Takeuchi Ryo is a Japanese director who rose to fame in 2020 for his hit documentary series “Nanjing’s Anti-epidemic Scene” and “Long Time No See, Wuhan” which captured how Chinese responded to and recovered from the COVID-19 epidemic. The videos went viral and have attracted millions of viewer on social media platforms. Takeuchi who is now active in China, has started another project called “Face of Huawei” without any interference from Huawei but instead he got a warm welcome. After releasing the 30-minutes long video “Faces of Huawei” that is originally produced by Japanese director Takeuchi Ryo with the first episode “Will Huawei Survive?” on social media platforms, it is going viral and trending among online users. This real documentary series also attracted attention from some overseas TV channels including Cambodia. Therefore, Cambodia’s Top TV station, the CTN channel broadcasted the “Faces of Huawei” video in Khmer version on April 11, 2021.
The video begins with Takeuchi’s tour to Huawei Headquarter in Shenzhen with the documentary projected to interview and films almost 100 employees of Huawei from different positions and departments including both Chinese employees and foreign employees. The very first interview is with Mr. JF, a Canadian employee talking about the perspective of Western Countries especially US sanctions toward Huawei. The 2nd interviewee is the main figure of the company, Huawei Rotating Chairman, Mr. Guo Ping, who joined the company since 1988. The next interviewee is from the finance department, Mr. Zhang Yinchen, who confidently said that Huawei can survive.
After that, Takeuchi met with Mr. Jiang as the “TOPMINDS” program manager that was launched in 2020 to recruit young AI and ICT talents by offering extremely high salaries. Introduced by Mr. Jiang, our Japanese director flew to Shanghai to meet with the last interviewee of the first episode from Huawei Shanghai Research & Development center, Mr. Peng Zhihui, one of the young employees from TOPMINDS program. Mr. Peng as one of the AI experts shared that Huawei is the only company that covering everything from basic to software architecture, and the terminal in the AI industry.
With the broadcasting on CTN TV channel, most Cambodian viewers could get first hand image of Huawei, besides the bias statement from the West media. Even under the sanctions and bans imposed by US and some European countries, Huawei does not back down. In contrast, Huawei even increased the investment in research and development (R&D). To further understand more about the real Huawei, stay tuned for the next episode that will air on CTN soon under the theme of “What is the Core Technology of Huawei?”
For detail video, please view this link: https://youtu.be/LeXIFmzfgzM
