1905 movie network news There are many movie master in the film industry, who have terminated their shooting plans for various reasons, and those films that have not been completed in the end have become the regrets of fans and directors. A few days ago, "Fro Design Company" released a set of creative posters to show these films that failed to appear on the screen in another form, and also tried to explore movie master’s long-cherished wishes through these posters.
The exposed posters include Alfred Hitchcock’s Kaleidoscope, stanley kubrick’s Napoleon, david lean’s Nostromo, orson welles’s Don Quixote, guillermo del toro’s Crazy Mountains, salvador dali’s Giraffes On Horseback Salad and david lynch’s Ronnie Rocket.
Among them, stanley kubrick had conducted in-depth research on Napoleon for many years before his death, hoping to make a biographical film, so he collected a huge amount of material enough to make a mini-series. Spielberg once said that Kubrick’s "Napoleon" script was completed as early as 1961, but another film about Napoleon failed to come out because of the box office fiasco in the same period.
Also troubled by funds is guillermo del toro’s "Crazy Mountains" project. In the original work, the scene of aliens digging human beings and the budget that seems to be "a little expensive" make Legendary Pictures stop.
Be wary of children suffering from herpetic angina!
After entering the summer, children’s herpetic angina has entered a trend of concentrated high incidence. Xi ‘an Children’s Hospital receives more than 500 children with herpetic angina and hand, foot and mouth every day.
Zhang Huifang, deputy chief physician of the fever clinic of Xi ‘an Children’s Hospital, said that the main harm of herpetic angina is easy to cause febrile convulsions and viral encephalitis. Children may be prone to dehydration, shock and other clinical symptoms due to sore throat and reduced food intake.
Zhang Huifang, deputy chief physician of the fever clinic of Xi ‘an Children’s Hospital, reminds parents that to prevent herpetic angina, they should keep their children’s hands and mouth clean, avoid going to crowded places, and seek medical advice in time if they have high fever.
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A 4-year-old boy in Hangzhou suddenly had a high fever of 40℃
Febrile drugs don’t work either.
Not long ago, 4-year-old Nannan suddenly had a high fever, and her body temperature went straight to 40 degrees. The heat peak reached 3 or 4 times a day. Even if she took antipyretics, she could not drop to normal temperature.
After going to the hospital, the attending doctor made a careful physical examination and found that Nannan had a lot of herpes in his mouth, which hurt when he touched it, and there were red rashes in other parts of his body. According to the typical rash manifestations and the location of the rash, the doctor judged that Nan Nan was infected with hand, foot and mouth disease.
Brother and sister suddenly convulsed
Confirmed hand, foot and mouth disease
At 1 am on June 15th, a 1-year-old boy, Yue Yue (pseudonym), was taken into the pediatric emergency room of Changsha Central Hospital (Changsha Central Hospital affiliated to Nanhua University) by his mother Li Ru (pseudonym) and was diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth disease. At 3 pm on the same day, my 3-year-old sister MengMeng (a pseudonym) was also admitted to the hospital due to convulsions, and was also diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth disease.
Herpes angina & how to prevent hand, foot and mouth
What are the performances?
Hand, foot and mouth disease: fever, maculopapules and herpes of hands and feet, herpes or ulcer of oral mucosa (herpes is more common in the front of oral cavity, such as tongue and lips and teeth), pain and difficulty in eating.
1-2 months after the onset, some children will have finger/toenail shedding.
Herpetic angina: fever, sore throat, mucosal herpes in pharyngeal isthmus and superficial ulcer.
Relationship between hand, foot and mouth disease and herpetic angina?
They are all caused by a variety of enterovirus infections, and many enteroviruses can cause both diseases at the same time, such as the red virus in the picture below.
After being infected with the same virus, if herpes is only in the throat, it is herpetic angina, and if it appears in the hands, feet, mouth and anus, it is hand, foot and mouth disease.
The study found that the blood routine of hand, foot and mouth disease or herpetic angina indicated that white blood cells increased, the proportion of neutrophils increased, and sometimes CRP(C-reactive protein) increased, which was not necessarily accompanied by bacterial infection, so parents should not blindly use antibiotics.
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How did it spread?
Droplets in digestive tract or respiratory tract spread and contact with herpes fluid of patients’ skin and mucosa, which is highly contagious and fast.
How to prevent it?
Vaccinate hand, foot and mouth vaccine (although it can only prevent EV71, most severe hand, foot and mouth diseases are caused by EV71), wash hands frequently and pay attention to hygiene.
Ventilation frequently, avoid going to public places where crowds gather and air circulation is poor during the epidemic period, and see a doctor in time when symptoms appear.
People with hand, foot and mouth disease should avoid contact with other children.
Synthesis: Shaanxi Radio and Television Media Group, Shaanxi News, People’s Daily Popular Science, Northwest Women and Children’s Hospital.
In fact, as early as the debut of Song Pro, Tako began to pay attention to and be optimistic about this new car, and its strength in all aspects was quite good. On the whole, the only uncertainty is the price without losing any "popularity TOP" in the same class; As for the fuel version of Song Pro, my prediction and expectation at that time was: as long as the final quotation of the top model can be controlled within 130,000 yuan (the top quotation of the Haval H6 is 136,000 yuan), you will be the most beautiful child in the same class in 2019!
Now the official guide price of Song Pro fuel version is 898-119,800 yuan, which is 10,000 yuan lower than my expected psychological price of 130,000 yuan! That is to say, compared with the old and popular models at the same level, Song Pro has a price advantage of at least 15,000 yuan (equivalent to 12%), and it has occupied a cost-effective highland as soon as it debuted. In this way, in the compact camp of 100,000 yuan, the competitiveness of Song Pro is definitely a lever drop ~ Let’s talk about it in detail.
The cool appearance is unique
Song Pro’s debut is unforgettable. Its net is like a dragon with an open mouth and ready to devour everything. It has a strong sense of momentum, and this full sense of beast is amazing to Tako: the original front face can be so beautiful when it is fierce! Later, I learned that this unique front face has a unique name-Dragon Face, and Song Pro is the first model to adopt Dragon Face2.0 design language.
When I saw Song Pro, who would have thought that BYD’s face value was one of the biggest slots of this brand a few years ago ~ At that time, it was a straight man of steel in appearance, and he was powerless: he really couldn’t eat by his face, and he didn’t fight hard. What should I do?
But with the joining of Wolfgang Egger, the former Audi design director, he finally began to "dare to kill"! Tang He is Wolfgang Egger’s quite successful work, and Song Pro is a beautiful answer sheet of prosperous times that he is no longer shackled by the old design style.
Wolfgang Egger may have been infected by the "lamp factory" and began to ponder the headlights after he arrived. Although Song Pro is not as serious in lighting as that, it still plays the lighting beautifully and the overall shape is just right. For example, the "Dragon Beam" headlights with dragon claws add a lot of brilliance to the whole vehicle. What is even more amazing is that the three claw marks light up step by step when it is turned on, which is full of ritual sense, which is very satisfying the little fun of wanting to be handsome.
In fact, everyone’s evaluation of the appearance is subjective after all, and there is no uniform standard. It cannot be said who has a stronger sense of design and who has a higher value. However, I prefer Song Pro’s "Dragon" myself. After all, compared with competing products like Haval H6 and Changan CS75 at the same level, Song Pro is really more fresh, more fashionable in style, and handsome people are heart-pounding!
One in a million interior materials.
Before tasting the interior of Song Pro, I want to talk about its size. The length, width and height of Song Pro are 4650mm*1860mm*1700mm, respectively. Compared with Song PRO, in addition to maintaining the same height, the values of length and width have improved, especially reaching an astonishing 2712mm, which is 56mm higher than Song PRO. The multiple increase in size brings an all-round breakthrough in the internal space. When you open and sit in the cockpit, a big man who is more than 1.8 meters can stretch his body, which is a great advantage in the compact class. Although Tako himself is average in height, he will have long legs someday, don’t you think? The rear seats are more comfortable to upgrade. The maximum 100 11-gear segment can be adjusted, and the length of 510mm supports the legs. Even if five seats are full, you can have a slight rest.
In fact, everyone’s evaluation of the appearance is subjective after all, and there is no uniform standard. It cannot be said who has a stronger sense of design and who has a higher value. However, I prefer Song Pro’s "Dragon" myself. After all, compared with competing products at the same level and Changan CS75, Song Pro is really more fresh and fashionable, and handsome people are heart-pounding!
The wide internal space gives Song Pro great room to play, for example, the golden compartment has five seats. "Golden compartment" is reflected in the design difference between the front and rear seats. In the front row of the extrasensory intelligent driver’s seat, the center console is tilted 7 to the driver’s side, reaching the most reasonable application angle, supplemented by the embracing interior design, giving the driver a full sense of control-sitting in the driver’s seat seems to be in the center of the world, taking care of the driver’s emotional needs. Few cars have noticed this before, and Pro seized this pain point first.
On the whole, the interior style of Song Pro is relatively atmospheric and quiet, and it may not be so lively and fashionable in sense, but it creates a strong sense of grade and artistry. The most conspicuous is the central control area. When the physical buttons are relocated to the gear area, there is no button left in the central control area. This minimalist postmodern style (I think it is) may not be to everyone’s taste, but I personally really like it.
The 12.8-inch central control panel is actually a suspended pad, which can be placed horizontally or vertically; The DiLink system can be said to be one of the most advanced systems at the same level, which refreshes Tako’s view on the car-as long as you sit in the car, you can completely replace the mobile phone. The intelligent voice system, which accommodates 4 million+applications worldwide and can recognize 8 dialects, is highly entertaining. More smart driving functions will not be described here, and interested friends can go to the test drive experience.
Accurate driving control, comfortable and free.
First of all, the power configuration of Song Pro fuel version: equipped with 1.5T, model BYD476ZQB, 118kW, 245N·m；; Matching 6-speed DCT, it has three driving modes: economy, comfort and sports, and the whole system automatically shifts gears.
The dynamic performance of Song Pro is slightly improved, and it is definitely worthy of the current pricing. Take the top version of competing products (the official guide price is 133,800 yuan) as a comparison. The sum is the same as that of Song Pro, but the torque is 20N·m higher and 13kW higher. This premium space is open to different people.
Song Pro’s driving style is biased towards home commuting, which is a very relaxing model. The new car as a whole has achieved the ultimate in terms of driving, which can be clearly felt. No matter whether it is low speed or acceleration, it rarely encounters setbacks, and the shift is also very smooth. This kind of performance is far beyond Tako’s expectation, and it is quite different from the traditional impression, which is an unexpected surprise.
As mentioned above, Song Pro has three driving modes, and the power feedback corresponding to different driving modes can be understood literally. In the economic mode, the rotation speed will be kept relatively low and the power output will be slightly soft; Switch to sports mode, the speed increases, the acceleration is immediately fed back, and the speed-up performance is better; And the comfort mode is in between. Each of the three modes has its own advantages. After being familiar with the control, it can be switched according to different driving scenarios, which is both easy to use and fuel-efficient, which is also in line with the label of Song Pro’s "cost-effective model".
Generally speaking, Song Pro has a very good performance in terms of design, space interior and power control. Let’s not talk about the appearance and the value of the interior. Those configurations that can fall on paper to the battle are better than those of Song Pro at the same price. Compared with the same configuration, Song Pro is cheaper, and the price is really not lost. It’s hard not to love ——Tako. Isn’t this a "tap water" for Pro ~
Special feature of 1905 film network In this "Monday file" where the market is as bleak as the weather, a mainland independent art film is quietly released.
It won three awards at the just-concluded 54th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, namely, Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay and Fabrizi International Film Critics Award. It also made its mark at the Asian Future Unit of Tokyo Film Festival and the FIRST Youth Film Festival.
It is, and it is also the big-screen debut of director Zhou Ziyang.
Old Beast won three awards at the 54th Golden Horse Awards.
Like many art film directors, his first work chose to return to his most familiar hometown, Ordos, to reproduce the distortion of human nature and the collapse of intergenerational relations under the background of rapid economic expansion.
The movie "The Old Beast" tells a seemingly absurd story: Lao Yang, whose investment failed and went bankrupt, idled all day, and was kidnapped by angry children because of the life-saving money misappropriated for his paralyzed wife’s operation. In a rage, he took them to court, and the family relationship between the two generations fell apart, and Lao Yang, who was "homeless", was pushed into a desperate situation step by step.
The old beast is an absurd and realistic family farce.
In the publicity, The Old Beast was packaged as "mr. six" in Inner Mongolia, but the director was more inclined to the narrative style of Fahati and Mengji, and used cold brushwork to "accurately describe the times", as Zhou Ziyang said.
At the Zhejiang Youth Film Festival held not long ago, we had the privilege of interviewing Zhou Ziyang, the director of The Old Beast, and chatted with him about the animal nature of the Old Beast and the creation story of the first feature film.
[Talking about the original intention]
The craziest years in Ordos
The closest relationship has been completely torn apart.
"In 2013, a family I was familiar with, children kidnapped their father, which was very exciting and shocking," Zhou Ziyang recalled.
This extreme event inspired him to reflect on the people and things in his hometown in recent years. "In those two years, the economic changes in Erdos were particularly dramatic. It was not an exaggeration for students to ask in advance how much money you could earn, what to call each other, and what to fly to other places to do their hair.
In the crazy development of the whole society, people’s good and evil have changed greatly, and I want to write what I have seen and thought into this script slowly, which became the original intention of Zhou Ziyang’s creation of The Old Beast.
Lao Yang watched the once prosperous and crazy Ordos in the unfinished building.
When he was writing the script, his mind kept echoing the words of director Ang Lee: "Chinese’s family is a soft shell made of tears, bearing love and moving in disappointment", which became the emotional core of The Old Beast.
"The closest relationship in this world is the relationship between two people. In the old beast, the closest relationship has been completely torn apart by reality. Love may exist, but it has been torn apart. This is the greed in human desire in the crazy pursuit of economy."
[Talk about the title]
I prefer "old beast"
"Old bastard" is everyone in the crazy times.
In 2016, Zhou Ziyang came to the venture capital unit of the FIRST Youth Film Festival with a script. At that time, the title of the film was also called "Old Bastard". When talking about the name change storm from "old bastard" to "old beast", Zhou Ziyang did not shy away from the consideration of "over-examination", but what attracted him in the end was the fit between "old beast" and the temperament of the film.
"I prefer the old beast. The temperament of the old beast is very similar to that of Inner Mongolia, and it is also very close to the temperament of the characters. The trapped beast is a comprehensive and simple name," Zhou Ziyang said.
Zhou Ziyang: I prefer the "old beast", which fits well with the temperament of the characters.
Many people misunderstand that "old bastard" refers to the protagonist Lao Yang, but in Zhou Ziyang’s understanding, "old bastard" refers to the whole era, "these people are not only Lao Yang in this era of crazy pursuit of personal wealth and desire".
It is true that everyone in The Old Beast has his own "jerk" points, such as the children’s disobedience to filial piety and the kidnapping of the old father in partnership; For example, the salesman who sells a house adds his fists to the old man if he doesn’t agree.
"Everyone is constantly faced with moral choices in their own situation, and everyone’s motivation for choosing is to protect themselves. For them, there are strong reasons. They think they are right, but at the same time they are hurting their most important people," Zhou Ziyang said.
Next page: Talking about people: Lao Yang is the guardian of traditional values
During the epidemic, in addition to external protection, food safety is also the top priority of protection. Before food enters people’s mouths, it takes several steps to get it from farms or fishing grounds to the table. We call it the food production chain. In the process of production, processing, distribution or cooking, pollution may occur.
Food production
Production refers to the process of planting crops or raising animals for food. It is usually carried out on farms or pastures, and some foods are captured or harvested from the wild, such as some fish, mushrooms and game.
Examples of pollution in production:
1. If the hen’s feed is infected or infected by some zoonotic diseases, the eggs and chicken produced in this way may be contaminated, resulting in food safety problems.
2. If the farmland is irrigated with polluted water, the fruits and vegetables will be polluted before harvesting.
3. Some fish growing in water may get toxins or accumulate some harmful substances from the small marine organisms they eat. For example, some fish living in water polluted by mercury will be rich in methylmercury, which will cause food safety problems.
Food processing
Processing refers to the process of turning crops or animals into food forms that we know and buy through machinery or labor according to the technological process. The processing technology of different kinds of food will be different. For some agricultural products, the processing process includes cleaning, cutting, crushing, baking and other steps, such as fresh vegetables, flour, steamed bread, bread and so on. Some agricultural products and milk are usually pasteurized and processed into fruit juice, vegetable juice and canned or bagged milk. Nuts can be roasted, chopped, or ground (for example, with peanut butter). For animals, the first step in processing is slaughter. Then, it can be cut into pieces or broken, smoked, cooked or frozen, or mixed with other ingredients to make sausages or main dishes, such as meat pies.
Examples of pollution in processing:
1. If the food is washed with contaminated water or packaged with contaminated packaging materials during processing, the pollution will spread to these foods, resulting in food safety problems.
2. In the slaughter process, if there are a large number of harmful microorganisms such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in the environment and slaughter tools, it will cause microbial pollution of meat products and food safety problems.
3. If bacteria contaminate the surfaces used for food processing, such as processing lines or storage boxes, the bacteria will spread to the foods that come into contact with these surfaces.
Food distribution
Distribution refers to the process of sending food from farms or processing plants to consumers, or to restaurants, cafeterias or hospital kitchens and other catering institutions. For example, pork, beef and chicken are transported from meat processing plants to supermarkets, food stores and so on.
Examples of pollution in distribution:
1. If the food that should be refrigerated is stored in a high temperature environment for a long time, it may produce bacteria and cause corruption.
2. If fresh agricultural products are loaded on unwashed trucks, these products will be polluted.
cook
Cooking refers to a way to finish the final processing of food, and it is the process of turning it into food that can be eaten directly. This step may occur in a restaurant, a family or a company canteen.
Examples of pollution in cooking:
1. If an employee involved in cooking is still working during his illness, or fails to wash his hands carefully after going to the toilet, he may spread bacteria through contact with food.
2. If a chef cuts raw chicken with a chopping board or a knife, and then cuts raw tomatoes and other vegetables or sauced beef with the same knife or chopping board without cleaning, it may pollute the bacteria in chicken, such as pathogenic microorganisms such as Escherichia coli or Salmonella.
3. The food eaten raw in the refrigerator may be contaminated with bacteria due to improper storage.
Food safety problems can occur in all aspects of food production, processing, storage, transportation and sales. To ensure food safety, we must manage it in the whole process of food production, which is what we often call "food safety management from field to table".
This article is scientifically checked by Huang Kunlun, a professor from College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University.
A few days ago, the executive meeting of Guangzhou Municipal Government deliberated and adopted "Several Policies and Measures for Guangzhou to Further Promote the High-quality Development of cross-border electronic commerce" (hereinafter referred to as "Measures"), further promoting the stable scale and excellent structure of Guangzhou’s foreign trade and accelerating the cultivation of new advantages in foreign trade competition.
Cultivating and introducing leading cross-border e-commerce enterprises, strengthening the construction of cross-border e-commerce industrial parks and strengthening the role of market players are the basis for promoting the high-quality development of cross-border e-commerce. The Measures support the development of cross-border e-commerce enterprises, select a certain number of cross-border e-commerce "Kirin" enterprises, and give a one-time reward to cross-border e-commerce enterprises that enter the list for the first time, with a maximum of 2 million yuan.
At the same time, Guangzhou will also actively develop the "cross-border e-commerce+industrial belt" model and build a "one district, one characteristic" cross-border e-commerce industrial park. Select a certain number of cross-border e-commerce "Kunpeng" industrial parks (gathering areas), and reward the cross-border e-commerce industrial parks that enter the list for the first time, with a maximum of 5 million yuan.
In terms of supporting cross-border e-commerce enterprises to carry out "brand going out to sea", Guangzhou will select a certain number of outstanding cross-border e-commerce "brand going out to sea" enterprises, and give them financial support that does not exceed 50% of the promotion expenses, and the amount of support for a single enterprise does not exceed 1 million yuan per year.
Guangzhou will give full play to the advantages of the special customs supervision area and the Pilot Free Trade Zone, and expand the national railway freight trains from Guangzhou to the "Belt and Road". We will continue to expand the application of the "one port in the Bay Area" model and simplify the customs clearance procedures for foreign trade goods ports. If a cross-border e-commerce enterprise leases a special customs supervision area to carry out cross-border e-commerce business, it will be given financial support of not more than 30% of the rent, and the annual support amount of a single enterprise will not exceed 1.5 million yuan.
In order to increase financial support for cross-border e-commerce, the Measures propose to support financial institutions to provide efficient, convenient and safe cross-border fund settlement services for cross-border e-commerce enterprises; Support banks to connect with China (Guangzhou) international trade single window sunshine foreign exchange collection and settlement system, and conduct online cross-border foreign exchange collection with China (Guangzhou) international trade single window export data; Support qualified foreign comprehensive service enterprises to collect foreign exchange for cross-border e-commerce, and encourage financial institutions to carry out cross-border RMB business.
In terms of increasing the introduction of cross-border e-commerce talent training, the Measures encourage qualified ordinary universities, vocational colleges and technician colleges to set up cross-border electronic commerce majors, and provide policy support in terms of technical and technical talent training, professional curriculum setting, vocational skill level identification and platform construction of production-education integration training demonstration base.
In 2023, the import and export volume of cross-border e-commerce in Guangzhou reached 200 billion, and the import and export scale of cross-border e-commerce in the city increased by 136 times in nine years, ranking first in the country for nine consecutive years. With the promulgation of the "Measures", the city card of "Cross-border E-commerce City" in Guangzhou will become brighter and brighter.
On Tuesday, February 18, US Eastern Time, the three major US stock indexes closed higher, among which the S&P 500 index rose 0.24% to 6129.58 points. The Dow Jones index rose 0.02% to 44,556.34 points; Nasdaq index rose 0.07% to 20041.26.
American debt
On February 18th, the benchmark 10-year US bond yield was 4.55%, and the 2-year US bond yield, which is most sensitive to the Fed’s policy interest rate, was 4.29%.
[Hot American stocks]
Among popular US stocks, Apple fell 0.05%, NVIDIA rose 0.40%, Microsoft rose 0.30%, Amazon fell 0.89%, Google C fell 0.57%, Google A fell 0.79%, Meta fell 2.76%, Tesla fell 0.49%, TSMC fell 0.61%, AMD rose 1.04% and Intel rose 16.06.
[global index]
index
Ups and downs
PT
France CAC40
0.21%
8206.56
FTSE 100
-0.01%
8766.73
Germany DAX
0.20%
22844.50
Russian RTS
-1.40%
1123.91
[China index]
On February 18th, the Hang Seng Technology Index futures rose by 2.78% overnight, the Nasdaq China Jinlong Index fell by 1.28%, and the FTSE China A50 Index fell by 0.10%.
[China Stock Exchange]
In terms of popular Chinese stocks, Tencent Holdings (Hong Kong stocks) rose by 2.01%, Alibaba by 1.80%, Pinduoduo by 3.46%, Netease by 1.09%, Ctrip by 3.00%, Baidu by 7.51%, LI by 0.81%, Xpeng Motors by 4.92% and Weilai by 1.69%.
[foreign exchange commodities]
foreign exchange
exchange rate
Up and down (basis point)
USD/RMB (RMB)
7.28
-5 bp
Dollar/Euro
0.96
-3.1 bp
USD/JPY
152.07
+50 bp
Commodity futures
Ups and downs
Latest price
COMEX silver
1.83%
33.36 USD/oz
COMEX gold
1.44%
2936.40 USD/oz
west texas intermediate
1.33%
71.49 USD/barrel
Brent crude oil
0.91%
75.32 USD/barrel
LME copper
-1.79%
9321.00 USD/ton
[Global News]
Bank of China survey: Global funds turn to be optimistic about international investors’ confidence in Hong Kong stocks.
The monthly survey of Bank of America Securities shows that the confidence of global funds in the Hong Kong stock market has greatly increased and reached the same level as the Nasdaq Composite Index. Strategist Michael Hartnett and others said in a report on Tuesday that 18% of the respondents predicted that the Hang Seng Index would perform best in the world in 2025 in the February survey, ranking second with Nasdaq. 22% of the respondents chose the EuroStoxx 50 index, ranking first. This is the first time that the HSI has entered the top three since the problem first appeared in November.
The White House clarified Musk’s identity and said that he was not an employee of the Government Efficiency Department.
Although the name Musk almost represents the newly established government efficiency department from the outside world, the White House clarified that Musk does not work for this department. Joshua Fisher, director of the White House Executive Office, said that Musk is a senior adviser to the President, and his authority is no higher than that of other White House spin doctor. (Sina Finance)
Federal Reserve Daley: Policy needs to remain tight.
Federal Reserve Daley said that the policy needs to remain tight until it is seen that sustained progress has been made in inflation. The Fed wants to be cautious before making the next adjustment. Inflation is gradually falling, but the process is relatively volatile. (Cailian)
Federal Reserve Daley: Supervision should help community banks flourish.
Daley, governor of federal reserve bank of san francisco, said that community banks are an important part of the economy, and their supervision should be adapted to their scale and risk level. "Community banks play a vital role in this ecosystem, supporting almost all parts of the United States," Daley said in a speech at the community bankers conference organized by the American Bankers Association in Phoenix. She said that central bank governors are "increasingly" hearing that the regulatory and supervisory framework is not suitable for the scale and risks of community banks. "The goal of supervision is not to eliminate all risks, but to ensure that banks properly manage risks." She said, "With the development of economy, well-thought-out and properly adjusted rules can ensure that banks of all sizes take appropriate risks and continue to flourish." Daley did not comment on interest rates or the economic outlook in his speech. (Sina Finance)
Bank of America survey: US stock market is overvalued
According to the global fund manager survey conducted by Bank of America in February, 89% of the investors surveyed believe that the US stock market is overvalued. The survey found that this is the highest level since at least April 2001. Bank of America said that in the past 10 years, an average of 81% of the fund manager investors surveyed have always believed that the US stock market is overvalued.
White House: Musk can only advise the president and convey the president’s instructions, and has no decision-making power.
The White House said in a court document on the 17th local time that the role of American entrepreneur Musk in the Trump administration is that of White House employees and senior advisers to the President, not employees of the Government Efficiency Department, and he has no decision-making power. The White House signed a document saying that Musk could only provide advice to the President and convey the President’s instructions. "Like other senior White House advisers, Musk himself has no actual or formal power to make government decisions." It says in the file.
Wang Huanyu returned to China to join Huazhong University of Science and Technology and participated in the research and development of three Apple M-series chips.
Recently, the personal homepage update information of official website, a teacher of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, shows that Dr. Wang Huanyu, who previously worked for Apple in the United States, has returned to China to join the School of Integrated Circuits of Huazhong University of Science and Technology as a professor and doctoral supervisor. Wang Huanyu has participated in the research and development of three Apple M series chips, among which the world’s first 3nm Apple M3 series chip and Apple M4 series chip have been released and listed. (The Paper)
Singapore said that it actually bought only a small number of NVIDIA chips.
Chen Shilong, the second minister of Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, told lawmakers on Tuesday: "From August to October 2024, the physical delivery of products sold by NVIDIA to Singapore accounted for less than 1% of its total revenue." He added that these products are mainly deployed in large enterprises and government agencies. Chen Shilong also pointed out that although NVIDIA attributed 22% of the sales in this period to Singapore, it was actually the place where NVIDIA customers received their bills. "Global entities usually issue bills for the goods and services they purchase in the hub area, but this is separate from the actual place where the products are shipped. According to our inspection results, this is indeed the case. " (Sina Finance)
The EU is preparing to make a decision on whether Apple and Meta will abide by the Digital Market Act next month.
EU Competition Commissioner Teresa Rivera said in an interview that the EU is preparing to make a decision on whether Apple and Meta Platforms will abide by the EU Digital Market Act next month, and is also investigating whether social media platform X violates EU regulations on illegal content. (Interface News)
The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association is strongly dissatisfied with and resolutely opposed to the wrong approach announced by the US government to adjust aluminum import tariffs.
On February 10th, EDT, the US government announced that it would adjust the import tariff on steel and aluminum, resume the tariff on 232 steel and aluminum for global trading partners, and further increase the import tariff on aluminum products. Recently, the Federal Gazette published a tariff adjustment plan. China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association expressed strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition. The United States has seriously violated the basic principles of the WTO, such as fair trade and non-discrimination. The WTO has already ruled that the tariff measures of US steel and aluminum 232 violate WTO rules, and the US side has not corrected them, but has made repeated mistakes, which will seriously damage the rights and interests of all countries and seriously undermine the multilateral trading system based on rules. (China Nonferrous Metals News)
On April 16th, Baidu held the Create 2024 Baidu AI Developer Conference. Many guests including Li Yanhong, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, gave speeches on the stage and shared the latest technological progress of Baidu in the AI field with developers all over the world.
Everyone is a developer.
Li Yanhong, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, delivered a speech on the topic of "Everyone is a developer", which brought a powerful basic model series and three AI development tools to developers around the world, and formed a toolbox to support developers to pack and take away. Li Yanhong said that in the future, natural language will become a new general programming language. As long as you can speak, you can become a developer and change the world with your creativity.
Powerful basic model series, that is, Wenxin big model series, include: flagship versions of ERNIE3.5 and 4.0, and lightweight versions of ERNIE Speed, Lite, Tiny, etc. At the scene, Li Yanhong also officially released the tool version of Wenxin Big Model 4.0. Since ERNIE Bot was released more than a year ago, the number of users has exceeded 200 million. At present, Wenxin Big Model has become the most advanced and widely used AI basic model in China.
Three "out-of-the-box" AI development tools, including AgentBuilder, AI native application development tool AppBuilder, and ModelBuilder of various sizes. Li Yanhong said, "Today, you can make an AI application without writing code; You can make an agent without programming. "
In terms of specific ideas for developing AI native applications, Li Yanhong pointed out that MoE, small model and agent are three directions worthy of attention. "This is what Baidu has paid for by stepping on countless pits and paying high tuition fees according to the practice of the past year."
Speaking of open source and closed source, Li Yanhong emphasized, "Everyone used to think that open source is cheap. In fact, in the big model scenario, open source is the most expensive. So the open source model will become more and more backward. "
In addition to developing tools, Li Yanhong also brought financial and resource support to developers. At the conference site, Li Yanhong announced that the second "Wenxin Cup" Entrepreneurship Competition was officially launched, recruiting entrepreneurial innovation teams in the direction of AI native application for global markets and college students, and setting up a "special award". He said, "Particularly excellent projects will have the opportunity to get 50 million yuan in cash and resources support."
New progress of Wenxin big model: agent, code and multi-model
Wang Haifeng, chief technology officer of Baidu, gave a speech on the topic of "Building the Foundation with Technology, Brilliant Milky Way", and interpreted the key technologies and latest progress of many large-scale models of Wenxin, such as agent, code and multi-model. Wang Haifeng said that agent is an important development direction, which will bring more applications. Based on the basic model, the agent further carries out thinking enhancement training, including supervised fine tuning of thinking process, preference learning of behavior decision-making, and enhanced learning of result reflection, and then gets the thinking model. The thinking model of an agent, like a human being, can read the instructions, learn how to use tools, and then call tools to complete tasks.
From the trillion-dollar training data, Wenxin Big Model not only learned the ability of natural language, but also learned the ability of code, and opened up the process from thinking to execution. Based on these two capabilities of Wenxin Big Model, Baidu developed a code agent and an intelligent code assistant. Wang Haifeng said: "The code agent allows everyone to do what only programmers can do before, and everyone can become a programmer; Intelligent code assistants help professional programmers to write better code more efficiently, which can be said to be programmers’ AI peers. "
Wang Haifeng also shared the multi-model technology. He said that the effect, efficiency and cost are very important in the process of large-scale model application. In practical application, it is necessary to choose the most suitable model from the needs of the scene. On the one hand, it is efficient and low-cost model production; On the other hand, it is multi-model reasoning.
The sustained and rapid evolution of Wenxin model benefits from Baidu’s full-stack layout of chips, frameworks, models and applications, especially the joint optimization of the flying paddle deep learning platform and Wenxin. The weekly average training efficiency of Wenxin Big Model reached 98.8%, which was 5.1 times higher than that when it was released by ERNIE Bot a year ago, and the reasoning efficiency was 105 times. Up to now, Flying Paddle Wenxin Ecology has gathered 12.95 million developers, served 244,000 enterprises and institutions, and created 895,000 models based on Flying Paddle and Wenxin.
Released by Baidu AI Cloud
Wanyuan, a New Generation Intelligent Computing Operating System
Shen Yao, executive vice president of Baidu Group and president of Baidu AI Cloud Business Group, officially released Wanyuan, a new generation of intelligent computing operating system. By abstracting and encapsulating the intelligent computing platform in the AI native era, it shielded the complexity of cloud native system and heterogeneous computing power for users and improved the efficiency and experience of AI native application development.
Shen Shayi said that with the continuous evolution of large-scale model technology, programming through natural language is becoming a reality. Programming will no longer be process-oriented or object-oriented, but demand-oriented; The process of programming will become a process for developers to express their wishes and bring revolutionary changes to the operating system. In the kernel of the operating system, the underlying hardware has changed from CPU-based computing power to GPU-based computing power, and the world knowledge compressed by large models has been added. The object of operating system management has undergone essential changes, from managing processes and micro-services to managing intelligence.
"The traditional cloud computing system is still important, but it is no longer the protagonist. We need a brand-new operating system to abstract and encapsulate the new computing platform, that is, intelligent computing, and redefine human-computer interaction to provide developers with a simpler and smoother development experience." Shen Yao said.
All along, Baidu and Intel have maintained close cooperation in infrastructure, providing customers with mature solutions in the cloud, edge and end. Chen Baoli, vice president of Intel Data Center and Artificial Intelligence Group and general manager of China, said that AI is one of the core strategies of Intel’s development, and the company is currently integrating AI into its overall product portfolio. Baidu is one of Intel’s important partners. In the original era of AI, we look forward to the cooperation between Baidu and Intel, which will bring the positive impact of intelligent computing to thousands of industries.
Agent: Creating the Original Future of AI
He Junjie, senior vice president of Baidu Group and general manager of Baidu Mobile Ecological Business Group, delivered a keynote speech on "Agent: Creating the Original Future of AI". He Junjie said that agents will reshape the way people interact with technology and bring new application ecology, traffic pattern and business model. Baidu mobile ecology is not only a hot spot for the growth of large-scale model applications, but also the head of the wave of agents. No matter users, customers or ecological partners, they can share the low-threshold, multi-scenario and high-value agent ecology in Baidu Mobile Ecology.
He Junjie said that at the user level, Baidu Mobile Ecology is committed to creating a "super agent available to everyone". He showed the new progress of Baidu New Library and ERNIE Bot APP on the spot; At the customer level, business agents, smart broadcast stars, etc. are becoming the standard and infrastructure of commercial operations; On the ecological level, AgentBuilder is committed to making everyone an agent developer and a platform that everyone can develop, operate and benefit.
In addition, Baidu ecological platforms such as Baidu search, maps, and post bars can also access the capabilities of agents, allowing developers to obtain real traffic support.
"agent ecology is not a’ one-man show’ of big players, but a’ chorus’ of the whole people." He Junjie said that Baidu Mobile Ecology always adheres to the principle of "making applications, building capabilities and building ecology", so that every ordinary person can become a developer and every developer can become a creator. Baidu welcomes all enterprises, developers and ecological partners to jointly seize the new opportunities brought by agents and open up the next golden age of traffic.
A small launch of the world’s first AI native operating system DuerOS X.
Super brain was officially launched.
Li Ying, vice president of Baidu Group and CEO of Xiaodu Technology, officially released DuerOS X, a new generation operating system, which is the world’s first AI native operating system based on Baidu Wenxin model. Li Ying said: "As an important and large-scale landing scene of the model, the degree of AI intelligence helps lead the AI native application to a new height." Different from the past, as the world’s first AI native operating system, DuerOS X has completely subverted the old model of the traditional "human adaptation system" and truly achieved end-to-end "connecting users’ intentions and tasks". This innovation has greatly expanded the boundaries of the operating system.
At the Create AI conference, Li Yanhong, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, interacted with Xiaodian Tian AI tablet robot equipped with DuerOS X. Through several rounds of dialogue, Xiaodi can not only clearly arrange complex schedules, but also express his language more vividly. Not only is it smarter, more capable and more understanding of users, but it can also provide users with emotional companionship value, and it will truly become a more useful and soulful AI partner that everyone can have.
2024, as the first year of AI native application, the launch of DuerOS X is not only a small-scale extreme brain change, but also a subversive innovative application of the big model. In the future, Xiaodi will bring more people a convenient, comfortable and technological life experience through continuous exploration and breaking the ceiling of intelligent ability, improve people’s quality of life, and truly let AI enter thousands of industries and thousands of households.
"AI is setting off a creative revolution. Developing applications in the future is as simple as shooting a short video. Everyone is a developer and everyone is a creator." Li Yanhong said. Just as the theme of Baidu World 2023 is "Creating the Future", at the end of the speech, Li Yanhong said that today, everyone can become a developer, and the future will certainly be a future created by developers together.
At present, there are representative cross-border e-commerce platforms such as AliExpress, eBay, Amazon, JD.COM Global Buy and so on, and there are countless cross-border e-commerce websites around the world. Below, we will make a simple analysis of the three mainstream cross-border e-commerce websites.
First, Amazon
Amazon Amazon is the highest-selling and most profitable cross-border e-commerce website in the world, firmly occupying the mid-to-high-end market of cross-border e-commerce. It has sites in every developed country, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Spain, Japan, China, India and Australia.
Advantages:
1. There are few sellers, many buyers and low competition. There are 3 million global sellers and 400 million active users, covering 65 countries.
2. Amazon, the global shopping platform, has the highest average customer price, with the average customer price exceeding $17 and high profit.
3. Logistics advantage, Amazon dedicated logistics, the world’s 123 major operation centers will distribute goods to 185 countries and regions around the world.
4. Amazon’s traffic is relatively large, and there are many global sites, which is suitable for taking a refined route.
Disadvantages:
1. Due to the fierce competition in Amazon, more and more merchants have settled in Amazon, which leads to the need for new sellers to spend a lot of money on product evaluation and advertising, which requires a certain amount of funds.
2. Amazon needs to use FBA for distribution, and it can also get a shopping cart. It means that you need to stock up, which is risky. Once there is a problem, or the product selection is incorrect, you may lose it.
3. Amazon’s review is strict, and the control of goods is strict.
Second, AliExpress
AliExpress (English name: AliExpress) was officially launched in April 2010. It is the only online trading platform built by Alibaba for the global market and is called "international Taobao" by the majority of sellers. Its main market is Russia, and it is the first cross-border e-commerce platform with local traffic.
Advantages:
1. Alibaba’s platform has a large traffic.
2. The platform is mainly aimed at Russia, Brazil, Turkey and Eastern Europe.
3. The operation is similar to Taobao.
Disadvantages:
1. The ranking is not guaranteed, and Ali advertising needs to burn a lot of money.
2. The gold content of customers is not high, and the unit price of customers is low.
3. The settlement cost is high.
Third, eBay
EBay is an online auction and shopping website that allows people all over the world to buy and sell goods online. Ebay was founded in San Jose, California on September 4th, 1995 by Pierre Omidyar under the name of Auctionweb. People can sell goods online on ebay.
Advantages:
1. Relatively fair ranking and professional customer service support;
2. New sellers can be exposed by auction;
3. The threshold for opening a store is relatively low, but the rules are cumbersome and need to be studied.
Disadvantages:
1. The buyer’s protection policy is strong, and most of them are biased towards the buyer when they encounter sales disputes, and the seller suffers heavy losses;
2. The English interface is unfriendly and it is not easy to get started;
3. The cost is not low, the store is free, and the products on the shelves need to be charged.
4. Strict seller standards (for goods such as fake goods), and stores will be closed in case of complaints;
5. paypal is generally used for payment, which has certain risks;
6. The review period is long, and it can only be auctioned. There is a starting limit on the number of products. It is necessary to accumulate credibility to sell more and more, and the billing period is long, which needs to be accumulated slowly.
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