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The art of NBA rubbish is on the verge of extinction, and you will only "greet your opponent’s mother"?

        The funniest game in the second round of the NBA playoffs was the Rockets VS Clippers. In front of the performance of the two teams taking turns to draw air, the limelight was naturally taken away by saliva.

        In the Second World War between the two sides, Clippers forward matt barnes insulted Harden’s mother with insulting words such as "s..k", and he was fined a huge amount of $50,000 by the League.

        In fact, many people have heard of it. Isn’t garbage one of the cultures in the NBA? But how to speak rubbish well is definitely an art, and rubbish and abuse are two completely different things.

        Sometimes, we miss it, those dirty garbage words.

Although Harden’s mother (middle) has expressed her willingness to forgive Barnes (right), Harden and the Rockets teammates don’t buy it.

Ali, the boxing champion, is the granddaddy of rubbish.

        For China fans, sometimes the radio equipment in CBA stadium is better, and we can often hear players and coaches "greeting each other’s mother and family". The most classic is Su Wei’s English show against Marbury in that year’s finals, and the English words starting with F are quite "market-like".

        But in the NBA, the so-called rubbish has a specific explanation. Spam English is trash talk. According to Wikipedia, spam is a form of boasting or insulting in the fierce competition. It is often used to put pressure on opponents, and it can also be a humorous spirit, which cannot be equated with swearing.

        In the NBA and even the North American sports arena, saying good rubbish has become an "art on the verge of extinction". The rubbish of the older generation is full of charm and sportsmanship without crossing the bottom line.

Classic photo of Muhammad Ali.

        NBA players generally regard boxing champion Ali as the granddaddy of rubbish. In 1964, the boxing champion Ali left a photo handed down from ancient times, looked at his opponent on the ground and shouted: "Get up and fight,sucker!" " Get up and fight, asshole.

        Subsequently, Ali’s provocative but slightly inspiring words instantly became popular in the sports circle. The purpose of garbage talk is also mainly classified as "to cheer yourself up and stimulate your opponent to perform better".

Jordan and peyton.

Jordan is a revolutionary of NBA trash talk.

        When the bonfire of basketball reached the 1980s, trash talk reached its artistic peak, thanks to Jordan and Byrd. At that time, every generation of superstars must be masters of trash talk.

        Rush, a columnist of Fox Sports, said: "Jordan is the king of rubbish in NBA history, and he is also a revolutionary of rubbish in NBA. Prior to this, the garbage words in the NBA only stayed at’ kill you’ and some low-level tastes, which were not only boring but also uneducated. "

        Jordan’s favorite thing to say is "Come on, you almost held me". But former NBA player Steve Smith had an even worse experience.

        Once when he was defending Jordan, he heard the flying man chanting some numbers: "40, 38, 35 …, he kept counting in my ear until the last number became 0, and I suddenly realized that he was counting his own scores, backwards!"

        When competing with another garbage king, Jordan’s play is often more humorous.

        "Gloves" Payton once shouted at Jordan on the court, "I have already got a salary of millions! I can also buy a Ferrari! " Without looking at him, Jordan replied, "Sorry, I can’t afford it. My Ferrari was given by the manufacturer."

Jordan said he would never respect Miller.

Alternative Miller joined the fans in scolding.

        At the same time, larry bird left a famous sentence that "crossing you is like crossing the road in the morning", and Pippen told Malone that "the postman doesn’t go to work on Sunday" was also regarded as a classic. But at that time, there was also a star who was famous for his harsh words, and that was reggie miller.

        Miller’s favorite is the virtual scene, and some fabricated insults are counted on the opponent’s head. After a "greeting" to Jordan, the trapeze even wanted to beat him on the court, leaving a message that "Miller will never be respected".

        Miller’s rubbish was sprayed on the audience. After he scored the winning goal at home in new york, he jumped on the record table and shouted at the Knicks bench and fans: "This ball is dedicated to you son of bxxxx (sons of bitches).

Garnett versus spray Barnes.

Garnett: Your wife tastes like doughnuts.

        With the departure of a generation of stars such as Jordan, trash talk has also become an "NBA first-class protected heritage", and the trash talk of players on the field has gradually begun to "greet each other’s families and mothers" directly, with no technical content or aesthetic feeling at all.

        Let’s start with a joke: when Garnett was still playing for the Celtics, they played against the Hornets (now the Pelicans) at home. At that time, Celtic coach Reeves pulled Garnett aside and said to him, "KG, have you seen Austin (Reeves’ son) opposite? Can you stop spitting rubbish at the scene later? Remember, his mother is my wife. "

        Although this is just a joke, according to a survey of 173 NBA players by Sports Illustrated, 62% of the players think Garnett is the first person to talk rubbish in the NBA. However, the technical content of KG’s junk words is open to question. Besides greeting his opponent’s wife and mother sometimes, his junk words often get him into trouble.

Garnett and Anthony had a conflict.

        On January 9, 2013, a rare scene happened after the Celtics played against the Knicks. Anthony, the star of the Knicks, blocked the Celtics bus and asked Garnett to get off the bus and fight one-on-one. The reason is that Garnett said to him, "Hey, man, your wife tastes like doughnuts, and I like doughnuts best."

        Wolf king’s rubbish sometimes seems irrational. He once said to him when defending Duncan: "Happy Mother’s Day, don’t forget to say hello to her for me." But Duncan’s mother had just passed away.

        And he called Villanueva a "cancer patient", which angered netizens and patients on social networks.

Artest and Kobe’s rubbish has no technical content.

Kobe’s rubbish is comparable to Aunt Qiong Yao’s.

        In the new era of basketball, money and the market have gradually occupied the dominant position. Although there are also fighters like Garnett, the smell of gunpowder in the stadium is really a bit less.

        Kobe Bryant and James, as representatives of the new era players, have no doubt about their strength, but their rubbish is really lacking.

        In this year’s playoffs, James finally said something rubbish to the bulls and was immediately called a technical foul. In the past, he was upset and even sprayed with his mother on the sidelines. The only classic was to stimulate Arenas with words and miss two free throws.

Kobe and Howard clashed.

        And Kobe’s trash talk is just like Aunt Qiong Yao. TNT, an American television station, specially invited lip experts to interpret Kobe Bryant’s garbage words in the 2008 playoffs and Artest, and found that their conversations were as follows: "Get out of my way", "No, get out of my way", "Get out of my way" and "No, get out of my way" …

        Netizens said that Kobe might as well tie a repeater to his body.

        Think about it carefully, the only thing Kobe impressed the fans was saying to Howard, "Soft egg, don’t you dare hit me!" (soft! try me! )”

        Hey, when will the NBA be able to produce a master of both language and skills?

Stimulate the cultural vitality of the Yellow River and arouse the spirit of self-improvement and forge ahead.

  [Guangming Forum]

  The Yellow River falls to the East China Sea, and Wan Li writes in his mind. The Yellow River has witnessed the rise and forge ahead of the Chinese nation and stirred up the splendid civilization that has lasted forever. As an important part of Chinese civilization, the Yellow River culture is the root and soul of the Chinese nation. Recently, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed at the symposium on comprehensively promoting ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin that the times value of the Yellow River culture should be deeply explored, and the national character and spirit of struggle of the Chinese nation should be fully demonstrated. The water vein is connected with the cultural context. Strengthening the cultural protection, inheritance and promotion in the Yellow River Basin is the only way to continue the historical context and strengthen cultural self-confidence. The important exposition of the Supreme Leader General Secretary has provided us with important follow-up and pointed out the way forward.

  The Yellow River culture embodies the spirit of perseverance, perseverance and courage. The Jiuqu Yellow River rushes forward, and its magnificent momentum leaves a deep impression on people. As the mother river of the Chinese nation, the Yellow River has nurtured countless Chinese sons and daughters in the long years, nurtured the spiritual characteristics of Chinese civilization, and shaped the national character of self-improvement, perseverance and indomitable spirit of the Chinese nation. At the same time, the Yellow River, as an unruly "worry river", is "silted, determined and frequently moved" and "burst twice every three years and changed its course once every hundred years". Faced with the changefulness of the Yellow River, Chinese sons and daughters manage the Yellow River and defend their homeland with courage and wisdom. Dayu led the people to abandon "blocking" and change it into "dredging" to calm down the flood with creative dredging strategies; In the Ming Dynasty, Pan Jixun invented the method of "bundling water and washing sand", which managed the river four times and built three long dikes. Jiao Yulu, secretary of Lankao County Party Committee, led the masses to explore hard. After decades of efforts, Lankao finally bid farewell to the long yellow sand and the vast saline-alkali land … … It is in the process of overcoming disasters and sufferings again and again that the Chinese nation forged indomitable and self-reliant character and tenacious vitality, and formed the outstanding characteristics of the Yellow River culture and Chinese culture. With the hard exploration and unremitting efforts of generations, the Yellow River is magnificent in An Lan, with beautiful scenery on both sides.These are the best praise for the spirit of struggle and perseverance of the Chinese nation.

  The Yellow River culture shows the enterprising attitude of the Chinese nation, which is vigorous and promising, seeking new things and making changes. As a multi-level and multi-dimensional cultural complex interwoven with time and space, the Yellow River culture has been continuously enriched and expanded in the labor practice of hundreds of millions of people, and has developed new connotations with the times. Pangu created the world, The goddess patching the sky and Kuafu pursued the sun, and Yugong moved mountains … … These myths and legends born in the Yellow River basin all bear the value pursuit of innovation and change of the Chinese nation. Whether it is astronomical calendar, papermaking, compass, printing and other major inventions, or many revolutionary practices that have taken place along the Yellow River, it has strongly proved that the Yellow River culture contains the gene of seeking novelty and change. Today, the book of rites, University, and the book of songs, Elegance, record that "although Zhou was an old country, his life was renewed", which still inspires the Chinese nation to innovate and develop continuously. Nourished by the spirit of innovation and enterprising, Henan and other places along the Yellow River economic cluster have developed new quality productivity according to local conditions, implemented green manufacturing projects, and cultivated key industrial chain clusters. Zhengzhou and Kaifeng new energy automobile industrial clusters, Luoyang modern agricultural machinery equipment manufacturing cluster and other clusters have been selected into the first batch of advanced manufacturing clusters in Henan Province, developing new advantages and accelerating accumulation, injecting more kinetic energy into promoting ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River basin.

  The Yellow River culture contains profound wisdom of harmony but diversity and eclecticism. For thousands of years, distinctive regional cultures such as Hehuang culture, Guanzhong culture, Heluo culture and Qilu culture have been formed along the Yellow River basin, and many scholars have emerged. This flowing river bears witness to people’s exchanges and cultural exchanges. In the pre-Qin period, different schools of Confucianism, Mohism and Taoism contended, which promoted the prosperity of China’s thought and scholarship. The Silk Road and the Yellow River waterway have jointly achieved a large-scale cultural blending in the history of human civilization; Buddhism was introduced into China and integrated into Chinese culture, resulting in the cave temple culture represented by Longmen in Luoyang and Maijishan in Tianshui … … It is in the process of colliding with grassland nomadic culture, farming culture and religious culture that the Yellow River culture glows with strong vitality, showing the grand atmosphere of integration, tolerance and pluralism, and gradually forming the unique spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation’s "harmony and harmony" and "seeking great harmony". The inherent characteristics of openness and tolerance endow the Yellow River culture with strong vitality, and also enhance the leading, cohesive, shaping and radiating power of Chinese culture, which has effectively promoted the exchange and mutual learning of world civilizations. For example, the sixth Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo was opened to build an international cultural exchange and cooperation platform; Nishan World Civilization Forum is held continuously to exchange ideas and gather wisdom around building a community of human destiny;The dance drama Rain on Silk Road, inspired by grotto art, has performed more than 3,800 performances in more than 40 countries and regions, setting a Guinness World Record for dance drama … … Today’s Yellow River still tells an open and inclusive story of the East.

  It is our sacred mission to deeply explore the value of the Yellow River culture in the times and let the precious spirit and cultural heritage be passed down from generation to generation. In the new era and new journey, we should strengthen our cultural self-confidence, do a good job in the study of the Yellow River culture and the protection of cultural relics in the site, innovate and promote the activation and utilization of cultural relics in the Yellow River, push the Yellow River culture out, and tell the "Yellow River Story" in the new era. It is necessary to constantly activate the vitality of the Yellow River culture, inspire the spirit of self-improvement and perseverance, provide strong support for comprehensively promoting ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, and unite majestic forces for building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

  (Author: Zheng Jingbin, deputy academic director of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Research Center, the supreme leader of Shandong Province, and professor of Marxism College of Shandong University)

Sino-Vietnamese "snakeheads" colluded to organize Vietnamese to sneak into Taiwan Province via Fujian.

  On December 9, Fujian Provincial Public Security Frontier Corps organized and commanded Pingtan and Fuzhou Public Security Frontier Detachment to cooperate with each other, and simultaneously acted in Pingtan and Fuqing, and detected a case of Vietnamese smuggling into Taiwan Province by diversion, and arrested 31 people involved, including 4 smuggling organizers and transporters (2 from China and 2 from Vietnam), 27 illegal immigrants (all Vietnamese, 23 men and 4 women), and seized a vehicle transporting illegal immigrants.

  It is reported that this is a smuggling gang with the largest number of people arrested in our province this year.

  The two men have frequent contact.

  Planning and organizing smuggling into Taiwan Province

  Yesterday, Fujian Public Security Frontier Corps reported the detection of this smuggling case.

  At the beginning of June, Fujian Provincial Public Security Frontier Corps found that Qiu Mou, a 53-year-old man from Pingtan, had frequent contacts with Vietnamese and Taiwan Province.

  After further peripheral investigation by Pingtan Public Security Frontier Detachment, a smuggling gang organized by Vietnamese and Pingtan nationals gradually emerged, and border guards also learned that the gang was planning to organize a group of Vietnamese to sneak into Taiwan Province by boat along Pingtan coast.

  Due to the seriousness of the case, the Fujian Provincial Public Security Frontier Corps set up a task force. Not long after, Vietnamese man Li Mou entered the sight of the task force. Li, a 33-year-old who speaks Chinese, spent some time in Taiwan Province before. In 2013, he was sent back to Vietnam for illegally staying in Taiwan Province for an extended period of time, and then he was sent back to China for attempted smuggling.

  Investigators also learned that Qiu had been to Taiwan Province in 2012 in the name of visiting relatives, and was repatriated because of overstaying. During his stay in Taiwan, Qiu met many Vietnamese, including Li. The two men contacted each other many times, and planned to organize a group of Vietnamese nationals to sneak into Taiwan Province via Pingtan.

  "Snakehead" has a clear division of labor

  One side recruits people and the other side buys ships.

  After some discussion, Qiu and Li made a detailed smuggling plan. According to the division of labor plan of the two, Li is responsible for recruiting illegal immigrants in Vietnam and taking them to Pingtan, Fuqing and other places to find a suitable time to sneak into Taiwan Province; Qiu is responsible for buying boats for smuggling, and arranging accommodation for stowaways after they arrive in Fuqing and Pingtan.

  From June to November, Li hired a Vietnamese "Ma Zi" Huang, and successively recruited 27 stowaways in Vietnam. Among these stowaways, 23 were men and 4 were women, the youngest being 21 years old and the oldest being 46 years old.

  Li Mou and Qiu Mou intend to sneak into Taiwan Province by means of "stowaways buying boats at their own expense, driving boats by themselves, and abandoning boats when they arrive at the shore". When Li Mou recruited stowaways, he specially chose Ruan Mou and Fan Mou who knew how to sail boats.

  After the personnel were in place, Li received a deposit from each stowaway and came to Pingtan on November 28 to talk with Qiu and Du about the details of the stowaway. Du Mou has a personal face in Fuqing, mainly responsible for transporting Vietnamese stowaways to Fuqing, Pingtan and other places.

  On November 29th, Li and Qiu went to Chengtou Town, Fuqing City, and bought a wooden fishing boat for smuggling from local fisherman Lin for 53,000 yuan. At the same time, Qiu and Du rented houses in Pingtan and Fuqing respectively for stowaways to use.

  On November 30, Li returned to Guangxi, while Qiu and Du started to refuel the ship, buy quilts and food and put them in the rented room, waiting for the arrival of stowaways.

  Frontier officers and soldiers attacked

  Destroy smuggling gangs

  Soon, under the arrangement of organizers, 27 Vietnamese stowaways arrived in Fuqing and Pingtan in batches with passports or border cards after entering through Youyiguan Port in Guangxi.

  At noon on December 8, the first batch of 11 stowaways arrived in Honglu Town, Fuqing City, and Qiu and Du sent them to Pingtan rented house to wait for stowaways.

  On the 9th, the second batch of 16 stowaways arrived in Fuqing, and 12 of them were sent to Fuqing’s rental house by Qiu and Du. At 15: 00 on the same day, Qiu Mou, Du Mou and Li Mou were preparing to send the other four people to Pingtan rented house. When the vehicle was driving to the second line of Pingtan Strait Bridge, the task force attacked Qiu Mou, Du Mou, Li Mou and the stowaway. Pingtan and Fuzhou public security frontier detachments closed their nets simultaneously, arrested 23 stowaways and an organizer Huang Mou in Pingtan and Fuqing, and seized the ships and vehicles involved in the case in Aoqian Town, Pingtan. This major smuggling case was solved.

  All the stowaways involved were punished by administrative detention and a fine of 500 yuan, and four stowaway organizers were detained in criminal detention.

  According to the investigators, these stowaways have contacted their relatives or friends in Taiwan Province in advance. Once the fishing boat arrives in Taoyuan, Taiwan Province, the stowaways will abandon the boat and go ashore, and their relatives and friends in Taiwan will take over the job.

  At present, the case is still under investigation.

  "Snakehead" and stowaways

  It’s too late to regret being caught

  On the afternoon of December 16th, the reporter saw "snakeheads" Li and Qiu in Pingtan Detention Center, and Vietnamese stowaways in Pingtan Detention Center.

  Li stayed in Taiwan Province for 8 years, including 6 years of illegal detention, and was sent back to Viet Nam in 2013. In the first two years in Taiwan, he worked as a welder, and later changed to marble processing, earning five or six thousand yuan a month, far exceeding his monthly income when he worked in Vietnam.

  After being sent back to China, Li wanted to go back to Taiwan Province to work, so he found Qiu through his friends and planned to organize illegal immigration.

  Li said that he and his wife met while working in Taiwan Province. On December 6 this year, he just came out of Viet Nam, and his wife gave birth to a boy. So far, he has not seen the child with his own eyes, and his family doesn’t know about his arrest. Now he regrets it very much. As he spoke, Li’s tears kept spinning in his eyes.

  Qiu, another "snakehead", appeared relatively calm after being arrested. He said that when Li called him, he thought that the other party was asking him to buy a boat, and later he realized that it was a smuggling. He also thought about reporting it, but he did not report it for fear of being implicated. In this smuggling case, Qiu mainly earned the difference in helping to buy a boat. He claimed that after a trip, he could earn more than 10,000 yuan except for buying a boat, buying oil, repairing the boat and other expenses.

  It is understood that Qiu’s two sons run a fishing gear shop in partnership, and the family conditions are ok. The granddaughter is now over one year old and the grandson has just reached the full moon. Qiu said that he was arrested the first time he did this, and now he is very painful and regrets.

  Chen Mou, a 33-year-old Vietnamese woman, left her old man and children at home and followed her husband to sneak into Taiwan Province to work. The couple mortgaged their house to the bank and raised the smuggling fee through a bank loan. Unexpectedly, they were arrested as soon as they arrived in Pingtan.

  Among these illegal immigrants, there are husband and wife and brothers. Because of their difficult family circumstances, many people raise enough money for illegal immigrants by means of loans or borrowing money. They don’t realize that if they go out through this illegal way, they will lose not only money, but also their lives.

  (Fuzhou Evening News reporter Lin Chunchang correspondent Ding Jichao)

Sequoia Capital, a long-simmering separation

As one of the largest VC (venture capital institutions) in the world, Sequoia Capital will be "divided into three parts" in the future. 

On the evening of June 6th, official micro of Sequoia China released a letter to the founders of Sequoia China member enterprises, announcing that Sequoia Capital will split its local funds in the United States, Europe, China and India/Southeast Asia, and conduct their own completely independent operations, which will be completed before March 31st, 2024. 

Sequoia Capital was born in the United States in 1972. By investing in more than 1,000 enterprises with distinctive technical characteristics, high growth and high development potential, it has become an investment institution with the influence of the industry vane, and is called "the entrepreneur behind the entrepreneur". By 2022, the company managed assets of about $85 billion, or about 606 billion yuan. 

In the list of global unicorns released by Hurun in 2023, Sequoia Capital has once again become the most successful unicorn investment institution in the world by investing in 238 unicorn enterprises, and is far ahead of well-known institutions such as Tiger Global Fund and Softbank. It is precisely because of its great influence that the spin-off of Sequoia Capital has also caused a lot of heated discussion in the investment community. 

In fact, this spin-off is not an emergency, but a long-simmering business restructuring of Sequoia Capital. As Shen Nanpeng, the main partner of Sequoia Capital and the founder of Sequoia China, told the media, "Now the similarities between different entities of Sequoia are much less, and discussions on the split business have been going on for the past two or three years." 

After the split, Sequoia Capital’s original three major sectors will not only have their names adjusted, but also the focus of investment will be quite different. 

Among them, Sequoia USA and Europe will continue to use the brand of Sequoia Capital, Sequoia China will continue to use the Chinese brand name of Sequoia, but it will use "HongShan" as its English name, and Sequoia India/Southeast Asia will be renamed as "Peak XV Partners". A person familiar with the matter told CNBC, "Sequoia China has diversified its investment strategy into multiple funds, while Sequoia’s US and European businesses have been reorganized to focus on Sequoia Capital Fund. Sequoia India/Southeast Asia is highly focused on the excavation and cultivation of early founders. " 

As for the reasons for the split, Sequoia’s explanation is that the deeper localization of each region makes the global centralized operation mode of some back-office functions gradually become a burden. With the internationalization of investment enterprises in different regions of Sequoia and the global competition, competition will inevitably occur, while Sequoia shares the same brand in all regions, which will bring troubles to the founders and member enterprises. 

As for why it split up at this time, it may be related to the rapid growth of Sequoia China. Although Sequoia China has brought rich economic returns to Sequoia Capital in recent years, the distribution of benefits has become increasingly prominent. After splitting up, Sequoia China will no longer share profits with Sequoia Europe and the United States. 

Sequoia revealed in the letter that after 18 years of development, Sequoia China’s investment direction is more extensive and diversified. Thanks to the opportunity of China market, Sequoia China set up a new infrastructure fund to invest in the infrastructure of China’s new economic industry, and in recent years, it developed M&A investment. These unique businesses of Sequoia China have enabled it to break through the definition of traditional venture capital and become an investment institution with diversified business. 

According to Forbes’ report in May, Sequoia China holds 10% of ByteDance’s shares, and the potential value of this investment alone is as high as tens of billions of dollars. In addition, the nearly 200-fold floating profit from previous investment in the US Mission and public comments has made Sequoia China earn a lot of money. According to the Securities Times, Sequoia China has managed over 300 billion yuan and invested in more than 900 projects. 

On the other hand, after Roelof Botha took over the top management of Sequoia USA, the "Sequoia Fund" launched was hit hard by the US stock market, and its performance was not satisfactory. Then in March of this year, the sudden "death" of Silicon Valley Bank made Sequoia America, as its big customer, also experience a test. 

In fact, under the leadership of Shen Nanpeng, Sequoia China already has a localized investment and management model, and has formed a unique system of Sequoia China in terms of business model and concept, so it needs independent operation to play a greater advantage. Coupled with the domestic fund-raising environment, state-owned funds are becoming an increasingly important source of LP. Abandoning Sequoia China as a foreign capital based on the basic situation of China will also be more conducive to its future development. 

Shen Nanpeng, the head of Sequoia China, is a "genius" in the investment field. 

Shen Nanpeng, born in Haining, Zhejiang Province in 1967, worked in Citibank, Lehman Brothers Asia and Deutsche Bank China after obtaining a master’s degree from Yale University. Later, he co-founded Ctrip.com and Home Inn, and both companies landed on Nasdaq in only four years. In 2005, Shen Nanpeng founded Sequoia China, and continues to write the legend of making wealth. 

In Forbes’ list of the world’s best venture capitalists in 2023 released not long ago, Shen Nanpeng topped the list for the fourth time with his investment in Meituan, Pinduoduo and ByteDance, which is also his 12th time on the list and his fourth time winning. Previously, Shen Nanpeng had been the best venture capitalist for three consecutive years (2018-2020), and was also the highest ranked Chinese investor for nine consecutive years since he was listed in 2012. 

Sequoia China official website shows that besides investing in the giants of their respective tracks mentioned above, there are also well-known enterprises such as Alibaba, JD.COM, Debon Logistics, noah wealth, DJI Innovation, BYD, Weilai, Gaode, Aauto Quicker, Huolala, Vipshop, Huada Gene, Jumeiyoupin, Qihoo 360 and ZTO Express. 

In fact, an important factor for the success of Shen Nanpeng and Sequoia China comes from the strategy of "investing early and investing small". Through the forward-looking judgment of industry trends, we choose the fields with the most promising investment opportunities and make an early layout, instead of spending a lot of money on strategic investment later. According to statistics, Sequoia China invested more than half of all fields before the A round (including the A round). 

Moreover, Sequoia China’s investment logic has experienced a gradual change in three stages: the whole track-the key track-the subdivision track in the key track. By dividing the broad investment fields more finely, it can help it to judge the next round of enthusiasm more accurately in advance. In addition, paying attention to post-investment management also enables Sequoia China to find risks in time, grow together with the invested enterprises, and give follow-up strategic guidance, so as to maximize profits. 

Through observation, it is not difficult to find that, in addition to science and technology industry, Sequoia China’s main investment fields include medical and health care and traditional consumption tracks. With the continuous emergence of new tracks, Sequoia China has also begun to exert its strength in these new fields. In a previous public speech, Shen Nanpeng revealed that "in recent years, hard technology projects such as artificial intelligence and high-end manufacturing have exceeded 80% of Sequoia China’s portfolio". 

According to Zhou Kui, a partner of Sequoia China, Sequoia China will capture new trends along three frameworks in the future, namely, low carbon, cloud/end structure evolution and industrial digitalization. 

Zhou Kui explained, "Traditional energy is resource-driven, new energy is innovation-driven, and all aspects of power generation, energy storage and application are improving efficiency through science and technology, so we will pay attention to the release of existing industrial capabilities and innovation and progress of new energy. As for the evolution of the cloud/end structure, although there have been various ups and downs and great changes in the world, the pace of technological progress and industrial development of the communication revolution has not stopped. We have seen opportunities for core software and chips, as well as the original information industry institutions. Gradually restructuring. " 

Power failure occurred in villages where some houses were shattered by the M6.9 earthquake in Milin County, Linzhi City, Xizang.

(Society) (1) An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 occurred in Milin County, Linzhi City, Xizang.

  On November 18th, there was a big stone on a mountain road in Pai Town, Milin County, which blocked traffic (mobile phone shooting). Xinhua News Agency (photo by Liu Pengchao)

(Society) (2) An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 occurred in Milin County, Linzhi City, Xizang.

  On November 18th, Linzhi Frontier Detachment sent officers and men of the town frontier police station to check the disaster situation (mobile phone shooting) in the jurisdiction after the earthquake. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Liu Pengchao)

  Xinhua News Agency, Lhasa, November 18 (Reporter Liu Hongming, Bai Shaobo) The reporter learned from the Seismological Bureau of Xizang Autonomous Region that at 06: 34 on November 18, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 occurred in Milin County, Linzhi City, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. Seven counties (districts) in the city have obvious earthquakes, and no casualties have been reported yet. Some roofs in Lulang Town, Bayi District fell off, houses were shattered, and some villages were blacked out.

  After preliminary understanding, the earthquake in Milin County and the area near the epicenter was strong. The roof of Lulang Town in Bayi District fell off, the houses in Zhaxigang Village and Luobu Village were shattered, and all the villages in Layue were blacked out. There were no reports of casualties.

  Basang Tsering, secretary of the Party branch of Zhaxigang Village, Lulang Town, said that when the earthquake occurred, the house shook so badly that it was unstable to stand in the house. It was the first time for him to experience such a strong earthquake. At present, there are cracks in five or six houses.

  The reporter learned from State Grid Xizang Electric Power Co., Ltd. that as of 8: 00 on the 18th, Xizang Power Grid and Linzhi Power Grid were operating normally, and the company had started the earthquake emergency response mechanism.

  After the earthquake, the Linzhi Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government launched the earthquake emergency plan in the city for the first time, and all counties (districts) and villages conducted detailed investigations to comprehensively verify the relevant situation. Xizang Autonomous Region Seismological Bureau, China Seismological Bureau and China Seismological Network Center are having a video conference on the earthquake situation and disaster situation in the earthquake area, and the earthquake emergency field team is rushing to the earthquake-stricken area.

  At present, local investigations and statistics are being carried out in an orderly manner. Xinhua News Agency reporters are rushing to the earthquake zone, and the earthquake damage is being investigated and verified.

Overbearing fat manager, class dismissed, Blizzard national costume reopened, Diablo?

Two months after Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard was completed, everything restarted.

Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, will leave the company that he has worked hard for half his life on December 29th. On Wednesday, he issued a statement to bid farewell to all employees.

On December 21st, Microsoft reported that Cotic officially announced earlier in the day that December 29th, 2023 would be his last day in Microsoft’s game department.

"In the 32 years that I have led Activision Blizzard, our employees and all those who have helped us have continued to contribute to our success. I can’t express my pride for them." He said in the departure statement issued by Activision Blizzard.

The departure of this controversial and topical CEO is bound to affect the direction of Activision Blizzard in the future.

A gift from Microsoft. Who is it for?

Cotic, who has worked in Activision Blizzard for more than 32 years, is known as the overbearing president of Activision Xiaopang. What impact will his departure bring to Activision Blizzard?

After Cotic leaves, what kind of activision blizzard will the new owner Microsoft hope to see?

It is worth noting that some deputy leaders of Activision Blizzard will also leave one after another, including Humam Sakhnini and Thomas Tippl;; Activision’s current chief administrative officer, chief personnel officer, chief financial officer and chief legal adviser will work until next March, and then we will talk about whether to stay or not.

For China players, Activision Blizzard is a love-hate existence.

The games that love it, to be precise, are the games of Blizzard Entertainment, which passively look at mergers and acquisitions: Warcraft, Diablo, Starcraft and Hearthstone.

Hate its overbearing, stop taking clothes in 2009 and stop taking clothes during the Spring Festival in 2023, all of which are green tea performances that Blizzard wants to kidnap players and force China manufacturers to make concessions.

Can the once arrogant blizzard return to its familiar position?

Can we return to the China market under the banner of Microsoft?

In this regard, 21st century business herald reporter Cai Shuyue had an exchange with Shu Le, and this monkey thought:

The overbearing president should have finished class long ago. He achieved Activision, destroyed Blizzard and was finally kicked out of the game.

Bobby Cotic has been the CEO of Activision Blizzard for more than 32 years, but please note that his resume has been extended from Activision to Activision Blizzard, and Blizzard Entertainment was just a company annexed by Passive Vision.

In other words, the world-famous Blizzard game IP has nothing to do with Bobby Cotic, who is an heir.

Bully and fat, disaster game!

From the point of view of merits and demerits, the combination of Activision and Blizzard was achieved by him, and after the merger, the game of Blizzard Entertainment continued to decline, which is precisely because of his various problems in operating strategy as the owner of Activision.

On July 20, 2021, Activision Blizzard was sued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) to the Los Angeles High Court for long-standing sexual harassment and gender discrimination.

Among them, Cotic’s management style has also become the focus of internal staff criticism.

Some employees have told the media that the personnel contradiction within Blizzard has a long history, and problems such as bad cultural atmosphere and deliberately depressing employees’ salaries have always existed.

In November of the same year, nearly 1,000 Activision Blizzard employees even signed a petition demanding the dismissal of Bobby Cotic.

In a sense, the whole Activision Blizzard has fallen into many problems in recent years, such as cliff-like decline, scandal entanglement and so on, as well as the dispute with Netease over Blizzard’s game agency rights, which led to its game withdrawal from China, all of which bear unshirkable responsibility.

His resignation means that Microsoft made him responsible for the past failures of Activision Blizzard, so as to realize a new beginning of the new Activision Blizzard era under the Microsoft system.

Microsoft’s game dream, three to five years!

At present, many executives of Blizzard report directly to the president of Microsoft Game Studio, which also represents Microsoft’s ambition.

The specific future planning of Blizzard may be in three aspects:

The first is the stable operation of old games.

Including the return of the original core technicians of Activision Blizzard, to ensure that Activision Blizzard can quickly recover its combat effectiveness.

The second is the new game research and development of the old IP.

Especially in the situation that Watch Pioneer has been in succession from the league to the new works, and the old IP only has Diablo’s counterattack on the new works, it is necessary to use more and better old IP new works to consolidate Microsoft’s right to speak in the game world.

Only in this way can Activision Blizzard return to the era cognition of "Blizzard is produced and must be a boutique".

The third is the promotion of joint research and development.

It is very important to develop mobile games through Activision Blizzard IP, especially to jointly develop Activision Blizzard IP mobile games with China game manufacturers, so as to quickly form the influence of Blizzard in the mobile game market and learn the experience of mobile game research and transportation.

In the process of merger, after transferring many rights and interests of Activision Blizzard to friends, what can this blizzard bring to Microsoft? Foolish thought:

Blizzard’s product matrix is still there, but the team is scattered, and it is difficult to restore combat effectiveness in a short time.

However, the existing game super IP matrix can completely create conditions for Microsoft to consolidate its position in console games, explore trial and error in the field of cloud games, expand its territory in the field of mobile games, and establish a virtual world of Microsoft+Blizzard in the field of metauniverse.

But at present, it is limited to conditions, and its running-in period may take one or two years. If it can really form combat effectiveness, it may take three or five years.

How difficult is it to reopen Blizzard’s national service?

As for whether Blizzard can return to China, there is no suspense. Although Tencent and Netease resolutely refuse, Microsoft will definitely give a satisfactory price.

But who are the China manufacturers who can take over the offer?

Based on the idea of Microsoft’s mobile game, and the "abnormal condition" of Blizzard’s technical ability and service requirements, there are not many choices, nothing more than Tencent, Netease and Mihayou …

It’s just that the game has passed, so what if it’s an agent?

China’s game market is no longer in the 2000s, when foreign games can make money by looking for an agent casually.

Therefore, after the New Year, Blizzard’s national costume will stop serving in Zhou Nianji, and if it doesn’t come back, there is no need to come back.

Author Zhang Shule, columnist of People’s Daily Online and People’s Post and Telecommunications, expert of Zhongjing Media Think Tank, and senior TMT industry critic, has newly published "From Introduction to Mastery of Media Writing" (Tsinghua University Press).

Observation | US "Tianjun" clarifies the vision of the next generation space architecture and seeks to maintain its absolute advantage.

Recently, SDA released the first information consultation on the federal business opportunity network of the US government, seeking the design concepts and schemes of satellite platforms, payloads, launch platforms and related ground facilities needed for the development of the next generation space architecture from the industry.

This is the first information consultation book issued by NASA since its establishment on March 12, and its development trend deserves attention.

The U.S. military believes that active satellites are powerful, but their survivability is insufficient, so it is necessary to explore new platforms. The picture shows the American SBIRS missile early warning satellite.

The development thinking of American space equipment is brewing a major change.

After Trump took office, he attached great importance to space. From the reconstruction of the space command, the establishment of the space army to the establishment of the space development agency, the US military’s space decrees, military orders and space equipment research and development system are undergoing major adjustments and changes. In this context, the US military is speeding up the planning and design of the next generation space system. The new version of the Missile Defense Assessment Report and the first project solicitation notice of the Space Development Agency reveal some clues.

In 1983, in order to prevent hostile countries from launching nuclear attacks on the United States and its allies, then US President Ronald Reagan proposed the "Star Wars" plan, which consisted of intercontinental ballistic missile defense and anti-satellite, and advanced the development of space weapons, which had a significant impact in history. Because the investment and technical difficulty of the "Star Wars" plan was too great, which exceeded the objective reality at that time, it was forced to suspend in 1993 and turned into a more realistic and feasible missile defense plan. In recent years, due to the rapid development of missile penetration technology, especially hypersonic technology, the missile defense system in the United States, which is mainly based on land and sea, is facing development bottlenecks, and there are calls and trends to shift the focus of missile defense to space.

On January 17 this year, the new version of the US Missile Defense Assessment Report clearly stated that the use of space can provide a more effective, flexible and adaptable missile defense posture. Space-based sensor system is not limited by geography, and can monitor, detect and track missiles launched almost anywhere in the world; Space-based interceptor and directed energy weapon are effective ways to intercept missile booster phase, effectively resist penetration and greatly improve the overall efficiency of missile defense system. Confirmed by the above statement, the US Congress has asked the Ministry of National Defense to carry out special research and demonstration on space-based sensors, space-based interceptors and even particle beam weapons, and come up with concrete and feasible development plans.

India conducted an anti-satellite test in March this year.

On July 1, the US Army’s New Space Development Agency issued the first project solicitation notice, which clearly pointed out the military needs of the US military’s new generation of space system construction to missile defense and space confrontation, marking a major change in the development ideas and ways of the US military’s space equipment system. The background is that the strategic focus of the United States has shifted to the competition of big countries, and it is believed that the existing space architecture and equipment can not maintain absolute superiority, especially in the case of the continuous development of anti-satellite missiles, cyber attacks and common-orbit spacecraft in some countries, once the space system dominated by large spacecraft is destroyed, it is difficult to replenish it in a short time, that is, there is insufficient flexibility; The second is that the existing space architecture and equipment can’t cope with emerging threats, especially hypersonic weapons, and the active missile early warning satellites can’t effectively provide timely early warning and tracking.

The new architecture will have a subversive impact on space attack and defense.

The first project solicitation notice of the Space Development Agency borrowed the idea of DARPA "Black Jack" satellite project, turned to the booming commercial space technology to seek subversion, and tried to develop the concepts, methods, technologies and systems related to the next generation flexible, flexible and agile space system based on micro-satellite technology, rapid launch technology and artificial intelligence technology.

According to the eight key space capabilities proposed in the "Space Vision of the Ministry of National Defense", the Space Development Agency proposed that the next generation space system of the US military should be composed of seven functional layers. First, the transport layer: it provides 7×24 hours uninterrupted and low-delay data transmission and communication around the world; The second is the tracking layer: it provides space-based target detection, early warning, tracking and indication to defend against the threat of advanced missiles (including hypersonic weapons); Third, the monitoring layer: monitoring time-sensitive targets around the clock, providing key guarantee for attacking enemy missile launchers, radar stations and command nodes before launching; The fourth is the deterrent layer: it provides the target situation awareness and rapid access and maneuver in the space range of the earth and the moon, and responds to the challenges posed by space attack and defense; Fifth, the navigation layer: provide positioning, navigation and timing capabilities in the environment of GPS refusal, and enhance the joint operational support capability under the conditions of space confrontation; Sixth, battlefield management: provide battlefield management, command, control and communication based on distributed artificial intelligence, including on-board intelligent autonomous mission planning, data processing, encryption and distribution, etc., and directly provide space information support for tactical users; Seventh, the ground support layer: providing the carrier system and ground facilities for the rapid maneuvering launch measurement and control of large-scale small satellite constellations, deploying portable, serialized and intelligent satellite application terminals, and providing supporting ground system support for flexible, elastic and agile on-orbit systems, thus forming an economical and practical next-generation space system.

The next generation space architecture attaches great importance to dealing with emerging threats.

As can be seen from the above-mentioned seven-layer architecture, the tracking layer and the monitoring layer mainly serve missile defense operations, especially for the whole-course target detection, tracking and indication of hypersonic vehicles; The deterrent layer and navigation layer are mainly oriented to space attack and defense confrontation, and the operational scope extends from low orbit and geostationary orbit to higher and farther earth-moon space; The battlefield management faces the intelligent development of space, further enhancing the timeliness and convenience of space-based information to support joint operations; The ground support layer provides rapid launch, measurement and control and application support for large-scale small satellite constellations, ensuring the rapid supplement and update of small satellite constellations under the condition of confrontation, and improving the efficiency of large-scale ground application of satellites; The transport layer provides interconnection between heaven and earth, between satellites in different functional layers and between satellites in the same functional layer, which constitutes the technical foundation and common support of the next generation space system.

To sum up, the development concept of the next generation space system of the U.S. military has changed from "making great beauty and ensuring zero risk" in traditional military space to pursuing "scale, economy and not being afraid of hitting" to win advantages, focusing more on missile defense and space attack and defense in target positioning, and emphasizing more practical and integrated functions and flexibility, flexibility and agility. Once the next generation space system of the US military is realized and put into actual combat, it will have a subversive impact on missile defense and space attack and defense operations, and change people’s existing understanding of the space battlefield, which deserves close attention from the world.

(The author is a professor at the Space Strategy Research Center of National University of Defense Technology)

New discovery! The largest known explosion in the universe has not stopped for 3 years.

  Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 12-Astronomers announced on the 12th that they had observed the "biggest" explosion in the universe so far, and the fireball produced was equivalent to 100 solar systems, and the explosion lasted for at least three years without stopping.

  According to Agence France-Presse, the explosion was named AT2021lwx, which was located in the depths of the universe 8 billion light-years away from the Earth and occurred at the age of 6 billion. The research report was published in the Monthly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. A study published in 2021 shows that the universe has a history of 13.77 billion years, with an error of about 40 million years.

  This is the first photo of the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way galaxy released simultaneously by many astronomers around the world, including China, on May 12th, 2022. Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of Event Vision Telescope)

  Researchers estimate that the brightness of the explosion AT2021lwx is 2 trillion times brighter than that of the sun, which is not the brightest explosion that has been observed so far. However, Philip Wiseman, the main author of the research report and an astrophysicist at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, said that the energy released by the explosion of AT2021lwx in the past three years exceeded the brightest explosion gamma ray burst GRB 221009A observed so far, which is the largest explosion observed in the universe.

  The gamma ray burst GRB 221009A was observed in October last year and ended 10 hours after it was discovered.

  Researchers first discovered AT2021lwx at the Zwaiki transient research facility in California in 2020, but they didn’t realize the scale and power of the explosion until they later observed it with a more powerful astronomical telescope. What caused the explosion is still inconclusive.

  The schematic diagram shows that in a binary system, white dwarfs devour the matter of their giant companion. Xinhua News Agency (provided by Australian National University)

  The researchers speculate that the most likely scenario is that a supermassive black hole slowly devours a huge gas cloud 5,000 times larger than the sun, triggering the explosion of AT2021lwx. However, Wiseman said that this explanation is not absolute, and researchers are working hard to test it with new models.

  They also thought of other possibilities, including supernova explosion or tidal destruction. Tidal destruction event refers to the process of releasing energy when a star is torn by a supermassive black hole. However, AT2021lwx is 10 times brighter than the previously observed supernova explosion and 3 times brighter than the tidal destruction event.

  The only cosmic event with the same brightness as the explosion of AT2021lwx is a quasar, that is, a supermassive black hole emits strong light in the process of devouring huge amounts of gas in the center of a galaxy. However, Wiseman said that the light emitted by quasars usually flickers, while AT2021lwx suddenly appeared three years ago and is still emitting light, which is unprecedented. (Yuan Yuan)

Korean media: Li Zaiming’s hunger strike entered the 15th day, and the ruling party asked it to stop for the first time.

  [Global Network Report Trainee Reporter Jiang Ailing] According to South Korea’s "Central Daily News" reported on the 14th, Li Zaiming, leader of the Common Democratic Party, the largest opposition party in South Korea, entered the 15th day of hunger strike. On the morning of the same day, Jin Qixuan, the leader of the ruling National Power Party, first asked Li Zaiming to "stop the hunger strike".

  According to the report, Jin Qixuan, the leader of the ruling National Power Party, said at the meeting of the Supreme Council of the Party held by the National Assembly that Li Zaiming’s health condition was deteriorating, and the medical team also suggested interrupting the hunger strike. It is not advisable for the representatives of the first opposition party with huge seats to continue their hunger strike during the important parliamentary period when they need to review the government’s state affairs and pay attention to the country’s life next year. Jin Qixuan shouted to Li Zaiming, "For whatever reason, I solemnly ask you to stop the hunger strike that harms your health."

  The report also said that more and more voices in the Common Democratic Party persuaded Li Zaiming to stop the hunger strike. However, so far, Li Zaiming has not made a clear response to these demands. Earlier, Li Zaiming moved the hunger strike place from the tent in front of the National Assembly Hall to the office of the head of the Common Democratic Party to continue the demonstration. Park Sung Jun, a spokesman for the Democratic Party, said that this was Li Zaiming’s firm will to continue the hunger strike.

  According to a report in South Korea’s I-NEWS 24 on the 13th, Lu Yingmin, secretary of Cheongwadae during the Moon Jae in administration, also visited the hunger strike site in Li Zaiming yesterday. According to the report, Lu Yingmin conveyed Moon Jae in’s advice. (Moon Jae in) said, "The health of the party leader is more important than anything. We should stop the hunger strike as soon as possible and restore health." Li Zaiming expressed his gratitude for this and said that he would make a decision after careful consideration.

  Earlier, Yonhap News Agency reported on August 31st that Li Zaiming announced an indefinite hunger strike and sit-in to protest Yin Xiyue’s government’s "undermining democracy" and other acts. He asked the government to explicitly oppose Japan’s nuclear pollution of water discharged into the sea and apologize to the people for undermining people’s livelihood. South Korea’s "East Asia Daily" reported on the 10th that Li Zaiming continued his hunger strike indefinitely in the tent of the sit-in demonstration in front of the main building of the National Assembly that day. On the 11th day of the hunger strike, Li Zaiming chose to lie down and demonstrate because of his declining physical strength.

Israel strengthens its military deployment around Jerusalem.

  Xinhua News Agency, Jerusalem, December 7 (Reporter Du Zhen, Chen Wenxian) The Israel Defense Forces told Xinhua News Agency on the 7 th that the Israeli army will redeploy combat troops around Jerusalem to cope with the possible turmoil caused by US President Trump’s announcement of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

  The Israeli army said that according to the general staff’s assessment of the current situation, the military decided to strengthen the deployment of several battalions of combat troops in Samaria and Judea near Jerusalem. The Israeli army has also formulated a plan to deal with emergencies, and some rapid reaction forces have entered a state of alert.

  Xinhua News Agency reporters saw in Jerusalem that some Israeli army reservists began to go to the assembly area, and Israeli military vehicles appeared near the city center.

  In response to possible military threats, the Israeli army announced on the 6th that nine F-35 fighter jets imported from the United States since December last year were officially installed.

  On the 6th, US President Trump announced the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and will start the process of moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Chana, leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), said on the 7th: "December 8, 2017 will be an angry day and the beginning of a great uprising."