into ice" under the "topic" column of Tik Tok platform and the "tag" column of Aauto Quicker platform, and found that there were 9,388 videos under the topic of the former platform, with a broadcast volume of 240 million times, while there were 219 works in the tag of the latter. The reporter randomly browsed several videos on the two platforms and found that there were no security risks.

After the girl passed away imitating homemade popcorn, the related videos have been removed from the Tik Tok platform. However, when the reporter searched on other short video platforms with related keywords, he found that there are still similar videos without safety tips.

Expert:

The short video platform needs to consider both economic and social benefits.

Accidents happen frequently when imitating short videos. Why are there still many video contents with hidden risk factors in major short video platforms?

Chen Tangfa believes that this is because the iron law of market economy-"high risk must be accompanied by high return" is also reflected in the pursuit of Internet content. "The curse of’ traffic is king’ urges network service providers to ignore content security intentionally or unintentionally, and’ risk’ can become a’ selling point’."

After such accidents, short video platforms have repeatedly fallen into controversy. Tan Tian, a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Jinan University, said that the platform has the responsibility to regulate and explain such videos with security risks and involving technology.

"Office Xiao Ye" once said in an apology that he was reminded by a private letter from @ Chengdu Public Security Fire Brigade Guan Wei before he realized that there might be security risks in the video. Later, they added dangerous operation tips to videos that thought there were hidden dangers. "Now it seems that such tips are far from enough." She wrote.

Tan Tian told reporters that for this kind of online celebrity who has reached a certain number of fans, the greater the traffic, the greater the social responsibility, and their every move will have an impact. "online celebrity is not aware of this (safety hazard) problem, and the platform side should strengthen supervision."

Peng Daiding believes that maintaining a civilized, clean and green network environment is not only a legal responsibility, but also a social responsibility for platform operators.

"(The platform side) can’t just be an indicator of profit, but should assume corresponding social responsibilities and consider economic and social benefits as a whole."

With the rapid development of short video industry, chaos followed. From the recent death of "girls imitating homemade popcorn" to the collective praise of underage mothers before, from eating raw pork to using "dirty jokes" and other eyeballs, strengthening supervision has long been a public concern.

The government level has responded one after another. The relevant regulatory authorities have talked about the short video live broadcast platform many times, asking it to further improve the mechanisms such as content review and release, security policy management, and use the correct values to guide the algorithm to create a clean and honest cyberspace for the majority of netizens, especially teenagers.

On January 9th this year, China Network Audiovisual Program Service Association issued two industry specifications, namely, Management Specification for Network Short Video Platform and Detailed Rules for Auditing Standards for Network Short Video Content. The requirements for the network platform are higher, the standards for content audit are stricter, and the platform management is more operational.

In order to prevent minors from indulging in short videos, since April this year, the National Network Information Office has guided short video platforms such as "Tik Tok", "Aauto Quicker" and "Volcano Video" to pilot the online anti-addiction system for teenagers.

For the supervision of short video platforms, Peng Daiding believes that the platform itself can pre-audit the video content by using automatic identification and other technical means, while for those whose technical audit can not meet the requirements, it is necessary to invest some funds to strengthen manual audit.

Tan Tian suggested that the platform should set certain standards for the uploaded video content, and any citizen can report any violation of the standards. In terms of manual audit, he said that the platform can mobilize netizens or relevant experts and scholars to set up professional committees.

"Some of them can be handled by algorithms and machines, and some of them can’t be handled. They must be manually reviewed. Is there anything wrong with the content and whether there are any security risks? Will it induce young people, especially those with large fans and traffic, and they need manual review. (These) can’t save trouble, and the platform user base is large, so it is necessary to strengthen the responsibility. "Tan Tian said that if the manual can’t judge, you can hire relevant experts to judge." Some hidden danger experts can see the problem, such as those involving fire, and need fire experts to look at it. "

Chen Tangfa suggested that relevant departments need to increase their legal obligations to short video uploaders. "Short video producers should be required to make necessary explanations on the possible dangers of their videos and how to avoid them. This explanation should be regarded as an important element for uploading short videos, otherwise, no matter whether actual injury incidents occur or not, they will be held accountable."

The second is to strengthen the actual effect of user reporting. That is to say, if the content reported by the whistleblower is really dangerous, the administrative fine for investigating the responsibility of the platform will be rewarded to the whistleblower according to a certain proportion, and it is indeed a combination of "everyone’s responsibility" and "everyone’s benefit" to truly implement the network governance principle of group prevention and group governance by legal means.

660,000 Mercedes-Benz oil spill owners made 8 demands. Mercedes-Benz issued a statement apologizing.

  CCTV News:Recently, a video of "Mercedes-Benz female car owners defending their rights" detonated the network. In the video, the female car owner cried that in order to celebrate her 30th birthday, she bought a new Mercedes-Benz car for 660,000 yuan in a 4S shop in Xi ‘an, but it was only 5 minutes before she signed the bill to pick up the car, and she found that the engine leaked oil.

  Since then, within 15 days, she has repeatedly communicated with the 4S shop to solve the problem, but was told that she could not refund or change the car, and she could only change the engine according to the "three guarantees policy for automobiles". In this regard, the female car owner could not accept it. In desperation, she had to sit on the roof of the Mercedes-Benz in the store and ask for a statement.

  The 4s shop said that it had reached a settlement with the owner privately, but the owner said that he had not received any reply. On April 13th, the High-tech Branch of Xi ‘an Market Supervision Bureau has set up a multi-department joint investigation team. The female car owner said that she has met with the investigation team and put forward eight major demands, including investigating the history of the vehicle, testing the vehicle, formally apologizing and giving mental compensation.

  The owner said that it took five minutes to pick up the car, and it was found that the vehicle leaked oil. Then, did this oil-leaking Mercedes-Benz have quality problems before the sale? Continue to understand.

  On April 12, the reporter learned from the High-tech Branch of Xi ‘an Municipal Market Supervision Bureau that on the afternoon of April 11, the industry and commerce in the jurisdiction had already got in touch with the owner, and confirmed that the owner bought an imported Mercedes-Benz CLS300 sports car on March 27, with a bare car price of more than 580,000, including loan fees and other expenses totaling about 60,000.

  The staff of Xi ‘an Lizhixing Mercedes-Benz 4S store said that all vehicles, each 4S store is the same, and will be tested by the manufacturer, including the test in the store.

  According to the 4S shop, according to the three-guarantee policy for family cars, only the engine can be replaced for the owner. So how is the three-guarantee policy for family cars stipulated?

  The reporter inquired about the "Provisions on Responsibility for Repair, Replacement and Return of Household Automobile Products" and found that the "Regulations" clarified that household automobile products have product quality problems during the warranty period and can be repaired free of charge. Within the "three guarantees validity period", you can go through the formalities of returning or exchanging goods. Among them, the warranty period is not less than 3 years and 60,000 kilometers, and the validity period of "Three Guarantees" is not less than 2 years or the mileage is 50,000 kilometers. As for the conditions for returning goods, the Provisions on Responsibility for Repairing, Replacing and Returning Household Automobile Products lists four specific situations: The first one is that if the steering system fails, the braking system fails, the car body cracks and the fuel leaks within 60 days after the seller issues the car purchase invoice or within 3,000 kilometers, you can choose to exchange or return the goods.

  Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales Co., Ltd. issued a statement on the 13th, saying that the company has attached great importance to it since it recently learned about the unpleasant experience of its customers, and immediately launched an in-depth investigation on this matter to know the relevant details as much as possible. Anyway, I apologize for the customer’s experience. The company has sent a special working group to Xi ‘an, and will make an appointment with customers as soon as possible to communicate directly, and strive to reach a satisfactory solution on a reasonable basis.

Dongfeng Warrior 917 officially revised and pre-sold 768,000! Carbon fiber reinforced kit

Dongfeng Warriors announced that the pre-sale prices of 917 Jiaolong Armor and Jiaolong Armor Max were 768,000 yuan and 868,000 yuan respectively, and the starting price was 130,300 yuan more expensive than ordinary extended-range models. A large number of aviation-grade carbon fiber materials are added to the body of the new car, and the carbon fiber coverage rate of the whole car reaches 22.3%. The body size is larger than that of the ordinary version. It is painted in desert storm yellow (other car colors are optional) and equipped with a silver contrast roof, which is more domineering than the tank 800.

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The Warrior 917 Dragon Armor was replaced by a straight waterfall type middle net, the air inlet area was increased, and two ridges were added to the machine cover. The front and rear wheel eyebrows were made of carbon fiber, and the round cake type closed wheel hub was replaced. The car side continues to use traditional door handles, adding side boxes and storage racks, and the roof is equipped with an expansion platform. Split taillights are used AT the tail, and a spare tire rack is added to place a full-size AT spare tire.

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Warrior 917 Dragon Armor continues to be equipped with 12.3-inch suspended LCD instrument +15.6-inch suspended touch control screen +12.3-inch passenger entertainment screen, equipped with 4 multi-function steering wheels, streaming rearview mirrors, leather stitching seats, physical function buttons and traditional air conditioning air outlet shapes, and the central armrest box, door panel and center console adopt a large number of carbon fiber cover plates.

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Warrior 917 Jiaolong Armor Range Extender has a maximum power of 145kW, a total motor power of 600kW, and a peak torque of 1050N·m, matching with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited ternary lithium battery pack of 65.8kWh. CLTC has a pure electric cruising range of 200km and a comprehensive cruising range of 1026km. The new car comes standard with T-MAX professional electric winch, which can provide 12,500 pounds of pulling force.

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