From "My First Half Life" to "Please Call Me Director", how does Huang Lan, the producer of explosion stories, achieve a new connection with the audience?

Author | Weinika

Editor | Li Chunhui

 

"It’s hard for her to run away from him and chase her," so that the audience can watch the last episode and continue the next episode, and they want to kiss after falling down. At first, Please Call Me Director was broadcast, but it was also mistaken for such a routine-after all, it was "900 million girls’ dream" starring Kenny Lin and "girl next door" Seven. But as the plot continues to advance,The audience’s presupposition was broken..

 

Ning Meng, the hostess, left Ba Zong Lu Ming and went all the way, growing from a secretary to director Ning; However, the bully Lu Ming has been constantly changed and cured by Ning Meng, and has become more and more concerned about others from a mean and vicious tongue.

 

As an urban emotional drama, please call me director is commendable: it not only allows us to see the growth of independent women, but also allows us to see the transformation of imperfect men, without ignoring the growth arc of any one character. It does make sense that it can eventually break the circle of young audiences, win over both ends of the network and Xian Yi, young and old, and gain reputation and popularity.

 

"Every time I do a play, I think more about whether I can join the understanding of life at this stage. If you only think about type elements and cater to a fixed audience, it will be easy to split. People who only love and don’t do business are also incomplete. " Huang Lan, the producer, told Hard Sugar Jun the starting point of her play.

 

This is the eighth urban emotional drama produced by Huang Lan. From The Man, My First Half Life to Please Call me Director, it has spanned nearly ten years.She can always identify the pulse of different times, gain insight into the pain points of modern women, and heal every female audience at the same time. It is always said that domestic urban emotional drama is the hardest hit area of suspension concentrate, but Huang Lan can always produce works with the same quality. What is her content password?

 

Jump type paradigm

Take care of reality from the perspective of characters

 

"A life with love, career and family influence is a three-dimensional and comprehensive life. We didn’t extract an element separately to make a selling point. " When Huang Lan talked about the creation of The Director, he didn’t intend to copy any kind of paradigm from the beginning.

 

According to Hard Sugar Jun, many film and television companies in the industry want to do urban emotional dramas with light comedies, but it is difficult to get rid of suspension and vulgarity at the creative level and give up. In Huang Lan’s view, the key to pry open this kind of urban emotional drama is to start from people and pay attention to the relationship between people and the self-growth of characters.

Perhaps as an ordinary audience, I think that making a sweet pet drama is nothing more than constantly "sprinkling sugar". Making an urban emotional drama is either a routine of Marisol or a mode of selling social anxiety, and many dramas are indeed true. Huang Lan, however, thinks that in the paradigms of sweet pet drama and urban emotional drama,What is really worth refining is the common law of human feelings behind it-the audience needs to feel happy and loved.That is, thinking about creation from the level of people’s emotional needs.

 

To create a vivid character, we should think that he/she is influenced by love, career, family and other aspects. When Ning Meng was a child, her father failed to start a business with unreliable investors, so she wanted to be a reliable investor and escort valuable entrepreneurs. Her optimistic personality also comes from such a loving family with harmonious parents.

 

Lu Mingming lost his mother from childhood and grew up under the strict education of his father, forming a mean character of lack of love. But it’s not that he doesn’t know it. He wants to change himself through hard work the day after tomorrow. One small detail is that Lu Mingming is reading Watzlawik’s Change.

 

On the surface, Lu Mingming and Ning Meng are a social status composition in which men are superior to women, but in fact, from the perspective of inner strength, women are stronger than men. Ning Meng’s inner strength is obviously stronger than that of the male master Lu Mingming, and eventually she is more and more successful in her career. In turn, she helped heal Lu Mingming, whose career was not smooth, and they formed a complementary relationship and established an ideal concept of equal love.

 

"The road you have traveled, the books you have read and the people you have loved make up your life." Huang Lan relayed this sentence from Zhang Ailing, which is also her creative principle to guide the construction of characters. Whether He Han talked about consulting industry in My First Half of Life or Lu Mingming talked about investment industry in Director, it all comes down to people’s problems and people’s art.

 

In Huang Lan’s view, 70% of every line and job we do is actually learning social psychology experience, and 30% is the professional characteristics and industry-specific laws.. Whether it is a producer, an investment bank or a consultant, any career evaluation project is inseparable from social psychology. Many times, TV drama content creation just pays too much attention to the characteristics of channel B, such as rhythm, network sense and so on, but ignores the psychology of audience C.

Producer Huang Lan (left) and director Yao Tingting (right)

 

"Tingting and I both pay more attention to the growth of characters." Huang Lan talked about the idea of co-creation with director Yao Tingting. Director Yao Tingting’s parents expected her to be a teacher or a civil servant, but she refused this stable life and stuck to her dream of directing. So far, she has directed many works such as In a hurry that year and I’ll wait for you at the end of time. From youthful love to urban workplace, she regards the creative process of different characters as the "introspection" of self-growth. Huang Lan, the producer, studied economics in Moscow for a master’s degree after graduating from Russian. Her curiosity about life drove her to take an active part in her study, work and life and experience it calmly. The two people who have a passion for exploring the unknown and a rich workplace also inject their own philosophy into the play.

 

For example, in the face of a boss like Lu Mingming who loses his temper, don’t take it seriously. When his temper is over, it is good to solve the problem in a practical way. This is taken care of by Ning Meng. Usually, when we are angered, we often don’t see the whole picture.

 

From My First Half Life to Please Call me Director.

Grasp the social symptoms of women

 

Huang Lan’s past ten works, whether ancient or modern, are mostly discussed by outsiders. At present, the creation of film and television dramas coincides with the trend of "her theme", and various dramas under the banner of women’s independent consciousness emerge one after another. Huang Lan is a pioneer who set foot in "her theme" ten years ago.

 

"From the past to the present, women’s consciousness has changed significantly." Huang Lan said,In fact, every work is aimed at the awakening of women’s consciousness in a specific society, more like the right medicine.

 

Tan Yunxian in Biography of the Female Doctor and Ru Yi in Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace were vague about women’s self-awareness at first, which was caused by the long-term shackles of ancient ethics.

 

Tan Yunxian was born in a medical family, but her career as a doctor was constantly suppressed by her father and society. At first, she obeyed many restrictions on women’s career as a doctor. Later, she defied rumors and resisted secular prejudice, and pioneered the establishment of a female medical system.

 

Under the inspiration of Lang Shining, Ru Yi realized the concept of "one couple for life", that is, the modern concept of "monogamy". In the end, Ru Yi experienced the process from love to separation in her "marriage" with the emperor, and she rebelled against the harem system by cutting her hair to represent her determination to "divorce". And different from other court plays, harem concubines are like authoritative guardians.In Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace, every woman around the emperor resisted to varying degrees.

 

The audience can see the social injustice to women from Biography of the Female Doctor and the Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace. At the same time, they can see that the heroines don’t just suffer from it without knowing it, but they stick to their principles by fighting. But when it comes to Luo Zijun in the urban emotional drama My First Half Life and Xia Bing in The Story of Hot Mom, the female consciousness is no longer vague, but it has undergone a change.

 

Luo Zijun was a rich wife who enjoyed happiness at first, and experienced changes in marriage. After divorce, she began to change and gradually grew into a self-reliant career woman. At first, Xia Bing was a female white-collar worker who didn’t know anything about the world and went her own way. After getting married and having children, in the conflict between her mother-in-law and her husband’s emotional changes, she gradually converged and found a balance between family life and the principle of self-care.

 

In "My First Half Life" and "The Story of Hot Mom", we can see that women’s roles leave marriage and enter the social adaptation process of marriage, and women’s focus is still on the balance between career and family.By 2022, when Ning Meng was in The Director, the female consciousness was completely unambiguous and unchanged. From the beginning, she got rid of the emotional bondage and made clear her career goals in life.

Huang Lan believes that Ning Meng has won the recognition of so many female audiences because she not only represents the image of 20+ young girls now-they are not bound by traditional concepts and have a more determined self; Let 30+ mature women project their ideal self-an ordinary girl with no background, and strive to pursue her goals in life and work, realizing a double harvest of career and love.

 

Huang Lan’s works have been infused with female consciousness in line with the background in different times, hitting the emotional point of social topics and grasping the common emotional needs of women of different ages. The female consciousness in film and television works is not to resist for the sake of resistance, but to extract the most representative behaviors based on careful observation of society and then inject them into creation.

 

There is a bridge in "Director" that is deeply impressed by Hard Sugar Jun. Ning Meng has been bringing tea and water to her boss, but Su Weiran, the second man, offered to pour water for her. It’s just like Sha, a housewife who has served her husband for a long time, is tied by another man, which implies that society is accustomed to women’s constant efforts and takes care of women’s feelings that need to be cared for.

 

Maintain a "heart-to-heart" with the audience.

 

In the eyes of the audience, TV series is an entertainment consumer product. From the perspective of the platform, TV series is a content product. As a producer, Huang Lan thinks that TV series is a "spiritual product".

 

"Hearts are connected" is the production goal that Huang Lan has been pursuing, and her own company is named after it. "Hearts are in harmony" means that she hopes to maintain a symbiotic and co-creation relationship with creators, producers, platforms and audiences. As a producer, she pursues the consensus with creators, producers and platforms, but at the same time, she does not forget the empathy with the audience.

Huang Lan didn’t want to stop here after trading a number of explosive urban emotions and costume dramas.She has a new cooperation with her old club, Xinli Media-the brand of "New Linxi" controlled by Xinli Media was established, and the name of the former company was changed from "Heart with Linxi" to "New".

 

"New" not only represents Xinli Media, but also represents an innovative spirit. Huang Lan wants to do something different with Xinli Media.

 

From the beginning of its establishment in 2007, in the past 15 years, Xinli Media has not been confined to a single track, and has produced one boutique drama after another in multiple drama types. In addition to the classic urban dramas "The Story of Hot Mom", "The Man" and "My First Half Life" mentioned above, there are also works adapted from serious literature, such as Parents’ Love and White Deer Plain. In terms of spy war dramas, Xinli used to have classic Kite and Cliff, and in recent two years, she also had Rebel with young voice and poetic aesthetics, and innovated the spy war work "The Wind Rises in Longxi". In the adaptation of male-frequency IP, Joy of Life’s "My Widow" and "Fighting the Mainland" succeeded in this year’s "Fierce Knife in the Snow", which broke the argument that male-frequency IP is dead.

 

Huang Lan believes that artistic creation is doomed to failure if it is only repeated. The audience who have studied film theory must remember the golden rule of Hollywood genre film research: genre creation follows the principle of "periodic change", that is, every once in a while, a new "main genre" becomes the mainstream. Because there are two characteristics of audience psychology: conservatism and variability, on the one hand, the audience is willing to get the same emotional satisfaction in the same type of paradigm. On the other hand, curiosity also drives the audience to pursue novelty. A type of repetition and follow-up production will always usher in the burnout period of the audience.

 

"Only by constantly pushing yourself forward." In Huang Lan’s view, creators should have such consciousness. Of course, the innovation represented by "going forward" will make the platform and audience feel insecure. The platform will question whether I can buy a new product, and the audience will also question whether I will waste my time and money when I buy a new product.

 

However, through years of experience in fighting side by side with Xinli Media, Huang Lan and Xinli proved themselves with one work after another. Next, the "New Linxi" brand not only has an explosive IP sequel, but also a juvenile costume drama different from previous works.

 

"There is no repetition in form, but the philosophy is the same." Huang Lan concluded that no matter in the past or at present, her tacit creative ideas with Xinli Media are based on observing people’s hearts, observing the relationship between people, recording the individual’s fate in the great era, and responding to the ever-changing theme with the unchanging ideas. The pursuit of "new spirit" is the return to people-oriented creation. In recent years, the channels of TV dramas have changed, the types of market mainstays have changed, and the mainstream aesthetics of the audience have changed. Only the human characteristics and emotional needs remain unchanged. Insight into people is the key to the audience of TV dramas.

Focus interview: guarding the mother river according to law

  Cctv news(Focus Interview): The Yellow River is the mother river of the Chinese nation. Protecting this mother river is a Millennium plan related to the great rejuvenation and sustainable development of the Chinese nation. In order to promote the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin under the rule of law, on April 1, 2023, following the Yangtze River Protection Law, the second river basin law in China was officially implemented. Now, the Yellow River Protection Law has been implemented for more than a year, and the ancient Yellow River has quietly changed.

  From the source of the Three Rivers to the estuary, in the past year, the ancient Yellow River is full of new vitality.

  Li Xiaojing, first-class inspector of the Policy and Regulation Department of the Ministry of Water Resources, said: "Since the implementation of the Yellow River Protection Law one year ago, the ecological flow of the main stream and tributaries of the Yellow River has all reached the standard, and the ecological flow and ecological water level of key rivers and lakes have reached the standard rate of over 90%. Ecological flow and ecological water level are a minimum set to maintain the basic ecological safety of healthy aquatic organisms in rivers and lakes. In order to strengthen the ecological protection and restoration of the Yellow River Basin, the Yellow River Protection Law also specifically stipulates the ecological flow and ecological water level of important river sections and lakes. Guarantee system. "

  On April 1st last year, following the Yangtze River Protection Law, the second law on the protection of the Yellow River basin in China was officially implemented, which provided a strong guarantee for promoting the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin, and also provided a legal weapon for punishing the crime of destroying the mineral resources of the Yellow River.

  During his detention, the defendant Yang learned the Yellow River Protection Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) and realized the importance of ecological protection of the Yellow River. This is the first case in China that the Yellow River Protection Law was applied to punish the crime of destroying the mineral resources of the Yellow River after its implementation.

  Xin Li, President of Criminal Trial Chamber of Zhengzhou Railway Transport Court, said: "River sand is a valuable nonmetallic mineral resource in our country. Illegal sand mining has disturbed the dynamics of the Yellow River water flow, aggravated the siltation of the river, changed the riverbed shape, increased the hidden danger of flood control, and also had an irreversible impact on the living environment of aquatic organisms in the Yellow River."

  In 2023, as a court with centralized jurisdiction over environmental resources cases in the Yellow River Basin in Henan Province, Zhengzhou Railway Court concluded 784 cases, involving soil and air pollution, compensation for ecological environment damage, restoration of damaged ecology, and cracking down on illegal fishing, endangering wildlife, deforestation and other illegal crimes. The Yellow River Protection Law is a basic, comprehensive and commanding special law for the Yellow River Basin. In 2021, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the Outline of the Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-quality Development Plan, which clearly pointed out the shortcomings and weaknesses of the Yellow River Basin development: the biggest contradiction in the Yellow River Basin is the shortage of water resources, the biggest problem is the ecological fragility, the biggest threat is the flood, the biggest shortcoming is the insufficient development of high quality, and the biggest weakness is the insufficient development of people’s livelihood.

  Li Xiaojing: "The Yellow River is one of the most difficult rivers to harness in the world. Historically, it once burst twice every three years and changed its course once every hundred years. The flood disaster affected Tianjin in the north and Jianghuai in the south. The Yellow River has less water and more sediment, and the relationship between water and sediment is not harmonious. The average water resources of the Yellow River for many years is less than one seventh of that of the Yangtze River, accounting for only 2% of the whole country. There is a shortage of water resources, but the Yellow River basin has raised 15% of cultivated land and 12% of the population. In view of these special problems of the Yellow River, with the river as the link, water as the core and the basin as the foundation, a set of legal systems in line with the water conditions and river conditions of the Yellow River Basin will be established to promote the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin on the track of the rule of law. "

  Problem-oriented, aiming at various outstanding problems in the Yellow River basin, special institutional measures are stipulated, which is the characteristic of the Yellow River Protection Law. For example, water shortage in the Yellow River basin is inevitable, so water conservation is imperative. Saving water is also an inevitable choice for the future high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin.

  Binzhou is a serious water shortage area, and the Yellow River water is the main source of irrigation in Binzhou. How to maximize the benefits of the limited Yellow River water is the top priority of the Yellow River diversion work now. Farmland irrigation technology has been improved in the fields of several major irrigation areas in Binzhou. The water supply department should grasp the water demand in real time, monitor the water supply progress and implement accurate water distribution.

  In September 2019, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out at the symposium on ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin that it is necessary to adhere to the principle of water-based cities, land, people and production, and regard water resources as the greatest rigid constraint. Aiming at the biggest contradiction of water shortage, the Yellow River Protection Law makes comprehensive provisions on total water consumption control, compulsory water consumption quota and water resources allocation project construction.

  Lin Zhao, Director of Rural Water Resources Department of Shandong Provincial Water Resources Department: "Do a good job ‘ Four waters and four determinations ’ We strictly supervise canal water and actively carry out water-saving renovation of the project. According to the development and utilization of water and soil resources and the matching of water and soil resources in the province, we set the goal of the development of irrigation area in the province by 2035. "

  "Four waters and four settings" is a rigid constraint on the intensive use of water resources. The whole Yellow River basin should strengthen measures such as agricultural water saving and efficiency improvement, industrial water saving and emission reduction, and urban water saving and loss reduction. In the Yellow River Protection Law, there are 17 clauses of "explicit prohibition", 10 clauses of "forbidden behavior" and 16 clauses of "strict control and restriction", which are insurmountable red lines.

  Li Xiaojing: "The Yellow River is short of water resources. The utilization rate of water resources in the Yellow River has reached 80%, and there are still extensive problems in water use. To this end, the General Secretary proposed to implement the maximum rigid constraint of water resources in the Yellow River Basin, and how many soups there are, which means that the water resources in a region are overloaded, which means that the water intake has exceeded the carrying capacity of this region, which is what we often say. The water resources are overdrawn, so in addition to the protection of domestic water, the new water intake permit may not be approved. "

  The scope of application of the Yellow River Protection Law is not 795,000 square kilometers of the traditional natural basin, but according to the needs of ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin, it covers 439 county-level administrative regions in 9 provinces, 72 cities and lakes, totaling 1.32 million square kilometers. The Yellow River Protection Law stipulates 82 responsibilities of local people’s governments at or above the county level, which is one of the laws that stipulate the responsibilities of all parties.

  The Yellow River water flowing from Qinghai meanders in Linxia, Gansu, and then enters Lanzhou. In the past two years, after comprehensive and detailed investigation, there are 874 outlets on the main stream and tributaries of the Yellow River in Linxia, most of which are rainwater outlets or abandoned outlets, but 30 outlets are mixed with domestic sewage. All the sewage outlets have been traced by the environmental protection department, and they have been rectified one by one according to the source of sewage.

  Sewage collected through the pipe network enters the sewage treatment plant for treatment. In order to improve the sewage treatment effect, sewage treatment plants in 8 counties and districts of Linxia Prefecture have been upgraded.

  Han Zhenze, head of the Yanguoxia Sewage Treatment Plant in Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, said: "Our imported COD (chemical oxygen demand) is 95.28 mg per liter, ammonia nitrogen is 28.53 mg per liter, the effluent ammonia nitrogen can reach 0.14 mg per liter, and COD (chemical oxygen demand) can reach 13.31 mg per liter, which is the national first-class A treatment standard."

  At the place where the Yellow River flows out of Linxia, there is also a water quality monitoring station, where the monitoring is automatic and manual intervention is not allowed.

  In terms of sewage treatment, it is stipulated that the local people’s governments at or above the county level in the Yellow River Basin should organize the investigation and rectification of the sewage outlets of rivers and lakes in their administrative areas, clarify the responsible subjects, and implement classified management. This clarifies the boundaries of powers and responsibilities in legal form and strengthens the government’s supervisory responsibilities.

  Li Shenggang, deputy director of the Bureau of Ecological Environment of Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province: "Territorial management is to implement the responsibility and responsibility of defending the soil. The foothold is to ensure the environmental quality to give the people a better and more beautiful production and living environment, and we ensure to hand over better water quality to the downstream."

  The Yellow River Basin is a unique, complete, complex and huge social ecosystem. A law on the river basin must strengthen the overall concept to ensure that "a blueprint is drawn to the end". Cross-regional and inter-provincial cooperation, ecological water replenishment, ecological protection compensation, etc., have become legal and inevitable actions.

  Peng Cheng, deputy director of the Water Mediation Department of Shandong Yellow River Affairs Bureau, said: "The ecology of the Yellow River Delta has suffered serious damage, with shrinking rivers, degraded wetlands and seawater intrusion. Water is an important factor in ecological factors, and the improvement of the ecological environment is inseparable from the protection of boiled water resources. The Yellow River Water Conservancy Commission Shandong Yellow River Affairs Bureau will carry out ecological water replenishment for the Yellow River Delta every year. "

  In the past, ecological water replenishment was relatively passive, mainly before the flood season. The Yellow River Protection Law clearly puts forward the overall requirements of ecological water replenishment and maintaining the ecological function of the estuary. Not long ago, according to the Yellow River Protection Law, Shandong Province formulated the local regulations "Regulations on Yellow River Protection in Shandong Province", which further refined and clarified the orientation, path and measures of ecological protection in the delta. The delta wetland is not only well restored, but also enlarged and widened by replenishing water as needed and scientifically dispatching.

  The Yellow River is the birthplace of the Chinese nation and gave birth to Chinese civilization. The Law on the Protection of the Yellow River stipulates specific measures to protect, inherit and carry forward the Yellow River culture in the form of legal system. After the implementation of the Yellow River Protection Law, many areas along the Yellow River are taking actions according to law to protect and inherit the Yellow River culture.

  There is a manor in Jiyang District, Jinan, Shandong Province, which was built in the Ming Dynasty, showing the ancient architecture culture and historical features of the Yellow River Basin. However, due to wind and rain erosion and inadequate management and protection, there are hidden dangers such as house damage and wall collapse in the manor. After receiving the clues, the Jiyang District Procuratorate filed a case for review according to law and issued pre-litigation procuratorial suggestions to relevant administrative organs.

  The Yellow River Protection Law has been implemented for one year, and the results have already appeared. It is becoming the practice of hundreds of millions of people to rule by law and protect the mother river with the power of the rule of law. However, we must also see that problems such as water shortage, ecological fragility, flood threat and insufficient high-quality development still exist, and some places are still outstanding. Under the escort of the Yellow River Protection Law, the Yellow River will surely become a river of happiness for the benefit of the people.

Do military deterrence to the extreme? This time the United States sent over 50,000 troops to deploy around Iran.

CCTV News:Recently, the United States has continued to increase its military deployment in the surrounding areas of Iran. The British "Guardian" conducted a rough statistics a few days ago, showing that there are currently more than 50,000 US troops deployed around Iran.

According to the Guardian, the current US military deployment in the Middle East is: 2,500 in Turkey, 5,100 in Iraq, 1,500 in Jordan, 15,000 in Kuwait, 7,000 in Bahrain, 11,000 in Qatar, 2,500 in Saudi Arabia, 5,000 in United Arab Emirates, 4,000 in Djibouti and 200 in Oman, with a total of nearly 54,000. At the same time, the "Lincoln" aircraft carrier battle group and B-52 bombers were also dispatched to the Persian Gulf.

Some analysts believe that the main purpose of the United States at present is to attack the Iranian economy through military deterrence and severe sanctions, incite the dissatisfaction of the Iranian people, and put pressure on the Iranian government. Therefore, the possibility of a war is not great.

Rouhani made a tough voice: resistance is the only choice.

Recently, the situation in the United States and Iraq has suddenly become tense because the United States lifted the sanctions exemption for eight Iranian crude oil importers.

 Rouhani (data map)

According to CNN, the Iranian side believes that the current position of the US government on bilateral relations is "crazy" and "chaotic". On the evening of 19th, US President Trump sent a message on social platforms threatening Iran, saying that if Iran wanted to fight, it would be the official end of Iran. But then the U.S. government changed its attitude, saying that any provocative act by Iran would encounter "powerful forces", but the United States was also willing to negotiate with Iran.

According to Sputnik news agency & radio, citing the Iranian National News Agency, in response to the US remarks, Rouhani stated on the evening of 20th that all Iranian officials had reached a consensus and would stubbornly resist the US sanctions policy.

Rouhani said: "If we quit the Iranian nuclear deal just because of the provocative behavior of the United States, the United Nations and the whole world will impose sanctions on us, except the United States. I support negotiation channels and diplomatic means, but I will not accept it under the current situation. The current situation is not suitable for negotiation. We only have one choice, and that is resistance. "

Century Erqi Factory witnessed the early workers’ movement in China.

  Original title: Century Erqi Factory witnessed the early workers’ movement in China.

The century-old factory area of Erqi Factory has now become the 1897 Science and Technology City of Erqi Factory, providing a brand-new urban living space for the surrounding residents. The picture shows the surrounding residents visiting the exhibition.

The century-old factory area of Erqi Factory has now become the 1897 Science and Technology City of Erqi Factory, providing a brand-new urban living space for the surrounding residents. The picture shows the surrounding residents visiting the exhibition. Photo by Ping Liu

  In 1897 Kechuang City, Erqi Factory, the former site of the "Erqi" strike in Changxindian, Fengtai District, a special exhibition called "Centennial Follow-up" is going on. Precious exhibits and historical materials, such as the "foreign" railway tracks more than 120 years ago and the payroll of railway workers in Changxindian a hundred years ago, show the vigorous workers’ movement in Changxindian area in the 1920s and the century-long development course of railway construction in China.

  Eight modern buildings remain in the former site of the "February 27" strike.

  Walking into the 1897 Kechuang City of Erqi Factory, there are several European-style buildings scattered around the central lawn. The unique triangular mountain flowers and round ventilation window on the gable are unique. These old buildings with a hundred years of history are the modern architectural remains of Erqi Locomotive Factory.

  The history of Erqi Locomotive Works can be traced back to 1897. As a part of Lubao Railway, the Qing government set up a simple small factory on the north side of the west bank of Lugou Bridge that year-Lugou Bridge Machinery Factory of Lubao Railway. In 1900, under the coercion of western forces, the northern end of Lubao Railway was extended to Qianmen and renamed Jinghan Railway. The original Lugouqiao Machine Factory of Lubao Railway was moved to Changxindian and renamed as "Changxindian Machine Factory of Jinghan Railway". The earliest batch of industrial workers in Beijing was born here, which is one of the birthplaces of modern industry in Beijing, and it has become the starting point and model of combining Marxism with the workers’ movement in China in the changing historical process. Mao Zedong once commented, "The China Workers’ Movement started from Changxindian Railway Factory."

  In 1966, the factory was renamed as "Beijing Erqi Locomotive and Rolling Stock Factory", which was named after "Erqi" for the first time. Since then, Erqi Factory has continued to operate until it stopped production and transformed in 2018.

  Today, there are still 8 modern architectural remains in Erqi Factory, including 7 office buildings and 1 production workshop. Among the office buildings, 6 are French style buildings and 1 is Belgian style buildings. As a whole, the building is built with fair-faced brick walls, with two slopes covered with iron tile roofs, modern doors and windows decorated, triangular mountain flowers on the upper part of gables, decorative lines around the feet, and a circular ventilation window in the center. The production workshop is a typical modern workshop building form.

  These eight modern architectural remains of Erqi Locomotive Works were selected as the seventh batch of "National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units" in 2013, which is one of the former sites of the "Erqi" strike in Changxindian, Fengtai District. After the dismantling of the manufacturing industry of Erqi Locomotive Company in 2018, these modern architectural remains are in an idle state. At present, Fengtai District Cultural and Tourism Bureau has organized and started the structural inspection of cultural relics buildings, and the repair work will be carried out later.

  Precious historical materials reproduce the railway workers’ movement a hundred years ago

  In the auditorium of the factory, which was built in 1933, the special exhibition "One Hundred Years of Follow-up" is under way. Entering the special exhibition hall, a train "drives" head-on. This is a set based on the first generation locomotive of "Mao Zedong". The hammer and caliper on the front of the locomotive are the symbols of workers. The ground under the locomotive is covered with glass plates, and there are two rails under the glass plates. These two railway tracks have a lot of origins: one was made in 1896 and the other was made in 1897, when they crossed the ocean to Beijing and were used to build the Lubao Railway.

  There is a historical photo of Zhang Zhengui in the exhibition, which is the image of Changxindian Railway Station when it was completed in 1899. Mao Zedong, Deng Zhongxia and other revolutionary movements in Changxindian all got off here.

  In the exhibition, there is also the wage table of Changxindian Locomotive Works at that time, that is, the "salary" list. At that time, the factory was very strict with the management of workers, and implemented a "big week" working system, that is, one day off every two weeks, going to work at 6 am and leaving work at 6 pm every day, excluding lunch breaks. Ordinary workers had to work 11 hours a day, but their wages were only a few cents, and it was difficult for these ordinary workers to get all their wages. However, foreign factory directors and employees work 8 hours a day and take a day off every week, but their wages are several times, dozens of times or even higher than those of workers.

  At that time, apart from the double oppression and exploitation of imperialism and warlords, the foremen also set up many unreasonable regulations privately, such as fines for drinking water and speaking during working hours, and the foremen used the money exploited by the workers to build houses for the workers to live in collectively, and forced the workers to join in for dinner, which was called "Guo Gang". There are twenty or thirty people to fifty or sixty people in each "pot gang", and at most 70 people live in three rooms. After layers of exploitation, workers get very little salary.

  Before and after the May 4th Movement, in order to find the knowledge and truth of saving the country and strengthening the country, a large number of aspiring young people went to France to work and study. Why did the preparatory class for studying in France choose to be established in Changxindian? It turns out that Changxindian Railway Factory was built and managed in the French, which has the foundation of learning French and can also provide opportunities for work-study.

  After the May 4th Movement, railway workers in Changxindian began to accept the influence of new ideas. In March, 1920, Li Dazhao, Deng Zhongxia and others secretly established the Marxist Theory Research Association in Peking University. Shi Wenbin and Ge Shugui, railway workers in Changxindian, were members of the Marxist Theory Research Association. In order to publicize Marxism to workers and awaken their class consciousness, the communist party early organization in Beijing put forward the slogan of "Go among the workers". After the establishment of the Beijing communist party Group at the end of 1920, Li Dazhao sent Deng Zhongxia and others to Changxindian to consult with Shi Wenbin and other workers to organize a labor cram school. Changxindian labor tutorial school is known as the rising place of "Red Star in the North" and has trained a group of backbones for the workers’ movement. In the second half of 1921, Shi Wenbin, Wang Jun and Kang Jingxing joined the Party and became the first batch of workers in Changxindian, party member.

  The old factory area, which has witnessed the vigorous workers’ movement for a hundred years, has been transformed into a science and technology city with a new format. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, China’s railway industry has also developed vigorously, and its independent innovation ability has been continuously enhanced, and it has made one remarkable achievement after another.

  Transformation of Erqi Old Factory Building Embracing New Business Form

  The history of Erqi Factory has continued from modern times to this day. The present 1897 Kechuang City of Erqi Factory was transformed from a century-old factory. Walking in the factory, I saw the boring machine turned into a waterfall fountain, the waste industrial iron drum turned into a black-and-white cow, the small crane became a road flag, and the shovel head and valve were painted with different colors to become tropical fish and bouquets.

  In addition to these amazing landscapes under the arrangement of waste instruments and tools, the whole factory has bid farewell to the old appearance of industrial production and become a brand-new urban living space.

  Here, we can see a new space with industrial style and fashionable style inside, and Building N16 is one of the representative works. It used to be a factory building with an area of more than 600 square meters and a height of 10 meters. After careful design, it was transformed into a three-story space with a usable area of more than 1,200 square meters. It has a large-scale ladder "classroom" that can accommodate more than 120 people at the same time, a shared reading area, and a multi-functional conference room, office and living room that can accommodate 30 to 100 people.

  Factory buildings have been transformed into incubators, cultural and creative spaces, restaurants and bars, children’s entertainment spaces and shopping spaces, enriching people’s lives in Changxindian and even the west bank of Fengtai section of Yongding River. The 1897 Science and Technology Innovation City of Erqi Factory has injected a strong vitality into Changxindian and led a new way of regional development. (Sun Ying)

  Guide to visit the former site of the "February 27" strike

  Address: No.1 Yanggongzhuang, Erqi Road, Fengtai District

  Opening hours: The "Centennial Follow-up" special exhibition will be held from Tuesday to Saturday from 9: 00 to 16: 00 (it will be closed from 12: 00 to 13: 00 and closed at 15:30).

  Appointment method: Pay attention to "Beijing Fengtai" WeChat WeChat official account, and click "Pavilion Appointment" at the bottom of the homepage.

At least eight people were killed in a shooting at a high school in Texas, USA.

  On May 18, in Santa Fe, Galveston County, Texas, security personnel were on guard around Santa Fe High School where the shooting took place. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Song Qiong)

  Xinhua News Agency, Santa Fe, Texas, May 18 (Reporter Gao Lu Liu Liwei) A shooting incident occurred in a high school in Santa Fe, Galveston County, Texas, USA on the morning of the 18th, killing at least 8 people and injuring many others. A gunman and another suspect have been arrested.

  The local police confirmed to the media that on the morning of the 18th, a shooting incident occurred at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe City, Galveston County, killing 8 to 10 people, most of whom were students, and many others were injured, some of whom were seriously injured.

  The police said that after receiving the police, they quickly rushed to the scene, detained the gunman and then arrested another suspect. Both of them are students. The police searched the scene and nearby areas and found suspected explosive devices in some places inside and outside the campus. The police appealed to the public to remain vigilant and call the police immediately if suspicious items were found.

  On May 18th, in Santa Fe, Galveston County, Texas, a fire rescue vehicle was on standby near Santa Fe High School where the shooting happened. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Song Qiong)

  Santa Fe High School said that after the shooting incident, the school has placed students in a safe area outside the campus. The police checked the students’ schoolbags in batches.

  The reporter saw at the scene that a large number of police cars and ambulances were parked around the campus of Santa Fe High School, and helicopters were hovering in the air.

  Santa Fe is located about 50 kilometers southeast of Houston, the fourth largest city in the United States, with a population of about 13,000.

Ada: I can’t avoid my age.

1905 movie network news On September 8th, the film "The Big Leftover Marries" held a signing ceremony for the heroine in Beijing, and it was announced that Ada would join the film as the heroine. It is understood that Ada will play a bass player in the film, and he will be specially slimmed down to conform to the role image. Ada said that he can’t avoid the problem of age. Now, if he wants to be close to the role, he must first slim down.


Director Zorro said that when she was writing the script for this film, she hoped that the older girl who played rock could fly against the wind. He introduced that he wrote a story about a girl who failed in life: "I think when I write a script every day, whether I want to find a sad actor or a beautiful actor, but I always have a sunny role in my mind. Finally, I chose Ada. "


Ada revealed that he knew director Zorro more than ten years ago. At that time, she was the host of the music festival, and Guo Guide was a musician. Zorro had hoped to cooperate with Ada in music, but it was not until now that she became attached to movies. Ada said that he was very moved after reading the script, because although the film was a comedy, it was warm and lively. Zorro also hopes that Ada can use laughter to interpret the sad side of the characters in the film.


When talking about the identification with the heroine, Ada said that she can speak for the failed life because she is willing to pay the price for all her decisions: "But I don’t think I have a failed life because I have the endurance to make any decision." She also revealed that in order to play the bass player well, she also learned from her friend Dapeng. In the movie, there will also be a little egg why Ada didn’t join the sewing machine band.


According to reports, the movie "The Big Leftover Wedding" will start at the end of September 2020 and is scheduled to be officially released on November 11, 2021.


Academic Information | China Academy of Sciences released 128 frontiers of scientific research.

On November 28th, 2023, China Academy of Sciences Science and Technology Strategy Consulting Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences Literature and Information Center and Kerui Wei ‘an jointly released the report "Research Frontiers in 2023" and the report "Research Frontiers Heat Index in 2023", which selected 128 research frontiers that were active or developing rapidly in the world in 2023, and judged the development trends and key issues of related disciplines.

The 128 research frontiers selected in the report include 110 hot frontiers and 18 emerging frontiers, covering 11 highly aggregated disciplines such as agricultural science, botany and zoology, ecology and environmental science, earth science, clinical medicine, biological science, chemistry and materials science, physics, astronomy and astrophysics, mathematics, information science, economics, psychology and other social sciences.

110 hot frontiers and 18 emerging frontiers:

The fields of agricultural science, botany and zoology are widely distributed in the top 10 hotspots, involving six sub-fields: food science and engineering, plant immune regulation, plant abiotic stress response mechanism, plant growth and development regulation, plant genome and animal nutrition.

One direction in the fields of agricultural science, botany and zoology has been selected as a new frontier, which is "the identification and positioning method of fruit picking robots".

Top 10 hotspots in the field of ecology and environmental science are mainly distributed in two sub-fields, and the research direction of new environmental problems and new solutions is the main focus this year.

One direction in the field of ecology and environmental science has been selected as a new frontier, namely "Detection and exposure of microplastics in human tissues".

Earth science is a discipline highly dependent on observation technology. In 2023, among the Top10 hot spots in the field of earth science, six belong to geography-related research, three are atmospheric science research and one is planetary geology research, and most of them use advanced technical methods and models such as earth system model and earth observation technology to promote new scientific discoveries.

One research in the field of earth science was selected as an emerging frontier, namely "Study on the Global Impact of Tonga Volcanic Eruption".

The top ten hotspots in the field of clinical medicine focus on tumor immunotherapy, targeted therapy and molecular-specific PET imaging, gene therapy for genetic diseases, and related drug therapy and vaccine evaluation in COVID-19. Tumor immunotherapy and targeted therapy have maintained a high degree of popularity over the years, which is the core topic of this year’s hot frontier.

The five emerging frontiers selected in the field of clinical medicine in 2023 mainly involve five aspects: monkey pox epidemiological research, immunotherapy of melanoma, cardiovascular risk of tofacitinib treatment, combined treatment of prostate cancer and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The specific research directions are shown in the table below.

The top ten hot frontiers in the field of biological sciences include leading editing technology, new sequencing technology, prediction of protein structure by artificial intelligence, pan-cancer analysis of human genome, blood biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease, biological function of exosomes and novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection.

Four studies in the field of biological sciences have been selected as emerging frontiers. The main research topics include Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as the main cause of multiple sclerosis, the complete sequence of human genome, copper death: the mechanism of copper-induced tumor cell death and tryptophan metabolism: a new target for disease treatment.

Top10 hotspots in the field of chemistry and materials science are mainly distributed in electrochemistry, nanomaterials, organic chemistry, emerging intersections and other research directions. There are four electrochemical directions, namely, seawater electrolysis catalyst, electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to synthesize ammonia, anion exchange membrane fuel cell and electrocatalytic synthesis of hydrogen peroxide. There are three directions of nano-materials, namely high entropy alloy catalyst, quantum dot light emitting diode and two-dimensional transistor. There are two directions in organic chemistry, namely artificial molecular machines and supramolecular adhesives. There is one emerging cross direction, which is mechanochemistry. Among them, artificial molecular machines and mechanochemistry were selected as the Top10 hot spots for the second time.

In the field of chemistry and materials science, there are two research projects, both of which are related to energy conversion and storage. "Development of high-performance HER and ORR photocatalyst and its application in solar fuel synthesis" mainly involves the conversion of solar energy into green fuels such as hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide by hydrogen reduction reaction (HER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) using photocatalysts, such as covalent organic framework compounds and metal oxide semiconductors (mainly BiVO4). The preparation of polymer dielectric capacitor mainly involves using polymer as the dielectric of capacitor, adjusting its composition and structure, and improving the energy density and discharge efficiency of capacitor at the same time.

The top 10 hotspots in physics mainly focus on condensed matter physics, theoretical physics, high-energy physics, optics and quantum physics. There are four hot frontiers in condensed matter physics, and the research of new superconducting materials is outstanding, including caged superconducting material AV3Sb5, infinite layer nickelate and rich hydride. In addition, the Mohr superlattice of transition metal sulfides has become a new hot front. There are two hot frontiers in theoretical physics, focusing on the information paradox and entanglement entropy of black holes and the study of scattering amplitude in quantum field theory. There are two hot frontiers in high-energy physics, and the partial quantum distribution function is a new hot frontier, and the measurement of muon abnormal magnetic moment has been selected as the hot frontier for two consecutive years. Optics and quantum physics each have a new hot frontier, focusing on AlGaN deep ultraviolet light emitting diode and two-field quantum key distribution respectively.

One research in the field of physics has been selected as a new frontier, that is, "theoretical research based on the accurate measurement results of W boson mass".

The top ten hot topics in astronomy and astrophysics involve gravitational wave observation and theory, original black holes, observation during the re-ionization period of the universe, fast radio bursts, weak gravitational lens surveys, string theory and cosmology, galactic stellar halo and other research topics. Generally speaking, the research on gravitational waves is still the most prominent research topic, with both observation and theoretical research, and a number of hot frontiers have emerged, such as the results of gravitational wave observation activities of "Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory" and "European Gravitational Wave Detector", the properties of neutron stars based on GW170817 gravitational wave event observation constraints, the properties of original black holes and gravitational wave observation, black hole shadows and four-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity theory. The observation and theoretical study of fast radio bursts are once again on the list. The emerging frontier string theory swamp conjecture and cosmology in 2020 will enter the forefront of hot spots in 2023. The output of the large-scale scientific mission platform is still eye-catching. Except for the two gravitational wave detectors, the results of the "Gaia" release stage are on the list.

Two studies in astronomy and astrophysics were selected as emerging frontiers.

The top ten hotspots in the field of mathematics mainly focus on the research directions of extended physical information neural network, proof of Onsager conjecture, nonlinear time fractional reaction-diffusion equation, optimal estimation method of sample mean, second-order energy-stable BDF numerical scheme, convergence research of nonlinear dynamic system, community discovery based on random block model, high-dimensional partial numerical algorithm based on deep learning, regression discontinuity design, Bayesian multi-level model and application research. Compared with previous years, the Top10 hotspots in 2023 have both continuity and development. The research on the properties and solutions of partial differential equations and many hot frontiers in the direction of nonlinear systems have been selected as hot frontiers or emerging frontiers in this field for many years. The proof of Onsager conjecture is an outstanding representative of the bright research results in this field.

The top ten hotspots in the field of information science mainly focus on the basic theoretical methods of artificial intelligence, 6G communication, human-computer interaction, brain-like intelligence, medical information processing and so on. There are five hot frontiers in the basic theoretical methods of artificial intelligence, and the new hot frontiers are generative confrontation network, width learning system and federated learning for edge computing, which can explain that artificial intelligence has become the hot frontier this year from the emerging frontier last year. The related frontiers of reinforcement learning have appeared in the hotspots many times. This issue focuses on MuZero algorithm to promote reinforcement learning to solve real-world problems. There are two hot frontiers in 6G communication. The application of deep learning in physical layer communication has become the hot frontier for the first time, and the reconfigurable intelligent hypersurface has entered the hot frontier this year from the emerging frontier last year. In terms of human-computer interaction, the next generation VR/AR real-time holographic near-eye display method has become a hot front for the first time. In the aspect of brain-like intelligence, impulsive neural network and its neuromorphological chip appeared for the first time. In medical information processing, convolutional neural network used for EEG signal analysis has become a hot front for the first time.

The top 10 hotspots in economics, psychology and other social sciences reflect the trend of economic and social transformation to digitalization and greening. The three hotspots, namely, supply chain risk management and application of blockchain technology in it, research on consumers’ use and acceptance of online ordering service and artificial intelligence (AI) ethics, focus on the analysis of the changes and impacts of digitalization and intelligence on the economy and society. Green sustainable development is another prominent theme in the hot frontier in this field, and there are three frontier directions related to it, including "Study on the Uncertainty of Green Energy Consumption and Economic Policy", "Land Use Efficiency and Sustainable Development" and "Green Innovation and Environmental Performance". "Sports psychology research" is the only hot frontier in the field of psychology. In addition, "Research on Intervention Measures for Children and Adolescents’ Physical Exercise" has also become a hot front in 2023.

One research in the fields of economics, psychology and other social sciences has been selected as a new frontier, namely "people-oriented, sustainable and flexible industrial 5.0 development".

Original title: Academic Information | China Academy of Sciences Releases 128 Frontiers of Scientific Research.

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The morning paper has super information. Zhang Jiahui meets the "amputation crisis". Cao Baoping’s new film starts and Huang Bo appears

The morning call is all in the morning newspaper

Tuesday morning~ The netizens who haven’t had time to turn on the computer are also upset. The hot news in the film industry that has happened in the past 24 hours, I will offer my hands to all fat friends. Don’t hurry up and report it together. It looks like it~

Industry BroadcastingShu Cao Baoping’s new film Dalian starts, Huang Bo starred in "Wading Through the Sea of Anger"


It is reported that director Cao Baoping’s new film "Crossing the Sea of Anger" has been launched in Dalian. From the exposed photos of the opening banquet, the starring Huang Bo can be seen.

"Crossing the Sea of Anger" is based on the work of the same name published by author Lao Huang in the "Novel Monthly", which tells the story of a divorced father who goes crazy for revenge after his daughter is killed. Previously, the media said that Zhou Xun is likely to become the heroine of this new work, and Jackson Yee is also likely to participate. The full starring cast of the film is still unknown. Let’s look forward to it together!

Preview: Zhang Jiahui, Yang Zi, Ren Xianqi, Break the Silence and Launch Superman Dad Special

Yesterday, the movie starring Zhang Jiahui, Yang Zi, and Ren Xianqi was announced to be released on August 2, and a "hard to the end" version of the trailer and poster was released. In the trailer, the forensic doctor played by Zhang Jiahui, Yang Zi, and the gangster Ren Xianqi launched a race against time in the forensic center to protect the evidence. Yang Zi’s life was hanging by a thread after 40 seconds of suffocation.

As the opening film of the 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival, "Silent Witness" met with a part of the audience first, and received full praise. What kind of excitement will the three break through the dimensional wall and bring to everyone?

Don’t stop the delivery of new films! The movie "Hero of Fire" has launched a special short film – "My Superman Dad" in conjunction with firefighters from all over the world. The short film allows everyone to truly feel the bravery and greatness of firefighters who live in a small family for everyone through the perspective of children. The children who appear in the short film tell the camera about their daily relationship with their father as a firefighter, and express their hearts. Firefighters are also ordinary people like you and me. They love life and have family members who cherish each other, but they still choose this profession without hesitation, and choose to protect more people bravely and firmly.

Yang Zi, who plays a firefighter in the film, revealed that her father was a firefighter: "Every time my dad went on a mission, my mother was very nervous. Later, my dad told me that every time he thought that he must come back alive to see me, but at that time I was still young and didn’t understand his heart. Later, I realized how great he was." She also revealed that her father encouraged her to star in "Hero of Fire": "My dad knew there was such a movie, and I was still playing a firefighter. He told me at that time that he must come to play, and then he kept reminding me to perform well during filming." Looking forward to the wonderful performance of "Little Monkey" for us!

The poster and title of the new theatrical version of "EVA" will be released in spring 2020

The final chapter of the new theatrical version of "EVA" is really here! In March this year, the official tweet said that the dubbing of the film had begun, and the script of Hideaki Anno was attached to prove the truth. At that time, many fans had doubts. After all, the final chapter of the new theatrical version of "EVA" has been delayed for 7 years. But recently, the fourth chapter of the new theatrical version of New Century Gospel Warrior (EVA) released the pilot visual poster and 10-minute opening video, and the official announcement of the film will be released in the spring of 2020.

The original version of "New Century Gospel Warrior" premiered in 1995. Due to its large and obscure world view, three-dimensional character creation and many pioneering animation elements, it was regarded as a "masterpiece" by some post-80s and post-90s. In 2006, GAINAX announced a remake of the company’s golden signature "New Century Gospel Warrior". Produced by Hideaki Anano, the story was divided into four theatrical versions. The three theatrical versions of "Preface", "Broken" and "Urgent" were released in 2007, 2009, and 2012. Now the final chapter has finally been put into production, and it is named "New Century Gospel Warrior, New Theater Version: ??". This thoughtful official also announced its official Chinese name: "New Century Gospel Warrior, New Theater Version: End". Everyone will no longer have to worry about how to read that symbol~

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The Mengxihe site group in Ziyang, Sichuan was awarded the top ten new archaeological discoveries in China in 2024.

According to the news of the Development and Reform Commission of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and referring to the Notice of the Development and Reform Commission of the Autonomous Region on Matters Related to the Same Price of Domestic Electricity for Residents in the Region, the Development and Reform Commission of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps recently issued it.Notice on Issues Related to the Same Price of Living Electricity for Corps Residents, and effectively solve the problem of high electricity prices reflected by the masses of workers.



The "Notice" makes arrangements for matters related to the same price of electricity for the residents of the Corps, including five aspects:


The price of electricity for the residents of the Unified Corps.


Standardize the sales price of residential electricity in the power supply business area of each division and city, and the actual electricity fee paid by the residents of the Corps (home terminal price) is unified at 0.39 yuan/kWh. In principle, the same price subsidy standard for residents’ domestic electricity consumption in each division and city is consistent with that in neighboring prefectures, and it is subsidized by the same price fund (the loan repayment fund of Corps rural power grid). The subsidy policy will be implemented as of January 1, 2019.


Timely complete the work of repaying the differential electricity fee.


From January 1, 2019 to the actual implementation of 0.39 yuan/kWh residential electricity price in each division and city, the same price subsidy funds should be transmitted to all end users simultaneously. Power grid enterprises shall, according to the actual electricity consumption and sales price of users, convert the difference in electricity charges for repaying; The electricity fee for the balance of power transfer shall be cleared by the main organization of power transfer. In view of the large number of users involved in this subsidy, in principle, the repaying work should be completed before December 31, 2021. If it cannot be completed due to special reasons, it must be completed before March 31, 2022.


Speed up the progress of household surface transformation


Power grid enterprises in all divisions and cities should further improve their service quality, speed up the renovation progress of direct copying of electric energy meters to households in strict accordance with the relevant provisions of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Regulations on Property Management in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, take the initiative to take over the power management of power supply units (property communities), and fully realize the "four households" management before December 31, 2022.


Standardize the charge for power transfer.


Further standardize the current charging behavior of switching power supply in the power supply business area of the Corps, strictly implement the price policy of 0.39 yuan/kWh for residential electricity, and the switching power supply unit shall not raise the electricity price standard for any reason or way. During the period from September 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022, the electricity price between power grid enterprises and power transfer units in each division and city was settled at 0.35 yuan/kWh (excluding the division and city that has implemented the policy of reversing power transfer), and it was uniformly implemented at 0.39 yuan/kWh after December 31, 2022.


Strengthen publicity, supervision and inspection


The municipal development and reform commissions and power grid enterprises should attach great importance to it, make careful arrangements and elaborate organizations, do a good job in policy propaganda and interpretation, respond to social concerns, actively cooperate with market supervision departments to intensify the inspection of electricity prices, investigate and deal with illegal acts of electricity prices according to law, and ensure the smooth implementation of the policy of the same price for residential electricity.


If the existing electricity price policies of each division and city are inconsistent with this notice, this notice shall prevail. The situation of each division and city in the process of policy implementation should be reflected to our Committee and relevant departments in a timely manner.

The Legends of Hunters in Xing ‘an Mountains set a new record for domestic horror films.


Special feature of 1905 film network Since the online movie was launched on April 1, the platform broadcast volume has exceeded 150 million, and the accumulated account has been nearly 35 million, which is the fastest to break the box office record of 30 million online movies. Not only that, but the film scored 6.1 points in Douban, which proved an improvement of network power.



The data of this film are higher than the box office and the number of people watching the same kind of films recently released in the cinema, such as Lost in Love (March 5), Night Watch (March 12) and April 1.


At present, among the three films, only "Lost in Love" has barely passed the box office of 5 million. As for word-of-mouth, it is a long story. So far, the three films have not been divided on any platform, which also verifies the requirement that the number of people watching movies is insufficient.



In a certain period of time, domestic horror movies meet the audience almost every week. Various "disc immortals", "chopsticks immortals", "haunted houses" and "embroidered shoes" … … They all appear as keywords in film titles or posters.

 

From propaganda to film quality, they have a unified routine: poor posters, low-level Jump scare (a common routine in horror movies) as a preview, and rough special effects in content, and many films have also played a soft pornographic edge ball.

 


This kind of film once became synonymous with bad movies.But in fact, these films have been in a state of "barbaric growth" for a long time — — As long as the film can be released and the cinema is arranged at midnight, it will have box office income to some extent. Even many films can get tens of millions at the box office.

 

Judging from the current three works, this box office achievement seems to have become a thing of the past. Looking back at the market, fewer and fewer domestic horror movies appear in the cinema. Hengye Film, which started with "releasing horror films", still has two horror-type works with "Dark Side" in the list released last year. On the contrary, more domestic horror film makers are or have changed their tracks and moved towards online platforms.

 


So, where will the next stop of domestic horror movies be?

 

01

The cinema track is slowing down.


Like the online movie "The Legend of Xing ‘anling Hunter", the horror movie that caused a certain volume in the market may be in 2017, and it won 219 million box office by virtue of the IP effect.



There are fewer and fewer horror movies in cinemas, which is not easy for creators.

 

"It is very difficult to make horror movies in recent years. There are many factors in it. The creation itself is’ dancing with shackles’." Zhou, a producer who has produced and developed domestic horror films, said. It seems that in the eyes of the audience, most of these films are not expensive, and eventually millions or even tens of millions of box offices can also reap good benefits. "But in fact, they really don’t make money, and some may just return to their books."

 

Although the box office performance of the series has been the benchmark in this type of film, the producer has obviously slowed down. After three years, it was officially announced that Beijing 81 No.3 will be produced in the future.



According to Lin Chaoyang, deputy general manager of Hengye Film Group, this work has been developed for more than two years, and it is expected to be officially launched this year, and Wen Juan, the screenwriter and producer of the first film, will also return this time.

 

What can’t be avoided is that the first two works of this series, although supported by first-line actors such as,, and so on, have also achieved a total box office score of over 600 million, but the word-of-mouth is not as good as one, and even the Douban score has not exceeded 5 points.



Lin Chaoyang mentioned that when they were developing this series, they would definitely re-launch the past projects. For example, they have recently paid attention to the "Legend of Hunters in Xing ‘an Mountains" with satisfactory results. "They have done a good job in folk legends and gained a large audience in the early stage." And "Beijing 81" in the early days of publicity and marketing, is also to attract the audience.



Therefore, in "Capital 81 No.3", they will want to keep the elements of oriental horror, and make greater breakthroughs in form and psychological perception while inheriting the previous style. He also revealed that in the new plot, "the emotional core is still the place we need to focus on, especially how to perfectly package the emotional and human topics into a horrible shell."

 

In addition, the same is true of The Dark Side, which appears in the same unit of Hengye’s film list.



This producer film has also been developed. Lin Chaoyang emphasized that horror and thriller are only innovations and upgrades in the form of expression, and the expression of the core of the story is the main factor that can really capture more audiences. "Suspense movies have attracted more attention in China in the past two years, and they have also been influenced by this type of TV series, and the expectations of the audience have improved a lot, so it is also the direction of key development for us."

 

02

The online track is accelerating.


From 130 films in 2016 to 5 films at present, the number of domestic horror films appearing in the cinema is getting less and less, but on the contrary, the number of online media platforms is increasing.

 

Zhou told us that after 2017, their company’s creative track for domestic horror movies slowly shifted from cinema to online platform. "At that time, we also saw the upsurge of online movies, and the traffic of horror and thriller movies on the Internet was higher than that of cinema."

 

Our research shows that the audience of domestic horror movies is still mainly in the fourth-tier cities, such as the recently released Night Watch and Lost Love, and this audience largely corresponds to the users who love online movies.



There is no denying that the internet has given this kind of film more opportunities. As another IP of this type, Zhang Zhen Storytelling has realized the "translation" from cinema to network.

 

When the first film in the series was released, it was a stunt and produced, and finally the box office exceeded 20 million, but the word-of-mouth was extremely unsatisfactory. The two also said in the publicity that they plan to invest in 10 films in this series. But when the second film was released the following year, we found that both the producer and the creative team had nothing to do with the previous film, and the box office was only 4.4 million yuan.



When many people thought that this IP disappeared in the film and television circle, in 2019, it reappeared in front of the public in the form of online movies.

 

This time, the producer Sheng Shiwen and Tencent teamed up to create The Home of Zhang Zhen’s Storytelling, The Night of Zhang Zhen’s Storytelling and The Legend of Zhang Zhen’s Storytelling Face-washing Girl once a year since 2019. However, according to the data of Cat’s Eye Professional Edition, the performance and evaluation of these works on the platform are still not brilliant.



It can be seen that the network platform will not become a refuge for inferior works. On the contrary, the recent explosion of the online video "The Legend of Xing ‘anling Hunter" has been circled by high-quality word of mouth, which is better than many similar movies in the past, both in visual effects and script structure. Although the film takes the horror story as the starting point, it finally stays in the coexistence of man and nature, making the finishing touch for the story.



Many people said after reading it that this work is actually very suitable for developing into an online drama or a series of works. When we threw this question to the relevant creator, he said, "Maybe." If it is finally formed, it may bring another dimension of thinking to domestic horror films.

 

Lin Chaoyang also mentioned that online movies have greatly improved both in content and quality in recent years, and the investment in such works has provided a good opportunity for many new companies and directors.


03

What’s the next stop for domestic horror creators?


After the epidemic, many horror film production companies have been reshuffled, and most small companies have made transformations. Head companies like Hengye Film have long been diversified in genre development according to the changes in the market and the improvement of audience aesthetics.

 

The reason for this change is that, to a large extent, after the market optimization and upgrading, the audience’s requirements for movies are getting higher and higher. In the eyes of most viewers, domestic horror films are the representatives of bad films. Even on the ticket purchasing platform with higher acceptance, the scores of these films are concentrated below 6 points, and some of them are not even scored.

 

But China doesn’t mean that there is no brilliant horror film. From the beginning of the first horror film in the film history to the later films such as "The Scared House", these works are excellent works in any dimension. Not to mention those zombie movies in Hong Kong, some of them once became the shadow of everyone’s childhood. The novel "Double Pupils" has been borrowed from Chinese literature.

 


Horror film has become a kind of film type with low cost, which can realize "small and broad" without relying on stars. Seizing the souldirectorIn the past, it was based on two filmsRed dressLittle girlThe film, which gained a lot of attention from the management, had the opportunity to create the later "Witnesses Chasing the Murder".

 

Cases like Weihao Cheng are even more common in international film circles. Directors, directors and directors are all famous for their low-budget horror films, and finally they are favored by big manufacturers.



However, it cannot be ignored that the domestic production of horror films has always been at the bottom of the "contempt chain". When communicating with other young directors at the film festival, although most people were very interested in horror films, no one would take the initiative to express their willingness to shoot this type of film.

 

On the contrary, this element is "invading" other forms of entertainment.As a script killer,Detective chinatown.Beichen, one of the series of screenwriters, also told us that there are many restrictions on the creation of horror films, so we can do more in-depth creation in script killing and escape from the secret room. At the same time, this kind of entertainment that pays attention to immersion has also circled the horror film lovers in first-and second-tier cities. Therefore, when we asked him if this type of script could be filmed, he quickly gave a negative answer.



Movies will not be absolutely replaced by other entertainment products, but in the face of the development of current horror movies, creators also suffer from the limitations of theme and content, and now more tend to integrate the themes of films.


For example, what is common is the combination of suspense, horror and adventure that are similar to the elements. Ma Kai, director of "Evil", also said in an interview that he would try to combine horror movies with comedies when he created this kind of movies in the future.



Although domestic horror films are wary of ghosts and religious elements, they can still learn from folk stories or myths and legends. Of course, this is also the best way for this type of film at present. A while ago, the movie "Seizing the Soul" was released, which weakened the elements of terror and infinitely magnified the elements of suspense and crime.

 

Where is the next stop for domestic horror films?We believe that it will be the result of the continuous running-in and exploration of creators and audiences. They will not disappear into the cinema absolutely, nor will they allow poor quality works to develop wantonly on the network platform.