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❶ What black technologies in science fiction movies in those years have become reality

2001 in the movie and 1969 in reality

Whether it is weird or bizarre Interstellar travel, or a ruined wasteland world, the imaginary time and space of science fiction movies have been trying to create a sense of distance and fragmentation to extend the time dimension, and quickly bring the audience into the science fiction world. However, just like the popular "Ready Player One", the greatest value of science fiction movies lies in the unrestrained depiction of hard-core science fiction that can cross the screen. Artificial intelligence, as the darling of hard science fiction movies, acts as a lubricant to fill the psychological gap of the audience's exploration of the meaning of the future.

Since artificial intelligence was officially proposed in 1965, AI has made great progress in Hollywood movies and reality in more than 50 years. Especially on the big screen, film production companies represented by DreamWorks have created countless superb AI images, becoming the source of the general public's worship of technology and satisfying human beings' yearning for an unknown lifestyle.

To a certain extent, science fiction movies have also become enlighteners in the technology industry. Martin Cooper, the father of mobile phones, admitted that his invention of the first mobile phone was inspired by the "communicator" in "Star Trek" " (communicator) inspiration. Just like in Disney animated movies, there is always a chatty animal character, and artificial intelligence robots are also a standard feature in science fiction movies. With the ingrained image of classic AI created by movies, artificial intelligence is regarded as the next technology to come out of the screen.

The communicator in "Star Trek"

Movie 2001: Artificial Intelligence Spacecraft Heading to Jupiter

Reality 1969: The computing power of the moon landing spacecraft is not as good as that of mobile phones

In 1968, a movie hailed as "a milestone in modern science fiction film technology" was released. This was "2001: A Space Odyssey". The movie locked the future in 2001 33 years later. The "Discovery 1" spacecraft headed for Jupiter to perform a space mission. In addition to the pilots and astronauts, there is also a computer with artificial intelligence that controls the spacecraft, Hal 9000. Hal 9000 is set to never need to be shut down and never The image of artificial intelligence that went wrong, it can communicate in natural language, and has human emotions and the biological attributes of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.

Hal 9000 (picture quoted from the Internet)

Hal Er's voice is gentle and friendly, making people feel warm from the heart. Traveling alone in the vast space, it has also become mankind's best communication partner.

The film shows a large part of the artificial intelligence in 2001. It can interact with humans, such as playing chess with Bowman and easily winning the opponent. It can understand human language and emotions without any obstacles, and can even read lips when humans are hiding from themselves. Knowing that he would be forcibly shut down, Hal was still able to react preemptively. In the end, after killing the three astronauts, Hal was pulled out of the memory board by the male protagonist.

Hal and Humans Go to the countryChess (picture quoted from the Internet)

This movie shows people's imagination of 2001. Although we have been 17 years away from the "future", human beings have not yet realized the ability to roam space at will, but some people at that time Predictions approaching the peak of imagination have come true. For example, the iPad appeared in the movie, and the prototype of video calling has been widely used. Even the name of the iPod comes from the name of the movie repair spaceship Pod.

Video call (picture quoted from the Internet)

The prototype of the iPad in the movie (picture quoted from the Internet)

And Hal, as the prototype of artificial intelligence, is also We're impressed that existing voice assistants, including Siri, are in the same vein as Hal.

It is worth mentioning that a few months after the film was released, Apollo 11 landed on the moon; 26 years later, in 1997, IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer defeated the world's number one chess player Garika. Sparov made the metaphors buried deep in the film come true.

The comprehensive computing power of NASA's lunar landing navigation computer is not as good as that of mobile phones (picture quoted from NASA)

"2001: A Space Odyssey" placed its thoughts on human beings to explore the planet, but the reality in 1968 was that, Even the main frequency of the navigation computer used for the moon landing was only 2.048MHz. The combined performance of all the moon landing computers is not as good as the computing power of a current mobile phone, not to mention the powerful computing power and massive data support required by artificial intelligence.

Many movies from the 1980s to the 1990s rarely showed images of artificial intelligence that incorporated hard science fiction, whether it was Spielberg's "Artificial Intelligence" or "Mechanical Enemies", "Moon", " "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" AI robot Marvin, the movie is more of a complex discussion of human nature under the guise of science fiction, and rarely uses technology or scientific conjecture to promote the plot.

The movie "Artificial Intelligence" (picture quoted from the Internet)

A few movies released from 2013 to 2014 began to continue to explore artificial intelligence from the perspective of hard science fiction, and Compared with previous fanciful robots, these artificial intelligence images are more advanced, but they are also closer to reality.

2025 in the movie and 2016 in reality

Movie 2025: Mobile phone girlfriends become a reality

Reality 2016: Speech recognition is on par with humans

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"Interstellar" shows a large number of wormholes, black holes, multi-dimensional space and vast interstellar travel scenes. Director Nolan even invited Kip Thorne, a top figure in the field of astrophysics, to serve as the film's scientific consultant to ensure that The sci-fi nature of the film is strong enough. The emergence of TARS as an intelligent robot brings many highlights to the audience.

The intelligent robot in "Interstellar" (picture quoted from the Internet)

In the movie, TARS can speak and think, and can even deform smoothly in the huge waves. Save Anne Hathaway before you come. In deciphering the mystery of gravity, evenIn the five-dimensional space, TARS appears as a dedicated senior assistant, completing mission instructions efficiently. It can be said that without TARS, human wisdom cannot complete this arduous space mission. When TARS was rebuilt, the humorous part made the cold machine image more human.

The intelligent robot in "Interstellar" (picture quoted from the Internet)

The audience prefers TARS, more because, compared to omnipotent robots, TARS has not been set To create an anthropomorphic image, the appearance of stainless steel splicing is more in line with industrial products set in the human world, and is closer to reality.

Johnny Depp’s artificial intelligence breakthrough in "Transcendence" is astonishing. Can you imagine that one day your body dies but your spiritual consciousness is retained on the Internet, and you can do anything? , the first-class science fiction concept created by "Transcendence Hacker" transcends the scope of many hard science fiction settings and further upgrades the artificial intelligence we can imagine to exist in a dematerialized virtual form.

The movie "Transcendence" (picture quoted from the Internet)

In the movie, the high concept of biochemical artificial intelligence makes Depp omnipotent and decentralized at the same time The modernized way of survival makes it everywhere, just like the hot blockchain. This form of reproduction makes it difficult for traditional forces to eliminate it by unplugging the power supply.

The movie "Transcendence" (picture quoted from the Internet)

If "Interstellar" and "Transcendence" are still too far away from the artificial intelligence we think of, The smart environment created by the movie "Her" is simply a paradise for stay-at-home singles. The story takes place 17 years later in 2025. After the introverted otaku Theodore Twombly suffered a breakup, he sought comfort from an intelligent operating system called OS1. The operating system transformed into a "female" named Samantha. (voiced by Scarlett Johansson), she is funny and considerate. The speed of her learning and evolution makes Theodore feel incredible. She can even help the male protagonist who writes love letters as his job to check his spelling and grammar.

The movie "Her" (picture quoted from the Internet)

Samantha was born out of smart speakers such as Apple HomePod/Amazon Echo, and is shown to the outside world as a robot girlfriend. The terminal of the card machine is sold externally. The artificial intelligence represented by OS1 has made great progress compared to the smart speakers 17 years ago. All its interactions are completed through natural language, and there is a complete set of development logic behind it. It relies on voice, image recognition and neural network algorithms to communicate with users. Communication has grown rapidly, and it continues to evolve by "falling in love" with thousands of users to achieve a perfect couple. It can be said that this image almost satisfies all human imaginations of future smart partners. Undoubtedly, among the many artificial intelligence images, OS1 is closer to our real life.

OS1 helps the male protagonist check grammar and typos (pictures are quoted from the Internet)

It is worth mentioning that the French computer scientist Pierre was inspired by A in the movieInspired by I's music composition, I developed an advanced AI that can compose music - Avia. Not only did the music created an album, it was used in important celebrations and NVIDIA GTC 2017, and Avia also became an international composer.

The terminal form of OS1 is more like the current smartphone (picture quoted from the Internet)

This is feedback from the audience, and it also has a solid enough reality foundation. OS1 has a sufficiently powerful algorithm and hardware package, and has the same interaction logic and evolution path as smart speakers in real life, which enhances users' sense of identity.

There is still 17 years to go from Amazon Echo to OS1.

Taking speech recognition alone as an example, from 1952 when Bell Labs developed the Audry system, the first specific person-specific speech enhancement system capable of ten English digits, to 2016 when Microsoft published a paper claiming that speech recognition The technology has surpassed that of professional manual stenographers and reached the same level of communication and dialogue as humans. It took 64 years. The convolutional neural network and LSTM neural network involved behind this, as well as the free-form human-computer interface auditory training are not easy, but we have reason to believe that the Echo after 17 years will be the prototype of OS1.

From 2001 to 2025, the image of artificial intelligence created by science fiction movies has become increasingly conservative, and Hollywood movies have begun to respond to the audience’s aesthetic fatigue by integrating it with reality. Corresponding to the real world, human artificial intelligence has reached a stage of concentrated explosion. After watching countless Hal, Marvin, and TARS, we are also building a living artificial intelligence according to the cool ideas in the movie.

For example, AlphaGo is the first artificial intelligence program to defeat human professional Go players and the first to defeat the world champion of Go. It has the same significance as IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer and means the development of artificial intelligence. Times have moved from the movie screen to reality.

Artificial intelligence plays Go (picture quoted from Google)

Google’s AI magic weapons include not only AlphaGo, but also Google Translate that introduces NMT neural network, Google Photo that actively manages photos, etc. OS1's Google Allo that chats with you, the voice assistant Google Assistant, and the Google Lens that helps you see things are all modular products created by Google to assemble a super artificial intelligence terminal.

All these modular products can be assembled on a smartphone, especially the speed and data support brought by the 5G network, which is considered to be the terminal for the ultimate explosive growth of artificial intelligence. With the increase in mobile devices, data has become increasingly massive, especially in the 5G era. The support of big data has given artificial intelligence a basis for explosive growth.

Siri in mobile phones was once regarded as the image of artificial intelligence in reality, but the unfinished effect finally made Siri the focus of attention.Kan's image even had a negative impact on consumers' understanding of artificial intelligence. According to a 2016 survey, only 3% of users had used Siri in public. Such embarrassing data that Cook had to change his mind overnight. Google poaches people.

A Preliminary Study of Mobile Artificial Intelligence

On April 4, Apple announced that John Giannandrea, Google’s former senior vice president of search and AI, who resigned the day before, joined Apple as The general person in charge of "Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Strategy" has become Apple's 16th core management executive and reports directly to CEO Cook. Apple’s eagerness to poach people clearly reveals Apple’s AI anxiety.

My family has an AI that has just grown up, and Jovi is exploring her screen dream for the first time

In addition to Apple, there are many mobile phone companies rushing to the wave of artificial intelligence, and they have begun to create an image for artificial intelligence. It also includes Vivo, which builds the AI ​​​​brand Jovi. Like Hal, TARS, and Alexa, Jovi is an artificial intelligence that resides in smartphones.

Although Jovi is only in the first stage of exploring AI, it provides a good evolution path for artificial intelligence. Backed by Snapdragon AIE (artificial intelligence engine), it is a heterogeneous computing solution that uses the Snapdragon Neural Processing Engine (NPE) software framework and neural network (NN) library as interfaces. Its widely accepted logic, extremely high compatibility, accurate and huge computing power have become the driving force of Jovi AI, and it has customized the vivo X21 mobile phone for consumers to realize intelligent scene applications.

Jovi, the artificial intelligence imagination created by vivo

Functionally, Jovi Assistant has a system-wide smart screen recognition function, which can make all user operation nodes intelligent, replacing tedious and repetitive tasks. The operation of thinking allows us to efficiently manage things in life and work. For example, long-pressing a piece of text in the interface can trigger the screen recognition function. This function will quickly identify and intelligently extract the text information that the user long-pressed, and then the user can quickly check/expand and related operations on this information.

Jovi Artificial Intelligence

Applying AI to the camera, Jovi can automatically identify your skin type, color, gender, age, and learn your usage habits. Choose the most suitable beauty effect for you when taking a selfie. Looking back at Hal in 2001, Jovi is taking over his role, but not in a spaceship, but in the daily life of an ordinary person. When you book a ticket or air ticket, it will remind you of the time, destination weather and airport traffic conditions. ; If you buy express delivery online, it will tell you the express delivery number and help you quickly check the logistics with one click; if you like to watch football games, it will help you track the Champions League and NBA events; it can help you before you travel. Travel arrangements.

Jovi Artificial Intelligence

We may be used to mobile phones as cold connected machines, but JoviGiven the machine's flesh and blood, Jovi can continuously learn, just like a flesh-and-blood partner. The longer you know it, the better it will understand your needs, give you the best life advice at any time, and take care of everything in your life.

In the future, you and your mobile phone will no longer simply interact, but develop a relationship. The artificial intelligence represented by Jovi can be developed into an efficient and considerate business steward, and it can also be developed into a considerate person. girlfriend. It won't be lost when you change devices, just like Depp in "Transcendental", following the Internet as it happens. Now the mobile phone artificial intelligence represented by Jovi is heading towards 2025 in "Her".

Although Hawking warned mankind to be wary of artificial intelligence before his death, he still admitted that "the success of creating AI may be the biggest event in the history of our human civilization, and every aspect of our lives will be changed because of artificial intelligence." ."

Will we gather in the "Oasis", or meet in 2049

Time goes forward with the movie, in 2049 in "Blade Runner 2049", the city It has spiraled out of control and collapsed. Virtual artificial intelligence Joy has become the object of comfort for clone K. In 2049, virtual people who rely on holographic projection imaging can be sold at will. Except that she has no physical body, she is completely the same as a human being. She has a super high EQ and IQ and is more considerate. She has become The object of admiration for many otakus.

Virtual projection artificial intelligence in the movie (Blade Runner 2049) (picture quoted from the Internet)

As a mature artificial intelligence product, we witnessed Joey in the movie From mechanical device projection to a new upgrade process of mobile projection equipment. Although many people think that replicants are nonsense, the upgrade of this projection device makes many people think that it will be easier to achieve in 2049. There are still 21 years until 2049. Relying on the existing artificial intelligence foundation, we believe that it is really possible for Joey to come out of the screen and meet us in 2049.

Mobile version of Joey (picture quoted from the Internet)

Coincidentally, Spielberg also set the year 2045 as the brink of collapse of the world in "Ready Player One", which was dizzying The VR world has brought the dying VR manufacturers back to life, and finally has use cases to back it up. Whether artificial intelligence or VR, they are the ultimate products of the rapid development of science and technology. Perhaps the world will still be functioning well that day, and we will gather with our friends in the "oasis" and go home to linger in 2049.

Art comes from life but is higher than life. Science fiction movies are completely derived from wild imagination. Science fiction and reality seem to be two parallel worlds. We firmly believe that the timelines and imagination of the two will eventually change due to I think the day when unremitting efforts will come together in the future is not far away.

❷ "Riemann Hypothesis" has been confirmed, which nerve has touched the blockchain people?

If you want to search for the most popular words in 2018, "blockchain" must be Will be on the list. Thanks to the famous Bitcoin, blockchain technology and related industries have becomeIn order to create a new investment outlet, Internet giants such as BAT have successively released white papers on their respective blockchain industry layouts. Financial giants such as JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs Group, and Nasdaq have also expressed their enthusiasm for blockchain technology. Various Various blockchain projects are coming one after another, which is almost dizzying.

However, a few days ago, a report that the "Riemann Hypothesis" was confirmed broke out in the media. The famous British mathematician Michael Atiya claimed to have used a "simple" and "new" method The method proved the Riemann Hypothesis, and he presented his relevant proof at the 2018 Heidelberg Laureates Forum. In his lecture, this wise jazz gentleman gave a general direction for proving the "Riemann Hypothesis". It is expected that in the next few weeks or even months, many mathematicians around the world will work hard to prove in this direction to confirm Is Atiya's plan feasible? As soon as the news came out, it caused an uproar in the blockchain field. Some people in the industry even pointed out: "Once the Riemann Hypothesis is confirmed, it will affect the life and death of the blockchain."

One is one of the "seven major mathematical problems in the world" that has stumped the world for 159 years. One is a new investment trend based on technologies such as distributed data storage. If you want to know how the former controls the fate of the latter, it is necessary to first take a look at this "Li" that has caused generations of mathematical geniuses to rack their brains but dream about it. Mann guessed what it was.

The prototype of the protagonist in the Hollywood classic film "A Beautiful Mind" and Nobel Prize winner in economics John Nash had studied the Riemann Hypothesis in the mid-to-late 1950s, but not long after that Unfortunately, he suffers from schizophrenia. Many people believe that the painful process of studying the Riemann Hypothesis is the main cause of Nash's illness, and it is not mainly caused by the huge psychological pressure caused by participating in military work as is generally believed. This shows the breathtaking magic of the "Riemann Hypothesis".

The written explanation of the "Riemann Hypothesis" is difficult to understand. In fact, in layman's terms, Riemann believed that the distribution of prime numbers is not chaotic and traceless, but that the secret of its distribution is completely hidden. Within a special function - in particular, the series of special points that make that function take on the value of zero has a decisive influence on the detailed laws of the distribution of prime numbers. If this conjecture is confirmed, some encryption algorithms based on this will inevitably become useless.

So will blockchain technology really be ruthlessly slaughtered because of this?

More and more people already know that blockchain is a new application model that integrates distributed data storage, point-to-point transmission, consensus mechanism, encryption algorithm and other computer technologies. As the underlying technology of Bitcoin, it is a series of data blocks generated using cryptographic methods. Each data block contains information about a Bitcoin network transaction, which is used to verify the validity of its information and generate the next block. piece. Not only Bitcoin, the Tokens issued by current blockchain projects are also based onThis principle. Bitcoin and blockchain tokens are called cryptocurrencies, and their security and encryption are reflected in this.

One is based on encryption algorithms, and the other reveals encryption rules. It seems that blockchain technology will indeed be destroyed by the "Riemann Hypothesis" - in fact, this is not the case!

The encryption algorithm of blockchain technology is an asymmetric algorithm and a hash algorithm based on the discrete logarithm problem on the elliptic curve function. It has nothing to do with the prime number distribution function assumed by the "Riemann Hypothesis". For example, fuel vehicles and electric vehicles use two different power sources. The so-called statement that "the Riemann Hypothesis is confirmed will affect the life and death of the blockchain" is nothing more than an error caused by the fragile nerves of blockchain people.

However, it can also be seen from this that the emerging industry of blockchain is extremely fragile. A slight external disturbance can cause panic and uneasiness in the industry, and even the trembling of the wind and the panic of the grass and trees. Several cryptocurrency theft incidents in history have caused large-scale market declines. In fact, the theft incidents are not due to security vulnerabilities in the blockchain technology itself, but due to the systems and trading platforms of some project parties. Caused by system security vulnerabilities. Until breakthroughs are made in quantum technology, Bitcoin will remain one of the most difficult technologies on the planet to hack. However, due to the stabilizing pressure from the regulatory level and the lack of clarity and deliberate confusion in the media circle, and the fact that some blockchain projects are indeed confusing and have frequent loopholes, the general public is waiting and watching when facing blockchain technology and applications. It is not difficult to understand the questioning attitude and the fragile nerve that can be touched at any time.

It is conceivable that before blockchain technology can complete decentralization and achieve point-to-point trust, there will be a long way to go in how to make people trust the blockchain technology itself.

❸ How about Fight to Fame BMS?

In the post-epidemic era, cryptocurrency reverse prosperity Harvard University recommends Fight to Fame BMS

A few days ago, Fight to Fame BMS is an original creation The business model attracted the attention of the Harvard University Blockchain Laboratory, which published a special article on its official website, believing that Fight to Fame BMS “has the ability and opportunity to lead a new era of entertainment and sports. So far, it has proven to be the most successful. ”

The Fight to Fame BMS event and the action star reality show are unique in the cryptocurrency field with a blockchain + movie + sports profit model (ie BMS), which is distributed to boxing fans and movie fans around the world. FF Token is widely considered to be the only cryptocurrency that can compete with Bitcoin in the wealth space and value space. This special report shows that after the outbreak, Harvard University Blockchain Laboratory attached great importance to the transformation and upgrading of investment, industry and consumption from asset-light

to digital assets.

From the financial crisis in 2008 to the global epidemic in 2020, mainstream investors have increasingly lost confidence in traditional financial markets. existIn the post-epidemic period, new industries, new business formats, and new models around the world have shown strong vitality. Of particular concern is cryptocurrency, which is booming in reverse and has become more and more likely to become a global reserve currency in the future.

After the epidemic, Bitcoin rose to nearly US$10,000. In 2009, the first time Bitcoin was publicly traded on the New York Free Standard Exchange, the price was only $0.0008. Bitcoin’s golden investment time has passed, where are the opportunities to invest in the next cryptocurrency “original stock”? The answer may be found by interpreting the latest research insights from Harvard University’s Blockchain Lab.

According to the latest feature article "How Cryptocurrencies and Entertainment Industries such as Gaming and TV/Streaming Really Work Together" published by Harvard University's official website Blockchain Lab, "Cryptocurrency has a significant impact on gaming and TV streaming." The potential scope of impact in entertainment industries such as media services is exciting” and “entertainment will always have an amazing global impact.” The lab elaborates, “Over the past few months, we have gone from Fight to Fame BMS to What we can see in the article - FF Token can be used from athlete registration, events, action star reality shows, producing a new generation of boxing champions, and creating a new generation of Hollywood action superstars - is the outstanding performance of the blockchain."

According to Tim, chairman of the global operations committee of Fight to Fame BMS and a two-time Emmy Award winner, before Fight to Fame BMS was launched, the Korean blockchain platform Chainbank saw the right opportunity and made the FF token the only designated currency other than mainstream currencies. Tokens enable financial management services on a global scale. BTC's current financial management annual return is 10.51%, while FF Token's current financial management annual return recognized by Chainbank is as high as 26.5%. Tkn, another world-famous cryptocurrency entertainment platform, has also spotted the investment opportunities of FF tokens and has signed a contract to use FF tokens as the only designated token for betting, circulation and settlement on the platform.

According to Phillipe, president of the Fight to Fame BMS Film Committee and a famous Hollywood film producer and director, in countries and regions such as Asia, Latin America and Africa, events and action star real-life events organized by Fight to Fame BMS The original business model of shows, investment and cooperation movies has won multiple special contribution awards for reality shows; some countries such as Peru have also authorized Fight to Fame BMS national franchise licenses.

The author of "Harry Potter" Rowling has also publicly consulted recently and is very interested in Bitcoin. It seems that cryptocurrency will also skyrocket in the wizarding world. The epidemic has forced the rapid arrival of the digital currency era: investing in the next Bitcoin may hold the golden key to opening the door to wealth.

❹ We have blocked each other on Douyin, so can I see her avatar in the friend fan group?

I will tell you if you can see it by clicking on it. Is it difficult? It should be invisible. If you block her, you can only see her profile picture but you can’t access her information

❺ GELOS’s point of view: Exploring the role of blockchain in the entertainment industryApplications in

By advancing the benefits of those who pay, we make paid media a more user-friendly industry by introducing practical steps to improve the way we consume media.

As our understanding of blockchain and its uses continues to deepen and the technology becomes more widely adopted in the mainstream, the coming year could be the year we see the It’s no surprise that industries are embracing blockchain at its peak.

Integrating the innovative capabilities of blockchain technology into enterprises is part of it. It makes more sense to add blockchain technology to privacy control and prevent false transactions. For example, we can start to consider the impact of blockchain on the entertainment industry.

Currently, we have ceded a lot of power to entertainment online platforms such as Douyin, QQ Music or Kuaishou. The reason is that we can only rely on these online platforms to provide us with the entertainment products we seek. However, with the implementation of blockchain, this may all change.

If we look at the distributed nature of blockchain, people are no longer limited to just one platform. By giving more rights to those who pay for the media of their choice, actionable steps can be introduced to improve the way we consume media and make it a more user-friendly industry.

Another use of blockchain in the entertainment industry is how the technology can open channels to bypass middlemen and enable media files to be shared directly with consumers, through peer-to-peer data transfer and smart contract execution , all this became possible.

Eliminating intermediaries is a common denominator that blockchain technology will transform many different sectors. For the entertainment industry, it will bring creators and consumers closer together. This will lead to the introduction of more tailored and personalized products, rather than simply accepting the regulations of centralized platforms.

The transparency and non-tampering characteristics of the blockchain will greatly protect the interests of creators from losses. The benefits of the platform will become transparent, which will prevent them from doing whatever they want when distributing benefits as before.

The digital age has made it easy to copy digital files. This has led to a massive increase in pirated files. This has resulted in significant losses for artists and the industry. Blockchain technology will allow us to achieve “digital scarcity” again. Creators have control over how their products are distributed. For example, they could insist that only a thousand consumers get to hear their latest release before an album release or concert.

Copyright issues are a deep-rooted problem in the entertainment industry. Blockchain technology can clearly identify the source of a document, who submitted it, and when it was published, thus putting an end to such disputes.

However, it’s not just music, TV and movies will be affected.The gaming industry will also see a paradigm shift in how we play video games and consume them. Continued growth and development within the gaming industry is not uncommon, and the introduction of blockchain will change the entire operating model of these industries.

Cybersecurity is a hot topic across a range of industries, including the entertainment industry. Hollywood has experienced a number of data breaches recently, and blockchain technology has the power to put this concern to rest. The distribution and transparency of the blockchain make any type of hacking almost impossible. Once a hacker wants to launch an attack, it must get more than 51% support to achieve it. This cost is very high. This means consumers’ funds and data remain safe from harm.

The main advantages of bringing blockchain technology to the entertainment industry are speed, transparency and usability, but until we fully understand the full capabilities of this innovation and technology, we have not foreseen or understood its full capabilities .

Of course, it remains to be seen whether the public will be willing to accept a new but unfamiliar entertainment industry. However, blockchain technology looks to be the key to solving some of the top issues currently facing the industry, creating a more transparent, secure and fair industry for both creatives and consumers.

❻ Jia Yueting joins hands with Zhu Jun to make another bet

Life is more dramatic than film and television. Jia Yueting has found his financial sponsor again. The protagonist this time is Zhu Jun...

On March 25, The9, a game company founded by Zhu Jun (abbreviated as "Nintendo"), and Faraday Future Company founded by Jia Yueting (abbreviated as "Nintendo") FF") announced the signing of an agreement. The two parties will jointly establish a joint venture to manufacture, market and operate electric vehicles in China.

Like Jia Yueting, Zhu Jun is also a controversial figure. In early 2000, Zhu Jun became the second person in the Chinese gaming industry after Chen Tianqiao to be listed on the Forbes Billionaires list by acting as an agent for the online games "Miracle" and "World of Warcraft". However, these two games failed to gain popularity. Zhu Jun has been running it for a long time. After that, he invested in football, with mixed success, and joined forces with 360 to make "games". In the end, the two families fell out.

Betting on "Warcraft" and losing "Warcraft"

When Ninetowns is mentioned, many people born in the 80s and 90s will think of "World of Warcraft". Ninetowns was founded in 1999. As an agent of this game, Zeng became one of the earliest companies in the Chinese Internet industry to make a fortune from games after Shanda.

In 1998, Zhu Jun created an online virtual community called "Gamenow" in Hong Kong. A year later, it was revised to The9 (i.e. "The Nine").

In 2001, Shanda became an instant hit by distributing the Korean game "Legend". Seeing Shanda's success, Zhu Jun also began to bet on online games. year 2002,The9 cooperated with South Korea's Webzen Company to obtain the agency rights for the online game "Miracle" (MU) developed by it in mainland China. "Miracle" is South Korea's earliest full 3D online game. Once launched, it relied on its perfect and gorgeous graphics to become an online game star of the year. This game is estimated to have generated nearly 600 million yuan in revenue for Ninetowns in 2003, which is close to the 800 million yuan revenue of Shanda "Legend" in 2003. Zhu Jun has also become the second Chinese to make the Forbes billionaire list after Chen Tianqiao. People in the gaming industry.

In 2004, Zhu Jun won the exclusive rights to operate the online game "World of Warcraft" developed by Blizzard for many years in mainland China. In the trading market, the stock price peaked at nearly $60. "World of Warcraft" has always accounted for more than 90% of The9's overall revenue. In 2008, The9's total game business revenue was 1.56 billion yuan, making it the number one player in the game industry that year.

However, Ninetowns failed to operate these two games well.

First, "Miracle" declined in the hands of Ninetowns. After 2005, cheating in the "Miracle" game became more and more rampant. At that time, Ninetowns was focusing all its energy on the operation of "World of Warcraft" and gradually let the cheating of "Miracle" go unchecked. It even opened a weird game. The cheating legal zone is the "Island of Greed". The legalization of cheating has brought "Miracle" into a period of decline that will never see the light of day in China.

Later, Blizzard and Ninetowns parted ways. Although Ninetowns won "World of Warcraft" at that time, Blizzard had extremely strict requirements for cooperation with Chinese game operators from copyright fees to operations, hardware and security restrictions. This was also the reason why Shanda gave up its agency for this game at that time. Zhu Jun chose the strategy of agreeing first and talking later, and finally got the agency right. However, in the subsequent operations, Zhu Jun's promises were often unable to be fulfilled, leaving the operation of "World of Warcraft" in an unstable state, which caused Blizzard's dissatisfaction. Finally, after the agency period expired, Blizzard made a tough decision to replace the agent. business.

After losing the agency rights of "World of Warcraft", Ninetowns began to go downhill. The9, which made its fortune through agents, has never had a breakthrough in self-developed products. The first games were "Legend of Miracles" and "Planetside 2", but they both performed tepidly after being launched. The9 later placed bets on an open-world shooting game "Firefall". CEO Zhu Jun made a bold statement: "Back then I brought "Warcraft" to China and achieved success. Today I will also bring a good game to China. China and kicked out "Warcraft"." However, the end result was that "Firefall" was directly hit the street, which triggered a war between Zhu Jun and 360.

Hand in hand 360 finally fell out

At the end of July 2014, Zhu Jun and Qihoo 360 Chairman Zhou Hongyi jointly announced at a press conference that The9 and Qihoo 360 signed an agreement, and both parties ( That is City Chan, a subsidiary of The9nel and Qifei International, a subsidiary of 360, will jointly form a joint venture. The name of the joint venture is System Link. Each party will own 50% of the shares and profit sharing rights. At the same time, the joint venture will publish and operate the online game "Firefall" in China. ", according to the agreement, the joint venture company needs to pay a total of US$160 million for the "Firefall" signing fee plus a minimum share deposit.

At the beginning of the cooperation, Zhou Hongyi personally flew to Shanghai to discuss the details of the cooperation with Zhu Jun to show his importance. However, it didn't take long for the differences between the two sides to grow. According to Jiemian News, some employees said that The9 and 360 were at loggerheads with each other. No one liked the other, and they often had disputes over some pictures and promotional pages. In the end, the game was handed over to The9 for operation.

"Firefall" was initially Zhu Jun's favorite project. It is known as a "Hollywood blockbuster-level" shooting hard science fiction online game. The production team Red 5 Studios (hereinafter referred to as Red 5) is located in An online game developer in California, USA, it was established in 2006 by former Blizzard Entertainment management and R&D staff.

However, when Zhu Jun took over Red 5, most of its core talents had been lost and it gradually became a zombie company. After The9 took over, internal conflicts within Red 5 intensified. In 2013, founder Mark was expelled by the board of directors, and in 2016, Red 5's R&D team was collectively laid off. But even under such circumstances, Zhu Jun still had to forcefully launch "Firefall".

However, due to the poor quality of the game, "Firefall" has never met the standards for online operation. The European and American servers of the game stopped opening registration in 2016 soon after it was launched. In 2017 Officially discontinued in the year. "Firefall" has been in closed beta and uncensored testing in China since 2015. However, until April 2016, the Chinese server game continued to be in the closed beta stage, and then there was no movement. Its official website also stopped in 2016. March.

The differences between Ninetowns and 360 have also continued to expand due to the delay in the launch of "Firefall". Game development, operation and maintenance require capital investment, and the initial US$12 million provided by both parties was quickly burned out. 360 refused to invest an additional US$4 million, and System Link faced the problem of a broken capital chain at any time.

At the end of 2017, when 360 was planning its A-share listing, City Channel Limited, a Hong Kong subsidiary of The9, sued Qifei International Development Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of 360), targeting both parties. The dispute over the joint venture established by System Link requires Qifei International to compensate RMB 2.25 billion. Earlier, Red 5 filed a complaint against five companies including System Link, namely: System Link, Jiuhuo Qitian, Shanghai Aozhi Network, The9 Hong Kong subsidiary and 360. Among these five companies, except 360, the other fourAll are Ninetowns companies. In other words, the plaintiff Ninetowns Company Red 5 sued the defendant Ninetowns Company and 360. Regarding Zhu Jun's method of fighting each other, some media called it "self-inflicted" fighting. The core purpose is 360.

However, Zhou Hongyi was not a believer. It was not until 360 announced that it would backdoor Jiangnan Jiajie's A-share listing that Ninetowns failed to get money from 360.

Investing in football has mixed reputations

Another thing worth mentioning is Zhu Jun’s football career. After Warcraft brought stable income, Zhu Jun handed over the company to professional manager Chen Xiaowei, and began to get involved in football.

In 2007, Zhu Jun personally acquired Shanghai Shenhua Football Club, which promoted the merger of Shenhua and United City to form a new Shenhua Club. Under Zhu Jun's planning, Shenhua successively introduced Anelka and Drogba. Becoming the first and second foreign aid in the history of the Chinese Super League so far.

However, since then, Shenhua was once involved in the scandal of salary arrears. Football circles also have mixed feelings about Zhu Jun: some say he has brought Shenhua's brand awareness to a higher level, but others say his businessman model of seeking quick success and quick profits has led to Shenhua's continuous internal strife.

Regarding his football experience, Zhu Jun summarized: "First, when I play professional football, I play a real-life version of the football manager game; second, the money I earn has to be divided into several parts, such as raising children. For my daughter, for example, for raising a family, playing football is my spiritual sustenance. It is no different from ordinary people paying 10 yuan to watch a movie."

Finally, in 2014, Zhu Jun sold Shanghai Shenhua Football club.

Jia Yueting's reputation is not very good. First, he left LeTV in a mess, leaving Sun Hongbin in a quagmire. Later, he jointly built a car with Xu Jiayin, but ended up turning against each other. Why did Zhu Jun take the risk to cooperate with Jia Yueting?

Perhaps it is another bet by Zhu Jun.

Since the loss of "World of Warcraft" that year, The9's stock price has been in a state of decline. From its opening price of $19 that year, it has been falling by about a dollar or two. It has also been criticized because the stock price has been below $1 for a long time. Nasdaq delisting warning.

In October 2018, The9 was “downgraded”. The9 issued an announcement to withdraw from the Nasdaq Global Market, retaining the code and transferring it to the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Nasdaq stock market is currently divided into three levels: Nasdaq Global Select Market, Nasdaq Global Market, and Nasdaq Capital Market ). Nasdaq Capital Market has the lowest listing threshold among the three levels and is mainly used to attract smaller and higher-risk companies.

The announcement at the time showed the reason why Ninetowns was removedIt cannot meet the minimum market capitalization requirement of US$50 million on the Nasdaq Global Market. According to the regulations of the Nasdaq Exchange, if a company listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and the Nasdaq Global Market cannot meet the continued listing standards of the Nasdaq Global Market (there can be a rectification period of up to 180 days) , but if it meets the Nasdaq Capital Market’s continued listing standards, it can apply for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

On March 27, The9’s share price was US$1.85, still hovering at the lowest threshold of the Nasdaq Capital Market. Judging from The9’s 2018 interim report, the company’s total revenue during the reporting period was only US$2 million, a sharp decline of 33.63% from the same period last year. Net profit during the reporting period was -US$11 million, an increase of 34.09% compared with the same period last year. From 2013 to 2017, The9 has accumulated losses of 1.825 billion yuan. The financial report shows that the revenue of The9 in these five years was 106 million yuan, 64.84 million yuan, 46.61 million yuan, 56.28 million yuan, and 73.2 million yuan respectively. The net profits were respectively They were -563 million yuan, -129 million yuan, -354 million yuan, -673 million yuan, and -112 million yuan.

In this case, the company urgently needs to find new business directions.

In 2018, the concept of blockchain became popular, and Zhu Jun chose to test the waters of blockchain. In February 2018, The9 signed an agreement with C&I, an energy company registered in Singapore, to cooperate in a blockchain solar distributed power generation project; on April 30, The9 announced the establishment of a wholly-owned subsidiary to fully promote the blockchain technology service business. ; In May, Zhu Jun posted on Weibo that he was “preparing to plant Bitcoin.” On May 10, CellLink, a gaming blockchain company with The9 as a cornerstone investor, held a roadshow in Hong Kong. Zhu Jun, who had not appeared in public for a long time, appeared. At a roadshow related to the gaming blockchain company CellLink. However, in 2018, after the blockchain concept became popular for a while, it gradually cooled down due to the decline of virtual currencies.

Now, Zhu Jun suddenly turns to the field of electric vehicles and cooperates with FF.

On March 25, The9 and FF announced their cooperation. According to announcements and relevant documents from both parties, the location where the two parties intend to establish the joint venture is Hong Kong, China. The joint venture will establish a wholly-owned subsidiary in mainland China to conduct business. FF and The9 will each hold 50% of the equity of the joint venture. The9 will have corresponding strategic management and operation rights. The9 will inject up to US$600 million into the joint venture. FF will inject technology and property rights resources into the joint venture, including land use rights in China as a production base, and will grant the joint venture the exclusive production, marketing and sales rights for the FF V9 model and other designated models in China.

Ninetowns’ US$600 million will be paid in three installments in cash, and for each payment, FF or the joint venture company needs to complete a “milestone” within a specific time limit. However,A certain extension period can also be carried out according to special circumstances.

Specifically, the first payment of US$200 million should be paid within two months after the date of the agreement, provided that the joint venture company is established in Hong Kong, China. At the same time, FF needs to find a land asset. After the first payment is fully received, FF needs to transfer the rights to the above land asset to the joint venture company.

The second payment of US$200 million is conditional on the Chinese local government (including the Moganshan local government) providing financial support (if applicable) to the joint venture company that has the right to use local land. The second milestone "Second Installment Milestone Event" that needs to be reached for the second payment should be within 4 and a half months after the first payment is completed.

The final amount of 200 million US dollars can be unlocked only after the completion of FF's V9 model design concept (the third milestone "Third Installment Milestone Event"), and the time cannot be later than after the second payment. Within 3 months, but FF can also choose to extend it for 3 months.

The documents show that the board of directors of The9 and FF joint venture company consists of 5 directors, of which The9 can nominate 3 directors, and the other 2 director quotas belong to FF. The directors appointed by both parties can only be adjusted by both parties. made. Although Ninetowns has more seats, the nomination right of chairman belongs to FF.

In the "Liquidation" section, The9 has the right to give priority to the liquidation of the assets of the joint venture company based on an interest rate of 25% per year on the capital contribution of The9.

So, how can The9, which is also having a hard time, raise US$600 million to build a joint venture with FF?

It is reported that Ninetowns intends to use the money raised from US listed companies to establish domestic joint ventures. According to China Business News, in addition to The9's own funds, Hong Kong investment bank AMTD (AMTD Group) and US boutique investment bank Maxim (Maxim Group) are the largest investors behind this transaction and will provide support for the joint venture. Provide financial support for the establishment and operation of the joint venture, and upon completion of the agreed conditions, assist Ninetowns in realizing capital injection into the joint venture.

According to public information, AMDT has helped many of China’s leading new economy companies such as Meitu and 360 Finance achieve IPOs in Hong Kong and the United States in recent years. It completed 18 IPO projects in 2018 and raised more than 20 billion in funds. U.S. dollars; it has also successfully assisted Hong Kong blue-chip companies such as New World China, Sun Hung Kai Corporation, Far East Development and Emperor International, as well as mainland Chinese companies such as Minsheng Bank and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, to take the lead in completing more than 80 overseas U.S. dollar bond issuance projects, raising more than 50 billion US dollars. Maxim is committed to providing strategic advice and financing solutions to companies in multiple industries in the United States, Europe, Israel and Asia, covering more than 2,000 U.S. institutional investors, global financial institutions and high-net-worth private clients.

Regarding the cooperation between Zhu Jun and Jia Yueting, the outside world has different opinions.

Some people think that the current situation of the two companies is not good, and based on the previous experience of the two, it is difficult for people to believe that the cooperation can be successful. Some people even question the two of them laundering money through cooperation. However, , and some people think that it is unknown whether it will succeed or not. After all, there is support from the financial backers behind him.

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