Today's headlines
The two offices issued a document!All units are encouraged to arrange for employees to rest on Chinese New Year's Eve
Recently, the General Office of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the Communist Party of China issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Relevant Work During the Spring Festival on New Year's Day in 2024". The notice pointed out that the special winter action on wage arrears should be carried out in a solid manner, and the illegal acts of arrears of wages for migrant workers should be dealt with in accordance with the law, so as to protect the legitimate rights and interests of migrant workers. All units are encouraged to combine the implementation of paid annual leave and other systems, and arrange for employees to rest on Chinese New Year's Eve.
Strictly implement the free passage policy for small passenger cars during the Spring Festival holiday, strengthen the diversion and control of congested road sections, and effectively alleviate the traffic pressure on high-traffic sections of expressways. Increase the supervision of key areas of people's livelihood such as catering and accommodation, scenic spot tickets, and parking lot fees, and promptly investigate and deal with illegal acts such as price gouging, collusion to increase prices, and fraud. (Xinhua News Agency).
A number of national joint-stock banks have lowered their deposit rates
Following the six major commercial banks, including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Agricultural Bank of China, the Bank of China, the Construction Bank of China, the Bank of Communications, and the Postal Savings Bank, a number of national joint-stock banks announced that they will reduce the listed interest rates on RMB deposits from December 25. The banks that have lowered the listed interest rate of RMB deposits since the 25th include: China CITIC Bank, Ping An Bank, China Everbright Bank, Minsheng Bank, Guangfa Bank, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Zheshang Bank, Industrial Bank, Hengfeng Bank, Huaxia Bank, Bohai Bank, plus China Merchants Bank, which has been lowered before, and 12 national joint-stock banks have all lowered the listed interest rate of RMB deposits. (CCTV news client).
The Shanghai Bureau of Culture and Tourism responded again*** was questioned about lip-syncing: it is still under investigation
According to Jiupai News**, on December 1, the blogger "Acoustics" publicly reported to the China Consumers Association that the concert was false-singing, and the "false-singing turmoil" attracted widespread attention. On December 25, a staff member of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism said that the matter was still under investigation and that "conclusions cannot be drawn lightly." It said that if there are investigation results, they will be released as soon as possible.
On December 4, the law enforcement team of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism responded to **, saying, "The original ** and audio of the Shanghai concert have been submitted to the law enforcement team of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, and the content of the audio ** provided will be scientifically evaluated and analyzed, and the results of the investigation will be announced." The Law Enforcement Corps of the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism has requested the organizers to cooperate with the investigation in accordance with the relevant regulations, and will respond to the concerns of netizens in a timely manner after the relevant situation is verified in accordance with the law. (Jiupai News).
Company dynamics
**Announcement of the top 10 products of 2023
On December 25th, ** announced the annual products that can best represent the national memory in 2023, including Sauce Latte, Zhuozhou Book Cheer Pack, "Einstein's Brain", Concert Customized Light Signs, Horse Face Skirts, Cave Shoes, "Linglong No. 1" Nuclear Power Banks, Plum Sauce, Coenzyme Q10, and "The Art of War", a total of ten products were selected. Among them, "Einstein's Brain" became the first virtual commodity to be selected as the product of the year, representing the consumption preferences of a new generation of young people for emotional value and self-healing needs.
Tesla has denied that it will sell cars on JD.com
Jingdong's official Weibo released a promotional poster on the 25th with the text "See you on December 31st" and @Tesla's official Weibo, Tesla's official Weibo commented "See you on December 31", and it is reported that the two companies are suspected of officially announcing that JD.com has launched Tesla car ordering services. A Tesla official denied the above rumors to reporters, saying that the cooperation is not a business related to car sales. (Sino-Singapore Jingwei).
Byte launched an offline car maintenance business
On December 25th, it was reported that Byte's Knowing Car Emperor ** took the form of authorized store cooperation to launch the offline car maintenance business "Understand Car Maintenance", and opened a store in Chongqing in cooperation with local stores, which is also the first time that Knowing Car Emperor has entered the offline car maintenance bureau.
Before Byte entered the game, Alibaba, JD.com, and Didi, which are also Internet platforms, have launched offline car maintenance businesses "Tmall Car Maintenance", "Beijing Car Club" and "Xiaoju Car Service", all of which have offline stores. In March this year, the 2023 Tmall Car Franchisee Conference was held in Huzhou, Zhejiang, at which the 3rd anniversary answer sheet was handed over: 1,900 stores were opened nationwide. According to data reported by China.com Technology, JD.com's "Beijing Auto Club" has opened more than 1,400 stores in 163 cities across the country.
Douyin internal test "AI search" function?The relevant person in charge of Douyin responded
On December 25, a news that "Douyin tests the 'AI search' function, and can summarize the answer from the intelligent search of the Douyin app" sparked heated discussions on the Internet. In this regard, the relevant person in charge of Douyin said that the relevant functions are still being tested and are not yet mature. (CSI Taurus).
Tencent adjusted the organizational structure of WeChat Pay and ** account, and subsequently increased investment in live streaming
On December 15, a number of people familiar with the matter reported that the WeChat account is increasing its resource investment in live broadcasting, and for this reason, the organizational structure of the two teams of WeChat Pay and ** has been adjusted.
People familiar with the matter said that the main thing is to open up WeChat payment and ** number, and the two teams work together. One of the people familiar with the matter said that the adjustment began around this year's Double 11, and the idea of the adjustment is that more resources will be invested in live streaming in the later stage. (Science and Technology Innovation Board**).
NetEase: It did not respond to rumors of a re-cooperation with Blizzard
On December 25, in response to rumors on the Internet that NetEase and Blizzard may re-cooperate, NetEase said it would not respond. A person close to the company said that NetEase's previous team responsible for operating Blizzard's national server has been disbanded this year, and it is unlikely that the team will be reorganized for Blizzard in a short period of time. (China Securities Network).
Hundreds of domestic games have been approved!Issued by the National Press and Publication Administration
On December 25, the National Press and Publication Administration released the "Approval Information for Domestic Online Games in December 2023", with a total of 105 products passing the review, and the number of single approvals exceeded 100 for the first time. The games that have passed the review include Tencent's "Counter War: Future", NetEase's "Firefly Assault", XD's "Heartbeat Town", Ladder Network's "Aura Star 2", Xishanju's "East: Plain Solitary Hung", etc.
In this regard, the Game Working Committee of the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association issued a document on the official WeChat on the 25th, saying that this strongly demonstrates the clear attitude of the competent authorities to actively support the development of online games. (per synthesis).
The chairmen of a number of game companies announced buybacks
On December 25, a number of game companies issued announcements announcing their plans to repurchase the company's shares
Perfect World: The actual controller and chairman of the company proposed to repurchase shares for 100 million yuan to 200 million yuan.
Gigabit: The chairman proposed to repurchase shares for 50 million yuan to 100 million yuan.
Sanqi Mutual Entertainment: Chairman Li Weiwei plans to repurchase 100 million yuan to 200 million yuan of the company's shares.
Giant Network: Chairman Shi Yuzhu proposed to repurchase 100 million yuan to 200 million yuan of shares.
Chinese Media: It is proposed to repurchase shares for 50 million yuan to 100 million yuan.
Dong Yuhui's new company was established, and the legal representative of the holding company behind it was Sun Dongxu
On December 25, Tianyancha showed that recently, Youhui Peer (Beijing) Technology was established with a registered capital of 10 million yuan, Dong Yuhui is the legal representative, executive director and manager, and Yu Minhong is the supervisor. It can be seen from the equity penetration that Youhui Peer (Beijing) Technology is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Beijing New Oriental Xuncheng Network Technology. Sun Dongxu serves as the legal representative, director, manager and other positions of Beijing New Oriental Xuncheng Network Technology.
Xingyin** responded to the rumors of disguised layoffs and the establishment of a reemployment center for employees to "return to the furnace and rebuild".
Recently, there has been news on the Internet that "the public offering ** industry has been cleared, and it is rumored that a certain ** has been laid off in disguise", and attached a screenshot of the chat said, "A company has set up a reemployment center, the purpose is to put some employees who do not perform well into the furnace to rebuild, and only the minimum wage in Shanghai will be paid during the reengineering period, and the first batch of lists has 5 ** managers and 3 researchers", and named Xingyin**.
In this regard, Xingyin** said that the company has not established the rumored reemployment center, nor has it had the rumored assessment method. (Red Star News).
Evergrande Real Estate was forced to hold 2.8 billion
Recently, Evergrande Real Estate Group, Evergrande Real Estate Group (Shenzhen), etc., has added a new information on the person subject to execution, and the execution target is about 282.3 billion yuan, and the enforcement court is the Intermediate People's Court of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. According to the risk information, there are currently more than 400 pieces of information on the person subject to execution in Evergrande Real Estate Group, with a total amount of more than 54 billion yuan.
McDonald's responded to the price increase across the board on the 27th
Recently, McDonald's was revealed to be raising prices of its main products across the board on December 27. In this regard, on the afternoon of December 25, McDonald's official customer service responded to Yicai that from December 27, some single products and ** began to be adjusted, and the price was clearly marked, which would be announced on various ordering channels.
As for the reason for the price increase, the other party said: "Combined with the changes in operating costs, we regularly evaluate and adjust the ** structure. ”
Zheng Shuang did not fulfill 90.5 million, the court officially announced!
According to the official website of the Shanghai High People's Court, recently, the Shanghai Songjiang District People's Court served an announcement to Zheng Shuang in accordance with the law: due to the failure to perform the obligations determined by the civil judgment, Haining Dongkai Star Film and Television Investment has applied to the court for enforcement, and the enforcement notice, property reporting order, and legal documents made in the future enforcement are hereby served, such as the consumption restriction order, inclusion in the list of dishonest judgment defaulters, restrictions on leaving the country, etc., sealing, seizure, freezing, detaining, withholding, extraction, auction, Rulings such as sales, as well as legal documents such as appraisal reports.
In addition, according to the Qichacha app, previously, the case of Zhejiang Haining Dongkai Star Film and Television Investment *** and Zheng Shuang's service contract dispute updated the information of the person subject to execution, and Zheng Shuang was forced to pay 90.5 million yuan by the Shanghai Songjiang District People's Court. (per synthesis).
Self-service lottery machines in many places across the country were stopped,Zhongfucai responded to the suspension of self-service lottery machines
According to Oriental Finance,Recently, some netizens found that self-service lottery machines are successively stopping lottery sales and prize redemption business. The reporter inquired about the official customer service of the lottery,The other party said,"In order to promote the development of the lottery market security norms,According to the relevant policy requirements,The fucai center decided to stop using human-computer interaction self-service methods to obtain lottery self-service equipment in the country. ”
The other party also said that the self-service lottery machines are being closed one after another, but there is no specific time point for all to be closed.
OpenAI unveils plans for 2024
Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, announced his plans for 2024 on the social platform X, which are AGI (a little later), GPT-5, better voice models, and higher rate limitsBetter GPTS;Better reasoning;Control over the degree of arousal behavior;**Models;Personalization;Browse better;Among them, open source will be the goal of OpenAI in 2024.
On December 24, according to foreign media reports, people familiar with the matter said that OpenAI intends to conduct a new round of financing at a valuation level of no less than $100 billion, and relevant negotiations are in the early stages and may still change. OpenAI has also partnered with Abu Dhabi-based technology company G42** to raise a capital for the formation of a new chip company. OpenAI discussed raising $8 billion to $10 billion from G42, but it is unclear whether the chip company financing is related to OpenAI's new round of financing. (National Business Daily).
Ask 10 questions to ChatGPT or consume half a liter of water
According to CCTV Finance on December 25, if you ask 10 to 50 questions to ChatGPT, you may consume 500 ml of water. This is because training and running large AI models requires a lot of water to cool the server. In 2022, Google used 21.2 billion litres of water, the equivalent of 8,500 Olympic-sized pools. Data shows that the computing power required for AI is now doubling every 100 days, and may increase by more than a million times in the next five years.
In response to the taxi shortage, Japan will lift the ban on online car-hailing
According to Beijing Business Daily, starting in April next year, Japan** will allow ride-hailing services to operate in specific areas and time slots to alleviate the shortage of taxi drivers in Japan. According to reports, the new rules allow drivers with regular driver's licenses to pick up passengers in private cars for a fee during periods and areas when there is a shortage of taxis, on the condition that they are subject to the management of taxi companies. At that time, mobile ride-hailing software and wireless dispatch data will be used to determine the areas and time slots where taxis are not in stock. In order to ensure safety, taxi companies will be responsible for the maintenance of vehicles and will only be able to operate private car services with permission from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
According to data released by Japan's ** Tourism Bureau, the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan exceeded the 20 million mark again after four years from January to November this year. Against this backdrop, Japan is increasingly exposing the difficulty of taxis in tourist destinations.
Character point of view
Yu Minhong said that he would not ask Dong Yuhui to pay back the house money
Recently, in the live broadcast room, Yu Minhong said: "Yuhui needs a sum of money in his life, and at that time, the company really couldn't give him this fee immediately no matter what it was, and finally I said to Yuhui 'I'll give you this money first', and repeatedly told him that this money was for him." Yuhui is more benevolent and righteous, and now I still want to return this money to me, and now I make a statement in front of all netizens, this money is used as a support for Yuhui, and I will not ask him to return it in the future, I am completely worthy of my conscience. (Boss hookup).
Officer Lei announced the Xiaomi automotive technology conference
On December 25, Lei Jun posted, "Today is the 1000th day of Xiaomi's announcement of the official car, and we officially announced that we will hold a Xiaomi automotive technology conference on December 28." This time, only the technology, not the product. Lei Jun said that it has been 1,000 days since Xiaomi's official announcement of building a car, and many people asked him "why is Xiaomi so slow to build a car", and some friends said, "I heard that electric cars are very easy to build, and a small company with two or three hundred people can get out of the car in less than two years." In this regard, he replied that it is indeed not difficult to save a car today. It is to find a benchmark car, do reverse engineering, change the appearance, and it will be completed soon. "But with 200 new cars released on the market every year today, do you need Xiaomi to save another one?”
Lei Jun said, "The development trend of smart electric vehicles is the integration of the first and the consumer electronics industry and the intelligent ecology, and Xiaomi Auto will comprehensively redefine the technology stack, which will be a major leap forward in the field of technology." This technology conference will be a culmination of Xiaomi's technology accumulation in the past 13 years. (Lei Jun WeChat***.)
The founder of Daohuaxiang passed away
At noon on December 25, the reporter confirmed from relevant people of Hubei Daohuaxiang Group that Cai Hongzhu, the founder of Daohuaxiang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Daohuaxiang Group and lifelong honorary chairman, died of illness on December 24 at the age of 72. At present, the official website of Daohuaxiang Group has been changed to black and white.
According to the data, Cai Hongzhu was born in October 1951 and is a well-known entrepreneur in Yichang, Hubei. He started from scratch and single-handedly founded the "Daohuaxiang" liquor industry, creating a large-scale enterprise group with liquor as the main business, supplemented by logistics, supporting facilities and cultural tourism, and aggregating "one main and three auxiliary" industrial clusters.
In the recently released list of "2023 China's Top 500 Private Enterprises", Daohuaxiang Group won with 605With an operating income of 212.8 billion yuan, it ranks 180th in the country, ranks fourth in Hubei Province, and is also the only private enterprise in Yichang, Hubei Province. (Jimu News).
Teacher Peach responded that she earned 1,000 yuan per live broadcast
According to the decision of the west, on December 25th, the income of Mr. Dig Peach was only 1,000 yuan per live broadcast and rushed to the hot search, in response, the party concerned issued a response: Thank you for your attention, about the question "whether it is 1000 yuan per live broadcast" is to reply to some netizens who commented that I had a live broadcast of "hundreds of thousands" of yuan I started in October, only four times a month, and I have not broadcast it again due to physical reasons, I wish you all health and happiness, and thank you again to my friends who like me.
Apple executives talk about the chip business: the ownership of key technologies is the biggest change in 20 years
On December 23, Johny Srouji, Apple's senior vice president of hardware technology, and John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineering, talked about Apple's chip business in an interview, and Ternus believes that in the past 20 years, one of the biggest changes in Apple's products has been the introduction of chip and component designs inside, most importantly our own chips.
Srouji added that the combination of the hardware team, the chip design team, and the software team creates a unique working relationship that allows Apple to build "integrated products that are fully optimized for the product" in a timely manner. (Finance Associated Press).
Capital Insights
Xiaohongshu refutes rumors that it will be listed in Hong Kong
Recently, according to Bloomberg, Xiaohongshu may achieve a net profit of about 500 million US dollars (about 3.5 billion yuan) this year, much higher than the company's own expected net profit of 50 million US dollars at the beginning of this year. According to the "IPO Early Know" report, Xiaohongshu may be listed in Hong Kong in the second half of 2024 at the earliest.
On December 25, Xiaohongshu responded to reporters that the company currently has no listing plan. (Interface News).
British tycoons spent 9.3 billion yuan to buy Manchester United
According to CCTV Finance, in the early morning of December 25 local time, Manchester United issued an official announcement saying that it had reached an acquisition agreement with Jim Ratcliffe, chairman of INEOS Group, and Ratcliffe would acquire 25% of Manchester United's shares. It is understood that Ratcliffe is not only a global chemical giant, but also the top richest man in the UK.
The total price of the acquisition is about US$1.3 billion (about 9.3 billion yuan), the announcement said.
"Kossel Medical" completed a Series B financing of over 100 million yuan
Recently, "Kossel Medical" has completed a B round of financing of more than 100 million yuan. This round of financing was led by Dachen Caizhi, followed by Su Venture Capital, Guofa Venture Capital, Su Gaoxin Co., Ltd. and Medpark. This round of financing will help the company deepen the platform and international layout of vascular intervention, enrich the product pipeline, expand the production base and attract outstanding talents.
"Boonray Technology" completed B1 financing of over 100 million yuan
It is reported that "Boonray Technology" recently completed a B1 round of financing of over 100 million yuan, which was jointly invested by Jiuzhi Capital, Jinshui Lake Venture Capital and Rongxi Venture Capital. This round of financing will be used to develop new energy vehicles and intelligent electronic control systems suitable for large transportation distances and large capacities, and create a regional model to enter more mining fields.
"Autoagents" completed tens of millions of yuan in angel round financing
Recently, "autoagentsAI (Future Intelligence)" completed an angel round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, led by Sinovation Works, followed by Gongqingcheng Qixi Investment. The funds from this round of financing are mainly used for product research and development, market expansion and team expansion.
"Wushuang Theone" completed a 5 million angel round of financing
It is reported that "Wushuang theone" has completed an angel round of financing of 5 million yuan, the investor has not disclosed, this round of financing is mainly used for product research and development, design, marketing, etc. According to reports, THEONE is a light skin care brand that focuses on the exclusive patented preparation technology ingredient "Cellular Phospholipid Complex Extract".
Technology forward-looking
Huawei nova 12 series phones will be released
The Huawei nova 12 Pro series will be released on December 26 at 14:30 and will be equipped with 15K OLED dual-hole curved screen + super ceramic crystal glass, the front dual camera is 60MP+2X zoom, and the rear outsole variable aperture main camera is 50MP 1 155", which supports two-way satellite communication.
The Huawei nova series has always been loved by young people with its stylish appearance and excellent performance. The nova12 series of mobile phones released this time has attracted more than 1 million people to make reservations with its strong photo capabilities, excellent performance and long battery life. Huawei's mobile phone sales are growing, and the industry chain is expected to benefit.
Robot in charge: The world's first fully automated AI restaurant will open
The world's first restaurant to be handled by robots and artificial intelligence to handle orders and food is about to open in Southern California, USA, and the restaurant, called "CaliExpress by Flippy", will be helmed by a robot chef and disrupt the traditional dining model. Flippy is the world's first AI-powered frying robot developed by Miso Robotics, specializing in burgers, cheeseburgers, and fries cooking.
The company claims that Flippy can work side-by-side with human chefs to improve the quality and consistency of dishes while saving the restaurant considerable costs. The addition of Flippy also improves kitchen safety, reduces slips and burns, and reduces food waste by precisely controlling the amount of ingredients used. (Economic Observer).