Some hamburgers win first on the bread.

Original Hedgehog Chihuo Institute

Hamburg should be one of the most popular fast food in the world. Juicy, meaty and soft can be regarded as the basic standard of hamburger qualification.

This standard seems simple, but it is not so easy to achieve. Just a small hamburger embryo has many doorways.

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Hamburger VS sandwich

/The distinction in China is not strict/

First of all, let’s distinguish between hamburgers and sandwiches. The main difference between them is the stuffing.

Traditional HamBurgers can be divided into hamburger and Burger:Hamburger only refers to hamburgers made of beef patties, while those made of other patties except beef are collectively called burger, without exception.

Strictly speaking, the ability to use patties is called hamburger | reserved photo.

Apart from patties, all other meats, fish, etc. (such as chicken legs, tuna, shrimps), no matter how much they look like hamburgers, are collectively called sandwiches. Perhaps this is why McDonald’s abroad doesn’t have a spicy chicken leg burger?

Mai spicy chicken leg burger is a favorite burger of many people in McDonald’s | Banana photo

However, in China, the distinction is not so strict, and hamburgers can also be "bread with everything". And if hamburgers want to be delicious, besides tender and juicy patties, hamburger embryos are also extremely important.

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The emergence of hamburgers

/A foreign "snack legend"/

Josh Ozersky, a food writer, wrote in his book about hamburgers: "There is no doubt that no hamburger embryo means no hamburger, whether semantically or at any other level", which shows the importance of hamburger embryo.

Although there are similar "hamburgers" with bread and meat pies from time to time, it is said that it was not until 1916 that White Anderson, a chef from Kansas, invented a kind of bread with meat pies, and now the common hamburger embryos began to appear formally. This chef is also one of the partners of the later White Castle hamburger shop, and after the appearance of this shop, hamburgers began to be widely spread.

White Castle Burger Restaurant has a long history in the United States | Photo by the author

There is also White Castle in Shanghai, and the overall style is very American. Sauces and drinks are self-contained. Its hamburger is not round, the bottom of the bread is square, only the top is bulging, the texture is very soft, and the entrance is not dry. I quite like it. As for why hamburgers usually appear in a circular shape nowadays, I haven’t found the answer yet. Do any friends know?

This bread is soft and dry | Photo by the author

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Common hamburger embryo

/You’ve eaten most of them/

Although hamburger embryos are just two small loaves of bread, different raw materials distinguish different hamburger embryos, so they have different tastes, advantages and disadvantages.

■ Basic Hamburg embryo (Plain Bun)

Basic bread embryo is the most common bread embryo in major hamburger chain stores and western restaurants, and the method is the simplest and most classic. Satisfied with softness, not soft collapse, and being able to properly absorb the sauce is a perfect basic hamburger embryo.

Basic Hamburg embryo | fujibakery.com.my

The basic bread embryo is directly called Bun in the United States and Bap in the United Kingdom. In addition to the different names, there are some differences in the production methods between the American version and the English version of hamburger blanks. The English version will add lard or butter to the hamburger blanks, while the American version will replace them with eggs or potato starch.

Of course, although it is basic, in the highly competitive hamburger world, different restaurants will have different secret recipes to make this basic hamburger embryo, such as using the changes of yeast fermentation to bring out different bread tastes and so on.

■ SesameSeed Bun

Sesame burger embryo was not the mainstream in the past. In the 1960s, the new york Times also commented that some restaurants used unusual and luxurious sesame burger embryo to upgrade their hamburgers.

By 1968, when McDonald’s promoted sesame burger embryo in TV advertisements, it began to be popular all over the country. Although McDonald’s still sells hamburgers with basic hamburger embryos, it has laid a tone: sesame hamburger embryos are a symbol of high-end hamburgers.

McDonald’s sesame burger embryo | reserved photo

In terms of taste, the sesame burger embryo is not different from the basic burger embryo except that it looks like there are more sesame seeds on the top. The sesame function on hamburger embryo is considered a mystery by many people, not for taste or seasoning. I guess, it’s probably for face value …

■ English Muffin

The full marks of McDonald’s breakfast come from English muffins, a common bread in Britain, while English muffins come from Germany (muffins, meaning "cupcakes").

English muffins are hard and dry, crunchy when bitten, which is very suitable for coffee and orange juice. On the basis of English muffins, whole wheat flour and corn flour are added to increase the chewiness, so wheat full marks are soft in texture, but very strong.

McDonald’s pig, willow, egg and wheat full marks | reserved photo

Except McDonald’s, all the breakfasts with Muffin in Hungry Jack’s are also made of this bread.

In addition to making hamburger embryos, English muffins are often paired with sweet ones, such as sauce and honey. Or salty, such as eggs, sausages, bacon, cheese and so on. Not only that, it is an important part of Benedict’s eggs and other sandwiches.

Benedict’s egg | reserved photo

■ Potato Roll

Unlike McDonald’s, KFC and other established burger chains, Shake Shack did not choose the basic or sesame style in the burger embryo, but chose the potato burger embryo.

Shake Shack has been using "Martin’s Potato Rolls" potato burger embryos since the first day it opened in Madison Square Garden, new york in 2004.

Shake Shack’s hamburger | reserved photo

Compared with the basic hamburger embryo, the potato hamburger embryo tastes more mixed, tastes whiter than bread, is very soft, and will not get wet while wrapping the meat pie to absorb gravy. Because mashed potatoes are added, the potato starch in the bread makes the bread embryo more elastic, which can keep fresh and moist even if it is left for a long time, and will not become fragile and dry like other hamburger embryos.

Mashed potato burger embryo is soft and elastic | reserved photo

But also because of this characteristic, potato burger embryo is relatively more suitable for thin burger.

Shake Shack’s single-story beef burger | reserved photo

■ Brioche Bun

Brio Hamburg embryo, also known as "Gourmet" Bread embryo, originated from France and was made of a large number of eggs and butter with golden and soft skin.

Burger King’s family used a burger with Brio bread | reserved photo

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Other hamburger embryos

/How many kinds have you eaten? /

In addition to those common hamburger embryos, some restaurants or chain hamburger shops will also introduce some other types of bread hamburger embryos from time to time.

■ Ciabatta Bun

Italian hamburger embryo is actually Italian specialty bread Ciabatta, also called slipper bread.

The most basic Ciabatta consists of yeast, flour, olive oil and water. It is soft with big holes, crisp shell and soft inside, with strong olive oil flavor and strong wheat fragrance. Ciabatta has a great taste and flavor of bread, but as a hamburger embryo, it may be too hard for some people to bite.

Panini of KFC uses Ciabatta bread | reserved photo.

■ Kaiser roll

Caesar’s rolls are made of water, yeast, malt extract, salt and flour, with five pinwheels on the surface, which represent the crown, because it originated from the king of Germany.

Caesars rolls have a crisp shell and a moist inside without air holes, which is soft enough and thin enough as a hamburger embryo, but not heavy. However, bread is relatively easy to collapse and its taste is relatively simple.

Burgers made from Caesar rolls | seriouseats.com Joe Roy

■ Pretzel Bun with alkaline water.

Pretzel, a hamburger embryo, is baked only after passing through alkaline water, but it tastes strong and delicate, and its solid characteristics make it enough to hold patties of all thicknesses without worrying about overflowing juice. However, friends who don’t have a good mouth may think that this bread embryo is too hard to bite.

Hamburgers made with alkaline bread | mybizzykitchen.com

■ Onion Bun

The onion burger embryo is very similar to the basic version, which consists of a lot of eggs and oil, and onions from caramelization are added. If you are tired of eating the original hamburger embryo, this hamburger embryo full of onion flavor will be a very good choice.

Onion burger embryo with onion grains | 86eats.com

After reading so many hamburger embryos, have you figured out which one you like?

Original title: "Some hamburgers win first on bread! 》

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The explosive "The King of Circus" was lost. Why is it difficult to break the musical film?


Hello, this is the second issue of our special column "jargon"


Special feature of 1905 film network  As expected, the musical starring Hugh Jackman didn’t arouse much splash after it was released. Compared with its beautiful counterattack curve in the North American market, the "dream master" P.T. barnum failed to create a miracle in the mainland, and the box office of the film only closed at 50 million after five days of painting, which is really regrettable.


Of course, this is not the first time that mainland audiences have not bought musical films. Last year, despite its reputation, its final box office in the mainland was only 247 million. European and American musical films, as a kind of classic films, have always been "acclimatized" in the mainland. There seems to be no successful case of local musical films in China. The only film with a box office of over 100 million yuan can be traced back to that directed by Jay Chou in 2013 (with a cumulative box office of 120 million yuan).


What is the definition of musical? Why did the musicals, which sold well in North America, go to the mainland? Why is the development of local musical films in China blocked? We also try to find answers to all kinds of questions about musical films. 


Is it difficult for musical films to break the box office curse in the mainland?

 

At present, the best-performing imported musical film in the mainland box office is (2017), which made a final box office of 590 million yuan in the mainland, but it is obvious whether the audience bought the song and dance or Disney and Big IP.


In the second place, la la land (2017), a well-known masterpiece with numerous awards, won 247 million RMB in the Mainland. Compared with the quality of the film, this achievement seems to be unsatisfactory. Followed by "The King of Circus" which is currently being released, the film won 54.82 million box office in six days, and the final box office is expected to stop before the 100 million mark.


The Greatest Showman?"box office"

The box office of other imported musical films in the mainland can be described as bleak: (2013) the final box office was 63 million, (2011) the final box office was 13.98 million, (2011) the final box office was 3.97 million, (2003) the final box office was 3 million and (2015) the final box office was 2.25 million;


As for the achievements of Chinese musical films, they are not satisfactory: The cumulative box office of Love on the Rooftop (2013) was 120 million, that of 47.5 million, that of 30 million, that of 2005, and that of 2017 was less than 2 million, while that of China (2010) and (2014) were all less than one million.


There is no clear definition of musical film as action film and horror film.


Baidu Encyclopedia defines musical films as: "A film composed of a large number of songs and dances. Musical films are films that record opera performances or are adapted from operas. Most of them are played by singers, who mainly rely on singing to portray characters and unfold plots." Strictly speaking, only this kind of film, which is born out of musicals and is narrated by songs and dances, can be called musical films.


But nowadays, people are used to referring to musical films (including biographies of musicians, musical stories, musicals, operas and musical films) as musical films. But even in a broad sense, there are still very few musical films in the domestic market that can be called by the audience.

 

The road of butterfly change in European and American musical films


Musical films are one of the most famous types in the film industry, and when it comes to this "imported product", we have to talk about the history of European and American musical films first. Mainly Hollywood musical films, European and American musical films have made brilliant achievements after nearly 40 years of development from the late 1920s to the 1960s.


However, with the rise of television and the decline of Hollywood’s large-scale studio system, the song-and-dance utopia, which was stylized and avoided social problems, began to decline in the 1970s. By the 1990s, the production of song-and-dance films had fallen sharply, and there were almost no representative films, so the production of song-and-dance films entered a recession. After the 21st century, the musical in 2001 regained its attention, and in 2002, it won the Oscar again after a lapse of 34 years.


Since then, musical films have gradually recovered, and a number of musical films with their own styles and innovations have emerged, and many films have made sequels one after another. The creation of musical films has gradually begun to flourish again in the 21st century.


This prosperity not only refers to a breakthrough in the number of musical films, but also shows differences from previous musical films in the innovation of genre elements, narrative and theme expression of musical films and cultural orientation. Most of the classic musical films avoid talking about real problems, deliberately avoiding problems that plague social development, such as race and class.


Since the 21st century, with the opening of society and the diversified development of culture, many musical films have begun to face up to racial issues and draw fresh elements from black culture. Based on a true story starring Beyonce, the film sharply touches on the difficult situation that black music in the United States could not enter mainstream radio stations because of discrimination in the 1960s. It also focuses on the racial conflict between blacks and whites in the United States in the 1960 s; In 2015, the musical biopic also focused on the growth experience of the rap group N.W.A Different themes and diverse genres also cultivated a new generation of audience of song and dance/musical films.

 

There are no musicals in China? All wet!

 

When was there a musical in China? In fact, it was there when the first Chinese film was born. Traditional Chinese opera film is a unique type of Chinese film. In 1905, Peking Opera films made by China people themselves started the localization of films in China.


As the first film in China, Dingjun Mountain is a drama film. After that, Mei Lanfang, a Peking Opera artist, boldly explored and borrowed the advantages of Kunqu Opera and starred in the Kunqu Opera movie "A Dream in the Garden" (1960), which not only used feature film technology, but also fully retained the characteristics of stage performance.


Mei Lanfang’s photo with the movie queen mary pickford in the United States.


Fei Mu, the director, also explored the traditional Chinese opera films earlier, and made three traditional Chinese opera films successively (1937), (1941) and (1948). In 1950s, traditional Chinese opera films began to rise. In 1955, the film directed by Shi Hui was released in Hong Kong, which was a great success and attracted the attention of Hong Kong audiences and filmmakers.


Shaw Company took the lead in producing a large number of Huangmei films (1958), (1960) and (1963), which were all very successful in the market. Directed by Cui Xie and Chen Huaiai in 1960, he won the Best opera film Award in Hundred Flowers Award in 1962. At the same time,, and so on were the models of traditional Chinese opera films at that time. According to incomplete statistics, since the founding of People’s Republic of China (PRC), more than 300 traditional Chinese opera films have been filmed, involving more than 60 kinds of operas.

 

Since the 1980s, the social and cultural life has become increasingly rich, and the traditional Chinese opera films have suffered a certain impact, but until now, there are still many traditional Chinese opera films produced every year.


The newly edited Peking Opera film (2013) won the Best opera film Award in the 29th China Film Golden Rooster Award, and the Cantonese Opera film (2015) was adapted from the large-scale Cantonese opera classic "Legend of Lun Wenxu". In 2015, a 3D version of Peking Opera film appeared for the first time.


In addition, there are many musical films of ethnic minorities in China, but we can hardly see them in mainstream cinemas. Most of these musical films are broadcast through local TV media.


Can musical films regain their popularity

 

Zhong Jinwen, dean of the School of Literature and Journalism and Communication of the Central University for Nationalities and director of the China National Film and Television Research Center, believes that talking about whether a musical is a minority depends on the standards it refers to. Obviously, the above-mentioned traditional Chinese opera films and folk song and dance films are destined to belong to the minority in the current film market environment. Musical films in mainstream movies are often difficult to succeed. In recent years, Gorgeous Office Workers and 52 Hz, I Love You have not only been dismal at the box office, but also caused great controversy in word of mouth.


In the mainland, which lacks musical culture, the audience doesn’t know much about traditional musical films. Most people have little musical influence since childhood, and many people can’t understand the plot of "singing as they play". When the singing competition was hot, The Voice of China tried to imitate Glee’s column drama My Youth is Eight Degrees Higher, but most viewers thought it was "accepting incompetence".


"My Youth is Eight Degrees Higher" is not recognized by the public.


In addition, in mainland cinemas, the number of musical films released each year is very limited, and it is not easy for the audience to cultivate their interest in this type. For investors, musical is not a good choice.


Yang Yan, a senior producer and a member of the Film Critics Association, said that she rarely encountered musical scripts in her career. "The narrative of musical is confined by the form. It is necessary to condense the story and match it with appropriate dance and genre. When the audience watches it, there will be a sense of alienation, because everyone doesn’t sing and dance without saying a word. It is different from the viewing habits of China audiences. China audiences are more willing to go to the cinema to watch a story, which leads to few companies willing to invest in a musical. In addition, the big directors’ musical films are basically discounted, and the rate of return is not good. Everyone rarely discusses the investment of musical films in the market. "

 

So, what about the future market of musical films?


Yang Yan affirmed, "Absolutely not." She revealed, "In order to bind some directors, some film companies need to exchange some film contracts for some filming by this director, but this belongs to’ no way’. If the photographer evaluates the market normally, the film company is unlikely to shoot a musical."

 

In addition to investment, musical films are also facing many practical difficulties in creation.


A producer who has participated in musical films also revealed that musical films put forward higher requirements for many positions in the film crew, such as director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, costume, etc. It is difficult to make a musical film with visual quality, and there are few actors with musical literacy, acting skills and popularity.


But the producer also thinks that musicals are very suitable for mixing, because music can be added to various story scenes, and there may be many possibilities for musicals in the future.


At present, films such as "The King of Circus" and "la la land" may be doomed to fail to rival other blockbusters at the box office in the Mainland, and audiences are still skeptical about Chinese musical films such as "Gorgeous Office Workers" and "52 Hz, I Love You".


However, they let more people know about musical films, and also let the mainland film market see the hope of musical films: even if there is a minority, there is still demand. It is believed that these films with an overwhelming reputation can make more people fall in love with musicals, and it is also hoped that the box office "curse" of mainland musicals can be really broken in the future, and more China musicals will appear in the "new era".


Steady growth, stable employment, stable prices, and intensive introduction of many measures will soon return to the normal track.

Since the beginning of this year, in the face of the downward pressure of the economy, all localities and departments have adhered to the principle of stability and progress, coordinated the prevention and control of epidemic situation and economic and social development, and taken various measures to do a good job in stabilizing growth, employment and prices. With the efforts of various policies and the gradual release of policy effects, the normal economic order will be quickly restored and the economic operation will soon return to the normal track.

A few days ago, the macro data of China’s economy was released in April. Affected by the new round of epidemic and the unexpected changes in the international situation, the new downward pressure on the economy has increased. How to treat the current economic situation?

At the online press conference of the National Development and Reform Commission in May, Meng Wei, a spokesperson, said: "At present, the domestic epidemic rebound has been effectively dealt with, and various policies have been put forward and the policy effects have been gradually released. I believe that the normal economic order will be quickly restored and the economic operation will soon return to normal track."

Steady growth-

Effectively coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and strive to stabilize the macroeconomic market.

Faced with the complexity, severity and uncertainty of China’s economic development environment, how to make steady growth work? What are the practical measures to stabilize employment? What are the advantages of stabilizing prices?

Adhere to the principle of stability, strive for progress in stability, and put steady growth in a more prominent position. Effectively coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and various measures are intensively introduced.

Steady investment, macro-policy is in the forefront. From January to April, the National Development and Reform Commission approved 38 fixed assets investment projects with a total investment of 533.3 billion yuan. Among them, 8 fixed assets investment projects were approved in April, with a total investment of 18.8 billion yuan, mainly in the fields of informationization and energy. At present, the quota of local government special bonds used for project construction in 2022 has all been issued. By the end of April, about 1.4 trillion yuan of special bonds have been issued this year.

Smooth circulation, ensure the accessibility of material transportation. In view of the problems in some areas, such as blocked cross-regional logistics and poor port transportation, all localities and departments have made a combination of boxing: eliminating card points, strengthening the monitoring of the traffic situation of expressways and ordinary national highways and the transportation of key materials, and promoting the implementation of a unified national pass system. As of May 16th, the decline of truck traffic in the Yangtze River Delta continued to narrow, and all toll stations and service areas in key epidemic-related areas were opened. Through blocking points, four production materials transfer stations were built in Shanghai, Ningbo and Hangzhou, which played an important role in promoting the resumption of production in key industries such as automobiles.

Reduce costs and effectively stimulate market vitality. While continuing to implement institutional tax reduction and fee reduction to support manufacturing, small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households, we will improve and optimize the policy arrangements for phased cost reduction and exempt small-scale taxpayers from value-added tax in stages; Give priority to small and micro enterprises’ tax refund, increase tax incentives for innovation of small and medium-sized science and technology enterprises, and guide more funds to flow to key areas and weak links … This year’s cost reduction "spree" combines phased measures with institutional arrangements, inclusive fairness with precise support, with practical measures and great efforts.

Prevent risks and strengthen industrial chain monitoring and early warning. The National Development and Reform Commission guides all localities to establish a risk monitoring and disposal system for the industrial chain supply chain, grasp the emerging risks in a timely manner, and coordinate and solve them in a targeted manner. Especially for key enterprises in integrated circuits and other fields, we should implement daily scheduling and strengthen cooperation to help coordinate and solve the problems faced by enterprises, such as limited return of personnel, poor transportation of raw materials, and suspension of production by suppliers, so as to drive upstream, downstream, large, medium and small supporting enterprises to resume work and production.

"We will thoroughly implement the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee, intensify macro-policy adjustment, fully expand domestic demand, make precise efforts to expand effective investment, promote the implementation of a number of major projects that are beneficial to both the present and the long term, stabilize market players, and promote enterprises to resume work and reach production as soon as possible under the conditions of epidemic prevention and control, effectively protect and improve people’s livelihood, and strive to stabilize the macroeconomic market." The spokesman said.

Stable employment-

The employment situation continued to be under pressure, and the work of stabilizing employment was implemented in four aspects.

Employment is the foundation of people’s livelihood. Since March, due to the influence of many domestic epidemic spots, wide coverage, frequent occurrence and the more complicated and severe international situation, the difficulties of market participants have increased significantly, and it has become more difficult for some key groups to find jobs, and the unemployment rate in urban surveys has increased. In April, the national urban survey unemployment rate was 6.1%, up 0.3 percentage points from the previous month, and the employment situation continued to be under pressure.

In view of the grim situation and challenges in the field of employment, recently, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have made many arrangements to study the employment problem, and many departments have introduced relevant measures to do everything possible to stabilize existing employment and actively increase new employment. How to further strengthen the implementation of the employment priority policy? The spokesman said that the implementation of various measures to stabilize employment will focus on promoting four aspects of work.

Guarantee market players and employment. Under the condition of doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control, we will promote enterprises to return to work and reach production. We will speed up the implementation of policies to help enterprises get out of trouble, such as tax refund, tax reduction and fee reduction, and deferred payment of social security fees, make greater efforts to reduce costs, strengthen accurate support for manufacturing, contact service industries, small and medium-sized enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households, further reduce the burden on market players, and help them tide over difficulties and hold their posts.

Promote innovation and entrepreneurship to bring employment. Clean up and remove unreasonable restrictions on employment and entrepreneurship, further enhance the leading role and service capacity of the dual-innovation demonstration base, carry out in-depth demonstration actions of entrepreneurship to promote employment, and enhance the service capacity of the dual-innovation platform. We will strengthen the construction of platforms such as the Pioneer Park and encourage entrepreneurs to start businesses in their hometowns. Support multi-channel flexible employment, strengthen the protection of workers’ rights and interests in new employment forms, and continuously release the kinetic energy of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Grasp key groups and stabilize employment. We will implement the spirit of the Notice on Further Improving the Employment and Entrepreneurship of Young College Graduates and encourage local governments to introduce more support policies. We will further promote the construction of a demonstration park for the integration and development of rural industries, vigorously develop rural industries to enrich the people, actively promote the way of work instead of relief in the field of rural infrastructure construction, and expand local employment channels for farmers.

Talent training strengthens employment support. Deepen the integration of production and education in vocational education, school-enterprise cooperation, and continue to support the construction of pilot cities for improving the quality and quality of vocational education and integrating production and education. Increase support for the construction of public training bases, promote the combination of production and training with high quality, promote the co-construction and sharing of vocational skills training resources, and help carry out large-scale vocational skills training and training.

Stabilize prices-

The supply of industrial and agricultural products and services is abundant, and we will do our best to ensure the supply and price stability of bulk commodities.

Since the beginning of this year, international commodity prices have fluctuated at a high level, and all major economies in the world are facing greater inflationary pressures. In sharp contrast with other major economies, in April, China’s CPI rose by 2.1% year-on-year. Under the pressure of imported inflation, it is not easy for China’s prices to maintain a stable and moderate increase.

"In the face of the complicated and severe external situation, China has coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, accurately grasped the rhythm of macroeconomic policies, and continued to do a good job in ensuring supply and price stability of important commodities." The spokesman said that all localities and departments have taken various measures to ensure supply and stabilize prices. Since the beginning of this year, China’s prices have been operating within the overall reasonable range. In April, the core CPI excluding food and energy prices declined steadily, rising by 0.9% year-on-year, and the growth rate dropped by 0.2 percentage points from last month.

Generally speaking, the market supply capacity of goods and services in China is relatively sufficient, and there are many favorable conditions for maintaining price stability.

Food prices are stable and have a foundation. Recently, international food prices have been rising, but the domestic situation has remained generally stable. China’s grain production has been stable at more than 1.3 trillion Jin for seven consecutive years, and its inventory is relatively sufficient. Fu Linghui, spokesman of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that the output of two kinds of rations in China has exceeded the demand for many years, and a small amount of imports are mainly variety adjustment. Corn and soybean have a certain import volume, which will be affected by the international market to a certain extent, but the impact is limited. Since the beginning of this year, China’s grain production situation has continued to improve, and there is a good foundation for maintaining stable grain prices.

The energy supply is stable and secure. China’s oil and natural gas exploitation ratio is relatively high, and the rising price of international energy products will increase the import cost to a certain extent, bring import influence to some industries, and increase the pressure of cost-driven price increase. However, it should be noted that China’s main energy source is coal, while China’s coal reserves are relatively rich and its production capacity is strong. With the gradual release of advanced coal production capacity, it is conducive to curbing the rise in energy prices. In April, China’s coal output increased by 10.7% year-on-year, and the price increase of coal mining and washing industry dropped by 0.5 percentage points year-on-year. The spokesman said that the National Development and Reform Commission will take coal as the "anchor" to do a good job in energy supply and price stabilization, and stabilize electricity prices by stabilizing coal prices, thus stabilizing the overall energy cost.

Most industrial consumer goods have sufficient supply capacity. China has a complete industrial system and strong supporting capacity, and the output of major industrial products is in the forefront of the world, laying a solid foundation for product price stability. The spokesman said that the joint supervision of the spot market will be strengthened with relevant departments, and illegal acts such as fabricating and spreading price increase information, hoarding and driving up prices will be severely cracked down, especially the malicious speculation of capital.

"We will adhere to comprehensive policies and precise regulation, and do our best to ensure the supply and price stability of bulk commodities." The spokesman said that in the later period, China has strong economic resilience, large market space, rich policy toolbox and abundant supply of industrial and agricultural products and services, and is fully qualified, capable and confident to continue to maintain stable price operation. (Reporter Lu Yanan)

Is the ending of "Camouflaged Couple" a rotten ending?

Poster of Camouflaged Couple

The autumn Japanese TV series "Camouflaged Couples" starring Yuuki Amami and Itsuki Sawamura finally aired the tenth sentence last week and ushered in the grand finale of the whole drama. In the end, the words got a good rating of 12.8%, and the ratings of the whole drama did not fall below 10%, which once again proved the fact that even though the workload was reduced due to physical reasons, the high popularity of Queen Tianhai in the neon country could not be shaken.

Two online celebrity dramas, Camouflaged Couples, which are juxtaposed with Five to Nine, offer a stunt of "form marriage" to meet the topic of "marrying a monk" on September 9. Yuuki Amami plays Jia Menxun, a 45-year-old librarian who is still alive. Although she always smiles on the surface, she has the attribute of a barrage inside.

Whether it’s family, colleagues or complete strangers, they will be mercilessly whipped by the Queen. Jiamen, who has been studying alone for a lifetime and then died silently, met her ex-boyfriend Yangcun Chaozhi who took her virginity in college and left mercilessly one day. With a smile on his face, Chaozhi kept befriending Jiamen like no one else. Finally, he brazenly proposed marriage. It’s just that this engagement is a scam in every sense. First of all, he did this to comfort his mother who claimed to be terminally ill and was about to die. More importantly, Chaozhi has become an out-and-out gay man and doesn’t love women at all!

Stills of Camouflaged Couple, Itsuki Sawamura and Asuka Kudoh.

The story unfolds slowly on the premise of such a god. After a series of processes, in which the man acted as the master and slave until it seemed to be really straight, and the woman acted as the master and slave until the corner and then returned to straight, Jiamen and Chaozhi finally found that they cared about each other the most, so after they got married and divorced, they solemnly filled in their names on the marriage registration form again.

Unsurprisingly, the final finale of "Camouflaged Couples" was attacked by many netizens. It is not difficult to understand that everyone is so excited. Cass in "Camouflaged Couples" is really the best example of interpreting the slogan "A pair of lilies and a pair of bases" in recent two years. Needless to say, the striking and attractive combination of Queen Tianhai and Yuki Uchida, the "straight female terminator", once uncle Itsuki Sawamura and Asuka Kudoh, who is full of healthy and loyal dogs, are also on top of the world.

After the final words were broadcast, on Yahoo, Japan’s largest portal, the bad reviews of netizens even once pulled the score of the play below 3.0. And China’s Weibo is also a "told Kazuhiko Yukawa (the editor of this play) script will end badly" argument.

Stills of "Camouflaged Couple",Itsuki Sawamura and Yuuki Amami.

But in my opinion, The Camouflaged Couple is not 100% unfinished. First of all, Kazuhiko Yukawa, the screenwriter, said in an interview with Japanese media before the broadcast that there was no attempt to discuss "gender issues" in depth. His original intention was to show the other side of his muse Yuuki Amami, who was deeply resentful under his gentle appearance. Whether it is the excavation of the heroine Jiamen’s childhood experience and family relationship, or the climax setting of each episode, it has realized the good intention of Youchuan screenwriter to create scripts for Queen Tianhai.

On the other hand, I also think that behind the seemingly far-fetched turning point, "Camouflaged Couples" still carried out the discussion about marriage to the end.

In Japan, the biggest challenge to shoot a TV series with the theme of formal marriage may be that even ordinary couples look like formal marriage. Most Japanese couples sleep in separate rooms with conditions and in separate beds without conditions. The nine-to-five working hours and the notorious overtime system in Japan make it a luxury for the couple to meet each other on weekdays and say hello. But I also have to say that it is excellent to get married in Japanese society. In Japanese society, where the unmarried rate has hit a new high continuously after the war, it seems that people have really fallen into the logic that we can see in Japanese dramas: either they stay at home and don’t fall in love, even if they fall in love, they will not get married, and if they get married, they will not have sex. Only extramarital affairs will make love.

Under this premise, we urgently need film and television works that can seriously discuss the relationship between men and women and the true meaning of marriage. The completion of "Camouflaged Couples" in this respect is undoubtedly very high. Through the constant changes of the protagonists, the play first reveals the fact that gender roles are largely mobile. In the past two years, it seems that the momentum of both English dramas and American dramas is only "politically correct" to encourage everyone to be brave and "turn from straight to curved". But equally important, everyone may think from a bend or become straight, which is ignored by us intentionally or unintentionally. The final ending of The Camouflaged Couple undoubtedly reminds us of such a possibility.

Stills of "Camouflaged Couple"

Secondly, the marriage and divorce of the hero and heroine several times and the marriage and family relationship of a number of supporting actors also reveal some truths about marriage to us. The title of the play comes from menstruation of Jiamen: "In fact, aren’t all marriages disguised? Marry blindly only when you see each other’s benefits. As soon as they found each other’s shortcomings after marriage, they began to escape. "

More seriously, Engels also told us long ago that capitalist marriage is to preserve the illusion of private ownership and social stability. In the past, people always said, "If you are really together, why do you need a piece of paper to prove it?" But now it seems that this piece of paper really can’t prove anything. In the end, it is undoubtedly the biggest mockery of this system that Lijiamen and Chaozhi register for marriage, because they are not the ideal couple defined by society in any sense. But on the other hand, they are happier than any certified marriage. Perhaps only by starting from the origin of finding a "partner" in life can we find the original meaning of marriage.

Then again, the lack of positive expression of minorities in film and television dramas is indeed a problem that Japan has to look directly at. As a developed country with no religious burden, Japan first passed the so-called "same-sex partner regulations" in Shibuya District at the beginning of this year, which basically has no legal effect. As revealed in "Camouflaged Couples", even in Japan today, there are still citizens who are discriminated against in the workplace because of their sexual orientation. The pink signboard of "Five to Nine", which will be removed soon, still overlooks Shibuya, the most crowded intersection in the world. In Japan, monks can get married long ago, but there is still no legislation on same-sex marriage.

Defense Frontier | Aiming at the high-end war in the Asia-Pacific region, the United States accelerates the development of anti-superb weapons

[Editor’s note]

The US military believes that Russia and other big countries have begun to deploy hypersonic missiles, which poses a great challenge to the US military’s existing missile defense system. In order to continue to maintain its dominant position, on the one hand, the US military actively develops hypersonic weapons to achieve reciprocal deterrence; On the other hand, we should speed up the research and development of anti-hypersonic weapons and strengthen the ability of active missile defense systems to intercept hypersonic weapons in order to cope with possible high-end wars in the Asia-Pacific region.

Since Trump took office, he has shifted his national strategy from anti-terrorism to competition among big countries. In the "Missile Defense Assessment" report released in January 2019, the US Department of Defense listed hypersonic threats as the focus of missile defense. Hypersonic defense is gradually attached great importance to by the US military. Both the US Missile Defense Agency and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) actively promote the demonstration and verification of hypersonic defense technology and project research and development.

A series of recent trends show that the US military will first develop the sea-based anti-hypersonic capability, and plan to equip it on the Aegis ship and launch it by the existing MK41, which is mainly used for the so-called hypersonic regional defense in the Indo-Pacific region. Based on the project of "Hypersonic Defense Zone Gliding Section Weapon System", the sea-based anti-hypersonic missile is planned to adopt the "Standard" -6 1B missile, and the interception test of hypersonic gliding section will be carried out in FY 2023.

The US Navy’s "arleigh burke" class destroyer launched the "Standard" -6 missile, which can intercept hypersonic weapons in the future.

Multi-dimensional promotion of anti-super ability development

The missile defense agency is mainly responsible for the high-level defense of the United States, which is mainly responsible for the top-level planning and design of the hypersonic defense system, the research and development of weapon systems, the research and development of key technologies, and the construction of systems engineering. The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States and the United States Air Force participated in the demand demonstration stage; DARPA also conducts research and development of advanced defense component technology. In the summer of 2019, the US Department of Defense formulated a road map for hypersonic defense architecture, but the contents of the road map were not made public. Mike White, deputy director of the US Department of Defense’s Hypersonic Project, said in an interview that the US hypersonic defense adopts a comprehensive and layered defense strategy, which will comprehensively use pre-launch strikes and active and passive defense means such as kinetic energy and non-kinetic energy to defend against competitors’ hypersonic weapons in the active phase, re-entry gliding phase and final phase.

The construction of American hypersonic defense system will be mainly based on the existing ballistic missile defense system, and finally form an integrated defense capability against hypersonic threats and ballistic missile threats through improvement and new research. At present, the Missile Defense Bureau is promoting the development of hypersonic defense capability from multiple dimensions such as architecture, early warning and detection, command and control, and interceptor.

In addition to improving the existing system, the US military has developed four hypersonic defense projects: Hypersonic and Trajectory Tracking Sensor System (HBTSS), Hypersonic Defense Weapon System (HDWS), Hypersonic Defense Zone Glide Weapon System (RPGWS) and Glide Breaker.

Early warning detection is the basis of hypersonic defense. In order to reduce the cost, the United States is seeking to install sensors for detecting hypersonic on low-orbit commercial satellites.

(1) Hypersonic and ballistic tracking sensor systems

Early warning detection is the basis of hypersonic defense. The system of Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor, formerly known as Missile Defense Tracking System (MDTS) and Space Sensor Layer (SSL), consists of about 200 50-500 kg sensor loads deployed on low-orbit commercial satellites, aiming at eliminating gaps in sensor networks and continuously tracking complex ballistic missiles and hypersonic weapons from launch to interception. Missile Defense Agency is responsible for sensor load research and development, Space Development Agency is responsible for architecture design, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is responsible for load platform design and constellation management, and Air Force Space and Missile System Center is responsible for mission requirements design. In October 2019, the Missile Defense Agency awarded Northrop Grumman, Leidos, L3 and Raytheon the second phase of the project, which was used to complete the design of the load prototype, signal chain processing and software algorithm research. According to the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2020, the "Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor" system should be tested in orbit on December 31, 2021, and reach its initial operation capability after 2023.

Hypersonic and trajectory tracking space sensor system belongs to the "tracking layer" of the next generation space architecture (consisting of seven constellations) proposed by the Space Development Agency (SDA). In order to avoid redundant construction and make better use of commercial space technology to accelerate the formation of capabilities, in the budget for fiscal year 2021, the US Congress has transferred the system dominance from the Missile Defense Agency to the Space Development Agency.

(2) Hypersonic defense weapon system

In September 2018, the Missile Defense Agency announced the "Hypersonic Defense Weapon System" project, awarded 21 program research and development contracts to 8 units, and began research and development in the concept definition stage; In September 2019, five schemes were selected from 21 schemes and awarded contracts to carry out R&D in the concept improvement stage.

The five research programs awarded mainly include:

Lockheed Martin’s "Javelin-Hypersonic Defense Weapon System" (DART) scheme, based on the improvement of "Sade" interceptor, is mainly used for long-range interception, intercepting in the middle of hypersonic warhead gliding, and forming a layered interception capability with "Valkyrie-Hypersonic Defense Terminal Interceptor";

Lockheed Martin’s "Javelin-Hypersonic Defense Weapon System" scheme, based on the improvement of Patriot -3 MSE missile, is mainly used for short-range interception, intercepting the hypersonic warhead in the later and last stages of gliding, and forming a layered interception capability with "Valkyria-Hypersonic Defense Terminal Interceptor";

Boeing’s "Hypervelocity Interceptor for Hypersonic Weapons" (HYVINT) scheme;

Raytheon’s SM -3 Hawk scheme is based on the improvement of the SM -3 missile.

Raytheon’s "non-dynamic hypersonic defense concept" scheme is a non-dynamic scheme based on high-power microwave weapons.

Russia has equipped a variety of hypersonic missiles in recent years, ahead of the United States. The picture shows the dagger hypersonic missile.

(3) Weapon system of gliding section in hypersonic defense area

On December 5, 2019, the US Missile Defense Agency issued a request for information on the prototype design of the "hypersonic regional defense gliding section weapon system", seeking to quickly design, develop and demonstrate the prototype of the hypersonic regional defense weapon system. On December 18th, the Missile Defense Agency held the Industrial Day of this project to discuss the technical approach of hypersonic defense and further disclose the details of the project requirements to the industrial sector.

"Hypersonic defense zone gliding phase weapon system" emphasizes "gliding phase" and "zone defense", indicating that the defense object of this system is not a hypersonic gliding warhead carried on an intercontinental ballistic missile like Russian Pioneer, but a hypersonic gliding warhead carried by a medium-range ballistic missile.

(4) Gliding saboteurs

DARPA presented the concept map of "Gliding Destroyer" for the first time at the 60th anniversary seminar held from September 5 to 7, 2018. On November 6, 2018, DARPA released a wide-ranging institutional announcement of the "Gliding Destroyer" project, aiming at developing and demonstrating the technology of hypersonic defense weapon components. In February, 2020, DARPA awarded Aerojet-Rockdyne a "gliding destroyer" propulsion technology research and development contract worth 19.6 million.

This month, the United States conducted a hypersonic missile launch test

The US Navy tested anti-superb capability in 2023.

On February 10th, 2020, at the budget conference of FY 2021 held by the US Department of Defense, a reporter asked Jon Hill, director of the US Missile Defense Agency, about the progress of the project "Hypersonic Defense Weapon System", focusing on the research and development progress of five programs such as "Javelin-Hypersonic Defense Weapon System" and "Valkyria-Hypersonic Defense Terminal Interceptor". Jon Hill said, At present, there are only two hypersonic defense projects of the US Missile Defense Agency, namely "Hypersonic Defense Area Gliding Phase Weapon System" and "Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Sensor System". The projects mentioned by the reporter are only the preliminary verification projects of the project. Whether it is true or not is intriguing.

On March 4th, 2020, Jon Hill, director of the Missile Defense Bureau, said at the annual national defense planning conference in mcaleese that the "hypersonic defense zone gliding phase weapon system" will be first equipped on the "arleigh burke" class destroyer, launched by the MK41 vertical launch system, and then equipped in the air or other platforms. On March 11, 2020, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Michael Griffin revealed for the first time in his testimony in the House of Representatives that the US Navy and the Missile Defense Agency plan to test the ability of the Standard -6 missile to intercept hypersonic targets in fiscal year 2023; On March 13th, Jon Hill, director of the Missile Defense Agency, confirmed this statement again in his testimony in the House of Representatives.

The range of the standard "-6 1B missile has been greatly increased by replacing it with a booster with a larger diameter, reaching 560~800 kilometers.

The "Standard" -6 missile is a new generation of multi-functional missile developed by Raytheon Company. It was developed in September 2004, the initial design review was completed in June 2005, the first test was successful in June 2008, and mass production began in 2013. The "Standard" -6 missile adopts the "Standard" -2 Block 4 missile body, MK104 dual-thrust solid rocket engine and MK41 booster, and the seeker adopts the active radar seeker of AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile, with a range of 370 kilometers and a shooting height of 34 kilometers. Compared with the "Standard" -2 missile, the "Standard" -6 missile focuses on strengthening the interception capability of low-altitude and ultra-low-altitude cruise missiles, and has anti-ship and limited terminal anti-missile capabilities.

The US Navy first joined the "Standard" -6 1B missile project in the budget of fiscal year 2020, which belongs to the 2063 sub-project of "Standard Missile Improvement" (project number 0604366N), with the expenditure of $116.7 million in fiscal year 2020, and it is planned to invest about $380 million in the next five years. Compared with the Standard -6 1A missile, the Standard -6 1B missile continues to use the original seeker and warhead, but the original 343mm MK104 engine is upgraded to the 533mm engine used in the Standard -3 2A missile. It is expected that the range will be increased to 560-800km and the flying speed will reach the hypersonic level.

The "Standard" -6 1B missile is planned to undergo CDR in FY 2020, LRIP in FY 2021, and reach initial operational capability (IOC) in FY 2023. In the fiscal year 2021 budget, the U.S. Navy substantially increased the R&D funds for the "Standard" -6 1B missile, which was 232 million U.S. dollars in fiscal year 2021 and increased to about 570 million U.S. dollars in the next five years, which proves that the U.S. military plans to develop the anti-superb capability of the "Standard" -6 1B missile.

Fiscal year 2023 is the key node of the US military’s sea-based anti-superb capability.

The Standard -6 1B missile uses the 21-inch engine of the Standard -3 2A missile, and its range and firing height are significantly improved. First, with the help of the Naval Integrated Fire Control-Air Defense (NIFC-CA), it will significantly enhance the over-the-horizon anti-ship capability of the Aegis ship and improve the safety depth of the fleet. Second, it will improve the anti-missile capability of the terminal part of the Aegis ship and make up for the defense gap between the Standard -3 missile and the Standard -6 1A missile; The third is to give the Aegis ship anti-hypersonic capability. The "Standard" -3 missile has a high shooting height and the "Standard" -6 1A missile has a limited shooting height and range, so it is basically difficult to intercept hypersonic missiles.

After the deployment of the Standard -6 1B missile, the Aegis system, together with Standard -3, Standard -6 1A, Standard -2, improved Sea Sparrow, Ram and Tomahawk, will form a multi-layer and integrated air defense, anti-missile, anti-superb and anti-ship capability.

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The U.S. military has formulated an ambitious road map of hypersonic defense architecture, but the focus of the U.S. military’s hypersonic defense is the booster gliding warhead mounted on the medium-range ballistic missile, which will be deployed on the Aegis ship in the Asia-Pacific region first.

The fiscal year 2023 is the key node of the US Army’s sea-based anti-hypersonic capability. At that time, the "Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Sensor System" will reach the initial operational capability, which can continuously track hypersonic weapons, and the "Standard" -6 1B missile will reach the initial operational capability, or can conduct anti-hypersonic tests. The "Standard" -6 missile will be the first missile with air defense/anti-superb, anti-missile and anti-ship capabilities.

Look at the "vitality" in the holiday market | Policy "combination boxing" to boost the automobile consumption market

CCTV News:During the "Eleventh" holiday, the reporter visited various places and learned that both the new car sales market of new energy vehicles and the second-hand car trading market showed a rising trend. In addition, with the support of a number of favorable policies, consumer enthusiasm continues to rise.

This holiday, Mr. Zhou, who lives in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, bought a new energy vehicle worth 330,000 yuan, according to "the price of a single vehicle is 300,000 yuan — Mr. Zhou can get a subsidy of 6,000 yuan for the standard of subsidizing 6,000 yuan below 400,000 yuan.

During the "Eleventh" holiday, consumers in Dezhou, Shandong Province can enjoy a one-time subsidy ranging from 3,000 yuan to 6,000 yuan when purchasing new energy passenger cars. In addition, they are exempted from the purchase tax of 4.5% of the car price, the travel tax in 360 yuan, and the replacement subsidy of up to 6,000 yuan and the cash benefit of up to 20,000 yuan given by manufacturers, which makes many consumers feel excited.

Not only the new car market, this holiday, the second-hand car trading market is also stimulated by the policy, and the trading volume has risen linearly. The reporter visited the used car trading market in Huaxiang, Beijing, and learned that the transaction volume of car inspection and transfer has increased by 30%. On October 1 this year, the Ministry of Public Security and other departments issued a policy that when a registered automobile sales enterprise applies for the transfer registration of a small non-operating used car, the public security organ will implement separate endorsement management and issue a temporary license plate. For cities where automobile purchases are restricted, it is clear that used cars purchased by automobile sales enterprises and used for sales do not occupy the number plate index. At the same time, all regions strictly implement the policy of completely canceling the restrictions on the movement of used cars, and cancel the restrictions on the movement of small non-operating used cars that meet the national five emission standards nationwide (including the national key areas for air pollution prevention and control) to promote the free circulation of used cars and cross-regional operation of enterprises.

According to the data of China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in 2022, the production and sales of new energy vehicles will reach 3.97 million and 3.86 million respectively in the first eight months, up by 120% and 110% respectively.

How can a two-person friend pass invite friends to several people?

There is no limit to the number of people who can get a two-person friend pass. See below for details.

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First, there is no limit to the number of people who can pass for two friends.

Second, the friend pass is equivalent to a free experience version.

If a friend of the official version invites you, you can play all the contents of the game in the experience version. For example, your friend bought an ontology, and then you can get a friend pass, and then he can invite you to play games in the ontology, and then you can enter the pass version to play with him.

Third, how to get a friend pass?

Search on STEAM for a double trip, and you can see a game called "It Takes Two Friend’s Pass". This is a pass, and then it is a demo version. You can play the first chapter for free, and more importantly, you can play online games. As long as your friends (who need friends to buy ontology) invite you, you can experience all the chapters for free.

Zhao Liying starred in Daughter King: Hope to collide with Feng Shaofeng

  China News Service, December 5th. On the 4th, the global finals of "Next Stop, Daughter Country" were held. Zheng Baorui, director of the movie "Journey to the West: Daughter Country", announced that Zhao Liying would play the king of Daughter Country. That night in the ultimate PK of "30 into 12", 12 contestants such as Guan Le, Sun Ruoqi, and He Xinlin stood out. Xinghao Films solemnly announced that eight of the contestants would play the role of seven female officials in the movie, and the other four contestants would also receive the role of "High Priest".

  "Journey to the West: Daughter Country" is the third work in the magical Westward Journey series produced by Xing Hao. It is still directed by Zheng Baorui, and Huang Bo is the first producer. In addition, Guo Fucheng, who plays Sun Wukong, returns together with Luo Zhongqian, who plays the sand monk. With the addition of "Tang Seng" Feng Shaofeng and "Pigsy" Xiao Shenyang, the four mentors and apprentices gather again in "Daughter Country" and work together to break through the most difficult relationship on the journey to the West. "Daughter Country".

  That night, director Zheng Baorui also personally crowned Zhao Liying with a diamond crown worth 8 million, in order to show that Zhao Liying officially joined the movie "Daughter Country".

  When asked what was different between "Daughter Country" and her previous works, Zhao Liying responded domineering on the spot: "Now I am the queen." Regarding the new role, she said that she will do more detailed speculation on the word "love" in "ask what love is in the world", hoping to collide with "Tang Seng" Feng Shaofeng. Director Zheng Baorui "kindly" reminded Zhao Liying: "The four mentors and apprentices are more mischievous and naughty, so be careful to deal with them."

  Compared with the previous work in the series, "Three Dozens of White Bone Spirits", Zheng Baorui, the director, said that he would add more comedic elements to "Daughter Country" and strive to build on the previous work. When asked why Zhao Liying was selected to play the role of the female king, Zheng Baorui responded: "No matter what aspect you measure, Zhao Liying, who has a lively personality but is calm, and whose acting skills are mature and can take on big responsibilities, is the best choice for the queen."

  In the "Next Stop, Daughter Country" global finals held that night, eight contestants, Guan Le, Jiang Xiyuan, Qi Qi, Sun Ruoqi, He Xinlin, He Miaoyan, Yang Ziyi, and Leng Yitong, won the roles of seven female officials, including "Rouge Deacon" and "Water Deacon".

  Regarding the situation of eight people playing the seven corners, screenwriter Wen Ning also said at the scene: This is his special design for "Daughter Country", and the specific form will be presented, and the audience needs to enter the cinema to find out.

  After announcing the roles of the seven female officials, Wen Ning said on the spot that four more roles would be added. Cao Chengfangzi, Wang Xiaobai, Hou Meng and Wang Luqing, who performed well on the spot, finally got these four "fallen from the sky" roles. And the contestants who won the top 1,000 results in this competition may get the "pass" of "Daughter Country" to enter the cast.

The nominations for the 4th New Era Film Festival were announced, Wang Baoqiang, Huang Bo, Hu Ge, Dapeng, Yang Haoyu competed for the best actor

On December 10, the list of nominees for the Golden Flower Award of the 4th New Era International Film Festival of SAIC Volkswagen Voran Night was announced in Macau. "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer", "In the Octagonal Cage", "Wandering Earth 2", "Manjianghong" and "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" were nominated for Best Film. Wang Baoqiang, Huang Bo, Dapeng, Hu Ge and Yang Haoyu competed for Best Actor. Hui Yinghong, Haiqing, Tong Liya, Yan Ni and Aliya were shortlisted for Best Actress.

Dapeng ("Warm"), Gao Qunshu ("The Tip of the Knife"), Wu Weilun ("The Poisonous Tongue Lawyer"), Han Yan ("I Love You!") and Deng Chao and Yu Baimei ("Chinese Ping Pong: The Jedi Strike Back") were nominated for best director. Other awards also went to their respective awards. On December 20, the Golden Flower Awards ceremony will be held grandly at the Wynn Palace in Macau.

4Each film received5nominations  Who will win the best picture?

The Golden Mayflower Awards of this New Era International Film Festival are selected for domestic films screened in four places on both sides of the Taiwan Strait from September 1, 2022 to December 1, 2023, including a small number of domestic online films that have premiered on mainstream domestic video websites. In the past year or so, outstanding domestic films have been emerging, and 68 films have been shortlisted for nomination.

After careful selection by the jury, four films including "In the Octagonal Cage", "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer", "Warm" and "Vanishing Her" each received 5 nominations, leading the nomination list by a small margin. Five films including "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" "I Love You!" "Desperate", "Changsha Nightlife" and "Full River Red" each received 4 nominations. Films such as "Solid as a Rock" "So Many Years" and "The Eighth Suspect" each received 3 nominations, and several films such as "Fengshen First" and "Wandering Earth 2" received 1 to 2 nominations.

It can be seen that the films that have won multiple nominations for this year’s Golden Flower Awards are close in strength, and no one has an absolute lead. The competition for various awards, especially the best film, is particularly intense.

Among the five films nominated for Best Picture, "The Venomous Tongue Lawyer" makes people feel the charm of the script and lines, and the powerful appeal of the actors’ performances. The film won the box office championship of Hong Kong’s century-old film history Chinese film with a good reputation; "In the Octagonal Cage" is the return of Wang Baoqiang’s director who sharpened a sword for six years. Based on real events, it tells the story of children in Sichuan mountainous areas changing their destiny through fighting, focusing on disadvantaged groups, which is of great practical significance; "Wandering Earth 2" maintains the high level of the first film and represents the highest level of Chinese science fiction films; "Full River Red" reverses many times in a narrow space, which can be called the ultimate suspense narrative, and the ending can also bring emotional sublimation, which is touching; "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" is an absurd and humorous small and medium-cost earthy sci-fi film, which brings surprises to people.

Wang Baoqiang, Huang Bo and others competed for the best actor, Hui Yinghong Haiqing and others after chasing the movie

In the best actor competition, the five actors nominated Wang Baoqiang, Huang Bo, Dapeng, Hu Ge and Yang Haoyu are all superb acting stars. Wang Baoqiang played Xiang Tenghui, the owner of the battlefield, in "Octagonal Cage", in order to change the fate of children in the mountains to form a fighting club, which he well interpreted the kindness and persistence of this role; Huang Bo played Ding Lei, a street dance coach, in "Enthusiasm", portraying the role vividly and vividly, and also played his dancing expertise in the film; Dapeng played Chen Xinwen, the alleged offender on the run in "The Eighth Suspect", which is very different from his previous screen image, and his performance has won wide praise from the industry and the audience; Yang Haoyu’s Tang Zhijun in "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" is equally wonderful, and has previously been shortlisted for this year’s Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor; Hu Ge’s performance in "It’s Worth It" is also impressive, and the success of the idol Pi transforms into a powerful actor. It is not surprising that any of the above five male actors will eventually win the prize.

The five actresses nominated for Best Actress at this year’s Golden Flower Awards are also excellent. Hui Yinghong in "I Love You!" Li Huiru, a lonely and widowed woman who collects waste, has a love affair with the old man played by Ni Dahong. She portrays the subtle psychological and facial changes of the character vividly; Haiqing plays Zhang Guimei in "I Am a Mountain", whose appearance and even walking posture resemble the prototype character, showing the professionalism of an actor; Tong Liya plays the wife who suffered from her husband’s domestic violence in "I Passed the Storm", which well explains the helplessness and despair of the character; Yan Ni plays a middle-aged massage girl Jin Ximei in "The Final Truth", showing the strong role-building ability of an excellent actor; Alia also has a good performance in "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department".

This year’s New Era Film Festival Golden Yanghua Awards also feature Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Most Breakthrough Actor, Most Breakthrough Actress, Most Potential Actor, Most Potential Actress, Best Comedian and many other actor categories, covering three generations of actors, old, middle-aged and young. The old actors are not old, the middle-aged actors are perfect, and the young actors are formidable. Together, they have made their own contributions to the prosperity and development of Chinese films and deserve more honors.

The competition for best director and screenplay is intense, and it is difficult to predict who will win

In a movie, the actors in front of the stage are important, but the directors and screenwriters behind the scenes are the soul of the whole movie. In recent years, excellent directors and screenwriters have been emerging in the Chinese film industry, so the competition for the best director and best screenplay of this Golden Mayflower Award is very fierce.

Among the five directors nominated for Best Director, Wu Weilun is a screenwriter. "The Venomous Tongue Lawyer" is the first film he directed. Through this film, he has shown strong directing ability and narrative ability, and is expected to become the future mainstay of the Hong Kong film industry. Han Yan in "I Love You!" As always, it shows his superb ability to shape characters and express emotions. As a young director, it is commendable to have such a stable directing standard. Although the box office of Deng Chao and Yu Baimei ("China Ping Pong’s Jedi Counterattack") is not good, it shows high artistic quality and is the best work of the two in recent years. Director Gao Qunshu’s "Tip of the Knife" has both the great drama tension and audio-visual impact of spy films in stories, characters and images, and the director’s distinct personal style and expression of beliefs, destiny, human nature and feelings for family and country. It is another masterpiece after "The Wind"; Dapeng’s "Warm" story is very burning and touching, and the street dance scenes are wonderful, showing his increasingly mature directing style.

The screenplay is the foundation of a drama. Among the screenwriters nominated for this year’s Golden Mayflower Awards, Chen Yu and Zhang Yimou ("Manjianhong") have collaborated many times in recent years to produce excellent works. They are veritable gold screenwriters and best partners. This time, it is reasonable to be nominated. The screenwriters of "Going All Out" and "Vanishing Her" have been able to set off a movie-watching boom this summer, and the screenwriters of the two films’ bid for the Olympic Games, Zhang Yifan, Xu Luoyang, Chen Sicheng and Gu Shuyi have played a great role. The excellent level of drama presented to the audience by the screenwriters of "Changan Thirty Thousand Miles" and "Enthusiasm" is also one of the key factors for the success of these two films.

The above-mentioned filmmakers who have been nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay are currently the best in the Chinese film industry. They all demonstrate excellent director or screenwriting skills, making it difficult to give up. It is difficult to predict who will win the prize in the end.

The Golden Mayflower Award of the New Era International Film Festival was established in 2019. It is a film selection event held in Macau, China to promote the "Chinese Dream". It is jointly initiated and hosted by a number of mainstream media in Hong Kong and Macau, with strategic support from the China Entertainment Industry Research Institute, China Film Academy, and China Urban Research Institute.

The first New Era International Film Festival was launched in Macao in January 2019, selecting the top ten films, top ten directors, top ten actors, top ten actresses and top ten screenwriters in the 40 years of reform and opening up, and making a significant impact at home and abroad; the second New Era International Film Festival was held in Macao in October 2020, selecting the top ten film directors, top ten film screenwriters, top ten film actors, top ten film actresses and other awards since the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China; the third New Era International Film Festival was held in Macao in January 2022, publicly recognizing "100 film workers with outstanding contributions" and "100 high-quality films in 100 years". Xia Yan, Tian Han, Shao Yifu, Zou Wenhuai, Xie Jin, Yu Lan, Qin Yi, Tian Hua, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Xu Ke, Niu Ben, Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Li Xuejian, Chen Daoming, Jiang Wen, Gong Li, Ge You, Jet Li, Wu Jing, Zhang Hanyu, Hui Yinghong, Zhang Ziyi and other old, middle and young filmmakers have all won the Golden Yanghua Award.

On the evening of December 20, the 4th New Era International Film Festival Golden Flower Awards will be held at the Wynn Palace in Macau. Who will win the awards? The mystery will be revealed at that time, let’s wait and see.

Looking forward to the 2008 Geneva Motor Show: six beautiful cars are the first to see (Figure)

  


  


  


  Geneva is a world-famous neutral country, so the Geneva Motor Show has completely inherited the country’s "attitude towards life"-neutrality and objectivity. The biggest feature of the Geneva Motor Show is that it treats all car factories equally, without any racial prejudice, and will not give special care to the domestic automobile industry, because there is no automobile industry in Switzerland. Every Geneva Motor Show, major automakers in Europe, the United States, Japan, etc. participate in the most luxurious lineup. This year’s Geneva Motor Show will be officially unveiled in March. Different from the past, in addition to many domestic brands, there will be many new cars to be introduced at the Geneva Motor Show. Let’s pay attention to these new cars.


  Volvo XC60


  After the unprecedented success of its seven-seater full-size luxury SUV XC90, the XC60 concept new car that was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in 2007 is regarded as the forerunner of the global cross-border SUV. Recently, Volvo officially announced that the official production version of XC60 will be officially unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show. This novel and unique new car will be launched globally at the end of 2008 and enter the China market early next year. Competitors of this XC60 include Mercedes-Benz GLK, BMW X3, Audi Q5, Volkswagen Tiguan and so on.


  Ford sixth generation Fiesta


  Changan Ford will continue to bet on the "new car" this year, the most striking of which is the sixth generation Fiesta, which will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. If there are no accidents, this new car will be unveiled and put into production in China in the second half of the year and will be listed at the end of the year.


  The sixth generation Fiesta is the first mass-produced model of Ford concept car "Verve". In addition to the three-door model, the information of five-door models will be announced at the Geneva Motor Show. By comparing the pictures, we can find that the difference between the new generation Fiesta and Verve is quite small, and they have basically the same lines and designs, and only make adjustments in details, such as the large air dam at the front of the car, the combination of lights, and the chrome decoration under the fog lights.


  The chassis structure is the same as MAZDA2. In addition, the new Fiesta provides five power specifications. The gasoline engine includes two Duratec systems of 1.3 liters and 1.4 liters. In addition, a 1.6-liter Ti-VCT gasoline engine is added for the first time, with a maximum horsepower of 115 horsepower, which is more environmentally friendly than the previous generation.


  The second generation of British and finidi FX models


  In 2007, it was officially introduced into China, and Britain and finidi got a good start, and its FX, G, EX and other models were well received by the market. At this Geneva Motor Show, Britain and finidi prepared a rich feast-the second-generation FX car, which showed the determination of Britain and finidi to enter the European market, and it was reported that this new car would be introduced to China for a bigger market share at the first time.


  It has been nearly five years since the FX model was officially introduced into the market in 2003. Although the shape is still quite avant-garde from today’s point of view, it is inevitable that the second generation FX will come out in the face of the comprehensive upgrading of strong competitors. However, the news about the second generation FX is still quite limited, only that it will be equipped with a brand-new V8 power system.


  Chevrolet small change to Le Cheng


  A small modified Le Cheng made its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2007. It was a five-door hatchback car. At this Geneva Motor Show, GM Europe announced that it would release a brand-new three-door version of the car. Different from the previous five-door version, the Le Cheng three-door version has slightly changed the front face, enlarged the design of the Chevrolet cross factory emblem, and has a brand-new combination of red and white rear taillights. The car will be equipped with gasoline engines with displacement of 1.2L and 1.4L.. It is reported that Le Cheng will be listed in the middle of the year, with a five-door model and then a three-door model, which will impact the growing personalized car market.


  The Eighth European Accord


  Recently, Honda announced the European version of the eighth generation Accord, which will be officially unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. Previously, the eighth generation Accord imported by Guangzhou Honda was the American version, which was quite different in appearance design. There are four-door and five-door versions on the model, and the pentagonal shield chrome-plated water tank cover is more stereoscopic than the American version, and it is full of sharp lines on the whole, showing incomparable aggression.


  The low center of gravity and wide car body are the characteristics of the Japan-Europe Accord, especially the five-door version, which can not only reduce the height of the luggage compartment floor, but also achieve the stability of driving and handling, and also provide excellent seating space and comfort. In addition, irregular chrome-plated door handles and double exhaust tailpipes will be standard equipment, and the rim size is 17 and 18 inches. (Ma Haiyan)

Editor: Wang Yuxi