On January 31, Gree Electric told the reporter of Nandu Bay Finance Society that for a period of time, Gong Wenxiang, Fu Sheng and "Make a Friend - Luo Shi", "Broken Papers", "Entertainment Guapi", "Sean Play Digital", "Xiaoliang Music" and other self-media insulted and defamed companies and executives, after the public security organs filed a case and investigated, Gree Electric Appliances has received the relevant punishment decision, and these self-media parties have been fined or detained by the public security organs.
Gree Electric said, "Freedom of speech is the basic right of citizens, but speech must abide by the law and the bottom line of morality. The network is not a place outside the law, a healthy cyberspace needs to be jointly maintained by the whole society, and Gree Electric will resolutely defend its legitimate rights and interests in accordance with the law!"
A reporter from Nandu Bay Finance Society previously reported that there were rumors on social platforms that Dong Mingzhu, chairman and president of Gree Electric Appliances, and Wang Ziru, the "person in charge of the channel reform project" of Gree Electric Appliances, were in love.
At the beginning of 2023, there has been news on social platforms that Dong Mingzhu, chairman and president of Gree Electric Appliances, is in love with a post-85 male executive of his company, which originated from a screenshot posted on the Internet by big V Gong Wenxiang. In February 2023, Dong Mingzhu took the initiative to mention and reprimanded in an interview with a reporter from Nandu Bay Finance Society and other media: "Low-level, obscene, boring!
And in March 2023, Big V Gong Wenxiang apologized to Dong Mingzhu, chairman and president of Gree Electric Appliances, for his previous remarks in the Southern Metropolis Daily. Gong Wenxiang said in his apology statement that he made a distorted remark about Ms. Dong Mingzhu's private life on Toutiao on February 26, which was widely disseminated and objectively damaged Ms. Dong's reputation. "I deeply regret and am deeply sorry for Ms. Dong, and the newspaper said that I apologized publicly and sincerely repented to Ms. Dong, and hoped to obtain Ms. Dong's forgiveness. In the future, I will take this as a lesson and be a self-media person with three positive views. Gong Wenxiang said in a statement.
In November 2023, Gree Electric responded to a reporter from Nandu Bay Finance Society: "In order to obtain traffic, many self-media have maliciously edited relevant videos and used vulgar and obscene words to insult and slander company executives, Gree Electric has reported to the public security organs, and the public security organs have accepted and filed the case." ”
In the TV program at that time, Dong Mingzhu once responded to this, saying, "I don't even watch it, I don't think it matters." ”
On January 31, Gree Electric said, "Freedom of speech is the basic right of citizens, but speech must abide by the law and the bottom line of morality." The network is not a place outside the law, a healthy cyberspace needs to be jointly maintained by the whole society, and Gree Electric will resolutely defend its legitimate rights and interests in accordance with the law!"
It is worth mentioning that Gree Electric recently released its 2023 annual performance forecast, which is expected to achieve a total operating income of between 205 billion yuan and 210 billion yuan in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 7.8% to 10.4%, and a net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company is expected to be between 27 billion yuan and 29.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.2% to 19.6%; It is expected that the net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company after deducting non-recurring gains and losses will be between 26.1 billion yuan and 27.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.8% to 15.9%, and the basic earnings per share is expected to be between 4.82 yuan and 5.23 yuan per share, a year-on-year increase of 8.8% to 18.1%.
At the event on January 28, Dong Mingzhu said that the profit of Gree Electric Appliances in 2023 will be about 29 billion. This means that the net profit of Gree Electric in 2023 is almost the top figure in the performance forecast. Dong Mingzhu said that in 2023, Gree Electric will pay about 17.6 billion yuan in taxes, "creating a record high", and hopes to pay more than 20 billion yuan in taxes in 2024. Since 2012, Gree Electric has achieved revenue of 1,876.7 billion yuan, a cumulative net profit of 230.4 billion yuan, and a cumulative tax payment of 153.44 billion yuan.
In addition, on the same day, Dong Mingzhu also announced that he would issue an additional 200 million year-end bonuses, and the reporter of Nandu Bay Finance Society noticed that this content was on the hot search again.
On January 31, it was reported on the Internet that Dong Mingzhu, chairman of Gree Electric Appliances, announced that the additional 200 million year-end bonus to employees was not cash, but deducted with Gree G3 mobile phone. In this regard, Gree Electric said that this is fake news, and the extra 200 million bonus is not deducted with G3 mobile phones, but is a real year-end bonus. In addition, the year-end bonus is not issued in the form of points.
On the same day, a Gree insider told a reporter from Nandu Bay Finance Society that the additional 200 million yuan year-end bonus has not yet been implemented, and the relevant plans are still being arranged.
Written by: Nandu Bay Finance Society reporter Kong Xueshao