A few days ago, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council issued the Notice on Printing and Distributing the List of Creating World-class Demonstration Enterprises and Specialized and Innovative Demonstration Enterprises, and faw liberation Automobile Co., Ltd. of Jilin Province was successfully selected as "Creating World-class Specialized and Innovative Demonstration Enterprises". Innovation and development are a major engine for Jilin automobile enterprises to continuously achieve results.

In recent years, State Taxation Administration of The People’s Republic of China has successively issued policies to provide policy support for the innovation and pioneering development of the automobile industry, and Jilin Province has written the trillion-dollar automobile industry into the 14th Five-year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of Jilin Province and the Outline of Long-term Goals in 2035. In order to contribute to the tax power, the tax department of Jilin Province has implemented the dual-engine driving strategy of "tax benefit+service" to help the enterprise industry develop continuously and move towards the future.

Tax rebate policy, creating new kinetic energy for excellence.

In the early spring of Jilin, in this vibrant season, the traditional manufacturing industry represented by automobiles has accelerated its transformation and upgrading.

In March, the production scene of "man-machine dance" in the harness production workshop of Changchun Jieyi Automobile Technology Co., Ltd. in Changchun New District is shocking, and the automatic production line is producing charging guns for dozens of car companies around the world, such as Volkswagen, BMW and Geely.

"Dozens of wires are inserted on the same equipment from off-line to crimping, and then to sheath." Walking in the harness production workshop of Jieyi Technology, the intelligent equipment in the previous process is running rapidly. Feng Siming, R&D director of Jieyi Technology, said: "At present, the intelligent equipment in the wiring harness workshop is independently developed by Jieyi Technology. Jieyi Intelligent Manufacturing Center is equivalent to a small equipment research and development company, which conducts research and development and production according to Jieyi’s intelligent manufacturing needs. "

How to strengthen scientific and technological research and development? How to better adapt to the development trend of new energy vehicles? Zhou Lixin, a legal person of Changchun Jieyi Automobile Technology Co., Ltd., said: "The most important thing for enterprises to strengthen scientific research is the support of funds and talents. In recent years, the state has continuously provided assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises in manufacturing. With the support of tax policies, enterprises have more funds to invest in scientific research and have greater confidence to open up new markets. "

From a small and micro enterprise with only 20 people, it has quickly become an innovative enterprise famous at home and abroad; From only one production base and one workshop to four bases and six workshops; From entering the field of electronic and electrical network connection for the first time, it has developed into a leading enterprise in the field of high and low voltage wire harnesses, power transmission protection devices and intelligent charging and discharging in the domestic transportation field, and has become a supplier of well-known brands of automobiles at home and abroad. With the help of tax incentives, at the end of 2022, the company ranked 59th on the list of "Unicorn" enterprises with a valuation of 9 billion yuan, and was the only auto parts enterprise among 153 listed enterprises.

Also with the help of tax incentives, Jilin Hengwei Auto Parts Co., Ltd., the financial controller of the company, Zhang Xiaoxuan, said that the deduction ratio of manufacturing R&D expenses increased from 75% to 100%, which made us really enjoy the tax dividend of real money. In 2022, the R&D expenses of enterprises were deducted by 7.09 million yuan, which further stimulated the enthusiasm of enterprises to increase R&D investment and promote technological innovation.

Fan Bo, director of the Corporate Income Tax Division of Jilin Provincial Taxation Bureau, introduced that in order to promote the high-quality development of the automobile industry as a whole, Jilin Provincial Taxation Bureau launched a policy "white paper" and set up a "special class for key enterprises" to implement "one enterprise, one policy" to solve tax-related problems for industrial chain enterprises.

Enjoy high-quality service and be a good helper.

On March 15th, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the Reply on Agreeing to Establish a Demonstration Zone for Undertaking Industrial Transfer in Southwest Jilin, covering Siping, Liaoyuan and Tonghua. In order to better cultivate new economic growth points and better build a new development pattern. In recent years, the automobile industry and automobile-related industries in Liaoyuan City have developed rapidly, and a number of related supporting industries have emerged one after another. Gezhi Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. is the only "going out" enterprise in dongliao county, Liaoyuan City, and also an automobile mold manufacturer.

"The current development pattern of the enterprise is basically rolled out, and the newly established frame production company and casting production company all started on schedule. During this period, the tax authorities have made great efforts in tax services. " Jin Bo, financial director of Gezhi Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. said. Instead of individualized service, the "big industry service system" innovatively put forward by dongliao county Taxation Bureau is to design the general idea of industry-specific service from the aspects of the overall tax burden, tax-related risks and tax service demand of the automobile industry, and carry out individualized service within a large framework.

Talking about the advantages of the big industry service system, Jin Bo told a little thing. "not long ago, while we were doing business with upstream enterprises, we encountered difficulties in dealing with the purchase and sale of value-added tax. Under normal circumstances, it should be solved by independent coordination between enterprises. However, from the perspective of the development of the entire automobile industry, the tax department took the initiative to explain the business dealings, invoice issuance and collection of upstream and downstream enterprises. The most important thing is to help us pay attention to the potential tax-related risks in the business between upstream and downstream enterprises in the automobile industry, which is of great help to us. "

Policies fall into "pockets" and services run out of "acceleration". As a leading enterprise in the domestic commercial vehicle industry and a leader in the medium-heavy truck market, FAW Jiefang has always adhered to a diversified product line, marching into the field of new energy vehicles, and continuously building brand enterprises with the help of new energy tracks.

In order to help enterprises overtake in corners and constantly polish national brands. The Taxation Bureau of Changchun Automobile Development Zone set up the "Red Flag Fluttering, Boosting Take-off Service" to serve the elite team of FAW. In view of the characteristics of tax sources with long industrial chain and great correlation in automobile manufacturing industry, the team painted taxpayers and payers, established an integrated process of "identification-analysis-treatment-result" through the combined processing of "data+rules+artificial intelligence", and pushed it to legal persons, financial personnel and tax collectors by classification, time-sharing and stratification, which changed the situation that taxpayers needed to match the application of policies item by item.

It is mentioned in the work report of Jilin provincial government in 2023 that innovation is the "golden key" to solve the problem of Jilin’s revitalization and development. Jilin Provincial Taxation Bureau will continue to serve the "Flag E Spring City, Flag Moving Jilin" project and the "Double Thousand Projects" for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, continuously cultivate high-quality fertile soil for the development of national brands, and help Jilin automobile enterprises to sail to the world.

Overnight three major US stock indexesgo higher,S & P 500 IndexIt rose 0.59% to 4,594.63 points.NASDAQ Composite IndexUp 0.55% at 14,305.03 points,Dow Jones Industries Average IndexIt rose 0.82% to 36245.50.

Overnight in U.S. stocks,A total of 134 Chinese stocks rose, while 125 Chinese stocks fell…

Popular Chinese stocksIn China, Pinduoduo fell 1.47%, Alibaba fell 1.20%, NetEase fell 3.61%, JD.com fell 0.98%, Baidu fell 1.59%, New Oriental rose 0.16%, Bilibili rose 1.59%, iQIYI fell 2.01%.

New forces in car manufacturingAll fell, Li Auto fell 1.76%, NIO fell 1.65%, and XPeng Motors fell 5.24%.

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"Tencent is losing its product capabilities and entrepreneurial spirit, and becoming an investment company…" These days, an article signed "Pan Chaos" and titled "Tencent has no dreams" has been very popular on the Internet. The article said that "this nearly 20-year-old company (referring to Tencent) is becoming utilitarian and short-sighted, and his strength is no longer product business, but investment in financial technology"; and analyzed some of Tencent’s less successful products and more successful investment cases in recent years, and came to the conclusion that "Tencent has no dreams".

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The criticism was directed at Tencent, one of China’s leading Internet companies, so after the article was published, it quickly spread across the Internet and the venture capital community. The story that followed was even more twists and turns: first there was a response from Tencent President Martin Lau, and then there was a response from Tencent CEO Pony Ma: "Look, it’s good to have criticism…" But when everyone was discussing whether Pony Ma’s response could explain the problem, Zhang Jun, Tencent’s public relations director, clarified that "Pony Ma’s response" was fake and was the result of PS (photo processing).

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Zhang Jun clarified in Moments that Ma Ma’s response was PS

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This clarification did not reduce the popularity of "Tencent has no dreams", because ordinary users who use WeChat and QQ to play "Honor of Kings" and "Jump" are still interested in exploring the answer to the question "Does Tencent have a dream". So, does Tencent have a dream?

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The industry applauds the open attitude

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Judging from the evaluation information of Tencent insiders, although they do not agree with the whole of "Tencent No Dream", they generally adopt an inclusive attitude. For example, the discussion between Lau Chiping and Zhang Jun on WeChat Moments shows that Lau Chiping believes that "Tencent is a bigger organization and ecosystem than the author imagined… [The article] simplifies Tencent into a product gain and loss, a strategic deployment, and a person’s will. It is too narrow… The title and conclusion are distorted because they are trying to catch the eye." But he also made it clear: "But there are still some unique insights that can be used as reference and supervision." Zhang Jun said: "We listen to the voices of the outside world, absorb them, and transform them into stronger action forces."

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Dialogue between Martin Lau and Zhang Jun at Moments

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Zhang Jun’s attitude towards "Tencent has no dreams"

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Industry observers also feel that "Tencent No Dreams", although flawed and the conclusion may be questionable, is a "work of conscience". Ma Qiji, former senior vice-president of Nielsen Internet Research and a research fellow at Peking University’s New Media Marketing and Communication Center, commented: "This is a good article [referring to’Tencent No Dreams’]. Although the argument method and logic are slightly flawed, it is still done with all its heart. It is essentially a commentary on Tencent’s strategic goals, path selection and organizational system, not’dream theory ‘." It’s just that he feels that "unless there is a very deep understanding, research, analysis and research on this kind of topic, it is difficult to have a real understanding and judgment of Tencent’s real behavioral starting point and consideration, let alone an effective and incisive discussion."

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Many Internet practitioners believe that "Tencent has no dreams" is heating up online, but Tencent’s various dissemination channels, including WeChat, QQ, etc., have not "blocked" this article, at least indicating that Tencent is a company willing to listen to different voices, and should be praised for this attitude.

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"The problem with many internet companies is that they are not open enough. Whether they are start-ups or industry leaders, they always think that they are standing on the high ground of innovation and are held in the palm of the hands of the crowd, so they cannot listen to criticism. Once someone criticizes, in addition to directly refuting or trying to’block ‘, sometimes they will use’water army’ to whitewash themselves. This approach should be praised for Tencent’s tolerant attitude. This also reminds other internet companies that they should have the heart to listen to different voices, and if there is no change, they should be encouraged, so as to make progress." Internet observer Tang Zhao said.

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From corporate dreams to connectivity tools

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As of press time, Tencent officials, including Pony Ma, have not made any further comments on "Tencent has no dream". However, the industry believes that from the recent layout of Tencent, it has actually responded with actions: launching "explosive" products or services is no longer its focus, and using Tencent’s existing resources and capabilities to connect all walks of life and achieve upgrades in all walks of life may be one of Tencent’s "dreams".

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At the recent Digital China Construction Summit, Pony Ma summarized what Tencent is and will be doing in four numbers in his speech: "One goal" is to be a good assistant. "We hope to do something and not do something – not to enter all walks of life and replace it; but to become a’digital assistant ‘in all walks of life." Three things "means that Tencent will focus on connecting, making tools and doing ecology." Five areas "refers to the scope of Tencent’s efforts, including people’s livelihood and government affairs, living consumption, production services, life and health, and ecological protection. Finally, there are the "seven tools" that Tencent provides to all walks of life: WeChat official account, WeChat Mini Program, mobile payment, social advertising, WeCom, big data cloud computing artificial intelligence, and Tencent’s security capabilities.

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Ma Qiji believes that even a big company like Tencent does not need to talk about "dreams": "Not every company has or needs a dream. The’Tencent dream ‘is a good but unrealistic wish, and it has been crooked from the beginning, so the discussion [of’Tencent has no dream’] has become trivial." He personally believes that "Tencent is a good leader by connecting and empowering, building the belief and imagination of the future, and establishing resource allocation and public input." He also added: "I personally like Tencent’s recent formulation of’technology for good ‘, so my dream is: Tencent can help everyone strive to get close to it (technology for good)!"

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How many people can the "connection tool" realize their dreams?

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In fact, the reason why there is the question or discussion of "Tencent has a dream" is not unrelated to the development of Tencent in recent years. From the perspective of specific products, since the launch of "popular" WeChat, Tencent is not without innovation, but many products that are popular in the market are closely linked to WeChat, including WeChat red envelopes, WeChat Pay, WeChat official account, WeChat Mini Program, but the outside world regards them all as "WeChat", rather than new achievements. At the same time, Tencent’s investment has been "fruitful", and the listing of invested companies such as ZhongAn Insurance, Sogou, China Literature, and Yixin Group has brought tens of billions of dollars to Tencent.

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In comparison, Tencent’s achievements as a tool to connect other industries seem less obvious; or even if the connection is successful and produces results, many people do not know that they are related to Tencent. However, a little review of some of Tencent’s recent "connection" achievements reveals a lot of surprises.

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For example, Tencent recently entered into a strategic partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to launch digital conservation efforts. In Shenzhen Bay, after a user’s mobile phone QQ scans the sculpture in front of them, several white dolphins will jump up from the "water" and swim around. It turns out that this is a "digital landmark" project explored by the two sides. In the future, when people walk, bike or sightseeing along the coast of Shenzhen Bay, they can pass by more similar magical sculptures or devices. Open the mobile phone QQ to "scan", and dolphins will play to their heart’s content, or birds will circle and pitch on the screen. More importantly, people can also learn about these beautiful creatures: "There are only about 2,000 Chinese white dolphins left in China, living in the Pearl River estuary; the black-faced spoonbill is a bird in Shenzhen, and the population is extremely rare; they are all state-level protected animals and the aborigines of Shenzhen Bay…" WWF related people believe that such "digital landmarks" not only belong to Shenzhen, but also belong to the world. Through the exploration with Tencent, more cities and regions can have their own "digital landmarks", allowing people to feel the wonder and beauty of nature more strongly, and arousing the public’s awareness of protecting the ocean and caring for endangered animals. This case may make many nature conservationists "dream come true".

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There is also the "digital classroom" created by WWF and Tencent, which may fulfill the dream of many ecological rangers. It turns out that there are more than 370,000 ecological rangers in China, who are the most basic guardians and main force of national parks, cruising day after day to eliminate fire pests and stop poaching. However, due to the dispersion of personnel and the lack of training teachers, how to better train these rangers has become a problem. The "digital classroom" will introduce WWF’s rich and high-quality content to provide online training courses for ecological rangers and other practitioners, including relevant laws and regulations, wildlife identification, wild survival knowledge, etc., so that they have more professional knowledge and skills, and have more safety when walking in the forest.

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In fact, after the spread of "Tencent No Dream" exceeded 1 million, Pan Chaos also sent a paragraph in his circle of friends: "Tencent has no dream, Tencent has achieved the dream of many people…" A Tencent grassroots employee sent reporters his thoughts after watching "Tencent No Dream": "Tencent will never be perfect, but fortunately it has been evolving – because there are many young people chasing dreams here, and it is also becoming the dream of young people."

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Pan’s Confession in Moments

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Perhaps it is more practical for more people to realize their dreams with the help of technology than whether a company has a dream.

The national automobile brand Hongqi is a household name. From annual sales of less than 5,000 vehicles to production and sales of more than 300,000 vehicles, from single models to diversified models… In recent years, under the background of the transformation and upgrading of the global automobile industry, China FAW Group Co., Ltd. has stimulated corporate vitality and improved operational efficiency through reform, and strived to explore the road of high-quality development. At present, FAW is comprehensively promoting electrification, intelligence, and networking to expand the upward development space of national automobile brands.

Reform, let FAW "reborn"

Yang Yongxiu is a senior technician at FAW Research and Development Institute. In recent years, FAW’s accelerated reform has given him more room to display his talents. He is mainly responsible for the numerical control processing of core precision components such as high-end engines, gearboxes and chassis independently developed by Hongqi. He has overcome more than 130 technical problems and saved and created more than 12 million yuan of value for the group company. At the age of 35, he has won honors such as National Technical Expert and National May Day Labor Medal.

"There are still many young people like me in FAW, and the stage will be as big as everyone’s dreams, technology and ability," he said.

In 2017, FAW carried out the "four-energy" reform, that is, "cadres can go up and down, employees can come in and out, salaries can be high and low, and institutions can increase and decrease". The whole group competed for recruitment, senior managers competed for positions, the average age dropped by 3 years, and the proportion of young cadres increased by 13.3%. At the same time, the market-oriented reorganization of the organization formed a more professional, fine and flat structure and operation model, and the group headquarters was directly responsible for the operation of the Hongqi brand.

The reform has stimulated a sense of competition, and FAW employees have become more motivated. It has become a general consensus to compete for jobs, and the sense of crisis has also increased.

In September 2020, FAW implemented a more systematic reform of the new three-year term of office for senior managers, setting goals first and then taking up positions, and encouraging challenges to high goals. The matching of senior managers was completed within a week, and the average age of cadres was reduced by 1.4 years. According to the plan, these reform measures will continue during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period to continuously stimulate employees’ enthusiasm for entrepreneurship.

Innovation makes FAW "alive and kicking"

Since the establishment of the Hongqi brand in 1958, it has become one of the representatives of China’s national automobile high-end brands, but its marketization road has not been smooth sailing. Since 2018, Hongqi has highlighted the brand core and created four product series of L, S, H and Q. Sales will exceed 300,000 in 2021, an increase of more than 60 times in 4 years.

Behind this, it is inseparable from the corporate culture that places more and more emphasis on innovation. After the launch of Hongqi H9, H9 + models were also launched one after another. H9 + models are divided into Dunhuang version, Magnolia version and Forbidden City version. These models are combined with traditional Chinese culture, which is refreshing.

In the first two months of this year, the red brand sold 63,800 units, an increase of 40% year-on-year.

The sales volume of the Hongqi brand depends not only on marketing, but also on the support of technology. FAW’s total R & D investment in 2021 was 21.42 billion yuan, an increase of 3.9% year-on-year, accounting for 3% of revenue; it achieved 63 key core technology breakthroughs and completed 4,757 patent applications. Among them, the first domestic V-shaped 8-cylinder direct injection supercharged (referred to as "V8TD") engine independently designed by FAW completed trial production last year, reaching the leading level of similar models in the world. The domestic snowmobile jointly developed by FAW and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Co., Ltd. broke the long-term monopoly of foreign brands on the Chinese snowmobile market.

FAW Party Secretary and Chairperson Xu Liuping said that each Red Flag product must have more than two global premiere technologies, otherwise it will not pass the product definition.

Open up, let FAW "walk in the forefront"

Xu Liuping said that Hongqi aims to become the leading independent high-end passenger car brand, and FAW is committed to building a global brand influence.

At the end of February, FAW and BYD joint venture power battery project officially started, the total investment of the project 13.50 billion yuan, all reached the post-production will meet the 1 million sets of electric vehicles supporting demand, to achieve output value of more than 20 billion yuan. Wang Chuanfu, chairperson and president of BYD joint stock company, said that BYD will strengthen cooperation with FAW, accelerate the transformation of green technology to the nearest landing, and contribute to making the national car brand bigger and stronger.

Cooperation can lead to win-win results. FAW has carried out in-depth cooperation with Huawei and other enterprises, as well as universities such as Tsinghua University and Jilin University, to expand the development space of enterprises.

The interaction between government and enterprises is also accelerating FAW’s "walking in the forefront". Jilin Province, Changchun City, FAW and State Grid jointly launched the "Banner E Spring City, Green Jilin" project, and strive to use 3 years to put 34,000 new energy taxis, online car-hailing, official vehicles, to achieve "battery bank" circulation battery 41,000 block scale, and 120 new operation and exchange power stations.

According to the plan, by 2025 FAW will achieve sales of more than 6 million vehicles, an average annual growth of about 8%; operating income of more than one trillion yuan, an average annual growth of 8% to 9%.

Xinhua News Agency, Changchun, March 20

1905 movie network feature From 2012 to 2022, the director made five films in ten years. He was the most satisfied, the most frustrated, and the most unforgettable collaboration. Jackie Chan’s "hard work" in the action drama made him feel the power of love, which is still unforgettable.

In the same decade, movie fan Jin Long Zhe made an important life decision – to give up his stable job in his hometown and go to Beijing alone. He lived in a 5-square-meter rental house, and his material life was not rich, but as long as he stepped into the theater and saw the changes on the screen, the spiritual world would have its own light.

Since October 5th, the movie channel has launched a special series of documentary reports on "This Decade, Our Film Life". In this episode, we will talk to director Ding Sheng and fan Jin Longzhe to listen to their understanding and love for movies.

Director Ding Sheng

I have made five films in ten years, and I am most satisfied with "Rescue Mr. Wu".

When he was young, Ding Sheng cherished every opportunity to watch movies. He was especially obsessed with action movies and the impact they brought, which he remembered very clearly. Later, from watching movies to making movies, he has been deeply involved in the field of police and bandit action movies in the past ten years.

Of the five films he has made, "Police Story 2013" and "Rescue Mr. Wu" all belong to this genre. He said that he is unwilling to do repeated things, and he likes challenges every time he creates. Challenge success, not arrogant or impatient. Challenge failure, face it calmly.

Before the filming of "Free Mr. Wu" began, Ding Sheng made a bold decision – not to draw split scenes throughout the film, leaving enough room for the main actors to play. The "famous scene" of the film, when the kidnappers forced him to say key information, the kidnappers used wires to strangle him and made him blush, which was the result of the actors improvising.

The script originally did not intend to use wires as props. During the rehearsal, Andy Lau took the initiative to suggest that he was not emotional enough, and it was best to find something to restrain him and keep his face red. So the prop team found a wire at the scene.

The actor who was originally responsible for the scene with Andy Lau was a huge fan of his. Suddenly he was asked to restrain his idol with a wire, but he couldn’t do it. In the first scene of the scene, Andy Lau was very dissatisfied. Later, another actor finally "hit him hard". In a 10-minute long shot, there were two or three minutes in the middle, and Andy Lau’s neck was strangled all the time, the arteries on both sides were stuck, and his face was suddenly swollen.

There was a close-up machine at the scene, which could capture the bloodshot in his eyes. At that time, Ding Sheng wanted to stop, but he was reluctant to give up the actor’s emotions. He still remembered that Andy Lau’s bodyguards kept filming him from behind, meaning, "The director is almost done, so you can’t play like this."

"Free Mr. Wu" has gathered a lot of effort from Ding Sheng, who wrote and directed it himself and was responsible for editing the whole process. Later, the film performed well at major award ceremonies, and Ding Sheng won the Golden Rooster Award for "Best Editing" for this film. "Free Mr. Wu" has become his most satisfactory creation in the past ten years.

Instead, "The True Colors of Heroes 2018," a work he considered to be less successful, was launched without much thought. During filming, he could already feel that "this movie will leave a lot of regrets. I may not have any attempts to remake it in the next ten years."

It has been three years since the release of the last work "SWAT Team", and Ding Sheng has not made a movie for a long time. According to him, the script of "Tough Guy 3" has been written, waiting for an opportunity to start.

In the days when he was not filming, Ding Sheng was a film teacher and was in charge of teaching the second grade at his alma mater, Beijing Film Academy. He always liked to emphasize to his students that making movies requires talent first, and more important than talent is hard work, and more important than hard work is love.

He often uses Jackie Chan as a positive example to share. In "Police Story 2013," Jackie Chan is trapped in a closed cabin and is tied to a large iron chair by the gangster he plays. At that time, the crew thought of many ways to tie it. After seeking fresh effects, Jackie Chan finally suggested that he tie him to the chair with thick wire, and he tried to twist his wrist to break free.

During the filming process, Jackie Chan twisted his wrist again and again, and twisted his skin. The assistant director cried directly from the side. But Jackie Chan still insisted on continuing to shoot in order to keep the scene, rather than dealing with the injury immediately. Ding Sheng has worked with Jackie Chan on three films before and after. He commented that the other party is a gift from God to the film, and Jackie Chan’s love for movies is sincere from the heart.

Looking back on the past ten years, he summed up that "more regrets than successes", but this did not prevent him from persisting in film. He insisted on continuing to challenge problems in this field and enjoying the creative process. Ding Sheng will persevere in his film path and welcome the next decade.

Fan Jin Long Zhe

Collect thousands of ticket stubs, watch movies above all else

Before you know it, Jin Longzhe has been in Beijing for almost a decade. He has never been to the Forbidden City or the Great Wall, but he is as familiar with the China Film Archive as he is at home. As a regular visitor to the film archive, he is also a freelance writer. He likes to stay in the cinema, and his stay is a whole day. At most, he can watch six or seven movies a day, and the annual reading volume is at least 400 +.

About ten years ago, Jin Longzhe was a "young boy" who had just graduated from college. He was introduced to a stable job in his hometown with a good salary, as if it was tailor-made for him. But at the last moment of joining the job, he rejected HR on the grounds that he "wanted to do a job related to movies."

Then he set off on his own journey to the north, interviewing for 40 jobs and finding 20 houses. For a long time, he lived in a room of only 5 square meters. "I don’t feel unhappy. Every time I come back to the small room after watching a movie from the library, I am very happy." Jin Long Zhe said that he likes the moment when the lights are dim and the screen is on. Movies are part of his life.

In order to watch movies, he can choose to leave his hometown, spend most of his work savings on running film festivals and buying movie tickets, and even give up his job for it at one point. Jin Long Zhe mentioned that when he encounters a film festival with a long cycle, if there is a conflict with his working hours, he will choose to quit his job and go to the film festival without hesitation, and then re-employment later.

This kind of behavior will be considered incomprehensible by many people, but in his opinion, if you miss the screening of the film, you may not have the opportunity to see the film again on the big screen for five or ten years. He always felt that "watching movies is above all else."

On one trip to Hong Kong, he only stayed for 17 hours in total. But on the way, he clocked in seven or eight movie locations. He remembered a scene shot at the Canary Restaurant, so he went to the Canary Restaurant for a meal. "To be able to find the filming location of my favorite movie, to be able to stand there in person, it was like walking into a movie. It was a very wonderful, magical and happy thing," Jin Long Zhe recalled. "Maybe this is the state of daydreaming!"

After watching the movie, Jin Long Zhe has the habit of collecting ticket stubs.

Since the beginning, thousands of movie tickets have been saved. The ticket stub is of great significance to him. "It’s a record of watching the movie, and it’s a precious thing. Because it’s basically not reproducible, you can’t copy the ticket stub of the movie on the same day and the same show."

He loved movies for ten years and read countless movies. Jin Long Zhe said bluntly, if he knew himself ten years ago, "I believe he would feel very gratified, let movies occupy the vast majority of his life, and feel very fulfilled and rich…"

Produced by Sanyan Finance

Author | DorAemon

On November 30, Meituan announced its third quarter 2020 financial results.

According to the financial report, during the reporting period, Meituan achieved revenue of 35.40 billion yuan, an increase of 28.8% year-on-year and an increase of 43.2% month-on-month. Achieved profit of 6.32 billion yuan, an increase of 374.1% year-on-year. Excluding the impact of fair value changes, profit and loss, the company’s adjusted net profit in the third quarter was 2.05 billion yuan, an increase of 5.8% year-on-year.

From a business perspective, Meituan’s catering takeaway business earned 20.69 billion yuan in the third quarter, an increase of 32.8% year-on-year; contributed 770 million yuan in operating profit, an increase of 132.2% year-on-year, and an operating profit margin of about 3.7%;

The revenue growth rate of the store, hotel and tourism business was 4.8%, generating an operating profit of 2.79 billion yuan, an increase of 19.5% year-on-year, and an operating profit margin of 43.0%.

New business and other businesses lost 2.03 billion yuan, an increase of 68.8% year-on-year.

Meituan handed over the third quarter report card, which can be described in four words: steady and steady. This financial report truthfully reflects the operating performance of Meituan company so far, and the overall performance is good.

However, I didn’t expect this financial report to be interpreted differently by various media for no reason. Meituan’s third-quarter results were described as a bit "flashy".

Clear the clouds and see the sun

The problem actually lies in the "change in fair value of investment listed entities RMB 5.80 billion yuan" disclosed in the financial report.

The proceeds were primarily derived from Meituan’s investment in Li Auto.

Previously, Meituan led Li Auto’s $550 million D round of investment, and Li Auto went public in the United States on July 30 this year. In the third quarter, Li Auto rose by more than 30%; and the ideal share price in the fourth quarter has also been performing well.

So some people bluntly said that Meituan’s performance depends entirely on "ideals".

With the media further hype brewing, the news about Meituan’s third-quarter earnings report in the past few days has actually formed a situation of "every Meituan must mention ideals".

Not only that, but various media also focused on the loss of new business in the financial report. Combining the increase in new business losses year-on-year and the profit of investment ideals, it was concluded that "Meituan actually did not perform well, and investment ideals were the’fig leaf ‘for its new business losses".

So much so that there are good people who write this matter into a joke, which is ridiculed by netizens.

But in all fairness, is Meituan really so "unbearable"? Now there is a threshold for the interpretation and analysis of financial reports?

So, what exactly does Meituan’s third-quarter earnings report show?

"Investing" is a normal operation

First of all, Meituan’s investment in Li Auto was successful and profited from it. This is indeed an objective fact.

In fact, contrary to what many media understand, this represents that Meituan has excellent investment vision and strategic thinking in the layout of cutting-edge technologies. Success is natural.

Investment is a normal behavior in business operations, and usually there are two main purposes for this kind of investment. The first is to lay out the layout of your own business ecosystem; the second is to broaden the company’s revenue channels, so as to obtain enough resources to expand your own business.

When a company reaches a certain scale, its business development must pay attention to layout and ecology. But to build a good ecosystem, it is often not covered by its main business.

So Meituan’s investment ideal has reaped profits. Although it seems to be a "cross-border", it is essentially based on Meituan’s long-term value judgment of an industry and supplements its own strategy and business.

New business strategic loss

Another question about Meituan is the loss of new business.

Meituan’s third quarter 2020 financial report shows that the new business and other items achieved revenue of 8.23 billion yuan, but the operating loss was 2.03 billion yuan, an increase of 68.8% year-on-year.

If it is foolish to regard the investment ideal as a "fig leaf", then combining the loss performance of Meituan’s new business with the investment ideal, saying that Meituan has many operational problems is bad.

Although "net profit" and "net loss" are indeed important indicators to measure a company’s performance in a company’s operations, they are not the "only indicator".

In short, a company’s loss doesn’t necessarily mean "the company is going to die".

Meituan’s new business and others mainly include shared bicycles and Meituan’s preferred business launched in July this year, which marks Meituan’s official entry into community group buying.

Wang Xing revealed that Meituan plans to cover more than 1,000 municipalities by the end of the year. And Meituan needs to better integrate resources, provide better products and improve supply chain and logistics.

In addition, Meituan is also responsible for developing various services and products in the entire platform system in order to optimize the user experience.

Sanyan Finance also reported in previous articles that "community group buying" has become a must for major Internet Tech Giants.

So to start a business in a new field, it is necessary to invest huge resources in the early stage. However, the investment is huge, and the return is not immediate.

So it is common for new business to lose money, otherwise how can it be called "new" business?

Furthermore, Meituan’s new business revenue growth just shows the hard power that Meituan has been accumulating "steadily". Because if there is no strong foundation laid by the previous development, how can you invest resources in the new business to seize the market and compete with other Internet Tech Giants?

Therefore, the ideal investment and new business losses not only fail to prove that Meituan "has no martial arts ethics" and relies on Li Auto to cover up the losses, but also prove that Meituan is an Internet company with unique vision and hard power.

Explore old businesses and develop new ones

Putting aside the misreading of Meituan’s financial report, Meituan’s overall performance in the third quarter was still quite good.

In addition to the financial data of Meituan’s various businesses mentioned earlier, let’s take a look at the performance of various business operations.

According to the financial report, Meituan’s annual active merchants reached 6.50 million, and the annual transaction users reached 480 million, showing a steady growth trend; this year, more than 4 million riders have achieved employment and income through the Meituan platform.

In addition, the average daily number of food and beverage takeaway transactions was 34.9 million, an increase of 30.1% year-on-year, and the average value of each food and beverage takeaway business order increased by 4.5% year-on-year.

Combined with the financial data, the transaction volume of food and beverage takeaway business was 152.20 billion yuan, an increase of 36.0% year-on-year; the revenue was 20.70 billion yuan, an increase of 32.8% year-on-year; the operating profit reached 768.5 million yuan.

Store, hotel and tourism revenue 65 billion yuan, an increase of 4.8%; operating profit 2.80 billion yuan, operating profit margin increased by 43.0%.

If we compare Meituan’s new business and old business data, we can see that Meituan has not given up its old business due to the development of new business.

In general, the total amount of resources is limited, and companies tend to allocate resources in a certain proportion. New business will receive more resources, while old business will have less resources to at least maintain the status quo.

That is to say, the underlying logic of this quota is to "explore new business and develop old business". There is nothing wrong with adopting this model for development. After all, new business often represents "unknown", and enterprises need to focus more on "exploration".

But for Meituan, Meituan’s business development is "exploring old business and developing new business".

The so-called exploring old business is actually constantly cultivating existing business with new ideas. After the epidemic, Meituan adopted a more accurate and high-quality marketing plan to upgrade in response to the arrival of the peak order season. This has increased the willingness of catering takeaway merchants to purchase traffic. Therefore, in the financial report, the platform’s third quarter takeaway online marketing service revenue increased by 60.1% year-on-year.

The essence of Meituan’s old business is actually to solve the problem of "food" for users. Like the emergence of takeaway services, it is convenient for users to eat what they want without leaving home.

Meituan did not stop on this basis, but instead asked users to upgrade to "eat better".

The core of this "helping everyone eat better and live better" is also based on the concept of consumption upgrading. Consumers’ dietary needs have become more abundant, and they must have more choices.

In the financial report, the order amount of food and beverage takeaway business increased by 4.5% in the third quarter, which shows that the platform brand merchants have improved; at the same time, the number of newly launched brand merchants in takeaway in the quarter increased by 157%, and consumers have more choices. In the third quarter, the booking business of Meituan Hotel also increased accordingly, and the high-star hotel cooperating with Meituan also increased significantly month-on-month.

At the same time, all kinds of "new tricks" have also been popularized and developed through the Meituan platform, such as escape room. Most merchants choose Meituan, Dianping and other platforms as their main way to acquire customers.

Meituan’s "development" of new business is actually an extension of old business, so it is called "development" of new business.

If "eating" is the core word of Meituan Company, then it can be said that all of Meituan’s business revolves around "eating".

Eat at home, Meituan takeaway; go out to eat, Meituan takes a taxi, Meituan bikes; want to play after eating, Meituan goes to the store…

Meituan’s new business is the same, which is based on the expansion of existing business. Meituan market and Meituan Preferred can be simply understood as the "shopping" service before users "eat".

Internet companies that adhere to "long-termism"

After understanding the underlying logic of Meituan’s business development, it is clear that Meituan is a company that adheres to "long-term doctrine".

Meituan has a clear development plan for what she wants to do and adheres to the long-term approach, which is the core concept of developing new businesses and exploring old ones.

And this development model also allows Meituan, as a platform-level company, to effectively promote the development of the industry. Especially when the entire industry encounters a crisis, such as the 2020 epidemic, Meituan can effectively help the market recover during and after the crisis, and solve the employment problem of a large number of riders.

In taking the "long-term" route, while fulfilling the various responsibilities and obligations of the company, the company needs to continuously invest resources. After all, firm goals are on the one hand, and to achieve goals, we must strive to explore value.

　

This article was first published on the WeChat official account Sanyan Finance. The content of the article is the author’s personal opinion and does not represent the position of Hexun.com. Investors operate accordingly, and please bear the risk.

1905 movie network news "Listen to me, buy it!"

　

Hu Ge and Lei Jiayin, the lead actors of He, were guests in the live stream of Internet celebrities to promote the movie and sell tickets.

Rejiasound sumTang WeiBring "The Whistleblower" to interact with netizens live

　

"The Wild Goose Lake" sold as many as 255,000 movie tickets online, courtesy of "Lipstick One" Li Jiaqi.

The Wild Goose Lake crew sells tickets online

In addition to the online roadshow mode of live streaming and selling movie tickets, these two new films are also "the same family" in terms of creation.

　

Needless to say, the stories are all crime themes, and Xiao Dianjun also saw a deeper doorway between them.

After the debut of "The Wild Goose Lake" in Cannes in May this year, many foreign media gave high praise:

　

"This is a vibrant, poetic and unique Chinese film noir"; "Classic film noirs like’You Only Live Once ‘and’Escape at Night’ can’t help but come to mind"; "Suddenly it feels like China is the best place in the world for film noir"…

　

After its domestic release, many viewers, like foreign media, also used a word – "film noir" when evaluating it. And "The Whistleblower" also has a vague "film noir" flavor.

　Douban netizens evaluation

What exactly is "film noir"? Is it black and white? Black humor? Or is the whole story very "dark"?

　

In fact, "film noir" that took root in Hollywood is growing savagely on the Chinese mainland, combining with various different genres to form a new look. How to say it? Xiao Dianjun will popularize it for everyone.

What is "film noir"?　

The term "film noir" was coined by the French in 1946, and French critics noticed a worldwide concentration of films with similar styles and patterns beginning in the early 1940s.

　

These films are often adapted from detective novels, and most of them depict dangerous crime stories in cities, full of gloom, anxiety, despair, horror, and a sense of compassion and destiny.

"Daybreak."andThe Maltese Falcon

　

The French say that Marcel Carney’s "Daybreak" was the first film noir, while Hollywood considers "The Maltese Falcon" to be their first film.

　

But in any case, the well-known emergence of film noir has created a dynamic and explosive golden age in the history of Hollywood cinema.

　

Similarly, in the field of European film, there have also been a series of film noir masterpieces such as this one.

Classic film noir The Third Man

　

So why are these movies called film noir?

　

The screenwriter Paul Schrader has listed seven common features of film noir for everyone, which are also their common techniques:

　

Most of the scenes are set by night.

(Photographic composition) preferring diagonal and vertical lines to horizontal lines;

Provide equal lighting intensity for actors and sets.

The tension of the composition takes precedence over the physical movements of the actors.

An almost Freudian attachment to water;

A preference for romantic narratives.

Frequently use complex chronological sequences to enhance feelings of hopelessness and the passage of time.

　

So much so that, in short, the first five are about visual style, while the last two focus on narrative characteristics.

The shot in "Beauty"

　

Film noir is first and foremost a very intense and highly stylized visual system.

　

In layman’s terms, most of the scenes take place in the city’s empty streets at night or secret meeting places such as stations and docks, and are often accompanied by special weather such as rain and fog.

　

The protagonist often hides in dark shadows, usually strengthening one side of his face with side light, while the other side is always obscured by the shadows of doors, windows, pillars, railings, and other objects.

　

The shooting angle is often tilted and unbalanced, creating a sense of mystery and alluding to the protagonist’s sense of both good and evil and his inner unease.

The year of birth.

　

Before "The Wild Goose Lake", there were a few domestic films that used these iconic visual elements of film noir, including director Xie Fei’s "Birthday Year", Zhang Yibai’s, Ning Hao’s, and Diao Yinan’s.

Director Diao Yinan has always insisted on transplanting Western noir films to China. Although he currently has only four directorial works, the visual temperament of noir films is stronger than ever.

In "Fireworks by Day", the northeastern towns are under continuous rain and snow, and the streets are dim, with contrasting lighting, forming a very cold and oppressive atmosphere.

The Wild Goose Lake is the culmination of his film noir style.

　

It is understood that the film has a total of 106 scenes, 71 of which are night scenes, accounting for 80% of the entire film.

　

During the humid rainy season in Wuhan, Zhou Zenong, played by Hu Ge, ran from the station to the narrow alley and fled all the way, flashing with rain.

Movies also use shadows to make a big fuss.

The camera will take pictures of the body reflections of Hu Ge and Gui Lunmei on the wall.

From time to time, their faces would be obscured by shadows, flickering.

When they were in the showroom, the multi-faceted mirrors seemed to be inspired by film noir.

Hu Ge and Gui Lunmei around the mirror

"Miss Shanghai" classic scene

According to these visual standards, "The Wild Goose Lake" can really be called the first typical film noir style in the Chinese mainland.

Can’t live without "femme fatale"!

　

If there were no "femme fatale", it would not be a film noir.

　

The female protagonists in the film noir are both beautiful and intelligent, but also as active and strong as men. They are mysterious and always fascinate the male protagonist and follow them around.

　

They will quietly emerge from the shadows in gorgeous evening gowns, revealing their thighs; they will carry out secret operations with guns and cigarette packs. Their faces and guns are enough to "kill".

Classic film noir"Beyond the Vortex"

　

Simply put, they are "scheming" people.

　

If you are not familiar with the film noir of the last century, you must have seen this scene of Rebecca Ferguson there. This is also a film full of retro vibes of film noir.

Mission Impossible 5

　

The women in film noir are usually at the heart of a conspiracy.

　

They only care about themselves and will obtain money and benefits through improper means, often at the cost of death or submission.

　

The male protagonists are mostly tough detectives or policemen, and they will have some obsessive-compulsive disorder. Under the temptation of "femme fatale", they are deeply involved in an unsolvable case, fighting for one thing to the end, and may not understand what happened until the end.

"Chinatown."

　

Film scholar Jan D’Amico once summarized the emotional relationship and plot development of the male and female protagonists in film noir:

　

"Whether a man is destined to act by chance, or because he is employed by a man to deal with a woman, their life experiences fill them with blood and pain at times. When he meets this woman who is not innocent and has the same outlook on life, he is sexually attracted to her, and he is doomed…"

　

So, aren’t "The Wild Goose Lake" and "The Whistleblower" just like that?

　

The characters and fates of the male and female protagonists all conform to the above-mentioned film noir narrative routines, which are simply the same.

Zhou Zenong’s wild and vicissitudes of life, and his taciturn chivalrous temperament is like coming from Melville’s film noir. In the film, he is destined to have only one cause or ultimate purpose – to leave a bounty to his wife while fleeing.

　

But in the process, he meets Liu Aiai, the "swimming girl" played by Gui Lunmei. Liu Aiai is both his helper, attracting him, and "betraying" him, which brings him to the end.

"Femme Fatale" is also often the target of male investigators in film noir, becoming the key to solving crimes. This is the relationship between Liao Fan and Gui Lunmei in the film.

In "The Whistleblower", Lei Jiayin plays Ma Ke, who was originally a winner with a successful career and a happy family. When he met his ex-girlfriend Tang Wei, he began to get confused and suffer a bad luck.

Tang Wei brought him from Australia to Africa, causing him not only to be hunted down by killers, but also to face the situation of his wife being separated.

Even though she was so confused that she didn’t know the truth of the case, Lei Jiayin still followed her to the end of the world like a "big silly boy".

On the way, Tang Wei ruthlessly betrayed Lei Jiayin for his life-saving money, and the "selfishness" of "femme fatale" was on full display.

　

Although "The Whistleblower" is unlike "The Wild Goose Lake", it does not have any shadow of film noir in terms of screen styling, but the overall characterization and plot mode are written in full accordance with the template of film noir.

The two male protagonists played by Hu Ge and Lei Jiayin also have something in common. They both have the moral ambiguity of male characters in film noir, but they have a sense of justice.

Zhou Zenong is the small leader of the theft gang, and Ma Ke is the "scum" who cheated on his ex, but in the end, they all became "heroes" in a sense:

　

Zhou Zenong goes to great lengths for the happiness of his wife in the second half of her life and pays for love; Ma Ke bravely reports the trade conspiracy and corruption of overseas companies, becoming an unsung hero who saves a city.

　

"Film noir" is growing savagely in the mainland

　

Film noir was born during World War II and the Cold War, a time when the American dream was falling apart and society was rife with insecurity.

　

After that, from "Chinatown" to the emergence of new film noir, it has given more new connotations and new styles, but the essence remains the same.

Neon color

　

When film noir arrived in China from the Western world, many changes took place.

　

From "Fireworks in the Day" to "The Wild Goose Lake", especially the latter, there are a large number of street scenes, squares, archways, motorcycles that are unique to China…. The neon lights of the city at night are combined with the special scenery on the edge of China’s urban and rural areas to form a unique and beautiful heterotopian world, full of charm.

Traditional film noir often has a "misogynistic" stance, and the image of "femme fatale" is very rigid and symbolic, but in "Southern Station" and "The Whistleblower", both Gui Lunmei and Tang Wei have atypical female images of film noir.

Guilun magnesium has a tan, freckles on her face, and her body is completely shriveled and weak.

Tang Wei’s overall style is simple and capable, and most of the time it is not sexy on the screen. Only when he meets Lei Jiayin for the first time and escapes for the first time, it shows a bit of beauty.

　

In addition to their appearance, these female characters are also brighter and warmer. They all complete their self-redemption by reversing at the end of the credits.

The visual and narrative elements of film noir are also gradually merging with domestic genre films to create new forms.

　

In "Southern Railway Station," Hu Ge’s characters and action scenes are designed along the lines of martial arts films, and the larger narrative theme of "The Whistleblower" is the mainstream melody with Chinese characteristics.

"Crazy Stone"

　

Ning Hao’s "Crazy" series introduces black texture into local humorous comedies, and also pays more attention to the little people at the bottom; Guan Hu uses absurd fables to express black themes; Cao Baoping creates a black suspense spirit in the context of social reality.

"The Sun Is Burning Heart"　

"I have always been interested in the changing human nature of film noir," said Mr. Diao, who believes that film noir allows directors to think about society and humanity, and that China’s development has provided a natural soil for the creation of film noir.

　

Using the mode of film noir, we can produce works that are both interesting and expressed by the author. This genre is also broadening the development space for domestic art films.

There is a cloud made of rain in the wind.

　

"Fireworks in the Day" earned over 100 million at the box office that year, breaking the curse of the dismal box office of the literary film theater chain and becoming the highest-grossing literary film at that time. With the help of film noir and a cast of stars, Lou Ye successively shot "Clouds Made of Rain in the Wind" and entered the public eye.

The Lyceum.

　

As the aesthetics of domestic audiences become more diverse, the overall market and film industry become more mature, and film noir also provides a stage for new directors to enter the commercial mainstream.

"Violent Silence" is everywhere. Among them, the story of "Earth" is a typological framework of the detective and the "femme fatale" falling in love, which Bi Gan also described as a romantic "black fairy tale".

No matter what the outcome of this film is, it is precisely because the story of film noir is inherently commercial, and with the help of the late "New Year’s Eve" marketing promotion, it can quickly ferment at that time and directly attract the general public to the cinema.

"The Last Night on Earth"

　

Film noir stimulates the imagination of film and creates infinite possibilities. It is both genre and art; both commercial and author; both mainstream and independent, which can open up the "two veins" of film creation.

　

As Shen Qian, the producer of "The Wild Goose Lake", observed and judged: film noir may be the trend of Chinese film in the next few years, not only because of the industry ecology, but also because this type of film happens to be an effective bridge between the author’s expression and the market.

"hanging wire for pulse diagnosis" of satellites in orbit

■ Lu Binghong Zhang Mi Liberation Army Daily reporter Wang Lingshuo

On the eve of the Spring Festival this year, Xi ‘an Satellite TT&C Center successfully completed the health status assessment of 52 Beidou navigation satellites. Through the "physical examination" of the Beidou navigation satellites in orbit, the scientific and technical personnel ensure that the key technical indicators of these satellites meet the requirements of providing various services normally and continue to maintain good working conditions in orbit.

The reason for the "physical examination" of satellites is that satellites in the past days will sometimes have "minor ailments and pains" or even "incurable diseases", which will affect business applications and lead to the failure of the whole satellite. China’s space science and technology workers are deeply involved in the on-orbit diagnosis and maintenance technology of spacecraft to realize early detection, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of satellite faults.

Schematic diagram of injecting maintenance instructions on the ground to satellites in orbit

Satellites in orbit are so delicate.

When it comes to space flight, people often think of the rocket launch that attracts people’s attention and rises in flames. In fact, this is only the prelude to the space mission, and the work really begins when the satellite enters the scheduled orbit and is put into business application in space.

Satellites are the largest number of spacecraft launched by human beings, accounting for more than 90% of the total number of spacecraft launched, and have considerable uses in meteorological monitoring, communication and navigation, disaster prevention and mitigation and other fields. As a complex system composed of thousands of components, satellite has more and more functions and greater value with the continuous development of technology. The times of detection, diagnosis, calculation and treatment, control and disposal, and the telemetry parameters that need to be downloaded and monitored are also increasing. This puts forward higher requirements for the accuracy and stability of the ground control system. However, satellite technology is complex and dense, and it is in a complex space environment, so the probability of failure exists objectively and there are various types.

In 2018, shortly after the latest model of meteorological satellite GOES-17 in the United States was put into orbit, the cooling system failed, which made the imaging system of this satellite unable to provide satellite images in near infrared and infrared channels. Satellites can’t get infrared cloud pictures taken at night in time and effectively, and they become "blind" at night.

Coincidentally. In July, 2019, the European Galileo satellite navigation system lost all 24 satellites due to the timing error of the precise timing facilities located in Italy, and the whole system was once paralyzed. It was not until a week later that the system fully resumed service.

At the same time, satellites operate in a vacuum, weightlessness, ultra-low temperature, strong radiation and full of unknown factors for a long time, and space junk and solar activities will bring trouble and even fatal damage to satellites. Therefore, it is inevitable that there will be some technical problems during the life of the satellite.

What’s more, the cost of modern satellites is high, and with the launch cost, the cost of a satellite is often calculated in hundreds of millions of yuan. If the technical failure of the satellite is not eliminated in time or cannot be eliminated, huge economic losses will be inevitable. Therefore, once the running satellite fails, all countries will spare no effort to rescue the satellite and minimize the loss.

Troubleshooting with "Hanging Wire Pulse Diagnosis"

When there is a problem with the machine on the ground, people can locate and eliminate the fault through various methods. For satellites in orbit, it is the only way for technicians to master the attitude and working state of satellites by means of electromagnetic wave transmission.

The so-called satellite fault diagnosis and maintenance means that when the satellite fails, in order to avoid the paralysis or functional failure of the whole system caused by the failure of some components, the state detection, fault diagnosis, health assessment and other work are carried out quickly through telemetry data, the current state and future "illness" trend of the satellite are analyzed, the satellite fault level is defined, the fault location and cause are determined, and the treatment is carried out in time. This is just like the plot of "hanging the wire to feel the pulse" in Chinese classical novels and traditional operas. With this core technology, ground measurement and control personnel can detect tiny faults hidden inside the satellite as soon as possible, and after fault identification and fault isolation, take corresponding maintenance support or fault degradation treatment, so as to avoid catastrophic failures of the satellite and ensure the safe operation of the satellite.

The diagnosis and maintenance technology of spacecraft is developed with the realistic requirements of spacecraft mission expansion, control accuracy improvement and working life extension. The traditional space powers, represented by the United States and Russia, started earlier and have done a lot of research and practice in this field.

In the 1960s, with mankind gradually entering the space age, the spacecraft diagnosis and maintenance technology was also launched. Due to the limitation of technical conditions, component quality and design level at that time, people can only rely on simple instruments to monitor some key parameters of the satellite with single signal threshold state in this period to judge whether there is a fault. This method provides a certain guarantee for the on-orbit operation of early human spacecraft. At this stage, the average life of spacecraft is generally short. In manned space mission, the safety guarantee system of the system is composed of state monitoring, ground expert consultation and astronauts’ direct participation, and the autonomy, real-time and reliability of the spacecraft fault detection system are also poor.

Since 1970s, with the development of technology and the improvement of component quality, design level and process level, the diagnosis and maintenance technology based on hardware redundancy has been widely used in the field of spacecraft. The diagnosis method has also developed from simple threshold judgment to making full use of various dynamic testing technologies, monitoring technologies and information processing technologies, which has greatly extended the average life of spacecraft.

During the Apollo mission to the moon, the United States first established a flight anomaly analysis and evaluation system. The system includes flight fault monitoring and processing, flight state evaluation, flight data standardization, fault ground simulation, etc., and all emergency life-saving parameters are equipped with triple repetitive sensors and dominant voting logic circuits, which obviously enhances the autonomy and reliability of the spacecraft fault detection system.

In the 1980s, artificial intelligence research flourished, and knowledge-based diagnosis and maintenance technology, especially expert system technology, began to be widely used in the aerospace field. Among them, several intelligent fault diagnosis technologies based on expert system and testability model data-driven are the most representative. At the same time, the appearance of highly complex and reusable spacecraft such as the space shuttle makes the fault diagnosis and maintenance system not only have the distribution of modular functions, but also have the integrity of coordination. With the gradual construction and on-orbit operation of the International Space Station, its fault diagnosis and maintenance system has further greater variability, better adaptability and stronger robustness, and gradually develops in the direction of self-management, so that the failed space station can continue to complete its scheduled tasks without affecting its performance.

"Star Shepherd" guards "China Star"

The management level of long-term in-orbit satellites largely determines the realization of satellite efficiency. Since China launched the first artificial earth satellite in 1970s, the spacecraft on-orbit management and control technology has made great progress through the unremitting efforts of several generations of scientific and technological personnel.

As early as 2007, relying on Xi ‘an Satellite Monitoring and Control Center, China began to build a national-level "satellite general hospital"-spacecraft on-orbit diagnosis and maintenance center, and immediately carried out major scientific research projects in the field of spacecraft on-orbit fault diagnosis and maintenance.

With the increasing number of satellites in orbit, China urgently needs to further improve its on-orbit diagnosis and maintenance capabilities. In 2014, Xi ‘an Satellite TT&C Center established China’s first on-orbit fault diagnosis and maintenance laboratory. Through the research on early identification and location technology, on-orbit fault simulation and maintenance technology, on-orbit reliability growth and life extension technology, the independent innovation ability of on-orbit fault diagnosis and maintenance of spacecraft in China was further improved, which promoted the sustainable development of China’s aerospace engineering and became a solid foundation support for the continuous increase of the number of on-orbit satellites in China.

By collecting and sorting out thousands of fault cases at home and abroad and summarizing nearly one million pieces of diagnosis knowledge, the center independently developed an expert system for spacecraft fault diagnosis, which effectively solved the problems of late discovery, slow analysis and difficult positioning of spacecraft micro-faults.

In addition, starting from Beidou satellite, they independently developed a satellite health assessment system, established a relatively complete three-level health assessment index system of "sub-system, key single machine and key performance", put forward a meta-knowledge construction method of health assessment for single satellite in orbit, and built a detailed "physical examination file" for each satellite. The evaluation conclusions of the satellite system put forward targeted countermeasures and suggestions for the follow-up satellite on-orbit management from the aspects of key components’ operation state, abnormal prevention and response, space environment change and load efficiency guarantee, which effectively ensured the safe and stable operation of Beidou system in orbit.

As the largest long-term management center of spacecraft in China, Xi ‘an Satellite TT&C Center has been managing China’s satellites in orbit for a long time, taking on the on-orbit management tasks such as daily telemetry monitoring, orbit control, fault diagnosis and maintenance, and it is a veritable "big housekeeper" of China satellites. Although the "China Stars" are in space, they are not alone, but are always under the care of the "Star Shepherd".

In the future, Xi ‘an Satellite TT&C Center will also deeply and extensively apply artificial intelligence technology, comprehensively improve the level of diagnostic and maintenance capabilities, and lay a solid technical foundation for the on-orbit management of the "giant constellation" in the future.

　　Li Laijin is on his way to deliver takeout.

　　This summer, the number of takeaway orders in Beijing at night has increased by 60% compared with last year. According to data, Changping Huojiaying and Fengtai Minute Temple ranked first and second in the ranking of the most active business districts at night. In addition, in Yanqing District and Huairou District, the number of late-night barbecue orders increased by more than 4 times year-on-year. Behind the surge in the number of orders is every "on-time delivery" of the takeaway brothers. From 9:00 pm to 12:00 pm is the peak period of night takeaway orders. They shuttle through the streets and alleys, adding "dynamic beauty" to the night Beijing.

　　Delivery riders haunt at night "with additional subsidies and no one grabs orders"

　　"Ding Ding", at 10:59 pm, Li Laijin, who was born in 1996, received a new order.

　　From the "7-11" convenience store on Xierqi West Road to the "Contemporary City Home" community about 1.2 kilometers away, the system recommends that riders be delivered within 28 minutes.

　　"Hello sir, sorry for the long wait." After 20 minutes, Li Laijin completed the delivery, which was 8 minutes faster than the time suggested by the system. He just pressed the button to confirm "delivery completed", and the "ding ding" sounded, and the new order came again. Between 9:00 and 12:00 that night, Li Laijin sent out a total of 6 orders.

　　According to data from a takeaway platform, the number of late-night takeout riders born in the 1990s has increased by more than 60% compared with last year. Li Laijin is one of them. The site where Li Laijin works is located in Zhongguancun Software Park. During the day, orders are mostly concentrated in Internet companies, and most of the night orders come from residential areas near Huilongguan.

　　Gu Xiaofang, a 32-year-old female rider at the Wangjing shopping district, also likes to work at night. Gu Xiaofang’s site is divided into three groups. Her group has more than 30 people, and there are six or seven people who work night shifts every day.

　　"There are subsidies, there are few riders, and no one grabs orders at night." This is the main reason why Li Laijin and Gu Xiaofang like to work at night. According to Li Laijin, at the software park distribution station, the courier earns 10 yuan for delivering an order during the day, and there is a subsidy of 2 yuan for each order at night. At Wangjing Station, where Gu Xiaofang is located, in addition to the subsidy for each order, he can get an additional 20 yuan per night. In Gu Xiaofang’s view, the evening is the third time with higher income after the two dining peaks at noon and evening.

　　Mr. Jia, a 31-year-old father of two, runs more night shifts than other riders at the station. "If you run a dozen or so, you can earn 20 yuan more," Mr. Jia said. "I take the initiative to work the night shift until 12 o’clock every day."

　　According to reports, this year, Jia Shaoke has completed a total of 7,923 orders, with an average of 34 orders per day. The rider level has reached Gold 1, and the next promotion level is the most advanced king.

　　Order remarks are varied "Delivery of takeout and handwritten sweet words"

　　Many people like to write notes when ordering. Statistics from a takeaway platform show that from the beginning of 2019 to August 5, among late-night orders between 9 pm and 5 am, riders received more than 560,000 notes asking to buy cigarettes on their behalf. The request to throw garbage on their behalf ranked second, with 9,397; the third order note was somewhat unexpected, asking riders to "draw a picture". In addition, the number of messages asking riders to play games, dance, and tell jokes followed closely, with 4,595, 966, and 722, respectively.

　　Among the orders received by Li Laijin and Gu Xiaofang, buying cigarettes and snacks on behalf of others is the most common. Li Laijin said that he once visited five convenience stores to help customers buy "Yoyo Mei". He also added WeChat with customers to determine the brand type through video communication.

　　What impressed Li Laijin the most was that he once copied more than 100 words of "sweet words" for a customer and sent it with the takeaway. As for the customer’s note request, Gu Xiaofang said, "The company does not have a clear rule that must be met, but we can help with everything we can, and it is easy to do."

　　There is no shortcut to more work and more "I want to be the webmaster of the takeaway station in the future"

　　When it comes to the difficulty of delivering food, it has to be said that traveling in bad weather, about which the riders "love and hate".

　　Delivered in bad weather at night, an order can earn about 13 yuan, which is 30% higher than the usual day. And when it comes to windy and rainy weather, takeaway orders also increase.

　　Li Laijin recalled that there was a drizzle that night on August 20, and he delivered 11 orders within two and a half hours, nearly double the number of orders from the previous day.

　　After the early morning, the order interval was relatively long, and the riders began to gather together to chat. Whether the new number of kilometers ran broke the record, and whoever rose to a new high on the rider’s single king list could make them chat in full swing.

　　Due to the long-term exposure to the sun, Li Laijin’s skin was dark, in sharp contrast to his original skin tone. "The wind and the sun are a little old, but I’m still young." Li Laijin quipped.

　　Li Laijin became a delivery rider two years ago. In his opinion, this industry is more work and more money. You can earn as much money as you run as many orders, and there are no other shortcuts. "You can get as much as you do in this industry." He likes this. "As long as I have orders, I can work harder and harder, and I am not afraid to stay up late." Li Laijin said he will continue to work in this industry. "I want to be a delivery station manager in the future."

　　As soon as Li Laijin finished speaking, a "ding ding ding" prompted him: "You have a new takeaway order, please deal with it in time". Then, he quickly got on the electric car and drove into the night. Text/This reporter, Zhu Jianyong, trainee reporter, Han Qian, intern, Zhang Yujie, Zhu Yadi

　　Photography/Our reporter, Zhu Jianyong, coordinator/Sun Huili