Xinhua News Agency, Chengdu, March 20th Question: Have you found the answers to all the N kinds of legends about Sanxingdui?

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Wang Peng, Shi Yuxi and Tong Fang.

　　With the announcement of new archaeological discoveries in Sanxingdui site, people’s eyes once again focus on this magical land.

　　Since the discovery of No.1 and No.2 "sacrificial pits" in Sanxingdui site in 1986, people have never stopped discussing it. A large number of shocking and mysterious cultural relics unearthed in the "sacrificial pit" have aroused a lot of speculation in the world.

　　Have you found the answers to those legends about Sanxingdui?

　　Legend 1: Is Sanxingdui an alien civilization?

　　Sanxingdui bronze vertical mask (Xinhua News Agency)

　　Huge ears, bulging eyes, and a big mouth wide to the ears … … Some people who eat melons believe that Sanxingdui is an alien civilization, and the grotesque bronze masks, bronze statues, bronze sacred trees and other cultural relics of Sanxingdui are alien works.

　　Experts are firmly opposed to this statement! The ancient Shu civilization, represented by Sanxingdui, is an important part of the pluralistic origin of Chinese civilization. Among the cultural relics unearthed in Sanxingdui, bronze statues, bronze rings, jade Zhang, jade cong, jade bi and jade ge are consistent with the Yellow River basin, which shows that Sanxingdui has the common attributes of Chinese culture. The familiar cultural relics with strange shapes and magnificent atmosphere, such as bronze standing man, bronze sacred tree and bronze vertical mask, not only show the brilliance of ancient Shu civilization, but also show the richness and diversity of Chinese culture.

　　In other words, Sanxingdui civilization is "made in China" and has nothing to do with aliens.

　　Legend 2: Sanxingdui people "moved" to Jinsha?

　　The gold mask unearthed from Jinsha site (left) and the newly discovered gold mask in Sanxingdui (imposition picture)

　　The newly discovered gold mask of Sanxingdui "made a stunning appearance", and the sharp-eyed netizens saw at a glance: this is the same as the gold mask of Jinsha! Not only the gold mask, but also the ornamentation, jade Zhang, jade chisel, ivory &hellip on the golden crown belt of Jinsha and the golden staff of Sanxingdui; … There are many cultural relics in the two sites. So can we think that people from Sanxingdui "moved" to Jinsha?

　　Experts believe that this high similarity between Jinsha site and Sanxingdui site proves that they belong to the same cultural system, and there must be some special connection between the two sites. Combined with the archaeological findings in recent years, we can think that Jinsha culture is the inheritance and development of Sanxingdui culture, and both of them have become an important part of the development of ancient Shu civilization.

　　Legend 3: Sanxingdui Archaeological Excavated "Angry Birds" with the same pig?

　　"Angry Birds" with the same pig (Xinhua News Agency)

　　Just last July, Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology announced that an important site — — Joint site, unearthed a large number of cultural relics. Among them, a clay pottery pig is cute and cute, which is very similar to the villain green pig in Angry Birds. Netizens exclaimed: Is this the predecessor of Angry Birds?

　　In fact, experts believe that the joint site of this clay sculpture pottery pig unearthed should be an important settlement around the ruins of Sanxingdui ancient city. The joint site covers four cultural factors, namely, Guiyuan Bridge, Baodun Bridge, Sanxingdui Bridge and Twelve Bridges. It is the first time that a complete sequence of ancient Shu civilization has been found around Sanxingdui. Among them, the main cultural factors of Sanxingdui are the most abundant in the joint site, and a large number of cultural relics similar to Sanxingdui have been unearthed.

　　There are not only "villain green pigs", but also a large number of high-handled beans, hollowed-out beans (plates) and small flat-bottomed cans have been unearthed and restored at the joint site. It is worth mentioning that the pottery with the combination pattern of dragons and phoenixes carved on the yinxian line was unearthed in the late Shang Dynasty, and it is the earliest pottery with the pattern of "dragons and phoenixes are auspicious" found in China.

　　Legend 4: The "bronze giant" holds a "selfie stick" in his hand?

　　Sanxingdui "Bronze Man" (Xinhua News Agency)

　　Among the numerous bronze statues in Sanxingdui, the "bronze giant" is well known. Its overall image is solemn and solemn, and its hands are hollow. For a long time, people have been speculating whether he holds some kind of instrument in his hand. Even naughty netizens think that he is holding a "selfie stick" in his hand.

　　At present, there is no final conclusion on this issue in academic circles. Experts discussed that the "bronze standing man" may hold ivory, jade cong or scepter. The "Bronze Big Liren" wears a high crown, narrow sleeves and a half-arm-style three-layer dress, with complex and exquisite clothes, mainly dragon patterns, supplemented by bird patterns, insect patterns and eye patterns, and plaid stripes. It seems that his identity is an ancient Shu "high priest" with extraordinary skills.

　　There is no end to the exploration of Sanxingdui civilization.

　　Up to now, archaeologists have unearthed more than 500 important cultural relics in the six Sanxingdui cultural "sacrificial pits" newly discovered at Sanxingdui site.

　　I believe that in the future, through the detection and analysis of these cultural relics, more puzzles about Sanxingdui will be revealed. The true face of this ancient civilization, which has been buried deep underground for 3 thousand years, will become more and more clear.

　　We will wait and see … …

　　Whether the safe-haven value of gold still exists or not has become a hot topic of concern to many market investors. From a fundamental point of view, the price of gold must prove that the annual increase of 1.7% still exists, but the long-term fundamental supply and demand are being questioned and challenged.

　　Chimp Investor columnist Peter Elston mentioned that he considered what he could learn from the long-term price trend of gold, the so-called technicality. The final conclusion is that although the inflation-adjusted return of gold may still be poor in absolute value in the short term, it may still be better than that of stocks, bonds and cash, especially if the inflation rate remains high in the next few years.

　　He also suggested that in the past 50 years, the inflation-adjusted annual appreciation trend of gold price should remain unchanged at 1.7%, because the growth rate of global real wealth may continue to exceed this value. However, this is too simplistic and assumes that the fundamental reason for buying gold will not change much, which should be challenged.

　　This article focuses on the root cause of gold’s popularity, its supply dynamics, and its fundamentals, to see if they still prove that the above historical trend, the actual price increase of 1.7% per year still exists.

　　Gold is an iron-loving element, which means that it is heavy, easy to dissolve in iron, and doesn’t like to combine with oxygen. The oxide of gold is actually thermodynamically unstable. Therefore, its concentration is higher in the deep core and mantle than in the crust. Compared with the very low occurrence rate of the whole crust, the exploitable gold deposits are even rarer. In addition, the mineable deposits have now been exhausted, so that the annual output of gold has been flat since 2016. In the absence of major changes in mining technology and/or a drop in energy prices, this slowdown in annual output may continue.

　　The chemical inertness of gold makes it very suitable for jewelry, electronic products, dentistry, aerospace and value storage as gold bars and coins. The World Gold Council estimates that by the end of 2021, 205,238 tons of gold have been discovered/mined in the past 6,000 years, and the proven unexploited reserves total 53,000 tons, the latter figure is lower than 54,000 tons in 2019. It is also estimated that there are 15,000 tons of gold dissolved in the world’s oceans, equivalent to about 10 parts per trillion.

　　It is the inertia and rarity of gold that endows it with intrinsic value, that is, its practicality and practicality. Warren Buffett once wrote a famous saying that gold is dug out of the ground in Africa or somewhere, and then we melt it, dig a hole, bury it, and then pay people to stand around and guard it. It is not practical, and anyone who watches it from Mars will be puzzled.

　　But Elston doubts that Buffett will shine in the short term, but he will surely see that many people have done so for thousands of years and will almost certainly continue to do so. Besides, if he has a mobile phone or a tooth filling, he may benefit from the utility of gold to a greater extent than he is willing to mention.

　　As for the use breakdown of 205,238 tons of above-ground inventory, jewelry accounts for 46%, privately owned gold bars, coins and ETFs account for 22%, the central bank accounts for 17%, and other uses such as electronics, dentistry and aerospace account for 15%. It is estimated that as much as 80% of the newly mined or recycled gold is used for jewelry manufacturing.

　　Looking forward to the future of gold, it needs to be clear that Elston is not interested in the factors that may affect the short-term price performance of gold. They are essentially emotional-driven and unpredictable. In addition, compared with the long-term possible percentage change, the short-term performance is insignificant.

　　In other words, the really important factors are those related to basic supply and demand. They will determine the long-term performance of inflation-adjusted gold prices. For example, whether it will increase by 300% or decrease by 75% in the next decade. In his view, this is exactly what the market should pay attention to, not whether the nominal price of the US dollar will fall below $1,500 in the next few weeks.

　　As mentioned above, the annual gold production has been declining and has been flat since 2016. Environmental problems limit the potential of new discoveries. The progress of mining technology is related to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, virtual reality, self-driving cars and blasting optimization. They didn’t, in fact, solve the basic law in a meaningful way, that is, the deeper you want to dig, the more energy you need.

　　Although 75% of the annual gold demand is met by mining gold supply, the shortage is made up by recycling, mainly jewelry. In the short term, the supply of recycled gold is sensitive to the price of gold. In addition, the dynamics behind the basic supply of recycled gold are unlikely to change significantly.

　　About 6000 years ago, the first known use of gold was as decorative beads. It is hard to see how this established popularity will fundamentally change. According to the data of the World Bank, since 1971, the real GDP of the world has increased by 3.1% every year, while the appreciation trend of the real gold price in the same period is 1.7% every year. Generally speaking, in the past 50 years, the world’s real GDP has increased by 360%, which is 130% higher than the real gold price. In other words, the rise of gold prices in the past 50 years has been supported, proved and explained by the growth of global wealth.

　　In recent years, the net purchase of gold by central banks has been quite stable, with an average of about 500 tons per year. The use of gold, whether as jewelry or as a means of value storage, is inseparable from its chemical characteristics. Therefore, it seems unlikely that central banks will lose interest in holding physical gold in their vaults in the near future or even the distant future. Net purchases may vary from quarter to quarter, sometimes very different, but the long-term trend seems to have been established.

　　The demand for private investment in gold is probably the most interesting of the four main sources. Its utility as a private value store is similar to that of the central bank, that is, it is related to its chemical properties. However, economies of scale make it expensive and/or risky for private individuals to store gold at home, so most people hold gold in paper form, that is, certificates and ETFs. Proponents of cryptocurrency have seized this obvious inefficiency, claiming that things like bitcoin should be regarded as digital gold, thus invalidating the current utility of gold as a private sector value store.

　　The use of gold as jewelry and storage of private and public values is inseparable from its chemical characteristics, in other words, the demand for gold bars goes hand in hand with the demand for jewelry. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies don’t have such basic attributes, and they never will. A USB flash drive storing encrypted access codes is unlikely to be worn as jewelry. Unless, of course, they are made of gold.

　　Elston said that the most interesting reason for the demand for private investment is that in difficult economic times, gold may be sold to buy more necessities, thus putting downward pressure on prices. However, in the severe economic difficulties, due to high inflation, people lose confidence in legal paper money, and the demand for it as a means of value storage will increase.

　　He is not sure whether he wants to live in a world where gold has replaced paper money as the main currency, but this does not mean that economic difficulties will continue but increase gradually in the long run. For example, global temperature rise, war, famine and epidemic diseases will not lead to the appreciation of gold prices.

　　Describe the various ways of gold, namely, value storage, inflation hedging, safe haven and investment. As should be clear, value storage is something that actually keeps its value. Gold has always been a means of value storage, and its inflation-adjusted price has shown an upward trend in the past 50 years. However, if you bought gold in 1981, you are actually still underwater. In other words, the actual decline of gold may exist and has existed for a specific period of several decades.

　　The reputation of gold as an inflation hedge tool was established in 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, but the relationship has not been obvious since then. It is true that in naughty times, when inflation fell, the real price of gold rose by more than 400%. Therefore, Elston is not sure whether the argument that gold is an inflation hedging tool is valid, except in severe economic difficulties, such as the use of hyperinflation in Germany.

　　Is gold a safe haven, that is, defensive? In other words, when risky assets such as stocks and high-yield bonds perform poorly, does it perform well? Similarly, there is no real evidence that this is indeed the case. It has not performed well this year, which is a period of poor performance of risky assets.

　　Finally, Elston never considered physical gold as an investment. This is because physical gold is different from stocks, bonds or property, and the former does not actually generate income. It is more similar to cash, and the portfolio allocation of physical gold should be regarded as a cash substitute. He finally stressed that this does not mean that high cash distribution is appropriate, and gold should be more popular as cash than legal tender.

　　Throughout modern history, smallpox has held the top spot in killing human beings.

　　Smallpox is also the first infectious disease eliminated by human beings.

　　When future generations are exploring what killed smallpox, the trekking about how human beings overcome diseases step by step has merged into the long river of human medical history.

　　It is necessary for us to wade into this river at any time, go back to the way we came and find hope for the future.

　　The pockmarked emperor and the milkmaid

　　It is mentioned in Huangdi Neijing that "poison" should be used to treat diseases, and the so-called "fight poison with poison". Traditional Chinese medicine began to use this method to deal with smallpox, which existed during the Tang and Song Dynasties. Doctors take out the serous fluid from the abscess of smallpox patients and implant it into the body of healthy people for prevention and treatment, which is called human pox vaccination.

　　During the Wanli and Apocalypse years of Ming Dynasty, various books about human pox appeared. By the Qing dynasty, the method of preventing smallpox by human pox vaccination was widely promoted. Kangxi, the "pockmarked-faced emperor" who had suffered from smallpox, set up a pox clinic under the Tai Hospital and recruited famous doctors. Also in Beijing, a special "acne check chapter Beijing" is set up to take charge of the Eight Banners’ acne prevention. He specially sent people to welcome Ayla Zhang, a well-known folk vaccinia doctor, into the palace to vaccinate the royal family and banners.

　　Jared diamond, an evolutionary biologist and anthropologist, once revealed how the human body can defeat the virus: in the process of resisting a certain pathogen that infects the human body, the human body will gradually form specific antibodies, which makes it unlikely to be infected by the same pathogen again after recovery.

　　In the thousands of years of confrontation between human beings and smallpox, the latter has occupied an absolute advantage for a long time, and "pockmarked face" is so common that people without pockmarked face become special.

　　The 18th century was the age when smallpox ravaged Europe, and the British doctor edward Cenna (1749-1829) devoted himself to studying the solution. He noticed that almost all the female milkmaids had no "pockmarked faces". The beautiful milkmaid aroused Qinna’s curiosity, and he found one thing in common with them — — Cowpox of a milkmaid.

　　Vaccinia is a virus that can be co-infected by humans and animals, but it does no serious harm to cattle and people. There is a saying in the English countryside that "as long as you have suffered from vaccinia, you will not get smallpox".

　　Since 1788, Qinna began to carry out experiments on animals, using vaccinia of dairy women instead of smallpox patients to fight smallpox. For 8 years in a row, the experiment pointed to the same result, and vaccinia can effectively prevent smallpox.

　　On May 14th, 1796, Qinna conducted the first human experiment. He took the serous fluid Sarah Nelmes, a milkmaid, and inoculated it on the arm of phipps, an 8-year-old boy. Two months later, he inoculated phipps with real smallpox slurry. As a result, the boy was not infected with smallpox, and the previous vaccination seemed to have made him immune.

　　In the following two years, Qinna conducted the same human experiment many times, and the results were the same: all children who had had vaccinia were immune to smallpox virus. In 1798, Chennault announced that smallpox could be prevented by vaccination.

　　Vaccinium vaccination spread rapidly around the world. In 1977, Ethiopia recorded the last case of smallpox in human history. On October 26, 1979, WHO officially publicized that smallpox was eradicated all over the world.

　　This is the first time in human history to win the battle against infectious diseases.

　　Fatal bacteria and life-saving bacteria

　　Although the practical application of vaccinia technology is very successful, scientists are not satisfied. People need to explain theoretically why vaccinia can fight smallpox.

　　In the 1950s, chemist Louis Pasteur confirmed the relationship between diseases and germs, and found that specific microbial pathogens could cause specific diseases. Moreover, he found that the long-term growth toxicity of bacteria on artificial culture medium would be weakened, but the immunogenicity still existed.

　　According to this theory, in 1881, Pasteur artificially attenuated Bacillus anthracis with strong immunogenicity and inoculated it into sheep, which finally proved that sheep inoculated with Bacillus anthracis vaccine would not get the disease again.

　　Rabies virus can not be isolated and cultured like bacteria, but Pasteur confirmed that the pathogenic microorganism causing rabies exists in the spinal cord or brain tissue of sick animals. Therefore, he chose rabbit brain for subculture to obtain attenuated strains, and then successfully made live vaccines.

　　With the development of microbiology and immunology, vaccine is really defined as active immunity preparation for preventing infectious diseases, which is made of pathogenic microorganisms (such as bacteria, rickettsia, viruses, etc.) and their metabolites by artificial attenuation, inactivation or genetic engineering.

　　Based on this method, more vaccines can appear. Attenuated live vaccine made by heating inactivation of Vibrio cholerae; After 13 years and 213 generations of continuous culture on the culture medium, attenuated BCG was obtained.

　　With the development of the discipline, some traditional classical vaccine varieties have been further transformed into new vaccines, and some vaccines that cannot be developed with classical technology have found ways to solve the problem.

　　In 1972, recombinant genetic engineering contributed a lot of technical support and gave birth to recombinant gene vaccine. By using DNA recombinant biotechnology, natural or synthetic genetic material which can induce immune response in protein of pathogen shell can be directionally inserted into bacteria, yeast or mammalian cells, and the vaccine can be made after expression and purification. Nowadays, BCG, recombination vaccines, SARS vaccine, HIV vaccine and highly pathogenic avian influenza vaccine are being studied.

　　Conjugate vaccine appeared in 1980s. Scientists linked sugar molecules with protein (toxoid of Clostridium tetanus or diphtheria) by chemical methods, and developed a conjugate vaccine. Vaccines against pneumonia and meningitis are made in this way.

　　Looking at the present, the vaccine that has attracted much attention is none other than nucleic acid vaccine. Nucleic acid vaccine, also known as gene vaccine or DNA vaccine, transports DNA vaccine to human cells through some carrier (such as nanoparticles), which will guide the cells to produce immune active components, and then the cells will "spit out" these active components to stimulate the human body to obtain corresponding immunity, but it will not cause disease.

　　Nucleic acid vaccine can even transfect food cells, such as inserting hepatitis B virus nucleic acid vaccine into the genome of tomato cells, and inoculating the vaccine when eating tomatoes.

　　Scientific and technological progress brings infinite possibilities, and the new exploration of vaccination methods is also the tireless pursuit of scientists. In addition to traditional injection methods, oral administration, skin patch, nasal spray and improved fruit are all targets.

　　A never-ending struggle

　　With the development of immunology research, people have more and more expectations for vaccines, hoping that they will not only "prevent diseases". Researchers are already in action, trying to achieve the effect of treating diseases or preventing diseases from worsening by inducing specific immune responses. Such vaccine products are therapeutic vaccines.

　　There are many therapeutic vaccines that have been studied all over the world: tumor vaccines used for tumor treatment use tumor antigens for active immunization to stimulate the body’s active specific immune response to tumors to prevent the growth, spread and metastasis of tumors; Vaccines used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases aim at intervening the immune process to prevent the occurrence and development of atherosclerosis (AS). A Swiss biotechnology company said that CYT006-AngQb, a vaccine used to treat hypertension, has a good clinical development prospect … …

　　On the other hand, when human beings are struggling to move forward, the "perpetrators" of infectious diseases are not willing to be silent. Since 1970s, more than 40 infectious diseases have been discovered in the world, such as HIV virus, avian influenza virus, SARS virus, mad cow disease prion, monkeypox virus, Lyme virus, Ebola virus, Legionella, Vibrio cholerae O139 and so on. People’s common influenza viruses are constantly innovating. For example, after the "Spanish flu" caused by H1N1 virus, the "Asian flu" and the "Hong Kong flu" were staged by H3N2 subtype virus. Or a lower-grade flu, it is staged almost every few years in Europe, America and Asia. There are also new viruses that have never met each other, eyeing and hiding in the dark.

　　"The only competitor competing with humans for the dominance of the earth is the virus." The words of lederberg, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958, sounded like an alarm bell. In the past two hundred years, the confrontation between human beings and germs was the fiercest. For the first time, we turned the tables, stood in a pre-emptive position, and seized the throat of the biggest killer of human beings. Compared with the end of the 19th century, the average life expectancy of human beings has been extended for several decades.

　　We have opened the "box" of vaccines. Overcoming the challenge of disease again and again makes us believe that disease creates problems and also provides understanding.

　　Huaxi Dushi Bao-cover journalist Li Yuanli

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Actress Aya Sugimoto was recently invited to shoot a group of public service advertisements for PETA, an animal protection association. On the 17th, she took a formal photo shoot in a studio in Tokyo.

　　Although she was used to nudity in filming, Aya Sugimoto felt a different sense of tension that day. Only one piece with the words "Fur? It’s better to be naked. "The advertisement board covers her chest. She said," So far, I feel naked is the feeling of wearing another suit, but this time I have a different sense of tension. I seem to have taken off all my clothes. " Having said that, the actress, who is famous for her sexy and erotic lines, still showed a provocative and dangerous expression when facing the camera. "I stopped wearing fur two years ago, hoping I could face the eyes of those dead animals." It seems that Erotic Queen still has a positive attitude and decisive action in environmental protection. I believe this is also the place that PETA invited her to appear in this group of advertisements.

　　Store grain in the ground, and store grain in technology. Today, agriculture is becoming a promising industry, and farmers are becoming attractive occupations.

　　The autumn wind bursts, setting off layers of rice waves and bringing the fragrance of rice. Approaching the edge of the field, waist-high rice is neatly spread out and extends to the foot of the distant mountain. In the rice field, several harvesters are running at full power and the roar is endless. On the ridge of the field, farmers hold mobile phones to check the growth of rice and the progress of harvesting, and their faces are filled with the joy of harvest. When I came to the 68th regiment of Kekedala City, the fourth division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a picture of autumn harvest in full swing came to my eyes.

　　The 68th regiment is located in Ili Valley, with fertile soil and abundant irrigation water. Thanks to superior natural conditions, the local area began to explore the cultivation of rice very early. However, due to the lack of advanced planting concepts and technical support, farmers have been exploring for a long time. The variety of rice in the field is mixed, and the height of rice seedlings is uneven, which is not only difficult to manage and protect, but also inefficient. Both the practical needs of increasing farmers’ income and the long-term overall situation of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization have put forward new and higher requirements for improving production technology.

　　Store grain in the ground, and store grain in technology. With the help of modern production technology, local rice planting has embarked on the road of intelligent production. The intelligent agricultural system has made the days of "steaming the summer heat and rusting the country, burning the sun on the back" gone forever. With the help of modern information technology, every field and every seedling has been monitored all the time, and the information such as soil humidity, pH value and rice seedling growth can be seen at a glance. Through the big screen of smart agriculture, technicians can analyze the situation of water and fertilizer, pests and diseases according to the data fed back by remote sensing. Under the precise guidance of data, intensive cultivation, accurate fertilization and reasonable irrigation have replaced extensive management, and watering and fertilization can be completed by machinery without leaving home. From "looking up to heaven for dinner" to "looking up to heaven for management", the unique natural endowment of Yili River Valley is being transformed into the development advantage of rural revitalization.

　　In the process of technology application, we are also faced with a task of coordinating agricultural production with environmental protection. For example, in Bole City, Xinjiang, in the past, planting corn had to go through fixed processes such as plowing and film mulching. When the wind blows over the newly turned land, it will raise dust all over the sky, and the broken plastic film will remain in the ground, which will not only be difficult to decompose, but also cause soil hardening. With the improvement of agricultural technology, farmers began to experiment with corn protective no-tillage technology. Not clearing the straw and plowing the land before cultivation not only reduces the loss caused by land ploughing, but also eliminates the use of plastic film, which not only saves a lot of costs, but also reduces land pollution and protects farmland and surrounding agricultural environment. Crops and land have achieved a virtuous cycle of planting in the middle and planting in the middle.

　　The introduction of advanced agricultural technology has enabled farmers to see the broad prospects of agricultural development and stimulated the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of production. At first, the popularization of corn conservation no-tillage technology was not smooth. A farmer planted 100 mu with the mentality of giving it a try. When harvesting, he found out that "the yield per mu is more than 100 kilograms, and the cost has dropped, and the 200 yuan per mu is at least increased", and finally he decided to adopt protective no-tillage technology. Since the beginning of this year, the local promotion area has exceeded 30,000 mu. At harvest time, looking at the full corn in the field, the local people smiled.

　　From the foot of Tianshan Mountain to the Ili River, from desert oasis to vast grassland … … In more places in Xinjiang, agriculture has caught the express train of technological progress, production has become more and more convenient, and people’s lives have become more and more affluent. Today, agriculture is becoming a promising industry, and farmers are becoming attractive occupations. Better application of science and technology, agricultural science and technology to help rural revitalization, the pace towards agricultural and rural modernization will be more stable, and beautiful countryside, with strong agriculture, beautiful countryside and rich farmers, will gradually approach.

　　(The author is editor of the review department of this newspaper)

　　People’s Daily (October 14, 2021, 05 edition)

Special feature of 1905 film network It was released, and the box office accumulated 15 million on the first day. Frankly speaking, it is better than Xiao Dianjun’s expected box office results.

Looking at the animated film market in the past two years, there will be one or two works with good appearance every year. These works may not be perfect, but they are more or less a breakthrough in the current market.

After all, the first person to eat crabs needs courage, and of course he is lucky.

The appearance of Yesterday’s Blue Sky is a new breakthrough. Accustomed to all kinds of animated stories with overhead backgrounds, the author uses his hometown for chocolate in his pocket — —Zhejiang LanxiBased on the blueprint, I planted a lot of my own stories and created such a story. People who don’t know will say that they are copying Japanese animation just by looking at the stills.

Actually, not at all.

This animation is a first attempt, which can be called the first youth theme in China, and it is also the first time to create an animated film with a real city as the actual location.

Coincidentally, Xiao Dianjun’s colleague Ma Xun is from this small town in the south of the Yangtze River. When he first screened in the summer, he bought tickets early and then sold them all kinds of crazy. In his words, "The first shot of the film, the ship passing by on the Lanjiang River, the Simon Tower behind the camera background, and then a row of white pigeons flew by, is completely a childhood memory.

As a fan of animated films, he also took this opportunity to chat with the original pocket chocolate and express a homesickness.

"Nong is also from Lanxi." Pocket chocolate first talked to me in dialect after entering the door. I was stunned when I didn’t hear the local accent for a long time.

"Well, in fact, I am still a high school with you, and I graduated from Lan No.3 Middle School. When watching movies, I still have great feelings when I see that old school gate."

"When I went back to collect the wind last time, I saw that the old school gate was still there, which was quite good."

Pocket chocolate, born in 1977, lived in the south of the city since childhood, and went to Shenzhen after the third year of high school to fight for his comic dream.

I was born in 1992, and I lived in the southeast of the city. I was familiar with him when he talked about many small town stories, but with the urban transformation in the middle and late 1990s, my memory was not so profound.

"Yesterday’s Blue Sky" really means more to me than anything else. In animation, many things don’t know how to express them in words when images project various places of their past lives.

This city is the soul of this animation.

When the film was shown in July, it was already seen in advance.

Touching was the biggest feeling at that time.Perhaps the film propaganda mainly promotes the youth of a generation, but for me, it is the whole memory from childhood to adolescence.

As early as around 2012, I had already read the original comics, and I dreamed that one day it would be presented in the form of animation, but I didn’t expect the final product to be like this. It is a little different from the original, but fortunately, the most important feelings of the small town have not changed.

This feeling is the same for the original author’s pocket chocolate. He grew up with his grandparents and lived in the south of the city. This area was the first area to be transformed by the city in the mid-1990 s. Almost 20 years have passed. As he said, "Many places have not been completely changed."

"I don’t know if you know that before Yan ‘an Road was rebuilt, shops at that time were not limited to rolling doors, and they were all made of wood, so I drew this into my work." For me after 90, it is true that this kind of door curtain is rare.

"As a cartoonist, a lot of things to consider still need a sense of picture. For example, if I want to shape a small town, there will be a spatial logic and a small map like a sand table in my mind. I grew up in the old town of Lanxi, and the whole area of the old town can be drawn in my mind at any time. It is very clear. "

At some point, Pocket Chocolate began to dictate the map of Lanxi.

"Simon, there used to be a pontoon bridge, and there was Zhongzhou Park, then the ring road here and around there. A railway bridge goes around, there is a railway station, then there is a railway crossing, and then it turns here, and Yunshan Road turns here is an archway at the south gate. In this circle, the appearance of the old city comes out. "

Like Tu Xiaoyi, the man in the movie, Pocket Chocolate is a child who grew up in an alley. When I was a child, my parents were not around, and my grandparents brought me up. Children who grow up in alleys have one characteristic: they like to run around.

Of course, I have had such an experience before.

Alleys in the south are different from hutongs in the north. They will be narrower and extend in all directions. When I was very young, my grandmother was still living in the alley of the old city. If there was an adult’s bicycle to cross, one side had to retreat to the alley first.

Sometimes I chase and run with my friends in the alley, and I may run into someone else’s yard.

In fact, from the early comic book "Area 1 212" of Pocket Chocolate, the male host was set to be from Lanxi. This powerful nostalgia inevitably makes me curious and ask, "How often do you go back to Lanxi now?"

In the past, when his grandparents were alive, he would go back to visit his parents regularly. Since the death of the old man in recent years, his chances of going back are getting less and less, but this city that grew up as a child is unforgettable for him.

"I first wanted to create a story about the campus. At that time, I felt that since I wanted to describe a story that made people feel the same, I should take my real experience as the blueprint to shape it. Therefore, it is basically determined that it is a starting motivation to simply take my hometown Lanxi as the background. "

Perhaps it’s because I’ve been away from home for too long. In the urban design of the film, pocket chocolate still exposes some shortcomings. He is not familiar with the later rebuilt Chengxi New District.

In the animation, he set the heroine’s home in Hongmei Village in the west of the city. In reality, there is indeed this community. "Our setting at that time was that the hero sent the woman home, probably by bus. The hero must live in the old city, and the heroine must live in the new district. To be honest, because I grew up in the urban area, I am not particularly familiar with the new area, but I have an impression of Hongmei Village, so I simply set that place as Hongmei Village. "

After listening to what he said, this geographical mistake became clear in an instant. In the area where Pocket Chocolate grew up, there was only a No.9 bus line at the door in the early days, and the terminal was Hongmei Village.

To put it bluntly, this "mistake" is nothing more than memories of home.

"Then why didn’t Lanxi be the blueprint in the process of film and television adaptation, but borrowed the customs of many other water towns?" I may not be completely satisfied by the film, but I can’t help asking.

"You may not know, in fact, very early on, the intersection of Yan ‘an Road was a bridge, which was later filled out. I actually want to do some restoration, but the urban area can’t get such a view, so I went to many places such as Luzhi and Yongchang, and implanted it with what is closest to my impression. "

Your personality is a bit like Tu Xiaoyi.

"In order to restore the school, in fact, we also returned to Lan No.3 Middle School. The school also specially showed us the files. " The high school in the movie does exist, but after almost 2005, it experienced a relatively large campus expansion, which is completely different from the appearance in the movie.

The only thing that can be found in the film is the old school gate, but now it has become a memorial inside the campus.

In high school, Pocket Chocolate was not an excellent student, but it didn’t make trouble on weekdays, so I liked painting alone, so I contracted all the class blackboard newspapers in high school for three years.

At that time, he didn’t have any professional training, but he just liked it and copied it with pictures in comic magazines.

At that time, the family conditions were not particularly rich. For him, it may not be enough to buy comics and magazines, let alone buy white paper for painting.

"I held an umbrella and wore slippers on a rainy day, and I ran all over the streets in the old city to find that kind of copy shop and wanted to ask them to buy some white paper. At that time, people sold the whole package, but I couldn’t afford it. I said if I could buy 20 pages, they wouldn’t sell it to me. "

At that time, many people didn’t have any confidence in the art road, and they were often defined as "crooked roads". However, his family and teachers in Pocket Chocolate are very supportive of him.

"I was deeply impressed. When I was in a self-study class, Teacher Nie knew that I liked to draw cartoons and gave me a newspaper. But the above is the traditional satirical cartoon, which is not the same as our favorite cartoon. But the heart is really warm, and you will feel that a teacher is giving you strength. " Later, this bridge was painted by him into the movie "Yesterday’s Clear Sky".

But at that time, many things were not popular. After Pocket Chocolate learned about the art class of Zhejiang Normal University, my sister took him with her to find out, who would have missed the time to apply for the exam.

"Actually, like Tu Xiaoyi, I went to Shenzhen without taking the college entrance examination." It is also holding the mentality of "trying" and working hard for his comic dream.. Later, he kept painting and slowly began to have works.

“I think Tu Xiaoyi is you."After talking to Pocket for nearly half an hour, I suddenly threw this question at him.

At that time, he was stunned and replied, "A little."

During the interview, I actually talked a lot with Pocket Chocolate.

I talked about the tofu dumplings that flashed in the animation and talked about many hometown snacks.

I also talked about the TV tower that the protagonists climbed up in the movie. "At that time, junior high schools organized lectures, and our own boys sneaked to Dayun Mountain to play. Sometimes we went to the bomb shelter below to’ explore’ or strolled in the TV tower. Once the door was open, several older boys climbed up."

During the pre-production of the film, Pocket Chocolate took the team back to Lanxi for a few days. Today, this southern town has changed a lot, and even the pontoon bridge in the movie has been demolished in the past two years.

The school he attended, only the primary school has made too many changes.

"When I went back to Yan ‘an Road Primary School this time, I felt that when we were in primary school, we felt that the playground was very big, the corridor was very wide and the railings were very high. But when you climb up again now, you suddenly found that the playground was not that big, the railings were not that high and the corridors were not that wide. But when you go to a place where you have been before, you will have an illusion. When you were a child, you ran past you now. I really feel this way. "

"Well, that’s how I feel when I watch this movie."

The latest news of the situation in Russia and Ukraine has attracted the attention of all parties.

On February 12, the Global Times quoted the US Wall Street Journal as reporting on February 11 that the General Intelligence Department of the Ukrainian Ministry of National Defense said on the same day that the Russian army was using the "Star Chain" system developed by SpaceX on a large scale at the front line. In response, SpaceX CEO Musk responded urgently, "Some false news said that SpaceX is selling’ Star Chain’ terminals to Russia. This is absolutely wrong. "

On February 12th, local time, the Kremlin responded that elon musk’s "Star Link" satellite Internet system was neither certified for use in Russia nor officially supplied to Russia, so it could not be used.

At present, Musk’s "Star Chain" business is welcoming a big outbreak. According to a source quoted by Bloomberg, it is estimated that SpaceX’s sales in 2024 will increase to about 15 billion US dollars, in which the sales of "Star Chain" business will exceed the launch business, and the number of users of satellite Internet service will exceed 40 million by 2025. SpaceX’s annual income can reach 30 billion US dollars, and the "Star Chain" project will become the most profitable business.

Musk responded urgently.

On February 12, the Global Times quoted the American Wall Street Journal as reporting on February 11 that the General Intelligence Bureau of the Ukrainian Ministry of National Defense said on the same day that the Russian army was using the "Star Chain" system developed by SpaceX on a large scale near the front line of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which might weaken a major battlefield advantage of the Ukrainian army.

According to the report, by using the "star chain" system, Ukrainian frontline troops can communicate safely with Internet applications, so that they can keep in touch without relying on mobile phones or radio signals that are more easily monitored by Russian troops.

Andrei Yusov, spokesman for the General Intelligence Department of Ukraine’s Ministry of National Defense, said that Russian troops are "systematically" using "Star Chain" terminals, which are used by Russian 83rd Air Assault Brigade and other troops, which are fighting near the towns of Cris Chivka and Andrevka in Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.

The statement did not mention how the Russian army obtained these terminals, for example, whether they were purchased from abroad or seized from the Ukrainian army.

This is the first time Ukraine has issued an official statement on Russia’s alleged use of the Star Chain.

Later on December 11, local time, SpaceX CEO Musk responded urgently.

Musk responded that "some false news said that SpaceX is selling’ Star Chain’ terminals to Russia. This is absolutely wrong. "

Musk wrote on the social platform X: "As far as we know, no’ Star Chain’ terminal is directly or indirectly sold to Russia."

On February 12th, local time, the Kremlin also responded that elon musk’s "Star Link" satellite Internet system was neither certified for use in Russia nor officially supplied to Russia, so it could not be used.

Kremlin spokesman dmitry Peskov said in an interview: "This is not our certified system; Therefore, it cannot be officially supplied here, nor is it officially supplied. Therefore, it cannot be officially used in any way. "

Frequently involved in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

The Global Times quoted The Wall Street Journal as saying that SpaceX had issued a statement on social platform X on February 8, local time, saying that the "Star Chain" satellite service could not be used in Russia, but did not explain whether this service could be used on the Russian-controlled side of the Russian-Ukrainian front line.

A SpaceX spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment on the 11th.

The report pointed out that although the "Star Chain" terminal could not be purchased in Russia, Ukrainian media reported that the Russian army had purchased the equipment in a third country and brought it to the front. In addition, the Russian army may have seized the "star chain" terminal from the Ukrainian army, so that it can access the "star chain" network. Although SpaceX has the ability to track the "Star Chain" users in a specific geographical location, it may be difficult for the company to determine whether the users are Russian or Ukrainian, especially in front-line areas.

The Wall Street Journal said that since Musk decided to provide "Star Chain" service for Ukraine after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the use of the "Star Chain" system has always been a politically charged issue.

According to the report, the "Star Chain" system is considered to be crucial to the actions of the Ukrainian army, so that when SpaceX said that it could no longer provide access funds for Uzbekistan in 2023, the US Department of Defense and other Ukrainian supporters were forced to agree to pay the fees to maintain the operation of the service.

In September 2023, Musk said that in the early days of the conflict, he rejected Ukraine’s request to start the "Star Chain" service near Sevastopol, Crimea, in order to avoid SpaceX’s direct involvement in Uzbekistan’s plan to attack Russian ships.

Gwen Shotwell, president of SpaceX, said at a meeting earlier that SpaceX had taken measures to restrict the use of the "Star Chain" system in Ukrainian military operations. She said at the time that the company did not intend to make the "star chain" a weapon.

"Star Chain" Outbreak

SpaceX is a space exploration technology company owned by Musk. Its main business includes orbital rocket launch, manned space flight and satellite Internet service. The satellite Internet service is the star chain service, which aims to provide high-speed Internet connection for users around the world through satellite network.

According to Bloomberg, which previously quoted people familiar with the matter, SpaceX’s revenue from rocket launch and starlink business in 2023 is estimated to be about 9 billion US dollars, and its sales are expected to increase to about 15 billion US dollars in 2024.

According to the report, it is estimated that the sales of "Star Chain" business will exceed the launch business in 2024, which will account for most of SpaceX’s total revenue. By 2025, the number of users of satellite Internet services will exceed 40 million, and SpaceX’s annual revenue will reach 30 billion US dollars. The "Star Chain" project will become the most profitable "Golden Bull" business.

Musk has been trying to use the "Star Chain" business unit as an important source of income to fund SpaceX’s capital-intensive projects.

It is reported that "Star Chain" is a low-orbit Internet constellation plan proposed by SpaceX in 2014, with the goal of building a space-based communication system with global coverage, large capacity and low delay, and providing high-speed Internet services on a global scale.

Statistics show that by the end of 2023, "Star Chain" has been applied in 65 countries, serving over 2.3 million users, an increase of over 1.3 million.

According to the latest report of Cloudflare, a network infrastructure company, compared with 2022, American traffic from "Star Chain" increased by more than 150% in 2023.

From a global perspective, according to the statistics of Cloudflare, the internet traffic in the world increased by 25% in 2023, while the traffic of "Star Chain" was twice as much as this data.

It is worth mentioning that in the past year, Musk has strengthened in-depth cooperation with the US military. The most striking thing is that SpaceX has specially created a service product called "Star Shield" for the US military, and in view of the good performance of "Star Chain" on the battlefield in Ukraine, the US Department of Defense also awarded SpaceX a contract worth 70 million US dollars in September 2023.

According to the contract, the Star Shield network will provide end-to-end services for the military through the Star Chain constellation, user terminals, auxiliary equipment, network management and other related services, and on the basis of the Star Chain data encryption service, the Star Shield has been added with additional encryption technology to ensure the security of data processing of the hosted payload, and SpaceX has become the first provider to provide low-earth orbit satellite services for the US military.

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　　BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua)-According to media reports from "Russia -1 Channel" TV station and Sputnik, on the 25th local time, "Russia -1 Channel" TV station announced the working picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin when he handled the "Wagner Incident" on the 24th.

On June 24th, local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin handled the "Wagner Incident" in the Kremlin. Image source: Video screenshot of "Russia -1 Channel" TV station

　　In the picture of "Moscow Kremlin Putin" program of "Russia -1 Channel" TV station, the host said that although it was Saturday, Putin still started working early in the morning.

　　The picture also shows that Putin delivered a televised speech to the Russian people at 10 am local time on the 24th, in which he told the "Wagner incident" that happened that day that Russia would never be allowed to split again.

　　The program also exposed Putin’s phone conversation with Belarusian President Lukashenko in the office.

On June 24th, local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin was interviewed in the Kremlin. Image source: "Russia -1 Channel" video screenshot

　　Putin then accepted an interview with the program. When asked how much working time he would devote to special military operations, Putin said, "Of course, I give priority to this matter, and the working day begins with it and ends with it."

　　Putin said that he has been keeping in touch with the Russian military industry system to understand what shortcomings still exist in meeting the needs of special military operations and how to increase efforts in this regard.

　　In addition, the host also asked Putin, if something very important happens, how does the head of state handle it?

　　Putin replied, "I have been sleeping very late recently. Of course, I have to keep in touch all the time."

Lead:

Once, a shocking news was like a stone thrown into a quiet pond, causing ripples. Singer Hua Chenyu announced an incredible fact, that is, his relationship with singer Joe superstar suddenly added another dimension: his daughter.

How to understand this puzzling news? How did two music giants who had nothing to do with each other get together and give birth to a child? All this is confusing, and only by digging deep can we uncover the veil of truth.

Some people say that life is like a movie, and you never know what will happen in the next scene.

For Hua Chenyu and Diamond, this turning point seems to be a miracle in their lives.

As a rising star in music, Hua Chenyu stands out among many musicians with his unique musical style. However, his life experience is far more complicated than imagined. His father Hua Fuxiong is a billionaire mining tycoon. Rich as jade, he is the son of a noble family.

Diamond is a shining star in the music industry. With his outstanding musical talent and strength, he once held the pillar position in the entertainment circle. She has always regarded music as a part of her life, however, her life seems to have changed irreversibly at some point.

Then, just when everything seemed calm, Hua Chenyu’s social media released an amazing message-"We have a baby". This sentence is like a bomb, which caused a great sensation.

However, this news is not a simple good news, but the beginning of a mystery. Because before, the relationship between Hua Chenyu and Diamond hardly involved the public eye. There is no gossip between them, as if they are people from two different worlds.

However, with the hot discussion of public opinion, some details began to surface.

It turned out that Wan Li, not far from Diamond, came to the United States to give birth to this child. Hua Chenyu seems to know nothing about this process, and he didn’t know this amazing fact until the child was born.

This led to widespread speculation that Diamond did this to bind Hua Chenyu and force them to get married. However, this single-handed action reveals that she seems to regard Hua Chenyu as a superior tool.

However, reality is often more complicated than it seems. DNA testing finally confirmed the blood relationship between her daughter and Hua Chenyu, and Hua Chenyu had to reluctantly admit this fact.

But he publicly announced that the two would not get married and would only raise children together.

It is said that Hua Chenyu privately provided material compensation, gave Diamond a luxury villa and provided generous living expenses every month. Thus, Hua Chenyu didn’t really accept this sudden daughter. He just regarded it as an unexpected burden and chose to solve it with money.

Emotionally, he seems to be frustrated with Diamond. Diamond’s plan finally failed. She failed to marry into a rich family, but her real motives were exposed and her reputation was damaged.

Nowadays, Diamond is facing pressure from all sides, and the cold eyes of the entertainment circle are full of her life. However, as a mother, she must face the burden of raising children alone.

Perhaps, simply looking at this incident from the perspective of "trading power and money" will make us lose our deep understanding of this matter. Life is full of unpredictability, and interpersonal relationships are not black and white. Perhaps, Diamond’s choice contains sincere feelings, not just cold calculation.

After all, the story of two loving hearts can never be ignored. We shouldn’t jump to conclusions and label them unfair.

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Core tip:

1. As the chief designer of Tesla, holz Hausen wants to turn Musk’s vague idea into a real car.

2. He is good at combining minimalist and technologically avant-garde interior with modern appearance, such as retractable door handles or panoramic glass skylights.

3. Cyberruck’s design violated holz Hausen’s aesthetic style, but moved Musk.

4. holz Hausen’s next major test will be to design more affordable Tesla models.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, once told his chief designer that he wanted to build an electric pickup truck with good driving power and a closed container, which "feels like the future".

This task falls to Franz von Holzhausen, who wants to read the boss’s meaning.

"My job is to simplify things and explain his words clearly."Holz Hausen said in an interview recently.

Holz Hausen, 55, is a veteran who has worked in Tesla for 15 years. He is one of the most senior executives of Tesla and has led the design of almost all Tesla models. In 2008, Musk dug holz Hausen from Mazda to Tesla.From the first day, he reported directly to Musk, longer than anyone else in Tesla.

Over the years, his designs have combined minimalist and technologically avant-garde interiors with modern appearances, which has made him famous, such as retractable door handles or panoramic glass skylights. His design further proves that electric cars are not only more beneficial to the environment, but also cool and enterprising.

Now, holz Hausen is facing the next major test:Tesla is preparing to launch a more affordable electric car in order to enhance the company’s appeal in the mass market and target buyers with more tight budgets.At present, the starting price of Tesla cars in the United States is about $39,000.

Founder of Cybertruck

As the chief design officer of Tesla, holz Hausen wants to translate Musk’s sometimes vague ideas into actual car lines, surfaces and contours.

Cybertruck is an example. This pickup truck with hard edges and flat stainless steel panels is an extreme design. It deviated from the design concept of holz Hausen, whose early works focused on curves and smooth lines.

"Most designers find it hard to believe that this car is really designed by holz Hausen, because it is really not his aesthetic style." J Mays, a senior car designer, said that he worked with holz Hausen in the 1990s.

According to people involved in the research and development of Cyberruck, the development of Cyberruck has been full of twists and turns until 2019.

Dave Dave Morris, holz Hausen’s long-term deputy at Tesla, said that Musk’s words were sometimes "elusive" and holz Hausen had to make some deeper explanations.

"Musk is hot and cold. One day, he will grab an idea and push it in one direction, then we will sort it out, and then he will say, ah, this is not what I want. " Holz Hausen recalled.

In the midsummer of that year, holz Hausen took a chance and made a final effort. He drew a truck with a triangular outline, which is different from the truck that his team has been showing to Musk.

As a result, this idea resonated with Musk.

According to those who have worked with holz Hausen, he is decisive, not easily flustered, and willing to accept new ideas. These qualities have helped him to establish a close relationship with Musk, and he is comfortable in a company with a high turnover rate of executives.

Before and after lunch time, he often leads people to exercise in a parking lot behind Tesla’s Los Angeles design studio. This activity was initiated by a CrossFit coach a few years ago, and later evolved into what some people call "FranzFit" (named after holz Hausen).

"I don’t like losing. Maybe this is a good way to vent. "Holz Hausen said when talking about exercise.

I was inseparable from Musk.

When Musk was able to persuade holz Hausen to leave Mazda, he promised to fulfill Tesla’s mission, that is, to accelerate the transformation of the automobile industry to electrification and get rid of its dependence on oil and natural gas.

Holz Hausen now manages a team of about 300 employees, including designers and sculptors who are responsible for converting 2D images into clay models. Most of them work in the design studio in the Los Angeles area, which is an open office located in a modified hangar next to the SpaceX headquarters of Musk’s rocket company.

For many years, Musk went to holz Hausen’s office almost every Friday to review the latest ideas of the team. Today, the number of visits by Musk has decreased, because he now has to manage more companies and Tesla’s headquarters has moved to Texas.

Holz Hausen said that Musk was still "deeply involved" in Tesla’s design process.Sometimes, Musk sends the ideas he saw on X to holz Hausen. Holz Hausen prefers to discuss design ideas face to face, and he will try to find Musk to discuss with him face to face.

Sketch a car at the age of two.

Holz Hausen grew up in Hartford, Connecticut. His father, Frank von holz, an industrial designer, said that his son started painting at an early age and drew a sketch of his first car at the age of two.

In 1992, holz Hausen joined the design team of Volkswagen after graduating from art center college of design, a suburb of Los Angeles. As a junior designer of Volkswagen, he was selected to help design the concept car of Volkswagen, which eventually became an improved version of Volkswagen’s iconic model Beetle, with a more rounded shape.

Later, he joined General Motors, where he met his wife, Vicki, a car designer. The pair collaborated to design the curvy Pontiac Solstice car. Holz Hausen focuses on exterior design, while Vicky focuses on interior. This two-seater car won the annual design award of Automobile Magazine in 2006. Currently, they live in the Los Angeles area and have two sons.

After leaving GM, holz Hausen joined Mazda to lead the California studio. Laurens van den Acker, a former design director of Mazda, said that Mazda California Studio led by holz Hausen has won a reputation for being good at handling challenging tasks.

There, holz Hausen designed a series of concept cars, inspired by the movement of nature. These models are designed to show Mazda’s design trajectory.

"They are people who want to join new projects and like to face difficulties." Ake said.

In the eyes of outsiders, holz Hausen’s famous work may be the Cybertruck conference in 2019. At that time, to show Cybertruck’s tenacity, holz Hausen smashed a metal ball into the window of a prototype car. As a result, the window was smashed.

In Tesla’s office, he took a pen and paper to solve design problems, wrote down his ideas on pieces of paper, and then put them on the conference room or someone else’s desk for inspiration.

Like many Tesla employees, he often wears a black T-shirt, which is his work clothes. Holz Hausen is also famous for changing Musk’s mind.

For example, according to the autobiography of Musk published by Walter Isaacson, holz Hausen was one of the people who persuaded Musk to restart the plan of low-cost electric vehicles. The plan will expand Tesla’s influence to the mass market. At that time, Musk had been focusing on making a fully autonomous self-driving taxi without steering wheel and pedals.

Recently, holz Hausen stopped by a car while walking in petersen automotive museum.He said that this car inspired him when he thought about Tesla’s future car.

This is a 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe. It has been customized, with a huge diving fender and an iconic round door, which opens to reveal a red interior. Holz Hausen marveled at the sense of movement conveyed by this car. "It feels like being stretched by the wind".

He compared Tesla’s upcoming affordable car with Volkswagen’s Beetle or Ford’s Model T and called it "a product for the public".But simple and not simple, it will also "feel like a continuation of future ideas."

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