China News Service, June 14. On June 13, during the law enforcement inspection process, Shanghai Yiwang car-hailing broke through the customs and escaped, causing four injuries. The Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission Law Enforcement Corps urgently interviewed Didi about the case on the 14th. Didi responded that it actively cooperated with the police to investigate the perpetrators. Staff have been dispatched to the hospital and will advance all medical expenses and arrange accommodation for the families of the injured.
Didi said that yesterday morning (June 13), a Didi driver in Shanghai lost control of his nervousness while evading transportation management law enforcement, and his car rammed into transportation management staff and passers-by, causing multiple injuries, one of which was seriously injured.
After the incident, Didi immediately set up an emergency working team and dispatched staff to the hospital at noon yesterday to go all out to do a good job in the rescue of the injured, including paying all medical expenses in advance, arranging accommodation for the families of the injured, etc. Everything is to treat the injured as the first priority. At the same time, Didi has been actively cooperating with the police to investigate the perpetrators.
Didi expressed that it is very sad and sorry for this unfortunate incident. Under any circumstances, safety is an untouchable red line, and Didi resolutely resists and condemns any behavior that ignores the safety of others.
According to the official WeChat news of the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission, on the morning of June 13, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission Law Enforcement Corps and Jing’an Traffic Police were conducting law enforcement inspections at the intersection of Zhenning Road, Yan’an West Road. An illegal online car-hailing car escaped, causing four people to be injured in the process. After investigation, the white BYD car of the escape car "Shanghai AF08630" was registered on the Didi platform in May 2018, but neither the driver Hao nor the car had the qualifications to engage in online car-hailing business.
On the afternoon of the 13th, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission Law Enforcement Corps launched an investigation into the driver Hao’s unauthorized operation of taxis. The driver will face a fine of 10,000 yuan and a penalty of temporarily withholding the motor vehicle driver’s license for three months. In response to the Shanghai branch of Didi Chuxing Technology Co., Ltd. providing ride-hailing information services for drivers and vehicles who do not have the qualification to operate, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission Law Enforcement Corps has also filed an investigation, and the platform company will face an administrative penalty of 100,000 yuan. In addition, the public security department will further investigate the driver’s suspected violent resistance to the law and other behaviors.
On the morning of June 14, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission Law Enforcement Corps will urgently interview Didi Chuxing Technology Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch on this case.
CCTV NewsAt 15:22 this afternoon, our country successfully launched the 52nd and 53rd Beidou navigation satellites with the Long March 3B rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, which is also the last two satellites of the Beidou system deployed in the medium circular orbit.
Satellites in mid-circle orbit can travel the world, so they are the key to the global network of Beidou satellite navigation system. Whether it is GPS or other existing global satellite navigation systems, a large number of satellites need to be deployed in this orbit. After the launch, all 24 satellites planned by Beidou satellite navigation system in this orbit have been in place, and the deployment of the core constellation of the global system has been officially completed.
Beidou has actually quietly entered your life
Video: Why do you say "China’s Beidou, the world’s Beidou"?
Perhaps many people will ask, Beidou has launched so many satellites, when will we be able to use them? Or how can we use them?
There is already "Big Dipper" above your head.
In fact, Beidou has already quietly entered our lives. Now when you turn on your mobile phone or navigator to use navigation services, you are not just receiving GPS satellite signals, but the fusion signal of Beidou, GPS, Glonass and other satellite positioning systems. They can complement each other. For example, in the case of high-rise buildings in the city, the GPS signal in some directions will be blocked, so you can directly receive the signal of Beidou to locate.
What is the use of Beidou’s unique communication capabilities?
Unlike other systems, we can not only know where we are through Beidou, but also tell others where we are through Beidou. This is the unique communication capability that distinguishes Beidou from any other system.
Many people may think that we can communicate so conveniently now, so why use Beidou?
Because at sea, in many deep mountains and forests without ground communication facilities, communication can only be done by satellite signals. Therefore, whether it is sea rescue or meeting for "jungle exploration", Beidou is an excellent choice. Not only is it global coverage, but it is also very cheap.
Of course, this function requires the use of a specific "Beidou" mobile phone!
Official certification! World-class navigation and positioning service capabilities
Video: Understand the working principle of Beidou navigation with high school knowledge
Wang Ping, chief designer of the Beidou-3 satellite, introduced to reporters.At present, the basic system of our Beidou-3 has been evaluated all over the world. The evaluation results show that Beidou’s signal quality, signal ranging accuracy, navigation, positioning and timing accuracy are on par with the US GPS.The completion of all the medium-circle orbit network satellites will enable our Beidou satellite navigation system to achieve world-class service capabilities.
China speed! Beidou breaks the world record for global networking
Since November 2017, our country has organized 18 Beidou launch missions in 25 months and launched a total of 30 Beidou satellites, breaking the world record for the networking speed of global satellite navigation systems at an average rate of 1.2 satellites per month.
Among them, we have to mention the "Beidou special train" – the Changsanjia series of carrier rockets that transported Beidou 38 times.
Since the launch of the first Beidou-2 navigation test satellite in 2007, in the past 12 years, the Changsanjia series of rockets have sent 53 Beidou navigation satellites into the predetermined orbit with 38 successful and perfect performances. If the Beidou navigation test satellites launched earlier are included, the Changsanjia series of rockets have escorted 57 Beidou satellites into orbit with a 100% success rate of 42 launches.
From Beidou-1 to Beidou-3, from several launches a year to more than a dozen launches a year, the Long March-3A development team has been constantly exploring on the road of innovation. They set a precedent for our country’s "one arrow and two stars" to launch high-orbit satellites, further accelerated the deployment of Beidou satellites, greatly shortened the construction progress of Beidou engineering and greatly reduced the construction cost. (CCTV reporter, Wang Shiyu, partner unit Aerospace Science and Technology Group Fifth Academy)
Long March 3A series rocket launch Beidou satellite full record
1905 movie network feature Spring is strong, and April is approaching, and the spring-filled film market will also usher in a new lineup. Up to now, there have been many good films at home and abroad aimed at the Qingming Festival, with diverse film types and star-studded films, making people dizzy.
Among them, leading the release in front of the Qingming Festival, can it be better?
At the same time, in the new film of Qingming Festival, there are not only director Wan Dan Caima’s posthumous work, but also the new film of the animation master, and the film "The Great" Anti "and other films to be screened. During Qingming Festival, who can win the championship in one fell swoop?
Film critic Wu Yanyu said on the program that this year’s Qingming Films are destined to be a special schedule. On the one hand, this year’s films will give audiences a lively, rich and relevant experience in Qingming Films, and the previous weekend’s films will continue to release energy during the schedule. Movies about life thinking such as "Let’s Shake the Sun Together", "Snow Leopard" and "What kind of life do you want to live" can also attract more viewers’ attention in this schedule.
On the other hand, when the residual heat of the Spring Festival is gradually exhausted, and the May Day and summer holidays have not yet arrived, the Qingming file plays a connecting role at this time. Many films are set here. While seeking their own positioning, they also hope that the audience’s viewing enthusiasm and viewing habits can be better continued.
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"Godzilla vs. King Kong 2: Rise of the Empires"
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Plot Synopsis: After the last Monster Burning Battle, King Kong and Godzilla will once again join forces to confront a great threat lurking in the world, and gradually explore the origin of these beasts and the mysteries of places such as Skull Island. At the same time, the veil of the ancient battle will also be revealed. It was the battle that created these extraordinary creatures and profoundly affected the fate of the human world.
What to watch: A new film released on the 10th anniversary of the birth of "Monster Universe" will also comprehensively upgrade the story between Godzilla and King Kong, the two monster kings. The film will tell the story more deeply from the perspective of monsters, allowing audiences to understand and explore more of the grand world view of the monster universe.
"Galaxy Writers"
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Starring : / / / Li Wenru/Song Xiaoliang
Synopsis: A screenwriter who doesn’t listen to any revisions (Song Muzi, played), a screenwriter who listens to all revisions (Hewenjun, played), an arrogant, a bold, the strongest in the galaxy (Ruo) Party B, to challenge the top Party A company’s talent.
What to watch: The film has exploded since its debut at the film festival. As the "survival apocalypse of contemporary migrant workers", the film may become the next "workplace movie" hit.
"Let’s Shake the Sun Together"
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Starring : / / / / Liu Dan
Synopsis: When "brainless" Lu Tu (Peng Yuchang, played) meets "unhappy" Ling Min (Li Gengxi, played), two young people with severe illness but very different personalities, because of the "Relay of Life" agreement, they accidentally embark on a healing journey full of love and strength.
What to watch: The film is the final chapter of Han Yan’s "life trilogy". Although it is a second set, there is no doubt that the love story of the critically ill patient is more suitable for the social emotions in the Qingming period. The superb acting skills of the two young stars and the spirit of facing life with a positive and sunny attitude can make people feel the power of the film.
The Snow Leopard.
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Synopsis: A snow leopard breaks into a herdsman’s sheepfold and kills nine sheep. Therefore, the herdsman father and son are at odds. The son insists on killing the leopard, but the father insists on releasing the snow leopard. Faced with the huge loss of nine sheep, release or kill? The fates of humans and snow leopards seem to be tied together.
What to watch: This film is the last work of director Wanma Tseden, and it is also a story about how people and animals eventually get along. Director Wanma Tseden focuses on the story of his hometown on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to analyze the contradictions and conflicts between all things from a unique perspective, and also hides the grand proposition of human nature and life, which is worthy of deep consideration for every audience.
"What kind of life do you want to live?"
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Satoshi Yamashi / / / Aimu/
Synopsis: After the mother of the young Muzhen dies in the sea of fire, he forms a new family with his father and stepmother. Deep in sadness, Zhenren is gloomy and withdrawn, and it is difficult to integrate into the new environment. An accident, he follows a talking heron into the abandoned mysterious tower, but unexpectedly enters the fantasy "world of the dead" and embarks on an incredible adventure.
What to watch: The film is regarded as the 83-year-old Hayao Miyazaki’s "life film, farewell work". The superb production and story core have won the film global recognition. It has won a double harvest at the overseas box office and won several awards, including the 96th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature. This time, the Qingming schedule was selected for release, and domestic audiences were also full of expectations. The number of people who wanted to see it has been far ahead of the films in the same schedule.
"The Grass World"
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Plot synopsis: Wu Tahua (Jiang Qinqin, played) is driven away from the tea garden by her lover (Chen Jianbin, played) on her front foot, and her back foot is tricked into the MLM organization "Butterfly International" by her closest good sister Jin Lan. After newly graduated college student He Mulian (Wu Lei, played) finds her mother, Wu Tahua, trapped in the MLM quagmire, she begins to try her best to rescue her.
What to watch: The film combines the story of "Mulian Saving the Mother" with the realistic issue of "anti-pyramid scheme". Through the victim’s perspective of He Mulian and Wu Taihua, it reveals the emotional manipulation behind pyramid scheme, restores the real scene of pyramid scheme, and shows the pyramid-style brainwashing trap. Jiang Qinqin also won the Best Actress of the 17th Asian Film Awards with this film. Her wonderful performance in the film is also worth looking forward to.
"The yellow bird is behind!"
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Synopsis: Guan Xiuying (played) is brutally murdered, and the suspects with disparate identities have their own motives. Powerful people buy murderers to kill, gambler Zheng Wei (played by Huang Jue) sees the money, and a desperate woman Xiao Yazhen (played by Tao Hong) takes revenge and kills… Under the tracking of police officer Yuan Wenshan (played by Feng Shaofeng), it is found that there is another secret to the case.
What to watch: The film’s suspense elements are dense, the story and characters are set to be curious, the plot is reversed many times, and the truth is confusing. It coincides with the ancient Chinese saying "the mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow sparrow is behind". In addition to the "real murderer", there is also the real murderer.
The popularity of the new M7 continues, and a tit-for-tat new energy luxury SUV "price war" has officially started.
On October 15, AITO asked the world to announce that the new M7 listed on the market in the first month of the big order has exceeded 60,000 orders. At present, the Sailis factory has added production shifts, 22 hours of continuous production every day and opened the double shift operation mechanism. In the live broadcast of the factory, Yu Chengdong, chairperson of Huawei Intelligent Vehicle Solutions, bluntly said that in order to improve the production and supply speed of the new M7 in the world, the entire industrial chain and supply chain have increased more than 20,000 workers, and at the same time increased capital investment over 1 billion yuan.
Recently, the Financial Union reporters have repeatedly explored the end point market of automobiles. Even at noon on working days, consumers who go to Huawei stores to see cars and consult are still in constant flow. In terms of policy, after the 33,000 yuan purchase rights and interests of the first sales period, the second round of car purchase rights and interests of the new M7 is worth 30,000 yuan. The deadline for activities is October 31.
The continued sale of the new M7 has directly stimulated the end point policy of competing models such as Krypton 001 and Ideal L7.
The day after the announcement of the report card of "60,000 vehicles in a single month", Extreme Krypton announced that all its models will open the rights and interests of limited-time car purchase, limited-time purchase and replacement. Among them, Extreme Krypton 001 can enjoy a maximum of 80,000 yuan after a number of rights and interests are superimposed. The activity period is from 9:00 on October 16 to 24:00 on December 31.
Compared to JK 001, the competition between the ideal L7 and the new M7 is intensifying. Not long ago, the two brands launched a "air-to-air confrontation", and End Point even spread the rumor of "re-purchase between the new M7 and the ideal L7, and the transaction can reimburse the other party’s deposit". "Our store does not have this [reimbursement deposit] policy, but the current activities of L7 and L8 are very rare, you can directly discount 31,000 yuan, and give gifts such as 20,000 points and foot mats." An ideal store salesperson told reporters.
Earlier this month, Tesla China announced that the price of the Model Y would remain unchanged while adding multi-colored ambient lights, upgraded dashboard trim, upgraded 19-inch wheels and improved acceleration performance. Such a policy is also seen by the industry as a "disguised price reduction" in a highly competitive environment.
From the perspective of market segmentation, the mid-sized/medium-sized SUV market in which Tesla Model Y, Wenjiexin M7, Ideal L7 and other models are located continues to heat up, and the competition is quite fierce. According to the data of the Passenger Federation, in September, although Tesla Model Y fell by 18% month-on-month, it was still far ahead with 53,200 vehicles. There are 7 models that sold more than 10,000 vehicles, namely Audi Q5, BMW X3, Ideal L7, Mercedes-Benz GLC, Hongqi HS5, Ideal L8 and BYD Tang. Among them, Mercedes-Benz GLC, Hongqi HS5 and BYD Tang showed a month-on-month decline, and Ideal L7 and Ideal L8 were basically flat compared with the same period in August.
The white-hot competition of new energy luxury SUVs is just a microcosm of the "Silver Ten" car market. According to incomplete statistics from the Financial Union reporters, more than a dozen car brands, including BYD, NIO, Xiaopeng, Zero Run, Volkswagen, and Buick, have recently launched different preferential policies to take over the "Golden Nine". Under the rare "peak season", the "price war" whose cycle has been extended is still ongoing.
"Because dealers increased the number of cars picked up in September, the end point prices in September and October continue to drop." Lang Xuehong, deputy secretary-general of the China Automobile Dealers Association, believes that under the background of the superposition of various factors, this year’s "Silver Ten" car market will not only be in good condition, but also the actual performance is expected to exceed "Golden Nine". "We believe that the quality of’Gold Nine Silver Ten ‘will be basically the same, and there may even be a situation of’Silver Nine Gold Ten’."
Original title: Q Jie new M7 hot orders detonated "price war": ideal L7 straight down 31,000, extremely krypton push limited-time car purchase rights
Editor: He Bao, Editor in charge: Wu Jian, Review: Wang Guangjiang
Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that on February 27, a lawyer’s letter sent to Geely Automobile (00175.HK) by Changan Automobile (000625.SZ) entrusted Chongqing Baijun Law Firm was exposed on the Internet, claiming that Geely’s "Galaxy Light" prototype car copied Changan concept car and mass-produced car, and infringed Changan Automobile’s intellectual property rights.
↑ Online lawyer’s letter
"The lawyer’s letter is true," Chang’an Automobile told Red Star Capital Bureau. "We believe that the relevant content of Geely Galaxy’s new energy strategy release is suspected of infringing the intellectual property rights of Chang’an Automobile, so the company sent the lawyer’s letter to the other party."
Some netizens posted pictures comparing the appearance of Geely’s "Galaxy Light" with Changan VISION-V and UNI-V models.
↑ Comparison chart of Changan Automobile and Geely
On February 28, Geely Automobile responded via its official Weibo: "The content of the lawyer’s letter is seriously inaccurate, the accusations against our company are groundless, misleading the public, and causing serious damage to our brand and goodwill."
Geely said that Geely Galaxy Light is an original design of Geely, and there is no plagiarism or infringement of other people’s intellectual property rights. Geely will take legal measures to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests against any attempt to smear, maliciously attack and spread false remarks through this matter.
↑ Geely Response
Yang Xueliang, senior vice-president of Geely Holding Group, said in a statement: We must have healthy competition, not internal strife. To transform and develop, not to fight in the same room, to be united, not to divide and smear.
On February 23, Geely Automobile released the new mid-to-high-end new energy series Geely Galaxy and released the prototype car "Galaxy Light". According to reports, "Galaxy Light" was designed by Chen Zheng, vice president of design of Geely Automobile Group. It was designed and developed based on Geely SEA’s vast architecture, using "ripple aesthetics" design, and incorporated Geely satellite antenna, Wofei long-sky drone, Galaxy NOS smart cockpit and other technologies.
The film "New Shaolin Temple" recently released the film’s theme song "Enlightenment", which was composed and sung by the Tianwang Andy Lau himself. Its musical style is in line with the "Zen" artistic conception to be displayed in the film. It is also the experience of the 30 years of the Tianwang Andy Lau’s debut. It is of great significance. Andy Lau will sing this song in public for the first time at the 30th anniversary of his debut "Andy Lau Unforgettable 2010 Concert".
The film "New Shaolin Temple" is directed by Chen Musheng and directed by Yuan Kui. Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Jackie Chan, Fan Bingbing, Wu Jing, Yu Shaoqun, Yu Hai and others co-starred to determine that it will be released on January 19, 2011. It is regarded as the finale of the Spring Festival. The film tells the story of the warlord’s melee era, when Hou Jie (played by Andy Lau), who was originally a warlord, escaped into the air after experiencing the betrayal of his adjutant Cao Man (played by Nicholas Tse) and the pain of his wife’s separation, and worked with monks to protect the victims of the war and the Shaolin Temple.
The theme song "Enlightenment" explains the theme of the film
The theme song of the movie "Shaolin Shaolin" is regarded as a classic film and television song to this day, so how the theme song of the movie "New Shaolin Temple" will be interpreted and who will sing it has attracted much attention. On the 19th, the film’s theme song was finally uncovered and appeared on major radio stations across the country.
"Infinite Mind/Life Blessing/Infinite Limit/Infinite Limit/Life Breath/Love Connection/… Enlightenment/Enlightenment/Wukong/Willingness/Simply walk with you every day." Compared with the old version of "Shaolin Temple", the lyrics of the theme song of "New Shaolin Temple" are more Zen-like, which is in line with the film’s theme of "practicing Zen with martial arts" that has been repeatedly emphasized in the film’s promotion. The style of the song is the perfect fusion of Buddhist music and pop music, which not only allows the audience to experience the artistic conception of "Zen" immersively, awakens the pure heart and compassion, but also catchy melody, which is very easy to sing.
Tianwang Andy Lau’s three-day retreat
According to the director Chen Musheng, the lyrics of the theme song "Enlightenment" are the masterpiece of Andy Lau, the king of heaven. "Originally, we didn’t use the theme song when filming the film, but after cutting the film, I felt that I still needed a song that could express the theme of our film, so I called him and told him what kind of song I wanted, and he readily agreed." What director Chen Musheng didn’t expect was that in just three days, Andy Lau handed over the sample of "Enlightenment" to him.
"I haven’t listened to much music for several years. I think the better movie theme songs are" Painting Heart "and" Chrysanthemum Terrace ", so when I got the sample of" Enlightenment ", I was very surprised and liked it very much. The lyrics and music style are very consistent with the style of our film. I listened to it repeatedly that night." Director Chen Musheng introduced that after he got the sample and listened to it, he called Andy Lau and asked Andy Lau to sing the song in person. "I think only he is the most suitable for singing this song, and I dare to say that this song will definitely become another classic song of his."
Next Page: Andy Lau will sing the first song of "Enlightenment"
In just one month, rumors of "ByteDance acquiring Ele.me" broke out twice.
In the latest version, Caijing quoted sources as saying that not only did it state that ByteDance’s bid was $7 billion – one of the points of disagreement between the two sides, but also that ByteDance only wanted the delivery team of Ele.me, while Ali wanted the word energy saving to undertake the entire Ele.me.
Although soon, the rumors were once again confirmed by both sides, the outside world believed that the "Schr?dinger’s acquisition" was only a layer of window paper away from the ground – "denial" was just a prescribed action in the negotiations between the two sides.
In the past two years, the local life battlefield has seen renewed waves due to Douyin’s disruption, with the store business performing traffic magic, but the home business has experienced ups and downs. Douyin’s local life is still in a state of "running through the process".
The low-hanging fruit has been picked, and moving forward is a tough battle with real swords and real guns. Meituan spent tens of billions of yuan to build the performance ability, and if Douyin wants to replicate it, he needs to invest several times more time and money. Buying Ele.me is the most cost-effective way, and it is also in line with Zhang Yiming’s usual style of "vigorously performing miracles".
Five years ago, Ali bought Ele.me for $9.50 billion; in the past few years, the decline is not only valuation, but also market share. Now Ele.me is almost reduced to a regional player, takeaway is a low-margin business, and it is difficult to make profits without scale effects. If Ali wants to stop losses in time, Douyin is the only potential buyer on the table.
If Douyin wants to be a "universal entrance", it is impossible to give up local life. But the question is, even if he eats Ele.me and completes the closed loop of local life, can he win Meituan? What Douyin lacks in local life is only the ground delivery team? What Ali + Ele.me couldn’t do in the past, can it be done by Douyin + Ele.me?
Just as Yu Yongfu said in his internal letter in 2021: "This is a protracted battle, a boxing match that has just begun. The process is destined to be long and cruel. Neither side can defeat the opponent, but can only fight for points."
The Infinity War of local life, even if the acquisition is completed, is far from the end.
Douyin Local Life: Good Night Yet to Come
In the past two years of the Douyin Meituan dispute, the outside world’s attention has focused on how Meituan defends the city, but it has ignored that Douyin’s battle for local life has not gone smoothly as imagined, and the traffic stick has also encountered "hard bones".
"Changing coaches" is the most obvious signal. In November 2023, Douyin publicly admitted that Pu Yanzi, the head of commercialization, will also serve as the head of life services business, and Zhu Shiyu, the original head, will be transferred. Pu Yanzi’s internal evaluation is that his style is pragmatic and he is good at solving complex problems.
Industry analysts "Zouma Finance" interpret that the role of the commercialization leader in Douyin is similar to that of Alimama to Ali, and it is the existence of the "God of Wealth". Pu Yanzi, who is more "important", can not only mobilize the commercial traffic of Douyin, but also the commercial traffic resources of almost all traffic-type products such as Jinri Toutiao and Watermelon Video in Douyin – this is the highest configuration that Douyin can give.
Douyin’s local life is far from a "good night". They need more resources and more fierce leaders. The core incentive is the failure of takeaway.
In June last year, according to the "LatePost" report, Douyin takeaway’s annual GMV target was reduced from 100 billion yuan to 5 billion yuan, which came to an "ankle cut". At the same time, the focus of takeaway business changed to: try to run through business processes in more ways.
Half a year has passed, and according to a report by "Whip Bulls" at the end of December last year, Douyin life service partners in multiple regions revealed that Douyin will no longer renew their contracts with them. "Except for the five cities of Chengdu, Changsha, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Fuzhou, the Douyin takeaway business in other cities will be suspended." The purpose is to "penetrate the above five cities in order to obtain comprehensive and sufficient experience and lessons, and then promote the replication to other cities."
Since it was exposed in July 2021, Douyin has been running in the takeaway field for two and a half years, but it is still "running through the process".
The cost is undoubtedly huge. According to a report by Sohu News in March last year, Douyin’s boost to merchants in the pilot takeaway service was 5%, which was three percentage points lower than that of its peers. But Douyin’s traffic is expensive, and its investment in takeout should be higher than that of Meituan and Ele.me, including the costs of delivery and service providers.
This raises the suspicion that takeout is a low-margin chore, and if it is so difficult to move forward, why not give up? Because it does not want to watch consumers flee due to the lack of takeout.
According to a report by "LatePost" in February last year, Douyin Group CEO Zhang Nan once imagined at an internal meeting that Douyin would become a universal portal for users’ mobile devices, not only to swipe content when bored, but also to shop, choose restaurants, and buy plane tickets to book hotels.
This is Douyin’s ambition, and it is also the common dream of Internet giants. Today’s Capital Xu Xin once said in his early speech that there are actually only 12 apps commonly used by users, and apps that are opened more than 8 times a day are exclusive and monopolistic, and "flowers" can grow on them.
Therefore, for Douyin’s local life, it is necessary to close the loop between home and store, which is the answer that Meituan proved ten years ago.
As early as 2014, Wang Huiwen once answered the reporter "Why does Meituan want to do takeout?" He said, "Group buying and takeout, there must be a lot of overlap in the business. From the perspective of the merchant, we can bring it customer flow and transactions. Consumers group buying to the store, or ordering takeout to be delivered to consumers for transaction. Although they are two different transaction models, the merchants will not reject them."
The lack of Douyin takeaway links today is like the short board on the bucket. On the one hand, consumers who have settled through home group buying will flow to Meituan when they repurchase takeaway; on the other hand, the merchants who have made great efforts to attract them will only stay at the store level, and cannot reap the commission of takeaway business.
According to public information, Douyin’s GMV in 2022 is 77 billion yuan, while it has increased by 256% in 2023. It is estimated that the GMV completed in 2023 is about 197.12 billion yuan, exceeding the original target of 150 billion yuan. But if you can’t take takeaway business, how long can such high-speed growth be maintained is an unknown.
Since takeaway is a must, then the existing cooperation model is not good? Since August 2022, Douyin and Ele.me have cooperated, and Douyin has diverted traffic and Ele.me has fulfilled the contract, but both sides have different ideas, and they have not fully connected on the page jump. Douyin cannot obtain the core data assets, so he has more than two years of experience in "running through the process".
Douyin and Meituan are bound to have a head-to-head war, but Douyin looks at his hand and only has abundant traffic and funds, but lacks infrastructure, including systems, teams, and the Know-How capabilities that Meituan has accumulated for more than a decade.
And these, eat Eli.me can make up for it?
"Are you shaking?" Can you win Meituan?
Before Douyin’s disruption, the takeaway battlefield had long since died down. Meituan began to explore instant retail in search of incremental growth; Alibaba’s Ele.me system became infrastructure, focusing on stopping losses.
A set of data clearly illustrates the changes in Ele.me in Alibaba. According to third-party data agency trustdata, in 2020, Meituan and Ele.me’s market share was 60% and 25% respectively; by 2022, it had become 72% and 15%.
From Ele.me to "Shake it", how much can it shake Meituan? Let’s take a look at the fundamentals of the two companies first.
Look at the supply side first, there is the most intuitive data. According to the relevant report of Guolian Securities, the average daily active users of Meituan takeaway business version in October 2023 4.8861 million, and the average daily active users of Ele.me business version 2.6131 million, Meituan is almost 1.87 times that of Ele.me.
Looking at the demand side, according to Quset Mobile data, in October 2023, Ele.me APP DAU 2154.6 million, Meituan takeaway APP DAU 17.4993 million, Meituan APP DAU 144 million. You know, Meituan APP is the main position of all businesses. Combined with past financial reports, Meituan takeaway also leads Ele.me in terms of annual transaction users.
What about Ele.me + Douyin? According to the data report released by "Douyin Life Service Business Observation" on January 2, 2024, in 2023, Douyin Life Service stores will exceed 4.50 million. Even taking into account deduplicate factors, on the supply side, Douyin + Ele.me will still have a considerable base.
In addition, the addition of Ele.me may recoup Douyin’s disadvantage on the supply side of small and medium-sized merchants. "Blue Hole Business" once mentioned in the article "Meituan, Can Use Magic to Beat Magic" that the high cost makes it difficult for small and medium-sized merchants to survive in Douyin. "If you don’t buy advertising and don’t have traffic, you will have zero sales."
On the demand side, Douyin’s traffic magic and Ele.me’s home consumption mindset are expected to make up for their previous shortcomings.
Different from Meituan, benefiting from the acquisition and Ali system, a large proportion of Ele.me’s loyal customers come from 88VIP members, which is characterized by strong spending power. Double 11 in 2023, 88VIP user scale broke through 32 million, and transactions increased by double digits year-on-year. According to Ali’s financial report, the average annual consumption of this group in 2022 reached 57,000 yuan, and the demand-side customer unit price may be expected.
From the perspective of supply and demand, Ele.me has been ahead of Meituan, and it may have new vitality. But whether it can win or not, the performance side is more critical. What Douyin wants most is also the delivery team of Ele.me. Capacity is the "card point" that Douyin takeaway cannot push, and it is also the "east wind" that Douyin only owes for the development of instant retail.
According to Ele.me’s official website, Hummingbird, its delivery platform, has 3 million active riders, including full-time and crowdsourcing; but according to a report released by Meituan in 2022, Meituan has 6.24 million riders. In fact, in 2019, Ele.me has more than 3 million riders, and Meituan is 3.99 million. With Ele.me losing ground, riders naturally flow to Meituan, which has a more dominant order volume.
Of course, the fulfillment of contracts does not rely solely on offline capacity. Offline delivery and online fulfillment are two sides of the same coin. It is rumored that Douyin only needs "delivery staff" and does not need "programmers". Ele.me is currently the second largest takeaway in the market after Meituan, and its fulfillment system is the closest option to contend with it.
After it was merged into Alibaba that year, Ele.me’s hummingbird system was the first to be transformed. Alibaba’s expectation for hummingbird was to rely on the foundation of takeaway services and cooperate with Alibaba’s retail "three-kilometer ideal life circle", which meant that in the past few years, hummingbird and Hema, Tmall Hourly, and first-line brand instant delivery have a long match, and the handling situation is far more complicated than food delivery.
At the same time, Hummingbird’s intelligent scheduling system has been supported by Alibaba Cloud. Now AI has become one of the core directions of Ali’s development, and Hummingbird’s computing power and iteration speed have been enhanced. Because Hummingbird is deeply bound to Ali, it has also become one of the arguments that Alibaba will not give up Ele.me. easily.
But Ele.me in the Ali system can only be said to be self-improvement, and whether it can resist Meituan requires a question mark.
Takeaway fulfillment has the characteristics of "multi-concurrency" and "strong randomness", and a strong online fulfillment system can be regarded as Meituan’s "moat". As Wang Xing said in the first quarter of 2023 earnings report: "If the takeaway business wants to complete each transaction efficiently, it needs a reliable order fulfillment system. We have accumulated a deep foundation in the consumer, merchant, and distribution network of the takeaway business, and it is difficult for other players to break through."
Another factor that cannot be quantified, but can determine the course of the war, is methodology and organizational ability.
On the one hand, the Know-How capabilities and takeaway talents accumulated by Ele.me are equivalent to directly giving answers to Douyin, who has been "running through the process"; but on the other hand, with the invasion of organizational culture and the migration of management authority after Alibaba’s acquisition, Ele.me’s core management has gradually lost, and its playing style is also very different from that of Zhang Xuhao’s era. Ele.me, which pursues cost control, has gradually shrunk into a regional player.
In the two years after Alibaba acquired Ele.me, morale was booming. Wang Lei, the earliest head of Alibaba’s department, also stated internally, "It turned out that Ele.me played Meituan on the first floor and the second floor, but now we are standing on the sixth floor."
At that time, Wang Lei participated in Double 11 and Double 12 with his local life, interacted with Youku and Juhuasuan, and connected with Autonavi and Hema. But from the first quarter of 2019 to the second quarter of 2020, Ele.me’s market share did not rise but fell.
An industry insider told Blue Hole Business that during that time, he went on a business trip to Shunde, Guangdong. Ele.me increased subsidies and launched activities in the local area, hoping to gain momentum in several of Meituan’s advantageous cities, but the results came to nothing. [The business of local life is more complicated than imagined, and the success of one city may not be replicated in all cities.]
A Meituan person once recalled with "Blue Hole Business" that at that time, Meituan did not regard the other party as a competitor when competing with Ele.me. "Although Meituan gave less resources than the other party in each city, it always got good results in the end. There is indeed a methodology."
Frustrated by the competition, Alibaba began to adjust its thinking. In July 2021, Yu Yongfu, known as the "integration master", took over local life and proposed the so-called "541 formation" and "four vertical and four horizontal" playing methods, but this was an internal staff that also had some unclear theories.
Falling on Ele.me, the strategy focuses more on key cities, which is the so-called "efficiency first, then scale", emphasizing the strengthening of instant retail and distribution capabilities in terms of capabilities, and paying more attention to festival marketing in terms of tactics, such as the repeated mention of "guess the answer to win the free order".
The key data obtained from the above actions is that Ele.me’s unit economic benefits continue to be positive, and its losses have narrowed year by year. But takeaway is always a low-margin business, and if you want to make money, you still need to do it on a large scale. Ele.me’s long-term strategy is to stop bleeding for Ali, but it is the opposite for Ele.me itself.
The local life battlefield is far more complicated than imagined, and it is unknown whether Douyin can recover the share that Ele.me has lost in the past few years.
Although Meituan’s share price fell every time the acquisition scandal broke, it proved the outside world’s attitude towards the deal. But even if the acquisition is completed, it is only an escalation of the war situation, not an end.
Why did Wang Sicong jump into the "fire pit" when he knew that the other party was a liar?
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A few days ago, Jia Yueting made a rare appearance at the China Auto Blue Book Forum and participated in the meeting by video link. This is his first public appearance in China since he left the United States for six years.
In the video, Jia Yueting wears a signature smile, with an assembled FF91 parked behind him, to prove to the outside world that the FF91 is really mass-produced.
The first batch of FF91s in mass production in the United States has been delivered to car owners, most of whom are Wall Street executives or Hollywood stars.
The appearance on the domestic auto forum this time is clearly Jia Yueting’s preparation for the sale of FF91 in China. According to people familiar with the matter, China’s first FF91 owner is the famous "national husband" Wang Sicong.
Anyone familiar with Wang Sicong knows that he rented a garage at the Peninsula Hotel in Shanghai, where more than 20 luxury cars, including Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Bentley Mulsanne, Maybach, and limited-edition Porsche, are parked, with a total value of over 100 million yuan.
Only there are no electric luxury cars.
This time, Wang Bicong threw 2 million to buy Jia Yueting’s new car, which is a bit confusing. You know, he once publicly criticized Jia Yueting on Weibo as a "liar who cuts leeks".
Why did Wang Sicong jump into the "fire pit" when he knew that the other party was a liar? The story starts with an investment made seven years ago.
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Jia Yueting used to be the God of Wealth of Wang Sicong.
In 2009, after Wang Sicong returned from studying abroad, Wang Jianlin always wanted to train him as a successor and take over the then-thriving Wanda Group.
Wang Sicong has his own ideas. He doesn’t want people to say that he is a rich second generation of "fighting father", and wants to break out-point himself.
Therefore, Wang Jianlin gave Wang Sicong 500 million yuan as the capital base for starting a business and agreed: "This 500 million yuan loss is fine, I will give you another 500 million yuan, but if you lose again, you will honestly go back to Wanda to work."
Wang Sicong took the 500 million yuan given by his father and established an investment company called "Pusi Capital", looking for small companies with potential all over the world.
In his opinion, it is too hard for his father to make money by building a building. Real entrepreneurs should learn to let others make money for themselves.
The person who helped Wang Sicong make money was Jia Yueting.
At that time, Jia Yueting had unlimited scenery in the capital markets, holding the two major industries of LeTV film and television and LeTV sports.
Under the guidance of his wife Gan Wei, Jia Yueting turned Zhang Yimou, Guo Jingming, Sun Honglei, Huang Xiaoming, Li Bingbing, Sun Li and other celebrities into LeTV shareholders.
The famous LeTV has attracted the attention of Wang Sicong. In 2015, he invested 100 million yuan in LeTV Sports, accounting for 11% of the shares and becoming the largest shareholder.
Jia Yueting did not disappoint Wang Sicong. Under the superb capital operation of the former, LeTV Sports only took one year, and the valuation soared from 2 billion to 20 billion, which expanded by 10 times. Wang Sicong did nothing, just made 2.20 billion!
After 2017, there were a lot of self-media on the Internet, saying that Wang Sicong was not only handsome, but also very powerful. It took a few years to turn the 500 million yuan given by his father into 5 billion yuan. As expected of the "national husband" that every woman wants to marry.
In fact, Wang Sicong just followed the trend and voted for LeTV, which is no different from the "chasing high" of ordinary investors.
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When Wang Sicong was immersed in the vanity of "national husband", Guo Taiming, the real business boss, had sensed that LeEco was going to die.
The reason was that Jia Yueting held a "buy a member and get a color TV" activity, which caught the home appliance factory by surprise. Huang Hongsheng, the boss of Skyworth, said that he had dealt with color TVs all his life, and he never dreamed that one day he would buy a color TV for free!
Under the free offensive, LeTV color TV surged forward, with annual sales reaching 6 million units, becoming the fourth largest color TV brand in the country. LeTV’s share price rose with the tide, and its valuation reached 160 billion.
Jia Yueting wanted to seize control of the color TV industry and began a series of merger plans.
He first set his sights on Skyworth and invited Huang Hongsheng to a Beijing palace for dinner. During the dinner, Jia Yueting opened two bottles of 82-year-old Lafite. After three rounds of wine, Jia Yueting stated the purpose of the dinner: he wanted to buy 30% of Skyworth’s shares at 1.5 times the price.
Huang Hongsheng is excited, which means he can cash out billions at a time.
But Mr. Jia added: LeEco will pay $100 million first, and the rest will be paid within nine months. He then produced a letter of intent for Mr. Huang to sign.
Huang Hongsheng was not drunk and said that he was not in a hurry to sign the contract. He would wait until he went back to discuss with the team.
This decision saved Skyworth.
A few days later, Huang Hongsheng received a call from Guo Taiming and also made an appointment for dinner. At the dinner, Guo Taiming said straight to the point, "I heard that Jia Yueting talked to you about the acquisition?"
Huang Hongsheng explained the situation. Guo Taiming pointed and said, "He also talked to me about buying a TV brand in my hands."
What makes Guo Taiming puzzled is that Jia Yueting’s 100 million deposit has been on the account for 8 months, why did the balance not arrive?
Guo Taiming asked Huang Hongsheng, "Do you think Jia Yueting has so much money?"
The answer is no. At the moment, LeEco’s funds are extremely tight, and there are only five months left before the collapse.
Afterwards, Huang Hongsheng rejected Jia Yueting’s acquisition offer. Guo Taiming also cancelled the deal because he did not receive the balance, earning a deposit of 100 million in vain.
Capital that sensed something was wrong began to secretly sell off LeEco’s shares. Wang Sicong, the "son", was still in the dark, and his daily concern was "Which girlfriend do you want to hang out with today?"
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In April 2017, the LeTV empire began to disintegrate; in July, it was revealed that there were problems such as exaggerated profits and false sales; in October, Jia Yueting resigned as chairperson and went to the United States, but has not yet returned.
Wang Sicong woke up like a dream, not only did the 2 billion he earned in the early stage disappear, but even the principal of more than 1 billion was wasted.
The bad news doesn’t stop there.
In 2019, Panda Live, which he invested in and served as CEO, declared bankruptcy after losing the money-burning war, leaving 1 billion debt black hole.
Then, the entertainment company "Banana Project", which he founded, lost orders from Tencent, got into trouble, and was sued by many creditors. Wang Sicong became "Lao Lai".
A company screenwriter even knelt down to Wang Sicong in order to ask for 800,000 royalties. But only in exchange: "Go to court and sue me!"
After a series of blows, the once-famous Pulse Capital lost all its "underpants". "National husband" was suddenly beaten back to its original form and became synonymous with playboy.
The unwilling Wang Sicong took Jia Yueting to court again, demanding Jia Yueting to compensate 100 million yuan on the grounds that LeTV Sports violated the agreement.
The court upheld Wang Sicong’s request.
It is said that Jia Yueting contacted Wang Sicong privately to ensure that he would be responsible for the debt to the end, and promised to give him one when FF91 was mass-produced.
6 years later, Jia Yueting’s situation is improving. More than 20 billion in debt, he has paid more than 10 billion, only owe 9.80 billion. Wang Sicong’s 100 million probability has been paid off.
Therefore, the two repaired their relationship. Only then did the news come out that Wang Sicong bought FF91. Jia Yueting, who made a comeback, proved his ability.
Wang Sicong was courteous, and it was not surprising to buy an FF91 to support him. After all, there are no eternal friends in the mall, only eternal interests.
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Original title: "After scolding" cutting leeks ", Wang Bicong threw 2 million to buy Jia Yueting’s new car"
Xinhuanet Guizhou Channel, April 17 (Reporter Li Zhongjiang) In the early morning of the 17th, a police officer in Guiyang City found suspicious characters during patrol and was attacked by gangsters during the investigation. The brave taxi driver and the police captured the gangsters together, and both were seriously injured.
At around 2:20 on April 17, 2009, Jiao Wenjun, a patrol police officer in Guiyang City, found three men riding a motorcycle acting suspiciously. Jiao Wenjun immediately conducted an investigation on him. Instead of stopping for investigation, the three people fled by car. Jiao Wenjun pursued the car and stopped it for investigation. During the investigation, the man who drove the car fled desperately. The other two men saw this and fled separately. Jiao Wenjun quickly controlled one of the suspects. At the same time, the patrol member Peng Guiping quickly pursued the other fleeing suspect.
At this moment, the suspect facing Jiao Wenjun took out a clip knife with a length of about 25 cm and stabbed at Jiao Wenjun, opening a 2 cm long hole above Jiao Wenjun’s left ear. Blood gushed out immediately, and Jiao Wenjun fought with the other party. The bus company taxi driver Zheng Hong and his friends jumped out of the car bravely and rushed towards the suspect with the knife. The police and taxi driver eventually captured the gangster.
After being introduced by the doctor: "The taxi driver was seriously injured, and the tendon button of the tiger’s mouth in his right hand was stabbed; Comrade Jiao Wenjun was stabbed on the left side of the head, but he was not stabbed in the temple in time because of avoidance, and his life was not in danger."
