Recently, a self-media article entitled "New Oriental Online Course Donated to the National Digital Library can be viewed for free, Yu Minhong has always been a decent person" has aroused heated discussion on the Internet. The article said that "New Oriental, which lost 900 million yuan in huge losses, made a decision: to open 22398 hours of content online courses for free... These courses have been placed in the National Digital Library.
On January 26, events reversed.
According to the statement released by the official public account of the National Library, the National Library did not accept the "New Oriental Excellent Course" resources donated by any institution or individual, and the rumors were false information.
The National Library said it has never received donations from any institution or individual for the "New Oriental Elite Course" resources. The "New Oriental Multimedia Learning Library" resources currently provided on the website are commercial databases purchased in 2008, and since then, new course resources have been purchased successively according to the funding situation every year, and the services have been provided to the public free of charge. According to the agreement between the National Library of China and the database operator, Beijing New Oriental Xuncheng Network Technology Co., Ltd., the database only provides local area network and remote access services through the National Library, and cannot provide mobile (APP) services. In the process of using the database, the database operator has provided a short-term trial of resources such as "New Concept English Youth Edition" according to the negotiation between the two parties, and the operator will close the trial module service after the trial period expires. The National Library has purchased curriculum resources that have been provided with access services.
Guotu said that it deeply regretted the troubles caused by the false information on the Internet to the vast number of readers. Due to the false information on the Internet, the instantaneous access volume of our website and the National Digital Library APP has increased sharply, which has brought inconvenience to the normal access of readers, please understand.
On the evening of January 21, New Oriental-S (09901.HK) issued a profit warning saying that it expected to record a net loss of $800 million to $900 million for the six months ended November 30, 2021, compared with a profit of $229 million in the same period last year. New Oriental explained that this expected loss was mainly due to the significant adverse impact of the termination of business on the total revenue of the reporting period, and the significant additional costs incurred as a result.
On January 25, Yu Minhong, the founder of New Oriental, posted on his personal public account "Old Yu Gossip". The text mentioned: On the 21st, New Oriental's New Year Annual Meeting, it is worth leaving a stroke. A few years ago, when everyone was discussing the current state of disarray, whether to hold the New Year's Annual Meeting, I said it must be held. The more such moments, the more we have to show our optimism and determination to face the future. Because of the epidemic, the annual meeting can only be held online, and the personnel participating in person are limited to dozens of people at the headquarters, and tens of thousands of people in New Oriental across the country are drawn together. This year, we are tight on hand, and everyone is getting through the difficulties together, so the total amount of the lottery is not too much.
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