Edwards, the new champion: another inspirational bad karma Eva from football field to NBA field

On the morning of November 19th, Beijing time, the 2020 NBA Draft was held online. The Timberwolves chose guard anthony edwards from the University of Georgia in the first round. The 19-year-old boy was elected as the No.1 pick in this year’s NBA, finally fulfilling his basketball dream and officially stepping onto the NBA stage. Edwards has the same inspirational story as jimmy butler. His earliest ambition was to become a football star, and all kinds of misfortunes and twists and turns in his growth eventually turned such a gifted sports genius into a basketball superstar in the future.
Edwards is 1.96 meters tall. On the draft template of American media, he resembles former Heat star Dwyane Wade or jazz general Donovan Mitchell, but his athletic talent seems to be better than both. As far as physical condition is concerned, Edwards is a strong defender. Besides his excellent scoring ability, he can also be a very qualified defender and can defend multiple positions, which makes Edwards look more balanced and comprehensive at both ends of the offense and defense. As a scorer, Edwards can attack with the ball or play without the ball. He can break through the opponent’s defense line and score in an unexpected way with accurate dry jump shot. In the last NCAA season, Edwards’ data was 19.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 steals. His outstanding athletic ability made Edwards full of impact when he switched between offense and defense, which was quite Wade’s style at the peak.
The talented Edwards also has some shortcomings. One is the lack of concentration on the court, which makes his play unstable, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and his state often fluctuates. Edwards is still quite "independent". His creed is "scoring first and passing second". This kind of play may bring problems in cooperation with teammates after entering the NBA. As a veteran of the rookie team, it is obvious that he will not accept a little player who has always controlled the ball in his own hands. In addition, as a shooting guard, Edwards’ 3-point shooting percentage is not high enough. His 3-point shooting percentage last season was only 29.4%.
Speaking of it, there are some unexpected and lucky elements in the future NBA stadium to have such a talented player. Because Edwards’ initial sports dream was to enter the NFL and become a football star, the unexpected injury changed his fate and the development of the two major professional leagues in North America. This may be exaggerated, but it is at least partially true.
Edwards, like many American teenagers with great sports talent, can choose multiple sports, which depends on his hobbies, opportunities, providence and so on. Edwards’ favorite sport since childhood is not basketball, but football. At the age of seven, he met a local football coach, Banks, who was very insightful in his hometown of Atlanta. The latter was moved at the sight of little Edwards. Banks said with emotion: "Strong calves, huge joints, fingers and wrists are natural materials for a football player." At that time, Edwards had shown his athletic talent far beyond his peers, taller and stronger, and began to become famous on the football field in primary schools.
Unfortunately, Edwards’ football career didn’t go smoothly, and he died almost when he was about to have a big development. At the age of nine, Edwards’ fate took a turning point. A sudden injury made him bid farewell to the football field completely. He was crushed on his foot by a big player who defended him in a game, resulting in a broken ankle. It seems that Edwards’ football career will be over, and even other sports will encounter difficulties. But at this time, his interest in basketball began to grow in Edwards’ body. After his foot injury healed, he became fascinated with basketball and his interest increased day by day. Fortunately, this injury did not seriously damage Edwards’ athletic ability. His legs were stronger and he jumped higher than before, which made him fully equipped to become a basketball player. But even after he made great progress in the field of basketball, Edwards still remembered the glory and fun brought by football. He said that if he could be selected in the NFL draft, he would definitely leave basketball. His favorite is football.
After graduating from high school, Edwards chose to go to the University of Georgia instead of going to North Carolina and Duke. At that time, his vertical takeoff height had reached 1.054 meters, which was amazing. "The height of 1.96 meters, less than 100 kilograms, can jump so high at the age of 17, you can imagine his future." This is the emotion that sean hayes, the strength training coach of the University of Georgia men’s basketball team, expressed when he saw Edwards’ athletic ability. After further observing Edwards’ training and competition, Coach Hayes said, "There are some things that I will never understand. I watched him throw and dunk, dunk with a windmill and dunk with a tomahawk. Most people will leave the court to find a glass of water after a high-intensity training, but he will stay on the court and dunk with himself with a smile." This may be the difference between Edwards and ordinary people. He is destined to enter the NBA, but what is higher than most people’s expectations is that Edwards started his NBA career as the No.1 scholar with infinite glory.
As many fans know, the story of the most frustrated family among the active NBA stars and the most positive story later happened to Heat star jimmy butler, which is almost the most touching growth story of an inspirational player who went from homeless to finals. Anthony edwards, who is now the new top scholar, has a similar experience.
In Edwards’ childhood, two people played a vital role in his growth, that is, his mother and grandmother. Regrettably, Edwards, who is less than 20 years old, and his two closest relatives have already passed away. When Edwards was 14 years old, he lost his mother first, and then his grandmother. Both of them died of ovarian cancer, which hit young Edwards hard. The young man once said, "Only two people can get all my trust, but it’s over. Now no one can get my trust." This is the reason for his dull personality, and the death of two of his most important relatives has left Edwards with defects in his personality. Edwards’ brother Buba once recalled: "In our whole life, our mothers and grandmothers supported us the most and loved us the most. They died in the same year, which is a huge blow to us. This will make your heart cold and you will never get the support and love you once received. " Edwards also recalled the past in an interview. Many years ago, he wrote two goals on the bedroom wall: "the future McDonald’s all-American team member" and "the future NBA player". When seeing Edwards make a mess of the clean wall, grandma was not angry, but said to him very proudly, "Son, you have set goals for yourself, and I hope you can achieve them."
Edwards said that he loves basketball, but he admitted that he hasn’t really devoted himself to it. There are many contradictions in Edwards’ statement. For example, he said that basketball ranks first in his heart now. He loves basketball and basketball is his life. But he also said, "This is because basketball can help me accomplish many things that I need to accomplish. This is a job, and I need to use this job to support my family and make my family happy." This may be the maturity brought by the unique growth experience to the young man. What is more important than interest and love is pragmatism.
But in any case, starting from the 2020-21 season, there will be a newcomer with unlimited potential in the NBA. Perhaps, this newcomer will become a superstar in the future.
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This is a special reunion dinner …

Our reporter Roman

During the Spring Festival, the happiest thing is for the whole family to sit around and have a reunion dinner. However, for homeless vagrants, it is an extravagant hope to have a reunion dinner with their families. In order to let the rescuers have a warm and happy New Year, this (5th) morning, Luzhou Rescue Management Station specially held a Spring Festival Youth League activity for them.

Sticking Spring Festival couplets and decorating … The staff of the rescue station began to decorate the station for the upcoming Spring Festival a few days ago to create a festive New Year atmosphere. Early this morning, everyone began to be busy, preparing melons, fruits, snacks and delicious food for the recipients.

At noon, the recipients put on beaming new cotton-padded jackets, sat around, watched TV and had a reunion dinner to celebrate the New Year.

According to Jiang Weifen, the stationmaster of the municipal rescue management station, there are currently 14 recipients in the municipal rescue management station, four of whom have recently entered the station and are still in isolation. Due to the need of epidemic prevention and control, there are 10 recipients attending the annual meeting of the group today, and they also eat separately, and the other four are delivered by special personnel.

The staff served meals for everyone.

At the annual meeting of the Communist Youth League, although everyone wore masks, it was hard to hide their joy. The recipients and the staff were talking and laughing together, and they were very happy. Several recipients even danced with the music. The scene was full of laughter, joy and peace.

Jiang Weifen told reporters that all the 14 recipients at present have mental and intellectual disabilities, and they have not found out their identity and family information. The longest time to come to the station has been more than one year, of which the youngest is 15 years old and the oldest is about 70 years old.

Maybe they have a home in their heart, but they don’t know where they come from, where their home is, and whether they have any family. In the city rescue management station, the staff treat them as relatives and children, and take care of them patiently and carefully, so that they have a place to live and a "home". Having a reunion dinner together on the occasion of the New Year makes them feel the festive atmosphere and the warmth of home. This is undoubtedly the embodiment of the motherland’s growing strength, social civilization’s progress and love everywhere in the new era.

Original title: "This is a special reunion dinner …"

How big is the impact of the epic slump in global financial markets on A-shares?

  Beijing, March 10 (Reporter Cheng Chunyu) The US WTI crude oil futures recorded the largest intraday decline in history, the US stock market rarely triggered the fuse mechanism, the US treasury bond futures "daily limit", and more than half of the world’s important stock market indexes fell by more than 6%. March 9, 2020 is destined to be a day worth recording in the history of global financial markets.

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  — — Crude oil futures hit the biggest intraday decline in history.

  After the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) failed to reach a production reduction agreement with oil-producing countries, Saudi Arabia drastically cut oil prices, which led to a sharp drop in international oil prices. Brent crude oil futures plunged 30% to $31.02/barrel in early trading, the lowest level since February 2016; US WTI crude oil also plunged 27% in early trading, and once fell more than 33% in intraday trading to $27.34, setting a new record for the largest intraday decline in history.

  — — US stocks rarely trigger fuse mechanism.

  The U.S. stock market plunged at the opening, and the S&P 500 index fell by 7% at the beginning of the session, triggering the first-level fuse mechanism, causing the U.S. stock market to suspend trading for 15 minutes. This is the first time since the financial crisis in 2008 that US stocks have been blown down due to a sharp fall. There are even media reports that this is the second real fuse in the history of US stocks. The last real fuse of US stocks was on October 27, 1997.

  — — More than half of the important stock indexes fell by more than 6%

  According to Wind’s statistics, among the 16 important indexes of global stock market, on the 9th, in addition to the three major indexes in the United States, the FTSE 100 in Britain, DAX in Germany, CAC40 in France, Nikkei 225, Standard & Poor’s 200 in Australia, etc., a total of nine indexes fell in intraday trading, and even closed down more than 6% on the same day. The three major European stock indexes fell more than 8% in intraday trading, followed by the China Shanghai Composite Index, which fell by about 3%.

  — — Us debt futures "daily limit", yield hit a record low

  Under the safe-haven demand, the influx of funds caused the US 10-year treasury bond futures to hit the upper limit and the trading was temporarily suspended. The yield of the US 10-year treasury bond once fell to a record low of 0.318%, with an intraday decline of nearly 40%. The 30-year US Treasury bonds once dropped to 0.702%, continuing to hit a record low, with a daily decline of nearly 30%. Moreover, as the leading indicator of economic recession, the yield curves of 3-month and 10-year US government bonds were once upside down, which sounded a panic alarm.

  — — The price of gold returned to $1,700 per ounce after eight years.

  After the sell-off of crude oil and stock market, investors flocked to the safe-haven assets including precious metal gold. On the 9th, the international gold futures price broke through the $1,700/oz mark, the highest since December 2012.

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  — — The price war of crude oil suddenly opened after six years.

  Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic and other factors, the U.S. stock market plunged continuously. In view of the evolving risks brought by the epidemic to economic activities, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 basis points on the 3rd, and then the U.S. stock market fluctuated widely, and a roller coaster market was staged last week.

  "The crude oil price war started in Saudi Arabia over the weekend became the fuse of the global financial market’s plunge on the 9th." According to foreign media reports, Russia refused to cut production at the OPEC+policy meeting on March 6, and OPEC and its allies in oil-producing countries failed to reach any production reduction agreement, which means that from April, OPEC-related oil-producing countries will completely liberalize production restrictions.

  On March 7th (Saturday), Saudi Arabia, the main OPEC country, drastically reduced the price of crude oil sold to foreign markets such as Europe, the Far East and the United States, with the largest discount in more than 20 years, in order to attract foreign refineries to buy Saudi crude oil. Saudi Arabia also said that if the market needs it, Saudi Arabia can reach the level of 12 million barrels per day.

  The market generally believes that after a lapse of six years, Saudi Arabia took the initiative to start a crude oil price war, which exceeded the market’s previous expectations. Previously, many financial analysts predicted that OPEC would further cut production to boost oil prices.

  On the 9th, US President Trump sent a tweet to appease the panic market. It said that the debate between Saudi Arabia and Russia on oil prices and production, as well as the false news spread by political opponents, were the reasons for the stock market decline that day, and the decline in gasoline prices was also a good thing for ordinary consumers.

  ChrisRupkey, an economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Finance, said: "The plan to reduce oil prices will make more cash flow into people’s hands, which can drive consumer spending and boost the economy, but this does not seem to alleviate the impact of the stock market on investors. The plight of Wall Street may have a negative impact on the economy. "

  "The plunge in oil prices has once again aggravated the fragility of the market," JasonDaw, head of Asian foreign exchange strategy at Societe Generale, told the media. "The longer the global epidemic lasts, the greater the risk of a full-scale crisis."

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  — — Will crude oil prices continue to fall?

  On the 9th, the international oil price plummeted, once falling more than 30%, setting a new record for the biggest intraday decline in history. NYMEX crude oil futures closed down 26.74% to $30.24/barrel, the lowest since February 2016; Brent crude oil futures fell 26.24% to $33.39/barrel, both the biggest one-day declines since the Gulf War in 1991.

  As of press time, the price fluctuation of energy and chemical futures such as crude oil.

  In the latest report, Goldman Sachs analysts said that Brent crude oil price may drop as low as $20 per barrel, which will test some oil producers. "The price war has completely changed the prospects of the oil and gas market. Goldman Sachs lowered its oil price forecast for the second and third quarters to $30 per barrel."

  Hong Hao, managing director and head of research department of Bank of Communications International, believes that the impact of the oil crisis is reflected in the following aspects: the price of junk bonds in the United States will plummet, the stability risk of the financial system will rise, and the expectation of deflation will increase the difficulty of monetary policy.

  However, in the view of Xi Jiarui, a senior analyst of Jinlianchuang Crude Oil, this oil price drop will not become a long-term trend like the oil price crash in 2014. Saudi Arabia’s behavior is to force Russia to continue to cooperate with OPEC. It is expected that once the oil price falls to a level that Russia itself feels unable to bear, it is likely to restart the production reduction agreement.

  According to the latest report of Everbright Securities, the special alliance between Saudi Arabia and the United States means that it will be difficult for the United States to accept the prospect that oil prices will continue to slump because of the price war in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, the current plunge in oil prices is unsustainable, and there may be variables in the future.

  Xi Jiarui said, "The next production reduction meeting is on June 9, and it is very likely that Saudi Arabia and Russia will jointly cut production again. At that time, oil prices may rebound in retaliation."

  On the 9th, the decline of major stock indexes in European and American stock markets.

  — — European and American stock markets enter a technical bear market?

  As of the close of the 9th, the Dow Jones index plunged more than 2,000 points, closing down 7.79%, the biggest one-day drop since 2008. The S&P 500 index fell by 7.60%, and the Nasdaq index fell by 7.29%. Oil stocks suffered heavy losses, and Chevron fell more than 15%, leading the Dow. So far, the Dow has dropped by 19.34% compared with the historical high set by this bull market.

  On the same day, major European stock indexes closed down across the board, and many stock indexes entered a technical bear market. Britain’s FTSE 100 index fell 7.69%, France’s CAC40 index closed down 8.39%, and Germany’s DAX index fell 7.94%. Among them, Germany DAX index, France CAC40 index, Italy FTSE MIB index, Europe Stoxx 50 index and Britain FTSE 100 index entered the technical bear market.

  Yang Delong, chief economist of Qianhai Open Source Fund, pointed out that US stocks will fall sharply after peaking. According to the experience of US stocks, a decline of 20% is generally called the dividing line between bulls and bears. If it falls below 20% and does not come back, it shows that the bear trend is confirmed and will fall further by 20%.

  Xie Feng, a researcher at China Banking Research Institute, believes that the debt level of American enterprises is high, and the debt quality of residents has deteriorated. Once the economic slowdown exceeds expectations, corporate profits will further decline, and residents’ wealth will also be damaged, which may lead to more risk release in the financial market.

  A-share major stock indexes closed on the 9th.

  — — Can China A-shares be immune?

  On the 9th, among the world’s important stock indexes, the overall decline of A shares was lower. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 3.01%, the Shenzhen Composite Index fell 4.09%, and the Growth Enterprise Market Index fell 4.55%. In the whole day, the transaction between the two cities broke through one trillion yuan. The net outflow of northbound funds from Shanghai Stock Connect was 9.671 billion, and that from Shenzhen Stock Connect was 4.648 billion.

  Chen Li, chief economist of soochow securities, said in an interview with the media that the main reason for the A-share slump on the 9th was the violent fluctuation of the global capital market, and the violent fluctuation of the external market aroused the concern of domestic investors. The turnover of the two cities has continuously exceeded one trillion, indicating that there are great differences in funds. Some funds are leaving the market, and some funds are considered to be opportunities to buy on dips.

  It is noteworthy that on the 9th, the FTSE China A50 index futures, as the leading indicator of the secondary market of the stock market, rebounded and turned red at night, and now rose by more than 1%. At one time, it was close to 2% in intraday trading, and once fell by more than 1%.

  "The fundamental reason for the sharp decline of US stocks is that the valuation is too expensive." Everbright Securities believes that A shares are more immune to overseas fluctuations. Under the analytical framework of the policy economic cycle, it is not only economic data but also policy tightness that determines the market trend. Oil prices fell sharply beyond expectations, reducing the risk of stagflation in the near future and broadening the space for domestic policy easing.

  Great Wall Securities believes that in the context of global risk assets being sold by funds, the short-term growth of the A-share market is facing emotional selling pressure. In the medium term, China’s securities market shows very obvious value toughness under the background of global general decline, and RMB assets are expected to become a safe haven favored by global funds. (End)

Director Wang Jiawei dares to use me as a beautiful woman. Why can’t I? | Interview with Xin Zhilei

The director dares to use me as a beautiful woman. Why can’t I?Since the director chose me, I must have something he wanted to present.Something."

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Based on the novel of the same name in Jin Yucheng Mao Dun Literature Award, Wang Jiawei’s first drama "Flowers" focuses on Shanghai in the early 1990s, and tells the story that little people, represented by A Bao (Hugh), seize the opportunity and rise to the occasion. Ber Ber, played by Xin Zhilei in the play, is the glamorous proprietress of Zhizhenyuan Restaurant and a mysterious outsider on the Yellow River Road. Her relationship with Po is like the sea and the blue sky, seemingly far away, but mirror each other. She not only wants to upset huanghe road, but also has more ambitious goals.
In an exclusive interview with the Beijing News reporter, Xin Zhilei said that this is the first time that she completely divorced herself from the role she created, and needed to take care of the Jianghu side of Ber Ber. Director Wong Kar-wai told her that "Flowers of Flowers" is not a romantic film, nor a commercial film, but a talk about human feelings in the Jianghu, which makes her feel that "Flowers of Flowers" is more like a martial arts film. The cooperation with Wong Kar-wai made her feel painful and happy, but on the whole, she was happier. "The director shot the most beautiful side of my age, and maybe it is also the most beautiful side of my entire acting career. So some so-called torture and suffering in the process are nothing. "

▲ Starring in "Flowers" made Xin Zhilei discover more possibilities in himself.


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Behind Ber Ber is the Jianghu, and her eyes are like knives.

Xin Zhilei has been very eager to star in the works directed by Wong Kar-wai, so she specially read Jin Yucheng’s novel Flowers. However, after meeting director Wong Kar-wai, she didn’t hold out much hope. She felt that she was not very similar to Ber Ber, a model with long hair and big waves in the novel, who was a beautiful scenery everywhere. Finally, when the director told her to play Ber Ber, she was a little surprised. After playing Flowers, and later seeing the presentation of Ber Ber in the drama version, she gradually understood why the director chose to play Ber Ber himself. "Ber Ber in the novel may be softer. Li Li in the drama version of Flowers has a very domineering and Jianghu side, which is still different from the novel."
During the filming, actors can only see a small part of the script of Flowers. At first, Xin Zhilei didn’t know what the director wanted to present through the character Ber Ber, so he thought it would be nice to play a beautiful woman quietly. She searched for Ber Ber’s feelings for a long time, and took a long detour. Later, after talking to the director many times, she realized that the other party had seen her movie Embroidered Spring Knife 2. I hope that Ber Ber, who she played, can also have some chivalry and Jianghu spirit. I hope that Ber Ber’s eyes are not weak, but as sharp as knives. Director Wang Jiawei told her that "Flowers of Flowers" is actually not a romantic film, nor a commercial film. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. It is about the human feelings in the rivers and lakes. Xin Zhilei thinks it is more like a martial arts film.

▲ Ber Ber has sharp eyes.


Most of the cast of Flowers are Shanghai-born actors, who perform in Shanghai dialect. Xin Zhilei and her Ber Ber are the "exceptions" who speak Mandarin from beginning to end. Wang Jiawei joked with her that as the only northerner in Flowers, she had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of taking audiences outside Shanghai to see Flowers. Xin Zhilei said with a smile that she wouldn’t be under pressure, but she could understand the feeling that the director wanted. When filming, the crew members, including the director, spoke Shanghainese, and she obviously felt a sense of alienation and separation that she couldn’t blend in geographically. But the director told her that what he wanted was this feeling. He didn’t need Ber Ber to learn Shanghainese, even if Li Li could speak it. "This has something to do with Ber Ber’s character setting. She’s not here to blend in. She’s here to upset huanghe road and show people here how northerners do business."
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Ber Ber’s clothes are armor, and many times they are also strong.

In Flowers, Ber Ber, the proprietress of Zhizhen Garden, is a beautiful scenery on the Yellow River. But Xin Zhilei said that she was particularly afraid that the character described in the script was very beautiful. She had a similar problem when she played "Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace" before. In that play, she played Jin Yuyan, the imperial concubine of Shujia, and the script was written as "the first beauty in the harem". "I can play women with different personalities, but how can I play her gorgeous?" In Xin Zhilei’s view, Ber Ber in Flowers is far from himself in terms of tone of voice, way of walking, and smile. "In the past, people might think that I was like that in a magazine photo, or just like some characters in a play. The audience who have seen variety shows now will find that the real me is not like that, so it is actually quite difficult for me to play the role of a beautiful woman. "

▲ There are many kinds of customs in Ber Ber.


Xin Zhilei believes that among the roles he has played, the one closest to his personality is the blossoming of Haitang. Joy of Life described Haitang blossoming like a village girl, which is not good-looking, but her eyes are smart. "Haitang blossoming careless at ordinary times, is very unlike an ancient people. At first glance, I thought it was very suitable for me, and I didn’t have to play it. " She doesn’t feel like Ber Ber in Flowers, but she thinks to herself, "The director dares to use me as a beautiful woman, why can’t I?"? Since the director chose me, it must be that I have something he wants to present. " The makeup of Flowers also gave her great confidence. After finishing the makeup, she was even amazed. I didn’t expect that I could be so beautiful.
In the play, almost every episode of Ber Ber will change a different costume style, which also presents a different beauty. Xin Zhilei revealed that she tried hundreds of clothes at the beginning of the fitting, and she liked every one left in the end, but the one that Ber Ber wore in black and plain in 1992 was her favorite. Because that’s the real Ber Ber who doesn’t dress up deliberately. At other times, beautiful clothes are like Ber Ber’s armor. She needs to wear different armor to fight. "Ber Ber is a woman with a story and a secret. If it weren’t for her obsession, she wouldn’t have come to huanghe road to muddy the waters. Many times, she is not as strong as others see, but she is actually holding on. "

▲ Xin Zhilei likes Ber Ber’s clothes in 1992 best.
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Wong Kar-wai’s cooperation is painful and happy, and he knows more about femininity after playing Flowers.

Wang Jiawei is famous for his slow filming, which is a great challenge to actors. The shooting experience of "Flowers" is almost exactly the same as Xin Zhilei’s expectation. The script has been revised all the time, and the actor will be particularly uncertain if he doesn’t have a very comprehensive character image. "I don’t know if I’m playing right when I play every day, so it will be particularly painful. I really took three years to know the ending of Ber Ber. Before this, it was in the director’s mind, and none of us knew. " When the film breaks down in the middle, she will go to see an interview with the "Wong Kar-wai Victims Alliance" (an actor who played Wong Kar-wai’s play). When she sees that the film winner is also tortured and crying, she feels that this is nothing. Let’s continue filming.
However, the actors also gained a lot from filming Wong Kar-wai’s play. Ber Ber in Flowers is the first time that Xin Zhilei completely divorced himself to create a role. "I am not from a performance class, and I often go to find some similar places and resonance points with the characters. But "Flowers" is a very special attempt, and I completely abandoned some of my previous habits of acting. Including Ber Ber’s walking posture and the angle she used to act, I would never have thought of it before. I really didn’t know it until I played "Flowers". Oh, it turned out that acting like this was ok. " Looking back at the role of Ber Ber, Xin Zhilei said that although it was not very successful, she was quite satisfied with her performance.
Speaking of this collaboration with director Wong Kar-wai, Xin Zhilei described it as "painful and happy", but he was happier after all. "The director shot the most beautiful side of my age, and maybe it is also the most beautiful side of my entire acting career. So some so-called torture and suffering in the process are nothing. " Xin Zhilei’s previous roles were mostly rigid. Wang Jiawei hoped that her walking could reflect the charm of women in that era, so she specially invited a teacher to teach her to dance, so that she could practice her figure softer. After the filming of Flowers, she said with emotion when chatting with the director that she only felt like a woman before, but never felt like a woman. After the filming of Flowers, it seemed that she understood what femininity was for the first time. "I feel that I can be more feminine when I walk down the red carpet in the future."
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chenyx77

Ang Lee, the great director, said in an interview with Lu Yu that he is a talented director himself, but only Wong Kar-wai is a genius. At that time, I thought it was just director Li Da’s modesty, but now it seems that this statement is true.

01-08 23:12

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CONTACTSSH

Bullshit. A genius should play seven or eight roles by himself.

01-09 09:28

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Fantastic colors

Yo, here comes the commanding heights.

01-09 09:19

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The embodiment of justice.

Let’s just say that she hasn’t read this book. Although the script is a little different from the book, the overall change should not be great.

01-08 21:41

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Baidu netizen bac84df

也可能是看了仨月,进组发现导演理解的好像和自己看的是两本书

01-09 22:26

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陀词玲

跟看不看书没关系,是编剧和导演的事,演员不能违背剧情,,而不是按小说原版演。

01-09 22:15

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a564564512

主要是王家卫不用整型脸

01-08 21:42

河南

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浮春初D

她就是整的。 。 只不过整了还丑,就以为不是整的

01-09 13:13

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Mustard seed Naxumi

01-09 09:16

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芊月华

看琅琊榜的时候特别喜欢胡歌。这几年他各种被封神我反而怎么都喜欢不起来了。怎么说呢,特别反感被神化。稍微有点不一样的声音可能就会有一堆人质疑你。

01-09 09:12

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LucyLoveGod

同感!其实是琅琊榜才是胡歌的衣服

01-09 10:08

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远奇灿9

胡歌封神的时候还是演仙剑和轩辕剑的时候,琅琊榜那会都下神坛了……你这还真是后知后觉

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永不放弃的洋洋43

霸气而不霸道,实力展现

01-08 21:41

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永无休止的好奇

从《恋爱先生》开始就喜欢这个女孩子????

01-09 13:43

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Red flag fluttering 94167

Xin Zhilei, come on, come on! I love your play, and your experience has proved to be the most popular! In a word, be a man before you do things.

01-09 07:33

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Contract awarding penalty 18

The aesthetics are different. Some people think that the lips are ugly, but others think that they are sexy.

01-09 07:37

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zyhua1027

Lips are sexy! Xin Zhilei is full of charm

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Sleeping leisurely

It’s so sexy. Love it!

01-09 14:47

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Haoyang aaaaa

In the past, watching TV didn’t pay attention to who played who, but when I first saw Xin Zhilei (many years ago), I immediately checked the name of the actor. Part-time job was so beautiful and sexy, especially her lips.

01-09 05:53

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Years haunt the soul.

The training of Sunglasses King in this drama is really good. This sister has a chance, and her features are outstanding. It is also a front line to make another good drama.

01-08 22:14

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Baidu netizen 9e5dd2e

Take TV as a movie, put all the famous actors on one platform, and use dialects throughout a movie with a national audience, with songs that are almost the best in the memory of a generation. Even Wang Dao can do this kind of face-saving, ostentation and extravagance, and do not remember the cost. Just like the "style, gimmicks and signs" in Fanhua, Wang Dao has done enough this time.

01-09 09:35

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Yiting 99

Wong Kar-wai is the director who can shoot beautiful women best in my heart. He can not only shoot beauty in appearance, but also show the beauty in his bones by adding a sense of atmosphere.

01-09 08:41

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Passionate evening beauty

I like this TV series, the taste of Shanghai. praise

01-09 00:11

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LucyLoveGod

See the flowers are really flowers. I don’t know why, I always feel strange in my heart! A play returns to the pre-liberation period.

Take your time, and you won’t say anything until the end.

01-09 10:06

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songxudong

Wang Jiawei is really amazing and has a unique vision.

01-08 21:38

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A la Xin lei Honor

Wong Kar-wai is a cow. No matter whether there are experienced actors or not, he has taught him the feeling of acting skills. A drama and a movie are originally the thoughts, values and feelings of life that the director wants to present and express. Actors are only part of it. With a good script, the director is the soul. Actors should play their acting skills to help the director complete what he wants to express.

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Wendy3400

Leizi’s words are just like Maggie Cheung’s. After filming Wong Kar-wai’s as tears go by, she realized another way to create a role and really fell in love with acting. I hope that Xin Zhilei’s performance road will be wider and wider. Love you.

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Play Fanny

It turns out that Ber Ber’s costume Xin Zhilei tried hundreds of sets. It is no wonder that every set in the play is beautiful. Xin Zhilei was photographed with charm, and her makeup, clothing and posture were all beautiful. Wang Dao could shoot the most beautiful side of the actress, and the micro-side angle and dim lighting on the actress’s face had a hazy close-up beauty.

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You think you’re completely divorced from yourself. Don’t I look and talk like Xin Zhilei? No, it’s because of this part of you that I chose you.

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As early as the beginning of the dream

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Only by in-depth discussion with the director can we understand the true meaning of actors, as the entertainment industry has always done.

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Youshi 087

I like Xin Zhilei, beautiful and feminine.

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Honggu 88

The tattooed lips accidentally became her unique style.

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Mustard seed Naxumi

That’s right, that’s right

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It’s a walker.

Jealousy makes people unrecognizable

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On the first day of the New Year holiday, the country is expected to send 41.768 million passengers.

According to CCTV news, yesterday (30th) was the first day of the New Year holiday. The reporter learned from the Ministry of Transport that on the 30th, the national railways, highways, waterways and civil aviation are expected to send 41.768 million passengers, an increase of 73.3% over the first day of the New Year’s Day holiday in 2023.
Among them, the railway is expected to send 15.8 million passengers; The highway is expected to send 23.487 million passengers; The waterway is expected to send 600,000 passengers; Civil aviation is expected to send 1.881 million passengers.
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Chen Feng: The difficult stage of the Gaza war has just begun.

[Text/Observer Network columnist Chen Feng]
After the failure to extend the ceasefire, Hamas resumed launching rockets, and the Israeli army resumed indiscriminate bombing and ground attack. The fighting continued, but the focus turned to southern Gaza. At present, the Israeli army has not completely controlled the northern Gaza, including the "Hamas town" jabari Ya refugee camp, and has not turned to large-scale anti-tunnel operations. But to destroy Hamas and control the north, the Israeli army must first control the south of Gaza.
The main purpose of the Israeli military action is to destroy Hamas, claiming that at least 10 of Hamas’s 24 combat battalions have been hit hard, and more than 50 middle-ranking commanders and about 5,000 militants have been killed. Hamas is still firing rockets and fighting fiercely with the Israeli army in Khan Younis. Obviously, Hamas is far from being destroyed. Even in order to find out the obvious main force of Hamas and completely eliminate the rocket threat of Hamas, the Israeli army must attack southern Gaza.
Hamas is highly dependent on the tunnel system, which can not only hide underground, but also attack and transfer through tunnels. Tunnels may be denser in northern Gaza, but only by controlling the whole Gaza can we talk about covering the whole tunnel system, and it is possible to systematically clear tunnels, otherwise it will become a whack-a-mole.
However, it can be seen that it took a long time for the Israeli army to finally March into northern Gaza, precisely because of the difficulty of combat operations. The fighting in southern Gaza will be more difficult, and civilian casualties are a big problem.
According to the data released by the health department of the Gaza Strip in Palestine on the 2nd, since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7th, Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have killed more than 15,000 Palestinians, injured more than 40,000 people, and 75% of the victims are women and children.
During the humanitarian pause, a man took his children through the bombed area of Gaza.
The Israeli army’s indiscriminate killing of innocent people has also aroused strong opposition in Europe and the United States, especially among intellectuals who have traditionally favored liberalism. The US Congress actually needs to summon the heads of major universities to "crush" the anti-Israel sentiment in the school. The BBC is even more anti-biased towards Israel, reporting extensively on the atrocities committed by the Israeli army and the suffering of the people in Gaza.
From Biden and Harris to blinken and Austin, the United States has repeatedly put pressure on Israel, clearly pointing out that Israel has the right to self-defense, but it cannot arbitrarily expand the exercise of its right to self-defense, demanding that the Israeli army should exercise restraint in its actions in southern Gaza, delimit a clear operational area before its actions, and pay special attention to protecting civilians. Austin warned with his own experience as commander of the war on terror: "If civilians are pushed into the arms of the enemy, the result will not be tactical victory but strategic failure."
A large number of officials in the U.S. government believe that the Gaza war has brought policy disaster and moral disaster to the United States. The United States can neither give up its support for Israel, nor can it afford the pot of anti-humanity. At the same time, the failure of Israel is the failure of the United States.
European countries are more intense. UN Secretary-General Gutierrez from Portugal pointed out that Hamas’s attack was not without reason. Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez suggested that Israel might commit war crimes in Gaza, but the attitudes of other countries just couldn’t get through this hurdle.
From Israel’s point of view, the support of the United States and Europe is priceless, but the pressure from the United States and Europe is cheap. To destroy Hamas, only "I would rather kill three thousand by mistake than let one go". Senior Israeli military officials are complacent about "only two civilians are killed for every Hamas killed", which shows this mentality. This may be exactly what Netanyahu meant when he mentioned that the Gaza war was "Israel’s second war of independence": Israel would rather disobey the United States and Europe and kill Hamas completely.
But Israel also realizes that this cannot be achieved quickly. On December 2, the Financial Times reported that sources said that Israel was prepared to fight for a year or more. The Israeli army plans to go deep into southern Gaza, trying to kill three Hamas leaders: Yahya Sinwar, the supreme leader, Mohammed Deif, the commander of Hamas Kasang Brigade, and Marwan Issa, his deputy.
At the same time, even if according to the Israeli army’s estimate, 10 battalions of Hamas were badly hit and about 5,000 people were killed, there are 24 battalions of Hamas, with 20,000-25,000 members, and even an estimated 40,000. Senior Israeli military officials admitted in an interview that "this will be a long-term battle … we are less than half way to achieving our goal."
The next two or three months will be the most intense stage of ground operations, and then it will enter the stage of "transition and stability", which may last until the end of 2024. This stage will prepare for the establishment of a new post-war order in Gaza without Hamas.
"No Hamas" is the key word. How to prevent Hamas from making a comeback in Gaza after the war has always been Israel’s biggest problem. Netanyahu thought about occupying Gaza indefinitely, and Biden immediately warned clearly that "this matter cannot be done"! Israel still refuses to consider the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority to manage Gaza, but this is exactly what the United States is pushing hard.
Israel’s doubts are not unreasonable. The last general election in Palestine (including Gaza and the West Bank) was in 2006, when Hamas won 40% of the votes. It is generally believed that if it is re-elected, it will get more votes. Abbas repeatedly postponed the re-election with the acquiescence of the United States and Israel in order to avoid the embarrassment of being elected by Hamas. Therefore, any statement that Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people is untenable. Hamas does not represent all Palestinians, but it represents a considerable number of Palestinians, and may gain wider support after the raid on October 7.
Now Hamas has an overwhelming appeal not only in Gaza, but also in the West Bank. In the "hostage for ceasefire", Hamas used the release of hostages to force Israel to release a large number of Palestinian civilians, mainly Palestinians in the West Bank. If it weren’t for Hamas, many of them might be detained indefinitely by Israel and abused in Israeli prisons for a long time. Most of them have never been tried, so there is no sentence.
After the Gaza War, compared with Fatah, which was corrupt at home and did nothing about Israel, Hamas, which was clean and courageous, saw its prestige among Palestinians surge. It is not inconceivable that Hamas completely "subverts" Fatah’s rule, including the West Bank. This also means that Fatah not only can’t represent Gaza, but its rule in the West Bank is becoming more and more unstable. It is unrealistic to expect Fatah-led Palestinian Authority to control Gaza. It is the biggest nightmare for Israel and the United States that the Palestinian Authority will eventually be dominated by Hamas.
The United States is also aware that the Palestinian Authority is weak, but it is still trying to promote some kind of reorganization and "rejuvenation" while preserving the Palestinian Authority structure, because this is the most realistic and feasible power structure. However, before the reorganized Palestinian Authority takes over the governance of Gaza, international peacekeeping forces are still needed to take charge of public security, and who will send troops remains a big problem.
The invasion of troops by Europe and the United States is bound to be fiercely resisted by Gazans, and may even be attacked by the US Marine Corps Beirut Barracks. Arab countries not only have to bear the burden of "traitors" when sending troops, but also can’t pass the domestic customs at first, and when there is a conflict between Palestinians and Jews, no matter which side they stand on, they will be strongly condemned by the other side. The handing over of security in Gaza to international peacekeeping forces only hands over Israel’s unsolved problems to peacekeeping participating countries, which is doomed to be a big crime and thankless, and no one is stupid.
Israel has other plans, trying to get the cooperation of Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Turkey to establish a buffer zone along the Gaza border to block the infiltration of Hamas. This is wishful thinking. The buffer zone needs to have a certain depth, otherwise it cannot be buffered. However, Gaza has no depth at all, with a total width of only 6-10 kilometers, which is occupied by the buffer zone and has no living space. This is not allowed by international public opinion and the reality in Gaza.
If there are residents in the buffer zone, Hamas, which is hidden among civilians, can easily enter and leave, and no one can ensure the demilitarization of the buffer zone. If the buffer zone is a no-man’s land, where will the Gazans who are already seriously lacking living space go? The buffer zone also needs to be monitored by neutral armed forces, which is back to the international peacekeeping force. Nobody wants to be such a sucker.
Israel’s deadlock lies in the fact that Hamas is not so much an organization as an idea. Even if there is a miracle, the Israeli army will wipe out the Hamas personnel in Gaza, and it will not eliminate the influence of Hamas except creating a large number of martyrs. Not to mention the existence of Hamas outside Gaza, the ideas that Hamas represents cannot be destroyed by weapons.
In fact, the expansion of Hamas’s influence in the West Bank may be the most worrying thing for Israel. Once "Hamas", the West Bank is a more complicated security challenge than Gaza.
The West Bank of Jordan River is on the Arab side of the 1948 armistice line ("Green Line"), and it is also internationally (including the United States) recognized Palestinian land. However, the West Bank has been divided by a large number of Jewish settlements and Israeli-controlled corridors, and Palestinians are forced to huddle on "isolated islands", surrounded by Israeli-controlled areas and Jewish settlements, and "isolated islands" need to pass checkpoints controlled by the Israeli army.
At present, the situation in the West Bank of Jordan River is as follows: the dark green area is fully controlled by Palestine, the light green area is responsible for civil affairs and the Israeli army is responsible for public security, the light yellow area is fully controlled by Israel, the orange-red area is under the control of the Israeli army, the orange-red diagonal area is a shoot-to-kill area with the Israeli army, and the dark gray area is a Jewish settlement; The dark gray thin line is the 1948 ceasefire line ("green line"); In Hebron, the Palestinian authority is responsible for civil affairs, but half of the public security is in the charge of Palestine and the other half is in the charge of the Israeli army. What is not clearly marked is the whole of East Jerusalem, which was unilaterally annexed by Israel in disregard of international law.
Even in "peacetime", Palestinian residential areas and Jewish settlements are intertwined, and a large number of civil conflicts mainly involving land occupation, water resources and crossing rights occur. After the outbreak of the Gaza war, hatred between Jews and Palestinians surged and armed conflicts surged. Once the angry Palestinians are organized and armed by Hamas, a full-scale scuffle with armed Jewish settlers will be triggered.
Moreover, this is not a linear conflict along the border like Gaza, but an all-round flowering in the whole West Bank. It will be an incredible disaster for Arab residents who are all soldiers and Jewish settlers who are all soldiers to fight to the death.
The United States is not without worries about this.
Israel will not be destroyed, but the United States will definitely bear the burden of a long-term war. This is a heavier burden than Ukraine.
No matter whether it is reoccupation or blockade, Gaza is a complete piece, and the military issue is relatively simple. However, if the West Bank is to be fully occupied, the Israeli army does not have enough troops; It is necessary to divide the troops according to the status quo, and the Israeli army forces are more important. The reserve recruitment of more than 300,000 people is not enough, and the bigger problem is the need for long-term recruitment.
Israel’s economy has been shut down because of reserve recruitment, and long-term recruitment is unbearable. In 2021, Israel’s GDP was $488.5 billion. Even if the United States only needs to subsidize a quarter, it will be $120 billion a year. The population of Israel is smaller than that of Ukraine, but its living standard is higher and its expenses are higher. This has not been included in the cost of combat operations.
Statistical chart of Israel’s GDP and growth rate in 2011-2021
The United States has to bear the burden reluctantly, but this is also the last burden that the United States needs. The American economy is turning cold, and "Black Friday" is traditionally a popular moment before Christmas, but this year’s "Black Friday" performance is bleak. The biggest chill comes from employment. The salary increase in October is only 0.1%, which means that employment is getting colder, which is a precursor to the continuous cooling of consumption. American consumption accounts for 2/3 of GDP, and the cooling of consumption is no small matter.
2024 is an election year, and Ukraine has become a big burden for the United States, and the end of the war is far away. It may not be the direct focus of party struggle in Congress if Israel is carried on its back, but it is bound to be the focus of party struggle to make up for the western wall of Israel and which eastern wall needs to be torn down. Biden’s political capital is not enough, and it is really inappropriate to be "defeated" by Israel.
Due to the extensive domestic political pressure, it is difficult for Europe to help Israel like Ukraine, no matter how enthusiastic Ursula von der Leyen is to be the "Israelis tonight". Let’s just say that the huge Muslim population in Europe overwhelmingly supports Palestine and opposes Israel. The mainstream society in Europe also has a strong criticism of Israel in the Gaza War, not to mention that Europe’s economic difficulties are greater than those in the United States.
Japan and South Korea have been "apportioned" with the heavy task of assisting Ukraine and have no spare capacity to support Israel.
All this assumes that the Israeli army can successfully fight in southern Gaza, end major battles within a few months, and basically destroy Hamas’ tunnel system throughout Gaza. This is a huge assumption.
Hamas has long been prepared for a large-scale invasion by the Israeli army and is determined to die. Before the Israeli army controlled all the surface positions in northern Gaza, jabari Ya refugee camp did not enter, and its control over Gaza City was unclear. However, the fighting in southern Gaza is more complicated, and the problem of civilian casualties is unbearable.
The original residents in the north and refugees from the south may make civilian casualties far more than those in northern Gaza. Now that the international community has been highly angry about the civilian casualties in Gaza, this is a huge problem for Israel.
It is impossible to drive the refugees back. The median age of the population in Gaza is only 18 years old. If a large number of refugees return to northern Gaza, they will inevitably be mixed with a large number of Hamas personnel. Screening is impossible, and it is even more impossible to draw a line by age. What is lacking in the tunnel is people, not weapons. If unarmed Hamas in the south meets left-behind Hamas in the north, the Israeli army will have wasted all its efforts.
If Hamas does not hesitate to sacrifice everything, it will drag the Israeli army to Gaza and cause the greatest casualties. The situation facing the Israeli army in the coming months will be very arduous. Not only the increasing casualties have a great impact on the hearts of Israelis, but the martyred Hamas has actually achieved its ultimate goal: to awaken the Palestinian people with fierce resistance and sacrifice.
This is exactly what Austin warned: "Pushing civilians into the enemy’s arms will not result in tactical victory but strategic victory."
But the Gaza war is a war that Israel has to fight in and doesn’t know how to end it.
First of all, it’s about Netanyahu. As an Israeli leader who plays the national security card again and again, it is unforgivable to let Israel suffer such a sudden attack on October 7. In order to save his political life, he needs to avenge Israel and himself with a strong wartime leader attitude.
Netanyahu said that Israel will continue to fight until the goal is achieved (Source: Wall Street Journal)
But the Gaza war not only needs to destroy Hamas, it is immediate revenge; It is even more necessary to solve the Gaza problem once and for all, so that Israel will no longer be threatened by similar threats.
Hamas represents Palestinians’ anti-Israel thoughts and survival plots, which are widely distributed not only in Gaza, but also in the West Bank. It is useless to physically destroy Hamas, which was originally "made out of nothing" and was established in the first Palestinian uprising in 1987-91.
The first Palestinian uprising forced Israel to face up to the issue of Palestinian rights, which eventually led to the Oslo agreement in 1993. Rabin and Arafat achieved a historic handshake, but in the end they fell short. Since then, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been intermittent, and it is the latest and biggest outbreak.
When Netanyahu was re-elected as prime minister in 2009, he publicly promised not to repeat the "mistake" of unilateral withdrawal from Gaza (as required by the Oslo agreement) because "unilateral withdrawal has brought neither peace nor security". However, before the Oslo agreement, Israeli military control of Gaza did not bring peace and security, and the garrison and protection of Jewish settlements (there were 21 settlements and about 8,000 Jewish settlers in northern Gaza before the final dismantling) became unbearable.
More than a decade later, Hamas has been integrated with 2.3 million Gazans, and it can be rebuilt even if its military organization and political structure are eliminated. The source of Hamas’s strength is not a few people and guns, but anti-Israel thoughts and survival plots. Hamas or the "next Hamas" cannot be eliminated unless all Gazans are physically eliminated. Even if all Gazans are driven to Sinai, it will only push the conflict line in a limited way and not solve the problem. It was precisely because of this that the Israeli army withdrew from Gaza that it took a step back, disengaged and strictly controlled Hamas or similar threats. But the Hamas raid on October 7 proved that this is not enough.
In fact, this is not only a problem of Netanyahu, but also a problem of the whole country of Israel. The Gaza war only smeared this issue on the faces of all Israelis, and it can no longer be avoided.
The Gaza war can end the fighting, but it cannot end the war. This is the most difficult problem in the Gaza war.
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Domestic War Movies 2.0 Era: Deconstructing the Artistic Value from the Perspective of New Creation

The three films, The Great Cause of Building the Army, The Battle of the Dragon and Wolf Warriors 2, have their own unique perspectives.

Special feature of 1905 film network Military has always been one of the fundamental forces of a country, while war often bears important historical significance. 2017 coincides with the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army of China, and a number of domestic films with military and war themes are released in cinemas one after another at the special time near August 1st. The stories told in these films span over a hundred years and have completely different styles, but they all have their own unique perspectives in the choice of artistic creation.

 

Whether it’s a little-known "new story" that has been put on the screen for the first time, a "new face" that restores youthful and passionate days of our lives, or a "new technology" that supports the grand scene and makes the film more visually impactful, all kinds of breakthroughs have helped domestic war movies stand on a brand-new height in this burning summer file and ushered in their own 2.0 era.

Zhu Yawen, a young actor in "Building the Army", plays Zhou Enlai.

New faces restore the history of youth and blood, rationally adapt and enhance the charm of genre films

 

As the final work of the trilogy of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, The Great Cause of Building the Army has chosen a completely different route in creation: giving up the more "safe" mature cast and boldly using young actors. These new faces have their own "flow" and "topicality", but they are also burdened with more controversy and doubt.

Liu Weiqiang insisted that "youth cannot perform"

But director Liu Weiqiang has always insisted on the idea that "youth can’t perform". After all, in the successful year of Nanchang Uprising, Mao Zedong was 34 years old, Zhou Enlai was 29 years old, He Long and Ye Ting were both 31 years old, the oldest Zhu De was only 41 years old, and the youngest Su Yu and Lin Biao were only 20 years old. When we see these young faces on the big screen, we can more intuitively appreciate the courage shown by our ancestors when they faced the major choices of revolution and the future. This kind of unrelenting youth and blood bring people shock, which can’t be given simply by acting.

 

The strong starring lineup has always been the characteristic of the "trilogy of the founding of the People’s Republic of China". In addition to the influence of actors, "Building the Army" also explores the content of the script, hoping to further enhance its appeal as a genre film through fascinating plots. As a mature commercial film director, Liu Weiqiang, together with producer Huang Jianxin and others, created a new role for the "Nanchang Uprising" within the scope of reasonable adaptation, and used him as a breakthrough point to detonate the tense confrontation atmosphere between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Let this already thrilling battle be more artistic and ornamental after being put on the big screen.

 

The rational adaptation of this artistic level, the costume action blockbuster "Battle of the Dragons" has also been tried. In the movie, Feng Xiangxian, the son of national hero Feng Zicai, is an original figure. Through this side story, The Battle of the Dragons not only depicts the father-son relationship between Feng Zicai and his beloved son, but also shows Feng Xiangxian’s bravery and bravery as a new generation of "elite troops", enriching the characters’ images, and even "achieves" the climax of Feng Zicai’s painful death of Feng Xiangxian in the latter part of the film.

The Battle of the Dragons is famous in Feng Zicai.

Develop ideas, explore new creative breakthrough points and play a role in the complexity of Mexican human nature

 

The Battle of the Dragons is the only war movie with a costume theme among several movies. The film is adapted from the famous "Great Victory in Zhennan" campaign in China’s modern history: in 1883, the Sino-French War broke out, when the Qing army was losing ground. In 1885, the French army invaded Guangxi from today’s Vietnam, and the Qing government used Feng Zicai, a 67-year-old veteran who had been demobilized, to lead the army against foreign enemies. With extraordinary courage and strategy, coupled with the indomitable resistance of the military and civilians, Feng Zicai finally led the Qing army to defeat the French army and won an "impossible victory" war, which is known as "a great victory in the town". This campaign fundamentally reversed the Sino-French war situation and added a lot of color to China’s modern history of anti-aggression.

Feng Zicai led the extraction army against the invaders.

All of us who know the history know that "the town is a great success", and Feng Zicai, a national hero, is famous abroad. But this important battle of great significance in the history of modern anti-aggression is presented on the big screen for the first time. By opening up a new historical theme and with the help of film art, Battle of the Dragons shows the mainstream thought of China’s current cultural self-confidence. While carrying forward the national spirit and establishing the subjectivity of the national spirit, it also gives a rare rational communication to our complex mentality of fierce collision between backwardness and progress in modern humiliating history.

 

In the past, domestic war movies always focused on the whole theme, and rarely touched on the description of "people" under individual units. With the development of the times, our creative style is constantly changing. Nowadays, "individual" has begun to occupy an increasingly critical position in domestic war-themed works. In addition to simply portraying characters, creators have also begun to pay more attention to the "human complexity" of characters.

 

Feng Zicai in Battle of the Dragons is a national hero who bravely fought against the French invaders, but combined with the atmosphere of the historical environment, this veteran is also a full-fledged tragic figure. At an advanced age, he had to fight with his bare hands against the strong French-French tough guy, and at the same time he had to lead the extraction army of the short-staffed Major General to face the invaders who were strong in Ma Zhuang … … These plots can not only reach the audience better, enhance the emotional connection between the audience and the characters, but also make the characters more multifaceted and three-dimensional. Wolf Warriors 2 also spent a lot of ink on the characters. Apart from the steely military will of Lengfeng, we can see that he is helpless and fragile when suffering from illness, persistent and single-minded when facing love, and full of blood when helping his compatriots, all of which make this role more attractive.

Wolf Warriors 2’s hardware and equipment upgrade

New technology supports the production of special effects and large-scale scenes to explain military affairs and war from multiple angles.

 

With the continuous development of the industry, the demand for the quality of works in the market is increasing day by day, and the production level of war films naturally needs to be upgraded simultaneously. Special effects scenes are an important part of most military and war-themed works. In the past, we all talked about the visual and sound effects of "five hairs", and the backward technology and lack of funds were the root causes of these regrets.

The domineering fire dragon produced by the special effects of Battle of the Dragons ignited the momentum for the decisive battle.

When this theme began to gain more and more recognition in the film market, the production of the work gradually entered a virtuous circle. With more financial and technical help, Jason Wu was able to find an international team to make special effects and design actions for Wolf Warriors 2, and at the same time upgrade the hardware to the level of tanks, helicopters and warships. In the battle of the dragon, the domineering fire dragon produced by special effects ignited the momentum for the decisive battle, and the design was ingenious and had a visual impact. Liu Weiqiang filmed the important war scene of "Battle of Sanheba", which created a record of 200 explosion points in a single shot.

 

Of course, the shock of war scenes and the amazing production of special effects are important for a military and war film, but they are by no means all the values it pursues. Every work and the creator behind it are exploring the spiritual connotation and the pulse of the times through historical events and stories.

The great cause of building the army leads the audience to relive history

As a tribute film for the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, The Great Cause of Building the People’s Republic of China leads the audience to relive this period of history and remember the ancestors who bled and sacrificed for the revolution by presenting such major events as the April 12th counter-revolutionary coup, the Nanchang Uprising, the Battle of Sanheba and the joining forces in Jinggangshan. In the new era, the special forces cold front used the thrilling story of African evacuation to interpret the connotation of the times that "those who commit crimes against China will be punished far away"; The historical background of The Battle of the Dragons is quite special. We have left too many humiliating memories in the history of modern anti-aggression. This tragic and cruel battle against foreign aggression will always remind us that we yearn for peace but always remember history.

Syria, a country ravaged by war for seven years.

Author: Xu Qian Li Xiaoyu Xu Haizhi

There is such a proverb among Arabs.

"If there is a paradise on earth, Damascus will be in it;

If heaven is in the sky, Damascus will be equally famous. "

Heaven on earth, a gift from the gods.

The "eye of the storm" of today’s war

Syria, heart for heaven, a dream of hell.

The flames of war burned everywhere.

This once peaceful ancient civilization

Here, the left hand is flashy and the right hand is bloody and tearful.

Seven years ago,

Large-scale anti-government demonstrations broke out in Syria

A military conflict broke out between Syrian government forces and opposition forces.

Trigger a large-scale civil war

The rise of "Islamic State" forces

Enter Syria, attack the city and pull out the village.

The United States and Russia are involved in the Syrian battlefield

Start the "war on terror"

Turkey, Israel and other forces have stepped in.

The conflict in Syria has escalated, and wars have been fought one after another.

April 13th

Trump announced that he had ordered the US military to unite with Britain and France.

A precise military strike was carried out against Syria.

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Seven years of protracted war.

Let Syria

The city was devastated and the historic sites were destroyed.

Thousands of lives have been lost and people have been displaced.

The Syrians are faced with broken mountains and rivers.

In Aleppo, the largest city in Syria

4000 years of civilization and prosperity

Gunfire falling from the sky

Destroy into ruins

Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee.


Once busy and orderly streets

Now it is riddled with holes and broken.

Once a bustling market with dazzling array of goods.

Now it’s empty, and there’s rubble everywhere.

The campus is deserted and dilapidated.

?Bullet holes are all over the wall.

The children shed tears.

Hunger, fear, helplessness

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A conflict that lasted for seven years

At least 350 thousand people were killed and 1.5 million disabled

Nearly 11 million people were displaced.

Tens of millions of Syrian refugees take care of the elderly and the young.

Embark on the road of escape with uncertain life and death

The war brought scenes of human tragedy.

over here

Nobody talks about freedom, they just want to live.

"Baby, don’t cry, Dad will protect you."

The refugee father is disembarking from the dinghy.

He tried his best in the big waves.

Guarding terrified children

Little Alan, a 3-year-old Syrian child, failed to reach Europe.

And I can’t sleep on the beach in southern Turkey.

This scene stung the hearts of the public all over the world.

A sad father, holding his sleeping daughter.

Selling ballpoint pens on the street

How simple the dream is

Just to live with my family.

Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees in Qian Qian

How humble the wish is

Live, live

One day, I can return home.

Despite home, it is already broken walls.

Long escape road

Someone was buried in the vast sea.

Someone fell on the long journey.

Others, who have not left, have already left.

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War is ruthless

What is the common people’s concern

Now the situation is rising again.

The suffering of the Syrian people is still long and there is no end in sight.

  

??? Trump "hands-on" to Syria: the fire reflected the smoke in Damascus.

  Us president trump announced a military strike against Syria on the evening of the 13 th local time, and then fire and smoke rose over the Syrian capital Damascus. At 21: 00 EST (9: 00 Beijing time on the 14th), Trump announced that military strikes were progressing simultaneously; A few minutes later, British Prime Minister Theresa May made a similar announcement.

??? Syrian media: The Syrian military air defense system has intercepted 13 flying objects.

  Syrian state television reported on the 14th that in the early morning of 14th local time, the United States and other countries launched military operations against Damascus, the capital of Syria. The report said that the Syrian military air defense system is responding to "aggression from the United States, France and Britain" and has intercepted 13 flying objects. At about 4 am local time, Xinhua News Agency reporters heard loud explosions from time to time near the center of Damascus. In the distance, there were red dots flying from the ground to the sky. It was suspected that Syrian air defense forces were intercepting air defense from the direction of Kasong Mountain in the suburbs. At the same time, smoke rose in many places around Damascus.

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Show the power of love and discover colorful life (stand talk)

  What kind of power can love produce? The online documentary My Home is a Museum gives the answer from the collector’s point of view. The work tells 12 touching stories about love. The audience can listen to the concert of Shi Lei, a collector of musical instruments, and capture the wonderful sound of "unheard of"; Open the storage cabinet with Wu erping, a collector of chemical elements, to spy on the magnificent moment of chemical reaction; Follow the meteorite hunter Zhang Bo over the mountains and touch the fragments from the vast space … The film does not introduce the knowledge of the collection too much, but tells the story of collectors exploring, protecting and displaying the collection. From traditional crafts to scientific and technological elements, from ancient costumes to national costumes, although the types of collections vary widely, collectors have a clear common ground-full of passion for what they love and a sense of responsibility for cultural communication and inheritance. It is such humanistic feelings that deeply infected the audience. A love is a perspective of observing the world, which leads us to discover a kaleidoscope of life.

  (Zhang Jiaying)


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