Pay the last payment the day before, and drop 100 the next day! Well-known sports brands "arbitrarily change preferential policies" lead to controversy

  Recently, many consumers gave feedback on the black cat complaint platform. The well-known sports brand Adidas issued a large coupon again after the consumer paid the final payment, and the price dropped. "backstab" had previously participated in the pre-sale of consumers, and the customer service refused to refund the difference. Up to now, there have been more than 20 collective complaints on the black cat complaint platform.

  A consumer described in detail the "backstab" behavior of the merchant in the complaint. On October 24th, after paying the deposit, he has been squatting in the live broadcast room to grab coupons. Officially, the denominations are 1000-200. However, after paying the final payment on the evening of the 31st, he found that a larger coupon of 1000-300 was issued on November 1st, and he worked hard to grab coupons in the live broadcast room. How to make up the bill and recharge the shopping card, but there was no coupon of 1000-300. The consumer thinks that it is unfair to change the preferential policies at will, and asks the merchants to make up the difference, but it is rejected. The merchant responded by saying that it accepted the refund of the return. However, the consumer’s coupons and accumulated red envelopes have been used, and the loss caused by the refund is too great. It questioned: Is it a consumer fraud that merchants induce consumers to participate in pre-sale with the so-called "lowest price" but change preferential policies at will?

  Up to now, Adidas Group has only indicated on the black cat complaint platform that it is aware of it and is in contact with consumers. There is no other response.

Pay the last payment the day before, and drop 100 the next day! Well-known sports brands "arbitrarily change preferential policies" lead to controversy

  Source: Black Cat Complaint

  The search of the reporters of the rule of law network found that there are not a few consumers who have encountered this experience. Some consumers have successfully defended their rights through Taobao platform intervention or calling the 12345 consumer hotline. However, many consumers still face the situation that merchants refuse to pay compensation and delay processing.

Pay the last payment the day before, and drop 100 the next day! Well-known sports brands "arbitrarily change preferential policies" lead to controversy

Pay the last payment the day before, and drop 100 the next day! Well-known sports brands "arbitrarily change preferential policies" lead to controversy

  Source: Little Red Book

  In 2009, Taobao took the lead in launching the "Double Eleven" promotion. Since then, the annual "Double Eleven" has been regarded as a consumer carnival day, and major e-commerce platforms and merchants have launched various "Double Eleven" promotional activities, such as full reduction, pre-sale discounts, discounts for live broadcast rooms, signing in red envelopes, red envelopes for shop members, and candy teams. All kinds of consumer benefits have dazzled consumers. However, in recent years, the design of "Double Eleven" promotional items has become more and more complicated, and many consumers have complained. Now "Double Eleven" seems to be a double test of mental and physical strength, and it will never be a discount that you can’t understand, a full red envelope that you forget to use when you are not careful, a coupon that you can grab late at night and a spike price. Simple and clear discounts seem to have become a "past tense".

Pay the last payment the day before, and drop 100 the next day! Well-known sports brands "arbitrarily change preferential policies" lead to controversy

  The "Double Eleven" Raiders Map compiled by netizens. Source: Little Red Book

Pay the last payment the day before, and drop 100 the next day! Well-known sports brands "arbitrarily change preferential policies" lead to controversy

  Source: Weibo

  In fact, the reporter of the rule of law network noticed that the situation of "backstab" consumers like Adidas is not an isolated case. During the "Double Eleven" in 2021, the beauty brand L ‘Oré al Paris claimed that the pre-sale of the live broadcast room in Li Jiaqi was the biggest in the whole year. At that time, the price of the live broadcast room was 429 yuan and 50 pieces, which reached about 368 yuan after various discounts were superimposed. However, after the end of the pre-sale period, the official flagship store of L ‘Oré al Paris issued tens of thousands of store coupons of 999 minus 200 in early November, and with various platform discounts, the lowest hand price of this product was 257.7 yuan. The price difference was so large that it once aroused public anger, and consumers complained jointly. Finally, the brand publicly apologized and gave coupons to end the storm.

Pay the last payment the day before, and drop 100 the next day! Well-known sports brands "arbitrarily change preferential policies" lead to controversy

  Source: Weibo

  During the "Double Eleven" in 2022, a netizen reported that an e-commerce platform intended to guide consumers to buy Apple mobile phones in advance, which led to the loss of 200 yuan for the first batch of buyers compared with those who bought later, and the platform refused to negotiate and compensate the difference. He said that he bought an Apple mobile phone on October 31, during which the platform induced consumers to say that the price of the "Double Eleven" activity of Apple mobile phone was similar on October 31 and November 1, and the cost of buying an Apple 14 mobile phone in the first wave of "Double Eleven" activities was 6349 yuan. However, only two days later, the platform subsidized the red envelope 100 yuan on November 3, and the purchase price on that day was 6,249 yuan. Since then, the second wave of "Double Eleven" activities has issued coupons 750 yuan, and the price of Apple’s 14 mobile phone has dropped to 6,149 yuan.

  According to the public opinion analysis of China Consumers Association on consumer rights protection from October 20 to November 13, 2022, there are 768,340 negative messages about "promotional price disputes", accounting for 14.01% of the total spit information.
%, with a daily average of 30,734, showing a fluctuating upward trend. Spitting is concentrated in the second half of the promotion period, and the content of spitting mainly points to the problems of price increase first and then discount, high pre-sale price and so on.

  Daily trend chart of negative information about promotional price disputes. Source: China Consumers Association

  Lawyer Zhang Yinfu, a senior partner of Beijing Yingke Law Firm, said that if a merchant deliberately conceals or exaggerates the preferential strength during the pre-sale, it is suspected of fraud. As the main body of selling goods, merchants need to bear corresponding responsibilities for the goods they sell. The Measures for Punishment of Infringement on Consumers’ Rights and Interests stipulates that the information provided by business operators to consumers about goods or services shall be true, comprehensive and accurate, and they shall not engage in any of the following false or misleading propaganda acts, and shall not sell goods or services at false "clearance price", "sale price", "lowest price" or other deceptive prices. The Measures for Punishment of Consumer Fraud stipulates that operators who provide goods or services fraudulently shall be given the following penalties according to law: 1. The administrative department for industry and commerce shall order them to make corrections, and may impose a single punishment or a warning according to the circumstances, confiscate the illegal income and impose a fine of more than one time but less than five times the illegal income, and impose a fine of less than 10,000 yuan if there is no illegal income. 2. If the circumstances are serious, it shall be ordered to suspend business for rectification and revoke its business license. According to Article 55 of the Law on the Protection of Consumers’ Rights and Interests in People’s Republic of China (PRC), if an operator commits fraud in providing goods or services, he shall increase the compensation for the losses suffered by the consumer according to his requirements.

  "The key to this incident is whether the merchants promise to pre-sell consumers to enjoy the’ lowest price’. If the merchant makes it clear that consumers in the pre-sale period can buy goods at the lowest price, but then changing the promotion method violates the previous commitment, it is an infringement of consumers’ right to know and choose. " Chen Yinjiang, deputy secretary general of china law society Consumer Protection Law Research Association, pointed out.

  As for the way that merchants allow consumers to return goods and refund, but refuse to pay the difference, Chen Yinjiang said that it is the right of consumers to choose to return goods or refund the difference, and merchants should compensate consumers for the actual losses caused by their actions. In addition, the platform’s responsibility for assistance should also be seriously implemented. After discovering or receiving complaints from consumers, the e-commerce platform has the obligation to assist consumers in investigating rights protection and urge businesses to deal with them. If the platform provider knows or should know that the seller or service provider uses its platform to infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and fails to take necessary measures, it shall be jointly and severally liable with the seller or service provider according to law.

  "With the advent of the’ Double Eleven’, consumers need to be cautious while enjoying shopping happiness, and pay attention to retaining relevant evidence such as consumption vouchers, product discount interfaces, and video and audio in the live broadcast room as a guarantee for future rights protection." Chen Yinjiang said.

  Topic planning | Rule of Law Network Research Institute

  Text | Fan Jie

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China Seismological Network: The Hualien 6.9 earthquake in Taiwan is the biggest earthquake in China this year.

  According to the official measurement by China Seismological Network, an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 occurred in Hualien County, Taiwan (23.15 degrees north latitude and 121.30 degrees east longitude) at 14: 44 on September 18th with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.

  According to China Seismological Network, the Hualien earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 and the Taiwan Province earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 last night (September 17) were swarm activities in the same area, and the epicentres of the two earthquakes were about 14 kilometers apart. The earthquake caused a strong earthquake in Taiwan Province Island, and the earthquake was obvious in Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other coastal areas.

  In addition, China Seismological Network also pointed out that the Hualien 6.9 earthquake in Taiwan was the biggest earthquake in China this year.

  According to the earthquake information broadcasting robot, since January 1, 2022, there have been 533 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or above in China, including 388 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 to 3.9, 105 earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 to 4.9, 30 earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 to 5.9, 10 earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 to 6.9, and 0 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or above. The largest earthquakes occurred in Menyuan County, Haibei Prefecture, Qinghai Province on January 8.

@ Everyone, the balance of the provident fund can be repaid directly!

Sunshine Chongqing News, recently, many citizens consulted: "When can the balance of housing provident fund in Chongqing offset the loan repayment on a monthly basis?"

In fact, Chongqing has realized that the provident fund has offset the loan repayment on a monthly basis. The municipal housing provident fund management center has publicly replied through Sunshine Chongqing: In order to further facilitate employees to withdraw housing provident fund, simplify the withdrawal procedures and improve the handling method of withdrawal business, the municipal housing provident fund management center has opened the function of monthly repayment of provident fund loans.

What is the provident fund "paying back the loan on a monthly basis"?

The provident fund "repays the loan on a monthly basis" means that the balance in the provident fund account is regularly offset against the principal and interest of the provident fund loan in the current month through the provident fund system.

Simply put, it is to use the money in the provident fund account to directly repay the mortgage.

Who can apply for "loan repayment"

Employees who have opened the online withdrawal of housing provident fund loans can apply for the signing of "monthly repayment" of provident fund loans.

How to repay the loan?

Pure provident fund loan: during the repayment period, the balance of the employee’s personal provident fund account is used monthly to directly offset the repayment amount of the provident fund loan in the current month on the mortgage repayment date, and the insufficient amount is still deducted from the employee loan repayment card.

Portfolio loan or discount loan: During the repayment period, the borrower and spouse agree to withdraw the housing provident fund once a month, and the monthly withdrawal amount is the loan principal and interest repaid in the previous month.

What ways can I handle it?

Online service platforms, such as Chongqing Housing Provident Fund WeChat WeChat official account and Personal Web Hall, can be used to self-help the provident fund loan to repay the loan on a monthly basis. If the online service platform cannot handle this business, you can try to apply for the counter.

At present, under the guidance of the staff of the Municipal Housing Provident Fund Management Center, the reporter successfully signed the contract of "monthly repayment" of the provident fund.

How to independently handle the monthly repayment contract of provident fund? Take the signing method of WeChat official account via WeChat of the municipal housing provident fund as an example.

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Click "Personal Center" in the lower left corner, and select the first column to enter "User Center".

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Click "Self-service" to enter "Business Handling".

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Select "public loan agreement extraction contract" in the "extraction business" column.

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After reading the Personal Commitment carefully, select "Agree", select "Sign" in the signing interface, check the house and loan information clearly, click "Submit", and record the face recognition video according to the operation instructions to sign the contract.

Warm reminder: It is suggested that employees should keep the repayment funds for more than one month in the loan repayment card after signing the contract of "monthly repayment" of provident fund to avoid overdue repayment.

The movie channel 6.30 broadcasts "Artificial Intelligence" to explore the true meaning of emotion with AI.

Special feature of 1905 film network When artificial intelligence has a sense of autonomy, where will human beings go?In recent years, with the birth of powerful AI robots such as ChatGPT, a difficult problem has been invisibly thrown to human society. "When the development of science and technology makes robots have emotions, is this really a good thing?"


In the movieI, Robot.At the time of broadcasting, we once released such a short video about "the awakening of robot self-awareness", which caused a heated discussion among netizens.


This week, the film channel will broadcast another thought-provoking science fiction film, directed bySteven Allan SpielbergDirectedArtificial intelligenceThis movie is about a robot with human emotions. The film was released in the United States on June 29th, 2001, 22 years ago. Did Spielberg think that artificial intelligence would develop to this point in 22 years?



Love that spans thousands of years


Henry, an employee of a robot manufacturing company, and his wife adopted the first robot boy who was input into the emotional program.David.With getting along day by day, David seems to really become the son of the couple, but all the peace is broken with the return of their real son.



And David had to leave his "parents" because of the accident, and embarked on the road of seeking to become a "real person".Artificial intelligence with human emotions — — This sounds like a very dangerous existence, but David, as a robot in this movie, has an endless sad background.



Monica, David’s human mother, woke David up to make up for the vacancy in her heart because her own son was dying, made him a substitute for her own son, and abandoned David cruelly after her own son returned.



Henry, David’s human father, took David home only because he saw David as a gift to ease his wife’s pain.



After thousands of years, human beings have long since disappeared. When David was awakened by aliens, he still had only one thought: turn me into a real child and let me go back to my mother.


Ironically, human beings, who should have deeper feelings, seem to be as cold as robots in this movie, while robots, who should have been ruthless, have the most eternal feelings in this movie.



After watching the movie, people may have such a question in their hearts: is the changeable emotion of human beings not even as good as the program piled up by numbers after all?



A movie, two directors.


The creative process of Artificial Intelligence is full of twists and turns.The original director of the film was not Spielberg, but the original inspiration of the film actually came from the famous movie master.Kubrick. This also makes the film "Artificial Intelligence" have the shadow of two film masters at the same time.


Spielberg (left), Kubrick (right)


Kubrick always loved a 1969 novel called "Super Toys Playing All Summer" and wanted to adapt it into a movie, so in 1985, Kubrick asked his old friend Steven Allan Spielberg to be the producer together with Jane Harlan.



However, because no suitable child star could play the role of "David" at that time, and the computer technology was not mature enough to create the image of CG "David", Kubrick temporarily shelved the film.



In 1999, the 71-year-old great director died of a heart attack, and Artificial Intelligence became his unfinished last wish.



At the entreaties of Harlan and Kubrick’s wife, Steven Allan Spielberg decided to be the film director himself. He said:"In the 1980s, I learned this unforgettable wonderful story from Kubrick, and I was deeply attracted by the ingenious integration of science and humanity. Let me tell this story for him after the Sri Lankan has gone away."


Most of the filming of this film was done in Warner Studio in California, which took 67 days.The most popular actor in the film is undoubtedly haley joel osment, who plays David.



His screen debut was playing Forrest Gump’s son in a famous film in the history of the world. In 1999, he won eight nominations, including the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.


Forrest Gump (I), The Sixth Sense (II)


As a talented child star, haley joel osment’s acting skills in movies are naturally remarkable. He interprets David’s stubborn pursuit of maternal love in detail and brings strong empathy to the audience.



Play David’s friend in need — — Robot Joe’s actor also contributed wonderful acting skills in the film. With perfect body expression and handsome appearance, it seems that Jude Law is really the charming robot dancer in the film.



During the filming process, the film also encountered many difficulties, the most serious of which was how to present the teddy bear that always followed David.



Teddy bear is a complex combination of model and digital technology, and it is necessary to seamlessly integrate computer images and real images for its shooting.



This seemingly unremarkable teddy bear is actually equipped with 50 servo motors, 24 of which are located in the head, which can be used by special effects technicians to control complex facial movements. The seemingly light and portable teddy bear weighs 30 pounds.



Even Haley Joe osmond said when he saw the teddy bear, "It is really a super toy, because under the action of various motors in the body, it can not only swing its body, nose and ears, but also catch objects. I really almost believed it."


Artificial Intelligence Films in Film History


The initial birth of robot image in the world film history can be traced back to 96 years ago.In 1927, the filmMetropolisBecame the first film in the world.In personThe film of industrial intelligence is also the most expensive silent film in the history of film production.



The original director of Artificial Intelligence mentioned above — — The film directed by movie master in 1968 is regarded as "the milestone of modern science fiction film technology".



Hal, the AI program that produces human emotions and kills human beings in the movie, made many people realize the horror of highly evolved artificial intelligence at that moment.



In 1982, according to the famous science fiction writer Philip K. Dick’s novel "Do bionic people dream of electronic sheep? The film adapted from "The Replicator" is a group of robots created by artificial intelligence technology. The release of this film has further aroused people’s thinking about the relationship between human beings and artificial intelligence.



In 1984, the film directed and starring came out, and Schwarzenegger’s permeability terminator T-800 with human face and skin became one of the most famous robot images in film history.



Released in 1999, it tells a dream story about a robot falling in love with human beings and eventually becoming a human being. As a robot-themed movie, although there are no gorgeous special effects, the warm story expression of "Machine Butler" also impressed fans.



The movie "I, Robot", starring, which was released in 2004, has a chilling self-awareness of robots, and the fighting in the movie is also brilliant.



In 2014, the robot Dabai, the first animated film jointly produced by Disney and Marvel Comics, was popular all over the world because of its cute appearance, and the film also won the "Best Animated Feature Film" award at the 87th Oscar.



When robots have self-awareness and emotion, should we give them the same rights as human beings?If one day in the future, when you face a robot as close to human as David in Artificial Intelligence, how will you react?


The movie channel will broadcast the movie "Artificial Intelligence" on Friday, June 30th. Let’s explore the true meaning of emotion from the perspective of artificial intelligence.


The film channel short film venture capital season held a variety of types of viewing sessions, which was affirmed.


    1905 movie network news
On September 12th, the second national media viewing conference of "Venture Capital Season for Film Short Films in Tongli, China" (hereinafter referred to as "Venture Capital Season") was held in Beijing. Lu Hongshi, deputy director of the Program Center of Film Channel, Tang Ke, director of the Program Department of Film Channel Center, and Chen Jianzhong, secretary of the Protection and Management Committee of Tongli Ancient Town attended the event. On the same day, all the guests and the media watched three short films, namely, and. Everyone was impressed by the outstanding creativity of young filmmakers and felt that the imagination of the three short films was no small matter.
 
    This year’s "Venture Capital Season" is a series of public welfare activities for the creation, promotion and screening of short films jointly sponsored by Film Channel, China Film Directors Association and Suzhou Tongli Ancient Town Protection and Management Committee, and jointly sponsored by well-known websites such as Film Network and Iqiyi. The main purpose of the activity is to explore new film people, support young people with dreams, bring fresh blood to the film circle, and contribute to the development of film industrialization in China.
 
Twelve short films will be broadcast on the movie channel in the "Venture Capital Season". 
 
    Compared with the first session, this "venture capital season" is more influential in scale and more distinctive in characteristics. According to Lu Hongshi, deputy director of the film channel, this activity has been qualitatively improved. "At the beginning, we formulated a style, which is to do ‘ Upgraded version ’ , all aspects of ‘ Upgraded version ’ Moreover, it should be different from the popular grassroots micro-movies, and truly integrate with the film industry. Last time it was still groping, this time it has found a law. These 12 crews have made special efforts, and the types of short films produced are very distinctive and have low repeatability. Some of them have not even appeared in the mainland film market, and the main creators are very concerned about the audience’s viewing experience. They are very mature. " Among these 12 short films, there are not only costume magic romance "Butterfly", but also police and bandit films, as well as romantic and funny films, which can satisfy the audience’s different preferences in film selection.
 
    It is reported that the 12 short films produced by this activity have been launched in major media since September 1, and a series of exhibitions on the film channel for half a month began on September 10. According to Lu Hongshi, deputy director of the film channel, the first work broadcast was "Desperate Bear", which gained excellent ratings when it was broadcast at noon. The final dream gala of this "venture capital season" will be broadcast on the movie channel in prime time on the evening of September 21st, so stay tuned.
 
The Dream Mentor Group guides famous actors to join in one-on-one to help newcomers realize their dreams.
 
    The second "Venture Capital Season" attracted many popular directors and actors to join. Three well-known directors, Xue Xiaolu, Wu Ershan and AfDB, joined hands to form a "Dream Mentor Group" to help and guide the finalists and players in a one-on-one way, so as to ensure the high quality and appreciation of the short films produced in this "venture capital season".
 
    With a well-known director Fei Xing, he carefully directed the short film "Headline", making the work more exciting. According to Lin Xiu Qiang, the director of Headline, Fei Xing gave him great inspiration. "For example, the way of telling stories this time was very traditional before. Later, the director of Fei Xing suggested that I try fancy splicing, so that there would be the reality that everyone sees now and the way of flashbacks interspersed." Lin Xiu Qiang said that the first time he cut the film completely was after 3: 00 in the middle of the night. After sending it to Africa, the other party immediately replied at 4: 00 and gave very specific guidance.
 
    The costume magic short film Butterfly was directed by Wu Ershan. Wei Donglei, the director of this short film, said that his works changed from modern to ancient, and after many revisions, he got help from Wu Ershan every time.
 
    Not only the "Dream Mentor Group" did its best for young filmmakers, but many filmmakers also actively participated in filming. The leading role of Headline is Hu Ming, who once appeared in other films, while the leading role is Fang Lishen. In addition, Na Wei, Bing Lin, Zhou Weitong, Yang Yang, Xu Dongmei, Lanshan Luo and other actors also starred in some short films respectively. Miao Yao and Mi Li, two beautiful female presenters of the movie channel, also joined Love Fast Food respectively.