Avita 12 welcomes OTA upgrade, smarter and safer

Hualong Network News (Qi Che) On March 28, Avita Technology announced that it will start OTA upgrade push for Avita 12 users from now on. The software version number of this upgrade is AVATR. OS 3.2.0, which revolves around the ability of smart driving and evolves again. Through 7 ability upgrades and 20 + experience optimizations, it unlocks a lot of new smart experiences, providing users with a smarter, safer and more understanding car experience.

The urban NCA will advance again, and continue to iterate to seize the "smart high point".

On February 4, 2024, all users of Avita 12 turned on the urban NCA that does not rely on high-precision maps, achieving Huawei’s smart driving ceiling and bringing users a new smart driving experience that "can be driven all over the country, safe and easy to drive". All Avita 12 series come standard with global sensing hardware including 3 lidars, which represents the highest standard hardware level in the industry. This OTA upgrade adds a number of functions to Avita 12’s intelligent driving and active safety, making urban NCA as easy to deal with as an "old driver", not only making intelligent driving more comfortable, but also safer.

HUAWEI ADS 2.0 high-end intelligent driving system. Photo provided by Avita Technology, published by Hualong Network

This time, HUAWEI ADS 2.0 advanced intelligent driving system, targeting intelligent driving, active safety capabilities, and user pain points such as intelligent parking, adds a side-active safety function LOCP, a new NCA Mute function for first-time use guidelines, NCA automatically rises to the road speed limit, NCA drives into the toll booth to reduce speed, and hands-off reminder option functions, etc., to make the smart driving experience more complete and user-friendly. At the same time, AVP is upgraded to make parking better and more worry-free.

Among them, especially for ADS lateral active safety upgrade: the new lateral active safety function LOCP, when the vehicle is at risk of collision with obstacles such as drainage horses and fences, the system will automatically trigger emergency intervention automatic steering avoidance, timely action to avoid or reduce the risk of collision, in addition, the lateral anti-collision function configuration item also adds obstacles and solid line options.

ADS lateral active safety upgrade. Photo provided by Avita Technology, sent by Hualong Network

In this OTA upgrade, NCA is added to automatically rise to the road speed limit, making it easy to pass as quickly as possible within the speed limit range. At the same time, NCA is added to drive into the toll station to actively reduce the speed, making high-speed smart driving more worry-free. The APP adds the function of NCA Mute for first-time use, freely switching between NCA and LCC modes, and the smart driving path is freely controlled.

ADS adds the function of hand-off reminder option. Photo provided by Avita Technology, sent by Hualong Network

In addition, ADS has added the function of hand-off reminder option, adding two gears of standard and comfort; at the same time, it has also added the quick navigation recommendation function of frequented places, which will intelligently recommend common destinations on the navigation homepage, enabling one-click smart driving to reach, understand you better, and be more considerate.

For AVP upgrades, you only need to walk through the parking lot once, choose the collection parking space by default, enter the map to directly calculate the route and activate AVP, and the central control screen can also display the AVP interface, making the parking experience more comfortable; after the upgrade, AVP can also be activated in the parking space, supporting the same basement from A parking space to B parking space, allowing users to enjoy the ease of freeing their hands from entering the parking lot.

It is more intimate to understand you, and constantly reinvent "intelligent luxury" with technology.

"Understand you" is Avita’s brand concept: let a car no longer just a means of transportation, but a partner, accompanying the owner to play various roles in life. Avita 12 not only supports remote upgrade OTA, but also the APP can automatically determine whether there is a new version after the upgrade, and remind and ask users whether to confirm the remote download and upgrade. At the same time, if there are multiple versions that have not been upgraded, you can directly upgrade to the latest version of the system.

In the intelligent driving system, Avita 12 adds the ability to recognize tidal lanes, bus lanes, and left-right lane change functions in both urban LCC and urban NCA.

The air conditioning system, fragrance system, and multimedia sound effects have been newly upgraded. Photo provided by Avita Technology, published by Hualong Network

In terms of cockpit experience optimization, the air conditioning system, fragrance system, and multimedia sound effects have been upgraded. For example, after the upgrade, the difference in the air temperature of Avita 12 will be less obvious, and the user’s aromatherapy settings will be remembered, and the basic sound experience will be solved. Optimize the high-end sky surround entertainment sound effects.

Entering the second half of the intelligent competition, relying on the CHN mode to deeply empower, Avita 12 fully opened the urban NCA, with the continuous OTA upgrade, constantly refreshing the intelligent driving experience, bringing users a more pleasant travel experience, once again setting off a new trend of intelligent advancement.

Wanda Cinemas film list "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" "Want to See You" and other exposure trends


1905 movie network news On November 12, Wanda Cinemas’ annual film conference was held during the 35th China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival. At the scene, Wanda Cinemas general manager Yin Xiangjin released the latest developments of Wanda Cinemas’ 2022-2023 key films. Filmmakers appeared to support, and one of the main creators and stars of the film revealed the new poster and trailer of the film on the spot.


At the event site, the most concerned thing was the "Wanda Film List" released by Yin Xiangjin, which was based on the four cores of "power of a big country", "emotional power", "female power" and "youth power". Among them, the high-profile film was officially announced as the main creative lineup. The film was produced by the producer, directed by Li Dachao, and starred in, and starred in. It is reported that the film is expected to be released in 2023.

 

The Wanda reserve project also includes a masterpiece that focuses on the theme of the times, "Invite You in the Future," which will be an industrialized hard-core blockbuster. From "living up to mission" to "chasing dreams and sky", it will promote the strong spirit of gathering "Chinese power". It is reported that the film will be directed by a new director.

 

The scene was full of surprises. For the first time, Yin Xiangjin officially announced the film "Three Brigades" co-directed by the official. It is reported that the film was produced by Chen Sicheng, directed by the director, and starred. This is another collaboration between Chen Sicheng and Zhang Yiji after other films. The story is based on a true life and tells the story of chasing the murderer thousands of miles away. In addition, the mysterious film "Hey! Buddy" also revealed some signals that it will dig out the emotional core of human touch and serve the audience with a resonant and innovative script.

 

In the film list, "Looking for Her" and "Shen Jilan" focus on the power of oriental women, with a delicate female perspective as the entry point, triggering the audience’s empathy for women’s experiences; "I Don’t Want to Be Friends with You" and "Confessions on Earth" focus on the best years of youth, telling the pure and exciting life stories of the younger generation.

 

The movie "I Want to See You", which attracted the most attention from the outside world, also revealed the first surprise trailer during the event that day. In just 15 seconds, the "Fengnan Squad" gathered again, which will definitely cause many drama fans to remember. The scene also revealed that the movie will tell the story of Taipei and Shanghai in China. In addition to the original cast, there is also a mysterious actor joining.

 

As the star of Wanda Cinemas’ upcoming "Countdown to Say I Love You", Zhou also interpreted the emotional story of the film on the spot. She used the "duck rabbit" in the movie as a prop to annotate the emotions in the film.

 

It is reported that Zhou also played a cake maker in "Countdown to Say I Love You", while the character "Gu Yuxuan" is a trendy play designer. Zhou also introduced Chen Feiyu’s role at the press conference, "seemingly quiet and hot inside, very gentle and attentive," while the two’s professional settings are interpreted as: The cake represents the sweetness of two people, and the blind box represents the unknown after the two meet. The movie is scheduled to meet the audience in 2022.


Meituan 2022 financial report: annual revenue 220 billion yuan, an increase of 23%

On March 24, Meituan released the fourth quarter and full year results of 2022. The company’s various businesses continued to achieve steady growth, with annual revenue of 220 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 23% year-on-year, and adjusted net profit of 2.80 billion yuan.

This year, Meituan deepened its "retail + technology" strategy and continued to increase investment in scientific research in key areas. The annual R & D expenditure increased by 24% year-on-year to 20.70 billion yuan, a record high.

At the same time, Meituan’s annual instant delivery orders increased by 14% year-on-year to 17.70 billion orders, of which the peak daily order volume of catering takeaway orders exceeded 60 million orders. The stickiness between users and the platform further increased, and the average annual transaction number of users reached 40.8, an increase of 14% year-on-year.

"In 2022, we will continue to provide hundreds of millions of consumers with assured goods and convenient services, and help millions of merchants use digital means to expand their online operations, which will drive more consumption and create more jobs," said Wang Xing, CEO of Meituan. "In the process of promoting the digital upgrading of life services and retail industries through technological innovation, we will continue to pay attention to the common interests and long-term development of platform participants such as merchants and riders, firmly fulfill platform responsibilities, increase investment in science and technology, continue to help the real economy, and make more contributions to the high-quality growth of China’s economy."

Enabling entities and core local businesses to thrive

As a technology retail enterprise, Meituan is continuing to leverage the advantages of rich application scenarios to fully meet user consumption needs through instant retail and high-quality online and offline supply. In 2022, Meituan’s core local business operating profit reached 29.50 billion yuan, an increase of 57% year-on-year.

Among them, the takeaway business insists on pursuing high-quality development, and consumers’ user stickiness has continued to increase in the past few quarters. Driven by this, the peak daily order volume of Meituan catering takeaway in 2022 exceeded 60 million orders.

The instant retail format using digital technology has further stimulated the potential of local consumption. In addition to food and beverage takeaway, the demand for instant retail such as medicines, flowers, daily groceries, branded cosmetics and mobile phones has grown rapidly. In the fourth quarter, the peak daily order volume of Meituan flash sale exceeded 11 million. Instant retail has also driven more local entities to embrace digital business methods. In 2022, there were nearly 300,000 convenience stores and small supermarkets related to instant retail on the Meituan platform, more than twice the number in 2019. The sales volume of merchants increased by more than 400% compared with 2019, and the variety of goods was three times that of 2019.

In terms of store-to-store business, Meituan has a rich and diverse range of life service categories and product matrices, as well as a strong consumer mind. To further stimulate the vitality of local merchants, Meituan has specially launched measures such as merchant traffic support and joint marketing programs, such as providing tailor-made tools for "time-honored" merchants to help them expand customer acquisition channels. In 2022, Meituan’s annual active merchants in stores maintained healthy growth, of which small store merchants increased by nearly 500,000 compared with 2021.

Meituan also gave full play to its supply-side advantages, launching a series of themed activities around key consumption nodes such as New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, and Spring Festival, to help local catering entities produce more "food". Taking Changsha as an example, from November 18 to November 30, 2022, Meituan joined tens of thousands of catering merchants to launch special activities to promote consumption and special night snacks, and selected more than 20,000 high-quality winter special packages, which stimulated the consumption vitality of the "night economy". Data show that the number of stores providing night catering services on the platform increased by 20% year-on-year in November.

In terms of new business, the efficiency of commodity retail business has been greatly improved. In 2022, the revenue rose to 59.20 billion yuan, and the quarterly operating loss narrowed by 32% year-on-year to 6.40 billion yuan. Meituan market and Meituan Preferred have ensured the stable supply of users’ daily necessities during the special period, and have also played a positive role in promoting the digital transformation of the agricultural industry.

Take multiple measures to jointly promote consumption recovery

In addition to mining user requests and providing a series of accurate and high-quality marketing activities to greatly boost consumer confidence, Meituan also undertook more than 80 government consumption coupon projects in dozens of provinces and cities such as Beijing, Tianjin, Hubei, and Shenzhen in 2022, and assisted the local government in issuing nearly 1 billion yuan of electronic consumption coupons, covering consumers’ all-round needs for "food, housing, travel, shopping and entertainment". Meituan data shows that among many consumption scenarios, the leverage effect of consumption coupons on in-store catering is the most obvious. During the event, the average daily transaction volume of participating merchants increased by 55% compared with the week before the event, and the average daily transaction volume of small and medium-sized merchants in Tianjin, Wuhan, Enshi, Yinchuan, Foshan and other cities increased by more than 100%.

Instant retail, characterized by minute-to-minute delivery, is a new trend in the retail industry, which makes technological innovation represented by drones expected to become the infrastructure for new business models in modern society. By the end of 2022, Meituan drone has been launched in Shenzhen and Shanghai, with routes covering 18 communities and office buildings, serving nearly 20,000 households. In the two years of normal trial operation, Meituan drone has completed more than 120,000 single delivery tasks, of which more than 100,000 orders will be completed in 2022.

"Meituan’s ability to effectively cope with external challenges and maintain growth momentum in 2022 is due to the strong resilience of the Chinese economy, the industry experience we have accumulated over the years, and the strong execution ability to adjust business strategies in a timely manner," said Chen Shaohui, Meituan CFO. "In the future, we will continue to consolidate the core capabilities of our main business and focus on new areas with growth and long-term returns. At the same time, we will insist on technological innovation to help the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, so as to help everyone eat better and live better."

Revealing Andy Lau’s old love history, Wang Zuxian pursued hard and finally retreated (Photo)

  Andy Lau once joked that the ideal lover should be a mix of Guan Zhilin, Wang Zuxian, Lin Qingxia and Zhong Chuhong.



Old photos: Andy and Wang Zuxian


  He felt that the girl with Lin Qingxia’s face, Zhong Chuhong’s lips, Wang Zuxian’s eyebrows, and Guan Zhilin’s nose was the dream lover.


  He added: "The longer the hair, the more beautiful it is. Wang Zuxian is the most beautiful without perming his hair; Guan Zhilin is also very good, but unfortunately it is a little dry."


  "Zhong Chuhong is a natural beauty. When she doesn’t wear makeup, she is more beautiful than when she wears makeup."


  This joking discussion immediately aroused people’s interest in these female artists.


  However, it was impossible to tell which of them Andy Lau was closer to.


  Andy Lau has repeatedly explained that "maybe he has been in this circle for too long and always feels out of place with the girls in the circle."


  But that doesn’t eliminate people’s speculation and discussion about it.


  And there are also many women in the circle who have feelings for Andy Lau.


  In the early years, Ye Qianwen had made it clear to his friends that Andy Lau was an ideal marriage partner.


  Although she and Lin Zixiang were already in love at that time.


  Ye Qianwen received a Western education and was avant-garde in thought. She did not hide anything in her heart.


  She thought that this person was good, so she would never hide it, and would definitely tell her true thoughts.


  Therefore, it is not surprising that she said this.


  In 1993, before the Spring Festival, commercial radio held a "lover’s soulmate concert".


  Ye Qianwen and Andy Lau were both invited to attend.


  At the scene, the host invited them to participate in a psychological test game, and the result was surprising: Andy Lau hated Ye Qianwen for meeting late, and if he could "spark a spark", he was willing to give up everything for her.


  The joke did create an atmosphere for the scene at the time, but it caused a chain reaction from the good guys.


  Did this game make Andy Lau and Ye Qianwen feel embarrassed or secretly happy?


  Did the results speak for themselves, or were they irrelevant?


  ****


  In short, after the broadcast of the program, people speculated for several days, guessing and guessing, and finally came to an end.


  Wang Zuxian is also a star who explicitly shows his love for Andy Lau.


  Wang Zuxian and Qi Qin once had a vigorous love affair, which ended in a breakup. Later, the scandal between Wang Zuxian and Lin Jianyue became uproar, and Lin Jianyue completed divorce procedures with his wife Xie Lingling for her.


  But soon Lin Jianyue left her to find another love, which is old news today.


  But all of this shows Wang Zuxian’s personality – dare to love and hate.


  It was this Wang Zuxian, who dared to love and hate, who once publicly admitted that Andy Lau was the type of man she liked very much, but that Andy Lau already had a "rumored girlfriend" by his side, so he had to "retreat".


  She sighed with self-pity: Andy Lau was the only man she wanted to chase but didn’t catch up with.


  Another actress who made Andy Lau into a scandal was Zhong Chuhong.


  In 1985, Andy Lau collaborated with Zhong Chuhong on the filming of "The Falcon Project", and they became good friends during the filming process.


  Zhong Chuhong has a gentle personality and is very feminine.


  He is Andy Lau’s ideal wife candidate.


  Andy Lau once said: "She always gives people a very sweet, comfortable and gentle feeling, beautiful but not arrogant, not domineering, and her eyes smile like she can talk."


  Zhong Chuhong has a taste of a family woman. When she is not filming, she is willing to do some housework and likes plants and flowers. Once, because Zhong Chuhong likes flower arrangement, women in the entire entertainment industry regard flower arrangement as a fashion. In order to become a standard little woman after marriage, she often asks some women who are considered good wives and mothers for advice when she is not married, and explores their way of life and the tacit cooperation between husband and wife.


  The shared life philosophy has made her and Chow Yun-fat’s wife best friends.


  Although Andy Lau believed that Zhong Chuhong was the top choice for his wife, at that time, Zhong Chuhong was already famous, and her love with her boyfriend Zhu Jiading had matured. He retired after getting married in 1991.

Editor in charge: Sun Jie

Meizu officially announced the new product launch, Flyme AIOS became the biggest protagonist?

At the beginning of the year, Meizu announced the high-profile suspension of traditional smartphone projects and released its first "AI end point" – Meizu 21PRO. At the press conference, Meizu recruited Li Nan and Yang Yan, and under the guidance of these two "senior Meizu friends", they entered the exclusive AI world of Meizu.

However, as an AI end point, the actual performance of Meizu 21 PRO did not satisfy Meizu friends, especially the actual landing of AI functions, which seemed to be somewhat different from the publicity at the press conference.When people thought that Meizu’s "ALL IN AI strategy" might be coming to an end, its official account suddenly announced the arrival of three new AI products on May 16. Lei Technology was also invited to participate in this conference, which will bring you first-hand news and new product interpretation, so stay tuned.

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(Source: Meizu)

Combined with the information leaked earlier, the biggest highlight of this conference is Meizu’s new mid-range model, Meizu 21 NOTE, which is also the first time Meizu has put the "NOTE" suffix on the main brand model, and its performance is expected. In addition, Meizu also officially announced the arrival of Flyme AI, which means that although Meizu is about to release a mid-range model, AI is still its core theme.

Since Meizu returned to the public eye, almost every product launch has been controversial, especially after the complete shift to AI, the brand’s positioning and strategy have changed, which has attracted many doubts. Whether Meizu can achieve a perfect counterattack with this conference is exactly what we are looking forward to.

At the beginning of the year, Meizu launched the Meizu 21 PRO and the new Flyme to a certain height, with solgan bombardments such as "open AI end point" and "Raspberry Pi in the AI era", which increased the market’s expectations for it.

But the reality is more like Meizu painting a perfect big pie for everyone. In this "big pie", those AI secretaries, AI Mini Programs, and open platforms almost only exist on the PPT of the conference, rather than in the Meizu 21 PRO in the hands of users.

What Flyme AI (New Flyme for New Generations) needs to do is to bring to reality the big cakes painted at the beginning of the year.

In the bottom layer of the system, Meizu believes that most AI phones on the market only provide a GPT-like tool on the mobile phone to help users with this application, while Meizu needs to do the real "AIOS", that is, let the mobile phone know how to help users realize functions. For example, Meizu has mentioned "AI Secretary", which is an automated tool that can replicate user behavior. When you order the same dish from the same takeaway with the same app multiple times, Flyme AI can automatically help you complete a series of operations to achieve true hands-free.

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(Source: Meizu)

To understand, analyze, and learn the user’s operation logic, and to complete each step according to the intention, the core lies in the support of the large language model behind it, and Meizu advocates opening this part to more third-party platforms.Although everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, Meizu’s current problem is that it has not been able to achieve a breakthrough from "0" to "1", which is rather difficult.

In terms of application, Meizu also took into account the AI ecosystem and proposed the AI Mini Program. The AI Mini Program is actually our common "agent", also called Agent, which is equivalent to a specialized small model tool, which handles the work requirements in different scenarios. Although the development of the AI Mini Program is not difficult, it is limited by the number of installations and developers of Flyme, and the response after the plan is made public does not seem to be very enthusiastic.

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(Source: Meizu)

Flyme AI can be said to be one of Meizu’s most interesting "new products" this year. At present, the official has only announced one of its functions: live notification. Live notification is a dynamic notification reminder similar to iOS Dynamic Island and Glory’s Smart Capsule, which is a popular function at the moment. As for whether Flyme AI can implement the AI functions and plans announced at the beginning of the year, it remains to be officially revealed.

The pre-installed Flyme AI is naturally the Meizu 21 NOTE unveiled at the same conference. This model will be equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform, with a display size of 6.8 inches and a white border version. In fact, the configuration of this model is indeed not too bright in 2024. How can Meizu make the new Flyme AI play a greater role in this mid-range model? This may be what Meizu is concerned about.

Although Meizu is not the first mobile phone manufacturer to propose an AI strategy, it is one of the most thorough mobile phone manufacturers to turn to the AI track. Since Meizu 21 PRO, all its products will be given the characteristics of "AI". Of course, from the market feedback, Meizu’s "ALL IN AI" is indeed a bit thunderous.

As Meizu’s first AI end point, the Meizu 21 PRO’s product performance can actually be regarded as the mainstream flagship level. For example, the performance is supported by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile platform, and the peripheral configuration of the fuselage also has mEngine motors, ultrasonic fingerprints, etc. However, if classified as "AI end point", the performance of the Meizu 21 PRO is relatively average.

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(Source: Meizu)

Functionally, Meizu 21 PRO can only achieve AI assistant, AI screen recognition and AI picture processing, etc. Among them, the AI assistant also answered questions incorrectly in the early days: some netizens asked the Aicy assistant "how about one plus 12", and the answer it gave was "equal to 3", which is ironic. Although Meizu has optimized such questions in subsequent updates, it has also left a bad impression on consumers.

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(Source: Meizu)

Of course, whether it is AI elimination, AI expansion or AI assistant and other AI functions, in most of the current new mobile phones are not uncommon, millet, OPPO, Huawei and other brands of new machines, basically can use self-developed large model empower, provide similar AI characteristics, which led to Meizu although shouted the slogan "ALL IN AI", but failed to make enough differentiation.

But Meizu’s advantage is also unparalleled by other brands, such as in the field of virtual reality or in the field of cars and machines, which can be driven by Flyme to complete the transition from intelligent to AI.In Flyme AI’s promotional animation, Meizu appears to be preparing a 65-inch LED TV to enter the AI home appliance market.

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(Source: Meizu)

It can be said that in the early stage of the AI mobile market, Meizu was indeed the one that made the biggest strides, and the early results were not as great as everyone expected. This may be because Meizu’s Flyme has always been a leader in customized systems in the past, and Meizu friends naturally have higher expectations for its initial appearance after entering the AI field, which led to some gaps that did not match expectations. Market data shows that the initial sales of Meizu 21 PRO increased by about 2-3 times compared with the previous generation of Meizu 20 PRO, and the former also won the first place in sales at the same price in the same period, and the performance was still in line with expectations.

Market research firm Counterpoint Research pointed out in the latest "Generative AI Mobile Phone Industry White Paper" that AI mobile phones will enter an explosive period in 2024, and will break the 1 billion mark by 2027, accounting for more than 50% of annual shipments and being in the mainstream position.

Perhaps seeing the trend of the mobile phone market change, since 2023, most mobile phone manufacturers have followed the AI trend and launched "AI phones", and in this "AI phone war", Meizu can be said to be the most unique player.

Compared with other manufacturers, Meizu’s mobile phone business has not been too eye-catching before the Meizu 20 "return" market, especially after many rounds of reshuffle, there are few mainstream manufacturers in the mobile phone market left, and Meizu has to turn the track. The pressure is still very high.At the press conference of Meizu 21 PRO at the beginning of the year, Li Nan also admitted that the reason why Meizu wants to be a "Raspberry Pi in the AI era" is the ecological niche of small brands in the era of large models.

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(Source: Photo by Lei Technology)

Meizu’s "AI end point" positioning is more biased towards platform-level AI, which means that Meizu needs to continuously launch hardware and improve software services so that more developers can join it. This may explain why Meizu mentioned at the conference at the beginning of the year that some AI functions are still not open, but are still waiting for the arrival of the new Flyme AI.

In May, this conference may be the most important conference after Meizu turned to the "AI end point". In addition to the arrival of the first mid-range AI model, Meizu 21 NOTE, other new products such as Flyme AI and AI TV were unveiled to jointly build Meizu’s AI ecosystem. At that time, it is not too late to judge whether Meizu can usher in a turnaround in this AI mobile phone war.

In 2024, AI models will accelerate, cars will become a golden scene, and "the second half is intelligent" will become the industry consensus.

On April 25, the Beijing Auto Show became a watershed for new energy vehicles to enter the second half, with intelligence becoming an absolute protagonist, domestic brands rising strongly, entrepreneurs’ "new car models" becoming a landscape, and fuel vehicles, joint ventures, foreign brands, and functional vehicles completely lonely.

During the auto show, Lei Technology’s "focus on electric vehicles, more intelligent" new media tram sent a luxury reporting team to Beijing, carried out a system of first-line professional in-depth reports, a total of 8 videos, 8 in-depth analysis and massive short content, the whole network harvested millions + reading, and won a number of WeChat 100,000 + popular (real traffic), which attracted great attention in the industry professional media.

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Today’s Film Review | "Galaxy Writer": The Dream Journey of Young Filmmakers


1905 movie network feature Last summer, a "hit" comedy was born at the FIRST Youth Film Festival in Xining. After its first screening, it won reviews such as "Comedy Version Screenwriter Survival Guide" and "Contemporary Film and Television Migrant Workers Apocalypse", and won two awards from the FIRST jury: "Best Screenwriter" and "Jury Award".

Although this much-anticipated movie "Galaxy Writer" is currently low in the rankings and has not been seen by many people, the brain-opening funny plot and the heart-piercing film core can’t help but make people curious. What kind of movie is this "Galaxy Writer"?

A "one-of-a-kind" movie

"Galaxy Writer," about the screenwriters of the "humble second party", makes it easy to think of two films this year. One is a film and television film made by filmmakers, and the other is a hit "migrant worker" comedy film. But "Galaxy Writer" is not the second one, but a "one-of-a-kind" film.

"Mr. Red Carpet" treats the crew as the main body of a story, but in fact the audience has a barrier to this thing, while "Galaxy Writer" treats the screenwriting industry as Party B in the workplace to write, and begins to compete with Party A in the industry. It places the strong genre of comedy in a relatively niche screenwriting industry, but it is similar to the difficulties encountered in the financial and advertising fields. Its core is the story of life polishing the dream chaser. 

The "migrant worker" in "The Annual Meeting Can’t Stop!" pursues promotion and salary increase, the background of the story is overhead, and it is also true to replace other occupations, but "Galaxy Writer" is to weld the screenwriting profession and this story together, the two are inseparable, but the difficulties encountered by the screenwriter in this process are the same as those encountered by other parties, but the forms of difficulties encountered are different. As a migrant worker, whether it is Beipiao, Hupiao or Hengpiao, you can see the epitome and find resonance in this film.

A movie about "movies"

In recent years, we have seen more and more domestic films in theaters bring the stories of migrant workers in the film and television industry to the big screen, such as the story of a recording engineer and a crew. "Mr. Red Carpet" tells the story of a star actor. Even if these films have a good reputation, from the box office results and market feedback, they cannot escape the result of "self-love".

In comparison to these films, which are a deciphering method for the crew, recordings, and actors, "Galaxy Writer" implies the theme of people, reality, and dreams through the presentation of the screenwriting industry, which is different from those films in terms of concept.

The value of "Galaxy Writer" is not limited to the screenwriting industry. The people it catches are liberal arts students who are regarded as "service industries", "drifters" who struggle to return to their hometowns at the age of 35, migrant workers who may be replaced by AI, and ordinary people whose dreams have been hit.

There is a sentence in the review of the movie "Yongan Town Story Collection" that needs to arouse the vigilance of us filmmakers – "This kind of decision and final presentation is the director’s confidence and the director’s self-righteousness", so shooting a movie about a movie is one and two sides. When you go to make a movie, you must think about what audience and market you are facing. The movie is unknown, but you must have a certain degree of self-awareness before making a movie.

A story of young people themselves

"Galaxy Writers" is He’s directorial debut, but before that, they had been in the film and television industry for more than ten years as screenwriters. Almost all the clips in the film are the true stories of him and the people around him. It is this truth that has aroused the resonance of countless people in the industry.

The creative face and attitude of "Galaxy Writer" also provide experience for young filmmakers to learn from on their creative path. Many people have not gone through a magnificent period of time, nor have they made extensive contact with society. It is better to start with the things around them that they are familiar with, learn to talk to reality, the times, and time, and write today’s new stories.

At the same time, the film also cleverly integrates the popular AI elements of the moment, which echoes the development of artificial intelligence in full swing. The Easter Egg at the end of "Galaxy Writer" takes place in 2100 AD. At this time, the screenwriting profession has been replaced by AI. "Seven Seconds Man" has become the only script written by humans, and the strong evidence is typos.

So, if future AI technology can really replace screenwriters, then the key to human success is to have a sense of truth, our vulnerability and incompetence, and our wealth at the same time. Therefore, good young filmmakers must observe life and keep pace with the times. A glass of water can’t make a storm, but a drop of water can also refract the sun.

After watching the film, the veteran screenwriter expressed mixed feelings, and he once had tears in his eyes during the viewing. He saw the voice of many industries in the film. For viewers who have not seen the film, he warmly recommended that "I think a writer is a very ordinary profession, but if you add this dimension of the galaxy, it becomes an idealistic light. If you haven’t found this angle, I think you should watch’Galaxy Writers’ and see how they endure for a long time, and then how the Jedi reverse."


Meituan Takeaway Releases Rider Employment Report, Driving 2.70 million Employment During the Year

One afternoon two months ago, when Meituan rider Yu Suoqun from Jilin jumped into the icy river water and desperately rescued the driver of the drowning car, he would never have imagined that he would be on the stage of the first rider award ceremony in the food delivery industry and become a bright star in the group.

On January 17, China’s first food delivery rider awards ceremony, "City New Youth · 2018 Meituan Food Delivery Rider Awards Ceremony", was held in Beijing. A total of 8 awards were presented at the ceremony, and 80 outstanding riders and sites were honored.

8 major awards were released and 10 people won the "City New Youth of the Year"

Meituan takeaway issued awards for the riders, such as the top ten praise riders of the year, the top ten dedicated riders of the year, the top ten webmasters of the year, and the king of the top ten mileage of the year.

In addition, the "New City Youth of the Year" award is a special project reward set up by Meituan Takeaway for model riders. As representatives of the new city youth, they are using their actual actions to convey positive energy. "Glacier Warrior" Yu Chaoqun, "Lucheng Good Man" Lu Hucheng and other 10 people shared the award. Jilin Yu Chaoqun jumped into the icy river water to rescue the car owner in a moment of crisis without hesitation.

Rider employment report released, takeaway drives 2.70 million employment

At the award ceremony, Meituan also released the "New Youth in the City: Employment Report of Takeaway Riders in 2018" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"). The "Report" is based on Meituan platform data, 118,000 effective rider questionnaire, and gives answers on the real family, income, work, life and study of the rider group.

The report shows that in 2018, more than 2.7 million riders earned income from Meituan food delivery. 77% of the riders came from rural areas, and the majority were born in the 1980s and 1990s, and 92% were men. Most of them are the backbone of their families. 60% of the riders are married and have children, and 40% of the riders’ lovers choose to take care of children and the elderly at home. 45% of the riders receive more than 20 orders per day, and 40% of the riders travel more than 50 kilometers per day, which is close to the total length of Beijing’s Fourth Ring Road. But they are not satisfied with this. 35% of Meituan riders have other sources of income, such as factory workers, enterprises and institutions, and starting their own small business or starting a business.

Flexible working hours, guaranteed income, and free time have become important reasons for them to choose to be riders. 52% of riders work less than 4 hours a day, and 39% of riders work 4 to 8 hours.

The "Report" shows that 53% of Meituan riders will choose to work in the province, with Henan, Anhui, Shanxi, Jiangxi and Guangxi becoming the provinces with the highest proportion of riders working in the same province. In terms of geography, the number of riders working in Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang is the largest, followed by Shanghai and Beijing. The number of riders in provinces with higher GDP is relatively large.

In addition, Meituan Takeaway has launched a special rider protection plan, providing care funds covering 25 major diseases to fully protect the health and safety of riders.

The price reduction of Haval Xiaolong in Lianyungang area is coming, and the latest offer is 99,800! Act quickly.

Recently, the preferential promotion channel in Lianyungang, car home has brought heavy discounts to riders! As an SUV model that has attracted much attention, it is now carrying out promotional activities in Lianyungang, with a maximum discount of 40,000 yuan! The minimum starting price is 99,800 yuan, and the preferential strength should not be missed. If you want to know more about the discount, please click the "Check Car Price" button in the quotation form to get a higher discount!

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The design of Haval Xiaolong is very unique. Its front face adopts a large-area air intake grille, and it creates a strong visual impact through the combination of silver trim and black lines. The lines of the whole vehicle are smooth and dynamic, showing a strong sports atmosphere. In addition, Haval Xiaolong also uses sharp LED headlights and fog lights, as well as a unique C-pillar design, which makes the appearance of the whole vehicle more refined. The overall style is fashionable and dynamic, showing the young and energetic image of Haval Xiaolong.

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Haval Xiaolong is an SUV with a body size of 4600*1877*1675mm, with a wheelbase of 2710mm, a front tread of 1583mm and a rear tread of 1587 mm. The side lines of this model are smooth and tough, showing a strong sense of movement and strength. The front and rear tyre size are both 225/60 R18, and the rim is fashionable in design and unique in shape, which makes the whole vehicle more fashionable and dynamic.

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Haval Xiaolong’s interior design is simple and atmospheric, with a leather steering wheel and leather-like seats, which shows a sense of luxury. The central control screen size is 12.3 inches, which supports voice recognition control of multimedia, navigation, telephone, air conditioner, skylight and window. The steering wheel supports manual up and down+forward and backward adjustment, providing a comfortable driving experience. The front and rear rows are equipped with USB/Type-C interface, which is convenient for users to charge. The main seat supports front and back, backrest and height adjustment (2-way) adjustment, and the auxiliary seat also supports front and back and backrest adjustment. The rear seats also support proportional reclining, providing users with more flexible seat layout options. In short, Haval Xiaolong’s interior design pays attention to details and comfort, which brings users a good driving experience.

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Haval Xiaolong is equipped with a 1.5L 101 horsepower L4 engine with a maximum power of 74kW and a maximum torque of 132 N m.. The car is equipped with a 2-speed DHT gearbox, which can provide a smooth shift experience. This engine adopts advanced technology, which makes it outstanding in fuel economy, power performance and reliability.

As an exquisite and avant-garde car, Haval Xiaolong has successfully attracted the attention of many consumers. According to the evaluation of the owner of car home, she said that she was most satisfied with the design of Xiaolong, and its high value was irresistible. Therefore, we can see that the outstanding performance of Haval Xiaolong in appearance has been recognized and loved by the owners. In addition to the appearance, Haval Xiaolong has performed equally well in other aspects.

Xiaomi auto has been on the hot search again. Netizen: Has the commercial war started?

On April 7th, Weibo topic # Xiaomi SU7 was exposed to design defects # and suddenly rushed to hot search. The reason is that a car blogger posted a video shot by a netizen, in which the netizen adjusted the height of Xiaomi SU7 seat to the highest, causing the seat to break the cosmetic mirror.

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The netizen called "the first bad millet cosmetic mirror in the whole network." 」

After the video was sent out, it quickly caused onlookers, but most netizens questioned the content of the video: Who would adjust the seat to the highest position in a normal person? And think that the video is black and black.

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As we all know, since the release of Xiaomi SU7, a series of "defects" and doubts about the products have followed. Even Lei Jun himself admits that "netizens are under great pressure to find problems with a microscope. 」

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However, another netizen believes that this hot search is not a normal product accident, but a premeditated "commercial war."

Why do you say that?

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Weibo Big V@ Frost Leaf found that after the video was exposed, many car bloggers with yellow V forwarded the video, and the text was exactly the same as the news source. At the same time, after the topic was marked as "hot search", the above-mentioned yellow V car bloggers disappeared from the topic.

Whipping bulls don’t know whether this is an organized and premeditated "commercial war", so everyone can judge for themselves. However, Whip Niu Shi believes that as a professional car blogger, he should express his views and opinions on the video content and provide and output valuable suggestions for users, rather than being a pure porter.

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In addition, when the topic reading volume is only over 600,000, it is marked as a hot search. Of course, given that Xiaomi Automobile is the focus of attention from all walks of life, the weight of hot search may be tilted, but it cannot be ruled out that there are other "operations".

Up to now, the reading volume of this topic has reached 32.54 million, ranking fourth in the highest position of hot search. At present, Xiaomi Auto official did not respond to the video.

Xiaomi Automobile Factory is infinitely close to mass production, but users are more anxious than Lei Jun.

As the sales of Huawei’s new M7 continue to be hot, Xiaomi, which has not yet announced the progress of building cars, has once again attracted much attention. The industry is worried that Xiaomi can’t keep up with the development pace of new energy vehicles in China.

At present, the latest news we have received is that Xiaomi Auto’s self-built factory in Yizhuang New Town, Beijing has been carrying out continuous production line adjustment, which is infinitely close to formal mass production, and everything is just waiting for the official qualification of building a car.

The red Xiaomi car logo seen in Xiaomi car factory is full of expectations.

The new force of making cars across the border ushered in the ultimate challenge in 2023, that is, the overall concentration of word-of-mouth and sales, and the stronger.

There are many cross-border cars, and only two mobile phone companies make cars, Apple and Xiaomi. Under the eyes of the public, their road to making cars is full of twists and turns, and it is late.

When Apple’s car dream is almost shattered, Xiaomi is expected to become the last new car-making force in the China market. Xiaomi car carries the brand-new expectation of rice flour and China car. Will it be a brand-new species?

Majuqiao town, next to Beijing Benz Yizhuang Factory, is the location of Xiaomi Automobile Dream Base, and the factory has entered the final sprint stage before mass production.

Since we are experienced in the factory, this paper will talk about whether it is really feasible to build a car with millet from the perspective of the factory.

We summarize the information of Xiaomi automobile factory from relevant channels into three parts: factory, equipment and model, and restore this highly concerned but mysterious project.

1. Xiaomi Automobile Factory has completed the acceptance.

In various infrastructure planning declarations, Xiaomi Automobile exists under the name of Xiaomi Jingxi Technology.

Looking at the location of Xiaomi factory through map software, it is still in the stage of land leveling. In fact, the building of the factory has already been completed, and the installation and commissioning of equipment and production are in full swing, which means that Xiaomi factory will be officially put into production soon.

In a schematic diagram of Majuqiao Zhizao Base in Yizhuang New Town, we can see that the second phase of the factory is planned just across the road from the existing first phase factory. The total planned annual production capacity of the two factories is 300,000 vehicles. It is really not easy to build a car with millet!

When we reduce the scale of the map, we can see that the 15-minute drive is the Beijing Mercedes-Benz front drive and engine base in Yizhuang New Town, which is also a high-level autonomous driving demonstration area in Beijing. Perhaps it is the best scene for Xiaomi’s appearance.

As one of the civil engineering and workshop builders of Xiaomi Factory, China Construction Second Bureau, China Construction Third Bureau and China Automobile Engineering are also making final efforts for the grand appearance of Xiaomi Automobile.

Different from OEM and rebuilding old factories, factory buildings are the first guarantee to build their own factories.

Known as the "Xiaomi Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Base", it is divided into the No.1 factory building, the No.4 factory building and the test building, and the relevant factories have passed the acceptance on June 12.

From the EIA report of the test building, we can see that the R&D test and verification project of new energy vehicles will form the R&D test and verification capability from the whole new energy vehicle to the component level, covering the performance and durability of the whole vehicle, the performance and reliability of the core system and components of Sanpower, the test of the self-driving cockpit system and other related fields, and it has 23 laboratories or areas, including the body and opening and closing parts durability laboratory and the MAST laboratory.

Second, the Xiaomi automobile production line is stepping up installation and commissioning.

Xiaomi automobile production line has always been a very mysterious existence. We can’t find the relevant EIA report of the factory, but we can only understand it from the side.

As a brand-new electric smart car factory, Xiaomi factory has a complete process of punching, welding and coating and power battery.

We know that the production line of Xiaomi Automobile’s assembly workshop is under the responsibility of China Automobile Engineering, which is also one of the first choice production line integrators for mainstream independent automobile enterprises such as Xpeng Motors.

The achievements of China’s automobile industry for many years, apart from the localized parts suppliers, are to cultivate many excellent equipment, production lines and suppliers, which has become a powerful thrust for China’s automobile industry.

Whether it is Weilai’s OEM mode or Xpeng Motors’s OEM-to-self-built mode, automobile manufacturing is no longer a problem that a car should worry about, and even we can see the high similarity of equipment and production lines among various factories.

If you see Fanuc’s robots, Mingluo’s welding production line and Xingxin’s painting equipment in Xiaomi Automobile Factory, it is not surprising.

In the field of automobile manufacturing, we don’t need to worry too much about experienced people and mainstream standard production lines. The most important thing is quality and quality, and we can only wait until the new car is on the ground to get the answer.

Taking 10,000 steps back, compared with Wei Xiaoli’s complete cross-border entry into automobile manufacturing, Xiaomi has rich experience and accumulation in the field of product manufacturing and supply chain.

Will the Xiaomi car that the audience can see be the Guangzhou Auto Show held in November or the Beijing Auto Show in April 2024?

Third, Xiaomi’s first new model was officially unveiled during the year.

In addition to the qualification of building a car, Xiaomi Automobile is hotly debated about the pricing of the so-called first model, which is also dubbed by netizens as the worst time that Xiaomi Automobile was hacked.

If Xiaomi is really priced at more than 100,000 yuan, it will become the second Xpeng Motors. There are too many competitors in this market and there are too many restrictions on the imagination of models.

Besides talents, production lines and parts brought by Xiaomi brand and achievements of China automobile industry, what Xiaomi car looks like and what its name is the most important thing.

Xiaomi automobile is in the best moment in the process of building a car: the factory is about to be completed, and the new model has not been officially delivered, which is a good time to tell stories without the burden.

It seems that the high-end task of Xiaomi mobile phone can only be completed by Xiaomi Automobile!

The first model of the new power is mostly the SUV model with the largest sales volume. From the information available at present, Xiaomi’s first car is a pure electric car, and Xiaomi’s courage is commendable!

According to the completion of the factory this year and the time of mass production delivery in the second half of next year, the first model of Xiaomi is expected to be officially unveiled at the end of the year, and then it will be listed in the new car declaration catalogue of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in the first half of 2024.

However, we pay more attention to the second model of Xiaomi Automobile.

Many new forces in building cars have fallen on the mass production preparation of the first model, such as Baiteng; What is even more regrettable is that many new car companies quickly fell after the highlight moment of mass production of the first model. For example, Weimar recently announced bankruptcy and restructuring.

Relying on the power of capital and PPT story, the first model is relatively simple, but it is more important to keep the pace of development. We can see it from the development curve of Wei Xiaoli, the three major car companies that are new forces in building cars.

Before the reputation of Xiaomi brand and the accumulation of fans, and after the full support of Beijing municipal government, Xiaomi automobile can be said to be all ready, except for mass production.

Xiaomi builds a car, perhaps Lei Jun is not in a hurry, but the competitors are in a hurry. After all, the latter needs real delivery, but Xiaomi can also tell the stories they have told, which makes people feel worried.

The Xiaomi factory is about to be officially completed, and the story of Xiaomi’s car-making should come to an end, but the story of China’s new car-making will be brilliant.

Welcome Xiaomi Auto to embrace Wei Xiaoli, and the new forces will start to enter a new chapter. I look forward to Xiao Ai’s classmates bringing us familiar but different Xiaomi electric smart cars.

Being able to play smart phones well does not mean that Xiaomi can build cars well, but Xiaomi has stood on the high-light stage of new energy vehicles in China and is ready to go.

As a famous saying goes, real life sucks, but you will like it.

Xiaomi car is red, let’s look forward to it, and the beautiful things of Xiaomi car are about to happen!