關於 end of a century ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

#葉郎每日讀報 #娛樂產業國際要聞揀3條

│本週開除 Paramount 片廠主席之後，ViacomCBS 要把旗下這家百年電影片廠變成一個什麼樣的部門？│

• 本週好萊塢唯一比 Christopher Nolan 改投 Universal 更稱得上是震撼彈的消息是：華爾街日報披露擁有 ViacomCBS 的 Redstone 家族無預警地請旗下的電影製片廠 Paramount 的主席兼執行長 Jim Gianopulos 打包走人。 Jim Gianopulos 在2017年空降 Paramount 之前，原本在 Fox 主管 20th Century Fox、Fox Searchlight、Fox 2000、Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios 等等多個製片廠，並且擁有《Titanic 鐵達尼號》和《Avatar 阿凡達》兩部打破一切記錄的電影資歷。

• 突然換將的理由是繼承父親 Sumner Redstone 事業的 Shri Redstone 準備大幅改組整個 ViacomCBS 集團。 Sumner Redstone 過世前原本堅持 Viacom 和 CBS 應該拆分成兩個集團，並且從未將正在崛起的串流當成集團最優先的業務。直到女兒好不容易接班，才費盡力氣說服兩個公司股東合併的利大於弊，尤其是整合起來的片庫才有機會加入串流大戰。經歷這些波折之後， ViacomCBS 姍姍來遲地在今年3月推出串流服務 Paramount+。

• 有鑑於競爭對手 Disney 和 WarnerMedia 都在去年就經歷深度組織改造，以打造完全以串流為第一優先的團隊（Warner 明年還要面臨與 Discovery 整併的另一波改組）， Shri Redstone 因此將進一步改組 Paramount 這家百年老片廠。未來 Paramount 旗下的電影製作業務和電視製作業務將被拆分開來，其中電影製作將改由目前監管兒童頻道 Nickelodeon的 Brian Robbins 接手，電視製作將由 ViacomCBS 電視事業主管 David Nevins 兼管。過去一年好萊塢的改組多半與淘汰傳統電影思維有關，希望讓大腦更貼近串流業務的人可以掌握更大的決策權。被突然撤換的 Paramount 主席兼執行長 Jim Gianopulos 顯然不是老闆心目中的那個串流大腦。

• 去年疫情剛剛在全球擴散的時候，我曾寫過一篇文章回顧 Paramount 如何利用1918年橫掃全球的西班牙流感疫情，併購下游電影院，打造好萊塢第一個橫跨製作、發行和映演的超級托拉斯。100年後 Paramount 為何成為遠遠落後對手的下場？

• Forbes 的分析認為一切都跟 COVID-19 疫情完全無關， Paramount 已經在下坡路上好一陣子了。不過才幾年前 Paramount 原本還是不可一世的那家，不僅有 Tom Cruise 的《Mission Impossible 不可能的任務》系列、Hasbro 合作《Transformers 變形金剛》系列、DreamWorks Animation 的《Kung Fu Panda 功夫熊貓》系列，許多人可能早就忘記如今歸在米老鼠帝國旗下的 LucasFilm 的 Indiana Jones 系列電影以及 Marvel 的《Iron Man 鋼鐵人》系列電影原本都是以 Paramount 電影的名義發行。Paramount 一系列致命的錯誤決策包括把 Indiana Jones 讓渡給 Disney 以便跟 Disney 交換當時的超級製作人 Jerry Bruckheimer 的合作合約，另外一個更令他們後悔莫及的決策就是在 Disney 出價之前回絕了收購 Marvel 的提議。Paramount 隨後一系列搞砸的製作包含《Star Trek Beyond 星際爭霸戰：浩瀚無垠》《Downsizing 縮小人生》、《Annihilation 滅絕》和《Gemini Man 雙子殺手》，等於早在疫情襲來之前就已陷入和 Fox 有七十八分像的死亡螺旋。

• Hollywood Reporter 則認為 Paramount 的主席兼執行長 Jim Gianopulos 在過去這段期間深深陷入了無解的兩難。他的左手是大老闆 Shari Redstone 不斷施壓希望他盡可能餵更多內容給現在集團的一切希望所在—— 串流服務 Paramout+。他的右手則還要應付當家小生 Tom Cruise 的《Mission: Impossible 不可能的任務》和《Top Gun 捍衛戰士》 兩個系列電影必須一延再延的財務壓力，以滿足這些明星和創作者對於電影院專屬發行的不可能的堅持。

• Nickelodeon 的執行長 Brian Robbins 來做難道就有解？來自內部消息人士的說法指出 Paramount 仍會守住電影院這個通路，不過目前為止該公司其實從來沒有白紙黑字公開說過類似的話。ViacomCBS 的財務長 Naveen Chopra 則試圖安撫大家的焦慮，認為 Nickelodeon 的執行長 Brian Robbins 同時熟悉傳統發行通路和串流這個未來商業模式，自然可以掌握平衡點。值得注意的是 Brian Robbins 在專心當專業經理人之前其實做過製片和導演，還執導過運動電影《Varsity Blues 主力難當》和喜劇電影《Norbit 糯米正傳》。另外一個內部消息來源認為 Brian Robbins 至少比 WarnerMedia 執行長 Jason Kilar 更懂電影，因為 Kilar 完全是串流技術背景，才會把 Warner 的串流轉型搞得天怒人怨。

• 但另外一個不太妙的角度來自一個不具名的同業告訴 Hollywood Reporter 說「在我記憶範圍內 Brian Robbins 此生從未監管過任何一部讓人喊 WOW 的電影」。報導也認為Nickelodeon 的執行長 Brian Robbins 之所以雀屏中選是因為他早先在疫情中發行的動畫電影《PAW Patrol: The Movie 汪汪隊立大功電影版》。該片的三大特色 A) 預算節制 B) 和串流同步發行 C) 大量置入行銷很可能就是大老闆 Sumner Redstone 對於整個 Paramount 的未來期待。如果這個猜測成真，Paramount 恐怕會永遠跟那些昂貴的大片（以及昂貴的 Tom Cruise、他的昂貴分紅以及他對於電影院專屬發行的昂貴堅持）以及所有電影觀眾的 WOW 說再見。

◇ 新聞來源：

Jim Gianopulos Leaving Paramount As Chairman & CEO, Brian Robbins Expected To Take Over（https://flip.it/Nwqg.y）

Why Paramount Failed To Compete Against Disney And Netflix（https://flip.it/lvFPp1）

Shari Redstone’s Radical Paramount Overhaul Sets Up Clash With Filmmakers（https://flip.it/COzaG9）

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其他今天也可以知道一下的事：

│決心要滿足年輕的迷因股投資人就滿足到底，AMC電影院預計將開始收以太幣和萊特幣買電影票 │

◇ 新聞來源：AMC will let customers pay in Ethereum and Litecoin by the end of the year（https://flip.it/yBljm4）

│Christopher Nolan 開出的那些 Universal 無法回絕的條件曝光│

◇ 新聞來源：Here's Everything Christopher Nolan Demanded from Universal For His Oppenheimer Movie（https://flip.it/FHzuOI）

Taiwan could see more extreme weather by the end of this century if no strong action is taken to mitigate the effects of #globalwarming, experts said Tuesday in the wake of a major United Nations #climatechange report.
https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202108100019

【國立臺灣大學 109學年度畢業典禮 校長致詞】
Opening Remarks, National Taiwan University Commencement 2021
President Dr. Chung-Ming Kuan

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各位師長同仁，各位畢業同學以及家長們，歡迎大家參加 109 學年度的線上畢業典禮。

去年新冠疫情初起，學校雖仍舉辦實體的畢業典禮，但規模大為縮小，許多師生和家長均以無法參加典禮為憾。今年初臺灣的疫情持續穩定，大家原本期待今年畢業典禮能按照往年方式辦理。不料五月時疫情急轉直下，臺北市疫情警戒程度提高，我們於是推遲畢業典禮，並改以線上方式進行。這也是臺大首次以線上方式舉辦畢業典禮。

隨著疫情發展，線上活動如今已成為生活中的新常態。我們雖逐漸習慣線上教學，線上會議，線上交流，線上購物訂餐等，但連期待了四年的畢業典禮也只能在線上參加，許多同學與家長們難免失望。為此，學務處與許多同學攜手，精心策劃了今天這場特殊的線上畢業典禮，希望能讓大家留下不一樣，但仍美好的記憶。

因為新冠疫情，有些同學會抱怨：這樣大的疫情怎麼就正好被我們在畢業時碰上了？也有些同學則樂觀的想，一旦有了疫苗，疫情得到控制，世界最終還是會回到以前的軌道，大家仍可以過著平穩安定的日子。

然而這個世界從不曾平靜。今年畢業的同學多數出生於1999 年，那正是規模達 7.3 的 921 大地震發生的那一年。時隔四年，亞洲（包括臺灣）爆發了罕見的急性呼吸道感染病 SARS。不過五年之後，源自美國的金融海嘯席捲全球，影響全世界經濟數年之久。2009 更是不平靜的一年，臺灣出現莫拉克風災，造成慘重傷亡；全球則爆發了 H1N1 流感大流行，數十萬人因此死亡。這些當時都曾被認為是數十年（甚至百年）一遇的重大災難。

回顧二十多年來的這些事件（這還僅僅是一部份與臺灣相關的事件），我們就會發現：巨大的天災人禍，過去曾頻繁出現，未來應該也不會少見。

當然，新冠疫情的影響範圍遠超過 SARS 與 H1N1 流感，對世界的衝擊則更大於金融海嘯。近代能與這次疫情相比的是一百年前 (1918-1920) 的全球流感大流行；據後來估計，當時全世界人口三分之一染疫，約有五千萬人因此不幸喪生。

那次流感爆發時正值第一次世界大戰末期，對當時的德軍主力造成嚴重打擊。而後疫情時代，戰敗的德國被列強宰割，奧匈帝國及奧圖曼帝國亦隨之瓦解，徹底改變了舊的國際秩序，也為後來的世局（從歐陸，到中東和亞洲）埋下許多不安定的種子。

這次新冠疫情並未伴隨著世界大戰，但出現在國際強權針鋒相對，世界產業供應鏈重整的關鍵時刻；後疫情時代因此充滿不確定性。而重組後的國際政經秩序，我不知道那會是一個「美好或不美好的新世界」*，但它就是大家必須面對的世界。那裡將充滿挑戰和機會，如何善用所學回應挑戰，如何從機會中脫穎而出，都是大家新的功課。這些功課沒有標準答案，你們必須自己解答，自己審閱答案。

我也希望利用這個機會提醒同學們，對於正在醫療前線奮戰的眾多醫護人員，其中包括了許多學校師長與大家的學長姐們，我們一定要心存感念。當疫情大浪襲來時，他們勇往直前，力挽狂瀾，不僅保護病人，也捍衛著臺灣社會。他們是真正的英雄。只要大家共同努力，疫情終會過去，我們一定會贏得抗疫的最後勝利。

最後，我謹代表所有老師和行政主管，向所有畢業同學們表達最深切的祝福，也恭喜辛苦多年的家長們。敬祝大家未來一切順利，身體健康
最後我還想講幾句話。我記得我看過一篇外國人寫的文章，他說他在臺灣多年，注意到臺灣有個很奇怪的習慣，朋友分手時都常常會說：「要小心哦」。我看到這篇文章的時候，也突然心有所感；多年來我媽媽每次看到我出門時會跟我講這句話，而後來我跟自己的小孩，也會講這樣的話。所以在畢業典禮這個時刻，我敬祝大家未來一切順利，身體健康，大家都要小心哦！

2021.6.26

*「美好新世界」(Brave New World) due to A. Huxley

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When the COVID-19 pandemic began last year, NTU was still able to hold graduation ceremonies in person but on a much smaller scale and with the absence of many faculty members, students, and parents. Earlier this year, we were hoping to gather for a traditional commencement. But the sudden outbreak in May had forced Taipei City to raise its epidemic alert level. So we postponed the Commencement and made the decision to hold the ceremony virtually. This is the first virtual Commencement in NTU history.

To our faculty, new graduates, and parents, welcome to the National Taiwan University’s Commencement celebration for the Class of 2021.

As the pandemic unfolds, digital is the new normal. While we gradually adapt to online learning, virtual meetings, social media, online shopping, and food delivery, it is inescapably disappointing for many students and parents to have to celebrate the achievements of our graduates this way after anticipating this event for four years. And because of this, the Office of Student Affairs has teamed up with the graduates to ensure that this unique virtual Commencement is a moment that everyone will remember fondly in the future.

Some of you may ask, "why does this happen just when we are graduation?" And some of you may think optimistically that once the vaccines are available and the pandemic is contained, the world will be back to normal, and that we will all live peacefully.

But the world has never been peaceful. Most of the graduates this year were born in 1999, when the magnitude 7.3 earthquake happened on September 21. Four years after, SARS broke out in Asia, including Taiwan. Within another 5 years, the financial crisis, originated in the United States, affected global economies for years. In 2009, Typhoon Morakot landed and caused severe casualties in Taiwan; the H1N1 flu pandemic took hundreds of thousands of lives. These disasters were, at the time, seen as rare catastrophes that would only take place once every few decades, or even centuries.

Looking back to the past 20 years, we’d notice that, even just in Taiwan, catastrophes have never been in short supply. And they will probably never be in the future either.

Of course, the effect of COVID is far beyond SARS and H1N1, and its impact is greater than the financial crises. What came close was the Spanish flu that took place a century ago (1918-1920), when, according to estimation, one-third of the global population was infected and about 50 million people died.

The influenza pandemic outbreak took place at the end of WWI and hit the German military especially hard. And after the pandemic, Germany was forced to cede its territories to the great powers. What followed was the fall of the Austro-Hungarian and the Ottoman Empires. The series of events reset the international order and formed the settings for many conflicts in the years to come.

While COVID did not break out during a world war, it came at a critical time when great powers bicker and the global supply chains face a reform. The post-pandemic ear is therefore full of uncertainty. I don’t know whether it’d be a "Brave New World"* once the international political and economic orders are reshuffled. But it will be a world we have to live in. There will be many challenges and opportunities, and it will be our new task to utilize what we have learned to tackle challenges and grasp opportunities. Unlike any standardize
d test, you will have to answer and grade the answers yourselves.

I also want to use this opportunity to remind the graduates, that we must have appreciation and gratitude for the healthcare workers who are on the frontlines fighting. Many of them are our faculty members and alums. When the waves of the pandemic hit, they stood up to save lives and protect Taiwan’s society. They are true heroes. As long as we work together, we will weather the crisis and win this battle.

Finally, on behalf of the faculty and management, I send you our deepest best wishes. And congratulations to the parents and families who have supported the graduates for years. I wish you success and good health.

One final thing, I remember reading an article by a foreign writer who said he had lived in Taiwan for years and had noticed that Taiwanese people have a strange habit of saying "be careful" when they part ways. When I read the article, this resonates with me from the heart. For years, my mother would say the same thing whenever I am leaving the house. Now I say the same thing to my children, too. So at this Commencement ceremony, I wish everyone great success in the future, good health, and "be careful."

2021.6.26

*「美好新世界」(Brave New World) due to A. Huxley

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詳見：
https://www.facebook.com/NTUCommencement/posts/2718144868475937

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#臺灣大學 #畢業典禮 #NTUCommencement2021 #校長致詞

⬇️⬇️English recipe follows⬇️⬇️
金銀蛋菠菜苗

材料：
菠菜苗1斤
鹹蛋1隻
皮蛋1隻
蒜頭8粒

處理：
1. 菠菜苗，切去根部，清水浸5分鐘。
2. 蒜頭，去皮，切去頭部硬的部分。
3. 皮蛋，連包裝袋，用菜刀輕手拍一拍，除去殼，洗乾淨，1開8。
4. 鹹蛋，加入少許水分，使其容易除去鹹蛋灰，清水洗乾淨，分開蛋黃及蛋白在2個碗內。
5. 菠菜，已浸好，用清水沖洗1至2次。

烹調：
1. 大火在鑊中燒熱油1湯匙。
2. 加入蒜頭。
3. 加入菠菜，冚蓋，焗2分鐘至軟身。
4. 反一反菠菜，炒一炒，冚蓋煮1分鐘。
5. 菠菜已煮好，夾上碟。蒜頭及菠菜汁仍留在鑊內。
6. 加入鹹蛋黃，慢火煮1分鐘，1開4。
7. 加入皮蛋，1開8，轉大火，加入鹹蛋白至大滾起，放在菠菜上面。
8. 完成，可享用。

Gold and silver egg baby spinach

Ingredients:
Baby spinach 1 catty
Salted egg 1 No.
Century egg 1 No.
Garlics 8 Nos.

Preparation:
1. Baby spinach, cut the roots, soak in tap water for 5 minutes.
2. Garlics, get them peeled. Cut the hard end.
3. Century egg, beat it in plastics with chopper. Remove the shell. Rinse with tap water. Divide it into 8 shares.
4. Salted egg, mix with little tap water, this is to ease removing its ash. Rinse with tap water. Break it in a bowl. Separate the egg yolk and egg white in 2 bowls.
5. Spinach, has been soaked well, rinse with tap water for 1 to 2 times.

Steps:
1. Heat up oil 1 tbsp at high flame in wok.
2. Put garlics.
3. Put spinach, cover up the wok for 2 minutes until it turns soft.
4. Flip over the spinach, fry for a few seconds, cover up the wok for 1 minute.
5. Spinach has been cooked well, put on plate. Garlics and spinach sauce is still in wok.
6. Put salted egg yolk, cook at low flame for 1 minute. Divide it into 4 shares.
7. Put century egg. Divide it into 8 shares. Turn to high flame, put salted egg white, wait for boiling up. Put on top of spinach.
8. Complete. Serve.

純蔬菜?素食?素煮?(系列)播放清單
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkU_SdeTtB_RKnrfVikRvaKyfEjg2tD54
?這系列全部影片都有中英文翻譯

?蔬菜/ 瓜類??????系列)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkU_SdeTtB_RN_2zErZLCtf21j9ZmsB23
?這系列全部影片都有中英文翻譯

Baby Spinach with Salted Duck Egg & Century Egg?Nutritious & Super Delicious✅?
咸蛋皮蛋菠菜苗
高營養超好味

Spinach with Gold & Silver Eggs
(金銀蛋菠菜)

For this episode, we embarked on an EPIC CHEAT DAY where I LOST MY ABS IN 6 HOURS! Steven, a long-time friend and semiregular guest star, suggested that we should head over to the East side of Singapore for a cheat day as there are many malls in close proximity there. Beginning at Tampines 1 and ending at Waterway Point, I ate 12 dishes from 4 different malls, resulting in a massive 7-inch increase in waist circumference.

What I ate:
1. Tampines 1
Jeju Kitchen - Volcano Fried Rice
Gochi-So Shokudo - Iberico Jowl Bowl
Lau Wang Claypot Delights - Sesame Chicken
Ten Ren Tea - 913 King's Oolong Tea Latte with Pearl
The Alley - Crunchy Tiramisu Milk

2. Century Square
Eventasty - Sliced Sea Bass and Sichuan Pickles Noodles
Traditional Sarawak Kolo Mee - Premium Kolo Mee Set Meal
Kei Kaisendon - Chirashi Kaisendon
Xing Fu Tang - Mango Sticky Rice from Thailand Series
Colobaba - Avocado Cheese Baba

3. White Sands
Men Men Don Don - Katsu Don
Gao Peng Cuisine - Paradise Fried Rice
Penang Culture - Malacca King Prawn Seafood Beehoon

4. Waterway Point
White Restaurant - Original White Beehoon
PappaRich - Nasi Lemak with Sambal Prawns and Fried Chicken
Sushiro - Recommended Mix Platter + Sushiro Deluxe Platter
Chateraise – Assorted Cakes

It was a hard push towards the end, evident from my extremely distended midsection. My normally visible abdominals gave way to a turgid and swollen belly. However, it allowed me to satisfy my cravings in between my usually strict dieting between shoots. I was pleased with Steven’s choice of malls as they had good selections of food and drinks while mostly being walking distance from one another.

There's a bunch of awesome rewards & vouchers when you dine in at these malls so be sure to check out their website for more details!

https://www.frasersexperience.com/

Locations visited:
Tampines 1 - https://www.facebook.com/fpr.tampines1
Century Square - https://www.facebook.com/fpr.CenturySquare
White Sands - https://www.facebook.com/fpr.WhiteSands
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Launched in 1904, Hong Kong Tramways is one of the earliest forms of public transport in the metropolis and has witnessed the city’s development over the past century. The double-deck tram is affectionately called the “Ding Ding” by locals, the onomatopoeia of the iconic double bell ring of approaching carriages.

Among many transportation enthusiasts in the city, Joseph Cheng has spent the last 30 years indulging in his passion for trams – photographing them, publishing books about them, even establishing the Hong Kong Trams Culture Preservation Society. He calls himself a fanatic that sees trams as his life. Fe says half-jokingly, “I think my world will end if trams cease to exist one day. I may protest by lying on a tram track.”

原刊日期：20210124

https://hk.appledaily.com/feature/20210124/WR3XPG4WF5ARPJXWGIU3Z4DMOI/

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