On February 9th, Mary, the actor who made his eighth appearance on the stage of the Spring Festival Evening, came to the interview room. She said that every time she comes to the Spring Festival Gala, like the exam, she is particularly nervous and under great pressure. When she has good works, she will be more confident in acting, but this year’s time is relatively hasty.

Mary said that it is actually more difficult for an actress to act in comedy than an actor, because she is not willing to "sell" or "play", but rather wants to start from the characters, so whether it is the structure or the character of the role, it is still more challenging to act.

Talking about the upcoming film Article 20, Mary said that he didn’t expect to cooperate with director Zhang Yimou one day. From the day he joined the group, he felt that everything was like a dream. Mary also said that Zhang Yimou’s state of filming on the spot, his unique ideas, his requirements for actors and his control of all the plays made him feel that the director is the most attractive and soul person in the crew and the soul of a movie. "I think the director is like a god to me."

Recalling that in 2023, Mary admitted that he was a model worker. Last year, there were 3 or 4 films and played some very powerful female roles. The creative process was happy, but it was also very painful. The result was very satisfactory for himself. I hope I can give myself a holiday in the new year.

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　 　 　 　 At about 16: 00 on March 19, CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection official website quoted the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection as saying: With the approval of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, Liu Xiangdong, the former party secretary and director of the Shanxi Provincial Environmental Protection Department, was suspected of serious violation of discipline and law, and is currently under investigation.

　　　　　　　　According to public information, Liu Xiangdong was born in 1955 and joined the work in 1970. He was born in Pingshan, Hebei. In the 1970s, he graduated from the Chinese Department of Shanxi University as a student of workers, peasants and soldiers, and then entered Shanxi TV Station and Shanxi Radio Station as an editor and reporter.

　　　　　　　　Liu Xiangdong’s relationship with news may be related to his family.

　　　　　　　　In a book entitled "The Bad Official’s Documentary on Environmental Protection in Liu Xiangdong", it is mentioned that Liu Xiangdong’s father Liu Shan was the editor-in-chief of Shanxi Daily.

　　　　　　　　In December, 2004, under the care of some retired leaders in Shanxi Province and the old-timers in the press, Liu Xiangdong published Liu Shan Memorial Anthology at his own expense.

　　　　　　　　The author of "The Bad Official’s Environmental Protection Documentary in Liu Xiangdong" once worked in a news unit and lived in the same yard with Liu Xiangdong in the 1960s and 1970s. "We get along very well, and we talk about everything."

　　　　　　　　The author of the book wrote in the "postscript", "I think I know him better. He doesn’t have a high standard of living and little interest in his spare time. No drinking, no dancing. Mahjong can’t be rubbed, and poker can’t be played. The only hobby is to smoke cigarettes and watch martial arts novels or real kung fu movies. "

　　　　　　　　In 1985, Liu Xiangdong, who was in his thirties, moved from the media to his official career. He successively served as deputy secretary and deputy director of the Party Committee of Taiyuan No.1 Commercial Bureau, general manager and party secretary of Taiyuan Tianlong Building. In 1991, Liu Xiangdong became the Deputy Director of Shanxi Foreign Trade Department, and later served as the Deputy Commissioner of Xinzhou Administrative Office, the Deputy Director of Provincial Trade Department, the Director of the Council of Provincial Supply and Marketing Cooperative and the Party Secretary.

　　　　　　　　In 2006, Liu Xiangdong transferred to the environmental protection system and became the Party Secretary and Director of Shanxi Environmental Protection Bureau. People in Shanxi’s environmental protection industry said that at that time, Shanxi’s atmospheric environment and water environment were ranked last in the country, and it was also the time when environmental protection work was highly valued and began to exert its strength.

　　　　　　　　At the beginning of taking office, Liu Xiangdong suggested that officials should be rewarded for environmental protection, which immediately caused great controversy.

　　　　　　　　According to Phoenix Weekly, the Shanxi Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau and the Finance Department have come up with a "brilliant plan": whoever withdraws from the top 5 cities with the most serious air pollution in China will be rewarded handsomely; Cities with an air quality index ranking 10 places ahead will be awarded special prizes. The maximum amount of reward is RMB 2 million. Rewards are mainly given to individuals, mainly the principal responsible persons, leaders in charge, leaders of environmental protection departments and relevant personnel in key cities.

　　　　　　　　The report also said that "rewarding millions" is only one of the means of Shanxi’s new environmental protection policy. Since Liu Xiangdong became the director of Shanxi Environmental Protection Bureau in March 2006, a series of severe environmental punishment measures have been introduced, and even three mayors have received an open letter from the Environmental Protection Bureau urging them to carry out environmental protection work.

　　　　　　　　"Liu Xiangdong is an environmental hero in China" —— In June 2007, a Shanxi media published an article praising the then director of Shanxi Environmental Protection Bureau.

　　　　　　　　In October, 2008, Liu Xiangdong won the Gold Medal of the Global Charity Alliance for his outstanding contribution to the improvement of Shanxi’s environmental quality.

　　　　　　　　After being awarded the medal, Liu Xiangdong said that the environmental protection project is a project of people’s livelihood and virtue, and its contribution is contemporary and beneficial to the future. In one fell swoop, Shanxi got rid of the "black hat" with the first pollution in the country and put on the "green hat" again. This depends not only on the determination of "steel law enforcement" and "broken arm pollution control", but also on the cooperation of "linkage of all parties" and "joint attack" "So, this heavy medal does not belong to me personally, but to all Shanxi and the whole society."

　　　　　　　　In December of the same year, he won the fifth China Baosteel Environmental Award.

　　　　　　　　When Shanxi Environmental Protection Bureau recommended him as a candidate, he once introduced: He was born in Chinese major, worked as a reporter, once encouraged writing, criticized the current disadvantages, and became famous in Shanxi press; He has been galloping in the industrial and commercial field for many years. When he was in charge of Tianlong Group, Tianlong spent its moderns; After taking charge of the supply and marketing cooperative of Shanxi Province, the supply and marketing system of Shanxi ushered in the development climax of longing; He, who has been concerned about environmental protection for a long time, seems to have been born for environmental protection, and seems to have been waiting for the opportunity to die for environmental protection. At the critical moment of Shanxi’s environment, his temperament as a challenger and his style as an innovator make him a natural candidate for the provincial party committee and government to be appointed in crisis.

　　　　　　　　After winning the prize, Liu Xiangdong said that he would donate all the 50,000 yuan prize to Shanxi Representative Office of China Environmental Protection Foundation as the first start-up fund of Shanxi Environmental Protection Award to encourage and support advanced collectives and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Shanxi’s environmental protection.

　　　　　　　　Liu Xiangdong’s environmental protection work has also been recognized by the old leaders.

　　　　　　　　The book "Bad Official’s Environmental Protection Documentary in Liu Xiangdong" writes that on November 17, 2007, an old comrade who had worked in Shanxi wrote a letter to the then leaders of Shanxi Province. The letter said, "The other day, when I was in Taiyuan for a meeting, I dropped by Lvliang City and personally felt that Shanxi has changed a lot in recent years, especially the environmental quality …"

　　　　　　　　In 2008, the State Environmental Protection Administration was "upgraded" to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and in May of the following year, Liu Xiangdong was also changed from the former Shanxi Provincial Environmental Protection Director to the Shanxi Provincial Environmental Protection Director.

　　　　　　　　Different from the "glorious image" established in the media, an official in the environmental protection system of Shanxi Province told The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) that he had a general impression of Liu Xiangdong and did not agree with the statement that Liu was an "environmental hero".

　　　　　　　　Another official who often deals with Liu Xiangdong said, "It can only be said that he was a leader, and we can only obey. Now that he has been arrested, what’s the point of talking about it? "

　　　　　　　　According to some people familiar with the matter, Liu Xiangdong has been in charge of Shanxi’s environmental protection system all the year round and has made many social figures, including some Shanxi "coal bosses".

　　　　　　　　In March 2013, Liu Xiangdong stepped down as Party Secretary and Director of Shanxi Provincial Environmental Protection Department and was replaced by Guo Changqing.

　　　　　　　　In July, 2013, Liu Xiangdong served as the team leader of Shanxi Provincial Committee, responsible for patrolling Lvliang, a major coal town.

　　　　　　　　According to Lvliang Daily, on April 29th, 2014, a patrol group of the provincial party committee gave feedback to Lvliang. Liu Xiangdong, leader of a group of provincial party committee patrol, gave feedback on the patrol work. Relevant responsible comrades of the provincial party committee patrol office put forward specific and clear requirements, and Gao Weidong, secretary of the municipal party committee, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.

　 　 　 　 Now, it seems quite ironic.

Li Hui, deputy of the 19th National Congress and secretary of Yongzhou Municipal Committee of Hunan Province, was interviewed by CCTV reporters.

　　Cctv news(Reporter Tang Shiying, Liu Chunyu, Li Wenxue) "Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our urban and rural appearance has undergone gratifying changes. For ordinary people, the sense of gain is getting stronger and stronger, and there have been great changes in eating and living, and the smiles of ordinary people are brighter!" Li Hui, deputy of the 19th National Congress and secretary of the Yongzhou Municipal Committee of Hunan Province, said that it is the duty of a local responsible comrade to study the report of the 19th National Congress carefully. "After I go back, I will pass the voice of the party to every party member at the first time."

　　Yongzhou City is located at the source of Xiangjiang River. In recent years, Yongzhou City has actively integrated into the development mode of "green development and green life". The excellent air quality rate has reached more than 90% all the year round. From January to September this year, the excellent air quality rate ranked first in the province; The city’s forest coverage rate reached 64.7%, with 8 national forest parks, 8 national wetland parks and 4 national nature reserves; The city’s surface water environmental function zones, drinking water sources and urban centralized drinking water sources have reached the standard rate of 100%. Up to now, the water quality of the Xiangjiang River has maintained the Class II water standard for 64 consecutive months, realizing the "Xiangjiang River going north and flooding the river". Ecological advantages and green advantages are accelerating into development advantages.

　　Deputy Li Hui said that the changes and development of Yongzhou in recent years are due to the "four persistences" and the insistence on green development as the top priority. During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the city deployed 83 key ecological and environmental protection projects with a total investment of 104.2 billion yuan; Adhere to the ecological red line as the bottom line of politics. In recent years, Yongzhou City vetoed 72 projects to be stationed, with a planned total investment of more than 10 billion yuan; Insist on industrial transformation as a fundamental solution. Since 2015, Xiangjiang Paper, which has a history of nearly 60 years, has been shut down and transferred with an annual output value of nearly 1 billion yuan and a tax revenue of more than 100 million yuan. Adhere to the ecological accountability as a sharp weapon, strictly fulfill the "one post and two responsibilities", take the construction of ecological civilization and ecological priority development as the key contents of the "potential performance" assessment, and include them in the performance assessment of leading bodies and the assessment of leading cadres’ execution, so as to lead the green development with the assessment of "baton".

Li Hui, secretary of Yongzhou Municipal Committee of Hunan Province, accepted an exclusive interview with CCTV reporters.

　　It is such a series of measures that make Yongzhou’s ecological management and protection come to the forefront of the whole province and even the whole country.

　　The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made a new plan of "accelerating the reform of ecological civilization system and building a beautiful China". Deputy Li Hui said that the concept of "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" should be firmly established, and ecological protection and economic and social development should be planned and deployed together.

　　Yongzhou will conscientiously implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, insist on guarding the green mountains with an iron fist, promote green upgrading with industrial upgrading, write a green answer sheet with reform and innovation, and cultivate green development with green culture to ensure that Yongzhou has bluer sky, clearer water and greener mountains.

　　Deputy Li Hui said that in the next step, Yongzhou will also vigorously implement the strategy of "innovation leading the rise of openness", focus on building "a new highland of innovation and opening up, a new Yongzhou with quality and vitality", highlight the "six major battles" and strive to achieve "four upgrades". Strive to reach the forefront of the province’s second phalanx in comprehensive economic strength by 2022, with an average annual growth rate of 9%, reaching about 350 billion yuan and a per capita GDP of 10,000 US dollars; The total fiscal revenue increased by 15% annually, and the total amount doubled compared with 2017, exceeding 35 billion yuan; The per capita disposable income of urban residents is close to 50 thousand yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers exceeds 15 thousand yuan; It will be built into an inter-provincial regional central city of Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi, a national civilized city, a national garden city, a national global tourism demonstration city and a world shoemaking capital.

Since March 2021, the influenza activity in southern and northern provinces has been higher than that in the same period in 2020, and since September, the level of influenza activity in southern provinces has shown an obvious upward trend. The risk of overlapping epidemic of COVID-19 epidemic and influenza and other respiratory infectious diseases still exists this winter and next spring. Recently, it coincided with a large-scale cooling in China, and the flu vaccine quickly "warmed up". However, how to choose a flu vaccine that suits you?

I. Types of domestic influenza vaccines

At present, there are trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV3), tetravalent inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV4) and trivalent live attenuated vaccine (LAIV3) approved for marketing in China.

Among them, trivalent influenza vaccine is suitable for children and adults over 6 months, which can prevent influenza caused by two influenza A viruses (H1N1, H3N2) and one influenza B virus (Victoria).

Four-valent influenza vaccine has more protection against one type of influenza B virus (Yamagata) than three-valent influenza vaccine, but the current four-valent influenza vaccine in China needs to be over 3 years old to be vaccinated.

Second, the way of influenza vaccine administration

At present, there are two ways to administer influenza vaccine in China, one is traditional injection and the other is nasal spray.

Among them, the nasal spray method is unique to the nasal spray influenza vaccine, which was only listed in China in August 2020, but it is not the first in China. It has existed abroad for a long time (the United States and the European Union approved the use of nasal spray influenza vaccine in 2003 and 2012, and both of them are tetravalent), but the market share has not been high. This vaccination method can effectively avoid puncture and "needle fainting" caused by injection, but as for whether it can really make children not afraid of getting flu vaccine, it seems that it is not. Although it doesn’t seem to hurt, the nasal mucosa is also very sensitive, and the way of "nasal spray" is not necessarily more comfortable than intramuscular injection. It is difficult for children to ensure the accuracy of vaccination dose, and the technical operation requirements for vaccinators are relatively high.

Third, the safety of influenza vaccine

Influenza-like vaccines are all split or subunit, that is, inactivated vaccines. After years of practice, the safety of all kinds of inactivated vaccines is relatively high. Its contraindications are limited to allergies to vaccine ingredients, and there is no restriction on egg allergies. Even during pregnancy and some elderly people with basic diseases are recommended to be vaccinated.

Then let’s take a look at the new nasal spray influenza vaccine: this vaccine simulates the process of natural influenza infection. After the vaccine is atomized, it enters the body through the nasal cavity, and the first barrier is mucosal immunity, and then cellular immunity and humoral immunity are generated by activating lymphocytes. However, this means that the nasal spray vaccine must be an attenuated live vaccine. From the point of view of safety, attenuated live vaccine may expel vaccine virus strains after inoculation, and occasionally it is reported that the live virus discharged from the vaccinator is transmitted to the uninoculated. Therefore, it is not recommended to vaccinate children with severe immunocompromised patients with nasal spray influenza vaccine.

Relatively speaking, the live attenuated vaccine has more contraindications (rhinitis, asthma, immune problems, etc.), and the range of people who can be vaccinated is narrower. The vaccination age range of this vaccine is 3-17 years old, which directly avoids children under 3 years old and the elderly who may have basic diseases. Pregnancy is also a contraindication. Even people who have used anti-influenza drugs such as oseltamivir and zanamivir (or traditional Chinese medicine with antiviral components) 48 hours before vaccination are not recommended to be vaccinated with this nasal spray vaccine.

Some foreign researchers have summarized the cases of influenza still diagnosed after receiving nasal spray vaccine or attenuated live vaccine or inactivated vaccine for injection. Among 17,173 patients aged 2-17, 4,579 received inactivated vaccine by injection, 1,979 received nasal spray vaccine or live attenuated vaccine, and 10,615 were not vaccinated. It was found that the effectiveness of inactivated vaccine for injection against influenza A (H1N1) was 67%, and the effectiveness of nasal spray vaccine or attenuated live vaccine was 20%. Compared with the recipients of inactivated vaccine by injection, the probability of infection with influenza A (H1N1) is significantly higher among those vaccinated with nasal spray vaccine or live attenuated vaccine.

Fourth, the effectiveness of influenza vaccine

As far as the effectiveness of protection scope is concerned, the tetravalent influenza vaccine containing four influenza virus strains (two types A and two types B) is better than the trivalent influenza vaccine containing three influenza virus strains (two types A and one type B).

Based on five studies from 2013 to 2016, the effect of nasal spray vaccine or live attenuated vaccine on influenza A (H1N1) is lower than that of inactivated vaccine by injection in all children’s age groups. Therefore, the American ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice) did not recommend nasal spray influenza vaccine in 2016-2017 and 2017-2018.

A meta-study published online in Pediatrics in January 2019, entitled "Live Attenuated and In Activated Influenza Vaccination Effectiveness", recorded the reasons (and reviewed Meta) why AAP and CDC did not recommend nasal influenza vaccine in 2016-17 and 2017-18.

Please see the figure below for a detailed comparison list.

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Finally, to sum up:Under the age of 3, there is no choice but to get trivalent flu vaccine. Above 3 years old, tetravalent vaccine is definitely the first choice in terms of protection effect. However, the price of trivalent vaccine is half cheaper than that of tetravalent vaccine (50 yuan VS110 yuan). If the money is not bad, then choose tetravalent vaccine. As for the nasal spray vaccine, if you are over 3 years old and under 17 years old, you happen to be "dizzy" or have extreme fear of injection, then it is much better to vaccinate the nasal spray vaccine than to do nothing.

　References:

1.Chung JR, Flannery B, Ambrose CS, Bégué RE, Caspard H, DeMarcus L, Fowlkes AL, Kersellius G, Steffens A, Fry AM; Influenza Clinical Investigation for Children Study Team; Influenza Incidence Surveillance Project; US Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Network. Live Attenuated and Inactivated Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness. Pediatrics. 2019 Feb; 143(2):e20182094. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-2094. Epub 2019 Jan 7. PMID: 30617239; PMCID: PMC6361354.

2. Yang Penghui, Yang Lufang. Study on immune defense mechanism of respiratory mucosal infection of influenza virus. International Journal of Immunology, 2006,72(5):294-298.

3. Technical Guide for Influenza Vaccination in China (2020-2021)

4.https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/nasalspray.htm

5 Changchun 100 grams of biological nasal spray attenuated trivalent influenza vaccine instructions

North America is the largest film market in the world, and it is also the main battlefield to test the success or failure of a Hollywood film. Generally speaking, there are two institutions that regularly publish box office data of North American film market: the website Box Office Mojo mainly collects and counts the data reported by publishers themselves; Comscore, a media company specializing in collecting and analyzing all kinds of data, collects daily box office data from the cinema, which is also the main source of box office data for American media.

Traditionally, Comscore’s annual report will not be released until the first Tuesday of the new year, that is, January 2, 2024, local time in the United States, but it is said that the total box office in North America will basically fall between $9.03 billion and $9.05 billion in 2023. As for Box Office Mojo, because of the time difference, the North American box office figure in 2023 on this website is still at $8.905499 billion for the time being, but I believe it will be further updated in a few days.

"Baben Harmo"

Looking back on the key words of North American movies in 2023, the first one was "Baben Harmo": two commercial blockbusters with irrelevant contents and types collided head-on in the same schedule, and the result was not that they changed, but that they successfully ignited the audience’s enthusiasm together and became a phenomenal movie event in 2023. Barbie, produced by Warner Bros. Film Company, finally became the North American box office champion in 2023 with a score of $636 million, while Oppenheimer, produced by Universal Pictures, ranked fifth in the annual box office list in North America with $326 million.

The success of the two works has its own reasons, but to sum up, it is nothing more than abandoning the routine and highlighting the new ideas. Together with Universal Pictures’ Super Mario Bros. Movie, which ranked second in North America’s annual box office list with US$ 574 million, these three works can be said to have high original value.

Although Barbie comes from a world-famous popular toy, Super Mario Bros. Movie is based on a well-known video game of the same name, and the protagonist of Oppenheimer has already gone down in history because of the atomic bomb, they are not actually sequel to the movie or remakes of old movies, which can attract the audience to buy tickets and rely on real original stories and designs.

Stills of Super Mario Bros. Movie

In sharp contrast, in 2023, a lot of blockbusters failed at the box office, almost all sequels and series of works. In addition to the superhero movies that have completely tired the audience aesthetically, Raiders of the Lost Ark 5 and Mission Impossible 7 have also failed to achieve satisfactory box office results.

The total box office in North America in 2023 is definitely the highest in North America since the epidemic subverted the film industry, far better than the $7.46 billion in 2022 and $4.56 billion in 2021. However, such achievements have not returned to the level before the epidemic.

Historically, the box office in North America has steadily exceeded $10 billion every year since 2009, and since 2015, this figure has exceeded $11 billion every year. Before the epidemic, in 2019, although the box office performance of North American movies has been severely squeezed by the streaming media market, the box office of the whole year can still easily reach 11.4 billion US dollars.

On the surface, it seems that the main reason is that the number of films released by Hollywood studios is getting smaller and smaller every year: only 88 films were released on a large scale in 2023, while in 2019, the box office reached 10.5 billion US dollars, which was 108, a full 20 more. However, I really want to say, even if there are 20 more new films in 2023, will it be guaranteed that the box office will increase by 2 billion US dollars? Who can say that these 20 films will get an average of $100 million at the North American box office each?

Movies like Barbie and Oppenheimer can persuade people to pay for tickets because they can only appreciate the beauty of light and shadow when they are watched on the big screen, and the same is true for Taylor Swift: Time Tour Concert, which became a dark horse at the box office near the end of the year. In 2023, when the streaming media service is becoming more and more mature (and saturated), how many movies must be experienced in the cinema in the eyes of the audience? Below, we will look at it according to the winners and losers list of the five major Hollywood manufacturers.

Universal Pictures International

Wins: Super Mario Bros. Movie ($575 million), Oppenheimer ($326 million), Five Nights of the Teddy Bear ($137 million) and Megan ($95 million).

Negative: Speed and Fury 10 ($146 million), Renfield ($17 million), Demeter’s Last Voyage ($13 million).

According to film companies, Universal Pictures, which won $1.93 billion in 2023, topped the North American box office list. With the blockbuster films such as Super Mario Bros. Movie and Oppenheimer, Universal has occupied about 22% of the box office share in North America, slightly overwhelming Disney and winning the first prize since 2015.

Oppenheimer stills

In 2023, Universal occupied two seats in the top five most popular films in North America. In addition, the innovative thriller Megan, which cost only $12 million, also earned nearly $100 million at the box office, while Five Nights of the Teddy Bear turned the cost of $20 million into a box office of $137 million, making them the two most cost-effective movies in 2023.

Of course, Universal also made some mistakes in 2023, and the tenth The Fast and the Furious series was exhausted, but the production cost was getting higher and higher, reaching a shocking $340 million, which erased a lot of the annual bonus of Universal.

In 2024, Kung fu panda 4’s "Daddy Thief 4" and other works will be listed around the world, and there is still a chance to win the championship again.

Disney

Wins: Galaxy Guard 3 ($359 million), The Little Mermaid ($297 million), Crazy Element City ($154 million).

Negative: Captain Surprise 2 ($84 million), Indiana Jones 5 ($174 million), Star Wish ($61 million), Haunted House ($68 million).

2023 is Disney’s centenary birthday, which should have been a year worth celebrating. Various commemorative movies, books and activities were also arranged in advance. However, the overall commercial achievements released at the end of the year made 2023 a year when Mickey Mouse fell to the altar.

Since the annual box office accounted for 26% in 2016, Disney has become the sole overlord of Hollywood in the past few years by relying on its fist products such as Marvel Comics and Pixar; The peak appeared in 2019, accounting for 33.3% of the box office. Seven of the top ten films in the world were produced by Disney, and the box office of each film exceeded $1 billion, leaving the other Hollywood giants completely behind.

However, with the arrival of COVID-19, everything came to an abrupt end. Three years after the epidemic, Disney’s box office share was only 11%, 20% and 18% respectively. However, at that time, Disney’s box office declined because of the external factors of closed cinemas and filming stoppage, which can be said to be a crime of no war. By the end of the epidemic in 2023, Disney’s box office still accounts for only 16%, so you can only find the reason from yourself.

The most serious problem is naturally the continuous downturn of the Marvel movie universe. From "Ant Man 3" at the beginning of the year to "Captain Surprise 2" at the end of the year, all of them lost their eye-catching characteristics in the past, and the latter even became the worst box office in the history of Marvel Comics movies, which made Disney CEO Bob Iger admit that at the previous stage, they really made a big mistake of focusing only on quantity and ignoring quality. At the same time, it also reminds opponents once again that there has never been any panacea in Hollywood, and the tastes of the audience are changing rapidly. Sitting on one’s laurels and standing still is doomed to die.

"Galaxy Guard 3" poster

On the whole, among the top ten box offices in North America, Disney still has the illusion that "Guards of the Galaxy 3" ranks fourth, "The Little Mermaid" ranks sixth and "Ant Man 3" ranks eighth, and there is still the illusion that "the skinny camel is bigger than the horse". However, excluding the special circumstances of the epidemic for three years, this has become the first year since 2014 that Disney has not had any film with a global box office exceeding the $1 billion mark.

Of course, Disney’s advantage is that it has acquired a large number of high-quality assets through mergers in the past few years. After being acquired by Disney, 20th Century Fox, which originally belonged to the ranks of the six Hollywood manufacturers, was renamed 20th Century Pictures, and its box office was also included in the Disney Group’s evaluation. In 2023, they released three works, Cabinet Devil, Venetian fright night and AI Creator. Together with the release of Avatar 2 in early 2023, they earned about $400 million in North American box office. Including this part, Disney accounted for about 21% of the annual box office in North America, ranking second.

Warner Bros.

Wins: Barbie ($636 million), Nun 2 ($86 million), Meg 2 ($82 million), Wonka ($143 million).

Negative: The Flash ($108 million), The Blue Beetle ($72 million), Shazam 2 ($57 million), Aquaman 2 ($85 million).

With Barbie, the highest box office in North America in 2023 (the film also won the annual global box office champion with a box office score of $1.44 billion), Warner failed to become the North American box office champion in 2023, ranking third with only $1.4 billion and a share of about 15.24%. I am afraid that the reason can only be attributed to the poor box office performance of DC superheroes.

"Barbie" stills

In addition to Barbie, in 2023, Warner also tasted a lot of sweetness in the horror film Sister 2 and the family movie Wonka. However, they invested about $660 million in the production cost of the four DC films, The Flash, The Blue Beetle, Shazam 2 and Aquaman 2. As a result, the global box office revenue of the four films was less than that of the 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($874 million).

In 2024, Warner will publish Dune 2, Godzilla vs. king kong 2, Clown 2 and other works, which hopefully will lead to a comeback.

Sony pictures

Wins: Spider-Man: The Vertical and Horizontal Universe (US$ 381 million) and The Wronger 3 (US$ 92 million).

Negative: Silly Money ($13 million) and Escape from Cretaceous ($32 million).

In 2020, when the world was in chaos, Sony Pictures once became the biggest winner in the North American film market, gaining more than 20% market share. After that, in 2021, they also continued to be in the forefront. However, in 2022, when everything is slightly back on track, Sony’s market share has retreated to the fifth place. In 2023, the situation is slightly better than that of Paramount, which is at the bottom. The annual box office of less than $1 billion accounts for about 11% of the market.

Stills of Spider-Man: The Vertical and Horizontal Universe

During the three years of the epidemic, Sony released about 16 or 17 works every year, and in 2023, it rose to 27, far more than any other Hollywood factory, and basically recovered to the level before the epidemic.

The animated film Spider-Man: The Vertical and Horizontal Universe, which was released in June, is a rare Marvel Comics movie that sold well at the box office in 2023. The global box office of "Grievance 3" also reached $190 million, almost the same as the first two films, showing the high popularity of Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.. As for "Napoleon" released at the end of the year, it is not a box office success in itself. After all, the production cost of the film is as high as 200 million US dollars. However, this huge sum of money basically comes from Apple with deep pockets, and Sony is only responsible for issuing, and the package will not be compensated.

In 2024, as usual, Sony will have a wave of new films such as Ghostbusters: The Frozen City, Garfield, Mrs. Spider: Super Awakening, Kraven the Hunter, Venom 3, etc., and the box office should make a breakthrough.

Paramount

Wins: Scream 6 ($108 million), Wang Wang Team 2 ($65 million), Teenage Ninja Turtles: Mutant Fight ($118 million).

Negative: Mission Impossible 7 ($172 million) and Dungeons and Dragons: The Glory of Grand Theft Auto ($93 million).

2023 is really a year to break the Hollywood convention. Not only has the invincible superhero movies been beaten, but even Tom Cruise, which has always been a box office guarantee, has experienced the existential crisis of Lian Po’s old age.

Before the release of "Mission Impossible 7", almost everyone expected that it would be Tom Cruise’s second successful summer file after "Top Gun 2". As a result, "Mission Impossible 7" failed to ignite the enthusiasm of North American people for watching movies on the first weekend, and was quickly defeated by Barbie and Oppenheimer. The most deadly thing is that the epidemic pushed the production cost of the film up to an astonishing $291 million, which caused it to bear an excessive burden before it was released.

Dungeons and Dragons: Glory of Grand Theft Auto poster

The box office failure of Dungeons and Dragons was also somewhat unexpected. After all, the film was adapted from a powerful game IP, and the audience’s reputation after the screening was very good, but perhaps because of the schedule, there was still a lack of enough audience to join in, which made this $150 million film unable to break even.

In the whole year, Paramount released a total of 10 films, with a box office of just over $800 million, accounting for about 9.6% of the total box office in North America, ranking fifth, far below the market share of 17.6% in 2022 with the blessing of Top Gun 2.

In 2024, Paramount will release some blockbuster new films, such as Gladiator 2, Transformers: The First Generation and Sonik the Hedgehog 3, which is expected to turn the tide.

Taylor Swift: Time Tour Concert Poster

In addition to the above-mentioned five Hollywood giants, Lionsgate Pictures, which took 6.55% of the market share, ranked sixth in the annual box office in North America. They released 12 films in the whole year, and "Fast Chasing 4" ranked ninth in the annual single box office in North America with $187 million. Further back, the independent film "Voice of Freedom", which is not unusual in shooting, distribution and publicity, won $184 million at the box office, which just squeezed into the tenth place in the annual single-chip box office list in North America.

Taylor Swift: Time Tour Concert, with the same maverick distribution model, earned $179 million at the box office, ranking 11th in the annual single-chip box office list in North America. Independent films like this broke into the top of the annual box office list for more than ten years, which seems to reflect the coming of the unprecedented changes in Hollywood in N years.

1905 movie network news The Spring Festival animated film will be officially released on the first day of the Year of the Tiger. On January 4th, the film released a special video of "Tiger Tiger Born Wind" to reveal the film creation process.

　

"The Great Hero of Xiaohudun" tells the story of Xiaohudun’s adventurous growth in pursuit of the dream of an escort in his heart. The newly released special video "Tiger" is full of flavor, and Xiao Hudun, wearing a tiger’s head hat, expounds the creative process. Although the main creative team of the film is not necessarily the best in the industry in terms of number of people and equipment, its attitude of cultivating animation talents in China and creating fine animation in China is firm.

In addition, exaggerated brainwashing explanations such as "A masterpiece was produced only in one hundred million years" are full of joy and magic, and Xiaohudun also made a fuss at the end of the video, saying "I don’t want to bite you", which makes people smile, and it is more like making a promise of "watching the Tiger Pier in the Year of the Tiger".

　

The creative team behind "Little Tiger Pier Hero" is determined to create an original national IP and make China’s animated image famous in the world. Little Tiger Pier, which is popular in short videos, comics, theme parks, derivatives and movies, is one of the representatives.

It is reported that when the main creator created the image of the Tiger Pier, he closely followed the words "Meng, Meng, Meng and Meng". "Meng" refers to Xiao Hudun’s personality is a bit stupid, and occasionally he will do ridiculous stupid things. "Meng" means cute and super cute. "Fierce" means that Xiaohudun is brave and courageous, with a fearless momentum. "Dream" is his dream of becoming an escort and returning his parents as soon as possible. Nowadays, Xiaohudun, which has tens of millions of fans on the whole network, is about to make its debut on the big screen. I believe that the cute image of Xiaohudun will be more and more deeply rooted in people’s hearts when the Year of the Tiger comes, adding a little joy and celebration to the Spring Festival.

In order to fully implement the strategy of strengthening the capital and further improve the training and selection mechanism of civil servants from the grassroots level, according to the Civil Service Law, the Provisions on the Transfer of Civil Servants, the Measures for the Public Selection of Civil Servants and other relevant laws and regulations, the relevant matters concerning the public selection of civil servants in Nanning directly under the authority in 2022 are hereby announced as follows.

I. Position

There are 22 people in 19 positions below the first-level chief clerk and other equivalent ranks. For specific job information, please refer to the Public Selection of Civil Servants in Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2022 (annex, hereinafter referred to as the Public Selection of Civil Servants).

Second, the object and conditions

(1) Selection targets

The selection target is the on-the-job staff who have registered as civil servants in the organs below the county (city, district) in our city (including the civil service law management unit) (referring to the staff registration of the civil service law management unit, the same below). The above-mentioned target range includes staff who have withdrawn from the scope of reference management during the institutional reform, registered for reference management, approved to implement the transitional policy and are on the job.

(2) Qualifications

Applicants should meet the following qualifications:

1. Have a firm political stance and excellent political quality, strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences" and achieve "two maintenance".

2 with good professional quality, good conduct, outstanding performance, recognized by the masses.

3. Bachelor degree or above.

4. Have grassroots work experience for more than 2 years. "grassroots work experience" refers to the party and government organs below the county level, village (community) party organizations or village (neighborhood) committees, as well as various enterprises and institutions (except those managed by referring to the Civil Service Law). The experience of demobilized military cadres working in military regiments and units below the equivalent regiments, and the experience of retired soldiers serving in active service in the army can be regarded as grassroots work experience.

5. Generally, you should have worked in the organ at the same level for more than 2 years (including probation period), and the time of secondment in the higher authorities cannot be counted.

Applicants should meet the minimum service life requirements for working in the organs at the same level. If there is no provision, they must work in the organs at the same level for more than 2 years.

Applicants who are members of the township leadership team must have worked in the township authorities for 5 years or have worked in the township (including the village) for 5 years and have served as members of the township leadership team for 3 years.

6. The annual assessment is not basically competent.

7. Have the working ability and qualifications required by the open selection of positions. Generally under the age of 35 (born after February 25, 1986, the same below).

8. Relevant work experience required for open selection of positions.

9. Have the physical conditions and psychological quality to perform their duties normally.

10. Other qualifications that meet the requirements of open selection of positions.

11 other conditions stipulated by laws, regulations, rules and policies.

One of the following circumstances, shall not participate in the selection:

1. Being expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) Party membership.

2. Being listed as the object of joint punishment for dishonesty according to law.

3. Suspected of violating discipline and law, being examined by relevant specialized agencies, and no conclusion has been reached.

4. Being influenced by admonition, organizational treatment or disciplinary action, etc., whose influence period has not expired or expired.

5. Newly hired township civil servants have worked in township organs for less than 5 years (including probation period).

6. In accordance with the relevant regulations, there are other restrictions on working in hard and remote areas and directional units without full service years or transfer.

For those who are hired by lowering the entry threshold and other preferential policies, they should serve for at least 5 years (including probation period) in the hard and remote county and township organs within the city area where they apply; Under five years, it is not allowed to openly select the higher authorities in this city and the organs in non-hardship and remote areas, nor to openly select the organs in other cities and other provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) in the region (including those in hardship and remote areas).

7. Still in probation or promoted to leadership positions for less than 1 year.

8. Other circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations.

Applicants are not allowed to apply for the selection positions that constitute the circumstances listed in the first paragraph of Article 74 of the Civil Service Law, nor are they allowed to apply for the positions of the employing units where people who are husband and wife, lineal blood relatives, collateral blood relatives within three generations and close in-laws are leading members.

The calculation time of relevant qualifications involved in this selection, such as service years, probation period for leadership positions, punishment period, influence period, work experience, seniority and so on, takes February 25, 2022 as the deadline, and the years are accumulated according to full years.

Third, the registration procedure

(1) Job inquiry

Candidates can log on to the "Greentown party flag Red" Party Building Information Platform (www.nndj.gov.cn) and Guangxi Personnel Examination Network (www.gxpta.com.cn) to inquire about the positions and their qualifications through the published "Open Selection of Positions Schedule". The qualification examination unit shall be responsible for the interpretation of the professional, academic qualifications, work experience and other qualifications required by the position.

(2) Online registration and preliminary qualification examination

The public selection and registration is based on the combination of personal wishes and organizational recommendation. Registration and preliminary qualification examination are conducted in Guangxi Personnel Examination Network (www.gxpta.com.cn) without charge.

Applicants must log on to Guangxi Personnel Examination Network from 8:30 on February 25th to 18:00 on March 2nd, 2022, click on "Special Topics of Public Selection of Civil Servants in Cities with Districts in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2022" to enter the registration system, truthfully fill in and print the "Recommended Registration Form for Public Selection of Civil Servants in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2022" (hereinafter referred to as "Recommended Registration Form"), and obtain the consent of the appointment and removal organ (according to the cadre management authority) and affix the unit. The information in the Registration Recommendation Form must be true and accurate. Anyone who practices fraud will be disqualified from this selection. Those who fail to complete the registration steps within the specified time shall be deemed to have given up this registration. Candidates who apply for public selection shall not apply for positions higher than their positions (ranks). Each applicant is limited to one position.

The selection organ conducts the preliminary qualification examination according to the online registration information and the Registration Recommendation Form. If the preliminary qualification examination fails, the applicants can change to other positions before the deadline for registration. Applicants should pay attention to the results of qualification examination in time, and improve the application materials or change their positions in time according to the results of qualification examination. Because the application materials submitted by the applicants for online registration are untrue, incomplete or incorrectly filled in the registration information, the applicants will bear the responsibility for failing the qualification examination. Applicants who maliciously register the registration information and disturb the registration order will be dealt with according to the relevant provisions on violation of discipline and discipline in the recruitment of civil servants.

Qualification examination runs through the whole process of open selection. If it is found that the applicants do not meet the qualification requirements in each link, the employer may cancel their qualification for registration or selection; If the applicant meets the qualification conditions at the time of registration, and the applicant has worked in the organ at the same level for less than 2 years, is on probation or has been promoted to a leadership position for less than 1 year due to changes in his work unit or position after registration, his selection procedure will be terminated and he will no longer be selected as a candidate.

(3) the proportion of the examination.

In principle, the ratio of the number of people who pass the registration qualification examination to the number of people in the selection plan is not less than 3: 1 before the examination can be started. The positions that fail to reach the proportion of examination should be reduced from the selection plan to the prescribed proportion of examination; Cancellation of positions that have not been registered or the selection plan has not reached the proportion of the examination.

(4) Print the admission ticket

Applicants who have passed the qualification examination can log in to the registration system from 9:00 on March 22nd to 9:00 on May 31st, 2022, and download and print the admission ticket (A4 specification) by themselves.

Fourth, the exam

The exam is divided into written test and interview, with a score of 100 points each. The total score of the exam is scored by weight according to the written test and interview results. For details, please refer to the Open Selection Position Schedule.

(1) Written examination

The written test is organized by Nanning. The written test mainly tests the examinee’s policy and theoretical level, the ability to analyze and solve practical problems, and the ability to express words.

1. Time and place of written examination

Time: March 27th, 2022 (Sunday) from 9: 00 to 12: 00.

Venue: Nanning (see the admission ticket for the specific address).

Applicants must hold their valid identity cards and admission tickets to take the written test.

2. Written test results query

In late April, 2022, applicants can log on to Guangxi Personnel Examination Network to check their scores.

(2) Interview

1. Determine the interview candidates

According to the order from high score to low score of the written test scores of applicants for the same position, the selection organ determines the candidates who enter the interview scope according to the proportion of interview candidates specified in the Open Selection Position Schedule. When the last applicant in the proportion has tied the written test scores, it is also determined as the interview candidates. If the number of qualified people in the written test does not reach the required interview ratio, the interview will be conducted according to the actual number.

2. Interview qualification examination

Before the announcement of the interview, each selection organ shall conduct an interview qualification examination on the interviewee. Those who have not conducted the interview qualification examination or failed the interview qualification examination shall not be determined as interview candidates. If the qualification examination is unqualified or the interview qualification is abandoned, the interview candidates will be replenished and the interview qualification examination will be conducted in turn according to the written test qualified scores of the applicants for the same position from high to low.

After the announcement of the interview, if the interviewer gives up the interview qualification, the position will not be filled by the interviewer, and the interview will be conducted according to the actual number of people.

The materials for the interview qualification examination are: my valid resident identity card, academic degree certificate, relevant qualification certificates required for applying for the position, and the original materials such as the recommended registration form issued by the cadre appointment and removal authority.

3. The interview announcement was released

The interview announcement was released on the "Greentown party flag Red" Party Building Information Platform (www.nndj.gov.cn) one week before the interview.

4. Interview time and place

The selection organ determines the interview method and content according to the job requirements, with a full score of 100 and 60 as qualified, and the interview results will be announced on the day of the interview. See the interview announcement for the interview time and place.

V. Investigation and physical examination

The inspection and physical examination shall be the responsibility of the selection organ. The order of inspection and physical examination shall be determined by the selection organ according to the actual situation.

(a) to determine the candidates for inspection

According to the total score of the examination, the selection organ determines the candidates from high score to low score. If the interview results are unqualified, they shall not be listed as candidates for investigation. The selection adopts the method of difference inspection, and the number of candidates for inspection and selection plan is generally determined according to 2:1.

(2) inspection organization and implementation

The inspection work is organized and implemented by the selection organ according to the regulations, and the qualifications, morality, ability, diligence, performance and honesty of the inspected objects, as well as their political and professional qualities and the suitability of the selected positions are comprehensively investigated. Highlight political standards, focus on the study of political theory, system execution, performance ability, work performance and public recognition, in-depth study of political loyalty, political determination, political responsibility, political ability, political self-discipline, etc., and strengthen professional quality inspection. Strictly control politics, conduct, ability, style and integrity, and resolutely put an end to those who are unqualified in political quality, moral conduct, integrity and ability. According to the needs of the work, the selection organ can also increase short-term training and follow-up study to conduct extended inspection. For details, please refer to the Open Selection Position Schedule.

(3) Physical examination

The selection organ shall, according to the needs of the position, conduct a physical examination of the applicants. The cost of physical examination shall be borne by the selection organ.

Six, determine the object and publicity

(A) to determine the object

According to the investigation and job requirements, the selection organs collectively study and select the best candidates according to the cadre management authority and the principle of suitability for people and posts, and do not just choose people.

(2) publicity

The selected objects will be publicized on the "Greentown party flag Red" party building information platform (www.nndj.gov.cn) and the portal website of the unit, and the publicity period will be 5 working days. After the expiration of the publicity period, if there is no problem or the problem does not affect the post, the selection shall go through the formalities according to the relevant provisions of the transfer; To reflect the serious problems and check the evidence, cancel the selection qualification, after the cancellation, there are still qualified candidates through investigation, and the selection organ can collectively study and determine whether to make up for it, and report it to the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee for approval.

VII. Relevant requirements

(1) Applicants who voluntarily give up the qualification for selection shall submit it within 3 working days after the interview, and those who give up the qualification afterwards shall be recorded in the integrity file; If the information in the Registration Recommendation Form is fraudulent, it shall be recorded in the integrity file.

(two) the public selection of civil servants shall not be transferred from the selection organ within 2 years, and shall be reported to the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee for examination and approval.

(three) in violation of the discipline of the selection work, it shall be dealt with severely in accordance with the relevant provisions; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

(four) the organization and implementation of the selection work must strictly implement the epidemic prevention and control measures in accordance with the latest requirements for the normalization of epidemic prevention and control in COVID-19.

Telephone number of qualification examination unit: See the Public Selection Position Schedule for details.

Examination consultation telephone: 0771-12333 transfer to the district level.

　　　　　　　0771-5624161

Policy consultation telephone: 0771-5539133

Attachment:Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 2022 Public Selection of Civil Servants Position Schedule. xlsx

Nanning administration of civil service

February 24, 2022

Successful listing does not mean that you can sit back and relax. How to make the brand develop for a long time after listing is the beginning of the test.

This article was originally published by Hongcan.com (ID: hongcan18), by Jian Yuhao; Editor: Jing Xue.

On April 23rd, Chabaidao (2555.HK) was officially listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. However, the performance on the first day of listing was not ideal. On the morning of 23rd, Chabaidao opened at HK$ 15.74 per share, which was lower than the issue price of HK$ 17.5. At the close, Chabaidao recorded HK$ 12.80 per share, with a market value of only HK$ 18.914 billion. In intraday trading, the share price of Chabaidao once fell to HK$ 10.80/share.

Time goes back to a week ago. On April 15, the first day of the public offering of Chabaidao, it attracted attention because the public offering did not achieve full subscription. In addition, at that time, Chabaidao did not introduce cornerstone investors. Many investors have said that if a company with a valuation of tens of billions does not introduce cornerstone investors, it may mean that the valuation of this enterprise is too expensive, or institutional investors are not optimistic about the future profit prospects of the enterprise.　

Although it was successfully listed, there are different opinions in the industry about "the second share of new tea". On the one hand, the successful listing is a milestone achievement for Chabaidao. However, in the eyes of some people in the industry, listing is not once and for all. In the increasingly competitive new tea circuit, there are still many uncertainties in the future development of Chabaidao.　

After 01.80, the couple sold milk tea with a net worth of over 14 billion.

According to public reports, the founder of Chabaidao, Wang Xiaolong, and his wife, Liu Yuhong, were both born in the 1980s. Wang Xiaolong was a senior tea artist and his wife was a tea lover. Because they have accumulated rich tea knowledge and practical experience in their past work and life, they started the entrepreneurial experience of a tea shop.　

In 2008, near Wenjiang No.2 Middle School in Chengdu, Sichuan, the first Chabaidao opened. This store, which is less than 20 square meters, is mainly for students with low spending power, and mainly sells powdered milk tea in the form of foreign belts.　

At that time, compared with the hot demand of portable brewing milk tea, the existing tea was still in its infancy. The emergence of "Tea Hundred Ways" just fills this blank. With good products and affordable prices, it has successfully attracted the attention of students’ consumer groups. The blank of the market itself, coupled with the advantages of site selection, enabled Wang and his wife to successfully earn the first bucket of gold. A year later, they opened a second branch on the campus of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (Liulin Campus).　

In 2010, the trademark "Tea Hundred Roads" was officially registered. In the same year, two major desktop milk tea brands, Diandian and coco, successively entered the mainland for development. In the following years, a number of existing tea brands such as Xicha, Lujiao Lane and Naixue Tea began to rise, and new Chinese tea officially entered the stage of branding and chain development.　

△ Image source: Chabaidao official little red book　

In 2016, Chabaidao opened its franchise in Chengdu for the first time, upgraded its stores and started its brand operation. This year, the number of stores in Chabaidao exceeded 100.　

Generally speaking, the development speed of Tea Hundred Roads in the early stage is not fast, and the sense of existence is not strong.　

It was not until 2018 that this situation began to change. This year, Chabaidao began to aim at the whole country, which opened the expansion of the whole country, and the rapid growth of Chabaidao began to enter the investor’s field of vision.　

In May and June, 2023, Chabaidao successively received two rounds of financing totaling 970 million yuan, which was led by Lanxin Asia, followed by many well-known investment institutions such as Zhengxin Valley, Grassroots Zhiben, CICC and Tomato Capital, with a post-investment valuation of 17.6 billion yuan.　

According to the latest prospectus information of Chabaidao, Wang Hao and Liu Yuhong hold about 81.75% of the shares of Chabaidao. According to the valuation of 18 billion, their net worth has reached about 14.5 billion yuan. Wang Hao and Liu Yuhong also made the Hurun Report in 2023 and became the new "dark horse" in the rich list in 2023.　

02.99% of the revenue depends on franchisees, and the pressure on the supply chain is not small.

Looking back on the development of Tea Hundred Roads, we can see that joining in business is an important driving force for the rapid development of Tea Hundred Roads.　

According to the prospectus, as of December 31st, 2023, Chabaidao has opened 8,016 stores in China, covering 31 provinces and cities across the country, achieving comprehensive coverage of all provinces and county-level cities in China. Among them, the proportion of franchise stores accounted for 99%.　

On the surface, it seems that Chabaidao is a direct consumer-oriented business, but in fact, Chabaidao is similar to Mixue Ice City, and it is also a supply chain company wearing a milk tea coat. Selling goods and equipment to franchisees is the core business of Chabaidao.　

According to the prospectus, from 2021 to 2023, Chabaidao achieved revenues of 3.625 billion yuan, 4.197 billion yuan and 5.659 billion yuan through franchise stores, accounting for more than 99% of the total revenue; Among them, the income from selling goods and equipment to franchise stores accounts for about 95%, and the gross profit margin of this business is also maintained at about 32%.　

△ Chart source: screenshot of Cha Baidao prospectus　

The core of this business model, similar to S2B2C, is to reduce the operating costs of franchisees and improve the overall profitability through the advantages of supply chain and standardized processes.　

However, unlike the self-built supply chain of Mixue Ice City, Chabaidao mainly relies on third-party suppliers and other business partners to provide raw materials and services for it.　

According to the prospectus, in 2023, the procurement ratio of Chabaidao from its top five external suppliers (including dairy products, sugar, juice and other ingredients, packaging materials, etc.) was as high as 36.6%.　

△ Chart source: screenshot of Cha Baidao prospectus　

Perhaps it is also realized that there is no small risk in relying on third-party suppliers. Therefore, in the past several rounds of financing, Cha Baidao has repeatedly mentioned that the funds raised are mainly used to improve the overall operational capability and strengthen the supply chain capability.　

At present, Chabaidao has established a supply chain center covering every key link of supply chain management from product development, procurement, logistics to after-sales service and quality control. At the same time, Sichuan Tea Co., Ltd. was established to provide brand logistics and distribution services.　

In addition, Chabaidao and Bawang Chaji jointly established Sichuan Chabenyuan New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.. The company’s business scope includes research and development of new materials technology, manufacturing of bio-based materials, standardization services, sales and manufacturing of plastic products, sales of packaging materials and products, and import and export of goods.　

It is worth noting that in addition to the continuous strengthening of the supply chain, Chabaidao has been actively exploring overseas markets and coffee tracks in the past two years.　

In December 2023, Chabaidao opened the first store of coffee sub-brand "Coffee Ash" in Chengdu, and entered the coffee track for the first time.　

In January 2024, Chabaidao officially went to sea, and the first overseas store was selected in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Later, stores were opened in Seoul Hongda and Seoul Yau Pavilion. As of April 20, 2024, the number of Chabaidao stores in Korea has reached three.　

At present, it remains to be seen whether Chabaidao has explored the new amount in terms of going to sea and coffee business.　

03. Queue for listing, and the 2024 New Tea Listing Competition started.

In fact, in addition to the hundreds of teas, there are many tea brands waiting in line for listing.　

In January this year, Mi Xue Bing Cheng and Gu Ming submitted prospectuses to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at the same time. Subsequently, on February 14th, Auntie Shanghai, a tea brand, submitted a prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The co-sponsors were CITIC Securities, haitong international and Dongzheng International.　

△ Image source: Red Meal Network photo　

On April 11th, the Hong Kong Economic Daily also reported that Bawang Tea Ji would go public in the United States as soon as the middle of this year, raising between 200 million and 300 million US dollars (a contract of 1.57 billion to 2.35 billion Hong Kong dollars).　

Why do new tea brands start to get together and go public? In this regard, there are many views in the industry that whoever can take the lead in successful IPO will seize the opportunity among the tea drinks that are "rolled out of the sky".　

In particular, tea brands need a lot of financial support to cope with the competition in the current tea track such as "joining war", "sinking war" and "price war".　

In the past year, in addition to hundreds of teas, brands such as Guming and Auntie in Shanghai have also announced the sprint of 10,000 stores. In order to achieve this goal first, brands often need more funds to spread the store network. With the cooling of the new consumer investment market, the attention of the primary market to the new tea market has obviously declined. Therefore, listing has become a new way for new tea drinkers to obtain funds.　

But the success of listing does not mean that the brand can sit back and relax. Take Chabaidao as an example, it and most new tea brands are in the mid-range price range of 10-20 yuan, including the above-mentioned Guming, Shanghai Auntie and Bawang Tea Ji, which are already waiting in line for listing.　

There are many competitors, and the homogenization of new tea itself has become more and more serious. It is conceivable that these new tea brands in the middle price zone will still face a lot of competitive pressure in the future.　

Today I’m bringing you a domestic car. As for the outstanding performance of the car, please read it together.

Let’s take a look at the appearance of the tank 300 first. The whole front of the tank 300 looks very individual and sporty. Coupled with concise headlights, the shape is very young. The car is equipped with LED daytime running lights, front fog lights, automatic opening and closing, adaptive far and near light, delayed closing and so on. Come to the side of the car, the car body size is 4760MM*1930MM*1903MM, the car uses domineering lines, the car body looks very cold, with large-sized thick-walled tires, it looks full of movement. In the rear part, the overall shape of the rear part echoes the front face, and the taillights are very angular. Coupled with the unique exhaust pipe, it is still relatively soft overall.

Coming into the car, the interior design of Tank 300 is very young and has a good visual effect. The steering wheel of the car is well designed, equipped with the functions of manual steering wheel up and down+front and rear adjustment, steering wheel heating and so on, which looks a little more atmospheric. Take a look at the central control, with a 12.3-inch touch-sensitive LCD central control screen, which makes the interior style impressive and the details are still in place. The dashboard and seats also give people a good feeling. Let’s take a look. The car is equipped with a domineering dashboard, and the sports atmosphere is relatively in place. The car uses leather seats, which are wrapped in place and the overall comfort is acceptable.

The car is equipped with car networking, driving mode selection, remote control key, Bluetooth key, rear wiper, interior atmosphere light and other configurations, and the configuration performance is relatively good, which improves the convenience of drivers to some extent.

This car has been introduced almost before, and I believe many users who buy a car have taken a fancy to its comfort and practicality. If you are excited, you may wish to go offline and actually feel it.

　　"Boss, do you have a cigarette card here?" After the National Day, the staff of the Supervision Committee of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province came to a tobacco and liquor store in Lucheng Street for an unannounced visit.

　　"I used to, but now I don’t." The shop assistant pointed to the "proposal for refusing to sell cigarette cards" and the "promise not to sell cigarette cards and accept social supervision" signs posted in the eye-catching position in the store and said, "It is not allowed to sell."

　　This is the result of Changzhou’s special rectification from the tobacco card corruption cases investigated before. Things have to start from last year. The Supervision Committee of the Changzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection took lien measures against Gu Moumou, the former secretary of the Party Working Committee of the High-tech Zone. Among them, the confession about the cigarette card caught the attention of the case handlers: "From 2005 to 2018, before the Spring Festival every year, Wan Moumou will give me 200,000 yuan in cash or a cigarette card worth 200 cigarettes."

　　According to Gu Moumou, because of the strict management in recent years and the hidden cigarette cards, after 2015, Wan Moumou changed from sending cash to sending cigarette cards. Each of these cigarette cards indicated the variety and quantity of cigarettes. Since the cigarette card can be converted into cash, Gu Moumou did not get the cigarette but directly converted it into cash. In August this year, Gu Moumou was sentenced to 10 years in prison for accepting bribes. Among the money obtained from accepting bribes, cigarette cards totaled more than 490,000 yuan.

　　According to statistics, Changzhou investigated and dealt with 41 cases involving tobacco card corruption last year, all of which involved tobacco card corruption. In the first year of this year, the Supervision Committee of Changzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection took the lead in organizing self-examination, self-correction, cross-examination and unannounced visits on the issue of illegal receipt and delivery of cigarettes (cards) by various departments (units) at all levels and cadres in party member. A total of 273 cigarette cards were handed in by 72 cadres from 29 units, and 1,296,300 yuan of illegal funds were returned.

　　In order to solve this problem from the source, the Supervision Committee of Changzhou Commission for Discipline Inspection keeps a close eye on the main responsible departments such as market supervision and management, tobacco monopoly, etc., and innovatively uses the working mechanism of "five orders and five transformations". By formulating task lists, listing assignment lists, issuing notices, filling in feedback lists, and issuing suggestions, the supervision content is projectized, the supervision subject is clear, the supervision matters are precise, the supervision quality is scientific, and the supervision results are long-lasting.

　　In the shopping malls, supermarkets and tobacco hotels with tobacco retail monopoly licenses in Changzhou, the reporter saw the posted "Proposal on Special Rectification of Illegal Selling and Over-quota Selling of Tobacco Cards in Tobacco Hotels" and "Promise not to sell tobacco cards and accept social supervision" signs. At the urging of the discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels, the regulatory authorities have also established files for these market sales subjects. Changzhou Tobacco Monopoly Bureau has promulgated the Administrative Measures for Stopping the Supply of Illegal Selling of Cigarette Cards, which will punish those who break their promises and violate the rules for one month. If the situation is serious, the cigarette business qualification will be cancelled, and the administrative punishment information will be pushed to the Municipal Credit Office for joint punishment.

　　According to reports, through a period of rectification, tobacco card management has achieved initial results. At the same time, the "five orders and five transformations" working mechanism formed by tobacco card governance has also effectively promoted the rectification of the special struggle against evil and the feedback of environmental supervision.

　　People’s Daily (19th edition, November 19, 2019)