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[00:00:11] This is China Central Television, News
[00:00:14] Channel.
[00:00:37] Our country's first river-sea combined transportation project has been completed
[00:00:41] and is open
[00:00:41] to traffic.
[00:00:48] New economic growth period. How to balance cost and efficiency? From an engineering perspective,
[00:00:52] there is nothing that cannot be done, it's just a matter of cost. How to
[00:00:55] integrate the current situation and the future? If it can be used for
[00:00:59] 20 years, it will be guaranteed, but after 5 years,
[00:01:03] a pile of ships are waiting and cannot pass, I think this is very embarrassing.
[00:01:07] Face-to-face exclusive interview with Wu Peng, the chief design and technical person in charge
[00:01:10] of the Pinglu Canal
[00:01:11] .
[00:02:01] On September 16, the Pinglu Canal was completed and opened to traffic.
[00:02:04] This is our country's first
[00:02:08] national-level coordinated construction of a river-sea combined transportation project .
[00:02:11] Construction started in August 2022, with a total project investment of
[00:02:15] 72.72 billion yuan. From Xijin Reservoir
[00:02:19] in Hengzhou City, Nanning, Guangxi to Pingtang River Estuary, it enters
[00:02:23] Beibu Gulf along Qing River from Luwu Town, Lingshan County, Qinzhou City, Guangxi,
[00:02:26] with a total length of 133 kilometers.
[00:04:18] The great vision of connecting rivers and seas by Zhongshan at the beginning of the last century
[00:04:26] after the Pinglu Canal was carried on by generations
[00:04:30] This hundred-year vision has received attention because of
[00:04:34] the geographical bottleneck that Guangxi has faced in its long-term development.
[00:04:38] Despite having the natural deep-water port of Beibu Gulf,
[00:04:42] the cities and regions within its borders are high in the west and low in the east, and most rivers
[00:04:46] flow from west to east into the Pearl River Delta, rather than
[00:04:49] directly south to the sea, leading to the awkward situation of having a sea but not being able
[00:04:53] to reach it. Inland river navigation can only bypass
[00:04:57] to Guangdong to go to
[00:05:00] the project was approved and ready to start, they found an old comrade
[00:05:04] who had done full-line surveying in 1968.
[00:05:08] They went to interview him and took me with them.
[00:12:25] Just be
[00:12:25] bold
[00:12:29] and design a bit more. They felt that the optimistic situation you mentioned also had risks. What if it can't be achieved? Would my investment
[00:12:33] be wasted
[00:12:35] ?
[00:12:40] Madao Head. Madao Head. Later, they changed it in a unified way in
[00:12:44] which year. It sounds bad.
[00:12:48] Madao Head, Qishi Cave.
[00:12:52] Madao Qishi Youth. Hmm.
[00:12:55] The Pinglu Canal has three locks: Madao, Qishi, and
[00:12:59] Youth. These three locks are arranged from upstream
[00:13:03] to downstream and are the core controlling
[00:13:06] engineering for ensuring ship navigation from river to sea. According to the first-class
[00:13:10] inland waterway standard, it is equipped with double-line 5,000-ton
[00:13:14] ship locks, which can accommodate 5-ton inland bulk
[00:13:18] carriers. The estuary section can also accommodate 3,000-ton
[00:13:21] sea vessels, which is our country's longest.
[00:13:55] At that time, the 2000-ton waterway was basically open,
[00:13:59] from Nanning all the way to the border between Guangxi
[00:14:03] and Guangdong. And then, the lowest section
[00:14:06] was already being implemented for 3000-ton class. And then Guangxi also wanted to
[00:14:10] plan it as a 3A class waterway. So, my proposal of
[00:14:14] 5000 tons at that time met with considerable resistance. Why did you propose
[00:14:18] 5000? Below is my reasoning. First,
[00:14:22] they said according to the plan, it's 3000 tons. No one disagrees.
[00:14:25] I then asked, what do you mean by 3000 tons?
[00:14:29] Does it mean that even at the shallowest water level, a 3000-ton
[00:14:33] ship can still be fully loaded and move with full cargo?
[00:14:36] Then how many days are the shallowest? Strictly speaking,
[00:14:40] not many days. Then, the water volume increased, and then the water depth
[00:14:44] began to increase. If this river,
[00:14:47] half the time, it can accommodate a 5000-ton ship at full draft.
[00:14:51] Then half the time, it cannot be fully loaded.
[00:17:37] You have to pressure me, and you have to make sense.
[00:17:40] Because the total amount of water resources
[00:17:44] in the linear basin is relatively small, and water shortage is obvious during the dry season,
[00:17:47] how to conserve water became an important issue for Wu Peng and his team members.
[00:17:51] For this reason, all three
[00:17:55] navigation locks on the Pinglu Canal adopted extremely strict
[00:17:59] water-saving measures. The Madao Qishi lock
[00:18:03] uses the world's first three-stage overlapping water-saving chamber
[00:18:06] locks.
[00:18:27] Is it difficult to complete this water-saving task?
[00:18:31] If I had to put it in a simple way, if I could think of a few levels, for example, if he had more requirements, then
[00:19:38] it would become more difficult. You just said at the beginning that you wanted to do something difficult
[00:19:42] and big in this industry. Now this thing is both big and difficult
[00:19:46] in this project, and you succeeded. And its changes
[00:19:50] are also huge and far-reaching. What do you feel
[00:19:54] after finishing it? It gave me the motivation or confidence
[00:19:57] to continue looking for more difficult projects.
[00:20:01] 。
[00:20:37] After his Pinglu Canal was opened,
[00:20:41] it actually gave Guangxi an outlet to the sea,
[00:20:45] changing the entire long-term existence of a place.
[00:20:49] 期 存 。
[00:22:50] The predecessors did a very good job, they built it up step by step,
[00:22:54] I cannot let it fall apart at my step.
[00:22:57] Face-to-face exclusive interview with
[00:23:00] Mu Zhengyang, the screenwriter and director of the animated film The Eight Immortals.
[00:23:21] During the recently concluded summer vacation, the domestic animated film Eight Immortals
[00:23:25] became a dark horse in the market, with box office continuing to soar.
[00:23:29] For many viewers, this work, which combines market popularity
[00:23:33] and cultural expression, has creators who are not
[00:23:36] widely known.
[00:23:38] 。
[00:23:45] Either stand up. This issue of Face to Face came to Oriental DreamWorks
[00:23:49] to conduct an exclusive interview with Mu Zhengyang, the director and screenwriter
[00:23:52] of The Eight Immortals. Will you check
[00:23:56] the movie box office numbers every day and get emotional? I will look, but
[00:23:59] I don't stare at it every day.
[00:24:01] 。
[00:24:10] Mu Zhengyang, from Dalian, Liaoning, was born in
[00:24:14] 1992. Eight Immortals is his first independently directed animated
[00:24:18] feature film.
[00:26:53] this movie, kept thinking that in the past we all thought that gods descending from heaven
[00:26:57] could help us relieve all kinds of suffering.
[00:27:01] Later, when you were in,
[00:27:07] it's a kind of mutual assistance when people are in danger. In fact, it's mutual assistance among ordinary people.
[00:27:11] Right. And this is also what I think Chinese people can most
[00:27:15] empathize with, a kind of emotion. In fact, it's the moment when these eight people stand by the sea
[00:27:18] and walk forward against the surging waves
[00:27:22] in front of them.
[00:27:23] 。
[00:27:27] The refreshing feeling of achieving unity.
[00:27:28] 。
[00:28:02] He may already be very tired in life, or even have his own
[00:28:06] difficulties, but at many times, at that moment, he suddenly
[00:28:10] makes a choice, and after he makes it, he disappears from the public's
[00:28:14] view.
[00:28:18] This is actually what I think the Eight Immortals team should possess, this kind of charm,
[00:28:21] and it is also a principle that we firmly upheld when making this film.
[00:28:25] 。
[00:28:28] To tell the story of ordinary heroes well, we cannot just apply the concept of a
[00:28:32] deity.
[00:29:08] When we first started, we were very clear that this was a story of national culture. The entire Eight Immortals, Fulu Shou Sanxing, are all part of this culture. is a part
[00:29:11] of it.
[00:29:16] It is a culture that is popular among the common people, the grassroots.
[00:29:19] So it is decided why everyone sees these colors,
[00:29:23] some are crispy and powdery,
[00:29:27] some are like Fulu Shou Sanxing, they are all very pure.
[00:29:30] ,
[00:30:04] Actually, we decided early on to fight Yang. We confirmed very early on
[00:30:08] that we would fight Yang. How to win? Indeed,
[00:30:11] some people said, "Director, why don't we change the setting? Let them have some magical powers,
[00:30:15] or let someone give them some guidance."
[00:30:18] 。
[00:30:25] It's gone. Yeah. 800 ordinary people.
[00:30:29] 。
[00:31:48] The high-speed fight scene of the Eight Immortals was a key focus for
[00:31:51] the team to polish. It consumed a huge amount of creative and post-production effort
[00:31:55] throughout the whole process. As national mythical figures,
[00:31:59] Nezha and Sun Wukong are inherently talented
[00:32:03] and powerful. Their fighting focuses on showcasing their awe-inspiring heroic spirit,
[00:32:07] while the Eight Immortals are a group of ordinary people
[00:32:11] without divine powers. Although they have martial arts directors,
[00:32:45] My earliest general policy for the two martial arts directors was that it must
[00:32:48] be a battle of ordinary people, so they could only
[00:32:52] use traditional martial arts, and it had to be traditional.
[00:32:56] 传 统 的
[00:32:56] 。
[00:33:03] Facing such a god of war, we can only use our flesh and
[00:33:07] blood to fight him head-on, like moths flying
[00:33:11] into a fire, there's no other way.
[00:33:27] To fully present the tension of this scene, Mu Zhengyang specifically increased the number of shots to focus on the details of Zhou Xuan's struggle, fully showcasing the struggle and determination of the Eight Immortals
[00:33:31] to face power as mortals.
[00:33:32] 。
[00:33:38] From the very beginning.
[00:33:39] 。
[00:34:15] It happens often, basically every环节 is a struggle with all one's might.
[00:34:18] 。
[00:34:21] Your all-out effort is the best stimulant
[00:34:25] for all the creators. How many hours a day can you work?
[00:34:29] As long as I wake up in the morning and have work, I can work until night,
[00:34:32] until the last one leaves, and I don't feel particularly tired. Also,
[00:34:36] this enthusiasm also includes my true love for it.
[00:34:40] 。
[00:34:43] I like traditional Chinese mythology.
[00:38:31] You guys
[00:38:34] look. After countless divergences and
[00:38:37] tribulations, the eight ordinary people, each with their own flaws,
[00:38:41] finally gathered at the seaside.
[00:38:45] Letting go of their past inner demons, regardless of their differences, they decided
[00:38:48] to join forces and jointly face the crisis.
[00:38:51] 。
[00:39:39] When the team appeared at the end, it was very bright and full of hope.
[00:39:42] Everyone felt that this feeling was not strong enough at that time,
[00:39:46] meaning it was not sufficient. So this
[00:39:50] scene was
[00:39:52] completely redone, which means what was done before was not wasted.
[00:39:56] 做 。
[00:40:57] But your experience remains, you know how to do better now,
[00:41:01] and the existence of this industrial system makes everyone believe that such a better
[00:41:05] opportunity is possible. Many people will approach it with this attitude,
[00:41:09] so everyone will be willing to go for it. Especially when
[00:41:13] I was making The Eight Immortals, I could feel that as long as you give it time and effort,
[00:41:17] it visibly gets better and better. This is a very profound
[00:41:20] experience for me. So when you have this feeling, you won't give up any
[00:41:24] opportunity to make it better. Through your narration.
[00:43:10] I won't drop it here, this is my real thought.
[00:43:13] What kind of experience in your life experience
[00:43:17] can you share with more young animators, to make them
[00:43:21] willing to go further? I often tell my team that I hope the audience
[00:43:25] will look back in ten or twenty years and still feel that
[00:43:29] Director Mu Zhengyang was very sincere and
[00:43:33] did not interact. So I will say, we must do
[00:43:37] better in the future, we must be even better.
[00:44:10] Enjoy the Mid-Autumn Festival at this moment.
[00:44:11] 。
[00:44:15] CCTV's 2026 Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. With respect, live
[00:44:18] a lifetime. Blue Moon.