The Beijing News (Reporter Li Yukun) On April 10th, Singapore intercepted the second batch of pangolin scales in less than a week. These scales weighed 12.7 tons and came from about 21,000 pangolins. Not long ago, China’s customs announced ten typical cases of cracking down on the smuggling of endangered species such as ivory and their products, and many endangered animals and products involved were also from Nigeria.

　

On March 14th, a China girl with an alias of "African Xia" went to Nigeria, Africa for one month at her own expense, exposing the pangolin trade in the local market, in which the Chinese played a disgraceful role.

　

As an animal protection organization, China Green Hair Association is also concerned about the smuggling of pangolins from Nigeria, and has written to relevant parties in Nigeria to promote the protection of pangolins. The reporter learned from the China Green Hair Association that the Nigerian Ministry of Environment has replied to the China Green Hair Association and invited the China Green Hair Association to Nigeria from May 20th to 22nd to discuss the protection and cooperation of pangolin endangered species.

　

Two species of pangolins are distributed in Nigeria.

　

At one time, Chinese pangolins could be seen shuttling through bamboo forests in southern China, looking for nests of ants or termites. However, the number of Chinese pangolin, regarded as medicine and food, has dropped sharply since the 1960s, and it became "commercially extinct" around 1995.

　

There are 8 kinds of pangolins in the world, besides Chinese pangolins, Indian pangolins, Malay pangolins and Philippine pangolins are distributed in Asia. There are four pangolin species in Africa, namely black-bellied long-tailed pangolin, white-bellied long-tailed pangolin, big pangolin and South African pangolin.

　

There are two main species in Nigeria. Pangolin with black belly and long tail is distributed in the southeast of Nigeria. They grow in primary and secondary rainforests, artificial forests (bushes), swamp forests and farmland. The white-bellied long-tailed pangolin mainly inhabits the lowland tropical humid forest in Nigeria, the forest-savanna alternate zone, and in areas where hunting is not carried out, and may also live in cultivated land and fallow land.

　

According to the investigation, two kinds of pangolins, black-bellied pangolins and white-bellied pangolins, were arrested in Nigeria for consumption or trading in the market, and their scales were used as medicine, including traditional African western medicine, and their numbers were declining continuously.

　

Locals don’t eat pangolins.

　

The videos and photos provided by "African Xia" show that it is common for local people to sell pangolins, and it is easy for Chinese people to buy pangolins locally.

　

The number of Chinese in the local area is quite large, exceeding 200,000. After going there, "African Xia" found that Chinese can be seen anytime and anywhere on the street or in shopping malls and supermarkets.

　

The local beliefs are mainly Christianity, Islam and Muslims, and they eat fish, chicken, beef and mutton, but there is little demand for pork and wild animals. Many people who sell pangolins told "African Xia" that most of the pangolins they caught were sold to Chinese because local people don’t eat pangolins. Nigeria is still relatively poor, and Chinese are a relatively rich group in the local area.

　

Although the local virgin forest is decreasing with the increase of human activities, the investigation of "African Xia" found that the local trafficked live pangolins were all arrested in the local forest area. The local temperature is relatively high, reaching 36℃, 37℃ or even higher. If it is shipped from other places, it will die, because pangolins are not resistant to high temperature.

　

Selling in Chinese, a catty of pangolin scales is only sold in 95 yuan.

　

The first wildlife market that "African Xia" went to was in Lagos, and its Chinese name was "Little Fishing Village". "I will never forget this market, and I am also very frightened and surprised. I can only think of what I can’t see."

　

"The small fishing village is far away from where I live, and it was already afternoon when I came here. When my car didn’t stop, the locals came around and said in less fluent Chinese, do you want to buy pangolins? " African Xia said that because it was afternoon, the live pangolins were sold out that day. "There are locals in the market who ask me if I want to buy pangolin scales, and there is a skinned pangolin tail to sell to me."

　

Besides pangolins, this market also sells other wild animals. She saw bustard, lizard, turtle and python on the chopping board.

　

Wild animals sold in the small fishing village market.

　

Later, "African Xia" went to a small fishing village market early. It was a Monday, and the locals told her that if she had come yesterday, she would have bought a lot. "This market is dominated by Sundays, because Chinese people work from Monday to Friday and will come to this market to buy pangolins on Sundays. The locals told me that he sold five on Sunday. "

　

In a video displayed by the African Xia, the local people sold her a live pangolin in fluent Chinese, and said that "as much as you want", the price was "18,000, 16,000 naira, and as many as 15,000 naira".

　

"This person will also sell me pangolin scales, which can provide me with 200 kilograms to 500 kilograms every month. The price is very cheap, 10,000 naira a kilogram, equivalent to about RMB 190 yuan." The African man said.

　

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"African Xia" later came to the Moroccan market, which is a relatively large local vegetable market and also sells pangolins.

　

"When I went to this market, a local young man took the initiative to tell me if you want to buy pangolins. And take the initiative to add me to WeChat. I added him to WeChat, and he sent me pictures. " "African Xia" said that after she returned to China, the young man would send her pictures when he caught pangolin, showing reporters the circle of friends and chat records of the local guy.

　

The local WeChat circle of friends shows the pangolins to be sold.

　

Local people sell pangolins to her through WeChat.

　

"African Xia" said with remorse that she made a mistake in this market and failed to save two pangolins.

　

"This young man showed me pictures and said that there are two pangolins today. Do you want them? Can be delivered to your door, a 15 thousand naira. My heart melted. I think if I don’t buy these two pangolins, they will also become someone else’s food. If I buy them, these two pangolins will still live. In fact, I made a low-level mistake. When he delivered it, the pangolin was already dying. Because it’s late, I want to release it tomorrow morning, but before dawn, these two pangolins are dead.

　

The captured pangolin released by the local WeChat circle of friends.

　

"I this makes me very sad, I failed to save them, but become a part of the trafficking chain, I think I made a mistake. I hope others don’t make mistakes like mine. " "African Xia" said.

　

Nigeria’s crackdown

　

In Nigeria, pangolin is actually protected by the highest law.

　

On September 29th, 2016, at the 17th Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES COP 17) held in Johannesburg, South Africa, the proposal to upgrade all eight pangolins from CITES Appendix II to Appendix I was passed. Pangolin enjoys the highest protection under this convention. Nigeria signed and ratified the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). In the same year, Nigeria promulgated the Endangered Species Act, which listed pangolin as an endangered species in Appendix 1.

　

Statistics in 2018 show that Nigeria has seized 14,833 tons of pangolin and its scales, worth about 900 million US dollars. According to the General Administration of Customs of Nigeria, the amount of pangolin seized in Nigeria ranks first in the world.

　

Pangolin sold in the game market in Nigeria.

For example, only on March 15th last year, pangolin scales were sold in Ikaijia, Nigeria. 329 bags of pangolin scales weighing 8.4 tons and worth 1.72 billion naira (about RMB 33 million) were found in an apartment in Chinese.

　

As an animal protection organization, China Green Hair Association is also concerned about the smuggling of pangolins from Nigeria, and has written to relevant parties in Nigeria to promote the protection of pangolins. The reporter learned from the China Green Hair Association that the Nigerian Ministry of Environment has replied to the China Green Hair Association and invited the China Green Hair Association to Nigeria from May 20th to 22nd to discuss the protection and cooperation of pangolin endangered species.

　

Huge profits have attracted a lot of smuggling.

　

According to the investigation of "African Xia", the local price of pangolin in Nigeria is about one in 300 yuan, and the pangolin scales in 190 yuan are a kilo (10,000 naira), that is, a kilo in 95 yuan, which is very cheap. In Guangxi, China, at the beginning of 2017, some people openly peddled pangolins on the Internet, with a living body of "1,500 yuan a catty".

　

The huge price difference has attracted many smuggling operations.

　

Since the beginning of this year, many smuggling cases of pangolin have been cracked by customs in many countries. Apart from the pangolin intercepted by Singapore Customs mentioned at the beginning of the article, on February 1 this year, Hong Kong Customs and Mainland Customs took a joint action to crack down on cross-border smuggling of endangered species, and seized about 8,300 kilograms of pangolin scales in a container in the inspection yard of Kwai Chung Customs Building, which was the largest smuggling case ever cracked by Hong Kong Customs. The container was from Nigeria.

　

Nigerian officials previously said that pangolins were not captured in Nigeria, and Nigeria was regarded as a transit point for illegally smuggling pangolins and their products. However, according to the information obtained from the investigation of "African Xia", there are indeed activities of catching and selling pangolins in Nigeria, "200 to 500 kilograms of pangolin scales can be provided in one month".

　

In addition, some pangolins in Nigeria may come from neighboring Cameroon. The investigation results in recent years show that pangolins scales mainly come from southern and eastern Cameroon, and some illegal smugglers have been trafficking pangolins and their products for a long time, mainly supplying the Nigerian market. Statistics on February 22 this year show that Cameroon has seized 20,000 tons of pangolin scales in less than five years.

　

Some people eat pangolin because it is too expensive in China.

　

"African Xia" said that she had asked more than 20 people in Nigeria and they all asked the same question: Is pangolin really delicious?

　

"Their answer is not delicious. Pangolin has a taste that can’t be removed. But why eat it? Some people say that it can improve immunity and prevent malaria, others say that it is anti-cancer, others say that it treats skin diseases and prolactin, and it is said that this thing is aphrodisiac, and men are stronger when they eat it. " "African Xia" said that there are still a few people who said that there are almost no pangolins in China. It’s too expensive in China, and it’s so cheap here, so why not eat them.

　

She feels that in Nigeria, people lack awareness of the protection of pangolins and other endangered wild animals. In some public places such as airports and hotels, there are hardly any advertisements about wildlife protection, reminding Chinese who come to Nigeria to pay attention to the protection of pangolins. African Xia said, "I feel that local Chinese think it is not illegal to eat wild animals, just like eating a chicken and a duck."

　

Medicine is also the reason, and the efficacy needs to be re-examined

　

In traditional Chinese medicine, pangolin can be used as medicine, which also leads to a certain degree of pangolin being killed.

　

Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary-General of China Green Development Association, suggested that the World Health Organization should incorporate traditional medicine into international disease guidelines, which should be based on sustainability and scientificity. He believes that Chinese pangolin is used as medicine in traditional medicine in China, but there is no doubt that the commercial extinction of Chinese pangolin is caused by excessive use and habitat destruction. Therefore, the utilization of wild animals and plants in traditional medicine must strengthen scientific management.

　

"Our ancestors said that pangolin is a traditional Chinese medicine. There are several preconditions. First, pangolin is an inferior medicine, which is toxic and should not be eaten easily. During the rescue of pangolin, we tested it. Pangolin is full of viruses and bacteria, which is very dangerous. Recently, it was reported on the Internet that Yunnan Baiyao can cure many diseases because it contains seven kinds of Chinese medicines, including pangolin. Obviously, there is a mistake in writing. The English version and the Latin version of Yunnan Baiyao all describe Dioscorea nipponica Makino, which is a kind of plant with perennial grass vines and is the main component of Yunnan Baiyao. It is even more nonsense to say that pangolin can strengthen yang, and there is no scientific basis. " Zhou Jinfeng said.

　

An expert from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine also said that the ingredients or medicinal effects of pangolin nail tablets are equivalent to those of human fingernails. In the past, people were too mysterious about the medicinal properties of pangolin, but now most of them are replaced by seaweed and oyster.

　

"A local person can catch ten pangolins a month."

　

"African Xia" said that she was able to summon up such great courage and take risks to investigate in Nigeria, hoping that all Chinese compatriots would not eat pangolins, because pangolins in China are close to extinction. If we continue to eat like this, our descendants can only see such lovely creatures in books.

　

On the afternoon of April 19th, the reporter talked to the wildlife protector "African Xia" who returned from Africa and listened to her talk about the hardships of investigation in Nigeria.

　

Take the police with you in local investigations.

　

Beijing News:When did you go and how long did you stay?

African chivalry:I have been in Nigeria for a month, leaving on March 14th and returning to Beijing on April 14th.

　　　

Beijing News:What made you pay attention to pangolin?

African chivalry:I am also a volunteer for wildlife protection in China, and I have been doing wildlife protection in the front line. Personally, I prefer pangolin, which has been commercially extinct in China. Moreover, in recent years, many pangolin smuggling cases all point to Nigeria, so I decided to go there and have a look.

　　　

Beijing News:Are you in danger over there?

African chivalry:When we go out, we should always take the police with us. After paying the local money for the record, we can send a policeman to protect you. The police all carry guns, because the local public security is very bad, and there are often kidnappings and robberies, many of which are aimed at Chinese. My police confronted others with guns during the investigation, like a big movie scene.

　

Beijing News:Have you encountered any big obstacles or difficulties during your research for a month?　

African chivalry:Once I was sick and didn’t go out to investigate for three or four days. There have been times when Chinese doubted the purpose of my visit and asked me why I asked Pangolin, feeling wary of me.

　　　

Beijing News:In what capacity did you investigate over there?

African chivalry:I have a friend in China who runs a hotel there. I always say that I work in this hotel, otherwise others will be more suspicious of my purpose.

　

The local income is very low, and people who sell pangolins dress better.

　

Beijing News:You went to the "small fishing village" market and the Moroccan market. Are they the only markets that specialize in selling wild animals, or do you sell pangolins in any market in Nigeria?

African chivalry:These two places are quite famous. After I went there, I asked Chinese where I could buy pangolins. These two markets are generally recognized.

　

Pangolin sold in the local market.　　　

　

Beijing News:What else do you sell in these two markets?

African chivalry:The "small fishing village" market is a market dominated by wild animals and fish, near the sea; The Moroccan market is a relatively complete market in the local area, selling vegetables, cigarettes, wine, tea and clothing.

　　　

Beijing News:What is the living standard of people who do business in the market in Nigeria?

African chivalry:It is relatively poor in the local area. On average, the higher average is five or six hundred yuan per person per month, and some people only have a salary of two or three hundred yuan.

　　　

Beijing News:Are these people who sell pangolins better off?

African chivalry:Obviously better, some local people can’t fill their stomachs, but these people who sell pangolins look better in clothes and phones than the local poor.

　

Beijing News:How did they learn Chinese?

African chivalry:Their Chinese is aimed at buyers, but it is not standard but can communicate.

　　　

Beijing News:Have you ever asked how long it takes to catch a pangolin?

African chivalry:I asked a local how many can I catch a month? He said that he can catch about ten a month, not every day, but one person can catch ten a month.

　

I only see Chinese people buying

　

Beijing News:Nigeria is eating pangolins. Only Chinese? Or are Chinese the main group?

African chivalry:All I see is Chinese buying. During the investigation in Africa, I only saw Chinese eating pangolins, but it did not rule out that people from other countries would buy them.

　　　

Beijing News:Do you know the main flow of pangolin smuggling?

African chivalry:As for smuggling, an insider revealed that the smuggling of pangolin scales is mainly by sea, and a large number of them are collected locally, and then transported to various countries, including China, by container sea.

　　　

Beijing News:What do the locals think of these pangolin-loving Chinese?

African chivalry:For these local people who catch and sell pangolins, they think that if you eat, I can make money. The local average salary is five or six hundred. If he catches a pangolin, his monthly income will come out.

　

Beijing News:What do you think is the most important thing to protect pangolin?

African chivalry:The most important thing is to publicize and tell the local Chinese that this is illegal. Many people don’t know that pangolins are also protected by law in Nigeria. They think that it is not illegal to eat pangolins in China.

　

Beijing News reporter Li Yukun　

Editor Jia Wencheng proofreads Lu Aiying.

The pictures and videos in this article are provided by "African Xia"

　　Cctv news(Reporter Xu Hui): On January 23, Gaoyang County Office of the Leading Group for Response to the COVID-19 Epidemic released a briefing on the handling of illegal behaviors of Li Moumou, a cold chain employee. Li Moumou in this county repeatedly altered his and his wife’s the State Council client nucleic acid test certificate. Gaoyang County Public Security Bureau detained Li Moumou for 11 days and fined 600 yuan.

　　According to the report, according to the relevant regulations of provinces and cities, cold chain practitioners should conduct nucleic acid testing every week. After investigation by the police, it was found that Li Moumou, the person in charge of an aquatic product store in Gaoyang County, repeatedly altered his and his wife’s the State Council client’s nucleic acid test certificate from January 4 to January 18, 2022, and reported the altered certificate, so it was assumed that the two had carried out the nucleic acid test on schedule. Li’s behavior belongs to "forging, altering or buying and selling official documents, certificates, supporting documents and seals of state organs, people’s organizations, enterprises, institutions or other organizations". According to the first paragraph of Article 52 of the Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment, Gaoyang County Public Security Bureau detained Li for 11 days and fined 600 yuan.

Recently, sogou announced that due to business adjustment, sogou hardware products will officially stop service at 23: 59 on May 30, 2024.This indicates that sogou’s hardware products such as Sugar Cat Watch, Sugar Cat at Home, Sugar Cat Dictionary Pen, sogou Translate Pen and sogou Recording Pen will no longer provide any online services, technical support or maintenance services.In order to ensure the safety of users’ personal information, sogou promised to delete all users’ data safely after the service stopped, and reminded users to back up relevant data in time.

Source: sogou

Since it was incorporated by Tencent, at least ten businesses of sogou have been shut down one after another, including sogou, sogou Reading, sogou Lending, sogou search App, sogou Map, sogou Game Center, sogou Internet Alliance and so on. With the adjustment of various businesses, many former sogou people who merged into Tencent’s non-core business departments mostly left after several rounds of business adjustment.

Hardware exits, and everything has a warning.

Intelligent hardware was once regarded by Wang Xiaochuan, then Sogou CEO, as the second growth curve of sogou except the combination of search+input method+browser. In his plan, the proportion of intelligent hardware in sogou’s overall revenue will reach 10%, but it did not reach this standard until sogou was acquired by Tencent.

Sogou’s last financial report before delisting showed that in the second quarter of 2021, sogou’s total revenue was US$ 147.5 million, of which search and search-related business revenue was US$ 137.2 million, down 43% year-on-year, accounting for 92%; The non-search revenue, including intelligent hardware, was $10.3 million, accounting for less than 10% of the revenue.

Although this part of the decline in revenue is mainly due to the company’s strategy of shrinking non-core business, sogou’s intelligent hardware is not without struggle. In fact, sogou’s intelligent hardware business also had its own highlight moments.

On December 8, 2014, sogou officially launched the company’s first intelligent hardware device-children’s smart watch "Sugar Cat", announcing the exploration of opening intelligent hardware business.At that time, it was the time when the intelligent hardware industry flourished. Sugar Cat, which was established only one year ago, achieved quite good results in the 618 promotion in 2015 and became the double champion of sales and reputation of children’s smart watches.

Source: Baidu Encyclopedia

After that, sogou successively released intelligent hardware products such as dictionary pens, recording pens, translation treasures and translation pens. In 2018, JD.COM, a travel translator named sogou, was first put on the shelves, with sales exceeding 10 million, winning the first place in the same category in JD.COM; In 2020, the sogou recording pen S1, which was priced at over 3,000 yuan, was put on the first show live room in Tik Tok, Luo Yonghao, and gained 48 million cumulative viewers.

The above list is one of the few highlights of sogou’s intelligent hardware business. Since its development in 2014, sogou’s intelligent hardware business has occasionally improved, but the competitors of each subdivision track are too strong. At the children’s smart watch track, there are manufacturers focusing on children’s watches such as Little Genius and Abachi, as well as digital manufacturers such as Huawei and Xiaomi, which have developed from smart watches across the border. In hardware tracks such as translation pens, dictionary pens and recording pens, there are also giants such as Iflytek, Netease Youdao, Alibaba and Baidu competing for competition.

Source: sogou

Taking dictionary pens as an example, as an important part of intelligent education hardware, it is difficult for sogou to cross the two mountains of Iflytek and Netease Youdao. According to the online monitoring data of RUNTO, in 2023, the retail volume of the online open retail market of dictionaries and pens in China (excluding e-commerce companies with content such as vibrato) was 3.626 million, and the sales volume reached 1.78 billion yuan.

Among them, Iflytek’s Alpha Egg and Netease ranked first and second respectively, accounting for 54% of the domestic market, while the TOP10 brands such as Aifen, Little Genius, samtwos and BBK only occupied single-digit market share, and sogou was directly reduced to Others.

Dictionary pens are only the epitome of sogou’s smart hardware business. After careful observation, it is not difficult to find that most of the products launched by sogou after joining the smart hardware track are aimed at specific people and specific businesses.It’s not that there is something wrong with the idea of choosing the track, but that compared with competing products, the products don’t show the advantage of continuously attracting the target group, and multi-line operations all face the same problem, so it’s not surprising that sogou’s hardware business ended up like this.

Sogou is lonely, with little business left.

Looking back on the development of sogou in the past 20 years, it left its own trace in the Internet PC era in China, and it had a history with Internet giants such as Sohu, Alibaba and Tencent.

In 2003, sogou engine was hatched in Sohu, but at this time, Baidu was firmly at the top of domestic search engines, leaving little room for sogou to play. Subsequently, the sogou input method gained a good reputation from users because of its convenient and accurate pinyin input and rich related vocabulary. According to public information, around 2010, the user utilization rate of sogou input method reached 79.7%, far ahead of other input methods, and this advantage was not surpassed by Baidu until 2020.

In this process, Wang Xiaochuan, the former CEO of sogou, put forward a three-stage rocket traffic conduction model of "input method-browser-search", which was once regarded as a classic business model by the search industry. like thatWith the advent of the mobile Internet era, the traffic portal has shifted, and the cross-application jump obstacles have made the information collection and integration ability that search engines are proud of fail. Sogou has also been gradually marginalized in a new wave, and the original search engine and input method have also withdrawn from the core competition circle.

Source: sogou

It can be said that since sogou announced the completion of the merger with Tencent on September 24th, 2021 and became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Tencent, sogou, as the afterglow of the PC Internet era, can already foresee what will happen next. That is to say, the core business is integrated into Tencent, and the marginal business is gradually retired, which is particularly obvious in the peak period of Internet companies’ cost reduction and efficiency increase, and the unprofitable business is ushered in a large-scale contraction.

After sogou shut down the intelligent hardware business across the board, there are not many business lines in sogou that we can see on the bright side. Maybe sogou Input Method will leave quietly one day.By then, we can only find traces of sogou’s existence in Tencent products that have been integrated into sogou business, such as WeChat Watch and Search.

The strong are always strong, and there is no "small but beautiful" in intelligent hardware.

While remembering, we still have to face up to the fact that sogou quit the hardware business, and what the rest of the players in the intelligent hardware track should do to live longer.

In sogou’s intelligent hardware subdivision track, Xiao Lei saw a common trend: the strong will always be strong.A small number of head brands occupy the vast majority of the market share. Only when emerging brands stand out in the brutal market competition can they survive on the track, which is more obvious in the fields of educational hardware such as children’s smart watches, dictionary pens and learning tablets.

　

Source: Counterpoint

However, the closure of sogou’s hardware business is attributed to many reasons. First of all, the smart hardware market is fiercely competitive, and emerging brands and new technologies are constantly emerging, which makes sogou’s smart hardware products face challenges in function and innovation. When innovation can’t keep up with the market demand, consumers will naturally choose products of other brands, which can be intuitively reflected from the sales situation.

Secondly, the functions of smart phones are becoming more and more powerful, and many functions that can only be enjoyed by hardware products are integrated into smart phones, which makes it difficult for a single function of hardware products to meet the market demand. Only when hardware products adapt to market changes and user needs in time and create more professional functions can they attract target groups.

In addition, the maintenance and update of hardware products need continuous investment. Most of sogou’s revenue comes from search business, so it is obviously unrealistic to ask it to invest in intelligent hardware business that doesn’t make much money regardless of the cost. Later, we also saw that sogou made business adjustments based on cost and strategic considerations.

In the intelligent hardware market, small brands often face more severe challenges than big manufacturers. The closure of hardware services in sogou reflects the shortage of small brands in technology, capital and market competitiveness.

In the rapidly developing science and technology industry, continuous technological innovation is the key to the survival and development of enterprises. Large factories usually have strong R&D teams and abundant technology accumulation, which can quickly respond to market changes and launch innovative products. In contrast, small brands have limited investment in technology research and development, and it is difficult to keep up with the technological progress of the industry, resulting in products gradually falling behind in function and performance.

Source: small degree

With the advantages of scale and good profitability, large factories can invest more resources in product development and market expansion. However, small brands often have limited funds and cannot afford high R&D and marketing expenses, which limits their development space to some extent.

However, this does not mean that small brands have no room for survival and development. In Xiaolei’s view, accurate market positioning and technological innovation with memory points are the few opportunities for small brands to find a foothold in the intelligent hardware market.

Specific to products, children’s smart watches do not have high requirements for entertainment functions. It is the real demand of parents for children’s smart watches to create various learning functions, more convenient instant messaging, similar positioning and other security functions around educational scenes. Dictionary pens need to be innovated in translation accuracy and ease of use. Supporting more languages and accurate translation are only entry standards, and what really separates the products is the use experience for different scenes. The recording pen may strengthen the integration with cloud services to provide more efficient recording and information management solutions.

Although many sub-tracks of intelligent hardware products have different development trends, from the general perspective, versatility, intelligence and scene are the directions that every track needs to pay attention to. Netease Youdao, Baidu Xiaodu, Iflytek and other brands have begun the deep integration of AI+ products/applications. The products and applications such as Xiaodu learning machine Z30 and AI general learning assistant "Youdao Xiaop" APP have derived new usage scenarios and capabilities with the help of AI technology, such as AI assistant with smarter interaction, AI learning and other functions.

Just as the mobile phone, computer, TV and other industries have experienced, the intelligent hardware industry will eventually usher in the AI process of each subdivided track. Lei believes that this is also the general trend of intelligent hardware development in the future.

From May 20th to June 30th, 2024, in the year of 618, the Great Promotion struck, and the six major e-commerce platforms, Taobao Tmall, JD.COM, Pinduoduo, Tik Tok, Aauto Quicker and Xiaohongshu, collectively "listened to persuasion", canceled pre-sale and frantically bargained!

Popular AI hard technology categories such as mobile phone digital, AI PC, smart home appliances, TV, small household appliances and air ice washing are gearing up, and the situation is fierce.

Lei Technology 618 Reporting Group will pay attention to the latest situation of e-commerce platform, the latest trends of AI hard technology brands and the new trends of e-commerce industry, so stay tuned and look forward to it together.

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It is understood that the consumption of China during the epidemic is rightGDPThe contribution of growth has declined. Excuse me, what is the situation now? What kind of forecast does the National Bureau of Statistics have? Thank you.

　

Japan’s Kyodo News reporter:

　

What is the economic outlook in the second quarter? Is it expected that the economic data will get better in the second quarter of this year? If there are risks, what are the main aspects?

　

The Paper reporter:

　

Current ChinaPPIThe year-on-year negative growth for six consecutive months, what does the National Bureau of Statistics think?PPIWhat is the trend? Thank you.

　

Voice of China reporter from Central Radio and Television General Station:

　

Since the beginning of this year, the service industry has shown an accelerated recovery trend. What do you think of the main reasons? How do you judge this growth trend? What is the trend of service industry in the next stage? Thank you.

　

Beijing News reporter:

　

This year’s employment season has attracted much attention.2023The national college graduates are expected to reach1158Ten thousand people, this year Beijing master’s degree graduates surpassed undergraduate graduates for the first time. From the data of the first quarter, how do you evaluate the job market prospects this year?

　

Welcome to car home Shenzhen Special Promotion Channel, which brings you an exciting news today! Toyota, which has attracted much attention, is carrying out an unprecedented preferential activity in Shenzhen. According to the latest information, car buyers can enjoy a cash discount of up to 45,000 yuan, which means that the starting price of some models has dropped to 84,800 yuan. This is a good opportunity to buy a car. For those who want to grasp the discount, please click "Check the car price" in the quotation form to get a higher discount. Hurry up and experience the driving pleasure brought by Fenglanda!

Fenglanda is characterized by exquisite front face design, equipped with dynamic air intake grille, fashionable overall style and smooth lines, showing its unique urban sports temperament.

With its streamlined body design, Flananda shows dynamic side lines. Its body size is 4485 mm long, 1825 mm wide and 1620 mm high, which is compact and harmonious. The wheelbase reaches 2640 mm, which ensures the comfort of the interior space. Tyre size is 215/60 R17, and the front and rear wheels are made of the same specifications, which not only provides good grip, but also adds a sense of exquisiteness to the overall appearance. The design of the rim is elegant, which complements the body style and creates the unique side visual effect of Flanders.

Fenglanda’s interior design is simple and practical, focusing on the driver’s comfort. Equipped with a 10.25-inch central control screen, it provides clear and convenient information display. The steering wheel is made of plastic. Although it is not full of advanced feeling, it ensures the grip and lightness when driving. The steering wheel supports manual up and down+front and rear adjustment to meet the individual needs of drivers. The car is equipped with a Type-C interface, including one in the front row and two USB/Type-C interfaces in the back row, which is convenient for passengers to connect electronic equipment. The seat is made of fabric, which is rich in functions. The main seat supports front and rear adjustment, backrest adjustment and height adjustment, and the auxiliary seat also has front and rear adjustment and backrest adjustment, providing passengers with a multi-directional comfortable experience. The second row of seats supports backrest adjustment, and the rear seats can be laid down in proportion, providing flexible space utilization. The overall interior design pays attention to practicality and economy, aiming at creating a comfortable and convenient interior environment for consumers.

The car is equipped with a 2.0L L4 engine, which can provide a maximum power of 126 kW and a peak torque of 205 Nm. The matching is a CVT continuously variable transmission, which simulates 10 forward gears to ensure the smoothness and fuel economy of power transmission.

Generally speaking, car home car owners are full of praise for the design of the Flanders, from the atmospheric front face, fashionable sense of movement, to the eye-catching profile and unique wheels, to the plump and rounded tail and cool taillights, every detail shows its unique charm. This design undoubtedly brings higher driving pleasure and turn-around rate to drivers, and makes people’s affection for Feng Landa double.

Fengyun T9′ s success is not blown out, and it has attracted much attention since its listing. Especially in September this year, sales directly broke through the 10 thousand mark! Chery, as an old car company in our country, has a deep foundation in the fuel car, but what about the new energy field? People are also rushing forward, especially in the hybrid system. The launch of the new Fengyun T9 is not only a major change of brand logo, but also a comprehensive upgrade of technical configuration. The long battery life version uses Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited’s lithium iron phosphate battery, and the cruising range of pure electricity has soared to 210 kilometers in one breath, and it is also equipped with many advanced gadgets that are much higher than those of the same class.

Speaking of Fengyun series, this "resurrection" is actually a strategic adjustment to meet the market demand. The purpose is, of course, to meet those friends who have high requirements for travel quality. In recent years, Chery has invested a lot in technology and product layout, not only stabilizing its position in the fuel vehicle market, but also winning several important milestones on the new energy track. Fengyun T9′ s performance is particularly eye-catching, with stable quality and outstanding performance, which has won the hearts of many consumers and become the key consideration for many families when buying cars.

The design of the new Fengyun T9 is more modern, and the new LOGO is like a shot in the arm for the enterprise, symbolizing full confidence and determination for the future. The interior space is optimized properly, the seat comfort is obviously improved, and the level of intelligence is a leap-intelligent voice assistant, automatic driving assistance system … These tall equipments make the driving experience convenient and safe. In particular, the long battery life version completely solved the problem of difficult charging for long-distance travel, and the usage scenarios were greatly expanded.

From the market point of view, Fengyun T9 positioning is a medium-sized SUV with high performance-to-price ratio, and the pre-sale price is about 180,000. This pricing makes it occupy an advantage in this highly competitive plug-in hybrid SUV market segment. Facing the fierce competition of major brands at home and abroad, Fengyun T9 stands out by its excellent product strength and has become an ideal choice for many people.

It is worth mentioning that Chery Group has been striving to build an all-round new energy ecological chain in recent years, and many of its sub-brands have launched electric product lines, covering cars, SUVs and other categories. With the increasing support of national policies and the improvement of everyone’s awareness of environmental protection, the sales volume of Chery’s new energy vehicles is increasing, and its market share is also expanding, gradually establishing the leading position of its own brand.

In a word, Fengyun T9′ s success is not only a microcosm of Chery’s technological innovation ability, but also a big step taken by the company in the process of strategic transformation. In the future, with the application and promotion of more new technologies, I believe Chery will bring us more surprises and lead China’s automobile industry to a higher level.

　　　 After the launch of the "Double Heroes, Gemini, Shuangshu, and Four Lives" posters, the Hong Kong Police and Bandit System has released the first stills of the movie’s characters’ relationship. As the "father", Leung Ka-fai visited the injured "son" Peng Yuyan in the hospital, and his eagerness was palpable, thus surfacing the father-son relationship between the two. The "uncle and nephew" who fought hard in "Tai Chi" turned enemies into friends in "Cold War" and played a pair of bald father and son soldiers. What is more worth looking forward to is that the two did not play "ancient costumes" and played "IQ" in "Cold War", which added to the mystery of this gangster-free police and gangster film.

　　　 It is reported that the film co-starring Guo Fucheng, Liang Jiahui, Andy Lau, Li Zhiting, Peng Yuyan, etc. will be released on National Day this year.

Father talks about son: Peng Yuyan’s progress is obvious

　　　 In "Cold War", Leung Ka Fai played a father and son for the first time with popular idol Peng Yuyan, and he also served in the police force at the same time, which can be said to be a real father and son soldier. However, Li Zhiting, another protagonist in the film, actually played father and son with Leung Ka Fai a long time ago. Regarding the two "sons", he happily said: "In fact, the feeling of being a father is similar, but this time the background of the character is a police officer, a senior police superintendent who has served in the police community for 30 years. And the son is also a police officer, and there are some very strong dramatic conflicts between him and the son. So it’s very interesting."

　　　 Mr. Leung said he was happy to have two "sons." "It’s not really comparable to performing with the two of them. One is Taiwanese and the other is Hong Kong, but they both lived in Canada for a while. Both are relatively foreign young people, and there is no problem with their cooperation." Of course, in his speech, he seemed to praise the son in "Cold War" even more, saying: "Peng Yuyan and I later collaborated on" Tai Chi ". Really, his progress was very fast, so our cooperation was very tacit."

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The mobile phone circle ushered in a new heat, the daily economic coverage said that the Huawei P60 series has been put into mass production, and dealers have implemented large-scale orders for the Huawei P60 series, which shows that the Huawei P60 series has entered the "military has not arrived, food and grass first" stage.

At present, there are also a lot of leaks about the P series periphery and MIIT network access diagrams all over the network… If there are no surprises, the Huawei P60 series is about to meet with consumers and inject new vitality into the mobile phone market.

As the P series, which belongs to Huawei’s right-hand side with the Mate series, it has always been well received and loved by many consumers. Moreover, in the six months since Huawei Mate 50 series was launched, consumers have continuously praised its comprehensive strength, which naturally makes Huawei confident about the upcoming P60 series.

It is worth mentioning that He Gang, chief operating officer of Huawei’s end point BG, posted a photo of the new phone in his Moments. Most people speculate that this new phone is the new flagship phone of Huawei’s P series. From the surface, it can be seen that the imaging effect of this new machine is very good, and the overall picture is pure and not lost. Comments say that the P60 may surprise consumers again with its breakthrough in imaging capabilities. These news all indicate that the Huawei P60 series is really coming.

The P series has always been as important as the Mate series in the hearts of Huawei and Pollen, and in the eyes of young users, the P series can lead the new trend of technology and fashion aesthetics in the mobile phone industry every year.

In front of several generations of P series, there will be some fairy-level classic color scheme styles out of the circle, such as grass green, sky realm, aurora color, frost silver and other styles in the debut will make many users fall in love at first sight, obviously as the wave of Huawei P60 series, with great probability will easily come out of the circle with the latest aesthetic design.

In addition to the appearance has been particularly resistant, Huawei has always given the P series all its most advanced mobile imaging technology. It is not difficult to judge that the Huawei P60 series, on the basis of the new lens module, will also be adapted to Huawei XMAGE images, providing users with a "realistic, moist, transparent, and breathable" mobile phone shooting experience. You may wish to look forward to it.

In addition, every March and April is the peak period for major brands to release flagship mobile phones in the first half of the year. Since the Huawei P60 series is a top-tier flagship series, the overall hardware configuration naturally does not allow many friendly products. Users who need to change their phones can wait and see the performance of the P60 after its release. Choose the best among the best. After all, if you want to buy a large number of mobile phones, you must buy the best one.

From this, it can be seen that, based on the current online information about the Huawei P60 series, the series has only revealed basic information so far, and the core technological breakthroughs will definitely be announced at the press conference.

Since the current Huawei P60 series is on the horizon, and the official choice to showcase its strength in the context of the release of new machines in March has brought Huawei’s innovative technology in the mobile phone industry, which seems to prove that Huawei has full confidence in the P60 series.

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Future water world

Director:

Starring://Rick Aviles

Type: action/science fiction/thriller/adventure

Release date: July 28, 1995

Special feature of 1905 film network When the earth becomes a Wang Yang, how will mankind survive?

When this week’s excellent film was released in 1995, its sci-fi concept was too advanced to be accepted by the audience, which led to a box office failure.

However, with the attention paid to environmental protection in recent years, many sci-fi films with eschatological themes have poured in, and the reputation of this film has gradually reversed. People find that this film is seriously underestimated.

It is difficult to shoot behind the scenes.

The film Future Water World was released in 1995, which coincided with the initial outbreak of computer special effects. In 1993, the film has gained high box office and high reputation by relying on realistic special effects technology.

However, the film "Future Water World" did not catch up with the trend of computer special effects. The film producer tried to restore the reality and spent $5 million to build the main scene of a real steel atoll at sea.

However, due to the fact that the production team did not investigate the climate law of Hawaii in detail and underestimated the actual difficulty of shooting on the sea surface, a lot of money was wasted on the reconstruction of the scene and the overdue shooting, and the filming budget was seriously overspent. The lack of special effects production also made the film deviate from the expectations of the audience.

Today, when the audience re-examines the film with today’s eyes, it is found that although the film lacks the support of shocking visual effects, the scenes of diving, jumping, explosion and collision of many motorboats are also spectacular.

The turning point of kevin costner’s career.

In addition to the action visual scene that was seriously underestimated in the film, the leading actor kevin costner also suffered an important turning point in his career because of this film.

Kevin costner was a leading actor in Hollywood before starring in the movie "Future Water World".

In the field of directing, he won the 63rd Academy Awards for his films, including seven awards including best film and best director.

In the field of performance, the film Bodyguard starring him won the second place in the global box office in 1992.

The film "Future Water World" was made by kevin costner, who persuaded the producers to invest in filming, and he also had a great say in filming. The film director Reynolds once complained to the media: "costner tells almost every shot."

The dispute between the director and the starring actor over the script and editing has become the content widely reported by the media during the filming, which has also led to people’s focus on these tidbits after the film was released, ignoring the profound topic about where human evolution will go in the film.

Minority film type "doomsday wasteland"

In the film "Future Water World", human beings live on water, and even evolved the advanced sci-fi concepts of gills and webbed. Although it was not understood by the audience when it was released, it contributed to the birth of a new film type — — "Wasteland Film", and many films after it, have also begun to explore the future of mankind in this direction.

In the film of 2004, the greenhouse effect made mankind face the crisis of the second ice age.

In the 2007 film, the survivors fell into a lonely situation.

The film released in 2009 showed the audience the world after the sea level rose.

In 2015, the film created a phenomenal film by shaping the cruel doomsday war.

Let’s walk into this week’s excellent film "Future Water World" and enjoy this 1995 film history science fiction legacy together.

This program is live.

In this issue of CCTV-6 movie channel ""on Saturday, the presenter Ma Fanshu will take you into the movie "Future Water World". In the Sunday film review edition, Ma Fanshu, the film review host, invited Hong Fan from Beijing Film Academy, Zhou Zhou from China Film Art Research Center and actors to interpret the concept of advanced science fiction in this film.

[Welcome to this program]

CCTV-6 movie channel "Good film has a date"

Sunday, July 30th

13:13 Future Water World

15:21 Sunday Film Review Edition