On November 15th, 2024 Guangzhou Auto Show was successfully held. At this auto show site, the new Ford/Lingyu plug-in hybrid vehicle was officially launched. The former has launched a total of four sub-models, with an official guide price of 168,800-199,800 yuan, positioning "express charging and plugging mixed five-seat SUV"; The latter launched a total of three sub-models, with an official guide price of 206,800-238,800 yuan, and positioned as "a 7-seat SUV with extra fuel consumption".

New Ford Lingrui plug-in hybrid

In terms of appearance design, the new car fully draws lessons from the elements of the fuel version, and on this basis, it is completely blackened, making its appearance more fashionable and dynamic, showing a dynamic posture. The body lines are smooth and natural, just like flowing clouds, which perfectly outlines its unique sports style. In the front part, the designer skillfully integrated the family-style design concept, making the style of the whole vehicle more unified. At the same time, equipped with sharp, not only improve the lighting effect, but also give the vehicle a higher degree of recognition.

On the side of the car body, the new car adopts a dynamic waistline design, which extends from the front fender to the taillights, creating a body posture that sprints forward, further emphasizing its sports attributes. Under the car door, there are exquisite blackened decorative strips, which not only enhance the overall texture, but also further render the fashion atmosphere on the side.

In the rear part, the design of the car is also full of highlights. The layered tail shape with polygonal taillight design not only broadens the visual width, but also enhances the sense of technology and fashion of the vehicle. LED light source is used inside the taillight, which has a cool effect after lighting, echoing the headlights at the front of the car, forming a unified and coordinated overall style. On the whole, Lingrui PHEV perfectly combines fashion, dynamics and practicality in shape design, showing the unique charm of a high-quality SUV.

In terms of interior configuration, the new car introduced Tencent TAI+ intelligent ecosystem, equipped with high-performance 8155 chip, which brought rich and diverse intelligent interconnection experience for drivers and passengers. The central control large screen design is simple, and the operation interface is intuitive and easy to understand, making every touch convenient and smooth. The car is equipped with humanized configurations such as one-button start and intelligent automatic air conditioning to meet the needs of consumers in all directions.

In terms of power, the new Ford Leary plug-in hybrid SUV is equipped with a 1.5T hybrid exclusive engine, with a maximum engine power of 110kW, achieving an excellent thermal efficiency of 42%, and the fuel consumption of CLTC is as low as 4.3L/100km.

New Ford Lingyu plug-in hybrid

The new Ford Lingyu plug-in hybrid model perfectly inherits the hard-core aesthetic concept that the Ford brand has always adhered to. This new car adopts a unique founder hood shape in design, which not only shows a straight and determined posture, but also gives the whole car a unique sense of strength. The front face is designed with a penetrating light strip, which greatly broadens the visual width of the front of the car and makes the whole front face look wider and more atmospheric. The L-shaped headlight design creates a distinct visual effect with its simple and bright lines, which further enhances the three-dimensional sense and recognition of the front face.

On the side of the car body, the new car adopts a smooth waistline design, extending from the front fender to the taillights, which not only enhances the layering of the car body, but also shows a dynamic visual effect between light and shadow, as if ready to break through the shackles and gallop in the vast world. The concave design under the car door adds a bit of muscle to the car body and skillfully creates a ready-to-go sports posture. A brand-new earth color system-"wilderness green" and "cactus ash" was introduced, all inspired by the magnificent outdoor scene.

In the tail design, the new Ford Lingyu plug-in hybrid model also adopts the L-shaped star-shining taillight design, and the taillight shines with full edges and corners, echoing the headlights from a distance, forming a complete visual system. This design not only shows the tenacity and strength of a tough guy, but also makes the whole vehicle more harmonious and unified visually. The line design of the tail is simple and powerful, which complements the hard-core aesthetic style of the whole vehicle and shows the movement and strength.

In terms of interior, the new car cockpit adopts the embracing design style, creating a warm and comfortable driving atmosphere. The center console is equipped with a floating touch screen, which is not only full of science and technology, but also provides a wealth of intelligent interconnection functions, allowing drivers to enjoy the convenience and fun of intelligent technology while enjoying driving pleasure. The seat is wrapped in high-grade leather material, and the filler is soft and moderate, which provides good support and comfort. At the same time, it also supports multi-directional electric adjustment and heating/ventilation functions.

In terms of power, the new Ford Lingyu plug-in hybrid is equipped with a plug-in hybrid system consisting of a 1.5T turbocharged engine and a motor, in which the maximum power of the engine is 110kW and the maximum power of the driving motor is 160kW. The transmission system is matched with a 2-speed DHT hybrid gearbox and equipped with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited super hybrid battery, which can charge the power from 30% to 80% in 14 minutes. It also has the function of external discharge, the discharge power is as high as 3.3kW and the working voltage is 220V, which can easily meet the power demand of common household appliances such as projectors, game machines and barbecue grills.

　　At present, the gambling trend has not been fundamentally curbed in some rural areas, new gambling has expanded rapidly, and traditional gambling methods are almost open. Gambling is endless, which easily leads to grassroots evil forces and erodes rural civilization.

　　Pay 10 thousand protection fee every month, and the casino "pumps water" to get money quickly

　　"Because I am rarely in my hometown, I became a stranger in the village. As a result, I was stopped by an underground casino as soon as I entered the village, and I was not allowed to enter the village." A villager surnamed Meng told reporters that about two years ago, he drove back to his hometown in the western countryside. As soon as he entered the village, a young man asked him to open the window and check his identity.

　　Half-monthly reporters followed this clue and found a villager Wang Hua (a pseudonym) who had participated in the operation and management of rural underground casinos. He told reporters who talked for half a month that there was such a situation of stopping the car. If the owner was not convinced and dared to fight back, he was likely to be beaten. Afterwards, the casino owner will find a relationship to settle, smash the broken car, the boss will pay for the repair of the car, and the boss will pay for the treatment of the injured person. Stoppers are lookout patrol personnel in casinos, and each lookout is provided with walkie-talkies. If the lookout at the entrance of the village feels abnormal, they will immediately notify the person in charge of the casino in the village, and the casino will immediately evacuate.

　　Wang Hua’s casino is run by more than 10 people, most of whom gamble in the casino, which can create a lively atmosphere in the casino and attract more gamblers.

　　Underground casinos set up mobile gambling. In order to avoid attracting attention, underground casinos are not available every day, and the location of casinos is not fixed, but mobile. Now there are more idle farm houses in rural areas, and it is easier to find places. Generally, it is held once a week or once every half a month, and it is decided whether to open a gambling game according to the number of participants and the willingness to participate in gambling. Every time a gambling game is set up, it usually needs 10 people to organize the operation. Some people are responsible for patrolling the periphery, some are responsible for pumping water, some are responsible for maintaining order in the venue, and some are responsible for the statistics of revenue and expenditure accounts. Everyone is responsible for their own duties.

　　Underground casinos regularly pay protection fees to umbrellas. The casino pays the protection fee of 10 thousand yuan on time every month, so the police station will not come to check the casino. In addition, some public security personnel who collude with casinos will also investigate and deal with other casinos within the jurisdiction of the township, to a certain extent, to ensure that the passenger flow of this casino paying protection fees is relatively sufficient.

　　How does the casino ensure the source of customers? Wang Hua told reporters who talked for half a month that people who like gambling generally have a certain circle of friends, and many customers bring people, and casinos will pay certain rewards to those who bring customers. For example, some drivers who cooperate with the casino know the time and place of each bet, and he sends customers, then the casino will pay the driver the fare and meals. In this case, the normal fare only needs 100 yuan, and the driver quoted a fare of 200 and 300 yuan. Casinos generally don’t bargain, and casino owners hope that drivers will bring more people to gamble.

　　Casino pumping generally draws 10% of gambling money. Wang Hua said that their expenses in this casino are not reconciled with invoices, which is quite casual, such as 10 foes, who are in 100 yuan during the day and in 100 yuan at night. Every link will detain some into his pocket at will. For example, the pumping staff actually pumped 10,000 yuan, but he only handed in 9,000 yuan, and no one will investigate it generally.

　　By the roadside and shops, rural gambling is almost open.

　　At midnight on New Year’s Eve, in front of a shop on the main road of Shangwen Village in wuxuan county, Guangxi, the lights are brightly lit. Outside the door, there is a card table. The villagers are surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside. There are old men and women with white hair and young men who have just returned from work. People keep leaving and others join. A gray-haired aunt lost to 700 yuan in a short time. She was so distressed that she frowned and immediately borrowed 300 yuan from other villagers.

　　Half a month, the reporter saw that the table in the middle was almost full of banknotes with a denomination of 100 yuan. There were four people sitting inside, who were the main gamblers, and the onlookers were "gambling periphery". You can choose one of the four gamblers to make additional bets.

　　On the first day of the lunar new year, the reporter saw the same scene in another store, but the number of tables increased from 2 to 5. Some tables are dominated by elderly people, and the amount of bets is small. Some bets are one or two yuan each time, and some bets are twenty or thirty yuan each time, mainly for entertainment, and each game takes a long time; In some tables, there are more young people, and the amount of bets is relatively large. Every time you make a bet of several hundred yuan, you draw three cards at a time, which is called "betting on the three fairs" locally. It is directly related to the size, winning or losing quickly and the amount is relatively large. A young man lost all the 9,000 yuan he brought in two hours, and found someone to borrow 1000 yuan to continue "gambling on the periphery". Others lost 40 thousand yuan in an hour.

　　In addition to public gambling, electronic gambling is also common in rural areas. Half a month, the reporter saw the electronic game machine of "golden toad fishing" turned into a gambling tool in a rural shop. Some villagers paid 30 yuan money for gambling, started the machine to get 300 bullets, fired bullets to hit big fish, got 1,200 bullets, and then got a reward of 120 yuan.

　　Cross-regional online gambling is popular among rural teenagers and makes them suffer greatly. Public security organs in Henan, Guangxi and other places said that from the situation of gambling offenders investigated in recent years, the number of young gamblers has increased year by year, and many rural teenagers seek excitement in online gambling and become one of the main groups of online gambling.

　　Wechat transfer, telephone order, underground Mark Six lottery flooding.

　　In some rural areas of Guangxi, the underground Mark Six lottery has flooded to a shocking degree. Half a month, the reporter randomly contacted more than 10 farmers, and everyone bought the underground Mark Six lottery, including some village cadres.

　　"At most, about 30% of farmers in the village buy Mark Six lottery tickets." Wu Tianyang, director of Shangwen Village Committee, said frankly that similar situations are also common in other villages. A former headmaster of a village primary school said that once the school held a parent-teacher meeting, before his speech was over, some parents interrupted his speech and said, "The code will be opened soon" and he should go back early.

　　There are two main ways to buy underground Mark Six lottery tickets, WeChat ordering and on-site purchase. Many villagers in Shangwen Village who work outside the home report that it is very convenient to surf the Internet by mobile phone now. Some people open online accounts for a long time, and the funds are running inside. Every bet is transferred by WeChat, and the purchase number is informed by phone. After the code is opened, the winning number will be known through WeChat for the first time.

　　In some villages in Guangxi, underground Mark Six publicity color pages printed with the words "Hong Kong Authentic Publishing, Zodiac Special Code Table" are placed in the most conspicuous position on the store counters. Some villagers told reporters who talked for half a month that if they want to improve the winning rate, they need to buy more materials for research, which can be bought in county newsstands, township fairs and other places. Lu Xiang (pseudonym), a villager in Shangwen Village, said that she joined an underground Mark Six Lottery WeChat group, with nearly 300 members, and everyone often shared research materials on buying Mark Six Lottery in the group.

　　Nowadays, pyramid selling "developing offline" has become a new trick to incite gambling in rural areas. Zou Mei (pseudonym), a villager in Shangwen Village, told a reporter who talked for half a month that one of her friends opened a shop selling underground Mark Six lottery tickets, and promised that anyone who could introduce a customer, regardless of whether the introduced customer bought Mark Six lottery tickets, would get an agency fee in 10 yuan.

　　Although the government has been cracking down on gambling, it is still difficult to completely curb gambling communication networks. It is necessary to crack down on gambling in a larger geographical area and at a higher level of government, by means of stricter rectification, not only to eliminate all open gambling sales outlets, but also to dig up underground sales networks and interest chains. (Half-monthly talk with reporter Cheng Shihua and Wang Linyuan)