On the occasion of the International Children’s Day every year, the big streets specializing in selling children’s toys such as Luong Van Can, Hang Can… are often bustling with sellers and buyers, as if they were going to a festival, but this year the space is deserted. afflicted by disease. The shop owners almost just sit and watch the phone to watch the shop. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, schools give early summer vacations, so there are almost no customers who are schools, parents buy goods in large quantities to make year-end rewards as usual. As noted by the reporter of Tien Phong newspaper, the number of retail customers coming to buy directly is quite sparse, and can only be counted on the fingers. Vendors wait for customers all afternoon, almost no customers come to buy. They took advantage of decorating a few more items on the cars to make them more eye-catching. The whole street of Hang Can, Luong Van Can, on the afternoon of May 31, was sparse with no customers coming to buy. Spider-Man figures are mounted on trees to create eye-catching appeal for young customers, but now there are not many customers visiting. Children’s fashion stores even hang signs of deep discounts of 30%, but there are no customers to shop. Scattered, only a few stores have customers to buy and choose toys. The streets known as the toy capital of the capital such as Hang Ma, Luong Van Can, Hang Luoc… are now deserted without buyers. There are no pictures of stores full of other crowded toys, no more stalls, shelves close to the sidewalk selling enough toys and gifts for children like every year. Not far from the toy shopping market, the Hanoi Children’s Palace, a familiar place for children to play and live in the capital, is now closed to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic. The amusement parks are covered with tarpaulin to stop receiving guests according to the epidemic prevention directive of Hanoi city.

Although the local government has announced that it will install railings to prevent people from approaching, this area is still a place that attracts many children to play. Previously, the government of Phushun city asserted that this strange architecture was built simply to adorn the urban beauty. Even to build the “Circle of Life”, city planners had to cancel 3 other works. Built in 2012, the “Circle of Life” architecture is about 153 meters high and is made from a giant 3,000-ton steel block. At night, the bracelet is lit with 12,000 LEDs. A viral video on Chinese social media shows children carefree climbing up and then sliding down excitedly from the curve of the “Circle of Life”. Although there are signs near this structure that prohibit visitors from approaching, children and parents still often come here to play. “It is difficult to prevent children from climbing, maybe the local government should install fences to prevent people from approaching”, “The budget should be used to build real slides, instead of building giant hoops this”, are 2 of the comments of Chinese netizens.

Icons of the Instagram application. Photo: Reuters The campaign for a non-commercial childhood and the Electronic Privacy Information Center are two of the nearly 100 organizations and activists for children from North America, Europe, Africa and Africa. Ocean has signed a letter to CEO Zuckerberg on April 15. The content of the letter stated that the Instagram photo-sharing app – owned by Facebook – “exploits teenagers’ fears of lagging behind, as well as the desire to receive acceptance from peers.” According to the letter, “this platform is constantly focusing on appearance, display and personal branding, thereby posing challenges to privacy and the fun of young people.” The letter also cites concerns about “green beards”, bullying in schools, and teen-inappropriate content on the platform. Like the parent company, the social network Facebook, the Instagram app only allows users over 13 years old to participate. However, verifying the user’s actual age is difficult to verify. The letter states: “What happened shows the negative risk of Facebook exploiting young users and thereby exposing them to unpredictable dangers. This shows that the company is not suitable for privacy. how to manage a teenage photo sharing and texting app In short, a kid’s Instagram page puts kids at serious risk, while only so much. Less benefits for families “. The call comes as Facebook claims it is developing a test version of Instagram exclusively for children under 13 and under the control of parents. According to Facebook, a lot of children want to use Instagram to connect with relatives and they are the next generation of Internet users. Facebook spokesperson Stephanie Otway said: “The reality is that children are living online. They want to connect with family and friends, have fun and learn, and we want to help them. do it in a safe and age-appropriate manner. According to Otway, Facebook is working with mental health and child development experts to find solutions that prioritize their safety and privacy on social media. In fact, the Instagram application – which currently has more than a billion users – has also taken many measures to protect “child customers” such as: not allowing underage children to create accounts, preventing adults from creating accounts. to contact young users they don’t know, or block users with “suspicious behavior” from trying to interact with teenagers.

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“The first stock of children’s clothing” Annel (002875.SZ) performance report was released. Following the “cutting” of its performance in 2019, its net profit in 2020 has fallen sharply.

On April 15, Annel released the 2020 annual performance bulletin, stating that it achieved operating income of 1.257 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 5.26%; a net loss of 47,783,900 yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 213.45%.

(Source: Annell’s 2020 performance bulletin)

Public information shows that Anner was founded in 2001 and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2017. It is mainly engaged in mid-to-high-end children’s own brand clothing, which is known as the “first share of children’s wear.”

Net profit declined for two consecutive years

Regarding the changes in performance, Annaer said that due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, its operating income has declined compared to 2019. The direct sales model has caused the related labor costs, rent and management expenses involved in the external lease of stores to remain relatively rigid. , The provision for asset impairment on the balance of long-term equity investment has caused certain adverse effects on its net profit.

At the same time, according to the announcement, Anner’s 2020 operating profit loss was 57.015 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 217.18%; the total profit loss was 56.809 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 216.02%.

As the “first share of children’s clothing”, Annell, is the decline in its net profit only due to the impact of the epidemic?

In fact, before the epidemic began, Annel’s performance had fallen sharply, and its net profit in 2019 fell by nearly 50% year-on-year.

In 2019, Annel achieved operating income of 1.327 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.41%; realized a net profit of 42.117 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 49.49%. The increase in revenue did not increase profit.

(Source: Annel’s 2019 Annual Report)

Annelle did not specifically explain the decline in its net profit in the 2019 annual report.

It is worth noting that the net cash flow generated by the company’s operating activities in 2019 was -46,172,700, a year-on-year decrease of 203.51%. It is understood that this is the first operating cash flow of Annel since its performance was disclosed in 2012. negative.

Business problems “misfortune never comes singly”

Seeing that the performance fell into the situation of “increasing revenue but not profit”, Annal began to find a way to solve it, but the results were very low.

In 2019, Annier increased its capital in Xinyu Infant with 24 million yuan in cash, obtained a 20% stake in Xinyu Infant, and appointed directors, and announced that it will form a synergistic effect with the well-known brand “Sunshine Mouse” under the cooperative enterprise.

Unfortunately, this cooperation lasted less than a year and ended in failure, and the synergistic effect that Annael hoped to form was not achieved.

Affected by the epidemic, Xinyu Yingtong suffered successive losses, coupled with a series of problems such as improper internal management of the company, until 2020, the company has been unable to issue even its annual financial statements.

When I met Xinyu Yingtong, I thought it was already a headache for Annel, but I didn’t expect that the problem that made him even more headache occurred in the same year.

At the beginning of 2019, Annel was brought to court by Honglian International. Honglian International filed a prosecution with the court on the grounds that Annel infringed on its 5 trademark rights, demanding that Annaer stop the infringement, publicly apologize and compensate 61 million yuan for economic losses.

In the end, Annal lost the lawsuit and compensated the other party with 3 million yuan.

However, misfortunes never come singly. After entering 2020, a large number of Annel’s stores have closed down, from 1,505 in 2019 to 1,280 by the end of 2020.

The children’s clothing industry should have been the most potential sector in the footwear industry. In recent years, the compound growth rate of the industry has exceeded 12%. However, the net profit of Annelle has been declining successively. Is the children’s clothing “not easy to sell”? Or is it Annell’s “not selling well” children’s clothes?

(This article is for reference only, and does not constitute investment advice, and operates at your own risk accordingly.)

On April 16, an international coalition of 35 children’s and consumer organizations called on Instagram to abandon the development of an Instagram app for users under 13 on Thursday. For years, lawmakers and parents have complained that Instagram is slow in identifying underage users, which is not conducive to protecting them from sex offenders and bullying. Now, Instagram is advancing the pace of developing an independent children’s version.

However, the aforementioned non-profit organization warned in a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that the development of a children’s version will not alleviate such problems. They said that children aged 10 to 12 with an Instagram account are unlikely to switch to the “childish version” of Instagram, and the children’s version of the app will also immerse younger users in brushing photos and humiliate the body photos posted by others. (Source: Phoenix Network Technology)

Autonomous truck manufacturer Tucson will land on Nasdaq in the future, with a market value of over US$8.4 billion

In the early morning of April 16, TuSimple, an artificial intelligence and autonomous driving company, officially landed on Nasdaq today. It closed at $40 on the first day of listing, with a total market value of $8.48 billion. In March of this year, Tucson Future submitted an IPO prospectus to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Tucson Future was established in 2015. Since its establishment, it has been focusing on the development of commercial L4 level (SAE standard) driverless truck solutions. In addition, the prospectus shows that from 2018 to 2020, Tucson’s future revenue will be US$9,000, US$710,000, and US$1.843 million; net losses will be US$45.034 million, US$84.883 million and US$177 million, respectively. (Source: Sina Technology)

Bezos signs the last shareholder letter before stepping down as CEO: Amazon must treat employees better

On April 16th, on Thursday, local time in the United States, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos signed the last annual shareholder letter before he stepped down as CEO. In the letter, he put forward a broad vision for the company’s future, and is committed to extending Amazon’s famous “customer first” principle to give employees equal care.

Bezos used the results of a recent union vote in an Amazon warehouse in Alabama as an example to explain why the company needs to deal with the challenges of internal employees. Last week, Amazon received enough votes at its warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, to thwart a historic union organization movement. If successful, this will represent the first union established by Amazon in a facility in the United States.

Bezos will resign as CEO in the third quarter of this year and transfer power to Andy Jassy, ​​CEO of Amazon’s cloud computing division, AWS. He himself will serve as executive chairman. (Source: Tencent Technology)

Musk: Tesla will hold an “AI Day” event in late July

On Thursday, U.S. local time, Tesla CEO Musk said that the company will hold an “AI Day” event in late July this year. There will be the latest information about the company’s various projects in the AI ​​field, especially its name Dojo. Supercomputer project. In August 2020, Musk announced that Tesla is developing a neural network training computer called Dojo for processing “massive video data.”

In the fourth quarter 2020 earnings conference call, Musk hinted that Dojo may be a potential service provided by Tesla. (Source: Tencent Technology)

Huawei’s first public test ride of self-driving cars

According to Xinhua News Agency, on April 15th, the HI version of BAIC New Energy Polar Fox Alpha S equipped with Huawei’s autonomous driving technology conducted a public test ride in Shanghai. This is also the world’s first public test ride of Huawei’s autonomous driving technology. It is understood that the driving conditions of the on-site test vehicles are relatively stable, and they can realize automatic driving without intervention in urban commuting under conditions such as traffic lights starting and stopping, unprotected left turn, avoiding vehicles at intersections, giving way to pedestrians, and changing lanes. Huawei’s rotating chairman Xu Zhijun said: “The R&D team told me that Huawei’s autonomous driving can achieve 1,000 kilometers of autonomous driving without intervention in the urban area.” (Source: Xinhua News Agency)

Walmart invests in Cruise self-driving taxis, raising funds to US$2.75 billion

On April 16th, it was reported that Cruise, which deployed autonomous taxis in San Francisco and Dubai, attracted Wal-Mart in the process of expanding fundraising. The current fundraising has increased to US$2.75 billion. Cruise said that its capital was later valued at more than 30 billion U.S. dollars. Wal-Mart and several unnamed institutional investors increased their funding in the $2 billion equity round announced in January, which was led by Microsoft.

The two companies did not disclose the specific amount of Wal-Mart’s investment. Cruise, an autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors, is also supported by funds managed by Honda, SoftBank Vision Fund and T. Rowe Price. (Source: cnBeta)

Taobao and Cainiao Station in Beishanghang launched courier on-demand door-to-door service

According to news on April 15th, Taobao and Cainiao Station jointly launched Taobao parcels on-demand delivery in the three cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou. So far, more than 90% of the sites have opened this service. According to reports, after the Taobao package arrives, consumers can choose to deliver it to their door or pick it up at the station through the Taobao App on their mobile phones. Both services do not incur any costs. Cainiao Station said that this service will be rolled out to the whole country one after another. (Source: 36Kr)

Weilai and Sinopec have reached a cooperation, and Sinopec will have 5000 charging and swapping power stations in 2025

On April 15, Sinopec and NIO signed a strategic cooperation agreement, and Sinopec Chaoying Station, the world’s first smart switching station, was officially put into operation. Zhang Yuzhuo, chairman of Sinopec, said that by 2025, Sinopec will have 5,000 rechargeable battery packs. Li Bin, CEO of Weilai Automobile, said that Weilai has replaced 201 power stations nationwide. Weilai’s first second-generation power station was officially launched at the Beijing Sinopec gas station (the 201st). (Source: Fortune Chinese Network)

Chen Rui, Chairman and CEO of Bilibili: China’s online video users will exceed 1.2 billion in 5 years

On April 15th, Chen Rui, Chairman and CEO of Bilibili, stated at the opening forum of the 8th China (Shanghai) International Technology Import and Export Fair that the video conference is a very big wave in the Internet field. According to data from the China Internet Information Center, as of December 2020, the number of online video users in China has reached 927 million.

Chen Rui said: “According to the current growth rate, I think that the number of online video users in China will exceed 1.2 billion in 3 years and 5 years. In other words, in almost 5 years, all Internet users will become video users. “(Source: Shanghai Securities News)

Digital RMB is tested in Hong Kong, involving application scenarios such as cross-border payment

On April 15, a spokesperson for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority stated that the technical test of digital renminbi for cross-border payment in Hong Kong went smoothly. The test involved the Bank of China (Hong Kong) designated by the People’s Bank of China and the bank employees (about 200) invited to participate in the test. Name) and merchants, the main scope includes testing related applications, system connections, and application scenarios of digital RMB for cross-border payment.

The Monetary Authority is currently discussing the next phase of the test plan with the People’s Bank of China. It will conduct technical tests on further expanding and deepening the application of digital RMB for cross-border payments. (Source: World Wide Web)

Does New Oriental Online lay off 20% of its staff?Official response

On April 15th, a media broke the news yesterday that the online education company New Oriental Online had layoffs in the past month, involving multiple positions such as keynote teachers, teaching guidance, and operations in the large-scale class business of primary and secondary schools. The indicators of layoffs vary from department to department. About 20% of the lecturers in the middle school department have resigned. In response to the report, New Oriental Online clarified that New Oriental Online does not have any action or plan to lay off employees, let alone “reduction indicators for various departments,” and there is absolutely no 20% layoff indicator for the Middle School Division. (Source: TechWeb)

Exposure to Huawei’s annual flagship P50 series released in June: Kirin 9000 + liquid lens

In accordance with past practices, Huawei will launch a new generation of flagship mobile phones at the end of the year-Huawei P50 series in April. This year, the Huawei P50 series has been postponed repeatedly. On the 15th, someone close to Huawei revealed that the Huawei P50 series will be officially released in June.

According to previous news, Huawei’s P50 series will continue its previous strategy, launching a total of three versions of Huawei P50, P50 Pro, and P50 Pro+. The configurations of these three models are gradually increasing, and the cores are equipped with Kirin 9000L, Kirin 9000E, and Kirin 9000. It is worth mentioning that the Huawei P50 series has ushered in a major change in appearance. Its front completely discards the previous “pill-style” hole-digging screen, and the entire system comes standard with a centered single-hole screen.

In addition, the rear camera module of the Huawei P50 series this time has been replaced with a new design again, using a very unique dual-ring scheme. The multiple cameras are arranged in the ring, and the flash and the Leica logo are located in the two rings. The central part is highly recognizable as a whole. Among them, Huawei P50 Pro+ is expected to be equipped with a stronger liquid lens, which can bring a “two-in-one” effect, so that a camera has both macro and telephoto functions, and can achieve faster focusing speed. (Source: Fast Technology)

The first exposure of the small-screen flagship iPhone 13 mini CAD model: a major change in appearance

Recently, some netizens exposed the CAD model design of the iPhone 13 mini for the first time, showing the ID changes of the iPhone 13 mini compared to its predecessor. According to the picture, the iPhone 13 mini has basically inherited the design ideas of the previous generation, still adopting the square frame design, but the rear camera part has brought a brand new design, a breakthrough in the use of a diagonal dual-camera solution.

Unfortunately, the model diagram did not show the frontal plan of the iPhone 13 mini, but according to previous reports, Apple will equip the entire iPhone 13 with a small notch screen. This is also the first time Apple has used the notch screen in four years. (Source: Fast Technology)

Honor may launch its first folding screen phone Magic X in the second half of the year

On April 15th, Tencent News “First Line” reported that Honor Mobile will launch its first folding screen mobile phone in the second half of this year, named Magic X, and the screen supplier is Visionox. Earlier, a digital blogger broke the news that Magic X is a folding screen of glory, which is the top flagship of Huawei’s Mate series. According to the company’s information, Honor Terminal Co., Ltd. has applied for the MagicX trademark on February 8. (Source: Sohu IT)

DJI Air 2S drone released: 1-inch 20-megapixel sensor, 6499 yuan

On the evening of April 15, DJI officially released the DJI Air 2S drone. This new product upgrades the camera to a 1-inch outsole CMOS with a single pixel size of up to 2.4μm and supports up to 5.4K (5472×3078) 30fps video shooting. In addition, it also supports 4K/60fps, 1080P/120fps video shooting, and provides H.264 and H.265 encoding with a maximum of 150Mbps.

This drone is equipped with a 3500mAh 11.55V battery with an energy of 40.42Wh. The UAV has a take-off weight of 595g, a maximum flight time of 31 minutes, a hovering time of 30 minutes, and a maximum range of 18.5km. The price is 6499 yuan, and Changfei suits are also available, priced at 8399 yuan. (Source: IT House)

Luo Yonghao responded and became the subject: Investors forced to sign a mandatory share repurchase agreement

On the morning of April 15th, Luo Yonghao stated on Weibo today that a court enforcement related to Hammer Technology that will happen soon comes from a certain investor of Hammer Technology. During the financing process of Hammer Technology in 2017, when all other investors had signed and were anxiously waiting for the life-saving investment funds to arrive, the agency maliciously refused to sign. It was very bad for the company to take advantage of the crisis and forced me to personally sign. Mandatory share repurchase agreement. As the founder of Hammer Technology, in order to renew the company’s life, he finally had to sign this rogue agreement.

Previously, media reported that Luo Yonghao was enforced by the court on April 12 for failing to fulfill his legal obligations on time. @交个朋友直播间 responded that this is a company debt when operating a mobile phone business, and there are still many cases in progress. in. We will handle it properly in accordance with legal procedures. At the same time, Teacher Luo Yonghao is working hard to make money and is gradually and actively repaying related debts for the company. Please rest assured.

Luo Yonghao said that in the follow-up repayment, he will announce the name of the organization, and also announce the names and heads of the specific person in charge and executor of the rogue incident (quoting news pictures published by online media) to remind future entrepreneurs to pay attention Avoid the bad investors of this kind of rogue. In terms of priority, this money will be paid last after all other debts are paid off.

Luo Yonghao responded on Weibo: In the past year, I can no longer take a plane or high-speed rail/motor train on business trips. To make a friend, the technology company will rent me an RV for business trips. I feel that the company will be able to afford it. The inexplicable expenditure is a little uneasy, so by the way, I invite a business here: welcome RV brands, sellers, and leasers to contact our marketing department. My endorsement fee is only one-half to one-third of the top-tier entertainment star, but the communication effect is usually several times better. At present, I have served a large number of well-known domestic enterprises and customers of the world’s top 500 brands. My characteristics are the integration of product and sales, good reputation for service and responsibility, price restraint, and often accompanied by 4A-level first-class advertising ideas and a full set of new media promotion resources. Simply put… I am a favorite party mad. . In addition, if the partner provides the RV for use, I will spray “Respect the spirit of the contract and refuse to be an old man, and the XX brand RV will work with Luo Yonghao to let the light of the right way shine on the earth.” (Source: Sina Technology)

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Today’s topic

Why is script killing so popular among young people?Script killing has suddenly become the “new favorite” of young people, but do you know the truth behind the script killing industry?

April 16 (tonight) 20:00, Geek Park audio live show “Dashanzi Editorial Department”In the 4th issue, we invited the owner of the “Taishe Script Killing” to talk about the young people and the script killing industry, including but not limited to the following topics:

· How to play script kill?

· What changes have taken place in the offline dating styles of young people?

· Why did the script kill suddenly become popular in various channels?

· What is the biggest cost of running a script killing shop?

· How did you discover the track where the script was killed in the first place?

· Are there scripts to kill similar tracks abroad?

If you are interested, welcome

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