Author: Zicheng.
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Luo Yonghao "bombarded" Dongfang Selection to bully young people
On December 16, Yu Minhong and Dong Yuhui joined the live broadcast. Luo Yonghao paid attention to the conversation between the two and expressed a sharp opinion. Luo Yonghao spoke sharply in social **: It is understandable that Dongfang Selection wants to go to Donghua, but in the process, Dong Yuhui's contribution has no fair and just return, and his interests are not guaranteed at all, and he has to be bullied by villains.
According to the objective facts and laws of the high concentration of live broadcast e-commerce, it is relatively fair for Dong Yuhui to take at least half of the income in Dongfang. Luo Yonghao said that Dongfang Selection may be the most unfair, absurd, and most bullying and oppressive phenomenon company he has ever seen after the birth of live broadcast e-commerce in China, and the degree is unique. And it is likely that because of Xiao Dong's personality problems, this phenomenon will continue forever.
Interpretation:Luo Yonghao, who has always been "amazing", has repeatedly "chivalrous shots" for Dong Yuhui in the past few days, "complaining" on Weibo, and sending himself to the hot search from time to time, which has become a non-negligible stroke in the "small composition incident".
From directly shouting that Dong Yuhui "is willing to provide entrepreneurial support without asking for any economic returns", to bluntly saying that the treatment given to Dong Yuhui by Dongfang Selection is "very absurd and disgusting"...
In short,**At every step of development, Luo Yonghao can always be seen cynical and supportive of Dong Yuhui.
As for why he cares so much about Dong Yuhui, the reason given by Luo Yonghao is also very direct:
When he left New Oriental, he also suffered from unpublic treatment, and he saw himself in Dong Yuhui, so he deeply empathized.
It is undeniable that Dong Yuhui and his mother-in-law have achieved such a huge "phased victory", and it is difficult to rule out Luo Yonghao's status as the number one hero.
Industry commentator Zhang Shule pointed out that Luo Yonghao's personal style over the years is almost like a "cross talk actor", not only scolding others, but also scolding himself, and more importantly, his character design will never fall, and the popularity has always been there.
I am stubborn by nature, open-mouthed, and have an aggressive personality, and after becoming the head of the company, I often can't restrain myself well, causing a lot of unnecessary trouble for the company. ”
This used to be Luo Yonghao's self-evaluation, and he also said that after the hammer went out of business, all the stinky problems were cured.
But this idealistic entrepreneur, once one of the top ten people of the year on the list, seems to have become Xi used to living under the heat, and Xi to "fast talk". Last year, he also put a live broadcast of Yu Minhong in his speech PPT, and the text content was "laid-off personnel in the education industry turned into anchors", which was quite ridiculous.
In May last year, Luo Yonghao officially announced that he would leave the management of Make a Friend Company and launch his new metaverse technology entrepreneurship project.
Luo Yonghao said that he took the initiative to quit and got his own interests, so it is understandable to "go to Dong Yuhui", but Dong Yuhui should take at least half of the profits, so he complained about Dong Yuhui. But in the final analysis, Dong Yuhui is not an entrepreneur and manager like Luo Yonghao, but an employee selected by Dongfang.
Interestingly, Chen Xiangdong, the founder, chairman and CEO of Gaotu, who is also a "New Oriental", has eaten the "dividends" of his old club in a down-to-earth manner.
At the beginning of the small composition incident, Dong Yuhui's "mother-in-law" poured into the originally deserted live broadcast room of Gaotu's "Gaotu Jiapin", and the popularity of Gaotu Jiapin continued to rise. As of the afternoon of the 17th, the number of fans of Douyin Gaotu Jiapin has risen to 2.33 million, and the stock price has also risen sharply.
Whether it is teaching and training or engaging in e-commerce, Gaotu can be regarded as "learning" from New Oriental. Chen Xiangdong was the CEO of New Oriental, and later founded Gaotu and became a competitor of New Oriental. Last year, Gaotu followed Dongfang Selection and started the transformation of live streaming.
Zhang Shule pointed out that although they are all old "New Orientals", Luo Yonghao was a young teacher when he left, and then he continued to hit a wall and start a business, and he has always carried the mark of "blood boiling";Chen Xiangdong was already a mature manager when he left New Oriental, he was aware of the advantages of New Oriental, and he started his own business step by step, and now he is also taking advantage of the situation to take over a wave of traffic.
Although the iron still needs to be hard, but for now, both of them have earned.
On the morning of the 17th, Luo Yonghao said, "After sorting out what I have written in the past few days tonight and sending it out, I don't want to mention this dirty thing again next week." ”
Maybe next week, most people won't care about it anymore.
It was revealed that the actual car of Xiaomi Auto will be fined 3 million, and there is more than one case
In the automotive industry, technical confidentiality and intellectual property protection are crucial, and frequent leaks have brought considerable challenges to the R&D and confidentiality of Xiaomi Auto.
On December 18, according to the latest news from Phoenix Technology, a group of Xiaomi cars were leaked recently. According to reports, Xiaomi Auto related people responded to the matter, they have locked the leak**, and will be held accountable according to the signed "Confidentiality Commitment Letter". It is reported that the amount of the non-disclosure agreement signed is as high as 3 million yuan.
Interpretation: Judging from the fact that the same copywriting was released almost at the same time, many people believe that this is not the "event marketing" directed and acted by Xiaomi Automobile. After all, the biggest beneficiary of this leak is Xiaomi, which can not only quickly harvest a wave of market attention, but also "earn 3 million".
A few days ago, a blogger broke the news,Xiaomi has finalized the 12month28 in Beijing to hold a Xiaomi car debut press conference,At that time, the interior and exterior design of the vehicle、Intelligent configuration and performance control and other selling points,At the same time, the pre-sale price of the new car will also be announced,Lei Jun, chairman of Xiaomi Auto, will also give a speech PPT in person on the spot。
Subsequently, Xiaomi officials made an emergency response, saying that the time was not determined, but it did consider this point in time.
Combined with the density of information in the last two days, it is certain that the Xiaomi car is getting closer and closer. In the latest batch of new energy vehicles exempt from purchase tax announced by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology last week, Xiaomi's first car, Xiaomi Su7, is also on the list.
At the same time, Lei Jun also appeared on CCTV's character interview program "Face to Face". During the whole interview, Lei Jun talked eloquently, not only mentioning his idol Jobs, but also mentioning the heated discussion caused by the recent donation of 1.3 billion to Wuhan University, and of course, his last battle - Xiaomi Automobile.
Lei Jun said that Xiaomi's investment in making cars is ten times more personnel and funds than other car companies, and he himself is building cars in a way that "ambition must be won".
For building a car, Lei Jun said that he had enough awe, and three years ago he felt that it was very difficult to build a car, so he did a user survey, and users felt that mentioning Xiaomi cars was science and technology, ecology.
So he set a principle, that is, "keep the right and be surprising". Under the premise of fully respecting the laws of the automotive industry, using the mature technology of the automotive industry, to ensure that the first car can be done well, and to innovate under this premise.
The second strategy is to invest tenfold, Lei Jun said that the average car company will invest about three or four hundred people and one billion or two billion R&D funds to make a car.
But Xiaomi is different, the first car of Xiaomi Automobile, 3,400 engineers were invested, and the entire R&D investment exceeded 10 billion, which is equivalent to more than 10 times the investment to build a car.
When asked if there were expectations for the first car of Xiaomi Auto, Lei Jun said that there must be expectations.
I'm particularly worried, if it doesn't catch up, everyone won't buy it, so I'm definitely worried about this. ”
What's more worrying is that if everyone comes to buy it, they will definitely be scolded miserably if they wait for a year or two, and all kinds of anxiety (there are). ”
So to sum up, if it doesn't sell well, Lei will always worry, and if it sells too well, Lei will always be more worried.
However, Lei Jun's troubles will soon be revealed, and as the time point for the release of Xiaomi cars approaches, information about Xiaomi cars is also intensive.
The "first stock of early education" suddenly collapsed
A-share "the first share of early education" is deep in the whirlpool. Recently, Meijim, the "first stock of early education", was suddenly pushed to the "cusp", and news about "the chairman ran away", "large-scale store closure", "parents' rights protection" and other news continued to ferment, causing heated discussions. According to the latest announcement, Chairman Ma Hongying has resigned.
In the face of the ferocious ** crisis, MGM urgently issued a statement to condemn the current false statements on the Internet, which also shows the belief in the stability of the current operation of MGM.
It is worth noting that Ma Hongying is from the "Zhongzhi Department" and has worked for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants *** China Duty Free (Group) Co., Ltd. and Zhongzhi Enterprise Group
Interpretation:As the first stock of early childhood education, Meijim has been mainly affected by the epidemic in the past three years, and its operating conditions have declined, and its financial situation is very worrying.
From 2020 to 2022, the cumulative loss amount of MGM is as high as 11$1.6 billion. The performance has suffered huge losses, and Meijim has frequently exposed rights protection incidents.
Since the beginning of this year, Meijim has frequently fallen into store closure turmoil. According to public reports, Meijim early education centers in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and other places were exposed to be closed. Since December, there has been news of the closure of Meijim stores in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia and Tongzhou District, Beijing, and many parents broke the news to the Red Star Capital Bureau that they are now facing the problem of difficult refunds.
On social platforms, a large number of consumers reported difficulties in refunds, forced transfers, and inability to contact the person in charge of the store. According to data, on the Black Cat complaint platform, there have been a total of 1,100 complaints related to Meijim.
In the context of losses and store closures, rights protection incidents continue across the country, after-sales problems are completely exposed, and the brand image of MGM has also collapsed.
It is worth mentioning that on the eve of the resignation of Chairman Ma Hongying, a fierce infighting war broke out in Meijim.
One side of the war is the Zhongzhi family behind Ma Hongying, and the other side is the founding members headed by Liu Junjun, Wang Shenbei and others.
It is understood that the main focus of the conflict between the two sides is the performance commitment of the founding team. Due to the impact of the force majeure of the epidemic in 2020, the acquired early education assets did not fulfill their performance commitments. In 2021, after many consultations, the two parties adjusted the performance commitment, the performance commitment period was extended to 2021, and the performance commitment profit increased to 30.1 billion yuan. Due to the continuation of the epidemic, 2021 also did not complete the results.
It is worth noting that at the end of 2021, the controlling shareholder Zhongzhi appointed senior executives as the new chairman, and Liu Junjun was demoted to director and general manager. It was from that time that the business conditions of MGM began to decline sharply. After Ma Hongying became the chairman, the decline of Meijim's business accelerated.
According to the general understanding of the market, it is understandable for capital to pursue returns, but excessive pursuit of profits often leads to short-sightedness.
In particular, if the long-term market possibility is abandoned for short-term profits, it is a "bad currency" for the entire industry.
In the past, we have seen too many incidents of capital parties seizing power, and performance VAM or equity competition have brought about violent fluctuations in the company's operation, and finally led to the investors and the founding team being empty-handed.
To put it in perspective, the current business operation involves a wider range of social aspects, and the instability of business operation has a bad impact on customers, consumers or the industry.
The early education business is not a simple production and operation business, which involves the rights and interests of hundreds of thousands of children and parents, and if it is not handled well, it will derive huge social problems.
Due to the internal friction of the controlling shareholder and management, it will inevitably affect the mood of employees within the company and disrupt various plans, and the confidence of franchisees will also be affected.
At the moment, it can be described as an existential autumn for Meijim. The business situation has not improved, and it is precisely because investors, shareholders and management need to understand each other, take responsibility for each other, and deal with each other in order to tide over the difficulties.
to character point of view
Yu Minhong reflected again: the boss must be willing to work for the employees
On December 17, Yu Minhong, chairman of New Oriental, appeared at the 4th China Vocational Education Development Forum, and made the above expression in response to the recent Oriental selection incident, he further said: "If the employee has the ability and he has his own direction, you don't want this direction, then break up." "A lot of people are still bossing in a big way, condescendingly managed, there is no problem with traditional companies, if you are a modern company, there must be a problem. Yu Minhong concluded. He said at the meeting: "Now, Dong Yuhui has hundreds of thousands of people in the same period, and it is in such a (Internet celebrity) model, when relying on employees with huge ability to build your business model and development, the boss must be willing to work for employees, and the two sides become a cooperative relationship." ”
CCTV interviewed Lei Jun: 3,400 engineers were invested in the first car, and the entire R&D investment exceeded 10 billion
Lei Jun, chairman of Xiaomi Group, told reporters that he feels that Xiaomi has many natural advantages in making cars, because the essence of today's smart electric vehicles is the integration of the consumer electronics industry, which is a big integration, so entering the automotive industry is a challenge for Xiaomi, and the overall difficulty is controllable.
Lei Jun said that we invested 3,400 engineers in our first car, and the entire R&D investment exceeded 10 billion, and we used more than 10 times the investment. With that in mind, I'm going to do it anyway in a way that I want to get.
Dong Yuhui is the cultural assistant to the director of New Oriental and the vice president of New Oriental Cultural Tourism Group
On December 18, Yu Minhong issued an announcement on his headlines, announcing that Dong Yuhui was appointed as the cultural assistant to the chairman of the board of directors of New Oriental Education and Technology Group, and concurrently served as the vice president of New Oriental Cultural Tourism Group
According to previous reports, on the evening of December 17, @东方甄选 released a live broadcast trailer saying that Yu Minhong and Dong Yuhui will start broadcasting in the live broadcast room of Douyin Oriental Selection at 20 o'clock on the evening of December 18. The promotional map shows that Yu Minhong is the "founder of New Oriental and CEO of Oriental Selection", and Dong Yuhui is "Senior Partner of Oriental Selection".
Li Bin, CEO of Weilai, personally broadcast the battery life test: netizens questioned that the speed of the car was too slow in order to save electricity
On the morning of December 17, it was reported that Li Bin, CEO of Weilai, drove today to test the endurance performance of the first 150-degree battery pack. According to NIO, the battery cells used in this battery are independently developed by NIO, with an energy density of 360wh kg, and are expected to be mass-produced in April next year.
Li Bin said: The 150-degree battery was tested internally from Kunming to Beihai, and it ran 1,145 kilometers, setting a record for electric vehicles. However, some netizens questioned that the speed of the car on the highway in the test was too slow, which did not meet the normal driving situation, "I have watched it for a long time, and the speed is fixed at 90 kilometers per hour, which is the most energy-saving speed." Under normal circumstances, whoever will run at a speed of 90 on a high speed, the big truck is faster than you, okay. ”
Lenovo Wang Chuandong: AI application development will be subversively changed, and AI PC products should have five characteristics
Recently, the Intel Artificial Intelligence Innovation Application Competition was held. Wang Chuandong, Vice President of Lenovo Group and Chief Marketing Officer of Lenovo China, said: "Under the new AI PC ecosystem, combined with the support of local personal large models, natural language interaction and hybrid computing power, AI application development will undergo subversive changes. ”
Wang Chuandong pointed out that a real AI PC product should have five characteristics: first, it is embedded with personal agents to achieve multi-modal natural language interaction;The second is to embed a personal model consisting of a local model and a personalized local knowledge baseThe third is the local hybrid AI computing power of CPU + GPU + NPU as standardThe fourth is to connect to an open AI application ecosystemThe fifth is device-level protection of personal data and privacy.
Musk was revealed to have revealed his view of aliens: humans are likely to be the only conscious species in the galaxy
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, told the audience his views on aliens when attending an event in Italy on the 16th, saying that humans are likely to be the only conscious species in "this part of the galaxy", and compared human consciousness to "a small candle in the vast darkness".
Dong Yuhui, Yu Minhong, and Zhou Chenggang "drank a lot of wine" and looked forward to the future
On December 17, Zhou Chenggang, CEO of New Oriental Education and Technology Group, posted, "Last night at Mr. Yu's house, I drank a big wine with Yuhui, looking forward to the future development of New Oriental and Oriental Selection, two old men and one young man." And yesterday evening, Yu Minhong and Dong Yuhui had a live conversation and responded to the recent turmoil.
Meng Yutong's advertising revenue in just one year may reach 4 million
Recently, Dong Mingzhu said that because he saw Meng Yutong's diligence, he took the initiative to choose him as his secretary. But Meng Yutong's ability to work was soon questioned. Dong Mingzhu also disagrees with the choice of Internet celebrity. Dong Mingzhu believes that Meng Yutong has accumulated a group of fans through Gree. It has been previously reported that on Xiaohongshu, Meng Yutong's advertising content can reach 200,000 yuan**, and the data conversion is not bad, so it is estimated that his advertising revenue in just one year can reach 4 million yuan.
Xiaohongshu COO Conan: 70% of monthly active users have search behavior on Xiaohongshu
On December 17, Xiaohongshu COO Conan mentioned that nearly 70% of monthly active users currently have search behaviors on Xiaohongshu, and the first thing one-third of monthly active users do when they open Xiaohongshu is to go straight to search. Conan said that the usefulness, universality and richness of search have opened a door to the Xiaohongshu community for many users who are not necessarily native to Xiaohongshu. More and more new users are coming into contact with Xiaohongshu because of search.
Oriental Selection: Sun Dongxu's change in position reflects his recent mismanagement
Oriental Selection announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that the Board of Directors has resolved on December 16, 2023 to remove Mr. Sun Dongxu as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and remove him as an Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.
In light of the recent turmoil, Mr. Sun's change of position reflects his recent mismanagement of the Company's brand and reputationThe Board is of the view that Mr. Sun's resignation from these positions will better safeguard the interests of the shareholders of the Company and allow more experienced Directors to take over the day-to-day management of the Company. The Board has appointed Mr. Yu Minhong as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Company with immediate effect.
Company movements
185 non-bank payment institutions welcomed the new regulations, and Alipay, WeChat, Douyin and other payment institutions spoke out as soon as possible
Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Non-bank Payment Institutions was officially announced on the 17th. Feng Qiao, deputy general manager of Alipay, said that Alipay will further strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of financial consumers, insist on incorporating financial consumer protection into corporate governance, corporate culture and business strategy, and solidly improve the level of financial consumer protection. Zheng Haojian, general manager of Tenpay, said that in the future, Tenpay will adhere to the purpose of small amount and convenience for the people, focus on its main business, improve services, better meet the payment and settlement needs of users, continuously improve the quality and efficiency of serving the real economy, and inject more value and vitality into the high-quality development of the economy and society. The relevant person in charge of Hezhong Yibao, a payment institution under Douyin Group, said that it will uphold the principles of win-win cooperation, inclusiveness and openness, and strengthen cooperation with banking financial institutions, clearing institutions and other non-bank payment institutions to promote mutual benefit and win-win results and healthy competition in the industry.
The number of Dongfang selection rebroadcasts exceeded 100,000, ranking first in the total list of goods
Due to the "small composition" turmoil in the past few days, on December 16, Oriental Reserve announced that it would stop broadcasting for a day and thought about it behind closed doors. On the 17th, Dongfang Selection resumed live broadcast, with more than 100,000 people, ranking first in the total list of goods.
ByteDance announced that "OpenAI services are banned" to clarify: In the next few days, a comprehensive investigation will be conducted again to ensure compliance with the terms
Recently, some foreign media reported that ByteDance is using OpenAI technology to develop its own large language model, which violates OpenAI's terms of service.
In response, the relevant person in charge of ByteDance responded that the company emphasized that it must comply with its terms of use when using OpenAI-related services. We are also in contact with OpenAI to clarify possible misunderstandings caused by external reports.
OpenAI will train ChatGPT with news data
OpenAI has announced a global partnership with Politico, Business Insider's parent company, Axel Springer Press, to strengthen independent journalism in the AI era. ChatGPT users will receive a selection of global news content summaries from the Axel Springer** brand, including other paid content. ChatGPT's answers to users will include a link to the full article for transparency and more information. At the same time, OpenAI will use its global news content to train ChatGPT.
Xpeng Motors: Ali is still the second largest shareholder of the company as it executes its investment monetization strategy
According to Blue Whale Finance, in response to the matter of "Alibaba** part of Xiaopeng Motors' equity", Xiaopeng Motors responded today that Ali** is implementing the strategy of returning shareholders to shareholders by investing in the external communication of its Q3 quarterly report, rather than because of a change in perception of Xiaopeng.
Since then, Alibaba has remained the second largest shareholder of Xpeng, holding about 8% of the shares, and will continue to carry out in-depth strategic cooperation with Xpeng Motors in cloud computing and other fields. In addition, Xpeng emphasized that it has established a strategic cooperation with Volkswagen this year, and Volkswagen is currently the third largest shareholder of Xpeng. Xpeng currently has more than 40 billion yuan of cash on hand, and its positive free cash flow in the second half of the year reached billions of yuan, with abundant cash and a significant improvement in cash flow.
Maimai cancelled the breakfast and dinner allowance benefits, and lowered the provident fund contribution ratio to 5%.
Recently, many users who have been certified as "Maimai employees" broke the news on social platforms that Maimai has reduced the proportion of provident fund contributions from 12% to 5%. Some employees also said that Maimai issued an all-staff letter on Friday to inform them of the incident. According to the news of the whip bull, in addition to the adjustment of the provident fund, another adjustment is to cancel the free meals and related subsidies in the morning, noon and evening from next Monday.
eHi Car Rental and FAW Toyota have entered into a strategic partnership
It was learned from eHi Car Rental that the company recently reached a strategic partnership with FAW Toyota. The two parties will carry out in-depth cooperation in new car sales, second-hand car circulation, after-sales maintenance, auto finance, brand linkage, membership marketing and other fields. FAW Toyota will successively deliver best-selling models including Asian Dragon, Asian Lion, Rongfang, Corolla, Lufang, Grevia and other best-selling models to eHi Car Rental, which is expected to inject strong vitality into the upcoming Spring Festival car rental market.
ChatGPT was selected as one of the top 10 scientific figures of the year by Nature, the first non-human entity
The prestigious scientific journal Nature has released the Top 10 People of the Year 2023, which aims to recognize individuals who have made important contributions to the field of science and brought attention to key issues. Unlike previous ones, this year's Nature's 10 included ChatGPT, a large language model, for the first time ever, a computer program made the cut.
Luo Yonghao commented on the Dong Yuhui incident