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“Flags are collected in Kyushu, the Glory 50 is the best seller”, “Zheli is the most glorious, Zhejiang customers wish Glory new products will be sold” “50 is born, proud of the heroes, Sichuan glory, peaking”…

Before the launch of the Honor 50, some Honor employees and distributors wore blue T-shirts with the honor logo, and uttered passionate slogans outside the Oriental Sports Center for a group photo to commemorate.

Compared with the first V40 conference held online after the independence of the Honor brand in January, the offline conference of Honor 50 was significantly more “lively”. A Honor dealer from Hebei told Sohu Technology, “This time, dealer representatives from all provinces across the country have basically come.”

For Zhao Ming, the holding of this conference is also of great significance. At the opening of the press conference, he mentioned with a touch of sentiment: “With mixed feelings in my heart, thank you friends for your support, Glory is standing in the Oriental Sports Center again.” Before Glory’s independence, the Oriental Sports Center witnessed Glory 8, Glory 9, and Glory. The release of Honor 10, Honor 20 and Honor 30.

“No one will give us an umbrella anymore”

“In the past 211 days, Honor has gone from the top two brands in China, with a market share of 16.7%, to 3%.” In the context of chip sanctions, after leaving Huawei’s halo, Honor has experienced a period of time. Dark period.

This gloom is not only reflected in market share, but also in rather trivial details. Zhao Ming admitted in an interview with media groups including Sohu Technology, “We have never had such a life before, and no one will give us an umbrella again.”

In the past, Glory operated in a large system, but after leaving Huawei, Glory can’t rely on the big tree to enjoy the cold. Zhao Ming, for example, said that at one time Honor had to find bank loans for its operating cash flow, and each product had to be calculated carefully. When the office was renovated, the tables, chairs and benches had to be bought by themselves. “Shenzhen often had problems when it was just being renovated. I was sitting in the office on the 32nd floor. The bathroom was blocked and I needed to find the bathroom upstairs and downstairs.”

At the same time, Zhao Ming said that these difficulties and problems have made Honor look back and re-recognize itself, “We are an independent startup company, and we have to complete our own salvation and the transformation of the entire system.”

Domestic share rebounded from 3% to 9.5% Currently, Honor has publicly announced that its market share has returned to 9.5% in the past May. An industry source told Sohu Technology that on the second day of the press conference, on June 17, Honor also held the China KA Summit for retailers in Shanghai, and disclosed the weekly trend of domestic TOP6 brand sales share, and Honor sales once It surpassed Huawei and became the fifth in China. Glory is extremely eager to return to the mainstream market. Although the chip data of Honor 50 was obtained 45 days later than the industry, it was released at least one month earlier than other manufacturers. Zhao Ming said, “I haven’t seen our R&D team work hard in this way for ten or even fifteen years. In terms of channels, Honor said that during the difficult times in the past few months, it has added more than 2,500 experience stores and special areas. The advantages of more than 30 Glory agents and distributors in jointly acquiring Glory have also been demonstrated at this moment. For glory after the reorganization, winning the domestic market is the first step, and the recovery of overseas markets is obviously facing a greater test. An employee in the Eastern European market of a domestic mobile phone brand told Sohu Technology: “At present, Honor is lingering overseas. The market share of Honor in my region has dropped from a high of 26% to 3%. Google GMS authorized Honor is also indirectly obtained. When it arrived, Google licensed it to Longcheer, and Longcheer produced it on its behalf.” Google GMS authorization is indispensable for domestic mobile phone manufacturers to explore overseas markets. Therefore, Glory’s attitude towards Hongmeng is also rather ambiguous. Zhao Ming said that he will pay attention to the development of Hongmeng and will choose the operating system according to the preferences of global consumers in the future. Can “Glory” continue to glory? The 9.5% market share seems to have improved significantly, but the above-mentioned industry sources told Sohu Technology: “There is still a gap. 15% is a watershed. Once it reaches 15%, the brand will basically lay a solid foundation.” The release of the Honor 50 series is an important “killer” for Honor’s impact on the “Watershed”. For this new machine, Zhao is obviously very confident. “This year’s Honor 50 series will undoubtedly be the hottest products among the hottest products. We launched this product during the peak season of the market.” “V40 is a transitional model, 50 is the big move.” A Glory retail terminal employee bluntly told Sohu Technology: “To be honest, we have been so busy recently that we have no time to eat. When new products are launched, we have several times the work on hand. There has been a dramatic increase, but the manpower has not increased.” Sun Yanbiao, Dean of the First Mobile Phone Industry Research Institute, commented that the Honor 50 series is a high volume model. “Honor 50 series covers 2399 yuan to 3999 yuan, which is the most popular price range for consumers, and the positioning of the main video shooting is also very accurate.” Sun Yanbiao believes that other domestic mobile phone manufacturers are currently unable to obtain the share dropped by Huawei due to the lack of cores and other reasons. Honor has the potential to take over the Huawei market in China, whether it is from the brand level or the channel level. The latest report of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology pointed out that mobile phone shipments in April and May decreased by 34% and 32% year-on-year, respectively, mainly due to three factors: First, the domestic mobile phone shipments in the first quarter increased by more than 100% year-on-year, and demand was released ahead of schedule ; The second is that the supply of mobile phone chips in the upstream of the industry chain is tight; the third is that Huawei’s shipments have fallen sharply, and other manufacturers have failed to fully make up for the vacancy of Huawei. A consumer who placed an order for Honor 50 Pro at the press conference told Sohu Technology the reason for buying, “I am used to the Huawei mobile phone system, but I can’t buy the Huawei P and Mate series. The Honor mobile phone system is similar to Huawei’s, and the price is It’s also quite cheap.” Whether it is the recent night of Zhao Mingliang’s Qualcomm Xiaolong, or the global release of Honor 50, it can be seen that Honor is constantly sending positive signals of return. However, in this fiercely fighting mobile phone market, in the face of powerful opponents such as Xiaomi OV, Honor wants to return to the center of the stage and continue Huawei’s glory, and it will take a certain period of growth. Sun Yanbiao revealed that there is news in the market that Honor has cut its annual target from 50 million to 30 million. In order to achieve this goal, the first batch of the Honor 50 series should be around 1.5 million units. Next, Honor will release a new Magic series with high-end positioning and equipped with the Snapdragon 888 processor in the third quarter. Zhao Ming confidently said that the core competitor of Honor in the Chinese market in the future is Apple

Source: Visual China

Reporter丨Chen Jing

The sensational Everbright Securities MPS incident has the latest developments.

On June 11, Everbright Securities issued an announcement to disclose the MPS matters and follow-up situation of the wholly-owned subsidiary Everbright Capital.

The announcement shows that JINXINNC. (Cayman Baptist), the subject of overseas project transactions of Shanghai Baptist Fund, filed fraudulent false statements and breach of tax commitments with individuals and institutions such as RICCARDO SILVA ANDREA RADRZZANI, the original seller shareholder of MPS, in the High Court of England and Wales. The litigation claims that the amount involved is approximately US$661 million (approximately RMB 4.2 billion).

Everbright Securities said that the company’s business operations are currently normal.

Originating from MPS, China Merchants Bank and Huarui Bank invested 3.2 billion in total

What is the MPS project? How did Everbright Securities step on the thunder?

The matter dates back to four years ago. This series of disputes are all related to the “Storm” of the British sports copyright company MP&Silva (the “MPS” project) acquired by Baptist Fund, the executive partner of Everbright Baptist in 2016.

Everbright Baptist, a subsidiary of Everbright Capital, serves as the executive partner of Baptist Fund.

In 2016, Everbright Baptist and Baofeng Investment and Shanghai Qunchang launched the Baptist Fund with a fund size of 10 billion and a total maturity of 5 years. According to Tianyan Check, Baptist Fund has a total of 14 investors, of which China Merchants Wealth holds 53.82%, and Everbright Capital holds 1.15%. The executive partners of Baptist Fund are Shanghai Qunchang Financial Services Co., Ltd. and Everbright Baptist Hui, Baofeng (Tianjin) Investment Management Co., Ltd. Huarui Bank and Shenzhen Hengxiang are also partners of Baptist Fund.

In May 2016, Baptist Fund raised 5.2 billion yuan to complete the acquisition of 65% of MPS. MPS used to be the world’s top sports media company, with business covering more than 200 countries and regions around the world, with more than 90 global event property rights, and more than 30 event rights agency partners. LeTV Sports is its largest partner in China. Against LeEco, the Storm Group at the time also aimed at the sports sector, hoping to formally enter the sports industry.

Among the 5.2 billion yuan raised by the Baptist Fund, Everbright Capital contributed 60 million yuan as an inferior investor. The priority investor China Merchants Bank invested 2.8 billion yuan, and Huarui Bank invested 400 million yuan through Aijian Trust; other investors included Zhaoyuan Yongjin invested 600 million yuan, Shenzhen Hengxiang, Baofeng Department and Everbright Capital jointly invested billions .

In October 2017, MPS lost to rival IMG in the Serie A international copyright bid. In the same year, BeIN Sports took away the Ligue 1 copyright from MPS. Since then, MPS has been losing ground in the sports copyright market. Due to the inability to pay copyright fees, some major copyright owners terminated their contracts with MPS early and even took them to court. In October 2018, with the bankruptcy and liquidation order of the High Court of the United Kingdom, MPS became history. The 5.2 billion yuan investment was “flooded” and the investors encountered Waterloo.

Since then, many partners of the Baptist Fund have demanded compensation from the Everbright Department and the Baofeng Department.

In July 2019, Feng Xin, the actual controller of Baofeng Group, was arrested. Baofeng was in deep crisis and could not protect itself. Everbright Capital has become the main claim target of all investors. Everbright Securities’ 2018 annual report shows that the stakeholders of the Baptist Fund’s priority limited partners have presented a letter of replenishment stamped by Everbright Capital, promising that if the priority limited partners cannot exit, they will be funded by the inferior ones. People Everbright Capital assumes the corresponding obligation to make up the difference.

Everbright Capital was sued or arbitrated by China Merchants Bank, Zhaoyuan Yongjin and Huarui Bank, and Shenzhen Hengxiang, and the amount of “debt collection” involved exceeded 4.1 billion yuan. Among them, the amount involved in China Merchants Bank’s lawsuit against Everbright Capital is approximately 3.489 billion yuan, and the amount involved in arbitration applications for Huarui Bank and Shenzhen Hengxiang is 452 million yuan and 168 million yuan respectively. The arbitration initiated by Zhaoyuan Yongjin involved an amount of 100,000 yuan.

On May 31, 2019, Everbright Securities disclosed that the case was at the stage of filing and acceptance, and the impact on Everbright Capital could not be accurately estimated for the time being.

After the MPS incident, Everbright Securities also experienced a series of executive changes.

In April 2019, Xue Feng resigned as chairman and director of Everbright Securities, and Party Secretary Yan Jun replaced Xue Feng as chairman of the company. In January 2020, Liu Qiuming, the original chairman of CM Investment, was newly appointed as the president of Everbright Securities. The former president Zhou Jiannan resigned due to personal reasons. Several senior executives, including the chief risk officer, compliance director, business director and directors of Everbright Securities, have also changed.

Everbright Securities is also constantly trying to hold Storm Group responsible. In April 2020, Everbright Securities disclosed the result of the first instance of the MPS case. The Shanghai Financial Court ruled that Everbright Capital, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Everbright Securities, should pay approximately 3.116 billion yuan to China Merchants Bank and interest from May 6, 2019 to the date of actual settlement. Loss, and bear part of the litigation fees, property preservation fees and other expenses; pay the investment principal of 400 million yuan to Huarui Bank, pay the investment income from January 1, 2018 to the date of actual performance, and bear litigation fees, preservation fees, etc. Currently, Everbright Capital has filed an appeal, and the relevant litigation is still in the process of performing judicial procedures.

MPS risks are fully accrued, and China Everbright is stepping out of the haze

Following a sharp rebound in performance in 2019, Everbright Securities has achieved a three-fold increase in net profit in 2020.

According to the company’s annual performance report released on March 25, the company achieved a total of 15.866 billion yuan in operating income in 2020, an increase of 58% year-on-year, and a net profit of 2.334 billion yuan attributable to the parent, an increase of 311% year-on-year.

However, dragged down by the MPS incident, Everbright Capital has suffered three consecutive years of performance losses in 2020, with losses of 1.634 billion yuan and 2.909 billion yuan in 2018 and 2019, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, Everbright Capital had total assets of 2.980 billion yuan, net assets of 2.442 billion yuan, and losses of 2.069 billion yuan.

Everbright Securities accrued a liability of 1.55 billion yuan for MPS matters in 2020. In the past two years, it has accrued liabilities of 3.011 billion yuan. Up to now, Everbright Securities has accrued liabilities of 4.565 billion yuan for MPS. In the MPS incident, the largest amount of funds contributed by the stakeholders of the two priority partners-China Merchants Bank and Huarui Bank. According to the announcement on the judgment of the first instance disclosed by Everbright Securities, in addition to the priority principal, a certain amount of interest must be paid. However, as far as the current situation of Everbright Securities’ accrued accrual is concerned, Everbright Securities has made a full accrual for this matter.

Everbright Securities stated that since the occurrence of the MPS incident, the company has deeply analyzed the problems reflected in the risk event, focusing on comprehensively recreating the style from improving the risk management system, achieving full coverage of risk management, implementing the responsibilities of relevant personnel at all levels, strengthening professional management and expert decision-making, etc. Control compliance system. The company has carried out a series of risk investigations and rectifications, comprehensively strengthened the management and control of subsidiaries, further built a sound and prudent risk culture, improved the risk compliance system, and improved risk prevention and resolution capabilities. Judging from the 2020 annual results announcement disclosed by Everbright Securities, the company has stepped out of the haze of MPS risk events, the risks have been basically cleared, and the company’s development will become more healthy.

The light-emitting glasses device helps visually impaired patients locate and touch the book on the table. (Source: nytimes.com) On May 24, a group of scientists announced that they had partially restored the vision of a blind man, by injecting light-sensitive proteins into one eye. The study was published in the journal Nature Medicine. This is the first study to describe the successful use of this new treatment. The patient participating in the trial of the new treatment is a 58-year-old French man who is completely blind due to retinitis pigmentosa. With the help of a special type of glass, he was able to see some objects from a narrow perspective such as notebooks, pin boxes, glass shards… The study’s authors say the trial – the result of 13 years of continuous work – has reached an important milestone for more effective treatments in the future. Dr José-Alain Sahel, an ophthalmologist at the University of Pittsburgh and the Sorbonne in Paris, said: “Clearly this is not the end of the road, but an important milestone.” Dr. Sahel and other scientists have been trying for decades to find a cure for inherited forms of blindness. These genetic disorders rob the eye of essential proteins needed for vision, causing the light-sensitive cells to degenerate. When light enters the eye, photoreceptors capture these rays. They then send an electrical signal to neighboring cells, called ganglion cells, which are responsible for transmitting information. vision from photoreceptors to the brain via the optic nerve. In previous studies, researchers were able to treat a form of genetic blindness known as Leber congenital blindness, by correcting a faulty gene that can cause photoreceptors to gradually become impaired. degenerate. But other forms of blindness cannot be treated so simply if the retina has completely lost its photoreceptors. “Once the cells are dead, you can’t fix the gene error,” says Dr. Sahel. For these diseases, Dr. Sahel and other researchers tested a new, more radical approach. They used gene therapy to turn ganglion cells into new photoreceptors, even though these ganglion cells normally don’t pick up light. Scientists are taking advantage of proteins derived from algae and other bacteria that can make neurons sensitive to light. Ed Boyden, a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who is a pioneer in the field of optical genetics, thinks the use of proteins to cure blindness has taken him by surprise. “So far, I’ve only thought of optical genetics as a tool primarily for scientists, because it’s being used by thousands of people to study the brain,” he said. But if optical genetics were used for medical purposes, that would be extremely exciting.” Dr. Sahel and colleagues realized that the photogenetic proteins created by Dr. Boyden were not sensitive enough to produce images from normal light entering the eye. Amplified light also cannot be used to shine into the patient’s eyes, as this will damage the delicate tissues of the retina. So they selected a photogenetic protein that is only sensitive to amber light and inserted it into ganglion cells in the patient’s retina. Next, the researchers invented a special device that transforms visual information from the outside world into an amber light that the ganglion cells can perceive. They created goggles that scan the field of view at a rate of thousands of times a second and record any pixel where the light changes. The goggles then send a pulse of light from that pixel into the eye. The method can produce images in the brain, the researchers say. Our eyes naturally roam around in small movements many times a second. With each movement, these pixels change the light level. However, it is still an open question whether blind people can learn how to use this information to identify objects. About this Botond Roska said: “The brain has to learn a new language.” After testing gene therapy and goggles on monkeys, Dr Roska, an ophthalmologist at the University of Basel, co-author of the study, and colleagues are ready to test it in humans. Their plan was to inject the gene-carrying virus into the eyes of each blind volunteer who signed up for the new gene therapy, then wait a few months for the ganglion cells to develop the photogenetic proteins. They will then instruct the volunteers on how to use the goggles. However, they have only coached one volunteer due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 58-year-old man has been wearing goggles at home and while walking. One day, he realized that he could see pedestrian lines on the road. When the pandemic subsided in France, scientists continued to test his eyesight and discovered that he could still reach and touch a notebook on the table, identifying swapped glasses. The results of the electroencephalogram (EEG) showed that his brain was indeed responding to the visual signals from the eye. Currently, Dr. Sahel and colleagues are bringing in other volunteers to test and further refine the new treatment technique.

Volunteers in Con Dao and scientists transplant coral corals on the natural bottom. Photo: VNA broadcast Master Nguyen Cong Danh, Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province, Chairman of the Advisory Council evaluating and accepting the project implementation results, chaired the meeting. The waters of Con Dao have marine biodiversity among the first in Vietnam with coral reefs playing an important role. Recent research shows that many Con Dao coral reefs have recovered quite well after being degraded. However, some reefs cannot recover from degradation or have narrow areas due to the lack of hard bottoms for coral growth. Therefore, the issue of restoring hard corals was proposed by Con Dao National Park and approved by the People’s Committee of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province. The Management Board of Con Dao National Park has cooperated with Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography to implement the project “Selection of applied models of hard coral recovery in ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park”. The project is implemented from May 2018 to April 2021 to restore and regenerate coral reefs affected by natural disasters but cannot restore naturally. The project has a common goal of restoring and managing a number of coral reefs in the ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park with community participation with 2 specific objectives: assessment of resilience and management of the reef. Ramsar Coral Park Con Dao National Park on the basis of coral reef status analysis and application of restoration techniques; building models of planting and restoring coral reefs in ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park (scale of 3 ha) and managing coral reef ecosystems to regenerate aquatic resources, protect the environment, and serve tourism. marine ecology. The project has 6 identified contents, including site selection survey, determining the scale of hard corals restoration in the ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park; assess the current status of coral reefs in the selected area before and after the rehabilitation, building a set of criteria for evaluating the restoration results; train community awareness on conservation and training skills in coral reef restoration for local officials and communities. The project also restored reefs on natural bottoms and artificial victim modeling; monitor and supervise the trend of change, the development ability of the recovered corals, the biological resources at the recovery location; building procedures for restoration, scale for the care and protection of hard corals. The members participating in the project to install iron piles as a permanent support for corals on the natural bottom. Photo: VNA broadcast Deputy Director of Con Dao National Park Tran Dinh Hue said, based on the survey results, the implementation team has chosen the method of restoring corals on the natural bottom (which used to be coral but degraded) and artificial bottom (previously no corals). On an artificial bottom, corals were recovered by group fragmentation according to Heeger & Sotto and Edwards’ recovery instructions. For an artificial substrate, the coral groups are fixed on an arched concrete platform with a diameter of 100x60cm (2 bottoms), 80cm high, 5cm thick, with 8-10 holes (10 – 15 cm) to increase coral immobilization and facilitate habitat entry. The total number of concrete tanks as artificial substrates in this project is 150 tanks. For natural substrates, coral conglomerate fragments are fixed directly on dead corals by wire or drawstring. To create strength, use iron stakes or steel nails mounted on the dead coral foundation as a permanent support for the coral. The average distance between colonies is about 0.50 – 1 meter with the way that the corals are vertically oriented and the most contact with the substrate is dead coral or iron piles. In addition, the “transplanted” coral branches are tagged to facilitate periodic inspection. Seven corals of three genera Acropora, Montipora, Pocillopora and two families Acroporidae and Pocilloporidae were selected for restoration. A detailed assessment of the current bottom status of the coral restoration area after restoration in September 2020 shows that the average coverage of hard corals at 3 points of Bai Cat Lon, Hon Tai, Dat Doc increased from 1. , 5 to 12%. This proves that restoring hard corals in degraded reef areas or creating coral recovery media on the bottom both creates conditions for the growth of corals and landscaping for living creatures. According to the assessment, in September 2020, the average density of coral reefs in the coral rehabilitation areas in Con Dao ranged from 175 to 752 individuals / 100 m2. The project has achieved its overall goal of restoring and managing a number of hard coral reefs in Con Dao National Park ramsar with community participation. During the period from October 2018 to September 2020, the project organized 5 rounds of hard coral assessment and restoration in 3 areas, including Dat Doc, Southwest Hon Tai and Bai Cat Lon. A total of over 6,000 pieces of the coral group were relocated and fixed on an area of ​​3 hectares, 1 hectare each. For corals recovered on natural bottoms in Dat Doc and southwest of Hon Tai (over 4,400 groups), the average survival rate of 5 recovered corals including Acropora grandis, Acropora hyacinthus, Acropora robusta, Acropora millepora and Acropora formosa are 82.1% and 82.9%, respectively. Meanwhile, the artificial bottom restoration of concrete tanks (over 1,600 groups) had a higher survival rate (85.6% for the 3 species of Acropora grandis, Acropora robusta and Acropora formosa). Some hard corals of beautiful shapes and colors also provide 100% survival. The average monthly growth rates of the three species of Acropora formosa, Acropora robusta and Acropora grandis in Dat Doc were 0.82cm, 0.89cm and 0.5cm, respectively. For the Hon Tai area, the average monthly growth rates of these three species are 0.81cm, 0.62cm and 0.47cm, respectively. On the artificial substrate, the average growth rate of Acropora formosa was higher than that of Acropora grandis with 0.88 cm / month and 0.74 cm / month, respectively. These values ​​indicate that the recovered branch corals in Con Dao were well developed. Volunteers in Con Dao and scientists transplant coral corals on the natural bottom. Photo: VNA broadcast According to Associate Professor, Dr. Vo Si Tuan, Director of Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography, Con Dao coral suffers many disasters, but fortunately, the natural regeneration of the coral reefs is very good, the coral cover is high. . In the near future, Con Dao National Park needs to strengthen the management of coral reefs, establish coral conservation zones to create conditions for marine life to live, develop and spread to the natural environment; mobilize by means of socialization of tourism businesses for the community to join hands in both exploiting aquatic resources and protecting, cultivating and exploiting aquatic products in a sustainable manner. The project has contributed to improving 3 reef areas, increasing coral coverage, increasing sustainable attachment prices for regenerating corals and creating a stable environment for development of the reef biome. The project has met the most basic criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of restorative corals including: survival rate, growth rate of coral colonies and habitat characteristics of the rehabilitation zone such as change. changes in the coverage of the benthic components, the emergence of species of economic and ecological value, an increase in density as well as the size of the reef biome. Through training and hands-on training, the project has supported Con Dao National Park to improve capacity and from now on Con Dao National Park Management Board can organize hard coral restoration with on-site human resources. employees and partners from the local community. After the meeting, the Advisory Council assessed, accepted and accepted the satisfactory evaluation of the project “Selecting the application model of hard corals recovery at ramsar, Con Dao National Park” with the consensus of all all 9 out of 9 scientific members join the Council. After transferring the project to the beneficiary of Con Dao National Park, the authorities encourage businesses to join the management of coral reef restoration for tourism, creating Artificial reefs in deep sea areas to develop adventure tourism.