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Why is the takeaway brother "life-threatening" flying?

  Our reporter, Wen Lijuan

  On the street, a group of takeaway electric vehicles sped by, shuttling between pedestrians and motor vehicles. Riders watched their mobile phones to navigate, racing against time, even speeding, retrograde, and running red lights…

  This is the "Rule of Law Daily" reporter recently in Beijing, Haidian District, Chaoyang District, a number of commercial areas to interview the scene.

  The rider Guo Kun was one of them. On November 4, the reporter met Guo Kun in a business district in Beijing’s Fourth Ring Road, where he would wait for takeaway orders at noon every day. At this time, it was the peak takeaway period, and he received four takeout orders. From the time of departure to the delivery of all meals, it had to be completed within 50 minutes.

  Less than 2 minutes after leaving, Guo Kun got the first takeaway; after a quick transfer, he took another 6 minutes to get the second and third takeaways; then, he ran non-stop to the electric car and switched to the fourth takeaway, but this time it was not smooth. After arriving at the store, he found that the takeaway had not been packed and waited for 4 minutes to get it.

  It has been 12 minutes since the order was placed and Guo Kun needs to deliver the four takeaways in the remaining 38 minutes. He ranks the most time-saving delivery order according to the location of each order and the delivery time limit, and one of the time-saving methods is to take shortcuts. He began riding an electric bicycle to accelerate over the dotted line of the road center and drive in the opposite direction, running a red light, and finally delivered the last takeaway to the customer before the deadline.

  Throughout the delivery process, Guo Kun ran red lights twice and went retrograde three times, and the whole process exceeded 50 kilometers per hour many times.

  "It’s not safe to run a red light, retrograde, and speed, but if you don’t do it, you won’t be able to deliver it on time. Which rider hasn’t run a red light? If the delivery is timed out, the deduction will be more than what you should earn." Guo Kun was helpless.

  In fact, this is an "open secret" among riders. With the rapid growth of Internet food ordering, takeout delivery has become more and more convenient for people’s lives, but at the same time, the pursuit of speed has led riders to ignore traffic laws, and the accident rate has been high.

  The reporter’s statistics found that the common traffic violations of takeaway riders include running red lights, taking motor vehicle lanes, driving in the opposite direction, speeding, etc. Some riders also have distracted driving behaviors such as looking at their mobile phones and answering calls during driving.

  The interviewed experts suggested that to control the traffic violations and chaos of takeaway riders, it is advisable to strengthen supervision, linkage management, and early and strict treatment. It is not only necessary to stop and correct the traffic violations of takeaway riders on the road traffic scene, but also to start with the takeaway platform company. The responsibility for traffic law-abiding is decomposed and implemented to the platform company, which becomes a prerequisite for its operation. Traffic law-abiding is part of the rider’s access threshold, and more importantly, it is necessary to change and standardize the "life-threatening" rules of takeaway food delivery.

  Explosive vehicle speeding retrograde

  Crossing the road and running a red light

  At about 5 pm on November 9, the peak time for takeaway riders to deliver food. At an intersection connecting a shopping mall with many office buildings and residential buildings in Chaoyang District, Beijing, takeaway riders walked through the traffic. The reporter observed that more than 30 riders passed through the intersection within 10 minutes, including as many as 18 people who went retrograde, crossed the road diagonally, and ran red lights.

  There are many restaurants around the intersection, dozens of takeaway trucks fill the sidewalk, and pedestrians can only walk along the road. After the riders pick up the order, they ride their electric bicycles directly along the sidewalk and drive into the road.

  Rider Li Hong often delivers takeout in this area, with a delivery radius of up to 5 kilometers, and the delivery time of an order varies from 30 to 60 minutes. He told reporters that during peak periods, a rider has six or seven orders on hand at the same time, and the delivery time is almost overlapping. To avoid timeout, the delivery time of each order can only be compressed as much as possible. The system will provide route navigation for each order, but the delivery time is calculated based on the shortest route, which includes the retrograde section. If it is not retrograde, it is impossible to deliver every order on time.

  If the order is timed out, the price is high: a certain percentage of the delivery fee is deducted depending on the timeout, sometimes as high as 70%.

  "Riders make hard money and have to be fast, so it’s not surprising to run red lights, go retrograde, and speed," Li Hong said.

  He Tingting, a part-time rider, wanted to "obey the traffic rules honestly" when she first started the industry, but she repeatedly "seriously arrived late". The most memorable delay for her was on the 30th day of delivery.

  That morning, after she woke up, she opened the takeaway order system, set the order range to within 5 kilometers, and received the first order of the day. After receiving the order, she found that the system sent her to a 5.9-kilometer place to pick up a fried chicken chop and deliver it to a company gate about 2.7 kilometers away. The time should not exceed 45 minutes.

  It took 35 minutes to reach the shopping mall where the food was picked up, and 5 minutes to find the fried chicken shop on the negative floor of the shopping mall. At this time, the countdown to delivery was only 5 minutes. He Tingting’s new national standard electric car has a maximum speed of 25 kilometers per hour, which cannot be driven very fast. There are still many crossroads in the 5.9-kilometer journey that need to wait for traffic lights. In the end, she timed out 11 minutes, and the freight of 4.8 yuan was deducted by 3.8 yuan, and the overtime fine ratio reached 79%.

  Once delivering fried chicken in the urban area, He Tingting ran into a rider who saw her car and said: "Your car can’t do it, it can’t run at all." He Tingting asked him: "How fast can your car go?" The other party replied that the speed was 68 kilometers per hour, and that some riders could reach speeds of more than 85 kilometers per hour after converting the electric car.

  It is illegal to modify an electric car, but if it is not changed, although compliance will be timed out. "Riders have to be fast, because they live every day under the urging sound, urged by merchants, urged by customers, and urged by algorithms. We have no choice," He Tingting wrote in her official account, "Stranger Portrait Project" and "Riders Diary".

  Traffic accidents are on the rise.

  The rights of riders and passers-by are damaged

  Riders often speed, retrograde, and run red lights, which directly results in an increasing number of traffic accidents involving riders.

  Taking Shanghai as an example, public data show that in the first half of 2019, there were 325 road traffic accidents involving the express delivery industry in Shanghai; from the beginning of 2020 to December, there were more than 400 road traffic accidents involving the express delivery industry.

  On the morning of November 10, the reporter witnessed a traffic accident caused by a rider. At about 11 o’clock that day, in a community in Chaoyang District, Beijing, a delivery rider riding an electric car focused on the mobile phone navigation. A passer-by walked in front of him. After the rider reacted, he turned quickly and slammed into the roadside guardrail. The takeaway in the incubator fell to the ground, and the rider also fell onto the road.

  He Tingting has also seen many such scenes. She has seen a delivery guy who had two traffic accidents in one day; she has also seen a rider speeding when turning, encountering a car with the same speed, and the person was thrown out after the collision.

  For riders, compensation is difficult to achieve after an accident.

  The rider, Liu Lin, has a 5cm-long scar on the outside of his arm, which was left after he was hit by a car while delivering food. "The driver had insurance, and the insurance company asked me to provide proof of income to calculate the missed work fee. My monthly income at that time was about 10,000 yuan, but when I asked the platform for proof of income, the platform said it had nothing to do with them, and finally the insurance company paid according to the minimum wage standard," Liu Lin said.

  He Tingting saw a photo in the rider’s social group. It was an electric car with a broken front and fell to the ground. It was a rider who took a selfie and sent it to the group after a car accident at the intersection. He rode the electric car straight, and the car that turned on the opposite side did not slow down. The rider braked sharply and collided with the car head-on, and one-third of the electric car’s front was lost. The rider sat on the ground, bruised and saved his life. The solution given by the insurance loss assessor is that if you are in a hurry to go back and make money, you can negotiate a settlement, pay for it quickly, and compensate for two days of missed work, 300 yuan.

  The rights and interests cannot be guaranteed, and there are passers-by who were injured by takeaway riders.

  Not long ago, Wang Pingping, who works in Beijing, was injured by a delivery rider on her way to start her business. The contract could only be cancelled, and the loss was not small. After the accident, the traffic police awarded the rider full responsibility for the accident, but the rider could not afford it personally. She wanted to find a platform company, but the other party ignored the responsibility.

  "In order to avoid injury, I can only try to stay away from the takeaway riders." Wang Pingping sighed.

  Zhang Cheng, a Beijing resident, feels the same way. He tries to stay away from takeaway riders when he walks on the road in the evening, but he still often hears takeaway electric cars roaring by his ears. Once, when he was thinking about something while walking, a takeaway electric car came from behind at high speed. By the time he felt a cool breeze in his ear, the car had already run a long way, "with an estimated speed of more than 80 kilometers per hour."

  The assessment mechanism works secretly

  Data compression delivery time

  What is the reason for the takeaway riders to "risk their lives" for speed?

  The reporter interviewed a number of riders and found that they were willing to take risks and repeatedly violate traffic regulations, on the one hand, to make more money by taking more orders, and on the other hand, to avoid overtime punishment.

  At present, most food delivery platforms implement piece-rate wages, and riders’ income mainly comes from the commission of "running orders", and the more orders they receive, the more they earn. In addition, the status level of riders depends on the rider’s "bee value", which is calculated through multiple dimensions such as attendance, order volume, response rate, and praise rate. The higher the "bee value", the more orders they send. Riders desperately run orders to maintain data and compete for "bee value" because it is closely related to income.

  The opposite of data care is data punishment – riders will be deducted for overtime; customers will also be deducted for complaints or bad reviews.

  From June this year to the present, Guo Kun has timed out about 50 orders. The specific amount deducted will be determined by his platform according to the time: 10% to 20% of the delivery fee will be deducted for more than 8 minutes; more than 1 hour is a serious overtime, and the deduction ratio will be calculated separately. If you are complained about ordinary overtime, you will be fined more than 50 yuan.

  Some riders also pointed out that the platform’s journey algorithm has many unreasonable aspects. For example, the delivery is calculated based on the distance, and the time will not be judged based on the speed of the merchant’s meal and the size of the meal.

  Chen Long, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Sociology at Peking University, joined the team of takeaway riders to explore the reasons behind the chaos of riders’ riding. He found that in the process of rider delivery, the platform system collects data from riders, consumers, merchants, and business circles through smartphones and platform software, and applies this data to the management of delivery pricing, rider matching, estimated time, route planning, whole-process monitoring, quantitative assessment, etc. Under this management model, riders are strictly controlled.

  In the system setting, the delivery time is the most important indicator, but in recent years, the delivery time of riders has been continuously compressed by the system.

  "The average delivery time of orders has dropped from 38 minutes in 2015 to 31 minutes in 2016, and further shortened to 28 minutes in 2017… The continuous compression of time means that the speed of rider flow is accelerating. On the one hand, time compression is the result of technological progress, and on the other hand, it must be achieved through the object of technology – the rider." Chen Long proposed in the paper.

  He Tingting also noticed the problem of the platform. In the late experience she remembered the most, the pickup and delivery distance added up to nearly 9 kilometers, and the system only gave her 45 minutes.

  "Nearly 9 kilometers away, there are many crossroads, which means that as long as I abide by traffic laws, every time I wait for a traffic light, half a minute or a minute disappears in the countdown. With all kinds of scanning codes and finding directions, I drove the electric car to the maximum speed, and it exceeded 11 minutes." He Tingting said that such orders are not uncommon in ordinary times, appearing in the takeaway system row by row, and there are even orders for pickup and delivery up to 10 kilometers. The rider is required to deliver within 28 minutes, just short of hitting the "midnight flying car" on the public screen.

  Dong Lai, a traffic law practice expert and director of Beijing Kaiya Law Firm, has long been concerned about the rights and interests of takeaway riders. He summarizes the reasons for the frequent occurrence of riders’ traffic violations. In addition to the riders’ own poor awareness of traffic rules and lack of safety education, platform dispatch models and algorithms are the main reasons.

  "The platform delivery model is unreasonable and the deduction fee is too high. The monthly income of takeaway riders basically depends on the delivery fee. If you get a delivery fee of about 5 yuan for an order, then if you send 30 orders a day, the rider can earn 150 yuan; but if it expires, the rider will usually be deducted a certain proportion of the delivery fee; if the customer refunds the order, the rider needs to bear the full loss." Dong Lachao said that in addition, the platform has a single algorithm, and the estimated arrival time is too short, so the rider has to work hard to run. In order to appease users, the arrival time of the rider displayed on the user’s mobile phone is different from the arrival time on the rider’s mobile phone. The time on the user’s mobile phone is often one to two minutes earlier, which results in the rider having to run on the road in order not to get bad reviews.

  In Dong Lachao’s opinion, the merchants who provide takeout are also one of the factors. "Many merchants are slow to eat, and they may have clicked’food preparation is complete ‘before they have eaten, which will lead to longer waiting time for riders, and the time on the road will naturally be squeezed."

  Platform rules need to be optimized urgently

  Linkage supervision is urgent

  It is urgent to balance the contradiction between the "slowdown" and "income" of takeaway riders.

  A person in charge of the China Bicycle Association pointed out that compared with ordinary consumers, the electric bicycles of takeaway riders are no longer just means of transportation, but production tools. They rely on the high speed and long mileage of electric bicycles to send orders and complete orders quickly to survive. In the future, it is necessary to develop and launch electric bicycle products suitable for takeaway riders, and constantly improve the relevant standard system.

  Dong Lachao suggested that the platform adjust the assessment rules and optimize the algorithm. "At present, the food delivery platform has not established a complete set of mechanisms to encourage food delivery riders to reduce traffic violations, such as rewarding food delivery riders who have not committed traffic violations. We can make full use of big data intelligent analysis to formulate standards to remove the time spent on traffic congestion from the rider’s assessment, and at the same time disregard unreasonable bad reviews."

  A number of interviewed experts and industry insiders pointed out that the management of traffic violations and chaos among takeaway riders cannot be separated from linkage supervision, one is the supervision of the platform, and the other is the supervision of riders.

  In Dong Lachao’s opinion, it is urgent to improve relevant laws and standardize the legal relationship between platforms and riders.

  "At present, the main body of management between riders and platform companies is not clear, and there are complex social management models, such as special delivery model, labor dispatch model, crowdsourcing model, individual model, agency model, etc., resulting in loose and lax management. Therefore, it is necessary to improve legislation to clarify the main body of management. When the rights and interests of riders or platform companies are damaged, they can get social relief with reasonable evidence and law." Dong Lachao said.

  He also found that there is almost no compulsory traffic insurance for electric bicycles on the market. Many takeaway riders do not purchase insurance or the insurance amount is low. When a traffic accident occurs, it is very difficult for the injured party to recover compensation from the rider himself or the platform. Therefore, it is recommended to establish "electric vehicle compulsory traffic insurance".

  "It is urgent to have a strict access system for the takeaway rider industry, and it is recommended that riders be licensed to work. Identify a social management body to train riders, and after the training, they will be certified to work, and the riders will be assessed every year. If the traffic violations reach a certain number of times, then the following year cannot pass the annual review, and effective supervision will be formed through source management," Dong Lechao said.

  Zhang Zhuting, a professor at the Management Cadre College of the Ministry of Transport, believes that traffic violations by takeaway riders are a public safety issue, and the level of public safety governance should be improved, a large security framework should be established to promote the transformation to pre-emptive prevention, and a social governance system should be established.

  "Take-away platform companies should effectively assume supervision responsibilities, incorporate rider traffic safety into the safety production system, establish a dual prevention system for safety production risk classification assessment and hidden danger investigation and management, regularly carry out road traffic safety knowledge training for take-away riders, and regularly publish road traffic safety warnings and warning cases, etc., to enhance the traffic safety awareness and rule of law awareness of take-away riders. At the same time, strictly check the means of transportation used by take-away riders, try to distribute vehicles uniformly, and regularly check the safety of transportation tools." Zhang Zhuting suggested that the public security traffic management department can also investigate and collect evidence based on the dynamic cruise equipment of the platform company, and investigate and punish the riders according to law.

  As a deliveryman of the takeout service, although Zhang Cheng has some objections to the riders’ speed, he also suggested that customers should have a reasonable expectation of the estimated delivery time of the takeout, fully taking into account the time spent in traffic congestion, and giving riders more understanding. However, the rider’s speed should be regulated, such as how fast it is in the dead of night and how fast it is during the rush hour.

  He also proposed an idea of whether "takeaway express rail" or "takeaway special lanes" could be considered in urban transportation planning, "so that there will be no space for pedestrians and vehicles, and the safety of takeaway riders can be better guaranteed."

  (The riders in the text are all pseudonyms except He Tingting)  

  Cartoon/Li Xiaojun  

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Jolin Tsai

Jolin Tsai

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??After the Taipei encore, many fans said that Kaohsiung also held a concert. Jolin Tsai said: "I don’t know, but many people have seen it, and they will want to give them something new. I also want the same, but [in my heart] I can’t get through it." This time, she led 16 foreign dancers to dance the new song "Stars Align" at the concert. The difficult floor movements surprised fans, and she also released the MV at the same time. When she asked about the MV behind- the-scene, Jolin Tsai revealed that she was angry and put on a big stinky face during the shooting.

??On the day of the MV shooting, Jolin Tsai once again felt that she was not suitable for filming, "Last time’Strange Beauty ‘was filmed at 5 am, I told myself not to live such a life. This time, the new song told the director that I would go to bed at 11 am, but that day at 2 am, I sat there waiting for the light to be adjusted, and suddenly asked what time it was.", Learning that it was early morning, she said that her face instantly stinks, and she finished the last shot angrily.

??Jolin Tsai admitted that he couldn’t stay up late to film, and was afraid of being accused of being a big name because of it, "I sleep regularly (at night), and the recording is also done. After 8 o’clock, the voice is tired, so I have to start early, and only people who are very familiar will see my face stink. The director is the only one who has seen my face stink, and he enjoys it exclusively. He is used to it."

??Xiao S was well received when she was a guest at her Kaohsiung show before. This time, Xiao S was not invited as a guest at the Taipei show. Xiao S recently filmed and cried. Talking about this matter, Cai Yilin admitted that she actually planned to find Xiao S to cooperate again at the beginning, but she couldn’t think of a suitable song in the short term, and hoped to have the opportunity to cooperate in the future. In addition, before singing "Rose Boy" at the end of each game, she would share her inner words with fans, which was regarded as chicken soup for the soul.

Online rumor "Running Man" 2024 lineup: Li Chen, Zheng Kai, etc. continue to star, Sha Yi withdraws

The new lineup of "Run" in 2024 is rumored on the Internet: Li Chen, Zheng Kai, Fan Chengcheng, Bailu, and Song Yuqi continue to participate; Zhou Shen and Zhang Zhenyuan are to be determined; Wang Zulan is talking, and Sha Yi quits Running Man.

Nomad Starry Sky

The first season of the variety show went LIVE in 2014 and has been online for seven seasons so far. The seventh season guests include Li Chen, Yang Ying, Zheng Kai, Sha Yi, Bailu, Zhou Shen, Fan Chengcheng, Song Yuqi, Han Geng, Su Xing, Wu Dajing, Zhang Jingyi, etc. Douban scored 7.1 points.

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From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan’s counterattack experience is too inspiring

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  During the National Day holiday, the main theme film "Mekong River Action" won the top three in film placement, attendance, and box office. The good reputation allowed this bloody film to break out of the small fresh meat siege and inject rare male hormones into the current film.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  The plot of the movie itself is quite good, but what attracts many fans more is Peng Yuyan’s rough and black man’s shape, unconcealed masculinity and bursting hormones.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  In fact, looking back at Peng Yuyan’s growth history, you may not know that he also had an inspirational experience from fat scum to male god. After graduating from primary school, he was less than 150 in height but weighed more than 70 kilograms. In middle school, he was nearly 160 in height and his weight soared to 75 kilograms. Fortunately, in his third year of high school, he realized his obesity problem in time and decided to lose weight through exercise.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  When Peng Yuyan lost weight successfully, he quickly turned from a fat boy into a handsome boy next door. When Peng Yuyan first debuted, he had a baby face and no 8-pack abs. For a long time, he was a slender and gentle flower man.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  Many people think that it is no problem for him to rely on his appearance to eat. But he did not, but started a completely different kind of open life, and it is sports and fitness that have made today’s national male god Peng Yuyan.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  The 2011 release of "Roll Over, Ashin!" opened the door to a new world for Peng Yuyan, who has always been an idol – not only won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor nomination, but also embarked on the road of a muscular male god. It can be said that because of this play, there is today’s abdominal male god.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  The film describes Ashin, who has an excellent athletic talent since childhood, being deeply attracted by gymnastics by chance and gradually stepping into the world of gymnastics. However, under the opposition of his mother, Ashin withdraws sadly. Finally, he is determined to pursue his dream again, and with the encouragement of friends and family, he finally reaches the sky. At 1.82 meters tall and with a beautiful male face, Peng Yuyan plays a gymnast. Before the filming started, many people were not optimistic about it, but when the movie came out, they knew they underestimated Peng Yuyan.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  There is such a line in the movie: "There is only one chance to turn over, you just have to do your best." For the role of Ashin, Peng Yuyan, who has zero foundation, spent half a year eating and sleeping with gymnasts, and achieved the state of one-year training for ordinary people in two or three months. The degree of effort is simply not too hard, simply put – beyond ordinary people.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  The first time Peng Yuyan met with Ashin’s real prototype in the gymnasium in Yilan, he was beaten up. At that time, Ashin himself asked Peng Yuyan to try his skills, but Peng Yuyan practiced on the horizontal bar a few times, and his hands were worn out.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  The coach next to him didn’t say a word. He used scissors to cut off his scratched hand skin, tied it with a bandage, and asked him, "Can you hold it? Gymnastics is not something that anyone says can be practiced. If not, go back to your Taipei to shoot idol dramas."

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  Of course I can’t go back to Taipei! Peng Yuyan was ruthless to himself and started a high-intensity training of more than ten hours a day for eight months. In order to motivate himself, he also made bets with the crew, such as practicing backflips. If the film is successful, the director will invite him to dinner, otherwise he will invite him. As a result, he invited many days for meals, but even if he invited him to dinner, he tried not to touch greasy and high-calorie food.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  In order to get the body of a gymnast as soon as possible, Peng Yuyan maintained high-intensity training while also being very restrained about things. He could only eat a small amount of staple food and boiled vegetables every day, and he relied on boiled chicken breasts and egg whites for fullness. "I will vomit, no one will be so crazy" he laughed at himself!

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  From the male lead in idol dramas that everyone loves to see his face, to the movie actor who talks and acts like what he looks like with his strength, Peng Yuyan spent half a year proving himself to be a real actor with a "Ah Xin", "Roll Over! Ah Xin" also made him shortlisted for the Best Actor at the 48th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, which was the first time he was so close to the Best Actor.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  Peng Yuyan said that this experience is very valuable to him, and while he is young and enthusiastic, there are still many roles to try. No matter what the outcome of this attempt is or how difficult the process is, it is a good exercise.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  "If you only have one chance to turn over in your life, you must do your best." This line in the movie is also a portrayal of Peng Yuyan himself.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  There is an idiom in China called water comes naturally, which means that wherever water flows, there will be channels, but without channels, there will be water flowing. Peng Yuyan’s efforts are like digging one channel after another for himself. His efforts and hard work have won him a good reputation and many film contracts.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  In 2013, "Guild Wars" made Peng Yuyan and Zhang Jiahui two old fresh meat set off the climax of "muscle warfare". Shooting "Roll! A Xin" has been trained to 6% body fat, and by "Guild Wars", it has become 3%. Clear muscle lines, developed arm muscles, thick back muscles, bronze skin, and an inverted triangular figure are enough to make fans scream.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  Peng Yuyan’s muscle training is also a quick success, and he received satisfactory results in three months. "I get up at seven o’clock every morning and start practicing until noon, then take a shower and eat lunch to make up for it, and start the same practice in the afternoon. I get soaked in several clothes every day. Exercise for two or three hours every day, and practice boxing for four or five hours."

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  When practicing indoors, it includes the process of reducing abdomen, building abdominal muscles, and sculpting abdominal muscles. Every day, parallel bar leg lifts, leg lifts, abdominal curls, pedal in the air, and side curls are all commonplace. Ordinary people can also do these exercises.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  In addition, the crew also took the actors to outdoor training, such as lifting tires and pulling chains.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  In order to play this harder and tougher role, Peng Yuyan hired a professional fighting coach to unlock new skills: MMA (mixed martial arts), Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, lock skills…

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  In order to find the most authentic feeling of a boxer, Peng Yuyan trained for 2-3 hours a day and practiced MMA mixed martial arts, Muay Thai, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for 4 hours. It is said that he was beaten by his coach for more than 200 punches every day.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  Peng Yuyan once said that he enjoyed such devil training very much. He said: "Boxing has always been my favorite. I spent two months practicing every day, and now when I go back to Taipei, I still find boxers to fight. This is a good way to relieve it, and it is good for future action movies."

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  A little sweat, a little gain, Peng Yuyan finally won the Golden Horse Award and the Academy Award with "Guild Wars", director Lin Chaoxian bluntly said "I didn’t see the wrong person".

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  It is because of his participation in "Guild Wars" that he has reversed the image of the "gum advertising man" in most people’s minds.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  I wonder if 28-year-old Peng Yuyan ever imagined that there would be so many action movies waiting for him in the future, and one of them was even "Huang Feihong".

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  In the movie "Huang Feihong’s Hero has a Dream", Peng Yuyan performed the most beautiful Huang Feihong in history, and it was also his hardest play ever.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  "I grew up watching the movie Huang Feihong. All boys have a dream of kung fu. I am very proud to play such a national hero, but I am also afraid." It was this fear that made Peng Yuyan willing to put himself at the lowest level and start from scratch.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  In order to present the Huang Feihong we finally saw, Peng Yuyan spent a whole year practicing martial arts, spending a lot of effort on movement, appearance, and inner state, and finally the whole spirit was integrated into Huang Feihong’s world.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  Peng Yuyan started training for eight hours a day. Peng Yuyan tortured himself half to death just by pressing his legs and pulling tendons. He did lessons according to his schedule every day and had to review his room before going to bed at night.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  Because of "Wong Fei Hung", Peng Yu Yan was shortlisted for the Hong Kong Academy Awards for Best Actor. Although he lost in the end, "Wong Fei Hung’s Hero Has a Dream" is an extremely important work in Peng Yu Yan’s acting career from any perspective. Peng Yu Yan said that everyone will have highs and lows. If I can do it from not knowing kung fu to playing Wong Fei Hung, you can do it too!

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  In 2015’s "Breaking the Wind", Peng Yuyan played a professional cyclist who rode all the way, almost three and a half times around the earth. Later, they learned that Peng Yuyan also fell in love with cycling in real life, and then they felt… "There is simply no better candidate than Peng Yuyan!"

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  Don’t think it’s easy to play a cyclist. For this movie, Peng Yuyan rode every mountain in Hong Kong. Two months before the movie started filming, Peng Yuyan conducted special training under the guidance of Hong Kong cyclist Qiu Duoming. He rode for 6 or 7 hours a day, and at most, he rode for 200 kilometers a day.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  I have been practicing since March and April, and I have been shooting all the way to the end of October. "The specific training content includes: riding an average of 120 kilometers a day for a consecutive month, 10 kilometers in the morning physical training, 60 minutes of balance training; 80 kilometers in the afternoon road sprint training and endurance training, and 3 hours of light aerobic training in the evening.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  Ten days before the start of filming, Peng Yuyan returned to Taiwan for pre-shooting special training with other actors and riders. In addition to the 10-kilometer field ride every day, he also went to the gym to continue practicing. Director Lin Chaoxian directly called him "Physical Demon".

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  Because of the serious practice, Peng Yuyan joked that his body has reached the level of automation: "Even when I sleep, my whole body is doing aerobic breathing, burning calorie, and speeding up perspiration."

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  For the movie "Breaking the Wind", he trained for a long time according to the standards of professional athletes, and finally obtained a certificate for the use of a bicycle track.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  It is worth mentioning that the performance of "Breaking the Wind" made Peng Yuyan the first Chinese Goodwill Ambassador of the Tour de France in 112 years.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  This is because during the filming, Peng Yuyan actually traveled across many countries and cities for cycling shooting, traveled around the world and met many friends, including the Italian car king Rui Costa! It is said that the car king took the initiative to take a selfie when he saw him, and even uploaded it to social networks, making Peng Yuyan a celebrity in the European cycling industry as "Chou Ming" (the character in "Breaking Wind") on the spot.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  Now fitness has become a part of his life, even if he is busy late at work, he has to go to the gym to rest after exercising!

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  Peng Yuyan said that when he is in a bad mood, he will do what he wants to do, find something that makes him happy, think I just go to exercise, and sports will make him happy. If you practice for a few more hours, you may not be better than others, but if you don’t practice, you will definitely lose. Your time is limited, don’t live for others.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  Someone once asked Peng Yuyan what he relied on for his current success, and he said, "Probably luck." Liang Jiahui on the side corrected him, don’t keep talking about luck, everything you are now depends on your hard work!

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  Peng Yuyan said: "I just don’t have talent, so I fight with my life." Step by step, Peng Yuyan walked very steadily every step.

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  As Gao Cheng said in "Soldier Assault", every time he does a small thing, he grabs it like a life-saving straw. One day I look at it, wow! Good guy! He is holding a towering tree that I have already looked up to. Why isn’t Peng Yuyan like this?

  From a chubby boy to a muscular male god, Peng Yuyan's counterattack experience is too inspiring

  This is Peng Yuyan’s counterattack from a chubby boy to a muscular man. Life is like a play, and play is like life!

Cannes award-winning film "Dog Formation" exposes stills, Peng Yuyan black dogs redeem each other


1905 movie network news Directed and starring, the Cannes double-prize film is currently in theaters.At the 77th Cannes International Film Festival, the film won the best film in the "One Focus" section and the "Golden Palm of Dogs" jury award. The story of the redemption and rebirth of one person and one dog in the film is easy to understand and full of power. The core of the film’s message of "daring to step out of the comfort zone and dare to start again" reaches the hearts of the audience.


Recently, the film revealed a set of stills of Jiro and the black dog "redeeming each other". Peng Yuyan played Jiro and the black dog, from the beginning of not knowing each other, to huddling together to keep warm and snuggling each other, redeeming each other in the lonely reality. Two souls with "mirror destiny" outline the wordless company between humans and dogs.


The story of "Dog Formation" takes place in a small town in the northwest region. The desolate scenery on the Gobi desert, combined with Peng Yuyan’s original performance, rendered the film’s "uninhibited and wild" temperament. The director Guan Hu rarely uses close-ups, using "large panorama" and "long shots" to record the true appearance of the northwest region. This "quiet and restrained" audio-visual technique highlights the film’s "lonely" atmosphere.


In the film, the mutual redemption of Jiro and Black Dog also resonated widely. Some viewers commented: "’Dog Formation’ is not an ordinary pet movie, Jiro and Black Dog do not have the saying that one is attached to the other. On the contrary, they are two independent individuals who inspire each other and redeem each other." Jiro is labeled as a "parolee", Black Dog is labeled as "rabies", and two incompatible souls are attracted to each other, which makes people see the touch of wordless company, and also makes people more shocked by the power of life.


In the movie, Jiro returned to his hometown after leaving his hometown for more than ten years, only to find that everything here had long been different, familiar and unfamiliar. The residents of the town kept moving out, and the hometown lost its former vitality. In the face of the human society of the town, the silent Jiro also seemed difficult to integrate, and the friends who once formed a band no longer mentioned their dreams.The confusion, search, collision and re-departure of Jiro in his hometown aroused the resonance of many audience members. Some audience members lamented that "everyone who is adrift will have a moment when they return to their hometown and feel the same way about Jiro."


In the eyes of the audience, "Dogs" is not a "dramatic" story, but a "real life" that can make people empathize. At the end of the movie, Jiro failed to cross the broken bridge, but regained his smile and sped in relief on the wilderness. The audience expressed that they were deeply moved. "The ending of the movie is real and powerful. In the face of changes in the environment, Jiro maintained his inner self-consistency and found a new way out in the wilderness of life. Very touched."


The movie "Dog Formation" is directed by Guan Hu, starring Peng Yuyan and Tong Liya, and is being screened nationwide.

Wahaha Group released a statement

February 22, 2024,

@Wahaha, release a statement

In response to rumors of its founder Zong Qinghou’s physical condition,

The full text is as follows:

related reports

Zong Qinghou was born in December 1945 and is nearly 80 years old. According to the Urban Express, Zong Qinghou was admitted to Shao Yifu Hospital with serious lung cancer before the Spring Festival, and his condition has not been very good.

Zong Qinghou said in an interview a year ago that he would take a back seat, believing that it is more difficult to keep a business than to start a business. In the middle of CCTV Finance "Dialogue" 2023, Zong Qinghou talked about the issue of succession. He said: "I should not retire, but I will take a back seat and let the young people charge in front. I will watch from behind, and when I go astray, I will reverse it and make an out-point idea."

According to public information, in December 2021, Wahaha Group officially announced that Zong Fuli was appointed as the vice chairman and general manager of the group, and his father Zong Qinghou was still the chairman of the group. According to the announcement, Zong Fuli, the daughter of Zong Qinghou, the founder of Wahaha Group, became the vice chairman and general manager of the group. After that, Zong Fuli gradually took the center stage as the successor of the group.

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The new Lynk & Co 06 real car is exposed, with a 1.5T four-cylinder engine, which is expected to be launched within the year

Lynk & Co., as a high-end car brand under Geely, I’m sure all car fans and friends will not be unfamiliar with it. In recent years, its development speed can be described as very rapid. It has continuously laid out and enriched its own models. Coupled with the improvement of technology and quality, it can be said to have won the favor of many Chinese people. Among them, as a small SUV-Lynk & Co 06 in the family, it once became the first choice for many young friends to buy cars. Recently, the editor obtained a set of real car pictures of the new Lynk & Co 06 from relevant channels. What are the highlights of the appearance of the new car? Let’s follow the editor to find out.

The new Lynk & Co 06 is expected to be officially launched this year, so for friends who want to buy the Lynk & Co 06, they may wish to wait until the new car is officially launched. In terms of styling design, the new Lynk & Co 06 basically continues the design style of the current model. The front face is penetrated with an air intake grille, the interior is blackened, and the "frog eye" headlights with LED light sources on both sides, as well as the three-stage design surrounded by the bottom, thus giving people a youthful and dynamic visual experience. In terms of the side body, the new car has also not undergone too obvious changes. The simple and smooth waistline outline adds a sense of strength.

It is worth mentioning that the new car will also offer a two-color body and a variety of rim styles to choose from, so as to meet the individual aesthetic needs of different young consumers. In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new Lynk & Co 06 are: 4340/1820/1625mm, and the wheelbase is: 2640mm. This body data is basically consistent with the current model, and has not been significantly improved. The rear part of the car looks very layered. The blackened taillights on both sides have a good degree of recognition after lighting up. The exhaust layout of the two sides below has improved the sporty atmosphere to a certain extent. As for the interior design, it is expected that the new Lynk & Co 06 will continue the design of the current model, but some details and configurations will be adjusted to a certain extent.

In terms of power, the 1.5T three-cylinder engine equipped with the current Lynk 06 has been ridiculed by many fans and friends. Now the new Lynk 06 has been replaced with a four-cylinder 1.5T engine with a model of "BHE15-EFZ". In terms of transmission, it will be matched with a 7-speed wet dual-clutch gearbox. What do you think about this move? In terms of price, the current Lynk 06 price range is: 11.86-13 9,800 yuan. As a reference, it is expected that the new Lynk 06 will be officially launched. The price should not be significantly improved. What do you think the starting price of the new car is appropriate? For the new Lynk 06, are you optimistic about its arrival? Welcome to communicate and discuss together below. (18/edit)

Note: The pictures are from the Internet, and the rights belong to the original author. Thank you together! This article only represents the author’s personal opinion and does not represent the position of Youshi Auto.

Meizu opens the AI era of mobile phones

Reporter, Li Xiaohong

After announcing the All in AI strategy, on February 29, Xingji Meizu Group held a grand "Meizu Special Event" conference in Zhuhai, officially opening the AI era of Meizu and drawing a ceremonial end to Meizu’s smartphone era.

Shen Ziyu, chairperson and CEO of Xingji Meizu Group, admitted that it was a very difficult decision for him to stop the new project of traditional smartphones and fully invest in the field of AI. But he believes that AI is the future that cannot be missed, and Meizu in the next era will be All in AI. "Meizu has the confidence to enter the AI industry. On the one hand, it has sufficient experience in multi-end point and multi-platform development. On the other hand, Flyme has accumulated a lot of advanced experience in human-machine interaction."

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Meizu’s determination to turn around and bet on the AI field is also related to the fact that Meizu has always been a cutting-edge entrepreneurial team. When Meizu was founded, it was just an MP3 musician manufacturer. In 2009, after seeing the trend of smartphones, it discontinued all MP3 products, turned around and embraced more future smartphones, and then launched many highly praised Meizu mobile phones with great personality and recognition. In today’s AI sweeping the world, Meizu has keenly smelled the AI trend and fully invested in the AI field, hoping to find its new position in the new round of technological revolution.

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At the press conference, Meizu released its first AI end point – Meizu 21PRO, taking the first step of Meizu All in AI.

As a newly built tomorrow’s device for the AI era, Meizu 21PRO not only achieves a qualitative leap in performance, but also makes a big fuss about AI. Meizu 21PRO has rich new AI functions such as AI smart keys, AI auxiliary input, AI gallery and AI voice, bringing users more convenient and intelligent service experience, which is a true open AI end point. In the future, Flyme system will also introduce more AI concepts, such as AI portable secretary, task robot, AI memory housekeeper, etc., to break through the traditional model and bring a new technology experience.

In an interview with the China Economic Times reporter, Shen Ziyu said that changing the human-machine interaction experience is the core advantage of AI mobile phones. As a connection point for users, smartphones make people feel that APP is a better way by swiping or multi-touch, laying the core foundation for the rapid development of smartphones for more than a decade. AI mobile phones are users who need to communicate with AI, rather than asking users to go to APP. Tell the AI Agent if you have any questions, and the AI Agent pushes according to the user’s usage habits. This is the core human-interaction machine experience. Therefore, the human-interaction machine experience determines the survival and value of the AI end point.

"In the AI era, Meizu must seize the opportunity to elevate the human-machine interaction experience to a higher level." Shen Ziyu said that AI mobile phones need to change the hardware form and human-machine interaction experience, and at the same time reshape the entire supply chain, so that major mobile phone manufacturers can achieve differentiated development.

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Of course, Meizu announced the end of the traditional smartphone business and the opening of the AI end point market, which is bound to have a greater breakthrough. Meizu 21PRO, as Meizu’s first flagship mobile phone with open API capability, is open to all large model platforms, provides developers with system permissions, API documents, and opens the AI computing power of the processor, allowing developers to have full freedom to realize more innovative functions and application services.

Shen Ziyu told the China Economic Times reporter that the reason why all big model platforms are open is because Meizu cannot cover all aspects. Meizu has control over the hardware, but the content of AI big model training is for users to use hardware related habits and interactions. For example, Meituan, Alibaba, etc. have a large number of user habits and data, and Meizu cannot cover these areas, so FlymeOS must be developed.

To make subversive AI equipment is a big challenge for Meizu. Shen Ziyu believes that at present, Meizu needs to solve the problem of lack of talent and technical structure adjustment. In the future, it is necessary to expand the AI team and adjust the existing talent structure.Transform from an experience leader in the smartphone era to an experience leader in the AI era.

At the press conference, Meizu announced the details of the All in AI strategic plan, including building AI Device products, refactoring the Flyme system and building an AI ecosystem. Among them, Meizu will focus on building an AI ecosystem and fully open Meizu AI Device hardware to many international top model teams, including OpenAI, to jointly promote the innovation and development of AI technology.

"In the AI era, Meizu will reconstruct the product form of hardware, based on a new interaction pattern, reconstruct the interaction logic of software, interact in a more intuitive way, and reconstruct the ecological layout based on AI," Shen Ziyu said.

Is Didi Chuxing’s acquisition of Uber China suspected of being a monopoly?

  Last week, rumors of Didi buying Uber China spread one after another. Yesterday, the news was officially confirmed. Didi Chuxing announced yesterday that it will acquire all the assets of Uber China in the Chinese mainland, including brand, business, data and so on. At the same time, Uber China will become the largest shareholder of Didi, holding a 20% stake in the merged company.

  Yesterday, Didi Chuxing announced a strategic agreement with Uber Global, and Didi Chuxing will acquire Uber China’s brand, business, data and other assets to operate in the Chinese mainland.

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  Uber China will become Didi’s largest shareholder

  After the strategic agreement, Didi Chuxing and Uber Global will hold each other’s shares as minority shareholders. Uber Global will hold a 5.89% stake in Didi, equivalent to a 17.7% economic interest. Uber China will acquire a 20% stake in the combined company and become the largest shareholder of Didi Chuxing.

  In terms of human resources, Cheng Wei, founder and chairperson of Didi Chuxing, will join Uber’s global board of directors. Uber founder Travis Kalanick will also join Didi Chuxing’s board of directors. At the same time, the two teams will be integrated by Didi, sharing resources in user resources, online and offline operations and marketing and promotion.

  In terms of operation, in the future, Uber China will maintain the independence of its brand and operation, which means that Uber’s brand and system will not disappear, and drivers and passengers can still use the travel services provided by Uber. At the same time, Didi Chuxing said that it will advocate internal competition and mutual promotion. Didi said that in the future, it will launch more refined and diversified services to meet consumers’ increasingly rich travel needs and continue to increase drivers’ income. This means that in addition to the functions currently provided by Didi such as special cars, taxis, ride-hailing, chauffeur driving, test driving, and public transportation, Didi will also launch more forms and content services in the future.

  Cheng Wei, founder and CEO of Didi Chuxing, said that in the past two years or so, Didi Chuxing and Uber have been competing and learning from each other in the field of innovation in China. As a technology leader rooted in China, Didi Chuxing hopes to continuously promote technological innovation and change the future of human transportation. The cooperation with Uber will enable the entire mobile transportation industry to move towards a healthier, more orderly and higher-level development stage.

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  Why did Didi and Uber merge?

  Management compromises with capital markets

  According to foreign media reports, the merger is led by investors from both sides. At present, the two sides have BlackRock, Hillhouse Capital, Tiger Fund, and China Life. Four joint investors, especially Tiger Fund and Hillhouse Capital, which are both investors, play a crucial role in it. It is not so much that Uber’s global management chose to end the war in the Chinese market through the merger, but rather to compromise with capital markets in order to protect its global business. Uber previously planned to invest another 1 billion US dollars in the Chinese market to "burn money", but investors blocked this plan. Uber’s investors hope that the management will end the costly battle with Didi in China. According to reports, Uber’s founders initially opposed the merger plan, but eventually had to compromise with investors.

  No matter who is leading, the move is intended to end the "cash burning" of both parties, especially Uber China, while also helping Uber China better integrate into the Chinese market is a common view in the industry. In an open letter yesterday, Uber founder Travis Kalanick said: "As an entrepreneur, I have learned that success is not only about following your heart as much as possible, but also trying to follow your reason. Continuing to provide services to Chinese cities and drivers and users who depend on Uber is only possible if it is profitable." This represents Uber’s current state of continuous loss and cash burning, which is also the most important reason for the merger.

  Can’t Uber China’s money burn?

  Wang Ruchen, an Internet analyst and founder of Quark Media, said that Uber can no longer burn money in China. Uber and Didi have invested a lot of money to compete in the development of the past few years. At the current stage, they have burned several rounds. Since June 2014, they have raised a total of 11.50 billion yuan. Investors are facing the problem of liquidity, so "shaking hands and making peace" is inevitable. At the same time, there is also a very important reason. The current situation and problems encountered by multinational Internet companies in China are actually more than they imagined before entering China. Foreign companies believe more in the penetration of technology and systems, but in fact, the Chinese market needs more manpower, landing, implementation, etc. When Uber first entered China, it had a team of less than 10 people. Now, although it has grown to 800 people, its ability to reach offline is still very weak compared with Didi’s 5,000 people. In the future, cross-regional development will have cross-regional integration, which is a trend and inevitable.

  Internet observer Luo Chao said in an interview with the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that Uber’s poor performance in China is an important reason. Very few international giants have succeeded in localizing in China, and Uber is no exception.

  Ride-hailing guidelines put pressure on Uber China

  Last week, the "Guiding Opinions on Deepening Reform and Promoting the Healthy Development of the Taxi Industry" and "Interim Measures for the Administration of Online Booking Taxi Business Services" were promulgated. Online car-hailing became legal, which means that Didi, which has implemented the policy of "affiliated operating company", is the biggest beneficiary of the new policy. Uber China, which has always been connected to the platform by private cars, obviously needs to change its business model to better adapt to the new regulations, which also brings a lot of pressure to Uber China. In its response yesterday, Didi also said that Didi will work closely with regulators to continuously cultivate the market; create a healthy and orderly industry ecology, and make more positive contributions to China’s economic growth and employment transformation.

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  "Suspected monopoly" is mentioned again

  After the merger of the two, what will be the impact on the travel sector? Analysys analyst Zhang Xu believes that the current active user coverage of Didi Chuxing and Uber China in China’s private car market occupies the top two positions respectively. After Didi Chuxing acquires Uber China, the private car market landscape will usher in great changes, oligopoly will be further enhanced, and market competition will enter a new stage. For other private car manufacturers, competitive pressure will further increase, and force competing companies to accelerate product and service innovation to increase user volume and enhance existing active user stickiness.

  The oligopolization of the special car market is imminent

  It is also reported that Didi and Uber China have not yet declared their merger intentions to the relevant departments. Previously, other competitors raised the issue of "suspected monopoly" during the merger of Didi and Kuaidi, but Didi responded at the time that the market share has not yet reached the monopoly requirement. Now that Didi is growing bigger and bigger, the term "suspected monopoly" has been mentioned again.

  In this regard, Zhang Xu believes that the market that the two have penetrated is a completely competitive market. In the Chinese car market, in addition to Didi Chuxing and Uber China, there are still many players such as Yidao, Shenzhou Special Car, and Shouqi Car-hailing, and all places are eager to try to establish local online car-hailing platforms. Take Yidao and Shenzhou Special Car as an example. In the past year or so, they have invested a lot of energy and have also pulled up a lot of orders for them in terms of increasing subsidies and expanding users. That is to say, in this fully competitive market, each company has considerable strength. In the face of so many competitors, no one dares to cancel subsidies and raise prices lightly. But at the same time, the penetration rate of private car travel among urban residents is still at a low level. After Didi Chuxing acquired Uber China, it still needs to invest a lot of resources in the private car travel market to carry out "Internet +" reform of traditional travel. Didi Chuxing’s acquisition of Uber China has not yet formed a monopoly situation, but the oligopoly of the private car market is on the horizon.

  China Car Rental shares fell nearly 4%.

  But there are also opposition voices that believe that the merger of Didi and Uber China will undoubtedly be a huge loss for users. Internet observer Ge Jia told the Beijing Youth Daily that the merged company will control the vast majority of the online car-hailing market, forming a de facto monopoly pattern, and then choose the opportunity to use this monopoly position to pose a threat to the interests of ordinary users.

  The monopoly of private car service is different from the monopoly of ordinary business. It is a business with public attributes and has a strong public service nature. I hope the regulatory authorities can deeply understand the difference between this merger case and previous cases. In the approval process, they will no longer be lenient. It is necessary to evaluate the possible impact on ordinary users in detail, and make their own final decision based on the choice to protect the interests of consumers. For consumers, monopoly is ultimately a bad thing. It is unrealistic to simply hope for policy supervision and protection. Always be prepared to vote with your feet is king.

  Yesterday, after the news of the merger between Didi and Uber China broke, the newly listed China Car Rental fell by nearly 4%, which also represents the market’s panic about the potential monopoly of the transportation giant.

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  Didi, Uber, and China all have Liu family members behind them

  Didi and Uber China have another relationship. Didi’s president, Jean Liu, and Uber’s head of China strategy, Zhen Liu, are Liu Chuanzhi’s daughter and niece, respectively. The two are actually cousins.

  At present, Liu Qing is the president of Didi Company and is the "second-in-command" of Didi Company except for Cheng Wei, the CEO. After the news of the merger between the two parties was released yesterday, Liu Qing and Cheng Wei jointly issued an internal letter to Didi colleagues. The letter mentioned that "great opponent, epic showdown" is an evaluation of Uber, which can also be regarded as an evaluation of Uber’s leadership team.

  Liu Qing was born in 1978, with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Peking University and a master’s degree from Harvard University. Her father was Liu Chuanzhi, the founder of Lenovo Group, but she did not enter Lenovo’s job. It is said that Liu Chuanzhi once stipulated that "children of Lenovo management shall not work in the company". In 2002, Liu Qing joined the investment banking department of Goldman Sachs; in 2008, Liu Qing served as the executive director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) Limited Liability Company, with an annual income of more than 10 million yuan. Among them, Didi is also the company that Liu Qing has always wanted to invest in on behalf of Goldman Sachs. In 2014, at the invitation of Cheng Wei, Liu Qing joined Didi as the chief operating officer. At that time, Uber was just about to enter the Chinese market, and Didi’s biggest competitor was Kuaidi.

  On Valentine’s Day 2015, Didi and Kuaidi announced the merger, which was one of the main events led by Liu Qing at Didi. In the same month, Liu Qing was promoted to president of Didi. Cheng Wei said, "Liu Qing helped the company complete the largest financing of 700 million US dollars for a non-listed company in half a year when he joined Didi, and led the special car, PR (public relations department), and GR (government public relations department) teams to fight bloody battles, blazing a bloody path, and started a future-oriented organizational change in the personnel field. After serving as president, Liu Qing will be more responsible for the daily business operations of the company."

  Liu Zhen is Liu Chuanzhi’s niece. She graduated from Renmin University in China and studied at the University of California, Berkeley. After working in a law firm in Silicon Valley, she was sent back to China in 2008 to represent Silicon Valley companies in some investment work in China, mainly in charge of legal advice for Internet companies, and Uber is her client. In early 2014, Uber entered China, and in August 2015, Liu Zhen made her first public appearance as the head of Uber China strategy. Since Uber China does not have a CEO, Liu Zhen is called the "first sister" in Uber China.

  The previous rivalry between Didi and Uber was seen to some extent as a showdown between the two women of the Liu family. When news of the merger broke, some netizens said that "Erliu can finally meet and chat happily".

  Does Liu Chuanzhi have any objections to his cousins as the first and second leaders of two travel giants? Previously, Liu Chuanzhi responded positively to the question in an interview with the media, "The specific issue of the child is rarely discussed. I am not as supportive or unsupportive as the outside world said. I did not stop it. My wife is clearly opposed." In addition, Lenovo is also a major shareholder of another travel platform, Shenzhou Car Rental. Is this accidental or arranged? Liu Chuanzhi said, "It is all accidental. Liu Qing and Liu Zhen both chose their own careers, and they have nothing to do with me at all. In terms of enterprises, I should pay more attention to Shenzhou Car Rental. After all, this is invested by Legend Holdings. Everyone is running for the development of their own careers, so there is nothing."

  Text/Our reporter, Wen Jing, graphic production/Pan Fan

Geely Galaxy E8 will be launched and delivered in January 2024, with a total of 5 versions, with a pre-sale price of 188,000 yuan.

On December 16, the 2023 Geely Automobile User Conference was successfully held in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, and Geely Galaxy E8 officially opened the global pre-sale at this event. The new car launched 550km Pro, 550km MAX, 665km Starship Voyage Edition, 665km Starship Smart Driving Edition, and 620km Starship Performance Edition, a total of 5 versions, with a pre-sale price starting from 188,000 yuan. Pre-order users can enjoy a deposit expansion gift, 1,000 yuan to 6,000 yuan. Old users of Geely Holding Group’s brands who successfully order Geely Galaxy E8 during the pre-sale period can enjoy a 10,000 yuan redemption subsidy. Users can place orders through Geely Galaxy’s official website, App, WeChat Mini Program, H5 and other official platforms. It is reported that the new car will be officially launched and delivered in January 2024.

Every year, Geely Automobile User Conference is the initiation, planning, execution, performance and other links of customer engagement activities. It is a platform for Geely and users to seamlessly link, share stories and share a better life. At the 2023 Geely Automobile User Conference, Geely hopes to become friends with every Geely friend, walk hand in hand through every important moment, and share every bit of life. The pre-sale of "Our Dream Car" Geely Galaxy E8 is launched, which brings users’ dreams into reality and makes expectations no longer wait.

45-Inch 8K unbounded smart screen + Galaxy super brain, bringing a more immersive Galaxy panoramic smart cockpit

At the press conference, Geely Galaxy E8 showcased the more immersive "Galaxy Panorama Smart Cockpit" for the first time. The 45-inch 8K unbounded smart screen carried by Geely Galaxy E8 has outstanding screen size, clarity, thinness, screen ratio, and full-screen area can be touched. Based on this, the Galaxy Panorama Smart Cockpit follows the natural law of multi-dimensional sensory interaction, integrates time and humanities into the picture scroll, brings the stars and the sea to the eyes, activates the immersive real experience, creates the best arrangement plan for the large-screen cockpit, creates a new generation of people-scenery-car unbounded fusion space, and refreshes the new standard of pure electric flagship smart cockpit.

And empowered by the "Galaxy Super Brain" composed of "three brains", Geely Galaxy E8 brings a new experience of intelligent travel. "Cloud Brain" Geely Star Smart Computing Center 7 × 24 hours all-weather monitoring; "Car Brain" Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 chip, 8 times more computing power than 8155 chip; "Mobile Brain" Flyme Link handcar interconnection to achieve seamless ecological flow;

At the same time, Geely Galaxy E8 is equipped with Galaxy N OS Unbounded Edition, 3D desktop, time engine, interactive Dynamic Island, and intelligent energy control functions, bringing a more immersive and realistic visual experience. Intelligent voice interaction 0.23s fast response, OurHours no wake-up, full screen visible can be said, the user can contain 15 commands in one sentence, and multiple people in the whole car can talk at the same time. At the same time, it supports intelligent voice interaction outside the car, which can open the air conditioner and electric tailgate by voice outside the car.

Through Flyme Link handcar interconnection, smooth handcar ecological interconnection can be realized, seamless flow to the car large screen, no need to install. It is worth mentioning that Galaxy E8 has the world’s first car-machine highly integrated car drone that can accompany the car, and the shooting screen is sent back to the car in real time, making travel more fun. Geely Galaxy E8 creates a "Galaxy Immersion Space" with panoramic wisdom and scene travel. Open the "Galaxy Sleeping Cabin", the cloud-feeling seat and the co-pilot lying flat can allow users to relax and rest, and be full of vitality. Turn on the "Galaxy Cinema" mode, iQIYI multi-screen movie viewing, 256-color intelligent light-chasing ambient light, and Galaxy haute couture intelligent fragrance system, easy movie viewing and immersion in audio-visual. Come to the "Galaxy Concert Hall", Harman Yanfei Lishi high fidelity audio, AI music rhythm, full-screen immersion thunder stone KTV, million-level music library, cockpit seconds into music hall.

In the "Galaxy Playground", Geely Galaxy E8 deeply customizes the popular 3A game masterpiece "Wild Drag Race 9", bringing users a playground to play if they want. In the game, 9 major scenes, 53 maps, 104 sports cars, vehicle air conditioners, ambient lights, fragrances and other linkage, allowing users to immerse themselves. Whether it is a single-screen mode challenge, or a double-screen battle with friends, you can play happily. In addition, "Geely Koi" floats water and Migu fast-play casual mini-games, support voice evocation, and the main and co-pilot operate alone, which is super fun and super decompression.

Performance, safety, and appearance are full of all dimensions. Geely Galaxy E8 is the most worthwhile pure electric flagship

As the first mainstream pure electric sedan based on the SEA architecture, the Geely Galaxy E8 has fast acceleration, stable driving control, flexible steering, and can be replenished at high speed. It is one of the best 5-meter pure electric flagships.

The Galaxy E8 uses a new generation of 800V fast flash charging, with a battery, motor, electronic control and thermal management system of 800V all over the world, and a battery life of 180km can be charged in 5 minutes. Empowered by a new generation of high-performance silicon carbide electric drive, the Galaxy E8 Zero 100 accelerates in only 3.49 seconds, and the elk performance reaches 82km/h. Despite the length of more than 5 meters, the turning radius of the Galaxy E8 is only 5.62m, making it the smallest in the same class, and the streets, tracks and lanes are fun. In addition, even without piling up expensive large batteries, the Geely Galaxy E8 can achieve super long battery life.

The Geely Galaxy E8 is also one of the safest 5-meter pure electric flagships. With the support of the Aegis battery safety system, the new generation of BMS battery intelligent management system, and the 7 * 24-hour monitoring of the Geely Star Smart Computing Center, the Geely Galaxy E8 has successfully passed more than 1,000 tests in 6 dimensions such as China Automotive Center charging safety, electromagnetic safety, functional safety, high voltage safety, battery safety, and fire safety, and won the new energy vehicle six-dimensional electrical safety system No. 001 certification. In terms of structural safety, the Geely Galaxy E8 series is equipped with an integrated boron steel door ring, a ten-grid battery anti-collision compartment, a "dragonfly" force transmission structure, and a co-pilot leap airbag, etc., which bring super safety protection.

Since the debut of Geely Galaxy E8, it has attracted extensive attention with its Chinese style that leads the world trend. Mass-produced integrated luminous front face, rhythmic luminous logo, tiger vision headlights, frameless doors, altar wing rear, rising sun tail lights, moisturizing jade streamer body profile, Santan Yinyue suspension audio, lotus pond ripple sub-dashboard, looking up at the galaxy giant screen dome, Shushan stacked door panel design, Xizi waterfront seat quilting, Galaxy crystal knob and other interior designs, as well as global mass-produced ultra-low 0.199 wind resistance coefficient and other designs, make future technology integrated into China’s charm and become a global model.

With its outstanding flagship cockpit, architecture, performance, safety and design strength, Geely Galaxy E8 offers mainstream pure electric users an experience that exceeds expectations.