The May 1 ST box office broke 1.5 billion, and the "Unfamiliar Road of Life" won the championship.


Special feature of 1905 film network According to the data of Cat’s Eye Professional Edition, as of 21: 30 on May 3, the box office of the May 1st cinema in 2023 exceeded 1.5 billion yuan. Among them, with 510.7343 million yuan, 463.8841 million yuan and 172.5284 million yuan respectively, it ranked in the top three at the box office, followed closely.



Counterattack the most important key words in the mainland film market during the May 1 ST period.


In terms of single film, "Unfamiliar Road of Life" counterattacked "King of the Sky" and became the box office champion, with the cumulative box office of both films exceeding the 500 million mark. In terms of the single-day box office trend, it broke through the 300 million mark for four consecutive days. Among them. On April 30th and May 1st, the single-day box office increased continuously.


The fiery May 1st File has made people more confident about the future development of China film market.


High-quality comedy is just needed in the market.


In 2023, the big dark horse in the mainland film market in the May 1st file was "Unfamiliar Road to Life".


Whether it is in the pre-sale of the box office or the number of people who want to see the online platform in the early stage, the performance of Unfamiliar Life is quite satisfactory. However, this film achieved a counterattack by virtue of the genre difference of the only pure comedy film in the schedule and the strong entertainment attribute of the plot.



The single-day box office of the film rose from 34.148 million yuan on April 28 to 130 million yuan on May 1, and won the single-day box office championship for three consecutive days. The box office of the film broke through 100 million days in a row for three days. In addition, the proportion of the film’s single-day release increased from 10.8% on the first day of release to 23.7% on May 3.


For the box office trend of the film all the way up, the director issued a document saying, "Thank you all, thank you all, thank you all for giving the opportunity to the cinema colleagues." At present, the cumulative box office of the film has exceeded 500 million yuan.



According to the "2022 China Film Annual Survey Report" released by the 1905 Film Network and Film Channel Media Center at the beginning of the year, the total box office of comedy films in 2022 reached 7.513 billion yuan, an increase of 28.66% compared with 2021, and comedy films are still just needed by the market.


The same is true for the Spring Festival and May Day in 2023, and comedies are full of harvest. For the vast majority of the audience, watching movies is one of the ways to relax and decompress in daily life. Comedy films can just make people laugh, relieve stress and ease their emotions.


This is also the first time that a comedy has won the May 1st box office title in the past three years. In 2021 and 2022, the ticket titles were respectively, both of which were romantic films.


There are also romantic films such as "So Many Years" released in the May 1st. Among them, the performance of "So Many Years" controlled by Light Media is relatively outstanding. The film won the third place at the box office, and the cumulative box office exceeded 200 million.



The pre-sale of the box office champion "The King of the Sky" also performed well. The film’s single-day box office has achieved positive growth for two consecutive days. The compact plot and realistic special effects have become the key words of the audience’s hot comments. The film Douban is divided into 7.0. At present, the cumulative box office of the film has exceeded 500 million yuan.


In addition, the film also broke the record of the total number of domestic films in the May 1st file of China mainland film history. The film’s demonstration of the work and life of test pilots has also been unanimously recognized by ordinary audiences and professionals.



The big-screen work "Prosecutorial Storm", which also has the prototype of real people, has also gathered a lot of attention. The former is the first film about criminal trial from the perspective of China prosecutors, while the latter is another new fire-fighting film. At present, the box office of Procuratorial Storm in Out of Fire is more than 47 million yuan and 35 million yuan respectively.



It is worth mentioning that the word-of-mouth of the director’s debut by a well-known screenwriter is not directly proportional to the box office. At present, the film Douban scores 7.3, which is at the top of the new film schedule. At present, the film box office is only in the early tens of millions.


In this regard, Zhang Ji’s circle of friends wrote that "Changsha Nightlife" is my first film directed by me, and there are many shortcomings and regrets. I humbly accept your criticism and correction, but I still hope that my colleagues in the cinema can add some films to our films, especially the effective films. "


According to statistics, the single-day rate of the film from April 30th to May 3rd was 1.8%, 2.4%, 2%, 1.6% and 1.6% respectively. This film full of Hunan flavor, the regional box office champion in the schedule was won by Hunan Province without any suspense.



Animated films and old films performed well collectively.


Of the 18 new films in the May 1st file, there are 5 new animated films, which are mainly low-oriented. Among them, the cumulative box office of "Cosmos Guard: Storm Power" exceeded 30 million, 10 million and 5 million respectively.


New GG Bond Big Movie Super Racing is the eighth big movie in GG Bond series. The New GG Bond Movie Dinosaur Diary, released on May 1st in 2021, created a new box office record for this series of big movies with a score of 79.319 million.



Old animated films such as "Slam Dunk" are outstanding at the collective box office. The content of the story is adult-oriented, which makes the potential audience of such films even larger.


After a lapse of 27 years, the first big movie slam dunk was released in China, which fulfilled many audiences’ dreams of national competition after 1980s and 1990s. The memory killing aroused by the appearance of the five tigers in northern Hunan has made many middle-aged people relive their youth.


On April 20th, it was released in China, and it was not unexpected that the film became the box office champion of the May 1st animated film in 2023. At present, the film Douban scores as high as 9.0. At present, the cumulative box office of the film has exceeded 600 million yuan.



The director’s new film "Journey to the Bell Bud" has a steady long-term box office trend. At present, the cumulative box office of films has exceeded 800 million, which has raised the ceiling of Japanese film box office in China film history to a new height. The mainland of China is also the largest ticket warehouse for this overseas box office.



According to Nintendo’s classic red-and-white game IP, Super Mario Bros. Movie also earned more than 20 million yuan at the box office during the May 1st period. At present, the global box office of the film has reached 1.048 billion US dollars, making it the single-chip box office champion in the current global market.



In these new and old animated films, the works of young children meet the needs of parent-child viewing, while the works of adult children win the movie ticket in the hands of the audience with their feelings. Collective quality online is the basis for the overall box office performance of the May 1st animated film.


Among the many film companies that participated in the May 1st file, Shanghai Tingdong Film has undoubtedly become the biggest winner. "Unfamiliar Road to Life" and "King of the Sky" produced by its owner won the first and second place at the box office. The "So Many Years" controlled by Light Media is also small and broad, with a high return on investment. China Film, Ali Film, Cat’s Eye Film and other mainland film enterprises have gained in varying degrees.


In addition, those officially released in the mainland on May 5 were also screened during the holidays, accumulating market enthusiasm. At present, the total box office of this film has broken the 10 million mark.



Due to the good reputation of films such as King of the Sky and Unfamiliar Road in Life, the long-term box office endurance is worth looking forward to. In the future, there will be "Please don’t believe her" in the mainland film market in May, and Chinese and foreign works with certain market recognition will be released.


At present, the box office of China mainland film market in May has exceeded 880 million yuan, which is higher than the overall box office in May last year. Under the blessing of May 1st, the annual box office in the Mainland has exceeded 19.6 billion yuan, and it will break through the 20 billion mark at the latest next week.


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Singing and laughing, Lantern Festival "2021 Lantern Festival Party" will be broadcast soon by the Central Radio and Television General Station.

  Cheerful to welcome the festival, singing and laughing at the Lantern Festival. The "2021 Lantern Festival Gala" of the Central Radio and Television General Station will arrive at 20:00 on February 26th (the 15th day of the first month) as scheduled. The theme of the whole party will be "Spend a full moon and have a midnight snack", and colorful programs such as songs, dances, sketches, cross talk, acrobatics, magic, martial arts, operas and musicals will be used to convey the family reunion and happy feelings of Chinese people. Various programs will also offer a "happy, auspicious and beaming" literary feast to Chinese people around the world with rich artistic types.

  Throughout the evening, Tian Hua, Li Guangxi, Hu Songhua, Tao Yuling, Xie Fang, Zhang Mu, Lei Kesheng, Deng Yuhua, Guan Mucun, Bian Xiaozhen, Wang Jieshi, Wen Yujuan, Cai Ming, Pan Changjiang and other senior artists brought colorful performances, as well as Guo Donglin, Sun Nan, Joey Yung (Hong Kong, China), Sha Yi, Du Jiang, Wang Zhengliang and Phoenix Legend.

  Old artists perform on stage, and hundreds of hosts gather on the Lantern Festival stage.

  This year’s Lantern Festival will invite many respected artists of the older generation to perform on stage, and many people’s artists who are loved by the audience will perform on stage. Artists of all ages will jointly sing the song "Go to the People" to express the confidence and determination of the literary and art workers to "go deep into life and take root in the people". The beautiful dance effect of the opera "Fragrant Pear Garden" continues the three-story theater design of the Spring Festival Evening. Artists from various schools of Peking Opera perform on the same stage, and select classic selections and martial arts performances to show their unique skills, famous artists and famous segments.

  The Lantern Festival also innovatively invited 100 hosts from the Central Radio and Television General Station to gather. They come from various channels, frequencies and new media platforms. They will wish the national audience a happy Lantern Festival with a well-known song "Unforgettable Tonight", set off the festive atmosphere of the Lantern Festival with songs and smiles, and show the image and demeanor of the world-class new mainstream media.

  Happy, auspicious and noisy Lantern Festival, language programs are full of laughter.

  Thousands of spring nights, even nights in Wan Li. Eating Yuanxiao, solve riddles on the lanterns and other traditional art forms will add a strong flavor of old customs to the party. The host of the reception desk and the crosstalk performers will be divided into two groups, and the interactive beating of the Lantern Festival, New Year greetings, Spring Festival couplets, solve riddles on the lanterns and other links will be full of fun, which will enhance the get-together of the whole program.

  Language programs will also be the highlight of this year’s Lantern Festival at Headquarters. Cross talk sketches closely follow the theme of the festival, continue the cast of the Spring Festival Evening, eulogize the beautiful life of the people with true feelings from the perspectives of family, friendship and love, and bring laughter and warmth to the audience. The sketch "Rehearsal", with a wedding as the background, is full of burdens and jokes. "Counting treasures from sitting", "Listening to your talk" and "Poetry Fresh" will bring laughter to the audience in a refreshing way, and add icing on the cake to the theme of the party through excellent works close to life and the masses.

  Taurus brings good news and everything is renewed, and the bright moon shines to celebrate the festival. The "2021 Lantern Festival Gala" of the Central Radio and Television General Station will continue the guest lineup of the Spring Festival Evening, and bring a boutique party full of annual flavor in the festive atmosphere of "happiness, auspiciousness and jubilation". On February 26th, at 20:00 on the 15th day of the first month, please lock in the 2021 Lantern Festival party of CCTV, so stay tuned!

Not all stories are love stories | Reading Day

Recently, Chinese-American writer Yiyun Li’s novel "Should I Go" met readers in China, which is the first time that Yiyun Li has been translated into Chinese and introduced into domestic novels.

Many readers in China have heard of Yiyun Li, but many readers in China read Yiyun Li for the first time. Yiyun Li went to the United States to study after graduating from the Biology Department of Peking University, and later turned to writing. From the publication of her first novel collection "A Thousand Years of Worship" in 2005 to the present, she has always written in English, and has become one of the most accomplished Chinese writers in English. Now, she is finally ready to return her works to China.

The first novel translated into Chinese and published.

Many readers in China have heard of Yiyun Li.

Yiyun Li, a Chinese-American writer, is currently a professor and director of creative writing program at Lewis Art Center of Princeton University. She is a "post-70s" who went to the United States to study after graduating from the Biology Department of Peking University, and later turned to English writing. Her first collection of short stories, A Thousand Years of Worship, has aroused widespread concern and affirmation, and won the Frank O ‘Connor International Short Story Award, the American Pen Hemingway Award and the British Guardian Newcomer Award. She herself has been rated as the most noteworthy writer by major authoritative literary magazines, and won the MacArthur Genius Award in the United States in 2010. In 2012, Yiyun Li won the O Henry Award for her short story Kindness, making her the first Chinese writer to win the award. In 2022, Yiyun Li was elected as an academician of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a year later, she won the Faulkner Prize for Literature for her new work The Book of Goose.

So far, Yiyun Li has published six novels, three collections of short stories and one memoir. Should I Go, published in 2020, is her first novel translated into Chinese. In this novel, "Lilia has been married three times, raised five children, and is now looking forward to the birth of the 17th grandchild. She has been helping people around her to recognize herself all her life. At the age of eighty-five, she began to be fascinated by the diary of her old friend Roland. When she was young, they had a romantic relationship. She wanted to see what she could leave for the younger generation. The diary recorded Roland’s affairs in great detail. Lilia took pains to add footnotes to everything. A secret relationship that lasted for decades was slowly uncovered, including the existence of her daughter Lucy, who even Roland himself didn’t know. Flame-like passion, the grief of annihilation, people’s hearts go back and forth between these two poles, but they have to find their home and exit and continue to cruise. Yiyun Li gave a dazzling praise to life in the novel, about Lilia and about everyone who comes and goes in our lives. "

At the launch of Should I Go in Shanghai, Bao Huiyi, a young writer and associate professor of English at Fudan University, said that at first she thought the novel was a work about how to face aging and the last years of life, but later she found that it subverted all her presuppositions. She explained that the 80-year-old woman was obsessed with her old lover and went to such great trouble to read his diary, probably because she was immersed in the past, but this was not the case at all. With the development of the story, if it had a core meaning, it was the death of her daughter. In the novel, Lilia gave birth to a child with Roland, or she got a life from Roland. Later, this life passed away. Therefore, in Bao Huiyi’s understanding, Lilia didn’t go to the diary to trace the old love affair at all, and the author Yiyun Li also warned readers from the beginning that not all stories are love stories.

Photo courtesy of Yiyun Li Shanghai Translation Publishing House

Who collects who?

When reading Should I Go, Bao Huiyi found two different voices contending. "There is a male first-person narrator in the book, and then the voice-over is female, because Lilia is constantly making comments when reading Roland’s book, and subverts the male voice, or it can’t be said to be subversive, because her comments actually appear irregularly, which can be said to be a deconstruction of the life story that the man thinks he is. Then you will see such a struggle for the narrative subject, which is very interesting and very tense. "

Bao Huiyi believes that "Should I Go" has at least three or more layers of structure, the first of which is Roland, the author of the diary, and Lilia, the commentator, and the relationship between Lilia and Roland can be expanded. However, Yiyun Li is not unconventional. In an interview with Zhong Na, a bilingual writer and literary translator, Yiyun Li said that she was willing to rely on a traditional structure, and she thought that she could tell the story well with the help of an existing framework. In Bao Huiyi’s view, this is actually a solid writing attitude. Writers rely on their own handy framework to write dialogues and characters well.

Bao Huiyi said that perhaps when reading more than ten pages in the book, readers will feel that Yiyun Li is an author with profound narrative skills and sophisticated life wisdom. For example, in the book, the struggle for topics such as memory and time, the man thinks that he can write a book with a coffin, and the young girl becomes his lover, just one of his many "collections", even just a small footnote in his life, but who actually collects who, who forgets who, what is permanence, what is transience and what is possession?

Zhong Na shared her reading experience at the launch of Should I Go? Zhong Na said that in "Should I Go", readers can see that Lilia shared a lot of life wisdom, and there are many enlightening things, especially some golden sentences, which also show the personality of the characters. "I think the interesting thing that Yiyun Li presents in this book is that there are many golden sentences, but at the same time, the golden sentences are constantly being deconstructed and overthrown, and they are often contradictory, which actually constitutes the personality characteristics of Lilia."

In addition, Lilia keeps reading the diary of his old lover and responding, which seems paranoid. How to understand this behavior, Zhong Na spent a long time thinking, and finally found the answer in another book by Yiyun Li, Dear Friends, Write Your Life from My Life. "Yiyun Li suffered from depression for two years, and then she did some thinking and digestion by reading and reviewing her life, including her relationship with her family, her relationship with literature, and her relationship with the first half of her life. So in fact, she is slowly gaining some wisdom to regain the balance of her life by constantly reading the writer’s letters and diaries. So that book is actually having a dialogue with "Should I Go?", that is, through very in-depth reading, the lives of readers and authors are intertwined. So after I reread the book, I read "Should I Go" again, and I have a feeling of understanding Lilia. When a person’s life is in a dilemma, she re-establishes a narrative by reading this most extreme way to enter the other’s brain. "

A Chinese writer who writes in English

The Chinese simplified version of Should I Go was published, which made many readers who had heard of Yiyun Li read Yiyun Li for the first time.

At the launch of Should I Go, Penglun, an archipelago book publisher, recalled his association with Yiyun Li and shared the publishing story of Should I Go. He said that for many readers, Yiyun Li has always been a legend or a legend. From the publication of the first collection of novels "A Thousand Years of Worship" in 2005 to the present, she has always written in English, but she was not born and raised in the United States, but a writer who went to study in the United States from China. Before going to the United States, she had never published her works in Chinese. Among the current Chinese writers, Yiyun Li can be said to be the most accomplished writer in English, and many readers in China who are concerned about the world literary world are also curious. Why has Yiyun Li never published Chinese works before?

Peng Lun introduced that he began to pay attention to Yiyun Li in 2004. At that time, his job was to report some trends in the literary and publishing circles at home and abroad, and he learned by chance that Yiyun Li had won a new literary prize. He had never heard of this writer, so he searched the Internet for relevant information and got in touch with Yiyun Li by email.

In 2005, Yiyun Li published her first collection of short stories in the United States and won some literary prizes. At that time, Peng Lungang started publishing and asked Yiyun Li if she could translate this collection of novels into China, but she refused. With the increasing popularity of Yiyun Li, other China media began to pay attention to this writer. However, when asked when he would publish a book in China, Yiyun Li said no.

"I noticed at that time that she felt that she was not ready at that stage, or that China was not ready to accept her as a Chinese writer writing in English." Peng Lun said.

Ten years later, until 2020, Peng Lun suddenly received a letter from Yiyun Li’s agent and her latest novel manuscript at that time, that is, "Should I go?".

Zhong Na thinks, "Should I Go" is a very mature writer who is very satisfied with his current creation, so Yiyun Li is willing to make it the starting point for his work to enter the Chinese world. Zhong Na has been paying attention to Yiyun Li’s creative career. In her view, the writer’s writing has been constantly changing, broadening her own boundaries. In the early days, Yiyun Li’s writing actually paid more attention to the depiction of characters’ inner images, as well as the connection of very special characters’ emotions and relationships, and even hid himself among the characters. But later, Yiyun Li did a lot of experiments and broadening on texts and writing, and his works were more mature than those in his early years.

It is reported that besides Should I Go, Yiyun Li’s other two works, The Book of Goose and Wednesday’s Children, have also been put on the publishing schedule. "Although her works entered the Chinese world for the first time, many readers, especially female readers, recognized her voice and the charm of her works very quickly, which gave me great confidence." Peng Lun said.

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Create a box office miracle and gain industry recognition. In 2023, female filmmakers will go further.

[Global Times special correspondent Dong Ming] In the coming year of 2023, female filmmakers will shine brilliantly. In Europe and America, from the Oscar at the beginning of the year to the Cannes Film Festival and summer file in the middle of the year, and then to the nomination of the Golden Globe Award at the end of the year, a series of works dominated by women, focusing on women’s themes and paying attention to women’s perspectives, have taken a huge step forward this year, both in box office appeal and artistic level. Compared with male filmmakers, although the overall proportion of women, especially those behind the scenes, is still not high, this trend is gratifying. At the same time, there is still room for women to break through and stabilize in many aspects of the film and television industry.
"She changed the status quo."
Last week, Cannes Film Festival announced that female directors, screenwriter and actress greta gerwig will be the chairman of the jury of the main competition unit in 2024, and she will become the first American woman to play this important role in Cannes history. Cannes announced that "greta gerwig is a hero of our time, and she has changed the status quo in this highly standardized film industry and this era that needs careful examination".
This extremely high evaluation of Cannes also received Gerwig’s own enthusiastic feedback: "I love movies, like to create movies and comment on movies. As a movie lover, Cannes has always been the peak of the language of movies. I am surprised, excited and honored to be the chairman of the Cannes jury, and I can’t wait to feel this experience. "
Gerwig, who just turned 40 this year, is not only the youngest chairman of the Cannes jury after Italian actress sophia loren in 1966, but also the first American female directors to hold this position. The last time female directors was the chairman, it was jane campion from New Zealand in 2014. In the history of Cannes, it is usually a veteran filmmaker, a world-recognized master director and an honorary acting star who can serve as the chairman, and Gerwig can win the favor of the organizers precisely because her work Barbie, which was released this summer, "shocked the world", achieved unprecedented success at the box office and word of mouth, and really "changed the film industry".
On December 4, 2023, greta gerwig, California, USA, attended the 2023 San Francisco International Film Festival Awards Gala. (Source vision china)
Barbie, a comedy with a female theme and created by women, earned $1.4 billion at the global box office. Gerwig also surpassed China female directors and actor Jia Ling to become the world’s highest-grossing female directors, even more dazzling than Oppenheimer, which was dominated by men in the same period. In the list of finalists for the Golden Globe Awards announced not long ago, Barbie led with nine nominations. Both Gerwig’s previous works, Frances Ha, as an actor, and Lady Bird Little Women, as a director and screenwriter, have reflected a unique female perspective, and created a suitable stage for Saoirse Ronan and Margot Elise Robbie, which can be regarded as a master of current female filmmakers.
"superhero" in reality
Coincidentally, another Berlin Film Festival, which is very important in the world film industry, recently announced that lupita nyongo, an African-American actress, will be the chairman of the main competition next year, which is the first time in the film festival history that a Hollywood colored actress has held this important position. With her talent and hard work, this Kenyan actress not only gained a firm foothold in Hollywood, but also won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress (12 Years a Slave) and gained high popularity in superhero movies like Black Panther, which is enough to inspire more women of different ethnic groups and cultures to enter this industry.
At the Oscar ceremony at the beginning of this year, "Instant Universe", starring Chinese actress Yang Ziqiong and telling the life and affection of Asian American women, won seven awards, including best film. At the age of 61, Yang Ziqiong became the first Asian woman to win the Oscar for best actress.
Yang Ziqiong, who holds a golden statuette, encouraged Asian teenagers to pursue their dreams bravely at the award ceremony, telling women never to give up and not to accept other people’s definitions easily, especially mothers all over the world deserve thanks, because they are "superheroes" in reality. After The Instant Universe and Yang Ziqiong won the Oscar, more and more similar themes began to explore the strong, brave and persistent side of women, and promoted the continuous emergence of female filmmakers.
"This year is a great progress."
Nowadays, it is an indisputable fact that women’s themes are very popular around the world and there are many excellent works by female filmmakers. In the past, films, awards and film festivals dominated by men had to face up to this trend. Not only Cannes and Berlin invited women to chair the jury, but also Cate Blanchett, Kristen Stuart and Julian Moore held this position a few years ago, and the jury led by women will also pay more attention to the works directed by women.
This year, the best film in Cannes was awarded to the French female directors Justine Trier’s The Trial of Falling, which is the second time that female directors won the Palme d ‘Or in three years after Titanium in 2021. It’s not that the female judges are leaning towards female directors. In fact, the high artistic level of The Trial of Falling has been widely recognized, including the European Film Festival at the end of the year and many professional awards, which are also praising this serious work about criminal trial. "The Trial of Falling" and "Barbie" are both an art and a business, which prove that in the current world film industry, female directors can also shoot what a male director can shoot, and female directors can also earn what a male director can earn.
Manorak Dargis, a columnist in The New York Times, is quite optimistic about the "feminine style" in the world film industry: "For the first time in history, I am optimistic about the performance of women in the film industry. Since Viguero’s hurt locker won the Oscar in 2009, we are experiencing a drastic change in women and movies, an upgrade in quantity and consciousness. "
According to the analysis of the Golden Globe nomination, Forbes said, "This year is a great progress. After all, the last time a woman won the Best Director Award, it was back in barbra streisand in 1984. In the history of Golden Globe Awards, only nine female directors were nominated, and this time, two female directors were shortlisted (Ge Weige and Celine Song’s Past Life), indicating that Hollywood has made remarkable progress in the inclusiveness and diversity of women. "
However, although the prospects are encouraging, it does not mean that female filmmakers are on an equal footing with men. According to statistics, among the 250 films with the highest box office in 2022, only 24% came from female directors, only 7% were female photographers and 21% were female screenwriters. Among the top 1600 films at the box office from 2007 to 2022, 80% were directed by white men, only 4% by white women, and only 1% by ethnic minority women. Barbie has created a box office miracle this year, but it will take some time to accumulate and grow in the future to produce more "big-name female directors" and "gold-medal producers" like Gerwig and Robbie, who can really lead the project, attract investment and decide the cast.
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