New Year’s Eve, the major companies have issued New Year’s letters to summarize.
Big company
Taobao, Kuaishou respond to “Quick shop can not be listed on Taobao goods link”
Responding to the fact that Taobao products cannot be listed on the Taobao store, Taobao responded that it has always maintained an open and cooperative attitude towards all partners. Content e-commerce needs a rich, diverse, transparent and efficient business ecosystem and a mature and complete platform governance system to support healthy development. “We are willing to cooperate with more platforms to jointly promote the healthy development of the industry.” In addition, the quicker side responded that due to the system upgrade, Taobao products cannot be reviewed at this time. Please be patient. (Sina Technology)
Tencent Music Entertainment Group participates in the acquisition of equity in Universal Music Group
It is learned that China’s online music entertainment platform Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) announced today that it will join a consortium led by Tencent Holdings through its wholly-owned subsidiary to participate in the acquisition of Vivendi SA’s 30 billion euros of global music Minority Group (UMG). The consortium intends to acquire a 10% stake in UMG, and TME will invest up to 10% in the consortium’s equity. According to the terms of the transaction document, the consortium may also choose to purchase an additional 10% equity interest in UMG at the same corporate value as in the transaction.
2019 Chinese film “transcripts” released: box office record high of 64.266 billion yuan
Data released by the National Film Bureau, the total box office of national movies in 2019 was 64.266 billion yuan, the sameThe total box office of domestic movies was 41.175 billion yuan, an increase of 8.65% year-on-year, and the market share was 64.07%. The number of moviegoers in urban theaters was 1.727 billion. In 2019, 9,708 new screens were added, and the total number of screens in the country reached 69,787. Of the top 10 films at the box office throughout the year, 8 were made in China. In the whole year, there were 88 films with over 100 million yuan in box office, including 47 domestic films. (Xinhua viewpoint)
It is learned that Huawei’s consumer business CEO Yu Chengdong stated in the 2020 New Year’s letter that Huawei’s smartphone shipments are expected to exceed 240 million units in the year, ranking second in the world; Mate and P series flagship smartphones have exceeded global shipments. 44 million units, an increase of over 50% year-on-year. In addition, it states that Huawei Terminal Cloud Service (HMS) covers more than 170 countries and regions around the world, with 400 million monthly active users.
WeChat mini games will adopt a new share policy in 2020
It is learnt that the WeChat small game team announced that in 2020, the small game virtual payment will undergo a commercial upgrade, adopt a new sharing policy, and divide the monthly flow range of in-app purchases. The small game and creative small game development teams will provide corresponding advertising funds. Among them, if the monthly flow is less than 500,000 yuan, 50% of the advertising funds will be distributed to the developer, up to 250,000 yuan; for the 500,000 yuan, using the “quick turnover” function, you can also receive 50% of the recharged advertising Gold, up to 10% of the portion exceeding 500,000 yuan.
Sina announces a stock repurchase program totaling no more than $ 500 million
It is learnt that Sina issued an announcement saying that the company’s board of directors has approved a new stock repurchase program and the company has been authorized to repurchase the company’s common shares totaling no more than 500 million US dollars in the next 12 months (“2020 Purchase plan “). Previously, Sina’s board of directors authorized Sina to repurchase corporate common shares of no more than $ 500 million by the end of December 2019 (the “2019 Repurchase Plan”). As of December 31, 2019, the company had repurchased approximately 2.2 million shares, valued at approximately USD 82.1 million.
Meitu: Expected to achieve adjusted net profit in Q4 2019 About 15 million-21 million yuan
It is learnt that Meitu has issued a profit forecast announcement and expects the company to generate adjusted net profit of approximately 15 million to 21 million yuan in the fourth quarter of 2019. As of December 31, 2019, the adjusted net loss for continuing operations is expected to be approximately 190 million to 196 million yuan, a decrease of approximately 77.3% -76.6% over the same period last year.
Today, Pinduoduo and Hunan Satellite TV jointly announced that Pinduoduo will cooperate with Hunan Satellite TV’s “New Year’s Concert” to distribute more than 1 billion yuan in benefits through cash red envelopes, 9.9 yuan spike, and New Year’s Day sale. And cash red envelope. In addition, the platform will also provide nearly 100,000 pieces of 9.9 yuan “seckill” the hottest items on the entire network. This year’s “New Year’s Concert” by Hunan Satellite TV will start at 19:30 on December 31st. (Pingwan)
Meituan plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the local pig brand No.1 food
It is learned from reliable sources that Meituan plans to invest in Chen Sheng’s Guangdong Yihao Food Co., Ltd. by way of strategic investment, amounting to several hundred million yuan. The transaction is currently in its final stages. Public information shows that Guangdong No. 1 Food Co., Ltd. is dominated by “No. 1 native pig”Brand, integrating breeding research and development, breeding production, and fresh meat sales. It adopts the “company + base + professional households + chain stores” whole industrial chain management model. It is a company that fully integrates domestic local pig (commonly known as native pig) resources from the production place to the dining table Modern innovative agricultural enterprise. (21st Century Business Herald)
Shenzhou UCAR made a further explanation on the video of “The Workplace Announces the Dismissal of Employees”: HR’s working methods were unsatisfactory. We apologize for this and the relevant personnel have deeply reflected. The description stated that China Unicar HR had failed to reach an agreement with the employee four times. During the period of HR dismissal, the employee got up and left the conference room. HR was retained. He hoped the employee would leave after hearing. The employee told him to return to the work station. At the employee’s station, the employee refused to return to the conference room. HR read out the notice of termination of the labor relationship on the spot, and let him sign for it. It was rejected again. (Chinanews.com)
Investment and financing
“Liansheng Technology” completed over 200 million yuan of B round financing
Suqian Liansheng Technology Co., Ltd. announced the completion of more than 200 million yuan of Series B financing, this round of financing led by Fangyuan Capital RMB Fund. Liansheng Technology is a fine chemical enterprise mainly based on light stabilizers. The company integrates independent process development, application research and development, production, sales, import and export trade, and equipment manufacturing. (Investment sector)
“Zhongke Fanyu” won tens of millions of Pre-A financing
It is learned that the natural language processing (NLP) technology developer “Zhongke Fanyu” has completed a Pre-A round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, and the investor is Zhongke Chuangxing. This round of financing will be mainly used in technology research, product development, market expansion and other aspects. Zhongke Fanyu hatched in 2018 at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is a provider of machine translation and multilingual information processing solutions.
New product
Apple plans to release a new high-end gaming computer in 2020
According to the Economic Daily, Apple plans to release a new high-end gaming computer, possibly a MacBook or iMac, at WWDC in 2020, which is expected to sell for $ 5,000. According to supply chain sources, in addition to the high unit price of Apple ’s new e-sports PC products, it may be a large-screen all-in-one (AIO), or it may be a large-screen e-sports notebook. The details are not clear at this time, and the specifications are certain. It is top-level and has high requirements on the quality of components of supply chain manufacturers. (Pin play)
The new generation MacBook Air may use Intel 10 processor
According to the information from the GeekBench benchmark database, it can be seen that the new generation MacBook Air will use the 10th generation Intel 10nm Ice Lake series processors, supporting native Thunderbolt 3, Wi-Fi 6, LPDDR4-3733 high-frequency memory, etc. (Pin play)
View of the day
It is learned that at the 7th Annual Conference of Chinese Enterprise New Media, founder and chairman Liu Chengcheng said that with the diversification of communication forms brought by the 5G era and the further reduction of the threshold for communication, it will make traditional media The main mass communication, the Internet-based network communication, to the social platform as the channel of community communication, forced the transformation of media business forms, the integration between different media, and the transformation of internal organizational structure. In addition, Liu Chengcheng said that as the new economy reshapes people’s production and life, the business boundary of media will also shift from information transmission to industrial services.
I was informed that at the recent “2019 Annual Conference is the Annual Conference and Consumer Culture Summit Forum” (the first annual conference), Xiao Goose founder and CEO Bao Chunjian said, “In the Internet era, technology has a great impact on the transformation of education Large, but it is not the only decisive factor in the education industry. CEOs with a technical background should not take technology too seriously, but also need to design products in accordance with user needs and values; CEOs who are not a technology should not take technology too seriously. You need to have the ability to understand products and technologies, and truly integrate with business development. “
Other important news
China Unicom: eSIM No. 1 dual-terminal service will soon be available nationwide Opening
It is learned that China Unicom announced on Weibo that the eSIM No. 1 dual-terminal service will soon be opened nationwide.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange: 2205 listed companies with a total market value of 23.7 trillion
It is learned that the Shenzhen Stock Exchange issued a new year speech saying that there were 78 Shenzhen IPO companies, a total of 2205 listed companies with a total market value of 23.7 trillion, and annual stock financing of 508.93 billion yuan; more than 1,000 new fixed-income products were issued. The annual financing amount of solid income products exceeded 1.7 trillion yuan, and the amount of trusteeship was 2.1 trillion yuan. In 2020, it is necessary to accelerate the GEM reform and pilot registration system, improve sector coverage and inclusiveness, and strengthen the ability to serve the new economy.
Former Baidu President Zhang Yaqin officially joined Tsinghua University
It is learned that former Yahoo President Zhang Yaqin officially joined Tsinghua University and was hired as a professor of “smart science” at Tsinghua University. It will be responsible for leading the establishment of the “Tsinghua University Intelligent Industry Research Institute (AIR)”, facing the fourth industrial revolution, with autonomous driving, artificial intelligence + Internet of Things, and brain-like intelligence as the key technological breakthroughs.
It is learned that the report released by Counterpoint shows that Samsung, Xiaomi, Apple, Huawei, and Realme ranked the top five smartphone market shares in Spain in November. Realme, one of the fastest-growing brands in the market, ranked among the top 5 in the Spanish market in a month.
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