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Speaking of it, it is predestined relationship with this model. I had a close contact with it when it was also called X-motion. The design theme of "Running Hormone" sounds like a little wet sweat. Now the production version of MG HS has appeared, retaining the appearance of most concept car designs and the stunning luxury leather cockpit, which shows that it is a tough role. Manufacturers hope that it can challenge Harmony and become a dark horse in the compact market. Of course, my wish is good, but I won’t know until the car is good. Today, I got up early and flew to Shanghai, especially for MG HS.

The vehicle for this test drive is still a trial version before listing, because the procedures are not complete and it is impossible to drive on the actual road, but don’t worry, MG HS will be put on the market in September, and before that, we will also conduct a series of test drive evaluations on this brand-new SUV. So come with me today and have a taste, and see what the MG HS looks like.

Briefly introduce MG HS, which is a brand-new compact class, and if it is more complicated, according to the manufacturer, this model has created a "new era of SUV". Regarding MG HS, we have made a detailed analysis of the real shot. Interested friends can directly click on the picture below to read. In this article, I will mainly introduce the power system and venue driving experience of this model.

This 2.0T engine adopts a water-cooled integrated exhaust manifold, which can not only raise the temperature to the working temperature as soon as possible at the start-up stage of the engine, but also improve the fuel economy and output power under high power output conditions. In addition, the application of a series of new technologies, such as optimized combustion system, small inertia turbocharger and intelligent oil pressure management system, has made this engine take a big step forward to the ultimate goal of "cool driving and low fuel consumption".

Specifically, what improvements have been made to the TST 6-speed wet dual-clutch gearbox matched on MG HS compared with the gearboxes on other models, among which the more prominent point is that the speed ratio is further increased, and the first speed ratio is increased from 13.9 to 15.1, which helps this SUV to start more quickly. The new generation of clutch control solenoid valve further shortens the response time of clutch at low temperature, which reflects the driving experience that shifting is smoother.

"SUPER SPORT" mode is a characteristic function of MG HS. It is independent of the four driving modes of economy, standard, sport and custom. When the red button on the steering wheel is started with one button, the on-board computer will adjust the engine power output, gearbox response, steering assist and four-wheel drive system accordingly. In addition, the super sports mode also has its own indoor ambient light and instrument-specific sports theme. At this time, the air conditioner will be automatically adjusted to comfort mode to reduce the power consumption of the vehicle.

　

In most cases, MG HS is a front-wheel drive model, unless the front wheels slip obviously or the road reaches a certain slope, at this time, the vehicle will automatically switch to the four-wheel drive mode, and the rear wheels can be distributed to 50% of the total power at most. The driver can also manually switch to the four-wheel drive mode through the four-wheel drive lock button.

The Michelin Py 3 ST Haoyue tire equipped by MG HS adopts FlexMax technology to provide excellent wet braking performance. In addition, MG HS also has high-quality brake calipers from Germany, which are specially painted in red. With 312mm large front-wheel ventilated brake discs, the wheels of MG HS have the illusion of sports car wheels.

After a brief understanding of the power system and transmission components of MG HS, let me first test the power performance and handling of MG HS for all netizens and friends. The above picture shows the venue for my test drive today. I used an ice cream cone to set out the driving track on a rectangular open space. It can be seen that there is no long straight acceleration section, and various complicated curves are a great test for the suspension system of MG HS. Let’s start with a video to briefly understand the situation on the spot:

　

On the first lap of driving, I set the driving mode to the standard mode. When the floor oil started, I could feel a little hesitation of the gearbox, as if I was still expecting more foreplay, but the accelerator pedal had passed on the firm instructions, and I could feel the raised front of the car and obvious push back feeling the next second.

　

After driving in standard mode for one lap, I pressed the seductive red button to switch the vehicle to super sport mode. At this time, the floor oil started again, and the gearbox quickly judged my expanding mentality. The speed soared to more than 3000rpm, and then it didn’t come down all the way. The dynamic response came more directly in the low gear, and the speed was obviously different when entering in the same corner with the same throttle depth. In the super sports mode, the steering power is also automatically adjusted, and the steering feel is more calm, which has the feeling of a high-performance car.

Today, I also experienced the high-speed NVH performance of MG HS in an all-round way. The decibel values of the noise inside the car are 57.6, 59.6 and 67.1 at 60km/h, 80km/h and 120km/h respectively. The actual feeling of sitting in the car is that only when the speed is above 100km/h, the obvious wind noise will be transmitted into the car, and the engine noise and tire noise will be kept well throughout.

　

According to the manufacturer’s introduction, the noise reduction strategy of MG HS is divided into four parts, namely, reducing the engine sound, increasing the sound absorption capacity of the engine compartment, improving the sound insulation capacity of the front wall and optimizing the acoustic environment of the carriage, and the highest level of NVH project is "giving users the sound they need", and the impedance compound muffler adopted by MG HS is responsible for this task.

　

MG HS not only provides quiet interior space, but also the sound of engine ignition and exhaust is a rare feature of this "hormone SUV", especially in super sports mode, when the engine is kept in a high speed range, each foot throttle can bring rich sound feedback, which has great temptation for friends who like performance cars.

In view of the dynamic performance and NVH experience of MG HS, I will introduce you here. I need to remind you again that the vehicle for this test drive is a trial version before it is officially launched, and there are still some differences between it and the final model. We will also bring the actual road test drive report of the production model later, so please continue to pay attention to the online auto market. Next, I will briefly review the highlights of the exterior interior of MG HS with my special guest (actually, I caught it temporarily).

The "second brand" made by the new forces should be regarded as the key word in 2024. In a more intense competitive environment, some former "top industries" have been weaker than the wind. For example, in Weilai and Tucki, although the sales volume increased in the first eight months of this year compared with that in 2023, the sales volume of ideal and zero-running months in the same period exceeded 30,000. At the same time, the latecomers Wen Jie and Xiaomi also gained considerable market popularity and explosive power because of the personal charm of Yu Chengdong and Lei Jun..

Therefore, "having more children is easy to fight" has become an effective way to break through the brand and gain new consumers with new concepts and new products. For example, MONA M03 in Tucki, whose propaganda concept is "AI car", has an order of over 30,000 in 48 hours, and has exceeded 80,000 today; Then the FLAG of "family users bring brand-new car standards" was set up, and it was reported that it reached over 30,000 in 72 hours of listing, over 60,000 orders in 5 days of listing, and 45,000 lock orders.

However, from the perspective of market performance, the two cars can be described as ice and fire.

According to the retail sales in September, the delivery volume reached 10,023 vehicles, which helped Xpeng Motors to increase by 60.7% month-on-month and 40.4% year-on-year to reach 18,553 vehicles. It can be said that MONA M03 has saved Tucki, and the pessimistic attitude of the industry towards Tucki has gradually turned positive.

In contrast, Ledao L60 is not optimistic. Its retail sales volume in September was 832 vehicles, which was far from the online order volume and showed no signs of explosion. Some people think that the production capacity is insufficient. Li Bin also mentioned that the monthly production capacity of Letao will reach 10,000 in December this year, and will be increased to 16,000 in January next year and further increased to 20,000 in March.

But such an answer can’t convince the whole network, because the sales volume of the Extreme Krypton 7X, which was listed on September 20th, reached 4,453 in September. This contrast casts a shadow over the "explosion" of Ledao L60.

Therefore, more people think that the reason why the explosion of Ledao L60 is restricted is that its competitiveness is not outstanding. It is necessary to know that its market segment is the 200,000-250,000 yuan market with the greatest competitive pressure. Its competitors are not only the official Tesla, but also the extremely powerful 7X models. As shown in the following figure: Compared with its competitors at the same price, Ledao L60′ s most advantageous 250,000-yuan model does not have many advantages, and it is still quite difficult to stand out.

In fact, from the perspective of brand development, the brand that needs to open the second brand to achieve breakthrough has reached the bottleneck in its own market competitiveness, so the "new number" needs to properly lower its posture and compete in a wrong position to have a chance to win market attention. This is the case with MONA M03. The price of 119,800 to 155,800 comes standard with a complete basic L2-level driver assistance system. At the same time, the city high-speed pilot and the city pilot are devolved to the 150,000-yuan model, making it unique in its class.

Although the price of Ledao L60 can be lowered to the range of 150,000-200,000 through the battery leasing scheme, it seems that it will reduce the dimension of other models in this segment, but the economic pressure on users has not been alleviated.

Generally speaking, it is a foregone conclusion that Ledao L60 has a bad start. Now it depends on whether October, November and December can break 10,000 as Li Bin has preset, otherwise Weilai’s future is really not optimistic.

　　Author: Lei Chen

　　Compilation of Luo Yifan and Li Yutong

　　"Xiaomi SU7 is conducting a comprehensive road test nationwide, and we are currently making final preparations for the listing of Xiaomi SU7."Lei Jun, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group (1810.HK), released Weibo on the evening of February 4th, saying that in order to concentrate more on the automobile business, he would leave the Xiaomi mobile phone conference temporarily, and Lu Weibing, president of Xiaomi Group, would also be the general manager of Xiaomi brand and give a lecture on the Xiaomi mobile phone conference.

　　Lei Jun said,In the future, the Xiaomi mobile phone conference will be given by Lu Weibing, and the first game will be Xiaomi 14Ultra.At the same time, the mobile phone business has always been the core business of Xiaomi, and he will continue to maintain enough energy input.

　　

　　Subsequently, Lu Weibing forwarded the above-mentioned Weibo and responded: "Thank you for your trust. Being the general manager of Xiaomi brand is a great responsibility and a glorious mission. We will go all out and make continuous progress in the established direction. Xiaomi 14Ultra released the meeting! " Up to now, the release time of 14Ultra has not been announced.

　　

　　(Source: Weibo screenshot)

　　According to official website of Xiaomi Group, Lu Weibing joined Xiaomi Group in 2019, and has been responsible for the sales management in China and the international department, as well as the creation of Redmi brand, product planning, production, sales and marketing. He is currently a partner and president of Xiaomi Group and concurrently serves as the president of the international business department, in charge of the mobile phone department, the ecological chain department, the household appliances department, the China district and the Indian district.

　　

　　In addition, Lei Jun also announced that Wang Teng would replace Lu Weibing as the general manager of Redmi brand. In September last year, Wang Teng returned to the headquarters after his rotation as the general manager of Xiaomi Henan Branch, and became the general manager of Redmi market and the spokesman of Redmi brand.

　　Complete the last link of the ecological chain

　　After several years of layout, internet technology companies have woven their own industrial ecological chains, driven by core technologies, and promoted the consumption cycle ability of all products.

　　In the eyes of the industry,Building a car by Xiaomi is expected to complete the last link in the Xiaomi ecological chain-a large mobile terminal, and become one of the most comprehensive manufacturers of intelligent mid-range ecological layout in the world.

　　In recent years, Lei Jun has shifted the focus of his work to the automobile business.

　　On March 30, 2021, Xiaomi officially announced the car. Lei Jun has made it clear that Xiaomi Automobile is the last major entrepreneurial project in his life, and he is willing to put all his reputation in life and personally lead the team to fight for Xiaomi Automobile.

　　In August 2021, Xiaomi Automobile held its first public event in Beijing, and released the design concept and technical route of Xiaomi Automobile. In January 2022, Xiaomi Automobile announced the construction of automobile factories in five places; In March 2022, Xiaomi Automobile released the first concept car "Xiaomi Automobile 1"; In August 2022, Xiaomi Automobile announced the completion of the A round of financing, with a financing amount of 10.8 billion yuan; In January 2023, Xiaomi Automobile announced that it would launch the first production car in 2024.

　　On December 28th, 2023, Xiaomi held the Xiaomi Automobile Technology Conference in Beijing, and Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun pre-released Xiaomi SU7 on the spot. The day after the appearance of Xiaomi SU7, Xiaomi Group officially signed a letter of intent for cooperation with the first batch of 14 sales and service partners at its Beijing headquarters.

　　On January 2nd, Xiaomi Auto officially announced the recruitment of Xiaomi Auto Sales and Service Integrated Store (2S) in 17 cities including Suzhou, Chongqing, Ningbo, Nanjing, etc., and the recruitment targets were the top 100 auto dealer groups or regional strong business partners. The channel mode of Xiaomi automobile is officially determined as "1+N" mode.

　　At present, the price of Xiaomi SU7 has not been announced yet. However, Lei Jun once made it clear: "Now the automobile industry is really rolling, but Xiaomi has grown from small to large and has never been afraid. Xiaomi SU7 currently has no rivals within 500,000, and there is no plan to launch Redmi car at present. "

　　Lei Jun will continue to build cars by immersion, paving the way for the commercialization of Xiaomi SU7. 21st century business herald reporter learned that the first floor of the building where Lei Jun’s office is located is Xiaomi’s global flagship headquarters, and Xiaomi SU7 has recently occupied the "C position" in the store, and sometimes some Xiaomi employees from other places stopped to watch and discuss.

　　

　　(Source: 21st century business herald reporter, photo taken on January 24, 2024)

　　Xiaomi automobile ecological chain chess game

　　On February 4th, a person close to Xiaomi Group told 21st century business herald that Xiaomi Automobile has a factory in Yizhuang, but there is no more information to disclose about the first car off the assembly line at present.

　　In fact, Xiaomi did not build a car in a day. Before the official announcement of building a car, as a new entrant to build a car,In the early stage, Xiaomi has begun to complete automobile-related technologies through investment and equity participation, and proactively laid out competitive focus areas such as smart driving.

　　According to Debon Securities, Xiaomi has laid out the whole automobile industry chain through Shunwei Capital, Xiaomi Changjiang Industry Fund and Xiaomi Private Equity Fund, covering the core smart car hardware fields such as on-board chips, lidar, visual sensing, intelligent cockpit, intelligent driving and power battery.

　　In the field of in-vehicle chips, in June 2020, Xiaomi Group participated in the A+ round investment of BYD Semiconductor; In October 2020, Xiaomi Group participated in the CMOS image sensor chip design company Sitway; In October 2020, Xiaomi Group participated in the A+ round of financing of Lingming Photonics, a 3D sensor chip manufacturer; In July 2021, Xiaomi Group participated in the strategic round of financing of Black Sesame Intelligent Technology, and led its C round of financing in September.

　　In the field of lidar, in January 2019, Shunwei Capital participated in the financing of Beixing Photon B+ round of lidar developer, and continued to participate in Beixing Photon C round in December 2022; In June 2021, Xiaomi Group led the investment in the D round of financing of Hesai Technology, and invested in the D+ round alone in November; In August, 2021, Shunwei Capital participated in the B+ round of financing of Tudatong, a developer of lidar intelligent sensing; In September, 2023, Xiaomi Group took the lead in the strategic round of exploration technology.

　　In the field of visual sensors, in July 2020, Xiaomi Group strategically invested in Chengrui Optics, a provider of optical products and optical solutions; In February 2021, Xiaomi Group invested in the MEMS sensor company Sirui Technology; In July 2021, Xiaomi Group participated in the C-round financing of French machine vision company Puno Freescale.

　　In the field of intelligent cockpit, in May 2016, Shunwei Capital and Xiaomi Group both participated in the A-round financing of Die Ya Information Technology, an in-vehicle intelligent hardware manufacturer; In April, 2020, Xiaomi Group invested exclusively in the B+ wheel of Botai Automobile Federation, a car networking enterprise.

　　In the field of intelligent driving, in January 2017, Shunwei Capital participated in the A+ round of financing of Chusu Technology, participated in its B round of financing in July 2017, and participated in the C round of financing in March 2021; In June 2017, Shunwei Capital participated in the A round of financing of Zhixing, and in April 2018, it participated in the B round of financing; In June 2021, Xiaomi Group led the D+ round of financing of Zongmu Technology; In July 2021, Xiaomi Group wholly acquired DeepMotion； for 77.37 million US dollars; In August 2021, Xiaomi Group took the lead in the Pre-A+ round of financing for geometric partners, and participated in its strategic financing in October 2021.

　　The field of power batteries relates to power battery manufacturing and battery upstream industrial chain. In December 2018, Xiaomi Changjiang Industrial Fund strategically financed Zhuhai Guanyu; In December 2020, Xiaomi Group participated in the PreA round of financing of AVIC Lithium Battery; In July 2021, Xiaomi Group participated in the financing of 10.28 billion yuan in the B round of Honeycomb Energy, and in August, it led the investment in the strategic financing of Ganfeng Lithium Battery.

　　Debon Securities Research Report predicts that under the blessing of a strong automobile investment ecosystem, everything is ready for the listing of SU7, and Xiaomi is expected to build a Xiaomi automobile technology tree and grow into another "catfish" of smart cars.

　　SFC

　　Editor of this issue Li Yutong Intern Song Jiayao

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The ability of the Three Sheep Group to become bigger and stronger is not only related to the efforts and struggles of Brother Yang, but also inseparable from the hard work of their apprentices. From the current perspective, during the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Brother Yang brought 4 apprentices and his family to cut the ribbon together, and did not invite all the star Internet celebrities to attend. Letting the apprentices cut the ribbon together also has the feeling of opening their own company, and they can more invest in the development of the company as their own business.

Xiao Yang said that the original intention of founding the Three Sheep Company was to better serve the society, and the construction of the eastern center is to achieve this goal. While driving the local economy, it also provides more employment opportunities for people.

In addition, the existence of the Eastern Center will further extend the accuracy and efficiency of Sangyang in data-based management and intelligent decision-making, and provide more possibilities for the data generation of all large mid-platform of Sangyang Group in the future. For Sangyang Group, the opening of the Eastern Center is not only an important milestone, but also an important driving force for the development of its digital economy.

On September 4, the day before the opening of the Chengdu Auto Show, the Jaguar Land Rover China and Chery Jaguar Land Rover Joint Day with the theme of "Zhiling Mountain Road, Zongqing Track" was grandly held.

At the press conference, the British luxury car brand not only brought a number of new car debuts, but also announced a series of brand strategy adjustments and future plans, in order to return to its former leading position in the luxury car market "sprint" at the end of the year.

In terms of products, the most eye-catching event at this conference is undoubtedly the new Jaguar XEL, which will make its world debut. As a luxury mid-range sports sedan under the Jaguar brand, the new car adheres to the innovative concept of "internal and external repair, comprehensive evolution", continuing the Jaguar XEL’s running model streamline posture. The new "Leopard Eyes" headlights with slender size and running water type turn signals are matched with a larger air intake grille, making the vehicle’s vision more dynamic.

In terms of power, the new XEL will be equipped with PT153 1.5T inline three-cylinder engine and PT204 2.0T inline four-cylinder engine. Depending on the adjustment, the maximum power of the 1.5T engine includes 160 horsepower and 200 horsepower, while the maximum power of the 2.0T engine is also divided into 200 horsepower and 250 horsepower. The gearbox continues to be equipped with an 8-speed automatic transmission. It is reported that the new Jaguar XEL will be launched within the year.

In addition, the 2020 Jaguar F-PACE Range Rover Evoque Customized Edition, the 2020 Range Rover Sport Edition and the Range Rover 50th Anniversary SV Collector’s Edition have been unveiled one after another, among which, the 2020 Jaguar F-PACE launched a total of 4 models, the price range is 475,800 – 787,800 yuan; 2020 Range Rover Sport launched a total of 4 models, the price range is 864,800 – 1.103 million yuan; 2020 Land Rover SV models launched a total of 3 models, the price range is 1.838 million yuan – 3.213 million yuan.

It is worth noting that, as a young joint venture, Chery Jaguar Land Rover once welcomed 200,000 vehicles off the production line in only 43 months, creating a new speed of luxury car manufacturing, and once sold in China second only to the German luxury three. However, with the domestic auto market suffering a cold snap, Jaguar Land Rover also ushered in the most difficult time in China.

However, just as everything has its pros and cons, setbacks and challenges have given Jaguar Land Rover the opportunity to fully introspect and adjust. Zhu Hengli, executive vice president of Jaguar Land Rover China and Chery Jaguar Land Rover joint market sales and service organization, also admitted in an interview with surging news reporters that the overall performance of the automobile market in recent years has been relatively just passable. This year, Jaguar Land Rover does face many challenges, but Jaguar Land Rover has achieved good results through effective adjustments.

The vice president of Jaguar Land Rover’s sales organization in the Chinese market started to enter the automotive industry in 1994. Before that, at Ford and Lincoln, he was mainly responsible for behind-the-scenes work, including the construction of the dealer network, sales planning and customer experience. It is based on this work record that in an exclusive interview with him, it can be seen that he attaches great importance to the channel and is determined to reshape.

"First of all, we have strengthened communication with dealers, optimized the process, and simplified the previously cumbersome and restrictive requirements and methods, so that dealers can understand the rhythm and plans of Jaguar Land Rover this year at a glance. Secondly, we cooperate with dealers to carry out marketing activities, such as Land Rover’s new Yunnan-Tibet line, Jaguar’s Saigan Carnival and other innovative experience marketing activities, forming a linkage from the central to the region, enhancing consumers’ awareness of Jaguar Land Rover in all aspects, and expanding brand influence." Zhu Hengli told reporters that in response to the current market situation, Jaguar Land Rover is vigorously carrying out dealer training. Not only can it improve the efficiency of staff, but also reduce the attrition rate of personnel, and also improve the business ability of frontline personnel through training.

In order to implement the adjustment policy as soon as possible, Jaguar Land Rover is expediting in-depth communication with every dealer in China. At present, Zhu Hengli has personally gone into battle to communicate with all dealers in Shanghai one by one, evaluate the overall profitability of dealers, and provide support and assistance to different dealers based on the results.

In addition to channel remodeling, as a distinctive British luxury car brand, Jaguar Land Rover is also committed to accurately delivering its brand concept to Chinese consumers.

In terms of brand marketing activities, as of mid-August, the "Jaguar Circuit Carnival" event has held more than 100 events in 73 cities, with more than 25,000 participants; the "Land Rover All-Terrain Academy x Land Rover All-Terrain Driving Camp" event has held 240 events as of the end of August, covering a total of 134 cities, with a total of more than 8,500 participants. The start of these activities has deepened Chinese consumers’ awareness of Jaguar Land Rover’s brand power.

In addition, according to Zhu Hengli, Jaguar Land Rover is also constantly incorporating the needs and preferences of Chinese consumers into the design and development of its products. For example, Chinese consumers have relatively high requirements for rear space, so Jaguar’s cars are generally designed to be lengthened. But for Jaguar, the lengthened wheelbase cannot affect the vehicle’s handling performance, so for example, the XEL car has more rear space, but the handling performance and driving texture are no different from those of the British XE model.

"The same is true for Land Rover. At the beginning of the launch of the new generation of Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, considering that young consumers in China are more concerned about smart and high-tech configurations, because we specially launched models with different configurations for the Chinese market. This is also one of the changes made for the Chinese market." Zhu Hengli said.

Thanks to Jaguar Land Rover’s self-adjustment, the market has given positive feedback to the British luxury car brand after entering the second half of the year. Data show that Jaguar Land Rover’s sales rose by 40% year-on-year in July, 17% year-on-year in August, and 28% year-on-year in July-August. More importantly, Jaguar Land Rover’s dealers also improved their profitability by 10% year-on-year in July-August and maintained reasonable inventory.

Not only that, but next, Jaguar Land Rover will also increase its product offensive. According to the plan, Jaguar Land Rover expects to usher in 30 product updates by the end of 2021. Among them, in addition to the new Jaguar XEL, which will be launched within the year, a new generation of Discovery will be launched in the first quarter of next year, and a new generation of Defenders will be introduced in the second quarter.

And when it comes to electrification, Jaguar Land Rover is not at a disadvantage. Last year, Jaguar Land Rover launched the Range Rover Sport PHEV model. At the press conference of the Chengdu Auto Show, the Range Rover Sport also launched the annual model. At the same time, the new generation of Range Rover Evoque is also equipped with a 48V mild hybrid system. Jaguar released the first pure electric luxury SUV model last year, the Jaguar I-PACE. In fact, Jaguar Land Rover has already announced that from 2020, every model will be available in electrified models.

In the case of the overall domestic car market environment being cold, Jaguar Land Rover was still able to achieve two consecutive months of growth, which is enough to highlight the "true ability" of counterattacking the trend. I believe that Jaguar Land Rover NIO will also burst out stronger stamina.

1905 Movie Network News Recently, on the occasion of his 34th birthday, actor Han Geng posted on Weibo: Hello, 34 years old, hello, my girl, and @actor Lu Jingshan, officially publicizing their love affair. Lu Jingshan also responded quickly: Hello, my boy, and @Han Geng, the two of them hit the public with this shocking sweet bomb. In addition, Jing Tian and Zhang Jike, Zhao Liying and Feng Shaofeng, Han Dongjun and Lv Jiarong also spread news one after another.

　

Han Geng and Lu Jingshan: When love comes, you can’t stop it

It is reported that Han Geng and Lu Jingshan met at the Golden Rooster Festival last year. At that time, Lu Jingshan and Han Geng presented the Best Music Award together, interacting on the same stage. When they went down the stairs, Han Geng carefully supported Lu Jingshan, who was very gentleman. Afterwards, Lu Jingshan also sent a Weibo special thank you to Han Geng, as a netizens said: "When love comes, you can’t stop it."

　

Jing Tian and Zhang Jike: All kinds of real hammers are not far from the truth

Recently, the news about "Jing Tian and Zhang Jike are together" was exposed on the Internet, but so far, neither of them has responded to this. However, according to some mysterious netizens, they originally planned to announce their love news on New Year’s Day, but because of the Li Xiaolu PGone incident, it was put on hold. However, now that the evidence on the Internet is flying, all kinds of real hammers should not be far from the truth.

　

Zhao Liying and Feng Shaofeng: Showing up in a hotel in a couple’s outfit and spending the night at home

It is said that Feng Shaofeng and Zhao Liying became attached to each other due to their collaboration in the film. After the play was completed, the two interacted a lot. Recently, the two also filmed together "Do you know if you should be green, fat, red and thin". After that, the two were photographed many times in a couple’s outfit and appeared in a hotel, staying at home for the night, but neither party responded.

　

Han Dongjun Lv Jiarong: I have met the parents of both parties who are about to get married

It is said that Han Dongjun and Lv Jiarong met for filming "Life is like the beginning", and then they were photographed by national talent scouts for intimate dating photos and exposed their relationship. However, both sides publicly denied their relationship, saying they were just good friends. However, many Weibo marketing accounts have revealed that the two are emotionally stable, have met their parents, and are about to get married. Neither side responded.

Western Network News (Reporter Chen Jiaxin correspondent Yu Hai Yang Tao) On March 18, two Y172 and Y78 tourist trains loaded with more than 1,700 tourists left Xi ‘an Station, all the way south, heading for Zhanjiang and Taizhou respectively, to start a wonderful spring trip. This is the first time that China Railway Xi ‘an Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (referred to as Xi ‘an Railway Bureau for short) has opened a "silver hair" inter-provincial tourist train this year, and it is also the first time that Shaanxi Railway has opened two trips on the same day.

In 2024, Shaanxi Railway opened its first inter-provincial "Silver Hair" special train.

In order to help the "silver hair" economic growth and continuously enrich the spare time life of the elderly, Xi ‘an Railway Bureau has further expanded the tourism resources outside the province on the basis of the "silver hair" tourism special train from Xi ‘an to Tongchuan and Yaozhou in the early stage, and provided passenger transport products that meet the needs of the elderly. It is worth noting that the "Silver Hair" inter-provincial tourist train has launched different tourist routes based on the city’s scenic features and surrounding extended scenic spots on the basis of the original "car with people, night tour and scenic parking", and tourists can choose to play according to their preferences.

The special tourist train in Zhanjiang direction includes three tourist routes A, B and C, namely, witnessing Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao and traveling around South China, walking in Bama and living for 99 years, and panoramic view of Guangdong and southern Fujian customs, which can not only enjoy the scenery and explore the secrets, but also "buy in buy buy" to meet the rich travel needs of tourists to the maximum extent. The special tourist train in Taizhou direction includes many natural tourist attractions, such as Qianduo Scenic Area, Yingtaozhu Sakura Garden in Taihu Lake, Liyuan Garden, etc., so that tourists can enjoy flowers and boating in March in Yangchun and enjoy the beautiful scenery in spring.

Elderly tourists ride in an orderly manner.

In order to improve the travel experience of elderly tourists, Xi ‘an Railway Bureau has arranged a special person to provide bus guidance service, equipped with full-time tour guides, and divided teams according to carriages to achieve "one car and one guide", so that passengers can "have a good time and swim with confidence". In addition, the reporter learned that in March, Xi ‘an Railway Bureau will also run tourist trains in popular directions such as Xi ‘an to Huangshan and Enshi, which will help the cultural tourism market continue to heat up.

In the next step, Xi ‘an Railway Bureau will also dig deep into tourism resources and enrich tourism products according to the seasonal characteristics of spring, summer, autumn and winter. On the basis of running the original tourist trains in the province, it will select high-quality scenic spots in various places and carefully design inter-provincial tourist routes, so that traveling by train and by special train will become a new fashion for tourism.

"S is thin, M is beautiful, L is rotten, XL is rotten, and XXL is rotten." There is also a small line on the size table, "Only for girls aged 18-35, please consult customer service first according to your figure". Recently, a suggested size table for women’s wear in RT Mart shopping malls caused controversy. In response, its official Weibo statement said that improper wording in publicity materials would strengthen internal management to ensure that such incidents would not happen again.

To be honest, I thought it was a spoof at first. I can’t figure out how a publicity board full of malice towards women got green light all the way to the wall. Wen Wenjun, who thinks that playing homophonic terrier is very humorous, used just two lines to account for all the discrimination against women’s age, gender and figure, and there is really no one.

According to the clothing size, the female compatriots, who account for three fifths of all women, are all in the queue of "worse than bad". Also coincides with the "Double Eleven" period, so the IQ and EQ are not online, offending the gold owners and sisters who are the main force of "buy buy Buy". I’m afraid this business will really be "broken up".

It’s 2020, but the mainstream aesthetic of women still stays on the long legs with black silk. Every once in a while, there are female stars who are hung up on hot search because of their "expansion". It seems that women can only be equated with self-discipline if they are white, young and thin, chopsticks legs, A4 waist and paper people.

Even actress Gong Li, who was named "Gong Huang" by the domestic entertainment circle, was not spared. In August this year, a street photo of Gong Li and her husband caused a heated discussion among netizens. In the photo, Gong Huang wore a pink floral dress, and the whole person looked natural and graceful. However, in the netizen’s message, the words "the waist of the bucket is full of fat, and the unicorn arm is raised" are still very heartfelt.

Top female artists who are over 50 years old and internationally renowned have to be humiliated by their bodies. It also makes female compatriots realize that in the world ruled by deformed aesthetics, women never seem to escape the fate of being examined, evaluated and humiliated by their bodies.

A female star in the spotlight should take a scale with her when eating a meal. If you eat a little fat, you will be ridiculed by the whole network. Some people argue that the harshness of actresses’ figure has industry particularity, because they belong to the representatives of traffic and attention. You can think about it carefully. Is being fat or thin the only criterion to judge an artist’s quality? Don’t you see, how many red flowers are there, and there is a good skin, but I don’t know where the face value is higher than acting. After many years of debut, acting will only be silly and sweet.

Not only stars, but also ordinary women are kidnapped by the abnormal aesthetic of "one fat destroys everything", which is both a victim and a perpetrator. Under the single aesthetic effect of being thin and young, the standard of beauty becomes thin and thin again.

The popular "BM style" this summer, the once popular "A4 waist", "keeping goldfish on the clavicle" and "touching the navel with the backhand" all made the "fat girl" feel ashamed. In order to become beautiful, some girls go to great lengths to soak in Chili water, induce vomiting, and even shrink their stomachs to lose weight. Others are addicted to plastic surgery, leaving serious sequelae.

It’s easy to get rid of the brand of "XXL corresponding to’ broken’" in shopping malls, but it’s difficult to break the hidden rules of female body humiliation.

The beauty of women should not be confined to the standards defined by others. Beauty is a lot of money. Only by establishing healthier and diversified aesthetic standards can women have more self-confidence, not be shackled by the standard of "white and thin", accept the traces left by years and love their bodies, live high.

At this year’s "Talk Show Conference", a remark made by star agent Yang Naizhen is worth reflecting-"Girls should not be defined by standards, there is no standardized beauty and ugliness, just like yourself."

Let more women stop criticizing themselves for the eyes of strangers, have the right to health and beauty, and break the shackles of stereotypes and concepts. There is still a lot that the whole society needs to do. Let’s start with something like "XXL corresponds to’ breaking up’".

Source: The Paper.

Generative AI is getting more and more popular. Is this really a good business?

Recently, AI painting is on fire.

By inputting some words, AI can generate an image that matches the words in a few seconds. These images are wild, and some are even bizarre. For example, people have extra fingers on their hands, and their fingers bend unnaturally. Even, AI can generate some meaningless billboards and alphabets that humans have never seen before.

Although AI painting is outrageous, it has set off a wave of science and technology: the spring of generative AI has come.

David Beisel, a venture capitalist at NextView Ventures, said that in the past three months, the word "generative AI" once became a hot word. Moreover, the generative AI technology has developed rapidly and the market enthusiasm is so high that many people even quit their jobs to start a business in this field.

There is no doubt that AI has been in a prosperous stage in the past five years or so, but most of these past advances have to do with understanding the existing data-for example, the AI model has been able to quickly and efficiently identify whether there are only cats in your mobile phone photos. However, the generative AI model generates something completely new that has never been seen before. In other words, generative AI is not just about analyzing existing data, but creating.

Boris Dayma, founder of Craiyon generative AI, believes that "generative AI is not only creating old images, but also creating many new things, which are completely different from what we have seen before."

Sequoia Capital also said in a blog post on its website: "Generative AI has the potential to create trillions of dollars in economic value." Sequoia Capital predicts that generative AI may change all industries that require human beings to create original works, from games to advertising to the legal profession. It is worth mentioning that Sequoia Capital also pointed out in its blog post that this message was partly written by GPT-3 (GPT-3 is a generative AI capable of generating text).

Working principle of generative AI

In the past, deep learning technology was widely used to train the model on large data sets. When the program understands the relationships in these data, the model can be applied to actual scenes, such as identifying whether there is a dog in a picture or translating text, and so on.

The working principle of the image generator is to reverse this process. For example, instead of translating English into French, it translates English phrases into images. Specifically, it usually has two main parts, one is to process initial phrases, and the other is to convert data into images.

At first, generative AI was based on a method called GAN, that is, the generative adversarial network. In essence, this method is to make two artificial intelligence models compete with each other to better create images that meet the target.

At present, generative AI is usually based on Transformer, such as image generator DALL-E and so on. DALL-E was first created by OpenAI in 2021, and in 2022, OpenAI released DALL-E 2.

Christian Cantrell, a developer who focuses on generative AI, said: "With DALL-E 2, we can really cross uncanny valley." (The Valley of Terror theory is a hypothesis about human perception of robots and non-human objects. It was put forward by Japanese robot expert Masahiro Mori in 1970. )

Another commonly used AI-based image generator is Craiyon (formerly known as DALL-E Mini), where users can enter phrases in the browser and see the illustrations it generates within a few minutes.

According to Dayma, since its launch in July 2021, Craiyon has produced about 10 million unprecedented pictures every day, which adds up to 1 billion. Earlier this year, the use of Crayon soared, and Dayma also took Crayon as its full-time job. In addition, Dayma has created a Twitter account to post the weirdest and most creative pictures generated by Craiyon. For example, ketchup comes out of the tap on the Italian sink.

In addition, Stable Diffusion has also received wide attention. The project was released in August this year and has been open source on GitHub. Developers can run the project on computers, not just in the cloud or through programming interfaces. For example, Stable Diffusion can be integrated into Adobe Photoshop by plug-in, allowing users to generate backgrounds and other parts of images, and use layers and other Photoshop tools to operate in applications.

Cantrell, the developer of the plug-in, said, "I want to meet these creative professionals, so that they can introduce artificial intelligence into their creative work, instead of destroying their work."

It is understood that Cantrell has worked for Adobe for 20 years. After leaving in 2022, Cantrell focused on the direction of generative AI. Cantrell said that Stable Diffusion has been downloaded tens of thousands of times, and artists told him that they used this plug-in in many unexpected places, such as making Godzilla animation or creating pictures of Spider-Man.

Start-up companies get together

Some investors regard generative AI as a potentially transformative change, just like the early development of smart phones or the Internet. This kind of transformation has greatly expanded the potential market of this technology.

"Before that, artificial intelligence was not unprecedented. Before 2007, we were not without mobile devices, "said Beisel, a seed investor." But at this moment, everything came together. The final consumer can experience and see something different from before. "

Cantrell believes that machine learning is similar to a more basic technology: database. "Machine learning is a bit like a database, which opens up a whole new world for network applications. All the applications we have used in our life are built on the database. But no one cares about how the database works. People only know how to use it. "

Michael Dempsey, managing partner of Compound VC, said that in the past, it was "very rare" for laboratory technology to enter the mainstream, but at present, generative AI has attracted wide attention of venture capitalists. Nevertheless, he warned that the current generative AI may be in the "curious stage" near the peak of the hype cycle, and the companies established at this stage may fail because they don’t focus on the specific uses that enterprises or consumers are willing to pay for.

Others in the industry believe that startups that can apply new technologies such as generative AI today may challenge technology giants such as Google, Meta and Microsoft in the future.

At present, many companies applying generative AI technology have already received large amount of financing, and their valuations have also risen. For example, earlier this year, Hugging Face was valued at $2 billion after receiving investments including Lux Capital and Sequoia Capital; OpenAI has also received more than $1 billion from Microsoft and Khosla Ventures.

In addition, according to Forbes, Stability AI, the developer of Stable Diffusion, is negotiating with investment institutions to raise up to $1 billion in venture capital.

Cloud vendors and chip vendors will benefit.

Besides start-ups, cloud service providers such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google can also benefit from it, because generative AI may require a huge amount of computation.

Meta and Google have also taken action and started recruiting talents. In September of this year, Meta released an artificial intelligence application called "Make-A-Video", which can generate videos, which makes the generative AI technology a step further.

"This is a great progress," Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, posted on his Facebook page. "It is much more difficult to generate videos than photos, because besides correctly generating each pixel, the system must also predict how they will change over time."

Recently, Google matched with Meta and released a program code called Phenaki, which can also convert text into video and generate several minutes of footage.

This craze may also boost chip manufacturers such as Nvidia, AMD and Intel, because the advanced graphics processors produced by these companies are ideal for training and deploying artificial intelligence models.

At a recent meeting, Huang Renxun, CEO of Nvidia, emphasized that generative AI is the key use of the company’s latest chip, and he said that this kind of program may "revolutionize communication" soon.

At present, there are not many uses of generative AI that can generate commercial benefits. Many exciting breakthroughs today come from free or low-cost experiments. For example, some writers have tried to use image generator to generate images for articles. An example of Nvidia is to use a model to generate new 3D images, including people, animals, vehicles or furniture, which can be filled into the virtual game world.

Ethical issues can not be ignored.

While generating AI excites the industry, the ethical issues it brings are also worthy of attention.

The first is employment. Compared with professional illustrators, generative AI is obviously cheaper. Therefore, generative AI is likely to rob artists, video producers and other people engaged in creative work of their "rice bowls".

In addition, there are complex problems in originality and ownership of the content created by generative AI.

Generated AI is trained on a large number of images. Therefore, it is still controversial whether the creator of the original image has copyright requirements for the generated new image.

Some time ago, an artist won an art competition in Colorado, and his winning image was created by a generative AI named MidJourney. After winning, the artist said in an interview that he selected one image from hundreds of images generated by himself and post-processed it in Photoshop.

It is worth mentioning that some images generated by Stable Diffusion are watermarked, which indicates that some of the original data sets are copyrighted. Previously, Getty Images (a picture trading company based in Seattle, USA) announced that it was forbidden for users to upload generated AI pictures to its picture library, because the company was worried that there might be some copyright problems in such pictures. .

With the improvement of image generation software, generative AI may also deceive users, make them believe false information, or display images or videos of events that never happened.

In addition, developers must also deal with the possibility that models trained on a large amount of data may have biases related to gender, race or culture contained in the data, which may cause the models to show such biases in their outputs.

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