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During the Spring Festival this year, I noticed a young Chinese couple at the Four Seasons Hotel in Peninsula Papagayo, Costa Rica, 13,000 kilometers away from Beijing.

For three consecutive days, after breakfast, they appeared by the pool with their slippers in hand, each occupying a lounge chair. The schedule seemed to be copied and pasted: breakfast, beach, pool, nap, watching sunset, and going back to the room.

On the first day, I thought they were suffering from jet lag. On the second day, I thought they were thinking about where to go for fun. On the third day, I saw them still lying there motionless, with only ice soda in their hands that was about to melt and a half-opened book.

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Four Seasons Hotel Costa Rica/Real photos from the travel industry

Out of curiosity, I approached the Virador Club at sunset with a glass of wine.

After chatting for a while, we learned that they live in the Bay Area of ​​California, USA, and are a typical middle-class Chinese couple.

In the past, their travel style was the same as that of most Chinese people, who believed in efficiency first. To fly to the Caribbean, they had to visit four islands, and to go to Europe, they had to check in ten Michelin stars. Their mobile phone albums were filled with hundreds of photos, and they had to carefully layout them when posting to Moments.

The boy smiled and told me that this kind of check-in trip did not end until last year. It was the white colleagues around him and "White Lotus Resort" that influenced them.

When those colleagues came back from vacation and asked where they had gone, they said Mexico. When I asked what I was doing, I replied that I had done nothing. I just lay on the beach for a week to clear my mind.

At first they didn't understand and felt at a loss, but then they tried it once and found that doing nothing was the most advanced massage for the brain.

I also want to try to be like them, but the WeChat message on the phone screen in my hand has not gone out yet.

The boy seemed to notice my embarrassment. He raised his hand and pointed to Virador Beach below.

Following his finger, there were more than a dozen people lying sparsely on the golden beach. Some were reading, some were sunburned with their eyes closed, and some were simply staring at the waves in a daze.

Only no one is playing with their mobile phones.

He said, you see, here, taking out a mobile phone is even an offense. Everyone has a tacit understanding. After finally escaping from the world controlled by algorithms and emails, no one wants to be dragged back by a glowing screen.

I also subconsciously put my phone on the recliner and began to carefully examine the scenery in front of me. In front of me was no longer a screen filled with pixels. The most luxurious double-sided sea of ​​the Papagayo Peninsula was laid out without reservation.

This four-season hotel occupies the narrowest waist of the peninsula. On the left, Virador Beach is where the Pacific Ocean sunset is turning the waves into gold. On the right, Blanca Beach is as quiet as a dark blue emerald.

Virador Beach/Travel Real Photos

The air is filled with the aroma of plants baked by the tropical sun, the building is humbly hidden in the jungle, and the waiters are invisible in the air. They will appear at the right time only when you are thirsty and want to drink ice-cold coconut water.

This kind of extreme privacy and restraint creates an invisible barrier, making every minute and second in the hotel so precious that any KPI check seems to be a waste of life.

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Over the years, we have habitually referred to lying down on the beach as white people's vacation, and even summed up the three-piece middle-class suit of sunbathing on the beach, staring at the sea in a daze, and flipping through paper books.

But this kind of travel vacation where you waste your life on beautiful things is actually not just a white man’s patent.

If we extend the timeline, during the epidemic, this trend of hotels being rotten has quietly emerged in China.

During the National Day Golden Week in 2023, a set of data from Ali Business Travel sparked heated discussions. At that time, more than 68% of middle-class families chose the Staycation model.

The word translates very straightforwardly, staycation.

At that time, everyone couldn't go out, and the frustrated middle-class families began to look for alternatives, turning the hotels around them into distant places.

At that time, people may not have realized that this model of residence and vacation, which they were forced to choose in order to circumvent the quarantine policy, was reshaping a generation's view of travel.

During this year’s Spring Festival, Tongcheng Travel data showed that the overall booking popularity of hotels during the Spring Festival in Hainan increased by 191% year-on-year. Among them, the booking popularity of hotels in Sanya increased by 167% year-on-year. From Yalong Bay to Haitang Bay, the beach loungers were filled with tattered post-95s and post-00s.

After Sanya, a long-established vacation destination, became popular, many people discovered that instead of going to the scenic spots, just eating and drinking in the hotel was more stress-relieving than the special forces tour that broke a leg.

The complete explosion of this concept cannot be separated from the fuel of an American TV series.

"White Lotus Resort", which the domestic middle class is deeply obsessed with, is like a naked vacation textbook for the rich, exposing the travel methods of the top class to the public.

The first three seasons of "White Lotus Resort" were filmed at the Four Seasons Hotel

None of the elites who live in luxury hotel suites in the play care about the local attractions. All they care about are yachts, champagne, and how to spend time doing nothing.

This drama made many Chinese middle-class people realize for the first time that the true old-money style vacation is not about how many places you go, but how long you can stay in one place.

Just like the words the boy left when the couple got up and prepared to go back to the room yesterday: "It used to be like going out to play on a march, but then I felt that ordering a drink and lying around for the day like white people would be a real vacation."

It can be said that a good hotel itself is the prototype of the White Lotus-style vacation. It knows how to use a quiet price to absorb the time that guests have nowhere to spend.

What this reflects is actually a violent shock in the consumer psychology of the domestic middle class and newly wealthy class.

Why is doing nothing more expensive than cramming your schedule?

Perhaps because special forces travel and vacation are two completely different attitudes towards vacation. What is consumed on a trip are attractions, tickets, and materials that are tangible and tangible.

On the other hand, what you spend on a beach vacation doing nothing is the environment, services, and the sense of atmosphere that someone will carefully maintain for you even if you are in a daze.

Just like at the Four Seasons Hotel in Costa Rica, the atmosphere will be embodied in Versailles scenes.

For example, in the adult swimming pool, even guests need to pay extra to rent lounge chairs. Here, you can only hear the crisp sound of ice cubes hitting the glass and the dull sound of the Pacific Ocean in the distance.

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Quietness is particularly luxurious in the restless tropics, which means you can hand yourself over to a lounge chair without any precautions.

Some people may ask, what should families with children do if they want to lie flat?

This is the brilliance of the White Lotus Hotel, which gives parents the right to lie down. The Kids Club here provides all-day care services from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This means that, regardless of whether you have a family with you or not, during the 9 hours during the day, you are just a couple who need the world of two people, not a nanny who revolves around the children.

The moment we send our children in, we redeem our freedom.

Four Seasons Kids club/real photos from the travel industry

The next step in redeeming freedom is usually physical and mental compensation.

The fancy spa treatments that the elites in "White Lotus Resort" are passionate about, top resort hotels in reality will also do it to the extreme.

The solution given by Four Seasons in Costa Rica is to set back the building and make the spa open. The treatment terrace and outdoor spa area extend along the tree line toward the seaside.

The chirping of birds, the sound of wind, and the sound of waves take over your attention little by little, making it easier for people to calm down. Listening to the guidance of the physical therapist, you will feel that the anxieties in your brain are being withdrawn little by little.

This is the most scarce and urgent need for people in China who yearn for white-style vacations.

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The reason why white-style vacations have taken root among Chinese people is not so much cultural metaphysics, or it may just be that our days outside of vacations are too tight.

Work has KPIs, children's education is under heavy pressure, and even sleep is broken down into a string of data by the bracelet. Over time, spending time with your family to rest has become a task.

So many people seem to be relaxing during their holidays, but in fact they are working overtime in a different place.

Nowadays, we are finally beginning to admit that our bodies and minds always need downtime for maintenance, and we need a period of unproductive time.

But there is an extremely hidden business logic here. Lying flat seems to be the simplest, but in fact the threshold is the highest.

I learned the lesson myself.

The summer before last year, I went to a resort in Thailand that was recommended repeatedly, intending to do nothing. However, the swimming pool was under renovation, the restaurant was expensive and terrible, and the bill was all about luxury. But when you lay down, something always clicked on you. The money was spent, and there was no rest at all.

A flat-bed vacation is actually the most stringent test for a hotel.

When you are in a hurry, the hotel is just a place to sleep. It doesn't matter whether it is good or not. But when you hand over the whole person and treat the hotel as everything, any shortcomings will be magnified.

Whether the bed is comfortable, whether the environment is quiet, whether there are sales promotions everywhere on the beach, these details are usually not noticeable. After lying down, every one of them becomes a problem.

What good hotels are good at is resolving these two extremes.

Take Four Seasons in Costa Rica as an example. You are rarely interrupted and you never run out of people.

When you are thirsty, ice water will appear at your hand. When you want to be quiet, the surrounding sounds will automatically calm down. There is no need to constantly make choices. The environment itself will filter out the noise, like an invisible safety net, providing a natural barrier for residents to lie down for vacation.

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You dare to give yourself to a recliner because you know that any needs you need can be received smoothly and smoothly.

Even if you just want to have a cup of special drink, or want to go for a walk in the rainforest or waterfall, or you just want to move dinner from the restaurant to the balcony of the guest room, your rhythm will not be disrupted.

This sense of stability may also be related to the Costa Rican philosophy of life.

The locals often say Pura Vida, which means simply, live a pure and slow life, and don’t push yourself too hard.

This sentence is especially true on the Papagayo Peninsula. The sea breeze blows over, the smell of tropical plants rises and falls, time seems to be stretched, and even anxiety seems redundant.

The real fear of lying down has nothing to do with boredom. Behind it is often that we always want to prove that our vacation has not been wasted.

And when the hotel is peaceful enough and the environment is good enough, everyone will slowly loosen the string in their hearts. Doing so will not make the holiday weaker, but will make you more like a person.

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So I later understood that the real vacation that the Bay Area Chinese couple was talking about was not as simple as ordering a glass of wine and lying around for the day.

The essence of white people’s vacation may be that we are finally willing to give time back to ourselves.

According to Xinhua News Agency and CCTV News, on the evening of February 20th, Eastern Time, US President Trump posted on social media that he had just signed an executive order to "impose a 10% global tariff on all countries" and that it would "take effect almost immediately."

Trump said on the 20th that he would sign an order to impose an additional 10% tariff on global goods in accordance with Section 122 of the U.S. Trade Act of 1974 on top of the conventional tariffs already imposed. He also said that the 10% tariff policy is expected to take effect in "about three days."

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Trump: Will impose 10% global import tariffs on top of regular tariffs (CCTV)

On February 20, local time, the President of the United States stated that he would sign an order to impose an additional 10% tariff on global goods exported to the United States for 150 days in accordance with Section 122 of the U.S. Trade Act of 1974, on top of the conventional tariffs already levied, for a period of 150 days to replace some emergency tariffs that were earlier deemed illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Trump made the above statement at a press conference that day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that his tariff policy was illegal. He also said that the 10% tariff policy is expected to take effect in "about three days."

Analysts believe that unlike Trump's previous tariff increases, according to the above terms, this new tariff can only last for a maximum of 150 days, unless Congress approves an extension.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced its ruling that morning, finding that the U.S. International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president to impose large-scale tariffs, which means that the Trump administration's tariff policy has suffered a major setback.

In this regard, Trump claimed that there are many "other options" and said that the US government will also launch several so-called "unfair trade practices" investigations based on Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 "to protect our country from unfair trade practices by other countries and companies."

Trump also posted on social media that day, saying that all tariffs imposed by the United States on the grounds of "national security" and tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 will remain in effect.

In addition, Trump admitted at the press conference that the Supreme Court ruling will trigger a protracted legal battle, and it may "take five years of legal battle" over whether the federal government must refund billions of dollars in tariffs to American companies. (Headquarters reporter Zhu Lei)

China News Service, Haikou, February 23 (Chen Yizun and Guo Ruichen) During the first Spring Festival holiday after the Hainan Free Trade Port was closed, the flow of inbound and outbound passengers increased significantly. The Haikou Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station disclosed on the 23rd that as of 17:00 that day, Hainan’s border inspection agencies had inspected and released more than 86,000 people during the Spring Festival holiday this year, and the passenger flow increased by 43.3% compared with last year’s Spring Festival holiday.

On February 23, the police on duty at the Phoenix Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station quickly completed the border inspection procedures for passengers passing customs. Photo by Meng Xushun

According to statistics from the Haikou Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station, during the Spring Festival holiday, the average daily entry and exit personnel at the Haikou Meilan International Airport port was approximately 5,300, a year-on-year increase of 22.7%; the daily average entry and exit personnel at the Sanya Phoenix International Airport port was approximately 3,400, a year-on-year increase of 54.9%.

Border inspection sources said that tourists from Russia, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Singapore and other countries have become the main source of inbound tourists in Hainan during the Spring Festival.

On the same day, the German tourists Müller and his family walked into the departure hall of Sanya Phoenix International Airport carrying duty-free off-island goods and small Chinese New Year gifts, preparing to take a flight back to Berlin via Hong Kong. "From entry to return, the entire trip was very smooth."

In order to cope with the peak of inbound and outbound passenger flow during the Spring Festival holiday, Meilan and Phoenix Entry-Exit Border Inspection Stations released peak passenger flow forecasts in advance, monitored changes in passenger flow in real time, and launched a series of convenient measures such as 24-hour direct transit without border inspection procedures, online application for foreigner entry cards, and online application for group travel visas to ensure efficient and smooth customs clearance for Chinese and foreign tourists.

After the island-wide border closure, Hainan continues to maintain the best visa-free policy system in the country. People from 86 countries can enter Hainan visa-free. The reasons for visa-free entry have been expanded from tourism to family visits, business, medical care, conferences and exhibitions, sports competitions and other fields. At the same time, Hainan has accelerated the opening up of shipping, and international passenger routes at the airport have covered core areas such as Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

In the view of border inspection personnel, the combination of "visa-free entry + open air traffic rights" has effectively expanded Hainan's "air corridor" for international exchanges. (over)

China News Service, February 23 (Xinhua) According to the WeChat official account of the Ministry of Public Security, during the Spring Festival, public security agencies across the country comprehensively strengthened various security and stability measures to ensure that the people celebrate the New Year in a safe and peaceful atmosphere. As of 17:00 on February 23, the overall social situation across the country was stable and public security order was good. Criminal police incidents dropped by 12.1% year-on-year. More than 5,440 large-scale activities were safe and smooth. The road traffic safety situation was stable and orderly, and tourist attractions were in order.

This year's Spring Festival holiday lasts for 9 days, which is known as the "longest Spring Festival holiday". People are enthusiastic about returning to their hometowns, the flow of people, logistics and vehicles is intensive, and large-scale events are held intensively. The Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security attaches great importance to security and stability during the Spring Festival holiday, and has conducted many studies and deployments, requiring public security agencies across the country to accurately grasp the characteristics of social security patterns at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, strengthen emergency duty, command and dispatch, implement leadership guidance, duty preparation and other systems, and implement various measures for prevention, control and construction. During the festival, the Ministry of Public Security strengthens organizational leadership and overall command, monitors the social situation across the country on a daily basis, and makes targeted deployments. The responsible comrades of the public security organs at all levels stick to their posts and take command from the front. The civilian police and auxiliary policemen perform their duties with loyalty and dedication, and strictly implement various security and stability measures.

Public security agencies in various places have comprehensively strengthened the overall social prevention and control, strictly implemented the rapid response mechanism, scientifically arranged and deployed police forces, set up 29,000 duty points, and invested an average of 480,000 police personnel per day. They have effectively strengthened patrols and prevention and control in key locations and crowded places such as prosperous business districts, city squares, transportation hubs, etc., and strengthened the crackdown on crimes and prominent public security issues during festivals, effectively maintaining good social security order. The immigration management department strengthened port and border service management and ensured smooth customs clearance for more than 16.4 million people.

In view of holiday traffic travel patterns and regional traffic characteristics, the public security organs have studied and judged the deployment in advance and conducted timely command and dispatch. Public security and traffic control departments in various places have invested a total of 1.377 million police personnel and dispatched 596,000 police vehicles to strengthen traffic control on key roads, strictly investigate prominent traffic violations such as drunk driving, and strengthen severe weather traffic emergency command and safety reminders to ensure that the national road traffic safety situation is generally stable. Railway and civil aviation public security agencies paid close attention to the implementation of various transportation safety measures, ensuring the safe travel of 120 million railway passengers and 21.18 million civil aviation passengers.

In view of the intensive holding of large-scale activities such as temple fairs, lantern festivals and folk culture, and the intensive passenger flow in tourist attractions in various places, the public security organs worked with relevant departments to actively carry out investigation and rectification of potential safety hazards, supervise and consolidate the responsibilities of safety subjects, and ensured that 93.1 million people visited safely and orderly.

Li Yapeng is very busy this year. On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, he was photographed partying with Internet celebrity Da Bing, and on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, he was revealed to be a guest at Chen Guangbiao's home.

Chen Guangbiao's home is in Tianganghu Township, Sihong County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, and he is the same hometown as Liu Qiangdong. His home was very luxurious. On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, his youngest son was going to study at a prestigious Ivy League school in the United States. Li Yapeng and Chen Guangbiao went out to see Li Huanhua off.

Li Huanhua is Lang Lang's apprentice. Before going to study abroad, Chen Guangbiao asked Li Huanbao to play a piano for everyone. It was like a child performing for the elders during the Chinese New Year at home.

Li Huanhuan majored in computer science and economics while studying abroad, and he looks like a talented person. Chen Guangbiao has two sons. The eldest son is named Chen Huanjun. Because Chen Guangbiao is the chairman of Jiangsu Huangpu Recycling Resources Utilization Co., Ltd., the names of the two sons are related to the company. They took a group photo in their yard, and Chen Guangbiao's wife rarely showed up. Li Yapeng must be envious of Chen Guangbiao at this time. He has no son and his two daughters are not around.

Li Yapeng sent Chen Huanhua on a trip and praised Chen Huanhua as a talented young man with a promising future. He hoped that he would return from his studies as soon as possible to benefit the motherland. Chen Huanhua's face turned red when he was praised. How could a young master who was born with a golden key in his mouth not have a bright future?

Li Yapeng and Chen Guangbiao got in touch on January 21. The continuation of his Yanran Angel Children's Hospital is partly due to Chen Guangbiao. So this year he has to visit and build a good relationship.

Li Yapeng arrived at Chen Guangbiao's home, but his ex-wife Haiha Jinxi took her daughter Xia Xia to Li Yapeng's bed and breakfast in Yunnan. Although the two were divorced, their relationship was still very good. Li Yapeng continues to socialize for business, Haihajin is happy to raise his daughter peacefully, and his ex-wife and daughter live in the B&B casually.

Asia Pacific Daily Dan Wei

According to NHK, cases of transmissible gastroenteritis caused by norovirus and other viruses have increased in Japan for five consecutive weeks.

The Japan Health Insurance Research Institute analyzed reports from about 2,000 pediatric medical institutions across the country. According to NHK, the number of patients per clinic was 9.48 in the week ending February 8, a slight increase from the previous week.

Food poisoning incidents have occurred continuously in many areas such as Aomori Prefecture and Nara Prefecture, causing patients to suffer symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. Health authorities determined that most of these food poisoning incidents were caused by norovirus.

According to local media reports on February 16, 47 people who dined at a hotel in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, developed symptoms of food poisoning after detecting norovirus.

The affected people developed symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea after dining at the Towagandaso Hotel in Towada City, Kyodo News reported, citing the prefectural government.

The facility suspended operations for five days after norovirus was detected in fecal samples collected from guests and kitchen staff.

According to local media reports, the Nara Prefectural Government announced on February 11 that 10 guests aged 9 to over 70 developed symptoms such as vomiting and fever after eating barbecue and other dishes at the Pingan Restaurant in Koshiba City, the prefecture.

The investigation found norovirus among affected individuals and restaurant staff. The prefecture's Kashihara City Nakawa Health Center ordered the restaurant to suspend operations for three days.

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said wiping floors and other places with sodium hypochlorite and soaking clothes in hot water of 85 degrees Celsius or higher for more than one minute can effectively prevent the spread of infection.

Since last winter, collective food poisoning incidents have occurred frequently in Japan. Toyama, Okayama and Gifu prefectures have successively issued food poisoning "attention" alerts, calling on the public to take preventive measures.

"Sister, why do you call aunt mom?" "Blame me, blame me for not taking the lead."

"Dad." "Hey."

"Mom." "Hey, Mom heard me."

Halfway through the Spring Festival, the Chinese drama market, which had been experiencing a "drama shortage", has become lively again.

Yangba took the lead in "going out", first bringing a period youth drama "When Time Has Love", and then a period romance drama "Love in the Age of Innocence".

Period dramas are always indispensable during the Chinese New Year, but I always feel that there is still a lack of a genre suitable for all ages, period family life dramas.

When it comes to the most popular genre of period dramas in the past two years, period family dramas definitely occupy a place, and they are also the most popular ones.

For example, "In the World", which reintroduced period dramas to the table, or "Six Sisters", which was released during the Spring Festival last year.

Where are the period family dramas this year?

On February 23rd, tonight, another period family drama will be aired on CCTV's prime time series. It is "Good Time" directed by Liu Jiacheng and his son, starring Mei Ting, Tian Yu, and Chen Haoyu.

Two episodes every night from Monday to Saturday, broadcast online on Mango TV.

Being able to meet the audience on CCTV's prime time during the Spring Festival, this new drama certainly has something to offer.

Then let us take a look in advance to see what the highlights of this year's Yangyi Lunar New Year drama will be like, and we can accompany thousands of families to spend this wonderful time of the New Year full of human touch.

1. Story: Focus on reorganized families and show the tenderness and watchfulness over 30 years.

Period dramas are often set in the Northeast, but the story of "Good Times" takes place in a small town in the Southwest.

The story begins in 1978. Machinery factory worker Zhuang Xianxian (played by Tian Yu) and song and dance troupe actor Su Xiaoman (played by Mei Ting), one with two sons and a daughter, the other with a son and a daughter, formed a reorganized family.

From differences in diet, conflicts between children to common persistence under the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, the family began to watch out for thirty years of warmth, rice, oil and salt.

Judging from the trailer, the story of "Good Times" has at least three highlights:

One is to reorganize the warm bonds of family.

As a period family drama, this drama is not obsessed with depicting the grand narrative of history.

Instead, it depicts the story of a family of seven with lighthearted narrative and countless touching details.

Su Xiaoman and Zhuang Xianxian, who were each widowed, met unexpectedly in the second half of their lives. From setting off firecrackers and making sugar dumplings to walking together on rainy days and delivering New Year's dishes late at night, the two got closer and closer and decided to start a family.

But if you bring a bunch of careless kids together, it's all a show.

Before the marriage was even concluded, the two families started pushing each other on the street.

Su Xiaoman's daughter blames her for thinking about remarrying.

Zhuang Xianxian directly told his eldest daughter, Zhuang Haohao, that she would no longer have a biological father.

Zhuang Xian was angry, but despite all the difficulties, he still married Su Xiaoman.

Since Su Xiaoman married into the banker, a new round of chaos has begun.

From the farmer's eating habit of eating green onions, to the conflict over who is in charge of the family to solve the problem of eating for the family, to several children quarreling directly at the dinner table.

The family just warmed up in the daily necessities of life.

There’s also the emotional tug.

Zhuang Xuexue, played by Liu Yitie, and Wang Yuanyuan, played by Zhang Yue, were childhood sweethearts. However, after their parents remarried, the two became "brother and sister" in the household registration book, and they could only keep their budding love in their hearts.

The director did not use strong conflict routines, but used lighthearted narratives and life details to focus on the ups and downs of reorganizing a family.

From the rejection between children, financial pressure, and emotional running-in, to the words "Dad" and "Mom" melting away the barriers, the children of the two families finally truly recognized each other. The ups and downs during this period were enough to attract the audience.

The second is the strong feelings of the years.

The play is based on the life texture of an ordinary family and unfolds an emotional scroll that spans time. It is also a scroll that spans the years from the late 1970s to the early 21st century.

From the food stamp era to the millennium, the flying chickens and tender guardianship in the Tongzi Tower also reflect the changes of the times as the times move forward.

For example, Zhuang Xuexue and Zhuang Xianxian's apprentice Liu Cheng both took the college entrance examination, and Liu Cheng eventually became the first college student in the class.

Another example is that the bankers all experienced the restructuring of state-owned enterprises in the 1990s,

Under the impact of sea fever.

Zhuang Haohao supported his family's livelihood as a tram conductor in the early stage, showed his talent as a singer in a dance hall in the middle period, and later became a trend-setter in the individual economy by founding the "Haohao Haohai Goods" brand, which completely outlines the struggle of young people in the wave of the times.

During this period, some people succeeded, some were frustrated, and some lost themselves in the rush.

The story "seeing the big from the small" not only tells the ups and downs of a family over the past thirty years, but also a condensed history of the changes of the times. Every detail hides the collective memory of a generation.

This strong feeling of the years also allows the audience to recall the changes of the years in the light and shadow, and it is difficult not to be touched.

The third is the true age texture.

In order to bring a sense of the era, the style of the southwest small town from the late 1970s to the early 21st century was restored.

The crew built a real-life space at Changsha Shuguang Tea Factory, accurately restoring the style of a state-owned factory family home: mottled brick walls, enamel washbasins, 28 bicycles, blue cotton-padded jackets and other old objects create a vivid texture of the times.

From the red slogans in the machinery factory to the neon signs in the dance hall, every frame carries the youthful memories of the fathers, and can bring the audience back to the old days filled with fireworks in just one second.

This kind of craftsmanship and craftsmanship can create works with a strong flavor of the times.

2. Actors: Leading by Mei Ting and Tian Yu, with supporting roles by Li Xueqin and Wang Renjun, a gathering of talented actors

If you want to revitalize a period drama, the performance of the actors is also crucial.

How about the strength of the cast of "Good Times"?

First place, Mei Ting

Many people know Mei Ting because of An Jie in "Parents' Love". This drama also established Mei Ting's position in the hearts of period drama audiences.

Mei Ting, who has just performed outstandingly in two well-received dramas "The Year of Peace" and "The Tree of Life", this time is no longer the pampered young lady An Jie in "Parents' Love", but Su Xiaoman, a single mother with two children who works hard to run the house.

This character has the gentleness and agility of a dancer, as well as the forbearance and restraint that have gone through the ups and downs of life.

Especially the sentence in the trailer, "Although the two children are having a lot of fun together, my heart is warm", every look and every action is full of story-telling.

After years of honing her acting skills, Mei Ting is obviously more suitable for such an emotionally layered and difficult role.

What I'm wondering now is if this will be her new classic role.

Second, Tian Yu

In recent years, Tian Yu has been a prime supporting actor in Chinese dramas and has worked with Zhang Ruoyun, Jin Dong, Huo Jianhua, Qin Hao, etc. He can be called a versatile player, but he rarely plays the male lead.

This time, he finally played the role of a clumsy-tongued, warm-hearted eighth-level fitter in a machinery factory. He looked like an authentic master worker in every move he made.

Although he is stupid, he is brave and careful. The factory director was supervising the work so that the workers could not sleep. Zhuang Xianxian directly criticized: "You have to work a little bit, and you have to eat every bite."

He is also good at making love between his parents. He pursues Su Xiaoman. When he sees his sweetheart running out of coal, he helps to drag her away. When he sees a photo of Su Xiaoman dancing, he praises her very much. He also makes his own little "surroundings" for Su Xiaoman's dancing.

But it was he, holding on to the money to buy out his seniority, wandering absentmindedly at the deserted factory gate.

Tian Yu, who is recognized for his good acting skills, rarely wins acting awards. It remains to be seen whether he can get an acting nomination this time.

Third place, Li Xueqin

After seeing Li Xueqin, many people may still be impressed by her natural performance in films such as "The Aviator".

This time, I played the role of Ye Aihua, a Northeastern girl who falls in love with her master Zhuang Xianxian. She is a straightforward and enthusiastic Northeastern girl. She is also the comedy in the play. She is simply acting in her true colors.

In the trailer, her performance was already very funny, pretending to be Zhuang Xue's mother, and saying "what's your name? Just call me mom";

Attack the master with a direct ball and ask the master to stop looking at the sky and look around to make me smile.

Such a down-to-earth role is where Li Xueqin's acting reigns. A mouthful of dirt brings a sense of joy, so she is sure to excel.

Fourth place, Chen Haoyu

Chen Haoyu, who shined in Sister Lang last year, finally has a role that can be seen by the audience.

The eldest daughter she plays, Zhuang Haohao, is not only a trendy fashionista with big waves, bell-bottoms and high heels who sings, but she is also the "fixed star" of the entire family.

She is the one who heads the house, she is the one who helps her half-sister get through her period, she is the one who buys Walkmans for her younger siblings, and she is the one who talks business for her younger brother and drinks until he is hospitalized.

As the character introduction said, she is like a wild flower on the top of a mountain, growing tenaciously and carrying a whole family, but she was abandoned by her first love boyfriend.

But she is not a bitter heroine. Zhou Chengao left and Wang Renjun came.

The richness of the characters and the likability of the characters are very strong, it all depends on Chen Haoyu's own performance.

Fifth place, Wang Renjun

Wang Renjun, who has performed well in dramas such as "Ask the Cangmang" in recent years, plays a role close to that in "Do You Know", a true gentleman.

In the play, his character never leaves Zhuang Hao, who has experienced emotional ups and downs. He supports whatever his wife says, and he is most likely the most reliable of the brothers-in-law in the play.

Wang Renjun plays such a gentle and elegant character, and there is almost zero risk of overturning.

In addition, there are also powerful actors such as Su Xiaoding, Liu Yitie, Zhang Yue, Ke Lan, and Zhang Yujian to help out, and the acting skills of the group are stable.

3. Creative team: Directors Liu Jiacheng and his son, with rich experience in period themes

Period dramas cover a large time span, and to make a period drama well requires high demands on the creative team.

The directors of "Good Time", Liu Jiacheng and his son, are the directors of "All Things", one of the biggest hits in Chinese dramas last year.

Liu Jiacheng is the "Ding Hai Shen Pin" in the field of period dramas. His films "Love in the Courtyard" and "The Little Woman of the Zhengyang Gate" are recognized as masterpieces.

What he is best at is capturing the fireworks in life and creating portraits of characters with strong plots.

Screenwriter Hao Yan's representative works are "Wang Dahua's Revolutionary Career" and "Our Ten Years", etc., and his production is equally stable.

Judging from the trailer, the quality of the show is quite solid. Some of the scenes and atmospheres of the era look very real, and you can immediately be transported to that era.

There are no earth-shattering plot twists in the several versions of the trailer, but more about the lively and real life of the Zhuang family through their meals, words, and day-to-day interactions in the long and slow years.

In a word, it is stable.

write at the end

In the past year, a number of period dramas such as "All Things Are Born" have continued to dominate the screen. It can be seen that period dramas are a genre that audiences love very much at any time.

In "Good Time" there is the steady flow of "parental love", the younger generation chasing dreams and following the times, and the daily fireworks of two families becoming one family.

Judging from the story, main creative, cast and other configurations, it is obvious that the period drama has the potential to be a hit.

Elders who have experienced that era can see their own youthful years, while young people can understand the tenacity and difficulty of their parents' generation.

No matter how the times change, ordinary people are always trying to live a good life.

Just like the director's own works such as "The Little Woman under the Zhengyang Gate" and "All Creatures", this play also uses the lives of small people to reflect the changes of the big era.

In a small home, a good show going on for decades is going on.

The fun of life, the weight of time, and the various aspects of life are all integrated into it.

The best taste in the world is happiness, and the most beautiful life is ordinary.

The so-called good time is never the highlight moment that belongs to one person alone, but every ordinary day that the family walks through hand in hand.

And in the New Year, through a long drama spanning 30 years and the intersection of joy and sorrow between two generations, we can also relive the "good times" that have passed away.

Although time flies by, we have this moment and the family around us, so we are not afraid of the future.

According to Xinhua News Agency on February 20, the Chinese Consulate General in Irkutsk confirmed that a vehicle carrying eight Chinese tourists sank when the ice broke near Olkhon Island in Lake Baikal, Russia. One Chinese tourist escaped and the other seven Chinese tourists drowned.

Previously, our embassy announced that in the accident involving a car falling into the water on Lake Baikal, the vehicle involved was carrying a Russian driver and 8 Chinese tourists.

Earlier that day, a car fell into the water in Lake Baikal. It is reported that after the incident, local authorities have banned cars from driving on the ice of Lake Baikal.

Lake Baikal ice surface data map

According to Xinhua News Agency, on January 28 this year, a car carrying tourists overturned on the ice of Lake Baikal in Russia. The Chinese Consulate General in Irkutsk confirmed that one Chinese tourist was killed in the accident and four Chinese tourists were slightly injured.

On January 28, the Chinese Consulate General in Irkutsk reminded that it is currently the middle of winter and the ice conditions on Lake Baikal are complicated. The ice road to Olkhon Island has not yet been officially opened. Chinese citizens traveling to Lake Baikal in the near future must increase their safety awareness.

First of all, the ice surface of Lake Baikal is full of cracks and pressure bulges that are difficult to detect with the naked eye, which is very dangerous. Please do not trust "veteran drivers" or "experienced drivers" when riding a vehicle through natural ice or unopened ice roads. Secondly, screen the local service qualifications and refuse to operate vehicles illegally. Finally, the winter weather in the Lake Baikal region is severely cold, with temperatures staying below -20°C for a long time, with the lowest ever falling below -50°C. It is also windy and snowy, and the outdoor temperature is extremely low. You should prepare enough cold-proof clothing, travel in groups as much as possible, and keep communications open.

Police in northern Greece recently busted a criminal gang suspected of producing and selling counterfeit olive oil for a long time. The investigation showed that the gang added colorings and flavors to cheap sunflower oil and sold it as "extra virgin olive oil" in the Greek and German markets. The total volume involved was about 700 tons, and the illegal profits were about 3.4 million euros, while causing tax losses of more than 440,000 euros.

Greek police launched an operation near Veria in the Imasha region and arrested three suspects, accusing them of participating in criminal organizations, fraud and violating food safety and market supervision regulations. The case has been handed over to the procuratorate for further processing.

Police investigations revealed that the gang had been operating since at least 2020. Two members set up an illegal production and packaging site in their own warehouse. After temporarily storing a large amount of sunflower oil, they added dyes and fragrance additives to make the finished product look and smell close to olive oil. The oil is then put into plastic or metal containers, labeled as coming from well-known olive oil-producing regions in Greece, and sold as "extra virgin olive oil."

To increase credibility, the suspects also purchased packaging with false quality certifications and "award-winning" logos, with labels printed in Greek and other languages, to mislead consumers and expand sales.

Police estimate that the gang has sold about 600 tons of fake olive oil on the Greek market in the past six years. In the past 10 months alone, approximately 81 tons were exported to Germany. Law enforcement authorities believe that the gang obtained approximately 3.4 million euros in illegal gains through related sales.

During the search operation, the police seized 2,125 liters of oil products, 600 liters of which were marked as "extra virgin olive oil"; 44 empty metal containers, a large number of cartons and bottle caps, counterfeiting tools, handwritten records, 17,750 euros in cash, 4 mobile phones and a vehicle involved in the case. Samples have been taken for laboratory testing.

The police pointed out that the counterfeit olive oil case is not an isolated case. From November 2024 to February 2026, law enforcement agencies in northern Greece have smashed 6 related criminal gangs, arrested 20 people, and seized more than 40,000 liters of adulterated oil products, showing that this field is still a focus of food safety and economic crimes.

According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency, against the backdrop of deteriorating relations between Japan and China, Chinese tourists are avoiding going to Japan. Not only has the number of group tourists decreased, but the impact has also affected independent tourists. The number of foreigners visiting Japan in January dropped from the same period last year. After the Spring Festival in February, which is considered the peak season, popular tourist destinations that should have been overcrowded are no longer what they used to be.

According to reports, the situation in Japan’s popular tourist destinations is no longer what it used to be. Chinese tourists visiting Japan fell by 45.3% in December last year compared with the same period last year, and the decline widened to 60.7% in January this year. Sales of duty-free goods in department stores across the country have dropped, and people in the tourism industry such as travel agencies that cater to Chinese tourists have been complaining.

In early February, Ryosuke Morishita, the president of the Tozu Taxi Company (Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture), which operates the Tozu Taxi Company (Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture) in the Izu Peninsula, which is popular with Chinese tourists, said: "At the beginning of the new year, the situation is even more serious." According to reports, during the China National Day holiday in October last year, an average of about 100 taxi dispatch orders were received every day through the taxi APP, but it continued to decline from November to almost zero. Individual tourists were nowhere to be seen. I don’t have high hopes for the Spring Festival holiday that started on February 15 this year.

According to reports, the Japanese government’s strategy is to make up for the gap by attracting tourists from Europe, the United States, Australia and other countries. A senior official from the Tourism Agency emphasized that “there were also an increase in tourists from other countries in January. Overall, there was not much change compared to last year, and it can almost make up for it.”

However, Japan's Kyodo News pointed out that the replacement effect may not be satisfactory, and it faces pressure to adjust its strategy.

The relevant person in charge of Japan's Osaka Tourism Bureau said frankly: "Osaka Prefecture leads the country in the proportion of Chinese tourists. It is very difficult to make up for the decrease with tourists from other countries."

According to the report, given that the number of flights between China and Japan during the first week of China's "Spring Festival" (February 2-8) dropped by 49.2% compared with the same period last year, Japan fell out of the top ten in the list of popular destinations for Chinese outbound travel compiled by major travel agencies, and the risk of further reduction is worrying.

Public information shows that the consumption of foreign tourists visiting Japan will reach 8.1395 trillion yen (approximately RMB 379.4 billion) in 2024. The consumption of Chinese tourists ranks first among all countries with 1.73 trillion yen, accounting for 21.3% of the total consumption. The Japanese industry believes that Japan's fall out of the top ten popular outbound travel destinations this Spring Festival will have a significant impact on Japan's local tourism, hotels, catering, retail, etc., putting a "sudden brake" on Japan's rapidly recovering inbound tourism-related industries, and frustrating Japan's strategy of establishing a tourism nation.