The founder of Zhong Xuegao said that selling sweet potatoes would also pay off debts; Nezha Daniel Zhang denied insinuating Lei Jun

Today's headlines

The 30th Anniversary Development Symposium of China's Internet was held in Beijing: continue to moderately advance the construction of 5G and gigabit optical networks, and plan the development of 6G and the next generation of Internet in a forward-looking manner

On April 20, the 30th Anniversary Development Symposium of China's Internet was held in Beijing. The meeting emphasized that at present, the new generation of information technology such as artificial intelligence is accelerating iterative innovation, and the strategic position of the Internet is more prominent, and the mission responsibility is more important. It is necessary to promote the modernization of infrastructure and further consolidate the cornerstone of high-quality development. We will continue to advance the construction of 5G and gigabit optical networks, plan for the development of 6G and next-generation Internet in a forward-looking manner, optimize the construction and layout of computing facilities, and open up the main arteries of digital infrastructure.

It is necessary to promote the modernization of the technology industry and further enhance the momentum of high-quality development. Aiming at frontier fields such as artificial intelligence and quantum information, we will accelerate the research and transformation of core technologies, form a number of emerging industries and future industries, cultivate a number of leading enterprises, and inject strong momentum into the development of new quality productivity. It is necessary to promote the modernization of service capabilities and further release the dividends of high-quality development. Promote the deep integration of the Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and the real economy, further promote the large-scale application of "5G + Industrial Internet", and support the high-end, intelligent and green development of the manufacturing industry. It is necessary to promote the modernization of the development system and further shoulder the responsibility for high-quality development. (Chinanews.com)

This year's "May Day" holiday domestic long-distance travel orders accounted for more than half

At present, the tourism market has ushered in the "May Day" booking peak. According to the data of the tourism platform, the domestic long-distance travel orders during the May Day holiday accounted for more than half of the orders this year, and the sinking tourism market performed outstandingly.

The reporter learned that unlike short-distance travel during the Qingming holiday, long-term tourism during the "May Day" holiday has become the protagonist, with domestic long-distance travel orders accounting for 56%, and many tourists choose the sinking market as a tourist destination. Tianshui, Xuzhou, Zibo, Hefei, Nanchang, Diqing, Jingdezhen, Shijiazhuang, Yantai, Huangshan and other cities have become the cities with the fastest growth rate of hotel bookings during the May Day holiday. At the same time, county-level tourism has also brought new growth in the tourism market. (CCTV News)

Company figures

The founder of Zhong Xuegao said that selling sweet potatoes also had to pay off debts

On April 21, according to the Weibo content of Deng Qingxu, CEO of Sina Finance, Lin Sheng, the legal person, executive director and general manager of Zhong Xuegao, took a green train to Beijing overnight after being restricted, and he said that even if he sells sweet potatoes, he must pay off his debts.

According to the information of the China Enforcement Information Disclosure Network, in March this year, Lin Sheng was restricted from high consumption, mainly because Zhong Xuegao was involved in an arbitration case, and in February this year, Zhong Xuegao was forced to pay 818,100 yuan for this case. Previously, according to media reports, Zhongxuegao is no longer priced at a high price, and its expiring products are even as low as 2.5 yuan.

Luckin refutes the rumor that "Shanghainese are not recruited": resolutely oppose any form of regional discrimination

Luckin Coffee issued an article saying that the remarks on the Internet that "Luckin does not recruit Shanghainese" are untrue, and the company firmly opposes any form of regional discrimination. As of April this year, Luckin Coffee Shanghai Branch has hired 5,894 Shanghainese employees and is continuing to recruit.

In response to the act of creating and spreading such rumors, Luckin Coffee will take legal measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the company.

Tesla's Model Y, S, and X models in China have all been reduced in price

According to Tesla's official website in China, the price of the Model Y has dropped to 249,900 yuan, the price of the Model Y long-range version has been reduced to 290,900 yuan, and the price of the Model Y high-performance version has been reduced to 354,900 yuan.

The price of the Model S has been reduced to 684,900 yuan, and the price of the Model S PLAID version has been reduced to 814,900 yuan. The price of the Model X was reduced to 724,900 yuan, and the price of the Model X PLAID version was reduced to 824,900 yuan. A few days ago, the price of the Model Y, S, and X in the United States was reduced by $2,000.

Nezha Daniel Zhang apologized: denied insinuating Lei Jun

On April 21, Nezha Automobile CEO@Nezha-Daniel Zhang posted a video in response to the recent live broadcast controversy and apologized. Daniel Zhang said that first, the waist is indeed bad during the live broadcast, the usual sitting posture is how comfortable and how to come, is more like to stilt Erlang's legs, not to say high, in the future live broadcast will pay attention to maintaining a standard sitting posture.

Second, when answering questions from netizens, he said that he could not only open the door to the owner like Mr. Lei, but also bow 90 degrees to open the door, which was not offensive at all.

Third, I was really impulsive when I posted that Weibo, but I meant that I was usually in this state, and I felt that a posture like Mr. Lei Jun was not a daily state for me, so I said that I wouldn't act, and I didn't mean to insinuate Mr. Lei at all, and I maintained great respect for Mr. Lei. I hope this matter can end here, please be merciful to all netizens.

Zhou Hongyi said that employees should be encouraged rather than fired when they buy Xiaomi cars

On the evening of the 21st, @周鸿祎 released a video talking about Jiyue's dismissal of employees who bought Xiaomi cars, saying: "Employees bought Xiaomi cars at their own expense and spent their own money to experience competitors' products, which should be highly commendable." ”

Insiders said that Hou Yi and Daniel Zhang's $2 billion purchase of Hema was untrue

On April 21, it was reported that Hema founder Hou Yi and former Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang were interested in joining forces to bid for Hema for $2 billion. On the 21st, it was learned from a source close to Hou Yi that the news was untrue, "Nonsense, there is no such thing at all." Including the previous mention that Hema was acquired by COFCO, it is also nonsense. The person said.

Tesla will lay off more than 10% of its global workforce

This week, Musk emailed employees that Tesla would lay off more than 10% of its workforce globally, affecting about 14,000 employees.

The decision comes as sales growth in the electric vehicle market slows down and Tesla faces stiff competition, with Musk saying he wants to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Tesla's stock price has plunged nearly 40% so far this year, placing it almost at the bottom of the S&P 500.

Lin Sheng, founder of Zhongxuegao: The determination to change and take responsibility has not changed

On the evening of April 21, the topic "Zhong Xuegao's founder said that he would also repay his debts when selling sweet potatoes" rushed to the hot search on Weibo. Lin Sheng, the founder of Zhongxuegao, posted on Weibo: Although Zhongxuegao is currently facing many difficulties, our determination to change and take responsibility has not changed. Make every effort to make the country prosperous, shoulder the responsibility to employees, partners and society!

Lei Jun appeared in the Shanghai F1 field

On April 21, the main race day of the 2024 F1 Chinese Grand Prix, @雷军 came to the scene to watch the race. On the afternoon of the 21st, Lei Jun shared a photo with George Russell.

Xiaomi Auto: The new color of the Xiaomi SU7 model has already begun to be developed

On the evening of April 20th, Xiaomi Auto updated the latest issue of "Xiaomi SU7 Answers Questions from Netizens". Xiaomi Auto said that the new color of the Xiaomi SU7 car model has begun development. "Since the color and texture of the Xiaomi SU7 real car paint have been well received, we will attach great importance to the paint color and manual painting process of the car model, and please be patient."

Some employees said that "the middle cadre index has been greatly reduced, and there is no individual index"

In response to the rumors that Gree has canceled the full sales system since April this year, the reporter learned from an industry insider close to Gree on the 20th that Gree's full sales have changed from individual indicators to team indicators. This means that Gree's practice of involving all employees in sales development from 2019 has ended.

When asked "is it that the all-staff sales system has been canceled this year", a Gree employee said on the same day: "It can be understood that the indicators of middle-level cadres (middle-level cadres) have been greatly reduced, and there are no indicators for individuals." When further asked "whether the department can complete a certain target", the Gree employee said, "It seems that the standard has been reached now". (CBN)

ZEEKR: There will be no follow-up price cuts

Regarding the recent trend of frequent price reductions in the market, ZEEKR revealed that ZEEKR will not follow up on the price reductions or additional allocation actions of its friends. Vice President Lin Jinwen pointed out that when the 001 and 007 products were released, they had fully predicted the market competition environment in 2024, and formulated a very competitive price, version and configuration. (Auto has a style)

Moutai dealers denied that the price of scattered flowers had plummeted

Recently, a reporter from the Securities Times saw from a platform that the wholesale reference price of the "Scattered Flowers Feitian" of the Feitian Culture Series launched by Kweichow Moutai at the end of 2023 has dropped significantly, and the price has dropped sharply from about 7,200 yuan/bottle to 4,500 yuan/bottle.

In this regard, the reporter asked the relevant dealers for verification, a dealer in Jiangsu told reporters that due to the recent increase in the supply of "scattered flowers flying in the sky", the wholesale reference price has declined, but there is no step to fall to 3800 yuan / bottle so exaggerated. Some dealers told reporters that the current wholesale price of "Scattered Flowers Feitian" is 6,800 yuan / bottle, and the follow-up price still needs to observe the market supply and demand.

Century-old giant Toshiba plans to lay off about 5,000 jobs

According to CCTV financial news, a number of Japanese media recently reported that Toshiba is planning to lay off about 5,000 employees in Japan. This is Toshiba's first large-scale layoffs since its delisting at the end of last year.

Renrenle lost nearly 500 million yuan last year

This Friday (April 19), everyone (002336. SZ) will be suspended for one day, and starting next Monday, the company's shares will be subject to "delisting risk warning" and "other risk warning", and the stock abbreviation will be changed from "Renrenle" to "*ST Renle".

According to the 2023 annual report, Renrenle achieved operating income of 2.853 billion yuan during the reporting period, a year-on-year decrease of 28.15%, and the net profit loss attributable to shareholders of the parent company reached 498 million yuan. The company has formed a situation of losing money for three consecutive years.

Chinese Online: The net profit in 2023 will be 89.437 million yuan, a year-on-year turnaround

Chinese Online released its annual report, achieving a net profit of 89.437 million yuan in 2023, a year-on-year turnaround.

BlueFocus: Net profit of 117 million yuan in 2023 will be a year-on-year turnaround

BlueFocus announced that in 2023, it will achieve operating income of 52.616 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 43.44%, a net profit of 117 million yuan, a loss of 2.175 billion yuan in the same period last year, and basic earnings per share of 0.05 yuan. The company intends to distribute a cash dividend of 0.1 yuan (tax included) for every 10 shares.

The company disclosed a quarterly report on the same day, achieving a net profit of 82.3247 million yuan in the first quarter of 2024, a year-on-year decrease of 44.65%.

Tesla's FSD package price reduction

On April 21, Tesla's website showed that Tesla reduced the price of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package in the United States from $12,000 to $8,000. (Finance Associated Press)

Musk said that he will soon integrate X into Tesla cars

A Tesla owner asked on the X platform, "Can we integrate the X app into our Tesla cars?" and Musk responded, "It's going to happen." ”

AI Alerts

Microsoft hires former Meta executives

Microsoft (MSFT. O) hired Jason Taylor, a former Meta Platforms executive, to drive the development of data centers and OpenAI supercomputers.

Intel Releases Large Neuromorphic System

Intel Corporation of the United States has released a large-scale neuromorphic system called Hala Point, which aims to support cutting-edge research in the field of brain-inspired artificial intelligence and solve the challenges of artificial intelligence in terms of efficiency and sustainability. Based on its first-generation large-scale research system, Pohoiki Springs, Intel has improved the architecture of the Hala Point Large Neuromorphic System, increasing neuronal capacity by more than 10x and performance by 12x, according to a press release issued by Intel Corporation.

Originally deployed at Sandia National Laboratories in the United States, the Hala Point system consists of 1,152 Intel Loihi 2 processors, including 1.15 billion artificial neurons and 128 billion artificial synapses distributed across 140544 processing cores. When running a traditional deep neural network, 20 quadrillions per second can be performed. (Xinhuanet)

Qualcomm has partnered with Meta to support the large model Llama 3 running on Snapdragon devices

Recently, Qualcomm and Meta announced a collaboration to optimize the execution of Meta Llama 3 large language models (LLMs) directly on smartphones, PCs, VR/AR headsets, and automobiles. Developers will be able to access resources and tools in the Qualcomm AI Hub to optimize Llama 3 on the Snapdragon platform, reducing time to market. (Interface News)

The new model of Si Te Qi Jiusi was officially released

On April 20th, with the theme of "Reshaping the Traditional Business Model and Unleashing the Digital Intelligence Productivity of Enterprises", the online new product launch conference of the Sitech Jiusi model was held, and the Jiusi model was officially released for the first time.

The Si-TECH Jiusi large model trains models for specific industries and enterprise data, builds an enterprise-level intelligent brain, aims at business innovation and operation and maintenance efficiency improvement, provides key digital intelligence capabilities, and has the ability advantages of efficient logical reasoning, accurate knowledge question and answer, simple and agile development, and localized computing power support, helping enterprises to transform digital intelligence and improve productivity.

Tsinghua University Model reported that Wenxin Yiyan tied for first place in mathematics with Claude-3

Recently, the SuperBench Large Model Comprehensive Capability Evaluation Framework, developed by the Basic Model Research Center of Tsinghua University and Zhongguancun Laboratory, officially released the March 2024 version of the SuperBench Large Model Comprehensive Capability Evaluation Report. The evaluation included a total of 14 representative models at home and abroad, and the results showed that Wenxin Yiyan 4.0 performed brilliantly, close to the level of the world's first-class model, and the gap has gradually narrowed, and it is worthy of the name of the domestic head model.

In terms of mathematical ability in semantic understanding, Wenxin Yiyan 4.0 and Claude-3 tied for the first place in the world, GPT-4 series models ranked fourth and fifth, and the scores of other models were more concentrated around 55 points, significantly lagging behind the first echelon, and in terms of reading comprehension ability in semantic understanding, Wenxin Yiyan 4.0 surpassed GPT-4 Turbo, Claude-3 and GLM-4 to win the first place.

Laibao Hi-Tech: AI PC products may require more AI functions to match the stylus operation of precise touch in the future

Laibao Hi-Tech said in the institutional research that in terms of the touch screen supporting the AI PC, the laptops currently launched on the market that support AI applications have certain needs for touch functions, but they are not necessary requirements, and there is no essential difference with the performance requirements of the existing touch screen for laptops, and it is still facing the impact of substitution competition that may be brought by the embedded structure (on cell/in cell) touch screen.

However, combined with the understanding of the industry, AI PC products may require more AI functions to match the stylus operation of precise touch in the future, and with the gradual growth of the demand for AI PCs in the future, it may bring more new demand for external structure touch screens that better support stylus operation. If the demand for this kind of laptop increases, it may have a certain positive impact on the replacement demand of laptops, and the company actively pays attention to and supports the development of new laptops by well-known brand manufacturers of laptops, including those that support AI applications.

Capital Insights

Qianghua Co., Ltd. has completed the C round of financing of hundreds of millions of yuan, and the Lingang project is expected to be put into operation within the year

Shanghai Qianghua Industrial Co., Ltd. announced the completion of the C round of financing of hundreds of millions of yuan through the official WeChat, which was led by Futeng Capital and CCB Trust under Shanghai State Investment Corporation, and followed by CLP Fund, Lingang Digital Technology, Shanghai Kechuang and Silicon Kinetic Energy, Shenzhen Venture Capital, Lingang Investment Holdings, Fuyi Capital, etc.

According to reports, the company was established in 2009 to provide semiconductor-grade quartz products and quartz components for domestic semiconductor manufacturers and semiconductor equipment manufacturers. Qianghua's Lingang integrated circuit new material production base has been capped in early 2024 and is expected to be put into operation within the year.

Noise reduction technology company Ansheng Technology completed Series C financing The founder is a former product manager of Huawei

Recently, Beijing Ansheng Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Ansheng Technology), an enterprise in the field of active noise reduction, has continuously completed strategic rounds and C rounds of financing, with a cumulative financing amount of more than 100 million yuan.

It is reported that the C round of investors are Zhongguancun Science City, Qingda Mingyun and Zhongguancun Development Group, and the financing funds will be used for technology research and development and market expansion.

The reporter of "Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily" noticed that from the perspective of past investment, it is rare for Zhongguancun Science City and Zhongguancun Development Group to jointly sell a company; His younger brother Liu Yangfan is a professor at Purdue University and the company's chief scientist.

Technology forward-looking

The Huawei Pura70 goes on sale today

Huawei's latest Pura 70 series Pura 70 and Pura 70 Pro+ models will officially go on sale at 10:08 am on the 22nd, with a starting price of 5499 yuan. (IT House)

The official website of Huawei's intelligent vehicle solution was officially launched

On the evening of April 21, @华为智能汽车解决方案 announced the official launch of its official website. According to its official website, the 2024 Huawei Intelligent Vehicle Solution Conference will be held on April 24, 2024, and new products will be released at that time.

Ideal L6 72-hour cumulative orders exceeded 10,000 units

Li Auto announced on March 21 that the cumulative orders for the all-new Li L6 exceeded 10,000 units in 72 hours.

Gurman: Apple is expected to release the M4 version of the Mac Mini directly by the end of the year

Well-known tech journalist Mark Gurman revealed that Apple may skip the M3 version of the Mac mini in favor of the more powerful M4 chip. Gurman has previously said that Apple plans to release new Mac mini models with M4 and M4 Pro chips "in late 2024 to early 2025."

Now he further confirmed that with the arrival of the new Mac mini as soon as the end of this year, there is not enough room to "launch the M3 model" before then, so these Mac models will skip the M3 generation. The M4 chip is also rumored to be equipped with a faster neural engine for AI tasks.

Li Auto: There is no plan for the Ideal L6 model, which is equipped with a lower configuration than the Pro version

On April 20, in response to whether the Ideal L6 will have an Air version, Ideal Auto responded in a post on its official Weibo that it did not plan a model with a lower configuration than the Ideal L6 Pro.

Every configuration of the Ideal L6 Pro is carefully designed around the needs of young family users, and no one is missing, so we do not plan a model with a lower configuration than the Ideal L6 Pro. It is understood that the ideal L6 model was officially launched on the evening of April 18, with the price of the ideal L6 Pro being 249,800 yuan and the ideal L6 Max being 279,800 yuan.