In this year’s Spring Festival, seven films were released, covering comedies, science fiction, suspense, sports, animation, etc., which were richer and more diverse than in previous years.

According to the data of Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 0: 10 on January 25th, the total box office (including pre-sales) of the Spring Festival in 2023 (January 21st-January 27th) exceeded 4 billion.

The ranking shows that Man Jiang Hong, Wandering Earth 2, Bears with Me and Bear Core are among the top three at the box office.

"Man Jiang Hong" and "Wandering Earth 2" are on the verge of a big box office battle.

During the Spring Festival, the audience is more willing to enter the cinema. In addition, this year’s Spring Festival file can be described as "the best in history". Every movie has the determination to win and started a box office war without smoke.

Among them, the best pre-sale and reputation is the excellent soft science fiction movie Wandering Earth 2.

With the support of big IP, starring Frant Gwo+Jason Wu+Andy Lau, and the first box office and word of mouth, it naturally occupied the first place in the box office list on the first day of release.

Before the official release, thanks to the basic advantages, the number of people who want to see Wandering Earth 2, the proportion of films arranged and the pre-sale box office are higher than that of Manjianghong. On the first day of "Wandering Earth 2" on New Year’s Day, the number of screenings was 115,000, accounting for 27%; On the first day of "Man Jiang Hong", the number of screenings was 110,000, accounting for 25.6%.

But the position of the movie Wandering Earth 2 is not unshakable. Facing the "strong enemy" — — The word-of-mouth of "Man Jiang Hong" directed by Zhang Yimou is constantly fermenting, and the box office trend and film arrangement of the film are also constantly changing. On January 24th, Manjianghong, which has a more friendly viewing threshold, overtook Wandering Earth 2. At present, the box office and box office forecast of the latter are higher than the former.

According to the data of Cat’s Eye Professional Edition, compared with the opening of the New Year’s Day, the box office record of the seven new films at this time has changed obviously. The movie Manjianghong surpassed Wandering Earth 2 in a single day, and Bears with Me "Bear Core" even surpassed Nobody to enter the top three. The movie "Man Jiang Hong" went down at the box office and even rushed to the hot search list.

In this regard, some people broke the news that the IMAX field, a special effects movie that should have played Wandering Earth 2, was filled with a non-special effects movie "Man Jiang Hong". Not only that, but also fans said that "Man Jiang Hong" stole the box office of "Nobody". On January 24th, the propagator of the movie "Man Jiang Hong" responded that the so-called "stealing box office" and "ghost field" of "Man Jiang Hong" was that someone deliberately hacked the film.

"China Table Tennis Jedi Counterattack" was difficult to break through at the box office yesterday.

The film China Ping-Pong’s Jedi Strike Back was influenced by many factors, and it was rescheduled from the first day of New Year’s Day to the third day of New Year’s Day. However, the overall situation of the Spring Festival has been decided. On the first day of its release, the sports film "China Ping-Pong’s Jedi Counter-Strike" had a box office of less than 50 million, with only 9.7% of the films arranged, and the attendance rate was only 14.5%, far lower than other films.

As a result, it has become the worst box office performance among the newly released films in the Spring Festival. At present, the professional version of Cat’s Eye Film predicts that China Ping-Pong will eventually have a box office of 250 million, which shows that the performance has been far below expectations.

Bears are still strong. The drama is not as good as the cartoon.

On the whole, this year’s Spring Festival box office drama is not as good as cartoons.

Parent-child group is still an important audience of the Spring Festival file. The animated film "Bear Haunted with Me" Bear Core "won the third place in the single-day box office, becoming the TOP3 in the same period with an expected box office of 1 billion+,and will also become the first 1 billion+movie in the series of animated IP.

From the perspective of return on investment, Bears with Me "Bear Core" is a cost-effective one, which also proves the importance of continuously cultivating IP value.

However, before its release, the animated film Deep Sea, the comedy Exchange of Life and the film Nobody with the top YiBo blessing failed to become dark horses.

From the word of mouth, "Exchange of Life" has been criticized as an embarrassment, far from reaching the level of Hi, Mom’s play. Although the collocation of Lei Jiayin and Zhang Xiaofei is innovative, it has been held back by the plot, and the counterattack after word of mouth fermentation may be extremely slim.

However, the movie atmosphere of The Unknown and Deep Sea does not match the image of "family fun" in the Spring Festival file, and the threshold of Guanyin is relatively high, and the possibility of counterattack is relatively low.

At present, the movie "Exchange of Life" has accumulated 236 million box office, and the final box office is predicted to be 369 million. The movie "Nobody" has a cumulative box office of 339 million, and it is predicted that the final box office will be 675 million; The movie Deep Sea has accumulated 218 million box office, and the final box office is predicted to be 612 million.

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Turkey changed its English name

Author | Blue Sky and Clear Away

Editor | ｜Thomas

Turkey’s English country name "Turkey" also means "Turkey" in English. The United States has the habit of eating turkey on Thanksgiving Day. Turkey thinks that its country name is linked to turkey, which affects its national image.

Not only that, Turkey also derives the meaning of "idiot, fool" in English. In Chinese, Turkey also has a nickname called "native chicken".

Turks can’t stand their country name being used as a joke. At the beginning of 2022, Turkish President Erdogan signed a communique to change the spelling of English country names from Turkey to Turkey. The Turkish government indicated that it would register a new English name with the United Nations as soon as possible.

▲ The official Turkish travel website has been renamed.

How did Turkey’s English country name "Turkey" come into being? Why is it linked to "turkey"?

▲ Eating "turkey" becomes a Thanksgiving ceremony in the United States.

First, the "trouble" guinea fowl

In modern Turkish, Turkey is written as Türkiye (Land of Turks). The country name of Turkey evolved from the word Turk, which means "brave" in Turkic, and Turks also consider themselves direct descendants of Turks.

In the 3rd century BC, Huns first occupied the Mongolian Plateau. After the Han Dynasty weakened the Huns, Xianbei and Rouran successively occupied the Mongolian Plateau from the 2nd century to the 5th century. At the same time, there were other nomadic countries in Central Asia, and Turkey believed that its history was inextricably linked with these nomadic countries.

▲ The troubles of Sui and Tang empires.

In the 6th century A.D., Rouran’s Turkic tribe defeated Rouran and established the Turkic khanate in the Mongolian Plateau. However, under the attack of Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Turkic khanate was split in two.

A large number of Turks migrated from Central Asia to West Asia, and the Turkic ministries who moved to West Asia converted to Islam and became an important political force in West Asia.

In 1299, Osman I, the leader of Kaye tribe of Ugus, a branch of Turkic, established political power in Asia Minor Peninsula, namely the Ottoman Empire.

In 1453, the Ottoman Empire occupied Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, and the Roman Empire, which lasted for thousands of years, died. After the annexation of the Balkans, the Ottoman Empire launched several rounds of invasions on Central Europe, and the imperial army became the nightmare of the Christian kingdom in Europe.

▲ Osman I

The word Turkey was originally transliterated from the Latin Turcae, referring to the nomadic people along the Black Sea. After the Turkic people came into contact with Europe, this word began to be used in a series of Turkic countries.

As early as before the establishment of the Ottoman Empire, the Byzantine Empire (395- 1453 AD, the common language was Greek) once called the Seljuk Empire, another regime established by Turks in West Asia, Tourkia.

▲ Seljuk Empire was once the overlord of West Asia.

Since the Middle Ages, Europeans used to refer to the Muslim areas of the Ottoman Empire as "Turchia" or "Turquia", which means the land of Turks and Turks. These words can be found in the Book of the Duchess published by the British poet geoffrey chaucer in 1369.

After development, at the latest in 1719, the English spelling of "Turkey" was solidified into Turkey. Correspondingly, the ruling people of the Ottoman Empire were called "Turks". The Ottoman Empire is often called the "Turkish Empire". Since the Ottoman Empire is the core of the Islamic world, Europeans also use "Turkey" to refer to the Islamic world.

▲Turkey is a "common name" given by Europe to the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire likes to use the title of "Ottomans", but the title of "Turkey" is not popular.

Although there are many ethnic groups in the territory, the Ottoman Empire is more accustomed to roughly dividing its subjects into Muslims and non-Muslims based on religion. In 1517, the Ottoman Empire defeated the Mamluk dynasty that ruled Egypt and extended its rule to North Africa.

▲ Mamluk dynasty that once ruled around Egypt (red)

The Ottoman Empire controlled the trade routes from North Africa to Europe, and many products had to go through the Ottoman Empire to reach Europe, which inevitably led Europeans to have a misunderstanding-the Ottoman Empire was the origin of goods, and Guinea fowl was one of many misunderstandings.

▲ Guinea fowl

There are about 10 different species of guinea fowl, most of which live in sub-Saharan Africa. Its meat quality is drier and tougher than that of domestic chickens, with less fat and rich in protein.

After the Ottoman Empire conquered North Africa, Guinea fowl followed the footsteps of African businessmen and crossed the Sahara desert to North Africa, where it was transported to Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, via Arab or Greek businessmen in West Asia.

▲ Ottoman Empire before 1878

As the core of a huge empire, Istanbul is also a commercial center of the empire. Since the 16th century, people can see all kinds of guinea fowl in the bustling bazaar (market) in the city. These African-born birds are huge, their feathers are dotted with spots, and they are also very conspicuous in the bazaar.

Guinea fowl comes from far away sub-Saharan Africa, which is not the territory of the Ottoman Empire, but British businessmen in the Ottoman Empire still call it "turkey cock" or "turkey coq", that is, Turkish cock.

▲ Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire

From the 16th century, guinea fowl came to western Europe from the ports of North Africa with merchant ships. People in Britain and France did not deliberately explore which tribe the merchants bought these species from. The British people also imitated the merchants and called the guinea fowl "Turkish cock".

Compared with the British who try to save trouble, France, the Netherlands and other countries are more strict in naming. They know that the Ottoman Empire is not the origin of guinea fowl, but the "shrewdness" of countries such as France and Holland will stop here. They think that guinea fowl comes from distant India, and the French guinea fowl is called "Lepoulet indien" (Indian chicken).

It is precisely because of the British "trying to save trouble" that the guinea fowl originated in Africa has inexplicably become "made in Turkey". This misunderstanding became more and more serious. With the rise of the European colonial empire, Turkey was finally bound to turkey in the process of spreading English.

Second, in the name of Turkey

After the Ottoman Empire controlled the Middle East and North Africa, the traditional trade routes were controlled by it. Encouraged by opening up new trade routes to the East and spreading Christian beliefs to the outside world, Europeans ushered in the era of "great geographical discovery".

In 1492, although Columbus didn’t reach the East where he wanted to go, he let Europeans first touch the American continent. Countries such as Spain, Portugal, Britain and France have successively launched colonial activities in America.

▲ new route opening

In September 1620, a sailboat named "Mayflower" carried 102 passengers from England to Virginia Colony. Because the ship deviated from the course, may flower was forced to dock in today’s Massachusetts, which was far less developed than Virginia.

In order to survive, people decided to build a new town in Massachusetts and named it New Plymouth after the sailing place.

▲ Come to the New World

There is a widely spread story that neighboring Indians lend a helping hand to British immigrants. They sent all kinds of food, including turkey, and taught British immigrants how to fish and build houses.

In the autumn of 1621, New Plymouth ushered in a bumper harvest. In order to show gratitude, British immigrants invited Indians to celebrate together. Indian leader Massasso led his people to a banquet, and people sang and danced for three days, which was the embryonic form of Thanksgiving.

▲ Thanks to the Indians

In fact, there is no record of this carnival in the diaries of the first immigrants from New Plymouth. On the contrary, in 1637, john winthrop, the governor of Massachusetts, launched a war against Indian tribes. After killing hundreds of Pecots, Winslow announced to British immigrants that "this day should be a Thanksgiving Day. Thank God, we conquered Pecots".

The origin of Thanksgiving Day is not as beautiful as the legend, but the turkey was indeed obtained from the association between British immigrants and Indians. Before the arrival of European colonists, Indians had raised turkeys for hundreds of years.

▲ Winslow

In the eyes of British immigrants, turkey and guinea fowl are the same species. With a fat body and a colorful head, the name of the Turkish rooster was put on the turkey. Since then, the name "turkey fowl" has come into being.

Turkey, with its plump meat, soon became an important food for the colonial people in North America. The name of the turkey is also simplified, and the fowl (bird) used to indicate the attribute is omitted, and only the name of "origin" is retained (even if the turkey has nothing to do with Turkey).

"Turkey" has become the official name of turkey, and there is no difference between them except the case of the first letter.

▲ Turkey (left) and Guinea fowl (right)

The name of Turkey in English changed from guinea fowl to turkey, and so did the name of "Indian chicken" in French.

In addition to foreign countries, Polish, Hebrew, Catalan and other languages also call turkey "Indian chicken".

After the great geographical discovery, turkeys also appeared in the markets of the Ottoman Empire along with commercial activities. The Ottomans knew that this kind of chicken had nothing to do with themselves, so they learned from the French that turkey was called "hindi" (Indian chicken). India, however, was ruled by Britain in modern times. In local languages, most turkeys are called "Turkish chickens" like English.

▲ The Ottoman Empire in the 19th century

This story is somewhat similar to the fact that the Dutch bean in China population becomes China bean in the Dutch mouth, and the charm and fun of language are contained in it.

Looking at the essence of the problem, turkeys originating in North America have many names among the Indian population, meaning mostly "big bird". However, Indians have no right to speak, but Britain and the rising United States spread the name "turkey" all over the world with colonial expansion and cultural export.

▲ The British navy is strong.

Third, we are not "native chickens"

Almost every language has polysemy, and it is not surprising that country names have the same names as other things. "China" means porcelain, but few people compare China with porcelain.

However, turkey, as a necessary food for Thanksgiving in North America, is not only a little too ordinary, but also represents the meaning of being "eaten" by human beings, which cannot reflect the "sense of power" of the Ottoman Empire.

In the 18th century, the Ottoman Empire began to decline and became the target of aggression by European powers. At the same time, the colonial people in North America started the war of independence, and Britain was forced to recognize American independence in 1783.

▲ Thanksgiving Day

After 1800, turkey gradually became a regular dish on Thanksgiving Day. In 1863, President Lincoln set the date of Thanksgiving as the last Thursday in November. In English, the name of turkey solidified into turkey. Because the first impression of turkey seems to be not very smart, Turkey also extended "idiot, straw bag".

Britain is developing colonies all over the world, and the national strength of the United States is also booming. With the spread of English, turkey is known by more and more people, but most people know the word through turkey, and the original meaning of the word "Turkey" is not so important.

On the other side of the globe, the Ottoman Empire has indeed gone from bad to worse, becoming a "straw bag" bullied by the great powers.

▲ Russia invaded the Ottoman Empire.

By the end of the 19th century, Austria and Russia had turned the land of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans into their sphere of influence. Britain, France and Italy carved up the North African territory of the Ottoman Empire, and the weak Ottoman Empire really became a turkey in front of the big powers’ knives.

With the increasing influence of the west in the Ottoman Empire, the way that westerners equate "Turkey" with "Ottoman" also affected the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire began to accept the word "Turkey".

But until the end of 19th century, "Turkey" still had no meaning of modern nation or country. In the Ottoman Empire, "Turkey" has a certain derogatory meaning, usually referring to farmers in plateau mountainous areas.

The upper classes still call themselves "Ottomans" (Ottomans). The "Turkish" in the European and Ottoman populations do not refer to the same group of people.

▲ subjects of the empire

The great powers’ carve-up frenzy gave the Ottoman Empire a deep sense of crisis. From the end of 19th century to the beginning of 20th century, a "pan-Turkic" ideological trend rose in West Asia, advocating the union of turkic peoples and the leading role played by the Ottoman Empire in it, driving turkic peoples to become self-reliant, and Turkey began to become the representative of the Turkic nation.

This collided with another trend of thought at that time, "Ottomanism" (revitalizing the Ottoman Empire and highlighting Ottoman identity). Ottoman (Ottoman), Turkey (Turkey) and Islam (Islam) together constituted the identity of the empire.

In 1914, the Ottoman Empire put all its eggs in one basket and joined the First World War against the background of alliance with Germany and Austria. As a result, the Allied Group was defeated in World War I, and the Ottoman Empire was forced to sign the harsh Treaty of Sevres.

The Arab settlements controlled by the Ottoman Empire were ceded to Britain, France and other countries, and even the western part of Asia Minor Peninsula, where the main ethnic group Turks lived, was ceded to Greece.

▲ Autumn in Danger

The Ottoman Empire slipped to the brink of national subjugation, and young officers headed by Kemal organized a resistance struggle. Kemal said that "the independence of the Ottoman nation should be maintained".

During the war, there was a wave of referring to the country as "Turkey" in the Ottoman Empire. Amir Pasha, a government official, opposes the use of Turkey to address a country or a nation.

He said, "We have established the caliphate system in the name of Islam … We are not just gathered here in the name of Turks. It is more appropriate to say Muslims or even Ottomans than Turks. In our hometown, there are Caucasians, Chechens, Kurds and other Muslims. The use of Turkish appellations will exclude (these groups). "

▲ The Last Sultan of the Empire

After more than two years of life-and-death fighting, Kemal defeated the invading army headed by Greece and re-signed the fairly Lausanne Treaty with western countries. The core territory of the former Ottoman Empire was preserved, and the Turks became the absolute subject nation of the qualified new country. After the victory of the war, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire was expelled and the empire came to an end in 1922.

In order to make a thorough cut with the Ottoman Empire and break the state system of the integration of politics and religion that lasted for hundreds of years, Kemal initiated the secularization reform, and the importance of religion in social life decreased greatly. He argued that "Turkey" should be the name of the new country. "Turkey" has changed from a vague political term to the name of a country, but it is still written in Arabic characters during the Ottoman Empire.

▲ Kemal, who is honored as the father of Turkey.

During the secularization reform, Turkey established a representative democracy by learning from the West, Latin letters replaced the original Arabic writing system, and Türkiye ("Turkey" in Turkish) became a new way to write country names.

After the establishment of the brand-new Turkey, Turkey has developed into an important country in West Asia from the 20th century to the 21st century. By 2020, the country’s GDP totaled 720 billion US dollars, ranking 19th in the world and 1st in West Asia. The standing army of more than 600,000 makes Turkey a NATO country second only to the United States in terms of strength.

However, with the stagnant economic situation in Turkey in recent years, nationalism has begun to rise. Especially since the current Turkish President Erdogan took office in 2014, the strengthening of religious forces has also worried the outside world that Turkey will have a wave of "anti-secularization".

In addition, Turkey is also actively involved in the affairs of surrounding areas. Under the background of national strength, many Turks express their dissatisfaction with the English spelling of country names. How can the country name be associated with the food on the table? Moreover, this name has been ridiculed by the world from time to time, and serious country names should not be regarded as the object of playing tricks.

▲ The Turkish army entered Syria

In 2021, Turkey launched the English country name adjustment action. In January 2022, Erdogan signed a decree to change the English spelling of the name of Turkey from Turkey to Turkiye(Türkiye). Turkey has also launched a publicity and public relations campaign called "HelloTürkiye" on social networks and TV media at all costs.

▲ Renaming activities

In addition to adopting relevant resolutions at home, changing the English spelling of country names needs the cooperation of the international community. Turkish officials said that they would apply to the United Nations to urge the international community to accept new English names as soon as possible.

There are many precedents for changing foreign translation names, and most of the reasons are to erase colonial marks (for example, Ivory Coast is changed to C? te d ‘Ivoire); Promote national unity (for example, Myanmar has changed Burma with great Burmese color into Myanmar that can refer to all ethnic groups); Pronunciation in line with the national language (for example, South Korea changed Seoul to Seoul).

But like Turkey, the name is changed because the name is tied to poultry, but it is unique in the world.

However, modern Turkish is also spelled with Latin letters. The so-called change of English country name is only the transplantation of Turkish spelling into English. "Turkey" in English and "Türkiye" in Turkish actually sound almost the same, which is difficult to distinguish in spoken English. It also makes people suspect that renaming will not actually achieve results.

In the eyes of some people, Turkey’s change of English-speaking countries is more about service politics. At present, Turkey’s economy is in recession, the Turkish lira has depreciated sharply, and domestic inflation has risen sharply. The Turkish domestic opposition criticized Erdogan for "putting on a show" and accused him of using the name change to stir up national sentiment to divert people’s attention to the economic downturn and shift the accusation of his ineffective governance.

▲ In Turkey, money is becoming less and less valuable.

Supporters believe that it is necessary for Turkey to correct Türkiye’s name, and they praise the government for showing Turkish culture and values in the best way. After all, having the same name as "Turkey" is detrimental to the national image, and they think their country name should be respected.

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Eye-catching investigation shows that recently, Yantai Zhifu wanda plaza Co., Ltd. has also undergone industrial and commercial changes, and the original wholly-owned shareholder Dalian Wanda Commercial Management Group Co., Ltd. has withdrawn. In addition, Yichun wanda plaza Investment Co., Ltd. has also undergone a number of industrial and commercial changes recently, and the original wholly-owned shareholder Dalian Wanda Commercial Management Group Co., Ltd. withdrew.

Equity changes in a number of wanda plaza have attracted market attention. Previously, Wanda had transferred the equity of its affiliated companies in wanda plaza.

Continue to "sell and sell"

At the beginning of July, two more wanda plaza changed hands.

Yantai Zhifu wanda plaza Co., Ltd. experienced industrial and commercial changes, and Wanda Commercial Management, the original wholly-owned shareholder, withdrew, and Kunhua (Tianjin) Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership) and Kunyuan Chenxing (Xiamen) Investment Management Consulting Co., Ltd. were newly added as shareholders, holding about 99.99% and 0.01% respectively, while several key personnel changed.

According to Wanda Commercial Management official website, Yantai Zhifu wanda plaza opened in November 2014, with a commercial area of 185,900 square meters.

In addition, Wanda also transferred Yichun wanda plaza Investment Company. A few days ago, Yichun wanda plaza Investment Co., Ltd. underwent industrial and commercial changes. Dalian Wanda Commercial Management Group Co., Ltd., the original wholly-owned shareholder, withdrew, and Jiangxi Chengze Real Estate Management Co., Ltd. was newly added as a shareholder, with full shareholding. At the same time, the name of the enterprise was changed to Yichun Zetao Commercial Investment Co., Ltd., and its legal representative and key personnel were also changed.

Xiaoxiang morning herald reporter noted that since 2023, many wanda plaza have changed hands.

Wanda plaza in Shanghai Jinshan, wanda plaza in Guangzhou Luogang, wanda plaza in Huzhou, wanda plaza in Taicang and other wanda plaza shares were changed last year.

Since the beginning of this year, there have been successive industrial and commercial changes in wanda plaza in front of Xiamen Temple, wanda plaza in Hohhot, wanda plaza in Haikou, wanda plaza in Baihuting in Fuzhou and wanda plaza in Hefei.

It is worth noting that in April this year, wanda plaza, the headquarters of Wanda Group, located in Dawang Road, Beijing, was also sold.

However, in 2019, Wang Jianlin once said that Wanda Commercial is the core of Wanda, and any enterprise can put it, except Wanda Commercial.

Insurance department is the main force to take over

Wanda started the "selling and selling" mode. Who took over? According to incomplete statistics, most of the assets sold by Wanda have introduced insurance companies as new shareholders, including New China Life Insurance, Sunshine Insurance and Everybody Insurance.

For example, the people who took over Yantai Zhifu wanda plaza this time are New China Life Insurance and CICC Capital.

The equity penetration chart shows that New China Life Insurance and CICC Capital Operation Co., Ltd. respectively hold 99.99% and 0.01% of the shares of Kunhua (Tianjin) Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), and two natural person shareholders of Kunyuan Chenxing (Xiamen) Investment Management Consulting Co., Ltd. also work in CICC related companies.

In April this year, the new shareholders of Yantai Zhifu wanda plaza also took over Beijing wanda plaza Industrial Co., Ltd.

In addition, Suzhou Lianshang No.1 in Hefei wanda plaza was accepted at the end of May. Its indirect controlling shareholder is Lishui Lianrong No.1 Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), and its ultimate controlling shareholder is Sunshine Life Insurance, which is a holding subsidiary of Sunshine Insurance.

Last December, Suzhou Lianshang No.1 also successively took over a number of wanda plaza located in Taicang, Huzhou, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Another example is that everyone is insured.

According to public information, at the end of May last year, Everyone Insurance indirectly included Wanda’s Shanghai Songjiang wanda plaza, Xining Haihu wanda plaza and Jiangmen Taishan wanda plaza shopping centers; In October, he won wanda plaza in Zhoupu.

Asset sales may continue.

In addition to the above-mentioned wanda plaza, Wanda also put its film and hotel business on the shelves.

On December 26th, 2023, Wanda Group sold the assets of Shanghai Wanda Ruihua Hotel. Prior to this, there was a major equity change in WANDA CINEMAS. Shanghai Ruyi Investment Management Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Tencent, realized the wholly-owned holding of Beijing Wanda Investment Co., Ltd. and became the largest shareholder of WANDA CINEMAS.

Why does Wanda continue to "sell and sell"? This is not unrelated to its tight capital chain.

On December 28th last year, according to the information disclosed by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the prospectus of Zhuhai Wanda Commercial Management Group Co., Ltd. was invalid again. This is the fourth failure of the prospectus submitted by Zhuhai Wanda Commercial Management.

It is reported that Zhuhai Wanda Commercial Management Company applies for listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. If it cannot be successfully listed by the end of 2023, Wanda Commercial Management Group will have to pay about 38 billion yuan of equity repurchase to investors before listing.

Due to the delay in hitting the IPO of Hong Kong stocks, Wanda chose to sell some of its assets nationwide in exchange for liquidity in order to ease the pressure on gambling.

Although in mid-December 2023, Wanda reached an agreement with investors and introduced 60 billion investment to give Wanda a break. However, it remains to be seen whether this huge sum of money can be successfully put in place. Since the beginning of this year, Wanda is still selling its core assets. Some market voices say that in order to alleviate the financial pressure, Wanda will continue to sell its assets.

Xiaoxiang morning herald Chili Finance reporter Luo Yaqi

Original title: Wanda continues to "slim"! Wanda plaza changed hands again. Who are the takers?

　　This newspaper (reporter Wang Shanshan from Zhongqing Daily and Zhongqing.com) on November 15th, China Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment Foundation and Zeping Macro officially released the Report on the Development of Youth Entrepreneurship in China (2022) (hereinafter referred to as the Report). The Report consists of six parts: the current situation of entrepreneurship development, the portrait of youth entrepreneurship groups in China, the measures to promote youth entrepreneurship development in typical cities, the index of youth entrepreneurship development in China, the ranking of urban youth entrepreneurship development in China and suggestions.

　　According to the Report, innovation and entrepreneurship in China presents a high-quality development trend, with a considerable number of ventures, high venture capital activity, simultaneous follow-up by innovation and service institutions, and an excellent overall entrepreneurial environment. The Report points out that youth entrepreneurship is characterized by youthfulness, high education and small start-up capital. The main force of entrepreneurship is mainly undergraduate and junior college, focusing on agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, wholesale and retail, education and culture. Nearly 70% of entrepreneurial youth have a start-up capital of less than 100,000 yuan. More than half of young entrepreneurs’ profits and losses fluctuate, and 70% of young entrepreneurs start making profits within three years. 54% of college entrepreneurs have participated in entrepreneurship competition, 62% of young entrepreneurs in emerging science and technology believe that innovative and entrepreneurial platforms such as entrepreneurial parks and incubators have greatly helped their entrepreneurial success, and 56.2% of returning entrepreneurs are college students.

　　In recent years, various localities have launched targeted measures to effectively help young people start businesses. The research group of the Report conducted field research in Guangzhou, Qingdao, Chongqing, Zhengzhou and Shenyang, and found that Guangzhou pays attention to building innovative and entrepreneurial training brands and promoting the integrated development of entrepreneurial projects and industries. Qingdao has strengthened and upgraded the mode of "group-bank cooperation" and improved the financial support for entrepreneurship. Chongqing relies on the help brand project "Qingfeng Plan" to solve the financing problem in the early stage of youth entrepreneurship. Zhengzhou established the Incubation Carrier Industry Association to build a bridge between the government and enterprise carriers and stimulate the vitality of "double innovation". Shenyang has built a team of "five in one" entrepreneurial tutors and diversified resources to support entrepreneurship.

　　According to the Report, with the continuous improvement of the national entrepreneurial environment and the continuous refinement of entrepreneurial support policies, from 2015 to 2021, the China Youth Entrepreneurship Development Index rose from 100 to 171.0. Among the 50 youth entrepreneurship-friendly cities in 2021, Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai rank among the top three, while first-tier cities, developed provincial capitals and developed prefecture-level cities in the east rank among the top. The Report pointed out that venture capital, social resources and knowledge reserves are the main difficulties faced by young entrepreneurs, and increasing the support of preferential tax policies for entrepreneurship and simplifying administrative examination and approval procedures are the main demands of over 60% of young entrepreneurs.

　　The Report suggests that, macroscopically, we should improve the efficiency of market resource allocation, boost the confidence of micro-subjects, launch a package of policies led by new infrastructure and expand domestic demand for consumer investment, so as to provide a good environment for young people to innovate and start businesses and guide new directions. Microscopically, we should set up organizations for rural entrepreneurship, organize youth entrepreneurship exchange activities, open a green channel for the application of entrepreneurial invention patents, build a "policy-connected" platform for regional entrepreneurship, and build a national public service platform for entrepreneurial youth from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to help young people innovate and start businesses in an all-round way.

　　China Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment Foundation started the research on youth entrepreneurship in 2017, and continuously published annual reports, aiming at sorting out the evolution and trends of China’s entrepreneurship policies, summarizing the characteristics, problems, difficulties and demands of youth entrepreneurship based on the follow-up survey of the current situation of youth entrepreneurship in China, judging the dynamic trend of youth entrepreneurship, and combining with the work related to youth entrepreneurship services, putting forward policy suggestions to promote the development of youth entrepreneurship.

Original: Maoying Entertainment Editorial Department Maoying Entertainment

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More than 400 TV series broadcast in 2019 not only left the experience of making explosions and updated the explosion formula (click review: 2019 TV series inventory: revealing the truth of explosions), but also won the popularity of Sean Xiao, YiBo, Li Xian and other actors.

On the content level, the 2019 series also tried to show diversity. You Know, which depicts the new women in ancient times, analyzes the Chinese family’s Everything’s Fine and Little Joy, restores the ice-breaking action mediated by the anti-drug police and drug dealers, and the youth’s sweet pet, Dear, Love, shines in the same file as The Untamed in the costume of Xian Xia. The long tail of Joy of Life broadcast at the end of the year has also continued to this year.

In 2020, "detective chinatown" launched the first shot of online drama, which was close to the narrative and lens language of the film and scored 8.1 douban, which made a good start for online drama in 2020.

Up to now, there are more than 200 TV series to be broadcast on five David TV stations (Hunan Satellite TV, Dragon TV, Zhejiang Satellite TV, Beijing Satellite TV and Jiangsu Satellite TV) and four major video platforms (Tencent, Iqiyi, Youku and Mango), among which there are many seed players who have attracted much attention from the preparatory period, such as "Please advise me for the rest of my life" and "Youth Tour".

Cat Shadow Entertainment (ID: maoyingtv) has specially compiled the drama list of TV and video platforms in 2020.

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Five David TV films in 2020

Emotional dramas and workplace dramas with realistic themes occupy more than half of the prime files of satellite TV. Although the popular "Elite Lawyer" has not gained much resonance from the audience in the lawyer profession, the twists and turns of the emotional drama in its office can frequently attract heated discussions among netizens, and the continuous high ratings can also show that the TV series with urban theme is attractive on the small screen.

In 2020, there will be not only the type of workplace drama such as The Great Pediatrician, but also the main theme TV series "Puzzle" and "People’s Property", etc., which can be seen from the care for reality and social reflection.

On the other hand, the video platform’s 2020 drama list is a variety of themes such as costume, city, suspense, military, comedy, etc., among which costume accounts for the highest proportion.

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Video platform drama list in 2020

Earlier, Cat Shadow Entertainment (ID: maoyingtv) analyzed the male frequency drama and female frequency drama on the video platform. Click here to review: Who will be the winner of the male frequency drama VS female frequency drama on the video platform in 2020?

In addition to the different emphasis on the types of TV dramas mentioned above, on the whole, the list of dramas in 2020 also reveals the following information and possible issues.

1. It is normal for satellite TV to broadcast together and network stations to link together, and high-traffic dramas are the killer of solo broadcasting.

In the first quarter of 2019, Beijing Satellite TV and Shanghai Oriental TV jointly broadcast four dramas, namely, Rivers, Kings Behind the Scenes, Sesame Hutong and Youth Fight, which occupied the top two in the ratings list, which was a win-win situation. On the other hand, Jiangsu Satellite TV and Zhejiang Satellite TV’s "Everything is Fine" also triggered a ratings boom, and Zhejiang Satellite TV also made a breakthrough in TV ratings through "Everything is Fine".

Stills of "Everything is Fine"

Beijing Satellite TV and Shanghai Oriental TV, the "Elite Lawyers" launched this year, are still working together, and the good strategic relationship between the south and the north remains stable. After that, Beijing Satellite TV and Oriental TV will also broadcast "New World" starring Sun Honglei and Edward Zhang, and Jiangsu Satellite TV and Zhejiang Satellite TV will also broadcast "Hidden and Great" starring Yifeng Li and Gina.

Hunan Satellite TV, which has an independent video website Mango TV, pays more attention to the linkage between networks. Satellite TV reserves such high-flow and high-heat dramas as "Please Teach Me for the Rest of My Life", and the deployment of Mango TV linked with it is also very careful. According to reports, "In 2020, Mango TV will promote the four major theaters of Jinmang, Qingmang, Yatai and Interactive, and launch an S-level drama every season, with eight major dramas throughout the year."

Stills of "Please give me more advice for the rest of my life"

Undoubtedly, high-quality dramas can often feed back the platform. In 2018, Story of Yanxi Palace won 12 million yuan for iQiyi, and in 2019, the The Untamed finale earned 156 million yuan ahead of the on-demand Tencent. Such a considerable return will definitely make the network pay more attention to the reserve of high-quality dramas.

According to the TV drama list in 2020, all five Davids have prepared exclusive high-flow killers for themselves, such as Hunan Satellite TV’s Please Teach Me More for the Rest of My Life, The Legend of Fei’s Cream on the Knife, Oriental TV’s Big River 2, Love Apartment 5, Zhejiang Satellite TV’s People’s Property, Beijing Satellite TV’s Da Ming Gong Ci, and Jiangsu Satellite TV’s The Great Pediatrician.

2. Looking for a way out of the backlog of costume dramas, IP adaptation is still hot.

In recent years, costume dramas have been seriously affected by the policy, especially in 2019. According to the data, in the first half of 2019, the number of dramas with distribution licenses decreased by 15.63% year-on-year, and among the TV dramas that completed the filing in the first three quarters, the number of costume dramas decreased by 68.8%.

It is normal for costume dramas in 2019 to suddenly withdraw their files and publish their hair naked. The Untamed and The Longest Day In Chang’an, etc. are all famous for their stories about the youth of the Great Song Dynasty. Even at the end of the year, it is fortunate that costume dramas such as He Lai Hua Ting and Once upon a time, there was a mountain with a sword, Joy of Life, etc. can be successfully launched and regularly broadcast.

Joy of Life stills

Through the list of dramas to be broadcast on the video platform in 2020, we can see that in 2020, a large number of costume dramas "defected" to the video platform. Among them, there are many backlogged dramas, such as "Three Life and Three Pillows", "The Master" and "Dream Back to the Song" and so on.

In this large-scale costume drama, IP adaptation is still hot, and it is a reserve for explosions. In 2019, Joy of Life, The Untamed, The Longest Day In Chang’an has proved that IP will not fail under the condition of carefully polishing the content and managing the relationship with fans, and it can even realize the C-side traffic while creating the top flow. The Untamed is the best example.

This year’s The Legend of Fei’s Youth Hairpin Tour, Big Master, Three-body, Lady Huzhu, etc. are all big IP with a deep reader base, and it is very likely to become an explosion when actors with equal flow and strength join in.

3. The creation of realistic themes is more diverse, such as main theme, women, workplace, military, e-sports and so on.

In 2017, "in the name of people" made the main theme TV series win-win in terms of audience rating and volume. Last year, the online drama "Breaking the Ice", which was mediated by the anti-drug police and drug dealers, not only won the highest score in recent years for anti-drug TV series, but also was broadcast on TV stations for the second time after webcasting, becoming an excellent online drama of anti-loss TV, showing the vitality of the main theme creation.

Last year’s realistic TV series about family, such as Everything’s Fine, Little Joy and School of Youth, also achieved very good results.

In this year, the creation of realistic themes is more diverse, with the main theme of People’s Property and Puzzle to be broadcast on Zhejiang Satellite TV, and Tencent’s video Our The National SouthWest Associated University and Fog in the Smoke; In real life, Nothing But Thirty, who is a modern woman, focuses on the house seller, ordinary glory and so on; Among the military themes, there are dramas such as Glory of Special War, Trumpet in Place and Dear Military Dress, which are joined by young actors of the new generation.

Nothing But Thirty stills

Last year, Full-time Master, Accompany You to the Top of the World and Dear, which showed some e-sports, made the once minority cultural e-sports appear in a more mainstream way like TV series. Whether this year’s e-sports dramas such as Full-time Master 2 and Crossing the Fire Line can continue to make people shine is also worthy of attention.

In addition, suspense dramas will continue to be active on the video platform, such as detective chinatown, Fox Hunting and Skyscraper.

4. The sweet pet drama that makes the industry rush to become a real "koi fish" needs differentiation.

The sweet pet drama with low cost and high return is gaining momentum, which makes the industry rush. Once upon a time, overbearing president-style sweet pet dramas such as "Shanshan Comes" and "Love O2O" flooded many girls’ hearts. Last year’s "Dear, Dear" made girls "go to the top" in succession, and iQiyi’s anti-routine costume sweet pet drama "Love in Jianghu" also gained a good reputation.

Stills of "Love Jianghu"

However, the sweet pet drama is not profitable, and only a few can become the real "koi fish". Most sweet pet dramas are reduced to cannon fodder because of the same plot and shoddy production.

In the new year’s drama series, we can’t find out which one is an excellent sweet pet drama in the name, but if we want to be a real "koi fish" with a small and broad scope, we must make differentiated good content.

The drama war in 2020 has already started. Which dramas can win the applause of the audience and stand out in the market of more than 100 dramas in deus ex, we are waiting for the answer.

Original title: "2020 drama series: finding a way out of the backlog of costume dramas, IP adaptation is still hot"

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I don’t know if you know anything about what is introduced today. Let’s take a look at it together.

Let’s take a look at the appearance of CLEVER. CLEVER’s front face looks very delicate and sporty. Headlights are very in line with consumers’ aesthetics and outline a simple and generous effect. The car is equipped with etc. Coming to the side of the car body, the size of the car body is 3140 mm * 1648 mm * 1531 mm. The car adopts comfortable lines, and the car body presents an atmospheric design style, which is eye-catching with large-sized thick-walled tires. In the design of the rear end, the rear end looks cute, and the taillights look very cute. Overall, it is relatively simple.

Sitting in the car, the interior design is very soft, which makes people feel very atmospheric. Made of plastic, it looks a little more sexy. Let’s take a look at the central control. The design of the center console is reasonable, which makes the interior design quite layered and looks quite cool. The interior feels good. Let’s take a look at the dashboard and seats. The dashboard design is remarkable and looks very soft. The car adopts imitation leather seats and is equipped with functions such as the whole seat falling down, which further improves the comfort of the occupants.

CLEVER matched gearbox, 33KW, 100N.m, with good power performance.

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What’s your main impression of this car after reading the whole article? The CLEVER introduced today not only shows eye-catching performance in space, but also reaches the mainstream level in various configurations, and there is nothing to be picky about driving experience and space experience.

　　On April 4th, in Bucharest, Romania, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a press conference after the NATO-Russia Council meeting. Putin spoke positively of the meeting as a whole, but at the same time he once again expressed his dissatisfaction on controversial issues such as NATO expansion. Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Jinquan photo

　　Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the 4th that Russia’s relations with the West will not return to the Cold War period, but Russia will not shrink from the strategic security issues brought about by the eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

　　"direct threat"

　　Putin held a 90-minute meeting with NATO leaders attending the NATO-Russia Council meeting in Bucharest, Romania. After the meeting, Putin held a separate press conference to bombard the core security issues such as NATO’s eastward expansion and the European missile defense plan.

　　Leaders of NATO member countries decided on the 3rd to formally invite Balkan countries Croatia and Albania to join NATO. Out of concern for Russia, NATO temporarily refused to admit Ukraine and Georgia into NATO’s "Action Plan for Member States", but vaguely stated that Russia’s two neighboring countries would "one day" join NATO.

　　Putin warned at the news conference that NATO’s approach to the Russian border was a "direct threat" to Russian national security. "Powerful groups appearing on our border will be regarded by Russia as a direct security threat," he said, adding that the statement that NATO expansion is not aimed at Russia cannot "convince us".

　　NATO said that the eastward expansion will contribute to the stability and democracy of the former Soviet republics. Putin accused this statement of being "absurd and exaggerated."

　　In response to the US missile defense system plan for Eastern Europe, Putin once again questioned the US statement that the plan was aimed at Iran at the closed meeting that day. "No one really thinks that Iran dares to attack the United States," a delegate quoted Putin as saying. "It is wiser to try to make Iran more transparent and predictable than to push Iran into a corner."

　　There will be no "cold war"

　　Putin complained that after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia gradually withdrew peacefully from Eastern Europe, and Russia "certainly expected some returns, but the returns did not appear". On the contrary, some NATO members are still trying to "demonize" Russia.

　　Putin questioned the rationality of NATO’s continued existence. He said that this military organization, which was an opponent of Warsaw Pact, had no reason to continue to exist after the disappearance of Warsaw Pact.

　　When a reporter asked whether the tense relationship between Russia and the West would develop into a new cold war. Putin denied this. "No, I don’t think it’s possible. It’s not in anyone’s interest … Europe, the United States and Russia, no global participant is interested in going back to the past, so it’s not necessary.".

　　Putin said that his dialogue with NATO leaders was "constructive". He told NATO leaders that Russia was prepared to re-implement the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe if the West made concessions.

　　In addition, Putin said that he noticed that the United States began to listen to Russia’s concerns about the anti-missile plan in Eastern Europe, which is "a positive side of today’s dialogue."

　　US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State condoleezza rice visited Russia last month to discuss the anti-missile plan with Russia. Putin commented that this "shows that the United States is trying to improve trust and transparency."

　　US President George W. Bush will go to Sochi, the Russian Black Sea resort, to meet with Russian leaders on the 5th. Putin said that he will discuss with Bush the "strategic framework" of a possible security agreement.

　　Unload the "burden"

　　This is the last time Putin attended the NATO-Russia Council meeting founded in 2002 as president. Putin said at a news conference that he was very happy to unload the "burden" of the president in the future. "I look forward to transferring this burden from my shoulder to my successor’s shoulder."

　　"There is nothing to regret. Ending the presidency is my long-awaited freedom," Putin said.

　　When referring to the successor president Dmitry Medvedev, Putin said, "You will have an interesting time with him."

　　NATO Secretary General jaap de hoop scheffer praised outgoing Putin and Bush as the "fathers of birth" of the NATO-Russian Council on the 4th. He said that Putin will continue to play a role in Russian politics after leaving office. He told Putin at the end of the meeting that he was looking forward to seeing him again. (Feng Wuyong)

Editor: Wang Yuxi

In our life, some people shine in our hearts forever, although they have left. It is a deep emotion to miss the old friends, to cherish the wonderful fragments of their lives, and to grieve for their irreparable loss. Today, we cherish the memory of five stars who left a deep impression on our lives in the first half of this year. They lit up our years with their unique light, and their departure left eternal melancholy.

Chen Dike: The Struggle Life from Dragon and Tiger Martial Master to Golden Supporting Role

Chen Dike, a story from porter and gardener to dragon and tiger warrior. Born into an ordinary family in Hong Kong in 1947, he showed his love for martial arts from an early age. In order to make a living, he has to do all kinds of manual labor, but his passion for martial arts has never subsided. This enthusiasm finally led him into Shaw Film Company, became a martial artist, and then went to Li’s TV station as a martial arts instructor. This experience laid a solid foundation for his later acting career.

In 1979, Chen Dike joined TVB, became a martial arts instructor, and occasionally made a guest appearance in a series. However, TVB’s salary is not high, and he has a family to take care of, which forced him to temporarily leave the entertainment industry and start a taxi. However, the passion for performing was always burning in his heart. A few years later, he decided to return to TVB. This return made him focus his career entirely on acting. Although he always plays a supporting role, his acting skills are impressive. Whether he is a villain or a hero, he plays it perfectly.

Surprisingly, Chen Dike remained active on the screen until he was in his 70s, and never thought about retiring. On April 20th, 2024, Chen Dike died of pneumonia at the age of 76. His sudden death made the audience who liked him lament the impermanence of life, and made people deeply miss this silent supporting role.

Junxiong Liao: Life Change from Actor to Businessman

Junxiong Liao, a supporting actor who frequently appeared in TVB TV dramas, was born in Hong Kong in 1960. As an actor, he appeared in many classic dramas, such as "The Dragon Slayer with Eternal Feelings" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" by The Duke Of Mount Deer. In 1997, he made a bold decision, leaving the familiar show business and turning to business. This decision surprised many people, but Junxiong Liao believed that it was a life choice that was more suitable for him.

However, the road to doing business is not smooth sailing. Junxiong Liao has experienced many ups and downs. Although he has made money, his love for performance has never been put down. In 2017, he finally decided to return to TVB and starred in the explosive drama "Anti-Black", and once again embarked on the road of performing arts. This return not only gave new vitality to his acting career, but also inspired his son Liao Jiajue to enter the TVB artist training class and continue his father’s unfinished performance dream.

Junxiong Liao’s life is full of dramatic changes. In 2021, fate played a joke on him again. His good friend Liao Qizhi died of stomach cancer, and a month later, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer himself. The blow came too suddenly, but Junxiong Liao didn’t give up. He actively fought against the disease and passed death many times. However, after three years’ efforts, on May 18th, 2024, Junxiong Liao finally died of stomach cancer at the age of 64. This news made many viewers and colleagues feel sad and sorry, because they not only lost a good actor, but also lost a strong anti-cancer fighter.

Shi Weijian: The Artistic Life from Drama Stage to Film and Television Screen

Shi Weijian was born in Huai ‘an, Jiangsu Province in 1935. He showed his love for drama since he was a child. In 1950, he stood out among more than 2,000 candidates and became a student of the Actor Training Institute of Shanghai People’s Art Theatre. On the stage of drama, he is an absolute veteran. He has worked in Shanghai People’s Art Theatre and Central Experimental Theatre successively, and has appeared in classic dramas such as Peach Blossom Fan, One Servant and Two Masters, and Fen Shui Chang Liu, which has won the audience’s love and recognition from peers.

At the age of 40, Shi Weijian ushered in a turning point in his career. Xie Jin, the great director, took a fancy to his acting talent and invited him to play the leading actor Luo Qun in the movie The Legend of Tianyunshan. The film was a great success after it was released in 1981, and Shi Weijian became famous. From then on, he began to be active in the film and television screen, among which Sun Yat-sen played an incisive role.

Despite his remarkable achievements in film and television, Shi Weijian has never forgotten his initial stage. As he grew older, he gradually faded out of the screen, but he remained active on the stage of drama. On May 12th, 2024, Shi Weijian died of illness at the age of 89. After the news came out, many audiences and people in the theater felt extremely sorry. His life is like a drama with ups and downs, full of persistence, love and endless artistic pursuit. Shi Weijian’s death is undoubtedly a great loss for the performing arts, and it also makes people cherish the artists who silently contribute on the stage and on the screen.

Toriyama Akira: The Eternal Legend of comic world

Toriyama Akira, a legendary figure in Japanese cartoon industry, is famous for his creation of Dragon Ball series comics. His comic works have hundreds of millions of loyal fans not only in Japan, but also around the world. Influenced by Osamu Tezuka and Walter Disney since childhood, Toriyama Akira has shown extraordinary talent in comic creation.

In 1980s, the cartoon series Dragon Ball made him famous. This work not only set a huge sales record in the cartoon industry, but also was adapted into a popular cartoon. Dragon Ball is not only a comic book, but also a symbol of a generation’s childhood memory, and its influence goes far beyond the comic book itself.

However, although Toriyama Akira created such great works, his life was not smooth sailing. On March 1, 2024, due to acute subdural hematoma, he died suddenly at the age of 68. The news shocked the global animation industry, and many people couldn’t believe his sudden departure. Fans of "Dragon Ball" posted their condolences on social media, lamenting that the influence left by Toriyama Akira will never disappear.

Wang Tiecheng: The Immortal Legend of Premier Zhou’s Role

Wang Tiecheng, a special actor who is famous for playing Premier Zhou, has a legendary career. At first, he performed in obscurity in China Children’s Art Theatre for many years. Until 1977, he successfully played the role of Premier Zhou in the drama "The Turning Point", which ushered in the peak of his career. This role not only made him shine on the stage, but also established his position as Premier Zhou in movies and TV series.

Although his career is in full swing, Wang Tiecheng never forgets his initial intention. He is well known by the public as a good husband and father. His long-term marriage with his wife, Yan Lili, is a pillar of happiness in his life. However, on June 21st, 2024, Wang Tiecheng died of illness at the age of 88. His departure made his wife deeply grieved, and even more, he wrote a tearful elegy, which made the whole entertainment industry mourn for it.

Wang Tiecheng’s farewell ceremony was held in babaoshan funeral home on June 25th, and all relatives and friends were in tears. In the last stage of his life, he made great achievements in his acting career and family life, and his role as Premier Zhou will always be engraved in the hearts of the audience and become his immortal artistic legacy.

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