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Cine 21 is a Korean film magazine published by Hangyeore newspaper. The magazine was first published in Seoul on April 24, 1995, and it was published in the form of weekly magazine. Its first editor-in-chief is Seon-hee Cho, a reporter from Culture Station. The articles published in the first issue include "Who controls the Korean film industry" and "Voting the Top 50 Korean films". Cine21 is currently one of the most famous movie magazines in Korea.

Korean film magazine "CINE 21" has selected the best film works of that year every year since 1998. The list before 2010 was all five works, followed by ten works, among which there were also works tied for fifth or tenth. It can be seen that Hong Shangxiu, Jin Jide, Li Cangdong, Bong Joon ho, Hong-jin Na and other established Korean directors will almost enter the best list of the year as long as they have new works. In 2019, Lv Zhang’s directors whose works have been shown in China for many times also have many works on the list.

As for actors, Song Kanghao, Cui Minzhi, Huang Zhengmin, Ha Jung Woo and Jin Minxi, including the actor Yoo Ah In, who was popular in Li Cangdong’s Burning, are among them. South Korea’s unique art/commercial film market has a wider choice of actors, including veteran actors with unique experience and new actors who are amazed when they appear.

Unfortunately, from previous lists, Korean female directors such as Claudia Kim, Hyung-sook Hong, Lee Kyoung-mi and Quan Gaoyun are still in the minority.

Cover of "CINE 21" magazine 1165 and 1063

Recently, "CINE 21" selected the top ten in Han Ying in 2019. Bong Joon ho’s Palme d ‘Or "Parasite" won the championship without controversy, and the documentary "Jin Jun" directed by Jiang Shangyu focusing on Korean historical events won the fourth place. This year, the number of films made by female directors has increased compared with previous years.

Director of the Year: Bong Joon ho/Parasite

Actor of the Year: Song Kanghao/Parasite

Actress of the year: Li Jingen/Parasite

Newcomer of the Year Director: Jin Baola/Hummingbird

Newcomer Actor of the Year: Jung Hae In/Liu Lie

Newcomer Actress of the Year Award: Park Ji-hou

Photo of the Year: yung-Pyo Hong/Parasite

Script of the Year: Bong Joon ho Han Jinyuan/Parasite

Cover photo taken by Cine21 magazine for Parasites.

Looking back on 2018, Li Cangdong’s Burning topped the list, with two works by Hong Shangxiu, Leaves of Grass and Claire’s Camera, and Lv Zhang’s Singing Goose ranked ninth.

Korean film weekly Cine21

Select the Top Ten Korean Movies in 2019

1. "Parasite" Bong Joon ho

2. Hummingbird Jin Baola

3. Riverside Hotel Hong Shangxiu

4. "Jin Jun" Jiang Shangyu (documentary)

5. "Minor" Jin Yunshi

6. "Our Body" Han Jialan

7. Catfish Maggie Li Yuxi

8. "To Yunxi" Lin Dajiong

9. "Extreme Escape" Li Xiangyu

10. "Those Faces" Li Kangxian

"CINE 21" List of Best Movies in Korea over the Years

1998

1. Beautiful season-Kwangmo Lee

2. The Power of Gangwon Road-Hong Shangxiu

3. August Photo Studio-Hur Jin-ho

4. Female High School tales of mystery 1: Death Classroom-Ki-hyeong Park

5. Don’t make a fuss about the bizarre loss of soul-Jin Zhiyun

1999：

1. Nowhere to hide-Myung-se Lee

2. Happy to death-Ji-woo Chung

3. tales of mystery 2: Exchange Diaries-Jin Taiyong/Kyu-Dong Min

4. Spy Li Zhe Town-Jang Jin

5. Sunrise City-Jin Chengzhu

2000：

1. Mint-Li Cangdong

2. The Virgin Heart Sutra-Hong Shangxiu

3. Don’t die a natural death-Seung-wan Ryoo

4. Mao Pangwang-Jin Zhiyun

5. Joint Security Area-Park Chan-wook

5. Chun Xiang Chuan-Lin Quanze

2001：

1. Creepy-Jong-chan Yun

2. Cat Girl-Jae eun Jeong

3. Spring passed away-Hur Jin-ho

4. Prynne Song Haixing

5. Waikiki Brothers-Soon-rye Yim

5. Unknown recipient-Jin Jide

2002：

1. The Discovery of Life-Hong Shangxiu

2. Oasis-Li Cangdong

3. I want revenge-Park Chan-wook

4. Love the silver-haired generation-Jin-pyo Park

5. Drunk Painting Fairy-Lin Quanze

2003：

1. Save the Earth-Jun-hwan Jeong

2. memories of murder-Bong Joon ho

3. Jealousy is my strength-Chan-ok Park

4. Cheating Family-Sang-soo Im

5. old boys-Park Chan-wook

2004：

1. Return-Jin Dongyuan

2. Vacant room-Jin Jide

3. How cute.-Claudia Kim

Our Generation-Dong-seok Noh

5. A man’s future is a woman-Hong Shangxiu

2005：

1. In front of the theater-Hong Shangxiu

2. Those people at that time-Sang-soo Im

3. Wisdom teeth-Ji-woo Chung

4. Unforgettable-Jong-bin Yun

5. blood tears-Dae-seung Kim

2006：

1. Women by the Sea-Hong Shangxiu

2. The birth of the family-Jin Taiyong

3. Hanjiang Monster-Bong Joon ho

4. Mangzhong-Lv Zhang

5. Time-Jin Jide

2007：

1. Miyang-Li Cangdong

2. Millennium Crane-Lin Quanze

3. Desert Dream-Lv Zhang

4. Our school-Myoung joon Kim

5. Breathe-Jin Jide

2008：

1. Night and Day-Hong Shangxiu

2. Wonderful day-Yoon-ki Lee

3. Chaser-Hong-jin Na

4. My friend’s wife-Shen Dongyi

5. Chongqing-Lv Zhang

2009：

1. Mother-Bong Joon ho

2. What if you know-Hong Shangxiu

3. Paju-Chan-ok Park

4. Bat-Park Chan-wook

5. Green-headed fly-Yang Ik Joon

2010：

1. Poetry-Li Cangdong

2. Yuxi’s film-Hong Shangxiu

3. Xia Xia Xia-Hong Shangxiu

4. Realm City 2-Hyung-sook Hong

5. Improper trading-Seung-wan Ryoo

6. The coffin of the witch-Park Jin-sung

7. The whole story of Jin Fu Nan’s murder-Cheol-soo Jang

8. Uninvited Guest-Lee Eung Il

9. (Lost & Found)-Kye-soo Jeon

10. My rogue lover-Jin Guangzhi

2011：

1. North Village Direction-Hong Shangxiu

2. Doumanjiang-Lv Zhang

3. Maoshan Diary-Park Tingfan

4. Watcher-Sung-Hyun Yoon

5. Yellow Sea-Hong-jin Na

2012：

1. In a foreign country-Hong Shangxiu

2. The War on Crime: the heyday of bad guys-Jong-bin Yun

3. Nanying Cave 1985- Ji yeong Jeong

4 Mourning.-Jin Jide

5. two doors -Hong Ji-You/Kim Il-Rhan

6. Enjiao-Ji-woo Chung

7. Romance Cao-Kwang-kuk Lee

8. Introduction to Architecture-Young-su Lee

9. The so-called architect-Jae eun Jeong

10. Juvenile delinquent-Yi-kwan Kang

2013：

1. Haiyuan-Hong Shangxiu who is nobody’s daughter.

2. Zither-Mie Wu

3. We are good at Xi-Hong Shangxiu.

4. Snow Country Train-Bong Joon ho

5. Scenery-Lv Zhang

6. Berlin-Seung-wan Ryoo

7. New World-Hoon jung Park

8. Russian novels-Yeon-shick Shin

9. Not thinking-Xingchun Lin

10. Live horror-Byeong-woo Kim

10. specious-Sang ho Yeon

2014：

1. Freedom Hill-Hong Shangxiu

2. Gyeongju-Lv Zhang

3. Princess Han-Su-jin Lee

4. Come to an end-Sung hoon Kim

5. Dao Xiya-JuLi Zhen

6. Iron Dream-Kelvin Kyung Kun Park

7. Bandits: The Age of Civil Rebellion-Jong-bin Yun

8.10 minutes-Yong-seung Lee

9. Non-fiction diary-Yoon-suk Jung

10. Sea fog-Sung Bo Shim

10. Defender-Yushuo Yang

2015：

1. Right now and wrong then-Hong Shangxiu

2. Midsummer Fantasy-Kun-jae Jang

3. Veteran-Seung-wan Ryoo

4. Useless Han-Seung-ook Oh

5. Factory Syndrome-Xingchun Lin

6. Mourning-Jun-ik Lee

7. Top secret search-Kyung-Taek Kwak

8. Living-Park Ting-fan

9. Flower burial-Lin Quanze

10. Alice An Guozhen from an honest country

10. Social phobia-Seok-jae Hong

2016：

1. Miss-Park Chan-wook

2. Crying-Hong-jin Na

3. No secrets-Lee Kyoung-mi

4. Asura Jin Chengzhu

5. Our World-Ga-eun Yoon

6. Yourself and All You Have-Hong Shangxiu

7 Dongzhu-Jun-ik Lee

8.4 Wait-Ji-woo Chung

9. Secret Agent-Jin Zhiyun

10. My grandson is the best-Claudia Kim.

2017：

1. Alone by the sea at night-Hong Shangxiu

2 Nanhan Mountain City-Huang Donghe

3. No Sweat Party-Sung-hyun Byun

4. Jane-Zhao Xianxun in my dream

5. I can say-Hyeon-seok Kim

6. punk pirate hell Seoul! -Yoon-suk Jung

7. After-Hong Shangxiu

8. King-Jae-rim Han

9. Park Lie-Jun-ik Lee

10. I am Roh Moo-hyun-Lee Jang-jae.

2018：

1. Burning-Li Cangdong

2. Surviving children-Shen Dongxi

3. The countdown to the pursuit of the murderer is fifteen days-Lee Kyoung-mi

4. Leaves of Grass-Hong Shangxiu

5. Joint principal offender -LEE Hyuk-sang/KIM Il-rhan

6. Claire’s camera-Hong Shangxiu

7. Guilty girl-Jin Yiqian

8. Special Agent-Jong-bin Yun

9. Singing Goose-Lv Zhang

10. Little Gongnv-Quan Gaoyun

10. Night and Fog in Paradise-Sung-il Jung

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As the afterglow of PC Internet era, sogou is gradually withdrawing from the stage of mobile Internet after being merged into Tencent for nearly a year.

Source: the creativity of the worm

Recently, sogou Game Center official website announced that due to the company’s business adjustment, sogou Game Center will officially stop its service and operation. The company will assist users to connect with the game official and communicate the transfer matters; If the customer has unused game coins and decides not to take them, he can contact the customer service of sogou Game Service Center for a refund before 12: 00 on November 16th, 2022.

So far, at least six businesses under sogou have been shut down one after another, including sogou Map, sogou Reading, sogou Lending, sogou search App, sogou and so on. A large number of former sogou people who merged with sogou into Tencent also gradually left in the rounds of personnel optimization.

A former sogou employee revealed to Time Finance that after sogou was integrated into various business groups of Tencent, all other small businesses would be gradually shut down except the core input method and browser. And he himself, with the adjustment of business, was forced to leave in early July.

From its inception in 2004, to its split into independent companies in 2010, and its successful listing in 2017, sogou has experienced brilliant achievements, and its input method business has occupied the highest share of the national market all the year round with its first-Mover advantage. The traffic conduction mode of "input method-browser-search" three-stage rocket proposed by Wang Xiaochuan was once a classic business model for the search industry to catch up with the situation.

However, in the era of mobile internet, when there are many obstacles in cross-application jumping, the information collection and integration ability that search engines are proud of fails, and it is gradually marginalized in a new wave. As the afterglow of PC Internet era, sogou is gradually withdrawing from the stage of mobile Internet after being merged into Tencent for nearly a year.

A "Death History" of sogou

In the early morning of September 24th, 2021, sogou announced the completion of the merger with Tencent, and sogou will become an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Tencent, which will be delisted and continue to operate as a surviving company.

After the merger, according to the interface news report, most of the sogou business and public line teams will be merged into Tencent Watch. Tencent Platform and Content Business Group (PCG) released a new organizational structure adjustment after it entered sogou, and established "Information Platform and Service Line". QQ browser and Sogou browser have become the basic supporting platforms, and search engines such as artificial intelligence and input method have become the core business.

What happened at the same time was the immediate retreat of some marginal businesses. In September last year, sogou’s content open platform "sogou" announced that due to the company’s business adjustment, the platform would stop operating and serving on the 22nd. In October, sogou Lending App also issued a "Service Suspension Announcement".

Then it entered a short period of rest and integration. Until the first half of this year, Internet companies generally carried out actions to reduce costs and increase efficiency, and a larger-scale business contraction began.

In May this year, with a history of more than 20 years, sogou Map, the earliest Internet map service in China, was officially launched, and all related services were closed. Entering the original domain name will directly jump to Tencent Map; In July, sogou Reading also announced that it was suspended, and all users’ money was transferred to the novel balance of QQ browser. If they don’t agree or accept it, they will be regarded as giving up their rights and interests automatically.

Then, sogou’s core search business was also affected. Sogou’s last financial report before the merger showed that the search business accounted for 93% of the company’s overall revenue, and sogou’s excessive dependence on the search business was once considered as a major constraint to the company’s development.

However, at the beginning of August, sogou announced that the service of sogou search App will be officially stopped at 23: 59 on August 8, and the subsequent sogou search App will be unavailable, while the web version of sogou search can still be used. However, in the era of mobile internet, the frequency of web search engines is not as good as before.

Previously, sogou upgraded sogou search App to Bingo App. After renaming, it kept the original search engine and novel service of sogou search App, but removed the homepage information flow. Unfortunately, such measures failed to bring new vitality to sogou search. At present, Bingo App has been removed from the major app stores and withdrawn from the stage together with sogou search App.

In the second half of the year, this process will continue. A former employee of sogou told Time Finance that the graduation time of different departments is different. A large number of employees left by the end of June, and there will be another batch of personnel optimization actions by the end of September.

Being absorbed by Tencent is the best choice?

Sogou has also experienced glory.

At that time, with the order of Zhang Chaoyang, Wang Xiaochuan, who just graduated from Tsinghua University with a master’s degree, set up Sohu R&D Center. With the establishment of six people, 12 part-time college students of Tsinghua Olympic Games Training Team were invited to work on the development of search engines. Only 11 months later, in August 2004, Sohu’s own search engine "sogou" was officially launched.

However, sogou was not embraced by the market as expected. Baidu comes first, similar products, sogou is not very competitive, and it is always tepid. Until 2005, an accidental email made sogou realize the business opportunity of using search engine as input method.

A year later, sogou input method was officially published, and it was immediately praised by users for its accuracy in pinyin input and rich associative vocabulary. According to public information, with the first-Mover advantage, the user utilization rate of sogou input method reached 79.7% around 2009, far ahead of other input methods. This advantage was not surpassed by Baidu until these two years.

In the process of making input method products, Wang Xiaochuan realized that the Internet traffic portal is changing, and it is an inevitable choice for the search portal to move forward. At the same time, the input method also has natural shortcomings in the conversion of user traffic. Based on this, sogou decided to enter the browser market.

Since then, sogou’s "three-stage rocket" business model, which relies on the input method to drive the browser and the browser to drive the search, has gradually taken shape.

In 2010, Wang Xiaochuan invested in Ali, and sogou split up and developed independently. Two years later, Ali withdrew, and Tencent took a 36.5% stake in sogou for $448 million. After the transaction was completed, Tencent began to pour a lot of resources into sogou, directly merged QQ input method and SOSO into sogou, and exclusively launched WeChat search channel in sogou search to access WeChat WeChat official account.

After Tencent became a shareholder, Wang Xiaochuan and sogou ushered in a new highlight moment. In 2017, after 14 years of struggle, as the last unicorn out of the PC Internet era, sogou finally landed on the NYSE, with a market value of US$ 5.4 billion, or about RMB 37 billion.

But it is also sogou’s last glory. With the rapid development of mobile Internet, sogou began to decline gradually. According to the data of Oriental Choice, after sogou reached the highest net profit of $98.78 million in 2018, it began to shrink continuously. In 2020, there was even a huge loss of $100 million, and its market value also fell all the way, with the lowest point of only $1.134 billion.

Decline, loss, coupled with the major shareholder Sohu unwilling to fight. In the end, sogou seems to have no better choice than selling herself to Tencent. Only for Tencent, selective absorption is the best ending for sogou.