On December 16, Yu Minhong, chairman and CEO of Dongfang Selection, issued an apology letter through Dongfang Selection's Douyin account:
Recently, due to the problem of online public opinion, Dongfang Selection's live broadcast room has used an inappropriate way to block some netizens and friends who have put forward opinions and suggestions, which is an extremely inappropriate practice. I have made severe criticisms of this mistake and apologize to the majority of netizens for this matter! The netizens who have been blocked have all been dismissed, and you are welcome to continue to put forward constructive opinions and criticisms on the development of Dongfang Selection. I believe that we will build Dongfang Selection better! Thank you for your tolerance and support!
Yu Minhong's apology letter Source: Dongfang Selection Douyin account
According to surging news reports, on December 16, a video clip posted by a netizen showed that Tianquan, the anchor of Dongfang Selection, said that "people who brush the advent period can't afford to buy egg yolk crisp today's salary", which caused controversy.
Tianquan said during the live broadcast that before the fans in the live broadcast room were closed or blocked, buying another order would be equivalent to doubling the damage to us. He said that he admired that netizens were literate and set up so many blocking words, but they were still able to change their ways. He also said that he is a person who is not afraid of big things, and he broadcasts with anyone in this style.
On December 16th, Dongfang Selection's official Douyin account updated its profile, announcing that it would be temporarily suspended for the day: "I have thought about it behind closed doors, please criticize!" Mr. Yu is leading everyone to review. The broadcast will start on time on December 17th, thank you for your love and tolerance!"
On the afternoon of December 16, the official account of Dongfang Selection issued an apology statement, apologizing for the inappropriate remarks made by the anchor Tianquan during the live broadcast on the evening of December 15. Dongfang Selection decided that the anchor Tianquan stopped live broadcasting for 3 months and severely criticized him.
According to the Beijing Evening News, previously, the "war of words" between the editor of Dongfang Selection and the core anchor Dong Yuhui's fans continued to ferment into a huge storm of public opinion, although Yu Minhong and Sun Dongxu apologized one after another, but the relevant impact is still continuing.
As of press time, the number of fans in the Dongfang Selection live broadcast room continued to decline, and the number of fans fell from 31.086 million on the 12th to 28.438 million. Dong Yuhui's personal account rose from 13.066 million on the 12th to 18.763 million.
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China Women's Daily, China Women's Movement
Source/China Youth Daily, Beijing Evening News WeChat public account, @东方甄选, surging news editor-in-charge/Chen Xiaobing's review/Yifan producer/Zhifei