E-commerce Evening News on January 15

　　#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on January 15] Tencent Weishi spent 1 billion yuan in cash during the Spring Festival, and red envelopes can be collected directly on WeChat QQ; Santong Yida and SF Express stated that they will not close during the Spring Festival, and some will be charged additional service fees; Yahoo cleared Alibaba shares and sold 1 million shares on Monday; Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Three telecommunications companies must ensure that the "number portability" policy rules are implemented in place; Jack Ma's handwritten blessing characters to promote the Alipay's five blessing activities...

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　　1. Tencent Weishi spends 1 billion yuan in cash during the Spring Festival, and red envelopes can be collected directly on WeChat QQ

　　According to Tencent Weishi on January 15, during the 2020 Spring Festival, Tencent Weishi will integrate the elements of "short videos, Spring Festival red envelopes, and social". Starting from January 17 (Little Lunar New Year), it will launch the Spring Festival red envelope activity with the theme of "Weishi Jili 1 billion red envelope carnival year", including three major gameplay methods: "personal video red envelopes", "celebrity red envelope rain", and "collecting hometown cards". It is worth noting that Weishi's video red envelopes can be collected on WeChat and QQ. (Sina Finance)

　　2. Tianjin JD Cloud Computing Industry and Commerce Changes, Liu Qiangdong stepped down as manager

　　According to the news on January 15, Tianyan Check data showed that recently, Tianjin JD Cloud Computing Co., Ltd. had industrial and commercial changes, Liu Qiangdong resigned as manager, and Liu Qiangdong's assistant Zhang Yun resigned as executive director of the company. At the same time, Ji Fanfeng took over as the company's manager and executive director. At the same time, Li Yayun stepped down as supervisor and Tan Saili took over. (Titanium Media)

　　3. Baidu launched the "Good Luck China Year" event today, and 8 major products including Baidu App sent 500 million red envelopes

　　On January 15, Baidu officially announced the launch of the "Good Luck China Year" event. From 0:00 on the 15th to 24:00 on the 24th, users can share this year's 500 million yuan cash red envelopes through the two major gameplays of "Good Luck" and "Reunion Red Envelope". In addition to the red envelope, Baidu also provides users with tens of thousands of limited edition "Golden Mouse" as well as prizes such as Huawei Mate30 Pro, Dyson V8 vacuum cleaner, Xiaomi sweeping robot, Xiaodu smart speaker Play, Baidu Netdisk membership and other prizes.

　　Among them, the "Gathering Good Luck" activity requires users to collect 10 good luck cards to participate in the sharing of 200 million cash red envelopes. On January 17, Baidu will officially launch the "Pin Haolu Win 2020 Yuan" event two days after the Good Luck Collection event was launched.

　　The "Pin Haolu Win 2020 Yuan" event was held at the same time as the "Pin Haolu Win 2020 Yuan" event, which can divide 300 million yuan in cash. Users only need to form a team to participate in the dividend distribution. The larger the team size, the larger the red envelope amount, and there is a chance to divide the bonus pool every day.

　　In this event, Baidu App is not the only event portal. Many Baidu products including Baidu Speed ​​Edition App, Haokan Video, Quanmin Video, Baidu Tieba, Baidu Netdisk, Baidu Map, iQiyi and other Baidu products have set up event portals, and users can choose to participate by themselves. (Sohu.com)

　　4. Three-Tong Yida and SF Express have stated that they will not close during the Spring Festival, and some will charge additional service fees.

　　According to January 15, Shentong, YTO, ZTO, Yunda and SF Express have recently issued service announcements during the 2020 Spring Festival. Among them, SF Express and Yunda have clearly stated that they will charge additional service fees during the Spring Festival to ensure service quality; Yuantong stated that due to factors such as transportation resources and weather during the Spring Festival, the express delivery time will be affected to a certain extent, and the express delivery fees in some areas will be adjusted to a certain extent. (Pengpai News)

　　5. Yahoo clears its shares in Alibaba and sells 1 million shares on Monday

　　On January 15, on Tuesday, Eastern Time, Altaba, formerly known as Yahoo, disclosed in a filing submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it sold all remaining shares of Alibaba Group since Monday, January 13, and sold 1 million shares at an average price of $229 on Monday, with an exchange of $2.29 trillion.

　　Altaba said it will complete clearance in the next few days and announce the sale on its official website every day. The specific selling time, number of shares and selling price will be decided by Altababa at that time.

　　Altaba is the new company name after Yahoo sold its core business before 2017. At that time, Yahoo sold its Internet business to US telecom giant Verizon for US$4.8 billion to establish an investment management company called Altaba. (Wall Street News)

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　　6. YouTube co-founder Chen Shijun: What I wanted to do at the beginning was a dating website

　　According to Taiwan's "Tianxia Magazine", recently at the forum of the 2020 World Economic Forum (CWEF) Winter Field, YouTube co-founder Chen Shijun revealed that when YouTube was first founded, what he originally wanted to do was a dating website, but later it became a comprehensive content. Google negotiated YouTube for $1.65 billion. The two companies met and negotiated in a fast-food restaurant between the two companies. It took less than 72 hours from the beginning to the final announcement on Wall Street. (Sina Technology)

　　7. Analysts: Apple's market value is expected to reach US$2 trillion by the end of 2021

　　On January 15, investment bank Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in the report: "Given the 5G tailwind and Apple's service industry development momentum in the next few years, Apple is expected to become the first company with a market value of over $2 trillion by the end of 2021." Ives said that 2019 is only the beginning of the "transformation of 5G super cycle", and the market demand for iPhone 11 is stronger than expected. He also predicts that Apple's service business sales will reach US$500 billion to US$650 billion, becoming the company's main source of revenue. (Sina Technology)

　　8. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Three telecommunications companies must ensure that the "number portability" policy rules are implemented in place

　　On January 15, the Information and Communications Administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a national video conference on the supervision of "number portability" service in Beijing.

　　The meeting believed that the next step of "number portability" put forward three requirements: First, the three telecommunications companies should strengthen the management of provincial companies to ensure that policies and rules are implemented in place, strengthen the interpretation and publicity of business processing procedures and related rules, and enhance users' understanding and recognition. Second, all communications administrations should increase supervision efforts, dare to adhere to principles, take tough measures, and severely rectify violations. Third, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology should accelerate the improvement of technical capabilities and accelerate the construction of a "number portability" service supervision platform. (Titanium Media)

　　9. Jack Ma’s handwritten blessing characters promotes the five blessing activities of Alipay

　　According to January 15th, today, Alipay posted the word "Fu" written by "a colleague named Ma" on Weibo, saying, "It is said that there will be surprises when scanning this word "Fu". The topic on Weibo shows that the word "Fu" was handwritten by Jack Ma. According to the feedback from commenters, if you scan the word "Fu" written by Jack Ma, you will definitely get a "Zhanzhan Card". It is reported that users can use the "Zhanzhan Card" in the Five Blessings event to randomly copy a lucky card from relatives and friends. (E-commerce News)

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　　10. Indian antitrust department: Amazon should not provide large discounts, and it is necessary to ensure the normal operation of physical stores

　　On January 15, according to foreign media reports, in response to the Indian antitrust agency Competition Commission launching an antitrust investigation into Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart, the agency chairman Ashok Kumar Gupta said on Tuesday that large e-commerce companies should not offer large discounts and must disclose discount policies and ensure that they do not let their physical competitors go bankrupt. Gupta said that it is crucial to open subsidy policies and how to use customer data. "If it is absolutely clean, then stand up and post the details on your website." (Tencent Technology)

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