Whip Bull Evening News: Daniel Zhang resigned as a director of Weibo; New Oriental said that Yu Minhong's personal views do not represent the company

Editor's note: Whiplash will take stock of the important events that occurred today in the form of evening newspapers, covering the international and domestic science and technology Internet, and delivering industry information to practitioners and users in the technology industry.

—— Domestic Developments ——

1. New Oriental: Yu Minhong's personal blog post does not represent the views of the company

In response to Yu Minhong's response to "New Oriental's dismissal of 60,000 employees", New Oriental issued an announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange today: The company's board of directors has noted a number of recent media reports about the company, including quoting Yu Minhong's personal blog post published on "Old Yu Gossip" since January 8, 2022, about the company's business and financial performance. The Company hereby reminds its shareholders and investors that such media publications are not authorised by the Company and do not represent the views of the Company.

2. Tesla sold 70,847 vehicles in China in December

According to the China automobile sales data of the Association of Automobiles, Tesla delivered 70,847 vehicles in December, breaking into the camp of 70,000 monthly sales of pure electric vehicles. In 2021, Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory deliveries reached 484,130 units, an increase of 235% year-on-year, accounting for 51.7% of Tesla's global deliveries.

3. Tencent Conference released new features, and the number of active users of Enterprise WeChat was 180 million

Today, at the enterprise WeChat 2022 new product launch conference, Qian Min, general manager of Tencent Cloud Tencent Conference Product Center, announced the new features of Tencent Meeting: before the meeting, you can directly initiate the meeting; during the meeting, you can hold a meeting with the external software of the enterprise, and add functions such as beauty filters and virtual backgrounds; after the meeting, the conference video can be recorded and shared, and the audio and video content can be transferred to text. In addition, Huang Tieming, vice president of the WeChat business group, released the latest data of the enterprise WeChat: the number of active users is 180 million, the number of real enterprises and organizations is 10 million, and the number of WeChat activities of the enterprise WeChat service is 500 million.

4. Zhang Bo stepped down as the chairman of Didi Pay

According to the Tianyancha App, yesterday, Beijing Didi Payment Technology Co., Ltd. underwent industrial and commercial changes, and Zhang Bo, CTO of Didi Chuxing, stepped down as the chairman of the company.

5. Daniel Zhang, chairman of alibaba's board of directors, resigned as a director of Weibo

Yesterday, Weibo announced that Daniel Zhang resigned from the company's board of directors and took effect on January 10, 2022. At the same time, Weibo announced that Dong Benhong had been appointed as a director of the company, effective January 10. According to the announcement, Dong Benhong is currently the chief marketing officer of Alibaba Group.

6. The verdict of the Jiang Ge case in the first instance has enabled people to realize their moral expectations for the judiciary

On January 10, Jiang Ge's mother Jiang Qiulian v. Liu Xin (later renamed Liu Nuanxi) was pronounced in the first instance, and the court ordered Liu Xin to compensate Jiang Mu for various economic losses and mental damage of 696,000 yuan. Some legal experts pointed out that the content of this judgment reflects that the court is committed to protecting social morality while pursuing legal justice.

7. Evergrande relocated, and the signboard of the Shenzhen headquarters building has been demolished with the word "Heng"

According to the Securities Times, yesterday afternoon, a reporter went to the location of evergrande group's shenzhen headquarters and saw that the "Evergrande Group" signboard at the top of the office building was being demolished. According to the property, Evergrande had withdrawn its lease from the building at the end of December last year. In this regard, Evergrande Group issued an announcement that in order to save costs, the company handled the lease withdrawal procedures of Excellence Houhai Center in December 2021 and relocated to its own property office in Shenzhen. The place of incorporation of the company has not changed, and it is still in Shenzhen.

8. Huawei's moon shooting patent is authorized, which can automatically identify and focus on the moon

Today, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. was granted a patent for "a method and electronic device for photographing the moon." This method automatically recognizes the moon in the preview interface and enters the moon shooting mode, and the autofocus makes the preview interface display a clearly contoured image of the moon.

9. Hou Deyang, vice president of Tencent Music Entertainment Group, left his post, and the international business was responsible for CEO Liang Zhu

According to Interface News, Hou Deyang, the current vice president of Tencent Music Entertainment Group, is about to resign due to personal reasons, and the international business he is responsible for is personally responsible for by Liang Zhu, CEO of Tencent Music Entertainment Group.

10. Honor officially released the first folding screen mobile phone MagicV

Yesterday, Zhao Ming, CEO of Honor Terminal, officially released its first folding screen mobile phone MagicV, which is equipped with a new generation of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 processor Snapdragon 8 Gen1, that is, 4nm chip, is also the first folding screen mobile phone equipped with 4nm chip on the market, while MagicV mobile phones are only 14.3mm, which is the thinnest folding screen mobile phone on the market.

—— International News ——

1. Nestlé implements parental leave for male employees

According to Nestlé China's official WeChat public account announced yesterday, the Nestlé Greater China Childcare Support Policy will be implemented from 1 January 2022. The policy provides that male employees in Nestlé Greater China are entitled to 18 or 4 weeks of full-pay parental support leave as first or second dependents. The first dependent may apply for parental support leave of up to 6 months. Adoptive parents can also be the first or second dependent and enjoy the same parenting support leave policy.

2) Apple submitted a plan to South Korean regulators that would allow third-party payment systems to appear in app stores

South Korea's telecom regulator said today that Apple has submitted plans to allow third-party payment systems into its app stores to comply with a new South Korean law that prohibits major app store operators from forcing software developers to use their payment systems.

3. The largest acquisition in the history of the game, GTA's parent company acquired Zynga for more than $11 billion

According to the surging news, the largest acquisition in the history of video games may be born. On January 10, local time, two well-known game listed companies Take-Two and Xingjia announced that they had reached an acquisition agreement, take-two to acquire Xingjia for more than 11 billion US dollars, and the transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of this year.

4, in 2021, Apple's App Store generated record revenue

According to Apple on Monday, it paid a total of $60 billion to software developers in 2021, and apple has paid a total of $260 billion to developers since the launch of the Apple App Store in 2008.

5. Foxconn's Indian factory may resume operations on the 12th: the number of employees is not more than 100, and it may take more than 2 months to fully resume production

Indian local government officials and lawmakers said Apple supplier Foxconn would reopen its iPhone manufacturing plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

6. In 2021, the revenue of 8 global mobile games will exceed 1 billion US dollars

According to Sensor Tower store intelligence data, the 8 mobile games led by Tencent's "PUBG mobile", "Glory of the King" and Miha's "Original God" ranked in the top three in the global App Store and Google Play with more than $1 billion in in-app purchase revenue in 2021, and the remaining five were: "Roblox" mobile terminal, Moon Active "Coin Master", Niantic "Pokémon GO", King", "Candy Crush Saga" and Garena," "Free Fire."