Special feature of 1905 film network The mystery of Chinese treasures can be described as confusing.

The secrets hidden for five thousand years have brought continuous inspiration to domestic treasure-hunting movies.

Last week (April 10-16), the film channel continuously broadcast a series of milestone works in the history of adventure movies, as well as many domestic treasure-winning movies, which were warmly welcomed by the audience.

This week (April 17th to 23rd), we will continue to explore the secrets of Chinese treasures.

The film released in 1981 is of milestone significance in the history of domestic films.

It not only broke the single expression form of domestic films at that time, but also achieved the "zero breakthrough" of the new China Kung Fu films. It also made outstanding contributions to the earliest business model of China films, which combined martial arts, suspense and scenery, and profoundly influenced similar films in the future.

At that time, The Mysterious Giant Buddha was a luxurious configuration.　

Playing the heroine Meng Jie was the most loved by the audience that year; Playing the villain Sha Dui witnessed the growth of China’s films; Master Haineng was played by the first batch of performing artists in China.

The beautiful scenery of Emei and Leshan Giant Buddha, which appeared in a large number in the film, let us see the great rivers, mountains and cultural treasures of the motherland, and at the same time promote this Millennium Leshan Giant Buddha to the whole world.

Similarly, movies starring in the early days also show the great rivers and mountains of the motherland in the Indiana Jones adventure movies.

With the battle for the treasure "Heart of Dunhuang" unfolding, the film not only shows us the thrilling fighting scene of Yang Ziqiong, but also lets us see the beautiful scenery of Tibet Plateau, the ancient civilization of Dunhuang and the elegant demeanor of Yadan landform with the development of the story.

Action drama is an indispensable element in the film. Even The Mysterious Giant Buddha, like The Legend of the Heavenly Vein, represents the technical level at that time in the design of action drama.

In "Mysterious Buddha", the design of martial arts fighting is more inclined to actual combat, with one move, one style and one board, and different martial arts styles have mushroomed in subsequent films.

When it comes to martial arts stars, you can’t get around it.

In this week’s blockbuster movie, Jackie Chan, who was nearly 60 years old at the time of shooting, continued the extreme action style of his previous movies.

Gunfire chasing, umbrella falling in the mountains, car chasing by the side of the road, slide fighting, falling volcano … …

Under the thrilling action drama of special effects blessing, "Chinese Zodiac" shows us the patriotism that is not easy to find the animal head of the Chinese Zodiac and will never go out.

Special effects can contribute to the wonderful degree of action drama, and also create fantastic unknown images.

In this week’s fantasy adventure action movie, the most eye-catching thing is undoubtedly the China Dragon, which was built at a great expense.

A world-class visual effects and post-production team famous for its participation in the production of Harry Potter series, The Lord of the Rings and other magical masterpieces — — The China Shenlong, which RSP Special Effects Company spent two years carefully building, is vivid and contains the charm of ancient China myths.

This first film co-produced by China and China shows China culture and China elements to the world through Kung Fu and loong.

There are stories of treasure capture, and naturally there are stories of treasure identification.

Based on the novel of the same name, the film tells the story of the protagonist’s three generations’ efforts to protect the Buddha’s head of the national treasure and promote its return to China.

Jianbao pays more attention to the display of literary drama and tests the acting skills of actors.

The grandfather he played was expensive to deliver. When he came out, he felt full of comedy, seemingly afraid of death and selfish, but it was touching to take responsibility at the critical moment.

The wish played seems to be casual, but in fact, the heart is like a mirror, and complex psychological changes are hidden in it.

The yellow smoke plays a vital role in the team, and with fierce skill, he can always stand up in a critical moment and save the day.

In the overall situation, everyone is in the game, and the superb acting skills of the actors firmly grasp the hearts of the audience.

The surface of Antique close encounter of mahjong is to identify the authenticity of antiques, but the core reflects the complexity of human nature.

The antique Jianghu in the film is full of dangers, but the multi-faceted people are the real "close encounter of mahjong".

Similarly, human nature is regarded as the core soul of the film, and there are films that tell the story of cracking the theft of national treasures with multi-line fragmentation narrative strategy.

In the gripping case, the director did not focus on the "breaking the cocoon" of the police, but put the multiple dilemmas faced by the characters in front of us.

With the switching of light and shadow, the advancement of the lens, the snooping of the perspective, and the advancement of the plot, the depth of human nature is dissected silently.

Not all the films that win the treasure strive for novelty, but there are also films that have left great love.

In those days, before the fashion, he wrote a legendary love that spanned three generations through "crossing" and "robbing tombs".

Under the masterstroke of Li Bihua, a famous novelist and screenwriter in the 1990s, the film "The Love of the Ancient and the Modern Warrior" adapted from his novel "The Warrior of the Qin Dynasty" made Meng Tianfang realize "crossing", while Han Donger borrowed the setting of "reincarnation" to start a three-world love affair for us that spanned the ancient, the modern and the present.

"Write my poems with strong feelings, so that all generations will know my heart, and you will know your heart for thousands of years, sharing weal and woe."

Under the rendering of the theme song "Burning the Heart with Fire", the love story of Sansheng Sanshi is on and off, which makes people intoxicated and hard to extricate themselves.

Chinese treasures, look at the spring and autumn.

From April 17th, the movie channel will broadcast a domestic treasure-hunting movie for you every day, and follow these adventure kings to explore the mystery of Chinese treasures!

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.