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Time draws back to 2004. When Professor Xu Kaihua, the founder of GEM (Shenzhen GEM High-Tech Co., Ltd.), returned to Jingmen, not far from his hometown in Hubei, to start his own business with the first prize of Guangdong Science and Technology Progress Award, people would never dream. I thought that Xu Kaihua used a small waste battery to recycle, which opened the prelude to the battery recycling industry and also started the black-and-white battle between the “regular army” and the “guerrilla”.

“Car owners cannot find or are not sure whether the recycling point is formal or not. Some power batteries recycled from traditional 4S shops and other channels also flow into small workshops.” Yu Puritan, secretary general of the Zhongguancun New Battery Technology Innovation Alliance and chairman of the Battery Hundreds Association In an interview with Chuangyebang, he revealed the inside story of the industry.

The business of “small workshops” is booming, while the supply of retired batteries in 4S stores of regular car companies is constantly losing. This makes people wonder whether battery recycling and cascading use of electric vehicles is a good business?

In the face of a large amount of goods flowing into the black market, formal enterprises are forced to trade with “small workshops”. As the leader of domestic new energy vehicle battery recycling, GEM Chairman Xu Kaihua warned new players in the battery recycling industry:

“Don’t come in, it’s a waste of money. Only the top five in the industry can survive.”

However, investors don’t think so. Just last month, Bocui Cycle, a power battery recycling solution provider, has just completed tens of millions of Pre-A rounds of financing, and Lanchi Ventures has made an exclusive investment.

“ At present, the investment circle is paying too much attention to the battery recycling track. In fact, the capacity of the industry that has been approved for construction has exceeded the battery capacity. “The person in charge of a battery recycling company said.

Why everyone refuses to talk about battery recycling

Industry giants have invested huge sums of money, investors and entrepreneurs are gearing up, coupled with national policy support, it seems that it is only a matter of time before the battery recycling industry becomes the next outlet.

According to data from the China Automotive Technology Research Center, the total number of domestic power batteries retired in 2020 will exceed 200,000 tons (about 25GWh). Where did the 200,000 tons of retired batteries go?

However, when the reporter visited a number of car companies, power battery companies, and battery recycling companies, they found that most companies avoid battery recycling, and new outlets in the 100-billion-level market have even become “taboos.” As a leading company in the field of new energy vehicles in China, BYD has launched the layout of power lithium battery recycling very early. At present, BYD’s battery recycling channels mainly entrust authorized dealers to recycle used power batteries. When there is a customer’s request or when a scrapped vehicle needs to replace the power battery, the dealer will take out the power battery and transport it to BYD Baorong factory for preliminary inspection. If the used batteries can be reused and continue to be used, the used batteries will be further tested at the Baorong factory. These batteries will continue to be used in the field of home energy storage or base station backup power in the future. The reporter wrote to BYD, but the other party was unwilling to reply. Yu Qingjiao stated that in terms of battery recycling ecology, at present, car companies, battery recycling companies and battery manufacturers have not yet formed a unified pricing for battery recycling, and the recycling business model is not perfect. Car companies “peek-a-boo”, power battery manufacturers and battery recycling companies have also played “Tai Chi.” “We have communicated with the relevant departments of battery recycling and will not accept interviews this time.” The relevant person in charge of AVIC lithium battery told reporters. Qingyan, who has had technological innovations in the echelon utilization of power batteries, also said that the relevant person in charge also said that it can only provide an introduction to its battery echelon utilization technology. As for the business model and pricing model of battery recycling, it is inconvenient to answer. “Enterprises have avoided talking about the recycling and utilization of decommissioned power batteries, and they are less motivated. The main reason is that the technical route of battery cascade utilization is not clear.” said Lin Boqiang, dean of the China Energy Policy Research Institute of Xiamen University. The energy storage path, what direction it will take in the future, and whether it is economical, requires both government supervision and government policy support. According to the calculations of Battery China.com, it is estimated that by 2025, the recycling value of power batteries produced in the two directions of cascade utilization and recycling will exceed 50 billion yuan; its potential market value may exceed 100 billion yuan in 2030. The industry is waiting for the “wind.” However, the recycling channels of many formal and qualified enterprises are not smooth, and a large number of retired power batteries flow into the black market. Some formal battery recycling companies even have to cooperate with black market vendors to purchase batteries from the latter to maintain the operation of the factory’s machinery and business promotion. This has undoubtedly contributed to the prosperity of the black recycling market. While pushing up the purchase price, it has also increased the difficulty of making profits for formal recycling companies. “One is because the number of companies is small and the coverage of outlets is limited; the other is that small workshops often use the banner of’high-price recycling, on-site recycling’ to obtain more waste battery resources.” Yu Qingjiao said. Due to technical problems in small workshops, the recovery rate of effective ingredients is not high, and there is a serious problem of waste pollution. The market is still in a period of disorganization, and it is difficult to guarantee the profitability of recovery. “Small workshops” generally have several treatment methods after recycling the batteries. Among them, the most common is to disassemble the battery and extract precious metals such as cobalt and lithium for sale. The price of non-renewable cobalt metal reached more than 600,000 yuan per ton when the price of non-renewable cobalt metal was the highest. In addition, the “Small Workshop” will sell the batteries to low-speed electric vehicles, electric bicycles and other echelon utilization areas not advocated by countries after recycling, causing great hidden dangers to the driving safety of the latter. “Batteries are taken from the black market. The source of waste battery materials is very poorly consistent. There are batteries of all types and types. This poses a big challenge to engineering design and project operation. Some foreign countries’ compliance with waste The collection is well classified, which will reduce the difficulty and cost of later collection, storage, and transportation.” Lin Xiao, founder and CEO of Bocui Cycle, told Chuangyebang. Yu Qingjiao pointed out that the current policies and regulations are still in the exploratory period. Although they have released a clear signal to support battery recycling, there is no real system formed, especially the circulation legal system. Second, traceability management and other regulatory mechanisms need to be strengthened to guide the upstream and downstream of the industry chain to strengthen battery recycling collaboration. “The first is the unblocking of recycling channels. Car companies in my country assume the main responsibility for power battery recycling. Recycling companies need to strengthen close cooperation with car companies, and strengthen battery life cycle traceability with battery companies to reduce recycling costs; secondly, through technology Innovate, increase material recycling rate, and increase recycling revenue.” Yu Qingjiao believes that the battery recycling industry is still in the early stages of development, and scale is also a key factor affecting profitability. The state should guide, regulate, supervise and provide financial support. Is battery recycling a good business? Although the recycling channels of decommissioned batteries need to be improved, and the material recycling rate and recycling efficiency of batteries need to be improved, some companies have already begun to deploy battery recycling business and have gradually become the industry’s leading company. Bangpu Cycle is one of them. “The constant has something.” Directly in front of the desk of Li Changdong, the founder and general manager of Bangpu Cycle, hung these four Chinese characters written in seal script. In Li Changdong’s eyes, Bangpu recognized the battery recycling, and it lasted 16 years, which is the best explanation of these four characters. In 2001, Li Changdong served as the production plant manager at Highpower Battery Factory. At that time, most people only focused on the front-end production of the battery and the intermediate consumption link, and the recycling link was often regarded as “garbage picking” and “recycling tatters.” Li Changdong found that the profit of battery production is getting lower and lower, and the scraps and defective products generated in the battery production process are also difficult to deal with. Handing over to the Environmental Protection Agency for processing will require a huge processing fee, and failure to pay will result in substandard emissions. “Can these battery waste be recycled for subsequent recycling?” This idea often appeared in Li Changdong’s mind. So he quit his job in the battery factory and raised 500,000 yuan with his partners. In 2005, Bangpu Recycling was formally established, with Li Changdong as the general manager, focusing on the recycling business of consumer lithium batteries. In 2008, the promulgation of the “Circular Economy Law” provided policy support for the development of talents and technology for battery recycling companies such as Bangpu. More and more scientific research institutions and talents are paying attention to battery recycling. In 2011, Li Changdong decided to further expand the scope of battery recycling business. He began to focus on power batteries from consumer lithium batteries to extend the battery recycling industry chain. Source: Bangpu Cycle At present, Bangpu has formed four major industrial sectors: battery recycling, automobile recycling, minerals and new materials, specializing in the recycling and processing of power batteries (power batteries for electric vehicles), gradient energy storage utilization; traditional scrap car recycling and dismantling, and key components Remanufacturing; and the provision of industrial production and commercialized recycling service solutions for high-end battery materials and automotive functional bottleneck materials. In 2015, in order to develop a circular economy and form an ecological closed loop, CATL acquired Guangdong Bangpu Cycle, realizing a circular industrial chain integrating R&D, production, sales, and recycling. Bangpu Cycle has now become China’s largest recycling base for used batteries. In September 2018, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the first batch of “whitelists” of enterprises that comply with the “Industry Standards and Conditions for Comprehensive Utilization of Waste Power Batteries for New Energy Vehicles”. Five companies including Bangpu Cycle, GEM, Huayou Cobalt, Highpower Technology, and Guanghua Technology were selected. However, from 2017 to 2018, the battery recycling market is still in its infancy. The relevant person in charge of Ningde Times told Entrepreneurship that the number of retired power batteries from 2017 to 2018 was relatively small, and the types and regional distribution were concentrated. About 17,000 new energy vehicles produced during the “Ten Cities and Thousand Vehicles” period are the mainstay. The decommissioned power batteries are about 27,200 tons (1.22GWh), of which about 95% are lithium iron phosphate batteries. From 2019 to 2020, buses, rental and other operating vehicles that entered the market in the early stages have reached the mandatory scrapping period. Early private user vehicles have begun to choose complete vehicle scrapping due to factors such as the decline in power battery performance, the lack of spare parts for old batteries, or the high replacement cost. Retired. Starting in 2020, my country’s power batteries have begun to enter a wave of large-scale decommissioning. During the period 2021-2025, my country’s new energy vehicles will enter a stage of rapid growth. New energy vehicles that entered the market in 2014-2018 will enter a period of obsolescence. With the continuous expansion of the scale of decommissioned power batteries, some people believe that the use of cascades should be increased to maximize the effectiveness of decommissioned batteries. Some people also believe that as battery prices continue to drop, the cost advantage of cascading utilization will gradually disappear or even hang upside down, and it should be directly recycled. The 2020 battery survey report released by Bloomberg New Energy Finance shows that by 2030, battery prices may exceed 58 US dollars (about 370 yuan) / kWh, and the use of solid-state batteries will accelerate the process of battery price reductions. By then, the battery cost will even be lower than the cost of cascading utilization. “It needs to be divided into different situations, mainly with technical support, able to accurately detect the condition of retired batteries, select batteries with better battery performance (safety, cycle life, energy density, etc.), and use them in cascades, which is more economical; Those with poor performance are directly recycled to avoid hidden dangers such as safety.” Yu Qingjiao said. Three problems of power battery recycling At present, the power battery recycling model has two major trends, one is echelon utilization, and the other is recycling, dismantling and recycling. Echelon utilization is the dismantling and reorganization of used batteries and re-applying them to energy storage power stations, low-speed electric vehicles, small electrical appliances and other fields that do not require high energy density. It is mainly suitable for lithium iron phosphate batteries with longer life and more stable performance; Recycling is the extraction of valuable metal materials from waste batteries, which is suitable for ternary lithium batteries containing expensive metals such as cobalt and nickel. The recycling of lithium iron phosphate batteries faces the problem of poor economy. Echelon utilization is still in the stage of trial and exploration. The main reason is that the battery specifications and models produced by various manufacturers are different, which makes it difficult to recombine. The battery materials used by each manufacturer are different, and the battery life is different; the battery performance of each manufacturer is different, and the combination Later security is more difficult to guarantee. The relevant person in charge of the Ningde Times pointed out that the economic value of cascade utilization at the current stage is still low, and further technical and industry standards are still needed. The recycling and dismantling can be said to have formed a certain scale, whether it is from the national policy or the market scale, we can get a glimpse of its trend. Although both are positive trends, the problems they face are also extremely challenging. The current battery recycling industry is facing three problems in process technology, policy and profitability. The first is process technology. Whether it is echelon utilization or dismantling and regeneration, they are facing severe barriers. The current biggest obstacle to echelon utilization is the remaining battery life and performance evaluation. In general, the recycling technology is relatively mature, but key technologies and equipment such as the efficient extraction of valuable metals need to be upgraded, and the level of pollution prevention and control in the dismantling and treatment of waste power batteries needs to be improved. At present, hydrometallurgy and physical repair methods are the main technologies for the recycling of used power batteries. The comprehensive recovery rate of metal elements such as nickel, cobalt and manganese in hydrometallurgy can reach 98%. The second is the policy aspect. At present, relevant departments have successively issued systems and regulatory documents that guide and support the development of the industry, and have sorted out a clearer direction for battery recycling. However, how to further effectively manage, rationally build a power battery recycling system, effectively implement full life cycle traceability management, and guide the upstream and downstream entities of the industry chain to fulfill the responsibility of power battery recycling requires the government to consider the market and industry. Planning and overall planning. In 2018, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the “Interim Measures for the Management of Recycling and Utilization of Power Batteries for New Energy Vehicles”, which for the first time clarified the responsibilities of automobile companies, battery companies, and comprehensive utilization companies in the recycling process, and pointed out that automobile manufacturers bear the main responsibility for power battery recycling. Perform corresponding responsibilities in all links of power battery recycling to ensure the effective use and environmental protection of power batteries. Finally, it is difficult to make profit. At present, the batteries that have really entered the scrap stage are still the earliest batch of batteries when new energy vehicles first entered the market. The number is not that large. Among them, lithium iron phosphate batteries account for a larger portion, which is more suitable for cascading use. In terms of economic benefits, recycling and dismantling The benefit is not high. In contrast, ternary lithium batteries have greater recycling value. But the reality is that it will take time for the ternary battery decommissioning flashpoint to arrive. Currently, the retired power batteries on the market are mainly lithium iron phosphate batteries. Because they contain less precious metal elements, the recycling value of lithium iron phosphate batteries is not high. However, due to its good safety and long service life, it is suitable for cascading utilization. The ternary lithium battery contains rare metals such as nickel and cobalt, so it has a high recycling value. According to the current technical level of ternary lithium batteries, the capacity density of power batteries commonly used in electric vehicles is 260Wh/kg. According to this energy density, at 20,000 kilometers a year, calculated based on shallow charge and shallow discharge, the cycle life is at least 1,000 times . If used properly, it can be used for at least 5 to 8 years on an electric vehicle. In the battery recycling industry, several leading companies have formed a certain scale of regeneration processing capacity, and their technical routes are in a stage where a hundred flowers bloom. Relying on its subsidiary Bangpu Cycle, CATL has created an ecological closed loop of “battery production→use→cascade utilization→recycling and resource regeneration”. Bangpu Cycle will uniformly process the recycled power batteries for electric vehicles. First, the battery modules are completely discharged, the battery cells are separated, and then sorted. After testing and evaluation, disassemble the batteries that do not meet the echelon utilization. Disassemble and separate components such as the positive electrode, negative electrode, electrolyte and diaphragm, and then leaching and removing the electrode material, and then prepare the scrapped power battery into the precursor of the power battery positive electrode material through processes such as ion exchange, precipitation, and adsorption. . Bangpu’s existing capacity for processing waste batteries exceeds 120,000 tons per year, and the total recovery rate of core metal materials for battery products has reached 99.3%. Due to the continuous decrease in the cost of lithium batteries in recent years, the annual report shows that CATL’s revenue of lithium battery materials in 2020 is 3.429 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 20.35%. Source: Grammy As one of the leading companies in the domestic battery recycling industry, GEM’s power battery recycling business only began to make a profit in 2019, three years after the initial production. GEM’s advantage lies in the start of the recycling and utilization of waste batteries. It has accumulated 20 years of experience. In addition, it also has industrial layouts such as home appliance recycling and end-of-life automobiles to play a synergistic role to drive the recycling of power batteries. At present, the flourishing business model and technical route of battery recycling make the future market prospects still confusing, and it is still unknown whether it can effectively solve the pain points of the industry. From the perspective of business models, the current battery recycling is more dependent on other businesses, the tiered utilization is mainly dependent on energy storage, two-wheeler PACK plants or battery factories, and the recycling is dependent on the hydrometallurgical plant. If a company survives only on ladders or regenerative businesses, it may lose money. “How to do the most effective echelon utilization, as the scale of retired power batteries in the market becomes larger and larger, the technical route will gradually become clear.” Lin Boqiang told Chuangyebang. Where are the opportunities for entrepreneurs? Behind the black-and-white war between the “regular army” and the “guerrilla”, a group of start-up technology companies in the battery recycling industry are quietly emerging. In 2019, Lin Xiao, Ph.D. and senior engineer of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, established Bocui Cycle to provide a full set of solutions for battery recycling. According to Lin Xiao, due to the domestic garbage embargo, the issuance of the European mandatory battery law, and the accelerated deployment of battery recycling, ESG and other industries abroad, it is hoped that new links in the power battery industry chain will achieve a strong East Asian power battery manufacturer. breakthrough. The company’s overseas customer demand exceeds expectations, accounting for more than half. The obsolescence cycle of domestic power batteries is also very urgent. As of 2020, domestic new energy vehicles have sold more than 1 million units for three consecutive years, and 900,000 units have been sold in the first May of 2021. “Three years ago, the first batch of electric vehicles with an annual sales of one million units was calculated based on the service life of 5-8 years, that is, 1 million vehicles would be scrapped in two years at the earliest, and the battery pack of each vehicle was calculated at 400~500 kg. Therefore, in the next three years on the market, more than 500,000 tons of waste batteries will be scrapped every year. This amount is actually quite large, and the recycling market needs to be prepared.” Lin Xiao said. In the battery recycling market, everyone hopes to have mature technology and equipment solutions that can be quickly replicated and promoted. If a national processing capacity of 500,000 tons needs to be built in three years, at least 100,000 tons will have been running well in two years. Production capacity, and there are 2-3 kinds of technical routes to choose from, it is possible to achieve five-fold expansion within a year. In other words, one year later, there will be at least 20,000-30,000 tons of mature technology and production lines that can be replicated for battery recycling. In addition, the ratio of “paper-based recycling capacity” and actual battery output is seriously out of balance, which is also a big “blocker” in front of start-ups. In Lin Xiao’s view, the battery has entered the obsolescence cycle for more than five years, leading to a large paper production bubble in the battery recycling industry. “For investors, many of the leading companies that are currently being recycled, such as whitelisted companies, have already been listed or do not need financing. At the same time, paper production capacity is too high and supply exceeds demand. The opportunity for entrepreneurs is that there are still No company can really do this well, and there are still opportunities to try innovation and breakthroughs, although many companies may be eliminated, just like the development of the lithium battery manufacturing industry chain in the past few years, from the hills to the top.” Lin Xiao pointed out. The business opportunities that will be generated in the field of battery recycling need to be paid attention to also include the realization of material regeneration through battery recycling, thereby realizing the closed loop of the industrial chain, and changing the existing industrial structure and profit distribution. The technical direction of recycling will gradually move closer to battery materials, because in essence, battery recycling is a collection of resource collection and material recycling. There will also be many new variables in the collection channels of battery materials and the direction of the material recycling industry. For example, after the battery exchange mode, the requirements for recycling channels will become weaker, but it will give rise to another industry demand, such as battery exchange equipment and batteries. Asset management, etc., and whether it is possible to directly recycle used batteries at the grid swap point. There will also be many new variables in the collection channels of battery materials and the direction of the material recycling industry. For example, after the battery exchange mode, the requirements for recycling channels will become weaker, but it will give rise to another industry demand, such as battery exchange equipment and batteries. Asset management, etc., and whether it is possible to directly recycle used batteries at the grid swap point. “We think that battery recycling will definitely have great technical and market demand. It is just the beginning. This is a big track where few Chinese companies can lead the way from the beginning. It is different from the chip, lithium battery manufacturing and other industries starting from the beginning. , We can take a different development path. Once we can continue to lead the recycling technology and industry at home and abroad, and close the new energy industry chain, we can open up basic industries such as energy, resources, materials, and transportation.” Lin Xiao said. Under the wave of global electrification, the prospect of battery cascade utilization and recycling is beyond doubt. “It’s only a matter of time before the market scale exceeds tens of billions, hundreds of billions, or even trillions of dollars. As the industry chain matures, some high-quality companies will definitely be nurtured.” According to Puritanism, despite the bright future market prospects, battery recycling still lacks uniform pricing, the recycling business model is not perfect, and “small workshops” are rampant, battery recycling is still a game among leading companies. “Without recycling sources, this business is not your turn.” “At present, for entrepreneurs, the business model of battery recycling is very important. After all, it needs to be profitable. However, it is not ruled out that some companies can make the capital market pay, but at least there must be some visible business models before the capital market is willing to pay. “Lin Boqiang said to Chuangyebang. For entrepreneurs, everything is still full of variables

To this day, whether it is the remake of “The Legend of Sword and Fairy” or the new work in the series, or the production of related works of the Fairy Swordsman series, Hu Ge will be topped invisibly: what is the name of Fairy Sword and Qi without Hu Ge Xia Biography.

I thought that the explosion of “Legend of Sword and Fairy” would make his future smooth, but he didn’t expect that his life would change drastically after just over a year, and all of this stemmed from an accident.

After waking up, he not only lost his life friend, his face was ruined, and he was once blind in his right eye. Although his career was put on hold for a long time, it was fortunate that he did not get depressed, and Xue Jianing happened to be taken care of by him on the sick bed.

After Hu Ge is fully recovered, he will be able to come back, and he has successively produced many hits such as “The Myth” and “The Legend of the Sword and Fairy 3”. Of course, it has further established Hu Ge’s position in the circle.

With reputation and ratings in hand, such a career is an achievement that many people dream of. But at this time, Hu Ge did not take the script crazy because of the skyrocketing heat, but began to hone his acting skills and slowly embarked on the road of transformation, and began to remove his idol aura.

If it is lucky because of a big fire in a drama, Hu Ge is definitely the exception in luck.

Some people fancy the crazy exposure of market dividends, some people want to be photographed by paparazzi every day, and some people have to market their appearance and body even if they are not good at acting skills.

But what about Hu Ge? With enthusiasm and holding works, he slowly became a “missing person” in the entertainment circle. At one time, he thought that he wanted to leave the circle to find no one, but he returned with a high-profile work.

Whether it’s the 2015 “Pretender” and “Langya Bang”, or the big screen work “The Gathering of Southern Station”, Hu Ge has proven with his strength that his potential is unlimited, and any role as a true acting artist can be Perfect grip.

However, all this changed until after the official announcement of “Flowers”.

As we all know, Wong Kar-wai’s painting style is unique and very venomous, and his works are guaranteed of quality. From his self-written and directed debut “Carmen in Mong Kok”, to later “Chongqing Forest”, “A Grand Master”, “In the Mood for Love”, etc., Wong Kar-wai not only contributed one classic work after another, but also sent Tony Leung. A higher position in the film world.

Their cooperation is tacit enough, and their achievements are enviable. They belong to partners and achieve each other. Even today, their works and status are still talked about by the audience, and it is impossible to talk about transcendence.

Hu Ge, as a resident male god in the entertainment industry, will only increase in popularity no matter how much exposure, even if it is just because of appearing in the audience of Xue Jianing’s drama, he will be praised and talked about, and needs work for a while. The room came out to refute rumors and calm public opinion.

To say that he is the top class is worthy of his name, to say that he is a strong man in his career, all the data is also a testimony.

Now these two “kings” have joined forces to collaborate on the new drama “Flowers”. I thought it would be a carnival for fans, but I didn’t expect it to be a questioning and wild flattery.

“Will Hu Ge be the next Tony Leung?” “The only one who can succeed Tony Leung is Hu Ge!” “Under the lens of Director Wang Jiawei, will Hu Ge be compared to Tony Leung?”

In this regard, I just want to say one thing: Hu Ge is Hu Ge, he will not be a copy of others, and Tony Leung is not a tool for comparison.

Time will pass, the market will change, and everyone’s aesthetics will continue to change. Moreover, the classics are shaped by themselves, and the future is forged with strength. Hu Ge may be the next actor and the myth of the future, but he is always just himself. .

Because from nothing, from the unknown to the film and television boss, Hu Ge is down to earth, without the help of other people’s light, can also become his own sun.

Next, let us look forward to the new Abao, the new Hu Ge and the high-quality “Flowers”.

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On July 16, 2010, a young man named Strom took a picture of his girlfriend Schutz and a yellow puppy with his mobile phone while on vacation in Mexico. This is the first photo released by the photo app he developed. Soon, within a week, this App had 100,000 users. Two years later, Facebook bought it for $1 billion. This is Instagram.

Strom’s original idea for founding Instagram was because social platforms such as Facebook and twitter were too complex and the right to speak was monopolized. Young people need their own expression space, eager to find the same kind, show their beautiful life, resist the boredom of reality, so as to alleviate the loneliness of life.

Eliminating boredom and loneliness has always been an inexhaustible Internet bonanza, with a steady stream of fresh ideas and applications. This is true not only in Silicon Valley, but also in China. Taking the social field as an example, Momo after WeChat and Aichao after Momo are all the same. Relieving loneliness and fighting against boredom is also a basic law in China’s social field. . However, with the new development of the network and users, new requirements have been placed on social platforms.

Who stole the original intention of making friends?

In 1903, the great philosopher Georg Simmel said in “Metropolis and Spiritual Life” and “Bridges and Gates”: “The mutual relations and various affairs of people in big cities are often various. , Complex. This makes modern ingenuity more and more a calculation. With so many people living together, the stakes are vastly different.” “The complexity and extensiveness of life in big cities force life to keep time and plan carefully. To be accurate, while the external life is rich and colorful, the internal one has to accept a rational, regular, and most impersonal character.”

“This kind of mental state between people in big cities is generally called reserved. As a result, they become indifferent and emotionless.” This kind of urban ecology has caused people’s group loneliness. Young people are particularly lonely due to factors such as social relations and economic ability.

American psychology author Maria said that the Internet naturally has the attributes of alienating people. For young people, social media is becoming a black hole of time and attention. It firmly controls the entire life of young people.

In an article about loneliness economy “Why is loneliness a good business?” “Mentioned: “More than 20% of people check WeChat more than 50 times a day, and their age is basically under the age of 25. In NetEase Cloud Music, there are as many as 2,000 songs related to the theme of loneliness. There are only 160 albums related to Kaixin. On Douban, there are more than 150 pages of posts related to loneliness. Just the book One Hundred Years of Solitude has more than 99,539 comments.”

“As of now, on Zhihu, 130822 people have paid attention to the topic of loneliness, and there are as many as 15,898 related issues. “Can loneliness destroy a person? “, there are 16,787 answers, more than 45,000 likes. “When are you the loneliest?” “There were more than 27,000 answers, most of them were young people.”

On the one hand, it is the intense loneliness of the urban population. The data of real social apps love to chat shows that 21-22 o’clock in the evening is the peak time for users to make friends, because after a busy day, it is most likely to feel lonely in the middle of the night. On the other hand, it is the chaos of making friends on the Internet.Or People with unpredictable intentions take advantage of the loneliness at the bottom of people’s hearts and make illegal profits, which leads to chaos in the social field.

The original intention of making friends is to relieve loneliness, relieve loneliness, and meet interesting people. However, on the Internet, cloud blind dates, killing pigs, financial fraud, etc. have emerged one after another, leading to a large number of negative injuries caused by inadvertently making friends. At the same time, because of the virtual nature, it has brought a lot of harassment and harm to female users, thereby reducing the fun of making friends and the probability of success, casting a shadow on both users and the platform.

According to a report in China Youth Daily, from 2016 to 2020, only one institution of the People’s Procuratorate of Huqiu District, Suzhou City, “handled 46 cases of fraud using the Internet, involving 249 people, including 18 cases of online emotional fraud and 156 people. , Accounting for 39% of the cases and 63% of the people involved. These online emotional fraud cases present new features such as intertwining with pyramid schemes, linking with money laundering, and difficulty in recovering stolen goods.” “The marriage rate has fallen, the divorce rate has soared, and the unmarried population has grown… The problem of marriage and love is prominent, which has spawned a large number of online dating platforms, and online emotional fraud has become one of the main criminal forms of telecom fraud.”

Authenticity, the first day of making friends

The first driving force of social interaction is actually very simple, it is to eliminate and alleviate loneliness. WeChat is to connect friends and work relationships; Weibo is to share all kinds of information in time; Douyin Kuaishou is to watch short videos; Aichao is to provide young people with a platform for social and emotional communication.

But the Internet is virtual. In 1993, “The New Yorker” published a cartoon by Peter Steiner. A puppy sitting in front of a computer said to another dog: “On the Internet, no one knows you are a dog. “The anonymity of social networking allows anyone to play any role, good or bad.

It is precisely because of this virtual property that online dating has become complicated. It was originally to relieve the beautiful original intention of loneliness, but in the end it brought harm. According to incomplete statistics, in 2019 alone, the Beijing News reported that 570 people were defrauded in online emotional dating, involving more than 130 million funds.

The main reason why so many negative incidents have occurred is Some users who participated in social networking did not submit real information and used the cover of the network to harm the rights and interests of other users and undermine the safety factor and healthy development of the entire social platform . However, many platforms, due to positioning and historical reasons, are unable to further regulate the authenticity, which has formed a big pain point. Among them, more than 80% of the victims are women.

With the development of the times, users have a stronger need for social authenticity. New requirements have been put forward for policy management, platform and user words and deeds. Authenticity becomes a rigid demand. According to a survey of netizens in Shanghai, 60% of netizens value the authenticity of member information most. The top three requirements for social platforms are authenticity, safe dating, and high success rate.

Such psychological changes have also aroused the interest of related researchers. A study by the Harvard Psychology Group shows that in the short term, the virtual nature of the Internet allows people to play any role at will and publish various speeches. At the same time, you can use beautiful pictures and filters to beautify your image and life, and give people a sense of pleasure to vent and beautify.

but In the long run, the virtual nature of social networks will increase people’s insecurity, loneliness, and distrust, thereby reducing people’s social well-being. . True and trusting communication, psychologically, will greatly enhance happiness. The sense of connection between people will also greatly increase. Over-virtual and over-packaged social relationships will reduce people’s sense of connection and happiness. It can even produce depression and anxiety.

In response to frequent social fraud incidents, the People’s Daily published an editorial in May 2020, “True identity is the public’s most basic expectation of dating websites. If this is fundamentally shaken, then dating websites will lose their value of existence. Today, A large number of dating websites use real names as marketing gimmicks to attract users to register and charge service fees. However, the reality of media exposure is still worrying. Some dating websites’ “release water” on the authenticity of their identities are obviously driven by interests. .”

In September 2017, the three ministries and commissions jointly issued guidelines for youth marriage and love work, requiring social networking sites including marriage and love to strictly implement the real-name system, “Strictly implement the real-name system for online dating and dating platforms, link the real-name system with the credit evaluation system, and improve marriage and dating information Platform, matchmaking agency supervision and evaluation system, multi-departmental coordination and co-governance.”

Who will meet the needs of users for making real friends?

The results of the seventh national census were announced. As of November 1, 2020, the total population of the country was 1,41178 million, and the total fertility rate was less than 1.5.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, “In 2018, my country’s single adult population reached 240 million, of which more than 77 million adults lived alone, and the ratio of men to women was imbalanced. The population living alone increased year by year, and it is expected to rise to 92 million by 2021. “Among them, the post-90s accounted for 47.68%, the highest proportion. This is destined for emotional social interaction, which is a long-term rigid demand for young people.

In China and the United States, a group of new social apps that focus on solving the pain points of making friends stand out. The capital market has also increasingly recognized this track. Including overseas match, bumble, domestic love chat and so on.

Match has more than 45 dating App brands. Including Tinder, Match.com, Meetic, TWOO and other different types of dating sites, which are currently listed in the United States, with a market value of 38 billion U.S. dollars. Bumble, which is characterized by being friendly to women, has a market value of US$5.7 billion and a price-earnings ratio of 70 times. Domestic love to chat, focus on real social interaction, close to 100 million single young users, more than 10 million users chat and interact every day, and women are very active on the platform.

One of the biggest differences between the popular social apps and the previous ones is that they emphasize authenticity and safety, while at the same time being easy to use, fun, and efficient. From the perspective of the development process of making friends, from strangers to marriage, there are generally four stages: safety acquaintance, relationship breaking ice, feeling warming, and holding hands. Among them, authenticity, ice-breaking, and efficiency are the three key elements for making friends. Who can really solve these three key pain points can win new social user groups.

It is precisely the rigid demand for authenticity. All the starting points for the social interaction of Aichao platform are based on truth, “seeking truth and being pragmatic.” Aichao focuses on authenticity and brings emotional socialization back to the original intention.

From registration to operation, a series of machine + manual measures have been adopted to ensure the authenticity of the platform, and the “review before posting” and “triple review” mechanisms are strictly implemented. The content posted by users, including avatar photos, manual review, System face recognition, voice signature authentication, 7*24 hours of uninterrupted manual review, and finally multiple reviews by the editor-in-chief. Currently, more than 90% of users have passed real-person authentication.

Through AI intelligent investigation + big data recognition, for early warning of abnormal login behaviors, it automatically identifies high-risk users and high-risk actions, such as fraud, pornography, etc., and provides risk reminders to users who may be victimized by fraud and SMS dissuasion reminders. Strict measures such as banning or even permanently banning users and accounts suspected of fraud and violation of regulations.

Because the structure of the single population in real life is more men than women, this has also resulted in far more men than women on social networks. In the past, traditional social platforms met the social needs of users and often caused excessive harassment of women. In this way, the success rate of men making friends is very low, and guiding users to socialize effectively, sincerely, and with a high success rate is the key.

From the perspective of caring for women, the Aichao platform sets up points and other mechanisms to protect women and socialize friendly This effectively filters out a lot of invalid harassing information and draining advertisements, and protects women’s rights and interests, thereby helping women maintain high-frequency activity on the platform. For male users, this also helps them improve the efficiency of social interaction.

The efficiency of social interaction has become the core of whether a platform can continue to attract users. Starting from the function, Aichao has set up many interesting functions, including “emotional warming”, etc. When both parties have the willingness to understand, the design of the platform’s intelligent recommendation and guiding language will help break the ice, and the two will interact with each other to give gifts and become intimate. Degrees rise rapidly, and feelings heat up. All functions can be unlocked only after reaching a certain intimacy value. It not only protects female users, but also helps to strengthen the full understanding of both men and women in the chat process.

Give the user the initiative to make friends. For those who want to know more about the friends, check the information, tags, dynamics and other materials to deepen their understanding, and establish contacts through text, voice, video and other methods. When encountering the opposite sex, take the initiative to contact and communicate. If you are not interested, you can terminate friendly at any time. You do not have to bear the social pressure of traditional apps, let alone time-consuming.

The English poet John Donne said in the 17th century: “No one is an island, alone in the sea. Everyone is like a small piece of soil, connected to form an entire land.” This is actually the driving force for social platforms to continue to innovate. In every era and every group, there are social products that belong to them.

In the United States, the new social platform MATCH GROUP has been listed, and its stock price has skyrocketed from US$8 to a maximum of US$174. As of June 2021, the company’s market value was US$38.1 billion. The emerging real social networking will surely trigger a new round of capital craze. More domestic investors began to look for the next possible MATCH listing.

After a series of privacy scandals of technology companies, it is not surprising that a study by Flurry Analytics in the US shows that 96% of iPhone users will refuse to grant permission. Facebook doesn’t seem to understand what privacy means to users yet. Photo: CNN. Despite the annoyances with iOS 14.5, Facebook still doesn’t seem to understand what privacy means to users. That is proven in a study published on SSRN ( Social Science Research Network ), authors include Professor Daniel Sokol from the Levin School of Law at the University of Florida, and Feng Zhu from Harvard University. According to the Inc , a research paper backed by Facebook, asserts that adding ATT to iOS 14.5 is a non-competitive act by Apple. Interpretation of the word “follow” “Apple’s iOS 14 update exposes an anticompetitive, fallacious strategy under the guise of privacy. Apple is banning any apps that aren’t theirs from collecting the information needed to show personalized ads without being able to use it. without user permission. Users can only opt-in after seeing a disturbing, misleading message about “tracking”. This message is not displayed on Apple’s app, because the user has automatically joined the data collection program,” the study said. The main problem here is the interpretation of the word “tracking”. Apple defines “tracking” as an application that collects data and then shares it with another party, also known as third-party tracking. Meanwhile, first-party tracking is data collected and used by the app itself, to improve product experience or features. This is something that is accepted by Apple, and the programmer does not need to ask the user’s permission to follow. Apple and Facebook apps both use first-party trackers. However, Facebook also collects data when users visit other websites. This action is considered by Apple to be a third party tracker, which means that the Facebook application needs to ask the user’s permission before taking the data. Facebook does not seem to want to give users a choice because they think that when given a choice, users will not want to be tracked. Photo: 9to5mac. Facebook is like a stalker and thinks it’s good Since it was introduced by Apple last year, ATT has been constantly criticized by Facebook. In most statements, Facebook is mainly directed towards Apple. That makes many people think that this is a conflict between Facebook and Apple. However, this is really a battle between Facebook and users. If there is no choice, the user is the loser. Facebook is entering an area where privacy is a contradictory concept. They believe that personalized advertising benefits society. This may be the correct view. However, it would be better if users could choose how their data is used. Let’s put the hypothesis in reality. If Facebook sends someone to your front door, look in the bathroom to see what shampoo or toilet paper you use. From the above information, they will send you ads and offers specifically for those products. Facebook could argue that it benefits both users and advertisers when marketing to the right goals and needs, but no one will take it seriously when the platform sends people to snoop around the bathroom. From there, the user will have a need not to track, by closing the bathroom window curtain. If the business model is in trouble just because users have a choice, that’s Facebook’s problem, not Apple’s. Graphics: Ha My. However, Facebook does not want to talk about this issue. Instead, they repeatedly accused Apple of doing wrong, affecting the interests of Facebook and advertisers. The platform even “threats” to charge a fee if users do not consent to data collection. That’s what Facebook doesn’t seem to understand yet. It is entirely possible for them to give users the choice, while still earning revenue as a business, that owns one of the big profitable business models. However, Facebook does not want to give users a choice because they think that when given a choice, users will not want to be tracked. Apple doesn’t ban tracking, they just ask the app for permission to be tracked. When most users refuse to follow, their trust may be lost after a series of scandals. If the business model is in trouble just because users have a choice, that’s Facebook’s problem, not Apple’s. ‘I don’t want to be tracked by Facebook’ The iOS 14.5 update allows users to block Facebook from tracking their data. Therefore, advertising on this platform gradually becomes less effective.

Not only the scenery, but the people of Venice (Italy) also leave an unforgettable impression for every visitor How to enjoy life Not only is the home of spaghetti, delicious pizza, but Italy (Italy) is also the birthplace of musical geniuses, sculptures, paintings, the starting point of the world’s top fashion brands. gender. Because Italians always live comfortably with themselves, allowing themselves to enjoy the values ​​​​in life. For them, work to enjoy, not to squeeze out their own labor. In Venice, or Italy in general, enjoying life is paramount In the midst of a world that is developing at the speed of light, where everyone is in a hurry, the Italian concept of slow living is something different, and also extremely valuable. If you are such a busy person that you have to travel by high-speed train to save time, you may be annoyed when you arrive in Italy because train delays in this country are common… often, you may also be annoyed by your habit People are used to rambling here or bored with a meal lasting 3 hours. But in return, you will learn how to live a leisurely, leisurely life, which you will never feel if you are only racing against time and money. A leisurely, leisurely life is what many visitors are impressed with when coming to Venice Kind, sincere and hospitable attitude Venetians are not shy when meeting strangers, they always have a smile on their lips when meeting tourists. Those are the things that they are taught from a young age, a friendly trait that can make anyone, even the most difficult, feel comfortable. Therefore, even though in Venice, it is easy to get “lost” by hundreds of interlaced roads, canals, bridges, and not know anyone, but you will still feel strangely relieved and peaceful. Venice will lead you to souvenir shops in deep alleys, meeting lovely Italians, like a friendly boss, a witty cashier, or a funny street vendor. The small streets crisscrossed in Venice will make you “lost” in the sweet romance But perhaps the most beautiful feature of the people here is their honesty. They always show their true feelings, live true to what they feel but are still full of respect for others. Fuzzy, clichéd notions of politeness never appear. No matter what life is like, people here always choose love, happiness and smile as raw materials to create a beautiful and beautiful land. Spend a lot of time with family and friends Never save time with family, close friends In Italy, there will be no rushed family dinners, or 15-minute meetings just enough for a cup of coffee. For them, these are not only precious moments with their loved ones, but also when they can find more accumulated values: the feeling of having a place to belong, the comfort of being being yourself, the strength of relationships, and love that never goes away. Working hours in this country are also flexible, so that everyone can come home and cook with their families. If you learn this from the Italians, you will no longer feel the constant loneliness brought about by technology and social connections. Take a walk and enjoy the daily atmosphere Italians go for a walk every day, to breathe in the fresh air, so as not to miss any changes in their surroundings. Sometimes, they go for walks even in unfamiliar streets, to discover new and unique things, or just absently follow their emotions, to drop their souls into nature. It won’t lose anything, if you also try to do the same once, and who knows, you will see the sweet little things of life around. A “Liite Venice” is about to appear in the heart of Danko City Thai Nguyen urban area It is the ancient Venice of the boot-shaped country on the southern coast of Europe! Returning to Vietnam, back to the land of Thai Nguyen tea, a “Little Venice” is also about to be launched at Danko City urban area. Ready to “get lost” in the romantic roads, filled with flowers blooming brightly and giving off a cool fragrance all year round; with sunsets on trendy and luxurious yachts; With music and sound spreading throughout the space during weekends at Dragon Eye Park… creating a style of “Venice standard living, Italian romance”.

Sen. Andrew Brenner of Ohio State (bottom right) was exposed while driving while a Zoom meeting to discuss the ban on distracted driving US media reported that on May 7, Ohio Senator Andrew Brenner was exposed to an unfavorable situation, he was driving and discussing the bill prohibiting distraction while driving the state. The senator used fake backgrounds (indoor furniture) for online Zoom meetings with other congressmen, discussing passing a new bill banning distracting driving, such as watching videos or texting. Video calling. At the beginning of the meeting, the car was parked, but the senator turned on the backdrop pretending to be at home, then fastened his seat belt and drove away somewhere. The funny thing is Senator Brenner thinks his fake backdrop covers all meeting attendees. Explaining to the press, he still insists that making a video call is no different than making a phone call. “During video calls, I don’t pay attention to video. It felt like a regular phone call to me, ”he told NBC media. In the very short video below, you can see him looking at the screen many times, like you look at your phone while texting. This is considered distracting driving everywhere else, not just Ohio. Research has shown that checking a phone while driving causes distraction in 4.6 seconds. Things can go bad in such a short time frame.