Author: Yi Shan
Interpretation of TO news
Baidu's vice president Xuan Jing apologized late at night and did not leave her post
Recently, Xuan Jing, vice president of Baidu Group, caused a lot of negative public opinion due to her personal original video content and posted on the Douyin account, and there were fierce remarks such as "second approval of employee resignation applications", and then fell into a "one-finger Zen" turmoil. In this regard, Xuan Jing, vice president of Baidu, posted a circle of friends and said that he did not seek the company's opinions before posting a short video, sincerely apologized, and deeply reflected.
Previously, Baidu's vice president of public relations, Xuan Jing, caused controversy after posting multiple videos on the "I am Xuan Jing" social platform account. Subsequently, Baidu's public relations team was exposed to probe, collect family and personal privacy information of media personnel, make files and store them, and named some of the information materials of self-media personnel as "One Finger Zen". After the screenshots of the relevant information were exposed, they immediately sparked heated discussions.
There was news on the Internet that Xuan Jing had been expelled. At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon on May 8, some media called Baidu's switchboard, and the staff on the line said that Xuanjing's information can still be queried in the system, and if it can be checked, it means that it is still working.
Interpretation: The president of public relations has public relations for himself, and Baidu executives have been netizen Baidu, which is really lively!
I have to say that as Baidu's "No. 1 public relations position", Xuan Jing understands the traffic password of new media very well, and the new account became popular all over the network within a few days.
However, strong controversy usually leads to high traffic, but not necessarily high reputation.
If it is just a personal behavior and has not been reported to the company, it may be that Xuan Jing wants to create a version of the "big heroine in the workplace", and the female elite in the workplace has been very popular over the years. But she forgot that we love to read the script of the big heroine because we put ourselves into the role of the heroine and imagine that we are the big heroine. And in the context of her video, she is the big heroine, and we are just helpless, weak, and humble workers, who likes it?
In fact, Baidu's employee care is not bad, not only providing four meals a day and free fruit snacks at a reasonable price, but also including employees' family members in commercial medical insurance, which is equivalent to parents seeing a doctor, and Baidu will also provide convenience.
The reality is not embarrassing, why do you want to perform a "Zhou Papi" and "Na Mowen" on the Internet? Baidu's traffic anxiety may be a factor.
Ten years ago, Baidu almost monopolized massive traffic in the PC era with search, and sat firmly in the top spot of "BAT", but with the transformation of mobile Internet, Baidu was gradually overtaken by Tencent and Alibaba, and now it is stealing the limelight by content platforms such as Douyin and Xiaohongshu, and Baidu can only go to WeChat, Douyin and other platforms to find new traffic entrances.
Under this opportunity, Xuan Jing entered the scene. Some media broke the news that all employees of Baidu's public relations department transformed into video self-media, and included in the performance appraisal indicators of employees, once commercialized, they could promote Baidu's products, Xuan Jing also bluntly said in the comments that filming Douyin is one of the jobs, "My job is public relations, and short videos are the basic disk."
The path of turning executives into Internet celebrities, and then feeding back corporate traffic, has the successful experience of predecessors.
Lei Jun, who netizens jokingly called "Rebus", in order to drive the popularity of Xiaomi cars, personally went into battle to shoot Douyin, and with the support of nearly 20 million fans, Xiaomi SU7 sales have also achieved good results. At this level, Lei Jun's ability to carry goods has become one of the "head anchors". Not long ago, Liu Qiangdong began to bring goods in the live broadcast room through the image of a digital human, attracting 20 million views in one hour. "Internet celebrity entrepreneur" Luo Yonghao relied on live broadcast to sweep away the debts of his previous business, and also created a new chapter in his career......
However, traffic is always a double-edged sword. Incubating Internet celebrity IP is certainly a shortcut to enhance popularity, but speculation and personality are often accompanied by huge public opinion risks, once the Internet celebrity speech is disqualified or the image collapses, the brand reputation will also be gone, and then the product quality problems will be superimposed, and the trust and loyalty of consumers will also disappear.
If Xuan Jing wants to replicate Lei Jun's success, she must recognize the reality: the foundation of an enterprise is always good products and services, and the flow of users' "tap water" will not be swayed by Internet celebrity IP. We have seen Lei Jun's popularity, and we should not ignore the "high popularity" that Xiaomi has saved by making mobile phones for decades. Ren Zhengfei's words and deeds have attracted much attention, and they have also benefited from Huawei's continuous technological innovation.
As Baidu's core values say - "simple and reliable", traffic is not worth relying on, good products are worth it.
Huawei Apple released a new product on the same day, and the front is hard!
On the evening of May 7, Beijing time, Huawei's Apple new product launch conference "crashed" again, and both released new tablets, notebooks and other products overseas. Huawei and Apple faced off on the same day, and the long-dormant technology market rekindled the flames of war.
On May 7, Huawei and Apple held a press conference at the same time, and in addition to the date "crash", the latest tablet products of the two competitors also ushered in a head-to-head competition.
Huawei officially launched the MatePad 11.5" S tablet with upgraded screen in Dubai on the same day. The new product is equipped with a new generation of soft light PaperMatte Display, which is said to reduce the reflectivity of the screen to less than 2% and eliminate 99% of the ambient interference light on the screen surface, so as to cope with reflective scenes such as outdoor bright light.
Coincidentally, the 2024 iPad Pro released by Apple on the same day also focuses on the screen as an upgrade. This product abandons the previous LCD(MiniLED) screen,InsteadOLEDThe screen,And for the first time, it supports users to choose nano textured glass (optional price800 yuan),One of its functions is also to resist reflection,And "nano textured glass" was previously only available for Apple's own 10,000 yuan display to choose.
In order to further improve the usage rate and usage scenarios of tablets, Huawei has also brought its own painting app. The app comes with a variety of built-in brushes, and plans to launch a full set of app tutorials one after another, which will be available for free download to users.
For drawing and note-taking functions, Apple also launched a new Apple Pencil Pro. Compared to previous products, it brings new features such as squeeze control, scrolling gestures, and haptic feedback. This is the first Apple Pencil to be named with the "Pro" suffix, and the price has risen to 999 yuan.
Both are flat products, and both emphasize productivity, but the two companies have different pricing strategies.
The Huawei MatePad 11.5"S starts at 399 euros (equivalent to about 3097 yuan, and the price of the Chinese version has not yet been announced). The starting price of the new iPad Pro is 8999 yuan, which is much higher than Huawei's products.
In addition to iPad Pro, Apple also launched a new iPad Air, with a starting price of 4799 yuan, which is closer to the price of Huawei MatePad 11.5"S, which will be a direct competitor in this price segment.
In addition to the tablet, Huawei has also released a number of other new products. The MateBook X Pro features a thin and light laptop with a weight of 980 grams, an Intel ® Core ™Ultra 9 processor, and the addition of the Huawei Cloud Falcon architecture, mainly in terms of battery life and heat dissipation. The HUAWEI WATCH FIT 3 is a smartwatch with a square design, a weight of 26g, and a variety of colors to choose from.
In the past period, Huawei's offensive against Apple has become more and more fierce. According to a report released by Canalys, Huawei regained the first place in the mobile phone market in Chinese mainland in the first quarter of this year after a three-year hiatus, with shipments reaching 11.7 million units, accounting for 17% of the market share.
Interpretation: Huawei's strong comeback is mainly due to the promotion of the Mate 60 series. This product is equipped with Huawei's self-developed Kirin 5G chip, which is one of the few phenomenal products in the sluggish mobile phone market. In April, Huawei quickly launched another high-end flagship Pura 70 series mobile phone also equipped with self-developed chips, aiming to stabilize the high-end market and continue to regain the market share that was passively lost in the past.
Apple's latest financial report shows that in the fourth quarter of 2023, iPhone revenue in Greater China will be $20.82 billion, down 13% year-on-year. In response to Huawei's challenges in the high-end market, Apple has frequently made significant price cuts. Up to now, the prices of all iPhone 15 series products have hit a record low in the official flagship store, with a drop of more than 1,000 yuan.
Now, Huawei clearly intends to further extend the "battlefield" to tablets, notebooks, smart watches and other fields.
Huawei and Apple faced off on the same day, and the long-dormant technology market rekindled the flames of war.
On October 31 last year, Huawei and Apple held a press conference on the same day, and they faced a tough battle on computers, mobile phones and other products. This year, the scene is playing out again.
Also on the same day, the United States announced an escalation of its suppression of Huawei, revoking Intel and Qualcomm's licenses to export chips to Huawei.
To explain briefly, the United States has been restricting Huawei's high-end mobile phone chips, and this time it is mainly aimed at the laptop field.
Since Huawei was added to the sanctions list in 2019, the United States has continued to increase the scope and intensity of sanctions. The U.S. has rarely approved new license applications for Huawei over the past year or so, according to sources.
At present, Huawei is no longer among Qualcomm's top 10 customers, nor is it on Intel's top customer list. Qualcomm said that its business with Huawei would soon shrink to zero. This also means that the impact of this restriction on Huawei is very limited.
And after experiencing the previous suppression, Huawei has long been prepared for the worst. Just like Ren Zhengfei said: The problems that Huawei encounters today were predicted more than ten years ago, and we have been preparing for more than ten years, and we are not completely hasty and unprepared to deal with them. These difficulties will affect us, but not by a large margin.
So how did Huawei deal with it? It's just four words: spend money on research and development. According to the financial report, in the past 10 years, Huawei's total R&D investment has reached more than 900 billion.
At the same time, Huawei's performance continues to run wild. On April 30, Huawei announced its first quarter report for 2024, with a net profit of about 19.65 billion, a year-on-year increase of 564.04%. A few days ago, market research agency Canalys released data showing that Huawei has regained the first place in the mobile phone market in Chinese mainland after 13 quarters. It can be said that Huawei has completely shaken off the impact of past sanctions.
Huawei's case tells all enterprises a truth: R&D is really useful, and relying on others is like swallowing a three-foot sword, relying on people is like the nine heavens, suppliers will leave you, business partners will betray you, but technology will not.
If the phoenix does not die, it will surely be nirvana! What doesn't kill you will make you stronger!
Hangzhou will completely cancel the purchase restriction of new houses? The response came
On May 8, in response to market rumors that Hangzhou will fully cancel the purchase of new houses, the relevant personnel of the Hangzhou Real Estate Market Comprehensive Management Service Center responded to reporters that at present, the new houses in Shangcheng District, Gongshu District, West Lake District and Binjiang District of Hangzhou are still restricted from purchase, but the payment of social security for foreign household registration has been relaxed, and as long as there is a payment record, you can buy a house.
TO Characters/Perspectives
The case of former 10 billion fund manager Cai Songsong offering and accepting bribes has been pronounced in court
The criminal case involving Cai Songsong and other public fund managers, which has attracted much attention in the market, has been sentenced in court.
On May 8, the case of Cai Songsong, Qu Quanru, and Dong Boxiong for the crime of accepting bribes by non-state functionaries and offering bribes to non-state functionaries was reopened at 2 p.m. on the same day. The trial of the case has been completed and the verdict has been pronounced in court. Rumor has it that Cai Songsong was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for four years, and paid a large fine.
In fact, it is not unique for fund managers to be taken to court. In recent years, the regulator has seriously investigated and dealt with a number of violations of laws and regulations in the field of funds, not only strengthening administrative penalties for practitioners using non-public information to trade and other violations of laws and regulations, but also increasing criminal penalties.
According to incomplete statistics, there have been more than 20 cases of fund managers who have been imprisoned for using undisclosed information to carry out convergence transactions or bribery and bribery. In the view of industry insiders, the supervision and supervision of fund managers' violations of laws and regulations are becoming increasingly strict, and practitioners should strengthen their understanding and ethics of insider trading and other illegal and criminal acts, and do not destroy their future for the sake of immediate interests.
The United States revoked the export licenses of some companies to Huawei, and the Ministry of Commerce responded
On May 8, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce answered a reporter's question on the revocation of the export licenses of some companies to Huawei by the United States.
A reporter asked, on May 7, some media reported that the U.S. government had cancelled the licenses of some companies to export chips to China's Huawei, what is the Ministry of Commerce's comment on this?
A: China has noted relevant media reports. The US has broadened the concept of national security, politicized economic and trade issues, abused export control measures, and repeatedly imposed unreasonable sanctions and repressive measures against specific Chinese companies. China firmly opposes this.
The US restricts the export of purely civilian consumer chip products to China and cuts off the supply of specific Chinese companies, which is a typical economic coercive practice, which not only violates WTO rules, but also seriously harms the interests of US companies. What the US has done has seriously violated its commitments not to seek decoupling from China, not to hinder China's development, and runs counter to its statement of "accurately defining national security". China will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.
Zhu Xiaohu: The business model of the large model is very poor, Ultraman is bragging, GPT-5 can't be so close
Zhu Xiaohu, managing partner of GSR Ventures, said at the annual meeting of Invest in China that the business model of large models is very poor, there is no difference in technology, and each generation of models has to spend money again, and the monetization cycle of each generation is only two or three years. "I think Ultraman is bragging, GPT-5 is definitely not really close." Zhu Xiaohu also believes that GPT-4 has met the vast majority of commercial needs. "I don't have that much expectation for GPT-5." Fu Sheng, chairman of Cheetah Mobile, also speculated that "if it has not been released for so long, either the performance has not improved much, or the cost has increased too much."
TO data speaks
Report on the world's richest cities: Beijing is in the top 10, with Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou on the list
The website of the wealth research company New World Wealth (New World Wealth) released the "2024 World's Richest Cities Report" on the 7th local time, with New York topping the list, Hong Kong, China and Beijing entering the top ten, and Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Chinese Taipei, and Guangzhou on the list. The report mentions that there are seven cities in China on the list, of which Beijing ranks 10th with 125,600 millionaires, and the number of millionaires has increased by 90% between 2013 and 2023.
There were 123,400 millionaires in Shanghai, an increase of 84% over the same period, ranking 11th. Shenzhen has 50,300 millionaires, ranking 27th; Hangzhou has 31,600 millionaires, ranking 36th; Guangzhou has 24,500 millionaires, ranking 46th, and all three cities have seen millionaire increases of more than 100%.
The highest annual salary is 64.24 million yuan! The executive compensation of domestic car companies was exposed
Recently, various domestic car companies have intensively announced their financial reports, and some media have taken stock of the executive compensation of car companies. Among the new power enterprises, Li Xiang, as the chairman of Li Auto, has an annual salary of 1.918 million yuan, which is much lower than the other two executives, Ma Donghui and Li Tie, whose annual salaries are 60.576 million yuan and 64.244 million yuan respectively. He Xiaopeng, chairman of Xpeng Motors, has an annual salary of 1.595 million yuan, slightly higher than 1.365 million yuan in 2022.
Among private enterprises, Geely founder Li Shufu's annual salary is only 369,000 yuan, Geely's other executives, Chairman An Conghui's annual salary is 28.907 million yuan, and Geely Automobile Group CEO Gui Shengyue is 24.919 million yuan. BYD is the world's top new energy salesman, deducting a non-net profit of 28.462 billion yuan last year, making it the most profitable car company in China. Wang Chuanfu, chairman and president of BYD, received a pre-tax remuneration of 6.611 million yuan, ranking 11th among the company's executives, and the highest salary was senior vice president Luo Hongbin, reaching 14.06 million yuan.
Wei Jianjun, chairman of Great Wall Motors, has an annual salary of 5.757 million yuan, and Zhao Guoqing, deputy general manager and vice chairman of Great Wall Motors, is 3.371 million yuan, and the overall salary level is lower than that of BYD. Among the state-owned enterprises, Zeng Qinghong, chairman of Guangzhou Automobile Group, has an annual salary of 1.3337 million yuan, Zhu Huarong, chairman of Changan Automobile, is 2.635 million yuan, Yang Qing, chairman of Dongfeng Motor Group, is 1.040 million yuan, and Chang Rui, chairman of Foton Motor, is 2.360 million yuan.
TO Corporation's movements
Yunnan Baiyao broke out in the nest case, and five former executives including former chairman Wang Minghui were investigated
On May 8, a well-known pharmaceutical company, Yunnan Baiyao Group Co., Ltd., broke out in a nest case, and five former executives of the company, including Wang Minghui, the former chairman, and Yin Pinyao, the former chief operating officer and senior vice president, were taken away for investigation by the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision from the beginning of 2023 to the beginning of 2024 for involving the same matter.
A-share survival of the fittest accelerates: 25 A-shares are "locked in and delisted"
With the end of the A-share annual report disclosure season, a number of listed companies have also sounded the "alarm bell" for delisting.
Recently, *ST Zuojiang, *ST Tai'an, *ST Zhongzhong, *ST Sansheng, and *ST Yuebo have successively issued announcements and received a prior notice of termination of listing issued by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and the company's shares may be terminated due to financial reasons. According to incomplete statistics from the Securities Times reporter, since the beginning of this year, 25 A-share companies have been locked in and delisted, of which 9 have been delisted.
In addition, after the disclosure of the 2023 annual report, a number of A-share listed companies were put on risk alert due to performance, corporate governance and other reasons, and on May 6 alone, nearly 50 companies had securities abbreviations of "wearing stars and hats".
A number of market analysts said that the new "National Nine Articles" and related regulatory policies have made key guidance and regulations on the company's dividends, financial authenticity, delisting standards, etc., which is conducive to promoting the high-quality development of the equity market and improving the overall valuation of the stock market in the long run.
Lei Jun announced that Xu Fei and Zhang Jianhui were promoted to vice presidents of Xiaomi Group
Lei Jun, founder and chairman of Xiaomi Group, announced on Weibo on May 8 that Xu Fei was appointed vice president of the group and CMO (chief marketing officer) of the group; Zhang Jianhui is the Vice President of the Group and the Chairman of the Group Procurement Committee.
Tesla's river-related construction plan for the Shanghai Energy Storage Gigafactory was approved
Recently, the official website of the Shanghai Lingang New Area Management Committee officially announced that it has approved the river-related construction plan of the Tesla energy storage gigafactory project, which marks that the relevant construction of the project within the river management scope has been officially agreed.
It is understood that Tesla and Lingang New Area signed a cooperation agreement on the energy storage super factory project on April 9, 2023. Subsequently, on December 22, the two sides held a land transfer signing ceremony to further promote the implementation of the project.
Tesla revealed earlier that the Shanghai energy storage gigafactory plans to officially start construction in May this year and is expected to complete mass production in the first quarter of 2025. This gigafactory is not only Tesla's first energy storage project outside the United States, but also an important step in its global energy storage layout.
Haidilao responded to the extortion of eating hot pot with broken glass slag: The gang has defrauded more than 10,000 yuan, thanks to the police
Recently, it was rumored on the Internet that 4 people were detained for extortion by eating hot pot with broken glass slag, and Haidilao responded that several cases of extortion involving the suspects occurred in Haidilao stores in Beijing, Chengde and other places. It is understood that within five months, the four men in five Haidilao stores in Beijing, Chengde and other places in succession, repeatedly touched porcelain and made malicious claims, and the amount of fraud involved was more than 10,000 yuan. At present, the suspect has been criminally detained by the Beijing police on suspicion of extortion.
A spokesperson for Haidilao expressed his gratitude to the police for quickly cracking down on illegal activities, creating a good business environment for enterprises, and ensuring a safe and healthy dining environment for customers. Haidilao will continue to build a strong line of defense for food safety, bravely say no to malicious claims, extortion and other illegal acts, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises and the public with the law.
Oversubscribed nearly five times, ZEEKR will be officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange this Friday
ZEEKR will be officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange on May 10 under the symbol "ZK", and the company has been oversubscribed nearly 5 times and ended its subscription one day earlier than originally planned. According to the plan, ZEEKR will issue 17.5 million ADS shares in this IPO, with an issue range of $18-21 per share.
Samsung Electronics ranks first in the world in terms of OLED display sales
According to Yonhap News Agency, Samsung Electronics said on the 8th that the company has entered the global organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display market for only one year, and its sales volume and sales have jumped to the first place in the world.
According to data released by the International Data Corporation (IDC), a market research agency, Samsung Electronics ranked first in the global OLED display market with sales and sales share of 34.7% and 28.3% respectively last year. In the global gaming monitor market, Samsung Electronics also accounted for 20.8% of sales last year, ranking first in the world for five consecutive years.
Toyota is reported to be allowing employees aged 65-70 to continue working
On May 8, it was reported that people familiar with the matter said that Toyota plans to allow employees aged 65~70 to continue to work in the company to alleviate the labor shortage. Currently, Toyota employees have the option to retire at age 60 or work with the company until age 65 at half their salary.
The coconut tree was fined 400,000 yuan for the side advertisement
Public information shows that recently, Coconut Tree Group Co., Ltd. was fined 400,000 yuan by the Longhua Branch of Haikou Municipal Market Supervision Administration, and the illegal facts show that Coconut Tree Group Co., Ltd. published promotional graphics and texts on its own website, and used advertising slogans such as "rubbing milk with coconut" and "South Pacific beauties rarely 'airport'" and other advertising slogans that violate public order and good customs, and are suspected of violating the relevant provisions of the Advertising Law.
Neuralink: The first case of a human brain-computer interface surgery with a mechanical problem with the device
Neuralink, Musk's brain-computer interface company, announced that after the first human surgery on Noland Arbaugh in January, the device implanted in the test patient suffered a number of mechanical failures. In the weeks following implantation in the human brain, certain electrode-studded threads attached to the human brain tissue become detached, causing the device to not function properly.
Tesla has been investigated for fraud in its self-driving activities
U.S. prosecutors are investigating whether Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about the self-driving capabilities of its electric vehicles, three people familiar with the matter said. Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems can assist with steering, braking, and lane changes, but they are not fully autonomous. While Tesla has warned drivers to be prepared to take over driving, the Justice Department is reviewing other statements made by Tesla and CEO Elon Musk that imply that Tesla's cars can drive autonomously.
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