#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [May 8 E-commerce Evening News Brief]

　　#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on May 8] 1. Hema Fresh will open 10 stores in Chengdu this year, and 50 stores will be opened within 3 years; 2. Strategic losses? Ant Financial lost 720 million yuan in the first quarter of this year; 3. Extended delivery salary: SF Express executives are the most generous in dividends, Shentong employees are the most severe in salary cuts; 4. Zhang Yiming, Ma Huateng’s circle of friends debate Alibaba Yu Yongfu: support Yiming; 5. Alipay buys 140,000 yuan in mistakenly pays 140,000 yuan in store to ask you to get the money...

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　　1. Hema Fresh will open 10 stores in Chengdu this year and 50 stores will be opened within 3 years.

　　It was learned from the relevant person in charge of Alibaba Chengdu that after the first Hema Fresh entered Chengdu in January, it will open 10 stores within the Greater Chengdu this year. Within three years, Hema Fresh will open 50 stores in Chengdu and lay out 2,000 stores in many cities across the country, including Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Ningbo and Guiyang. (Source: Sichuan Online)

　　2. Strategic losses? Ant Financial lost 720 million yuan in the first quarter of this year

　　Recently, Alibaba announced the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2018 (January 1-March 31, 2018) (Note: Alibaba’s fiscal year is not synchronized with the natural year, starting from April 1 of each year and ending on March 31 of the second year) and the full-year financial report. Among them, there are two core data about Ant Financial: one is that the number of active users of Alipay globally is 870 million; the other is that Ant Financial lost nearly 720 million yuan (US$114 million) in a single quarter.

　　What is more interesting is that on the one hand, it is a loss in a single quarter this year, while on the other hand, Ant Financial's profit in fiscal 2018 still increased by 65% ​​year-on-year, and its profitability is still stable and improving. (Source: Securities Daily)

　　3. Extension salary is revealed: SF Express executives are the most generous in dividends and the employees of Shentong are the most severe in salary reduction.

　　According to data from the State Post Bureau, the total business volume of express delivery service enterprises nationwide reached 40.06 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 28%, ranking first in the world for four consecutive years. Judging from the recent 2017 financial reports released by A-share listed companies such as SF Express, Shentong, Yunda, and YTO, corporate income and net profit are still on the upward track, and the average price-to-earnings ratio of the four A-share listed companies also reflects the confidence of the capital market.

　　At the beginning of this year, Ma Junsheng, the director of the State Post Bureau, revealed that the average annual growth rate of the total postal business in the past five years has reached 37%, the proportion of business revenue in GDP has increased from 0.36% to 0.82%, and the revenue of express service industry is 495 billion yuan, an increase of 24.5% year-on-year. (Source: Southern Metropolis Daily)

　　Express salary is revealed: SF Express executives are the most generous in dividends and the employees of Shentong are the most severe in salary reduction

　　Internet news

　　4. Weishi plagiarizes Douyin? Ma Huateng angrily retorted Zhang Yiming: Slander

　　Toutiao CEO Zhang Yiming posted a message to celebrate the world's number one WeChat Moments download on Tiktok Q1 Apple Store. Unexpectedly, it triggered a "war of words" with Ma Huateng. Zhang Yiming said on WeChat Moments: WeChat’s excuses to ban, Weishi’s plagiarism and transportation cannot stop Douyin’s pace. Ma Huateng replied: It can be understood as slander. (Source: Finance Network)

　　5. Shenzhen Metro passengers' mobile phone scanning code to pass the gate service is launched on Ma Huateng experience

　　The mobile phone code scanning service jointly launched by Shenzhen Metro, MTR (Shenzhen) and Tencent has officially launched. Citizens only need to use the Shenzhen Metro APP or the WeChat mini program "Shenzhen Metro e-travel", "Tencent ride code", and "MTR Shenzhen live+" to generate ride codes, and they can easily scan the code to pass the gate and take the subway. At the launch event, Shenzhen Metro, MTR (Shenzhen) and Tencent signed a cooperation agreement.

　　During this period, Liu Qingsheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor, Xin Jie, chairman of Shenzhen Metro Group Co., Ltd., Ma Huateng, chairman and CEO of Tencent Holdings, and Jin Zepei, executive director of Hong Kong Railway Co., Ltd., experienced scanning the code for mobile phones at Futian Metro Station. (Source: China News Network)

　　6. Zhang Yiming, Ma Huateng’s circle of friends debate Ali Yu Yongfu: Support Yiming

　　Yu Yongfu, former chairman of Alibaba Entertainment Group and head of Alibaba Group's eWTP investment working group, forwarded the screenshot of Zhang Yiming's argument with Ma Huateng and said, "Support Yiming, I won't say anything else."

　　Yesterday, Zhang Yiming posted on WeChat Moments to celebrate the download volume of Douyin to reach 45.8 million times, surpassing Facebook, Youtube, Instagram and other iPhone apps with the highest download volume in the world, and commented: "WeChat's excuse to ban Weishi's plagiarism and handling cannot stop Douyin's pace." Ma Huateng immediately fought back that this was slander. But Zhang Yiming insisted that Weishi plagiarism and transportation of TikTok has been notarized, and said that the materials would be sent to Ma Huateng. Ma Huateng retorted Zhang Yiming: "There are too many people who need notarization for you. The platform is treated equally, and you are allergic." (Source: NetEase Technology)

Zhang Yiming, Ma Huateng’s circle of friends debate Ali Yu Yongfu: Support Yiming

　　7. Huya will IPO on May 11, with a maximum financing of US$180 million

　　Huya previously submitted a prospectus to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), intending to go public in the United States. Information released by IPOScoop.com shows that Huya will conduct an IPO on May 11.

　　The prospectus filed by Huya shows that it plans to issue 15 million American depositary receipts (ADS) with an issue price range of US$10 to US$12. The stock code is "HUYA", and the underwriters are Credit Suisse, UBS and Goldman Sachs.

　　Based on the highest issue price of US$12, Huya will raise US$180 million. If the underwriter executes an over-allotment of 2.25 million American depositary receipts, Huya will raise up to $207 million. If the final issue price is at the midpoint of the range and after being completely diluted, Huya's market value will reach US$2.4 billion. (Source: Sina Technology)

　　8. Wall Street Journal: News says Xiaomi's listing valuation is 70 billion to 80 billion US dollars

　　According to foreign media reports, according to people familiar with the matter, the target valuation of Xiaomi, a Chinese smartphone maker, which is preparing for listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, is between US$70 billion and US$80 billion.

　　The company submitted a prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last week and will be listed soon, and is expected to become one of the world's largest technology companies.

　　The company has not disclosed the scale of the listing financing or the company's expected valuation details. However, according to people familiar with the matter, the current valuation range is lower than the previously discussed $100 billion.

　　The company plans to raise at least $10 billion in its initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. (Source: NetEase Technology Report)

　　9. When buying buns on Alipay, the store asked you to get the money!

　　According to reports, when a bun shop in Zhengzhou, Henan Province checked the accounts at the end of the month, it was found that a customer named × Hongwei transferred 147,258 yuan through Alipay. After a month, the customer had not appeared, so the owner sought help from the outside world. He, the owner of the bun shop, said that he retrieved the surveillance video of the day. Because there were too many customers, he could not analyze which one was × Hong Wei. It was estimated that the customer mistakenly entered the payment amount into a password. The store manager also introduced that the bun shop has been open for seven or eight years, and this 140,000 is equivalent to one year's income. (Source: TechWeb)

　　The store called you to get the money by mistake by buying buns with Alipay!

　　Cross-border e-commerce

　　10. Pay attention! Some "overseas shopping" succulents can cause hallucination like mental symptoms

　　Recently, Shenzhen Huanggang Customs seized five consecutive cases of entering the country with "thornless cactus" silver crown jade. According to Shenzhen Customs, silver-crowned jade contains hallucinogenic alkaloids, which can cause hallucination, mental disorder, and even life-threatening. A Beijing Youth Daily reporter found that a number of imported succulent plants, including Yinguanyu, are selling well online. According to the relevant announcements of the Ministry of Agriculture and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Quarantine, seeds (seedlings), seeds and other plant materials with reproductive capacity are prohibited from being carried and mailed into the country, unless they are approved by the relevant administrative departments of the state. Many Taobao sellers said that the imported seeds or adult succulents they sell do not have approval licenses or quarantine certificates issued by exporting countries. (Source: Beijing Youth Daily)

Notice! Some "overseas shopping" succulents can cause hallucination like mental symptoms

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