E-commerce Morning News on August 21

　　#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on August 21] NetEase Koala: The financing is going well; Cainiao joins forces with five express delivery companies to release a "box return plan"; Japan's three major operators restart Huawei mobile phone sales; Ren Zhengfei: Next, we must try to replace lazy employees and replace fresh blood; after France imposes a "digital tax", Amazon may have raised the commission for French sellers...

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　　1. NetEase Koala: The financing is going well

　　According to news on August 21, on August 20, news was released on Maimai, saying that the negotiations between NetEase Kaola and Alibaba failed. According to a senior project manager, the executive meeting held by Ding Lei in the afternoon of the same day lasted for half an hour, and there was only one message: NetEase Koala's financing was progressing smoothly. There is no more news about the financing amount and financing amount at present. (E-commerce News)

　　2. Cainiao joins forces with five express delivery companies to release the "Box Return Plan"

　　Cainiao Network has joined hands with five express delivery companies including Zhongtong, Yuantong, Shentong, Yunda, and Best to officially launch a "return plan" in Shanghai to promote the classification recycling and recycling of express delivery packaging. The first batch of 1,000 express recycling boxes have been laid at the end sites of the above five express companies in Shanghai, which is conducive to promoting the secondary utilization of express packaging. (interface)

　　3. Tencent’s additional investment of “Yijiupi” is US$80 million

　　The fast-moving consumer goods industry Internet startup "Yijiupi" received another additional investment of nearly US$80 million in Tencent. This is the second time that Tencent and Meituan led the investment of Yijiupi to US$200 million in August 2018 and Yijiupi to US$100 million in February 2019. Tencent has increased its holdings of Yijiupi to a new round of financing. Light Source Capital continues to serve as the exclusive financial advisor for this round of financing. Yijiupi's current market coverage has increased to 140 prefecture-level cities and 500 county towns in 26 provinces. This year, the platform's commodity GMV is expected to exceed 20 billion. (36Kr)

　　4. The express logistics service platform Zhilei Travel completed a round A financing of 100 million yuan

　　On August 20, Shanghai Zhizu Logistics Technology Co., Ltd. announced that it had received a 100 million-year A round of financing. This round of financing was jointly invested by famous industrial capital linking Tianyi and Huayi Fund, which has in-depth layout of the new energy industry.

　　It is reported that this financing will be mainly used for product technology research and development, supply chain integration creation and market channel strategic layout, and strive to create a one-stop comprehensive service platform for terminal distribution. (Titanium Media)

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　　5. It is said that a former JD employee was arrested in the Chengxing case. JD: Unable to judge the authenticity

　　On August 21st, on the 20th, it was reported that the Chengxing case had a reversal. An employee named Xu from JD.com was formally arrested for involvement in contract fraud. The employee had served as the sales manager of JD.com 3C business department. He has been responsible for the promotion of the supply chain financing business of Chengxing and Noah since 2016. He suddenly resigned in May this year.

　　In response, JD.com responded that JD.com did not have a grasp of the situation and could not judge whether it was true or not. Given that the Chengxing incident has entered the judicial investigation stage, it is recommended that the information published by the judicial organs shall prevail.

　　In July this year, Shanghai Gefei Asset took the initiative to report the case, triggering Luo Jing, the actual controller of Guangdong Chengxing, Chengxing International Holdings (02662.HK) and Boxin Co., Ltd. (600083.SH), using supply chain financial business to commit fraud incidents against many financial institutions and involved JD.com. (Titanium Media)

　　6. The three major Japanese operators restart Huawei mobile phone sales

　　August 21st news, starting today, Japan's largest mobile communications operator Ducomo will begin accepting reservations for Huawei P30 Pro smartphones. According to media reports, another operator, SoftBank, also restarted Huawei mobile phone sales on the 8th. So far, all three major Japanese operators have restarted the sale of Huawei phones. Ducomo announced that Huawei's new smartphone P30 Pro HW-02L, which had previously stopped accepting pre-orders, will resume pre-orders from the 21st and are expected to be officially sold in September.

　　Ducomo originally planned to officially start selling Huawei P30 Pro smartphones this summer, but after the U.S. Department of Commerce announced export control measures against Huawei, Ducomo announced a postponement in May this year. Japanese mobile communications operator KDDI has begun to release Huawei-made new smartphone P30 lite Premium to Japan on the 8th of this month. In response to users' previous concerns that Huawei phones cannot update the Android operating system, KDDI said that the Android system can be updated and used normally. (Europe)

　　7. JD Digital and Yilian Bank signed a strategic cooperation agreement

　　On August 21, JD Digital Technology and Jilin Yilian Bank (hereinafter referred to as "Yilian Bank") signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing, covering a number of business areas such as financial private cloud, retail credit, data risk control, and wealth management.

　　It is understood that in this contract, at the level of financial cloud service, JD Digital Technology will provide Yilian Bank with financial-level private cloud solutions including DevOps development, operation and maintenance integrated platform, multimedia intelligent customer service voice ASR, information technology development and testing private cloud services and other financial-level private cloud solutions; at the level of business, JD Digital Technology will also provide Yilian Bank with overall retail credit business solutions, online wealth management, supply chain financial solutions, etc. (E-commerce News)

　　8. Ren Zhengfei: Next, we must try our best to replace lazy employees and replace fresh blood in.

　　Huawei's "Xinsheng Community" released the minutes of Huawei's interview with Ren Zhengfei to the British Sky News TV station. Ren Zhengfei said: "If some customers don't want to buy my equipment, I won't sell it for the time being. First, we are not worried about the lack of sales in the market; second, the supply of parts is no longer controlled by the United States; next, we must try our best to replace lazy employees and replace fresh blood in." (36Kr)

　　9. China Mobile and Sinochem Group strategic cooperation, involving 7 fields such as smart gas stations

　　On the afternoon of August 20, China Mobile and Sinochem Group held a signing ceremony for a strategic cooperation agreement today. China Mobile Chairman Yang Jie, Vice President Li Zhengmao, Vice President Zhao Dachun, Sinochem Group Chairman Ning Gaoning, Chief Accountant Yang Lin, Vice President Jiang Zhenghong and Vice President Yang Shihao attended the signing ceremony.

　　According to the agreement, the two parties will give full play to their respective advantages in communication networks and energy agricultural real estate, and carry out business cooperation in 17 aspects of seven major areas: communications, marketing services, smart gas stations, smart chemical parks, smart agriculture, urban operations and modern finance. The two sides will empower the 5G industry, transform digital services and expand in emerging fields, and jointly build a 5G+ industry ecosystem in the 5G era. Previously, the two sides have carried out multi-level cooperation in agriculture, real estate, finance, chemical industry, energy and other fields. (Europe)

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　　10. After France imposed a "digital tax", Amazon may raise the commission for French sellers

　　According to the Internet Economic and Social Security, after the French government launched the "digital service tax" against Internet giants such as Google and Amazon, some retailers in the country found that Amazon has quietly raised the commission standard and a 3% tax will be passed on to themselves.

　　On August 19, local time, CNBC reported that French seller Virginie Lemaire recently received an email from Amazon: starting from October this year, French sellers like her will increase commissions on Amazon's French website by 3%. (Hugo.com)

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