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Romance of the White Lion: Xiong Haizi’s African Adventure

  Note: This article has spoilers.

  In late September, the China film market ushered in the release of many foreign films. Among them, The Romance of the White Lion is a French film that was the most popular in overseas markets in 2019. As we all know, French films have always been famous for their strong artistic flavor. What’s different about The White Lion?

Poster of The White Lion Romance

  See the lion again

  As you know from the title, the white lion is an important role in this film. Animal movies have a history of more than 70 years since the first animal-themed movie "Lacey the Dog" came out in 1943. There are countless animals in the movies. The white lion, which is rare in nature, is undoubtedly chosen in Romance of the White Lion to show its preciousness — — Just like the "white elephant" regarded as a national treasure by Thailand. But in this year’s film world, the lion is not the first time to appear. Just a few months ago, the audience just saw the "real lion version" of Disney in the United States.

"Real Lion Edition" and "The Lion King"

  Of course, the plot of The White Lion has nothing in common with The Lion King. In essence, this is an animal movie about the relationship between man and wildlife. How should they get along with each other? In the first half of the 20th century, albert schweitzer, a French thinker, developed his ethical thought of "reverence for life" during the two world wars, when human culture declined and degenerated. Schweitzer believes that man should establish a harmonious relationship with the universe, and different lives should share weal and woe, and advocates "extending the principle of love to all animals".

  On the basis of this idea, the concept of "animal rights" (animal rights), which has become the core idea of animal protectionism today, has also appeared. Reflected in the film, it is the British film Born Free (1966), which was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film. The protagonist of this film is also a lion, that is, the lioness "Elsa" who has entered the Chinese textbook. Austrian woman writer joy adamson adopted Elsa, a wild lion who lost her mother, and helped her return to nature. Based on his experience with Elsa, Joey wrote a book called Born Free, which caused a sensation in the world and was praised as "the most outstanding animal literature in the 20th century". It stayed on the famous The New York Times bestseller list for nearly a year. The film is based on the original work of the same name.

Born free

  Although more than 50 years have passed, today’s audience can easily find the origin between Born Free and The White Lion. The father of Mia Owen, the hero of the film, opened a beast farm, which kept all kinds of beasts, including a young white lion. The plot of the whole movie, in short, is the story of ten-year-old Mia gradually developing deep feelings with the white lion, and helping it to get free and return to the Dinokeng reserve a few years later. The literal translation of the title of this movie is "Mia and the White Lion".

  There is no doubt that Mia is joy adamson in Born Free. Even some other characters in The White Lion can find their own shadows in Born Free.

  In Born Free, Joey’s husband, George Adamson, is a neutral figure. As a hunting inspector, on the one hand, his job is to protect wild animals from poachers, and on the other hand, to deal with dangerous animals that endanger human life and crops. In The White Lion, Mia’s father plays a similar role. As the owner of the animal farm, he needs to raise all kinds of animals. In order to maintain the expenses of the animal farm, he must also sell some lions from time to time — — No matter how tragic its ending may be.

  Even the inner world of the "villain" in the two films is strikingly consistent. In Born Free, police officer John is extremely hostile to Elsa the lion, and thinks that she should be sent to the zoo to be locked up. In The White Lion, the buyers of the lions stand on the bodies of the lions they shot. In the two films, the characters have different performances, but one thing in common is hard to deny. These people are the most typical anthropocentrists. Anthropocentrists always think that people are the masters and dominant forces of all things in nature, and refuse to recognize the intrinsic value and survival rights of animals. Therefore, police officer John can seize Elsa’s freedom (confined in the zoo), and those buyers even took the lion’s life — — Of course, at an absolutely safe distance, taking the lion’s life with a rifle behind the barbed wire is not "brave".

Buyers who shoot lions and take pictures.

  The vague image of Africa

  Like Born Free, The White Lion was also filmed in Africa (specifically South Africa).

  In fact, the relationship between French films and Africa goes back to ancient times. As the hometown of world movies, France has a colonial and colonized relationship with Africa, which makes the time for movies to arrive in Africa almost synchronous with other parts of the world. The film was invented in 1895, and the first film screening activity appeared in Cairo, Egypt the following year. The African continent, which is born with the characteristics of wonders, naturally cannot escape the eyes of film pioneers. The equatorial line almost just bisects Africa. There are vast tropical rain forest belts, forested savannahs and Yuan Ye full of grass in the inland plateau. The northernmost is the largest desert in the world: Sahara. Such a beautiful and lush land has become an important reason to attract the creative attention of French filmmakers. "Every time the Lumiere brothers go to a city, they are keen to shoot well-known local attractions." There are more than ten scenes about the scenery of North Africa in their series of short films about scenery filmed in 1905.

  However, it is disappointing that even in 2019, the images of Africa seen by the audience in The White Lion is still vague. At the beginning of the film, the audience saw Mia having a video conversation with a London boy. From their conversation, the audience can infer that Mia’s family is British. Unlike the London boy (who may be his former classmate), Mia is a fan of Manchester United instead of Chelsea. But this background introduction has no effect on where Mia is now. Mia’s father used a loan to set up a animal farm, but the audience didn’t know it was in South Africa until much later — — Even later than the irrelevant plot that Mia’s mother is a the French.

  What’s even worse is that the 21st century Africa shown by The White Lion is almost the same as the movie Out of Africa in the last century. The magnificent savanna and spectacular wildlife (represented by elephants and lions) seem to be "Africa", regardless of the existence of the remaining four-fifths of African land. If this can only be regarded as a harmless "stereotype", more importantly, as a film shot in Africa, the Africans are extremely marginalized in the film. In the film, Mia’s assistants in the animal farm, the brokers who trade animals and even the buyers of lions are almost all white. The first black character to appear in the camera is the domestic servant — — No matter from the posture or status, it is very much like Mannia played by the black actress hattie mcdaniel in Gone with the Wind.

  As for the "Shangaan tribe" mentioned many times in the film, although it has a commendable tradition of "loving white lions", it is still only a primitive tribe that stays in slash and burn. On the contrary, it is a modern landmark building like the commercial complex, which has a different meaning in the film — — It was built on the only way to the animal sanctuary, blocking the "way home" of Mia and White Lion. The film seems to imply that maintaining this primitive and backward appearance is the "right way" for Africans. This can of course be called a colonialist perspective.

Shopping malls that block the white lion’s way home

  Xiong Haizi’s Adventures

  As for the plot of The White Lion, it seems to be different from the obscure painting style of many French films. The film "The White Lion" is only 100 minutes long. It seems that French filmmakers are aware of the overwhelming pressure of Hollywood movies. Isabelle Giordano, director-general of the French Film Union, admitted in an interview with le figaro last year, "I often hear buyers say that our films are too long and have too many lines." As for the long-standing "artistic pursuit" of French films, they have to bow to the market to some extent. Frederic fiore, co-president of Logical Film, a film financing and production company, claimed that "French films have changed in the international market, and now this change is developing very fast." One of the main changes is that "the French has overcome the habit of complicating genre films".

  This point is fully demonstrated in The White Lion. The plot of this film is almost suspected of oversimplification. Mia grew up from the age of 10 to the age of 14. After all, she is just a "Xiong Haizi". A key conflict point is designed in the film. Mia secretly hid on the roof of her father’s car carrying lions and witnessed the end of those sold lions — — It’s meaningless to be killed by the rich as prey. In fact, this is the focus of this film — — In the past decade, more than 10,000 lions from animal farms have been "legally" hunted in South Africa, while there are only more than 20,000 wild lions left in the world. Realizing that her beloved white lion will also be sold and then hunted by buyers, Mia decided to abscond with the lion. Her subsequent actions fully exposed the essence of "Xiong Haizi". She opened the cage in the middle of the night, released all the lions and other animals (such as hyenas), and then drove away with her white lion in a car. Even in order to break through the border, Mia broke into the commercial complex with a lion on foot, causing extreme confusion among customers (interestingly, these panicked customers are basically black). Fortunately, the lion was not frightened out of control in the shopping mall, but as gentle as a cat. In the end, Mia completed the adventure with the lion and arrived at a safe shelter, "the land of Shangana".

White lion and Shanggana nationality

  During the whole escape, although the director designed a line for Mia, such as "I’m still a child, how can I save you", in an attempt to show her helplessness and despair, but in the plot, she put on an obvious "protagonist aura" for Xiong Haizi. Mia’s age makes people suspect that she doesn’t have a driver’s license, but her driving skills show that she is an old driver. And her composure and sophistication in the process of escape are obviously beyond her age. The audience has reason to believe that this is the director’s theme of animal protectionism to promote "human beings fulfill their obligation not to harm animals but to help them", thus sacrificing the rationality of the plot.

Xiong Haizi’s despair.

  At the end of the film, Mia’s family came back to "the land of Shangana". The white lion, who has adapted to the wild life, came to visit his old friend with his "little family". This scene is undoubtedly a tribute to Born Free: at the end of the film, Elsa, who was released into the wild and married, also appeared in front of joy adamson who came to visit with her cubs. However, another obvious fact is that under the similar theme, The White Lion has no way to surpass this classic more than half a century ago. (Hong Sanyu)

Multi-dimensional data witness changes. China’s economy shows strong resilience and endogenous motivation

CCTV News:According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on January 9, in 2024, the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.2% year-on-year, which was the same as that of the previous year. Among them, the food supply is generally sufficient and the price has declined; Driven by policies such as "trade-in", consumer demand is strong, and the price of industrial consumer goods is the same as last year; Service consumption continued to recover and prices rose slightly. From the monthly data, in December 2024, China’s consumer market was generally stable, and CPI was flat, up 0.1% year-on-year.

In 2024, the decline of PPI of industrial producers narrowed by 0.8 percentage points over the previous year. The trend of different industries is divided. Driven by the rapid development of new energy and other industries, the prices of non-ferrous metals industries have increased significantly, while the prices of energy and some manufacturing industries have declined.

Re-lending supports scientific and technological innovation and equipment renewal, and the signing scale is nearly 1 trillion yuan.

According to the latest data released by the People’s Bank of China on January 9th, the effect of the re-lending policy of technological innovation and technological transformation is constantly emerging. By the end of 2024, banks have signed loan contracts with more than 5,000 technology enterprises with a total amount of 115 billion yuan, and issued loans of nearly 50 billion yuan, continuously enhancing the financing availability of small and medium-sized technology enterprises.

At the same time, financial support for large-scale equipment renewal has made positive progress, and loan signing has continued to grow. By the end of 2024, the bank had marketed and docked 22,000 equipment renewal projects pushed by relevant departments, basically achieving "full coverage" of financing docking; Banks and enterprises have signed loan contracts, and enterprises can withdraw more than 800 billion yuan at any time. By the end of last year, the weighted average interest rate of equipment renewal loans was 3%, and the actual financing cost was 1.5% after the central government subsidized interest, which effectively reduced the financing cost of equipment renewal.

Up to now, the contracted scale of refinancing to support scientific and technological innovation and equipment renewal is nearly 1 trillion yuan. In the next step, the People’s Bank of China will further optimize the refinancing process, expand the scale of equipment renewal loans, and stimulate business entities to release the demand for equipment renewal.

Many indicators of China’s civil aviation will continue to grow this year.

In 2025, China’s civil aviation is expected to complete the total transportation turnover of 161 billion tons kilometers, passenger traffic of 780 million passengers and cargo and mail traffic of 9.5 million tons, and the industry’s profitability will be further improved.

In the first three quarters of 2024, the number of medical assistance exceeded 228 million.

In the first three quarters of 2024, the number of medical assistance nationwide exceeded 228 million, and the accumulated amount of assistance reached 64.65 billion yuan. In recent years, China has continuously improved the medical assistance system to ensure that the recipients can obtain basic medical and health services. The medical assistance work implements classified policies, and through system guarantee and accurate assistance, the burden of medical treatment for people in need is effectively alleviated.

In 2024, China will provide 6.85 million new jobs for retired military personnel.

In 2024, China continuously expanded the employment channels and scale of retired military personnel. Throughout the year, various localities vigorously carried out special actions on employment services for retired military personnel, held more than 10,000 recruitment activities, and provided 6.85 million jobs. In the next step, the state will continue to optimize the resettlement methods for retired military personnel and coordinate and solve practical problems such as the employment of military families and the enrollment of their children.

In 2024, the national cumulative box office reached 14.17 billion, and Article 20 won the weekly crown.


1905 movie network news In the ninth week of 2024 (February 26-March 3), the box office of the National Film Week was 790 million, the number of people watching movies exceeded 18.86 million, and the total number of movies was 2.536 million. The annual box office totaled 14.17 billion. This week, he won the one-day championship for six consecutive days, with a total box office of 225 million to win the weekly list, with a cumulative box office of 2.27 billion. Ranked second, with a weekly box office of 190 million and a cumulative box office of 3.25 billion. On the first day of the release, it won the Japanese crown, with a cumulative box office of 130 million. The box office broke 3.4 billion, ranking among the top 15 in China’s film history. The box office broke 1.9 billion, temporarily ranking fourth in the total box office list in 2024.


China’s economic market in 2008 (economic focus)





  


    In 2008, China’s economy maintained a growth rate of 9% in spite of difficulties, and its contribution to world economic growth exceeded 20%.


    In the fourth quarter, although the GDP growth rate took a sharp turn for the worse, in December, there were some positive changes in money and credit, consumption, investment, export and industrial production …


    After experiencing several rare natural disasters in history and the test of the world economic recession caused by the American financial crisis, what kind of overall evaluation should be given to China’s national economy in 2008?


    How to evaluate the overall economic performance throughout the year?


    Ma Jiantang, director of the National Bureau of Statistics, who made his debut at the press conference of the State Council Information Office, was considerate, bringing not only detailed statistical data, but also his overall evaluation of the national economy in 2008: rapid growth, price stabilization, structural optimization and improvement of people’s livelihood.


    At first glance, it is growing rapidly. According to preliminary accounting, GDP in 2008 increased by 9% over the previous year. Although vertically, it is 4 percentage points lower than the growth rate of 13% in 2007, compared with other countries in the world, the growth rate of 9% is still a relatively high speed. According to the latest estimate of the International Monetary Fund, the average growth rate of the world economy in 2008 was 3.7%. According to Ma Jiantang, it has been calculated that in 2008, China’s economy maintained a growth rate of 9% in spite of difficulties, and its contribution to world economic growth exceeded 20%.


    Second, look at the price stabilization. In February, the price rise reached a peak, and the CPI rose by 8.7% that month. China government has taken a series of measures to increase supply, regulate demand, invigorate circulation and increase subsidies for low-and middle-income people. With these measures in place, it took about half a year to control the inflation rate from 8.7% to less than 5%, and it dropped to 1.2% in December.


    Third, look at structural optimization. While the national economy has achieved rapid growth, the primary industry, especially agriculture, has developed well. In 2008, China’s total grain output and unit yield both reached the highest level in history, with grain reaching 1,057 billion Jin. "In such a difficult time, a bumper harvest of grain can be achieved, which further proves that Chinese can support itself, which is also the greatest contribution to the world." As a doctor of economics, Ma Jiantang still remembers the debate about "Who will feed China" provoked by some foreign economists a few years ago. In addition to the industrial structure, the regional structure is also being optimized. Last year, the investment and industrial growth rates in the central and western regions were faster than those in the east.


    In 2008, energy conservation and emission reduction also made positive progress. From the perspective of energy consumption per 10,000 yuan GDP, it decreased by 4.21% in 2008. In the first three quarters of last year, sulfur dioxide emissions decreased by 4.2% and chemical oxygen demand emissions decreased by 2.7%. All these data indicate that China’s economy has made positive progress in building a resource-saving and environment-friendly society while overcoming difficulties and growing steadily.


    Fourth, see the improvement of people’s livelihood. In 2008, the annual per capita disposable income of urban residents increased by 14.5%, with an actual increase of 8.4%; The per capita net income of rural residents increased by 15% in nominal terms and 8% in real terms. It is not easy to maintain such growth under such severe economic conditions. At the same time, social security is increasing. In 2008, the total income of five insurance funds, including basic pension, basic medical care, unemployment, work injury and maternity insurance, was 1,380.8 billion yuan, an increase of 27.7%. The basic pension level and the minimum wage level of enterprise retirees all over the country are improving.


Main economic data:  


    China’s GDP in 2008 was 30.067 trillion yuan, an increase of 9%.


    In the fourth quarter of 2008, China’s economy grew by 6.8% year on year.


    In 2008, the national consumer price level rose by 5.9%.


    In 2008, the per capita income of urban and rural residents in China increased by 8.4% and 8.0% respectively.


    In 2008, the sales prices of houses in 70 large and medium-sized cities in China increased by 6.5% over the previous year.


    In 2008, the per capita income of urban and rural residents in China increased by 8.4% and 8.0% respectively.


    In 2008, China’s economic data was released, and the economy showed a rapid growth trend.


    In 2008, the total investment in fixed assets in China was 17,229.1 billion yuan.


    Other data:


    Last year, the price increase in large and medium-sized cities dropped by 1.1 percentage points year-on-year


    In 2008, 11.13 million new jobs were created in cities and towns, and the registered unemployment rate at the end of 2008 was 4.2%.


    In 2008, the contribution rate of China’s economy to world economic growth exceeded 20%.


    Statistics Bureau: In 2008, the M2 balance of China increased by 17.8% compared with the end of last year.


    In the first November of 2008, the profits of 31 industrial sectors in China increased year-on-year.


    In 2008, the national economy as a whole maintained steady and rapid development.


    In 2008, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 12.9% over the previous year.


    In 2008, the total retail sales of social consumer goods in China increased by 21.6% over the previous year.


    In 2008, the ex-factory price of industrial products in China increased by 6.9% over the previous year.


    In 2008, the energy consumption per 10,000 yuan GDP in China decreased by 4.21%.


    In December 2008, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size in China increased by 5.7% year-on-year.


    Answer a reporter’s question:


    Director of Statistics Bureau: The "consumption fever" will continue after the New Year.


    Ma Jiantang, Director of Statistics Bureau: The expected target of consumer price in 2009 is 4%.


    Chief economist of statistics bureau: the economy can get out of the downside in the second half of the year


    Ma Jiantang said that China’s GDP has jumped to the third place in the world: this is an objective trend.


    The National Bureau of Statistics is studying the establishment of a GDP growth ratio system.


    Director of Statistics: The economic data in December began to show positive changes.


    Director of Statistics Bureau: The final verification data of GDP in 2007 is scientific and accurate.

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Dili Reba, a beautiful woman in Xinjiang, grew up with "as strong as a song"

  "Three Lives, Three Worlds and Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" was a hit for a while, and Di Lizheba’s role as the little fox Feng Jiu left a deep impression on the audience. A year later, Di Lizheba, who has only debuted for five years, has become one of the first-line actresses, and has played the heroine in several major dramas in succession. At present, she starred in the ancient costume fantasy drama "Fire Like a Song" is on the air, and the single-day online broadcast record continues to lead. She herself has topped the Artist New Media Index for 16 consecutive days. For such a rapid rise in popularity, the consensus in the industry’s evaluation of Di Lizheba is that she is willing to endure hardships and is dedicated to her work.

  In the past four years, she has never rested and worked hard to do every job well. During the filming of "Fire Like a Song", Di Lizheba also worked extremely hard. Her eyes were injured during the filming scene, and she could only appear with half of her face at one point, insisting on not falling behind in the shooting progress. For Di Lizheba, she grew up with the characters in this work. If the beauty and persistence of "Feng Jiu" in "Three Lives" opened up the audience’s favor for her, then the maturity and tenacity of "Fire Like a Song" is an important threshold for Di Lizheba to move from a young flower to a big heroine.

  From the perspective of women, "Fire Like a Song" focuses on the topic of growth in the rivers and lakes. In the play, Lie Ruge’s strong and independent image of inspirational women has infected the audience, and the bravely and heroically martial arts are equally impressive. In an interview, Di Lizheba said that because there are a lot of fighting scenes in each episode, it is necessary to constantly practice martial arts movements. "Lie Ruge mainly uses whips in the play. When I first started practicing, I was not skilled. I hit my own eyes, and I could only shoot half of my face."

  From a little girl surrounded by love to a chivalrous girl who takes the initiative to give love, Ruge has to go through a layer of transformation every time she encounters a turning point. The upgraded role setting of fighting monsters makes the characters gradually plump and fresh, which also makes Reba experience no small challenge: "The most difficult performance should be every turning point, which is difficult to control. Some things happen and have new growth. I think this process is difficult." After encountering various changes, Ruge’s character gradually became calm, and the bright spots of strength and independence gradually became prominent. This kind of growth made Reba feel wonderful: "I like Lie Ruge’s growth process very much, that is, after she encounters some things, she will become stronger, and everyone can obviously see her growth. She has gone from wanting others to love her, to taking the initiative to give love and receive love. This process is particularly wonderful."

  In fact, there are many similarities between Ruge and Reba’s personalities. When the cast was first announced, many fans of the original book expressed their approval for Reba’s role in Lie Ruge. Producer Gao Chen also said that the two characters are very strong and persistent, and the characters and actors can communicate with each other. "Fire Ruge" was filmed during the period of Reba’s growth and transformation, and she was deeply impressed by going through storms with the characters: "I think the biggest change and breakthrough of this play is to grow together with her, which also allows me to quickly integrate into the plot."

  Talking about the future development, Di Lizheba said that he is filming the movie "Legend of the Sun and Moon" with Dou Xiao, and will later shoot the TV series "Three Lives and Three Worlds Pillow Book". In addition, the movie "21 Carats" with Guo Jingfei is about to meet the audience.

  Reporter, Jin Liwei

Executives are being investigated one after another, and Evergrande is about to usher in the end?

Recently, Hengda news constantly, Hengda real estate was investigated, workout stranded, executives were investigated one by one… The disposal of Hengda issues by regulators is constantly up the ante, Hengda, and the ending is getting closer and closer.

Evergrande cannot issue new bills

On the evening of September 24, China Evergrande released a bombshell message: in view of the fact that Evergrande Real Estate Group is being investigated, the current situation cannot meet the eligibility for the issuance of new notes.

There are relevant provisions for the issuance of bills by real estate enterprises. Article 8 of the "Pilot Measures for the Administration of Overseas Issuance of Securities and Listing of Domestic Enterprises" stipulates that there are five circumstances under which overseas issuance and listing shall not be allowed.One of them is that domestic enterprises are being investigated according to law for suspected crimes or major violations of laws and regulations, and there is no clear conclusion yet.

The "Hengda Real Estate Group is under investigation" mentioned in the announcement was on August 16 this year. Hengda Real Estate announced that it had received the "Notice of Filing a Case" issued by the China Securities Supervision Commission. Due to the company’s suspected information disclosure violations, the China Securities Supervision Commission decided to file a case against Hengda Real Estate.

In fact, after being investigated, he immediately knew that new bills could not be issued, and the announcement was made now, perhaps out of consideration for the resumption of trading in Hengda Hong Kong shares on August 28.

In addition, new notes cannot be issuedThat is, there is no way to issue bonds and borrow money, which means that Hengda’s blood transfusion pipeline is blocked from the financing end, and it also means that overseas workouts may end in failure.

Previously, Hengda’s workout voting meeting was pushed back and forth until September 22, when it directly announced that the workout meeting would not be held because sales were not as expected.

In March this year, Evergrande announced a restructuring plan for its $19.149 billion foreign debt, offering three options to creditors.

First, replace the old debt 1:1 with the new note,new billThe duration is 10 to 12 years.

Second, convert to a 5-9 year termnew billConverted into a combination of Hengda Property, Hengda New Energy Vehicles, or equity-linked notes linked to Hengda’s listed shares.

And thirdly,A combination of the above two

That is to say, all three options require the issuance of new notes.

Now Hengda cannot issue new bills, financing channels are blocked, and workouts are also put on hold. It is clear that the Hengda issue has begun to close the net.

Many generals are being investigated

The first person to be taken away was Ke Peng, the former CEO of Evergrande Group. In January this year, he was taken away by the police for investigation because of his involvement in Hengda’s old reform in Shenzhen.

Shenzhen’s old renovation project was once regarded as Evergrande’s most important "ballast stone".

As early as 2016, Hengda’s financial report showed that it had 38 old renovation projects in Shenzhen, and the total value after all development would exceed 600 billion yuan. In 2019, Xia Haijun, then president of Hengda, once said that Hengda had 48 projects in Shenzhen, which was the largest developer of land reserves in Shenzhen, and the future income was unlimited. In 2020, Hengda’s financial report showed that Shenzhen accounted for 55 of the 104 old renovation projects laid out by Hengda.

But now it has been investigated, indicating that illegal activities may have been involved in the operation of these old renovation projects.

On September 16, Du Liang, general manager of Evergrande Wealth, and other suspected criminals were taken criminal coercive measures by Shenzhen public security. According to market news, the people arrested by Evergrande Wealth this time are all management.

Evergrande’s wealth is Xu Jiayin’s "money bag", which is used to provide financing for Evergrande’s own or related projects.

In August 2021, due to the difficulty of redemption, Evergrande announced that its financial products would stop selling to the outside world. According to the statistics of China Evergrande Group, from the initiation of financial products to the suspension of sales, the total amount of financing involved about RMB 92.10 billion yuan.

In September 2021, Evergrande’s wealth exploded, causing investors from all over the world to protect their rights. On September 10 of that year, Xu Jiayin publicly stated, "I can have nothing, but Evergrande’s wealth investors can’t have nothing. We must ensure that all maturing wealth products are repaid as soon as possible, not a penny less."

However, according to the "Internal Control Assessment and the Main Results of the Review of Certain Issues Raised by the Former Auditor" issued by Evergrande on August 24, 2023, as of December 31, 2022, Evergrande Wealth has not paid principal and interest of 34 billion yuan.

On August 31, Hengda Wealth once again issued a document saying that due to the lower than expected progress of asset disposal and the lack of asset disposal funds, it could not be redeemed for the month. From 8,000 yuan per month to 2,000 yuan per month, and then completely unable to redeem, in less than two years, Hengda Wealth’s cash flow has completely dried up.

Now it seems that Xu Jiayin’s lofty words at that time were nothing more than a delaying strategy, and now they cannot be repaid. Evergrande’s wealth may be suspected of crimes.

On September 21, Zhu Jialin, the former chairperson of Evergrande Life Insurance, was investigated.

Evergrande’s other purse is "Evergrande Life Insurance", which was fully taken over by Haigang Life Insurance, a newly established state-owned insurance company, due to serious insolvent.

In the heyday of Evergrande Life Insurance, it was responsible for "blood transfusion" for various businesses. Like Evergrande’s wealth routine, it sold high-yield universal insurance to attract the purchase of insurance products, and funneled the money to Evergrande’s real estate, automobile and other businesses through trusts and other means.

Hengda life is 2015 through the new Great Eastern Life Insurance changed its name, the total assets from 73.10 billion yuan in 2016 to 241.50 billion yuan in 2020, net profit has dropped from 1.243 billion yuan in 2017 to 333 million yuan in 2020, serious insolvent, the industry said its previous financial report may have problems, as the chairperson of Hengda life Zhu Jialin, may be involved.

On September 26, the latest news from Caixin English Network said that Xia Haijun, the former CEO of China Evergrande, and Pan Darong, the chief financial officer, have both been controlled or taken away.

Xia Haijun, the former president of Evergrande, is the most famous and responsible person in Evergrande besides Xu Jiayin, and is known as the "working emperor of the real estate industry".

Before Hengda’s thunder, the then president Xia Haijun immediately sold his holdings of Hengda dollar debt, cash 56.688 million dollars (about 360 million yuan), in 2021, Xia Haijun also successively reduced his holdings of Hengda property, Hengda Auto, Hengda RV Bao shares, a total of about 1.0155 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 827.20 million yuan).

In March 2022, Hengda Property was exposed 13.40 billion deposits were enforced, and with further investigation of the incident, the three executives involved, Xia Haijun, Pan Darong and Ke Peng, were asked to resign by the board of directors.

Xia Haijun has been the No. 2 figure in Evergrande for more than a decade. Major events in Evergrande’s development history are inseparable from Xia Haijun’s participation and decision-making, including Hengda’s financial management.

Xia Haijun and others were controlled by the relevant departments, which is a very obvious signal that the relevant departments have dealt with Evergrande, or have reached the stage of closing the net, even the executives who have left before cannot escape responsibility.

It’s hard to get back

With the "capable generals" around Boss Xu being caught one by one, Evergrande is not far from the finale.

Since Hengda’s explosion, the fire sale of Hengda’s shares, the "technical" divorce, and the filing for bankruptcy protection in the United States may pay for this series of "lying down" operations.

In the past six months, China Hengda has repeatedly disclosed that Hengda Real Estate is involved in major litigation and fails to pay off due debts. Among them, as of the end of July, Hengda Real Estate involves more than 30 million yuan in pending litigation, a total of 437.743 billion yuan in due and unpaid debts 2775.01 billion yuan, and a total of 207.50 billion yuan in overdue commercial tickets. Up to now, Hengda Real Estate has more than 600 information on the person subject to execution, and the total amount of execution exceeds 55.70 billion yuan. In addition, there are many restrictions on consumption orders, dishonest persons subject to execution (Lao Lai) and final case information.

Hengda since the second half of 2021 large-scale exposure to debt risk, nearly two years is still difficult to ease the pressure on funds, as of the end of June this year after excluding contractual liabilities of 1.78 trillion yuan, involving a large number of loans, payables, net assets negative 644.20 billion yuan. According to incomplete statistics, Hengda is currently involved in the country’s unfinished housing reached 1.60 million sets, which is behind 1.60 million families, close to 5 million people. The regulatory authorities left Xu boss time, or just to let him complete the task of "guaranteeing the building" as much as possible.Author | Wang Jian

Qin PLUS EV 2023 Champion Edition went on the market, with a price of 1298-176,800 yuan.

(Text/Liu Huiying Editor/Zhang Guangkai) On April 7, 2023, BYD 2023 Champion Edition was officially listed, with an official guide price of 129,800 yuan-176,800 yuan.

At the beginning of 2023, BYD launched the 2023 Champion Edition with an entry price of 99,800 yuan, which made BYD’s price drop to less than 100,000 yuan for the first time. At the beginning of listing, this car has aroused strong repercussions, which can be driven by pure electricity, with high configuration, strong performance and cheaper price, and has brought heavy blows to joint venture compact cars such as Sylphy, Corolla and so on.

In the month when BYD Qin PLUS DM-i 2023 Champion Edition went on the market, Qin family achieved the top sales of all kinds of cars with the sales volume of 30,540 vehicles; The sales volume of Qin family reached 40,850 units in March, setting a new high for all kinds of cars.

Qin PLUS EV, which is newly listed this time, has also won the pure electric A sedan championship for many times. Qin PLUS EV 2023 Champion Edition launched a total of six models, all of which upgraded the core technology of E platform 3.0, and the starting price reached 120,000.

Technically, the new car upgrades the core technology of E-platform 3.0 and is equipped with a wide temperature range high-efficiency heat pump system, which reduces the energy consumption of air conditioners by 40% under low temperature conditions and greatly improves the low-temperature cruising range; With the eight-in-one electric powertrain, the volume and weight of the system are reduced by 10%, and the comprehensive working condition efficiency is 89%.

In terms of power performance, the maximum power of the vehicle motor is increased to 150kW, and the acceleration time of 0-50km/h is increased to 3.8 seconds; Equipped with blade battery, CLTC can last up to 610km under comprehensive working conditions, and its comprehensive energy consumption is as low as 12.5kWh/100km.

Appearance, this model and the current design remain the same. The front face follows the design language of "DragonFace", with a closed front grille and a heavy downward-pressed front head. The headlights are designed in the shape of "arrow feather", but the interior has been added with a jet blue appearance and a warm sun brown interior.

In terms of seats, the integrated sports seat adds a punching process, which not only improves the heat dissipation, but also cooperates with the cloud cushion with better wrapping, which increases the comfort of driving.

In terms of intelligent network connection, the 2023 Champion Edition replaced the 8.8-inch full LCD instrument, and was equipped with DiLink 4.0 intelligent network connection system. According to different models, it provided 10.1-inch and 12.8-inch central control panels, and the 12.8-inch central control panel also supported adaptive rotation function.

In addition, the car will also be equipped with mobile phone NFC car keys, remote control driving and other functions, and equipped with electric sunroof, front electric seat adjustment, rear air outlet and other configurations.

Qin PLUS, on behalf of China brand in the car market, broke the monopoly market pattern of joint venture car enterprises. If the 99,800 Qin PLUS DM-i has penetrated the price moat of joint-venture fuel vehicles, then the Champion Edition of Qin PLUS EV 2023 will allow pure electric A sedan to enter the hinterland of fuel prices, which is expected to give China brand the right to speak in the future.

Aouita 11 first took Huawei ADS2.0 high-order intelligent driving system, leading the era of intelligent driving.

Aouita 11 is a high-end intelligent electric vehicle, equipped with Huawei’s full-stack smart car solutions, including DriveONE electric drive system, Sound sound system, AR.HUD live projector and so on. Recently, Aouita 11 announced that it will iterate the latest generation of Huawei’s intelligent driving system-ADS 2.0 in the first batch, so as to realize a full-scene intelligent driving experience with high perception, high computing power and high personification.

ADS2.0 is a high-level intelligent driving system released by Huawei on April 16th, 2023. It does not rely on high-precision maps, and can meet more than 90% of application scenarios, with a continuous non-takeover mileage exceeding 200 kilometers. ADS2.0 uses 34 intelligent driving sensors, including 3 laser radars, 6 millimeter-wave radars, 13 high-definition cameras and 12 ultrasonic radars, which realizes 360-degree environmental perception without dead ends. ADS2.0 also has the functions of high-speed NCA intelligent navigation assistance, high-speed ICA intelligent cruise assistance, APA intelligent parking assistance, etc., which can cope with complex traffic situations such as congestion, lane change overtaking and active obstacle avoidance.

Aouita 11 is one of the first vehicles equipped with ADS2.0, and it is also the result of deep cooperation between Huawei and Aouita. Aouita 11 single-motor version was officially launched on March 24th, 2023, with a maximum power of 230kW and a 6-second zero-acceleration capability. Aouita 11 single motor long battery life and long battery life are equipped with 90kWh and 116kWh ternary lithium-ion battery packs respectively, with cruising range of 600 km and 705 km respectively. Aouita 11 also has a 750V high-voltage platform with a maximum charging power of 240kW, which can realize "10 minutes and 200 kilometers" lightning fast charging.

Tan Benhong, Chairman and CEO of Aouita Science and Technology, said: "The Aouita 11 single-motor model gives users the choice of longer battery life, and has no compromise in intelligent driving experience, which shows our determination to stick to the high-end intelligent electric vehicle market and is also the basis for Aouita brand to continue to lead in the new track. We are very honored to cooperate with Huawei in depth to jointly promote the technological progress and innovation of China’s automobile industry. "

It is reported that all users of Aouita 11 can take the lead in upgrading ADS2.0 system through OTA, and enjoy the commercial opportunities in urban areas launched by Huawei. In the second quarter, we began to promote high-precision maps to 5 cities, and in the second half of the year, we will start to push the map-free plan to 45 cities, basically covering major cities in China.

Selecting insiders and manipulating competitions … God knows what China sports has experienced in recent years.

  CCTV News:A few days ago, Fiona Fang magazine sponsored by Procuratorial Daily published an article entitled "Shocking Corruption at the Top of Sports in China". The article listed some relevant measures and some specific cases of anti-corruption in China sports since the 18th National Congress. How did China sports experience the pain of reform in the past five years? Xiaobian tells you through several stories.

  Twin sisters regret retiring.

  In May, 2017, twin sisters Hua Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting returned to the stadium to win the gold medal at the award ceremony of the Flower Tour Double Event in the 13th National Games. Four years ago, because of a controversial referee’s score, the Wen Ting sisters, a world-famous flower swimming group, only achieved the third place in the National Games, ending their sports career with a bronze medal, while the host group Liaoning won the championship.

  The nearly perfect performance was awarded a low score by the referee. The score of the Liaoning team on the final day of the same set of competition actions was 2.2 points higher than that of the previous day’s preliminaries. All doubts pointed to Yu Li, then the head of synchronized swimming department of the General Administration of Sports, but after the game, Yu Li said in an interview: "The referee did not violate the relevant general rules and regulations in the scoring process, so the final score was determined to be effective and the original result was maintained."

  One year after the National Games in Liaoning, CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection made an all-round tour of the State Sports General Administration. After nearly one and a half months of inspection, the inspection results were announced, in which "the selection and selection of referees are not standardized, and the competition violates the principle of fairness and fraud" has become the focus of attention. On the third day after the announcement of the inspection results, the General Administration of Sports reported that an official was investigated for allegedly manipulating the competition and accepting improper bribes, and the person who was taken away was Yu Li, the former minister of the water polo department of the swimming center.

  According to authoritative media reports, in the 12th National Games, in order to "take care of" the host team’s "gold medal task", Yu Li, the former head of the National Flower Tour Team, accepted a bribe of 200,000 yuan from the director of Liaoning Swimming Center, resulting in a major scoring dispute in the flower tour project.

  In fact, the phenomenon of using authority to operate competitions like Yu Li is by no means a case in China sports, and it has even become a "hidden rule" in many projects. At the 10th National Games, Tian Liang, a famous diver, was suppressed because of his "bad relationship" with a leader of the China diving team. Before the game, in the referee’s lounge, a sports executive demanded that "no matter how well Tian Liang dances, he can only give 8.5 points at most". In the competition, after a perfect entry in Tian Liang, except one referee who gave a high score of 9.5 according to the standard, other referees really only gave 8.5 points. The referee who gave a high score finally lost the qualification of "best referee" and resigned soon after offending the leader.

  Although the official has not announced the exact reason why Yu Li was taken away, what is certain is that she can’t escape the common crime of accepting bribes or corruption. According to several media reports, although Yu Li and her husband Liu Fengyan, as cadres of the General Administration of Sports, obtained two houses allocated by the General Administration, Yu Li thought that their living conditions were not good enough, and then bought a 200-square-meter commercial house at a price of nearly 51,000 square meters, but the problem is that no one knows where the money came from.

  The table tennis player ran away angrily.

  Donna entered the national youth team at the age of 13 and won the national youth championship at the age of 16. She was called a "genius" of table tennis by the outside world, but she never participated in the world championships and the Olympic Games in the national team. Later, she changed her nationality and went to South Korea to play. After that, she won 10 games in the Korean Table Tennis Championships, ranking first in the women’s singles.

  "The Chinese Table Tennis Association does not pass the trials, but designates potential players in advance for centralized cultivation." According to media reports, Donna even said that South Korea is her motherland and hoped to enter the Olympic Games on behalf of South Korea, which caused great controversy.

  According to titan sports, Yu Li was not taken alone to assist in the investigation. She was also taken with an ace coach of the weightlifting team. It is mentioned in the article that this involves an ugly drama of China weightlifting team in the 2012 London Olympic Games. At that time, Zhou Jun, a 53kg Hubei native who represented China team, failed in snatch three times, creating the worst result of China women’s volleyball since she participated in the Olympic Games in 2000, and Zhou Jun’s qualification for the Olympic Games was also the result of the struggle of local interests.

  The similar shady selection is not a case. Take the national football team as an example. The list of players of each national team is full of disputes. As early as 2014, CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection also published the article "What can the professional reform do to save the" deflated football "for more than 20 years? Named the phenomenon of chaotic football management in China.

  In this paper, the expressions such as "the examination and approval of the competition and the selection and appointment of athletes and referees are not standardized, open and transparent", "the competition violates the principle of fairness, practices fraud", "the development and operation of the competition are chaotic" and "the power of the units directly under the General Administration is highly concentrated" have aroused strong repercussions from netizens, especially the majority of football fans, and China football has once again been pushed to the forefront.

  According to insiders, although the strength is the first in competitive sports, the selection of national team athletes has become a matter of great interest in many absolutely superior events, and it is easier to trigger some private power and money transactions.

  The incident of Yu Li caused an uproar among the public, and also opened the tip of the iceberg of China sports corruption. On June 25th, 2015, official website, the Supervision Department of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, announced that Xiao Tian, deputy director of the State Sports General Administration, was suspected of serious violation of discipline and law and was currently under investigation. From July 2014 to July 2015, more than 10 officials were investigated in the State Sports General Administration, sports project management centers and provincial and municipal local sports bureaus in one year.

  On March 21st, 2017, CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection launched a new round of inspection of the General Administration of Sport. According to the website of CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, this patrol will achieve full coverage for 22 subordinate units of the State Sports General Administration, and "keeping an eye on key people, key matters and key issues" has become an important direction of this patrol. A series of chaos in the selection of athletes highlights the grim situation of corruption in sports, and it is urgent to crack down on the corruption of sports industry officials.

  China men’s basketball team is struggling.

  With the retirement of Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and other veterans, the performance of China men’s basketball team in the international arena plummeted. In addition to the reasons for the lack of success, there are deeper reasons for the fall of China men’s basketball team.

  "It is inconceivable that even a company holding a three-person basketball game needs the approval of the Basketball Association. Internationally, the Olympic Games, NBA and other events are organized by non-governmental organizations and operated in a market-oriented manner. There is no official approval at all. "

  According to Qiao Xinsheng, dean of the Institute of Integrity of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, this is a disguised form of "power rent-seeking". The General Administration of Sports and the local sports authorities have formed a huge "interest chain" and turned it into a tool to gain the gray interests of the department.

  This point was also mentioned by Yao Ming, a basketball star and member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, in the "National Conference". He believes that at the current stage of development, there is no inevitable reason for the approval of sports events.

  Yao Ming pointed out that competition management and approval fees are often collected by the management centers of various sports, and the standards vary widely, which is easy to breed corruption; However, the sports management department interfered with the allocation of resources that could have been allocated by the market with the administrative hand, and also formed a monopoly objectively, which seriously hindered the enthusiasm of social forces for running sports and caused the fact of artificially setting a "threshold" for running competitions.

  Yao Ming’s proposal was adopted in the government work report of that year. However, people in the industry believe that sports departments at all levels have implemented the examination and approval of sports events for many years, and it will be difficult to remove this "cake of interests" from internal reform.

  In fact, it was not until the Central Inspection Team pointed out that "the examination and approval of sports events was irregular and opaque, highlighting the interests of departments" that the General Administration of Sports was forced to rectify its position, "canceling the examination and approval of commercial and mass sports events, and all other sports events were not required except national comprehensive sports events such as the National Games, the National Winter Games and the National Youth Games, and a few special types of sports events involving national security, politics, military affairs and diplomacy".

  Facts have proved that the cumbersome examination and approval process can not provide positive energy for the management and operation of sports events itself except for breeding the soil of "power rent-seeking". In November 2016, the new director of the General Administration of Sports, Gou Zhongwen, took office, and several major reforms and anti-corruption measures were successively introduced: from February to May this year, various forms of anti-corruption special meetings and anti-corruption inspections were held for four consecutive months, and 15 subordinate units were inspected as of May 28, and more than 180 problems were pointed out; In addition, Yao Ming, Lang Ping and other professionals are allowed to settle in trade associations to lead the reform in related fields … … The effect of this series of measures can only be tested by waiting for future events and achievements. (Text/Cheng Xiang)