Where is the confidence? In the present and in the future. The box office has exceeded 15 billion yuan! This year, the Chinese film market has made a strong start. Among them, the animated film "Ne Zha: The Magic Child Roars in the Sea" topped the three charts of Chinese box office, Chinese movie history viewership, and global single market box office, continuously breaking records. Nezha, this young man with wind and fire wheels on his feet and a pointed gun in his hand, is rushing towards the world from Chentang Pass. At the end of last year, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs congratulated "Black Myth: Wukong" on winning the Global Game Award, achieving a "zero breakthrough" in the history of Chinese gaming. A player excitedly said, "In the game, I rode horses in the western United States and became a pirate in Europe. Now I can finally return to my hometown and be my own hero." Such confidence is truly impressive. Domestic movies and games are waves in the economic tide. In the era of innovation, amidst the surging winds, some people reap joy while others hide their regrets. However, looking back at the past and embracing the new year, we still move forward. Looking inward, we have emerged from the complex and severe situation of "increasing external pressure and internal difficulties", and in 2024, we have walked out of the operating trend of "high in the front, medium in the middle, and rising in the back". The main goals and tasks of economic and social development have been successfully completed, demonstrating the strong resilience of the major country's economy. Horizontally, in 2024, the US economy is expected to grow by 2.8%, the EU by 0.8%, and the global economy is projected to grow by 3.2%. China, with its position as the world's second largest economy, the power of a super large market, and an annual growth rate of 5%, has a unique scenery here. This is actually a form of 'acceleration'. The domestically produced C919 aircraft has carried over 1 million passengers, the annual production of new energy vehicles has exceeded 10 million for the first time, the annual volume of express delivery services has exceeded 170 billion, and the China Europe freight trains have operated over 100000 trains... The digital traffic of China's dynamic economy has fueled the endurance of this economic giant. This may be a sense of contrast. The sound of keyboards and phone calls on the high-speed rail keeps coming and going, food delivery drivers are busy delivering food in the streets and alleys, tickets for popular exhibitions are hard to come by, and the crowded train stations' Bluetooth earphones cannot even connect to one's own phone... Today's China is so magical, through the "noise", "chaos", and "crowding", one can always see "competition", "burning", and "trend". This contains a kind of 'dialectics'. On the one hand, in the context of external environmental uncertainty and the transformation of old and new driving forces, challenges have never "exited". On the other hand, the institutional advantages of a socialist market economy, the demand advantages of a super large market, the supply advantages of a complete industrial system, and the talent advantages of a large number of high-quality workers and entrepreneurs are always present. The conversion of kinetic energy, breaking through the old and establishing the new, and the year of the end of the 14th Five Year Plan, with a more impressive start, enhance the confidence and "gold content". This manifests as a 'youthful state'. On social media platforms, the topic of "this generation of young people being fans of Chinese aesthetics circle" has become popular, reflecting the personalized consumption and concrete cultural confidence of Generation Z. Wearing new Chinese clothes and buying cultural and creative refrigerator stickers, excellent traditional culture has injected confidence into the China-Chic economy with a scale of more than 2 trillion yuan. The reverse output of online literature and micro dramas, a generation of filters that dispel the charm of the world in a flat view. From "Erbin" snowflakes to Quanzhou hairpin flowers, the "grass planting" economy nourishes the cultural and tourism industry. The surging 'back wave' is growing into a 'heat wave' for the great power to move forward. Building foundations, storing energy, and increasing momentum, confidence does not come out of thin air. The infiltration of Chinese civilization for over 5000 years, the endurance of over a hundred years since modern times, and the accumulation of over 40 years of reform and opening up have flourished in the great changes of the new era. The financial crisis, economic and trade frictions, the global pandemic of the COVID-19 epidemic... The evolution of the century's changes has accelerated, and the Chinese people have never lacked indomitable tenacity. No matter the material struggle or the spiritual confrontation, even if there is a trough, they can "cross the hills". Confidence is not blindly optimistic. The pole vault that grasps expectations and goals, filled with the toolbox of "one jump can get it", the more confident one is in the future and the more patient one is in the present. Whether it's Wukong, who fights through hardships before setting off, or Nezha, who says' if there's no way forward, I'll take a path ', rushing towards a new destiny is not only a topic of the times, but also a topic of life. Everyone is the protagonist, and every ray of light shines brightly. We have always grown up in the baptism of wind and rain, and strengthened through trials and tribulations. Everyone should be full of confidence Chinese path to modernization is a grand narrative, a vivid story and a long-term narrative. Can I ask where is the way? The road is underfoot. (New Society)