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Ex-Nissan CEO’s last six hours in Japan
At the end of 2019, Carlos Ghosn directed a blockbuster escape with relatives, friends, and several former U.S. special forces. The former CEO of France’s Renault and Japan’s Nissan believes that is the only way to not die in Japan.
After escaping back to Lebanon, his birthplace, Ghosn held a press conference, declaring that he was not fleeing in fear of crime, but to avoid Japanese political and judicial persecution. arrival”. Interpol soon issued a global arrest warrant, and the Japanese and French governments issued arrest warrants.
Those familiar with Ghosn know he has had mixed feelings since he left Japan.
His former housekeeper in Japan said, “I really wanted to cheer for him, and I was so happy that my eyes filled with tears. It was tears of joy.” A Japanese journalist who has known each other for more than 20 years is disappointed, “If you really have a clear conscience, why do you hide in a sad little black box and run away?” “He was never able to get out of the woods, he lost all power and everything he loved,” said a former Renault subordinate who saw Ghosn’s business brilliance firsthand.
At the end of October, Netflix launched a special documentary “Babel: The Case of Car Tycoon Ghosn”, which recorded Ghosn’s rise in the past 20 years, internal struggles, honeymoons and conflicts with Renault and Nissan, and finally The dramatic arrest and escape , which roughly restores how Ghosn went from a Renault-Nissan saviour to a fugitive.
By visiting Ghosn’s relatives, friends, and former colleagues in France, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Lebanon, the shooting team explained details that have not been disclosed in previous reports. Carlos Ghosn was not involved in the creative process and did not appear on camera, but his closest aides and PR consultants were interviewed by the film crew, and employees on duty at Japan’s Kansai airport on the day of the escape revealed how Ghosn’s team evaded X-rays .
Back on March 6, 2019, Ghosn, who had been detained by the Japanese side for 108 days, was released on bail of 1 billion yen and placed under residential surveillance in Tokyo. There were cameras at the door and corridors of his house. When he entered and left the house, who saw him, Who he met and waited for the details to be recorded every day.
Fumiaki Kurioka, a local magazine reporter who has followed Ghosn’s daily activities for a whole year, said that after Ghosn left the detention center, he went out almost every day, often going to the Grand Hyatt Hotel to meet people, sometimes driving, sometimes walking, “the surveillance seems to be the same. , he wanted the investigators and the guards to think that going to the Grand Hyatt was a daily activity, not an ulterior motive.”
Ghosn’s former housekeeper Keiko Matsumoto was last seen by Ghosn on December 26. “Keiko, I want to pay you,” Ghosn asked her in advance to ask for all the receipts, and gave two bottles of Keiko’s favorite red wine. They took a group photo and hugged each other. “He’s not usually the type to give hugs, and I think he did because he knew that was the last time we saw each other. He was leaving.”
On December 29, Ghosn went to the Grand Hyatt Hotel as usual. The black suitcase in the room is filled with red woolen hats, black-rimmed glasses, masks and other clothes that are not the same as usual.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, he finished changing clothes and set off from the hotel with his three accomplices. He took a taxi and a Shinkansen to Osaka. After tossing for three or four hours, he arrived at Shin-Osaka Station, where he changed a taxi and arrived at Unicom Kansai. Stargate Hotel at the airport. As the New Year is approaching, the regular employees of the airport leave their posts for the holiday, and temporary employees who are not so familiar with the process will replace them.
In Room 933 at the Stargate Hotel in the name of his accomplice’s son, Ghosn took off his jacket and curled up into a guitar case. The box has a hole for ventilation. Ghosn disappeared from surveillance cameras at 9:57 p.m. on the 29th. The box was loaded into a minivan and sent to the baggage security checkpoint of the private jet. The airport employee who carried the box said that four or five people were carrying the box at the time, and one of them joked, “There won’t be a beautiful woman in the box, right?”
Going through the X-ray security screening machine is the most critical part, and that is the moment when Ghosn is most likely to be found. The commander-in-chief of the escape plan told the airport security inspector that he was a violinist and that the musical instrument case was a precision musical instrument. The security inspector was surprised that “this is obviously a guitar case”, but she and her colleagues at the scene let it go without asking to open the case.
The transporter transports the luggage to the apron, where it is transported into the belly of the aircraft. Ghosn said he curled up face down in the box for 30 minutes, waiting for the plane to take off. “That was probably the longest wait of my life.”
At eleven o’clock in the evening, the plane took off. Two days later, Japanese authorities learned through Lebanese media reports that Ghosn had left Japan. Ghosn was immediately wanted. The Taylors, who planned and assisted Ghosn’s escape, were sentenced to two years in Japan and one year and eight months in prison respectively, and have been repatriated to the United States. (Gong Fangyi)
China imported 2.3 trillion yuan of chips in the first ten months
According to the latest data released by the General Administration of Customs on November 7, China imported integrated circuits worth 351.1 billion yuan in October, and the cumulative import value during the year was 2.31 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.7%.
- The appreciation of the dollar pushed up the value of chip imports. During the same period, the cumulative import volume of Chinese chips decreased by 70 billion compared with the same period last year.
- Calculated by import amount/import quantity, the average import price of chips in October was US$0.84/piece, 20% higher than the same period last year and 10% higher than the beginning of the year.
However, due to the weak demand for consumer electronics products, including mobile phones, and the high inventory levels caused by early production expansion and order doubling, the world’s major semiconductor manufacturers delivered pessimistic expectations in the third quarter, and TSMC lowered the capital limit twice.
- One of the important indicators to measure the prosperity of the chip industry, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell back to its July 2020 level.
- Global mobile phone shipments fell 9% year-on-year in the third quarter. (Gong Fangyi)
Foxconn raises wages and recruits, weakens the impact of production cuts
On November 6, Apple issued a statement saying that due to the significant reduction in the production capacity of its mobile phone factory in Zhengzhou due to the impact of the epidemic, the delivery time of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max will be extended. “The company is working closely with suppliers to restore normal production levels while ensuring the health and safety of every worker,” Apple said.
Foxconn’s parent company, Hon Hai Group, also lowered its outlook for the fourth quarter in its October revenue summary released today. According to the Financial Associated Press, Foxconn aims to return the Zhengzhou factory to full capacity by late November. According to the previous announcement of the Zhengzhou Airport Comprehensive Experimental Zone where it is located, the end time of the global static management is 12:00 on November 9.
In addition to waiting for the impact of the epidemic to abate, Foxconn is also looking for ways to make up for lost labor. The Foxconn iDPBG business group in Zhengzhou issued a pre-recruitment announcement today, significantly increasing the hourly salary from the previous 22 yuan to 30 yuan, and the construction period will end on February 15 next year. In addition, old employees who return to their hometowns from October 10th to November 5th can also receive a one-time subsidy of 500 yuan if they return to work.
To make matters worse for Apple, the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, which are in short supply, have passively reduced production due to the epidemic, while the basic iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus are facing cooling demand. According to media reports, Apple has cut its forecast for new iPhone shipments by at least 3 million units. (Qiu Hao)
Musk is managing Twitter like Tesla
After Musk took over, Twitter was shrouded in chaos. Talking about layoffs, Musk said, “Unfortunately when the company is losing more than $4 million a day, there is no other option. Everyone who leaves has received a three-month severance package, which is 50% higher than required by law. “
Those familiar with Musk wouldn’t be too surprised by what he did. He just replicated the same strategy he used to revamp Tesla. However, when this efficiency-oriented management culture meets Silicon Valley, which respects openness and freedom, it will naturally generate more friction.
- In June 2018, in order to flatten the company’s management structure, Tesla announced a “complete restructuring” and laid off more than 4,000 employees. At that time, Musk compared layoffs to losing “fat”, which would make the company more efficient;
- In May of this year, as the epidemic eased and the “stay-at-home order” was relaxed, Musk sent an email to all management employees, telling them to get out if they didn’t come to the office;
- He also praised the diligence of Chinese workers more than once: “There are many very talented and hard-working people in China. Not only do they stay up until midnight, they can stay up until 3 am. The workers in the United States try their best not to go to work.”
At an investment forum on Friday, Musk said he was working 120 hours a week after acquiring Twitter, instead of the usual 70 or 80 hours. But he believes that once Twitter is on track, it will be much easier to manage than SpaceX or Tesla. (Qiu Hao)
Know later丨Zibuyu, a cross-border e-commerce platform for shoes and clothing, goes public in Hong Kong
There were at least 4 IPOs in A shares this week.
- Nike Equipment: It plans to raise 412 million yuan, a semiconductor packaging equipment manufacturer.
- Huaxia Ophthalmology: It plans to raise 779 million yuan, making it the second largest private ophthalmic chain hospital in China.
- NFLG: It plans to raise 551 million yuan, and is a manufacturer of engineering mixing equipment.
- Huiwei Intelligence: It plans to raise 142 million yuan to become a consumer electronics ODM OEM.
There were at least 3 IPOs in Hong Kong stocks this week.
- Xintai Medical: China’s largest congenital heart disease occluder, the third listed platform of “Lepu Department”. The IPO issue price range is HK$29.15 to HK$31.45 per share, raising a maximum of HK$706 million.
- Duoxiangyun: Marketing service provider, most of its customers are fast-moving consumer goods or footwear and apparel companies such as Hanhou and Hongxingerke. The IPO issue price range is HK$1.88 to HK$2.38 per share, and the maximum amount of funds raised is HK$381 million.
- Zibuyu: A cross-border e-commerce brand, focusing on footwear and apparel products, mainly relying on the US market. The IPO issue price range is HK$7.86 to HK$9.42 per share, with a maximum fundraising of HK$276 million.
US stocks have at least 2 IPOs this week.
- Cancer clinical company Intensity Therapeutics: Plans to issue 3.3 million shares at a price of $4 to $5 per share, raising up to $16.5 million.
- Acrivon Therapeutics, a precision tumor therapy company, plans to issue 5.9 million shares at a price of $16 to $18 per share, raising up to $106 million. (Qiu Hao)
OTHER NEWS
The three major A-share indexes rebounded collectively, with the Hang Seng SSE index up 7.8%.
Perhaps because of some optimistic market rumors, more than 90% of A-shares rose today, and several major stock indexes also closed up. Among them, the Shanghai Index rose 2.62%, the Shenzhen Component Index rose 3.24%, the ChiNext Index rose 3.2%, the northbound funds bought a net 6.155 billion yuan throughout the day, and Kweichow Moutai rose more than 8%; the Hang Seng Index rose 5.23%, and the southbound funds bought a net HK$7.437 billion. The Hang Seng Technology Index rose 7.8%.
A shares and H shares closed higher than expected.
The mainland and Hong Kong stock markets on Nov. 7 did not slump as expected over the weekend. The three major A-share indexes rose and fell in the morning, and finally closed with an increase of about 0.2%. The Hang Seng Index of Hong Kong stocks opened lower and moved higher, while the Hang Seng Technology Index opened higher and moved higher. The turnover of the mainland stock market exceeded one trillion yuan again. In addition, domestic investors made net purchases of approximately HK$4.9 billion, for 23 consecutive trading days.
Exclusive丨Xiaoice raised RMB 1 billion, with a post-investment valuation of $2 billion.
This is a rare large-scale financing for a Chinese artificial intelligence software company this year. “Waidian Finance” exclusively learned that Xiaoice’s post-investment valuation is about US$2 billion, double the valuation after the round of financing last July. New investors include Sequoia China. Xiaoice was spun off from Microsoft in 2020 and became a local company with separate financing. At present, its main income is to provide AI virtual humans for companies and institutions, such as digital referees of the Winter Olympics and digital employees of Vanke. Xiaoice said that this round of financing is mainly used to accelerate the research and development of AI Being Xiaoice framework technology and promote the popularization of digital employees.
Guangzhou added nearly 2,000 new cases of local new coronary pneumonia virus infection in a single day.
On November 6, Guangzhou added 1,935 new local positive infections, including 122 local confirmed cases and 1,813 local asymptomatic infections. Since October 28, Guangzhou has recorded more than 100 new infections for ten consecutive days.
- In the past three days, more than 90% of the newly infected people came from Haizhu District in the south of Guangzhou, mainly in Kanglu District of Fengyang Street, Kecun and Datang District of Chigang Street. These areas gather a large number of “clothing factories” in urban villages, and the floating personnel are dense. The overall control of the Haizhu region will continue until 24:00 on November 11.
From 0:00 to 15:00 on November 7, Beijing added 33 new cases of local positive infection, including 1 case of social screening personnel. The official said that since October 27, the imported infected people from the Beijing Foreign Trade City have caused a number of local clustered epidemics. The virus belongs to the BF.7 branch of the Omicron variant strain, involving 12 districts. At present, the newly infected people are mainly concentrated. in Chaoyang District.
Due to the report of 1 local infected person in the normalized screening on the 6th, Shanghai temporarily closed the Shanghai Xisheshan, Happy Valley and other places involved in the epidemiological investigation.
According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China, 10 cases of new coronary pneumonia were diagnosed on China Eastern Airlines flight MU570 (Paris to Shanghai) on October 24, accounting for 4% of the number of inbound passengers on this flight. From November 14th, the operation of China Eastern Airlines MU570 flight has been suspended for one class, and the number of flights that have been fused cannot be used for other routes.
Fosun sold mines twice, cashing in HK$4.8 billion.
On November 6, Yuyuan, a subsidiary of Fosun Group, announced that it planned to sell a 20% stake in Zhaojin Mining for HK$4.395 billion. In addition to a large transaction two months ago, the accumulated cash out was 4.8 billion Hong Kong dollars. Since the beginning of this year, Guo Guangchang has accumulated more than 30 billion yuan in cash by reducing his holdings of Yuyuan shares, Jinhui wine, Fosun Pharmaceutical, Tsingtao Beer and other listed companies.
China’s exports fell 0.3% year-on-year in October.
Affected by factors such as the fall in overseas demand, China’s import and export data declined in October. According to data released by the General Administration of Customs today, exports in US dollar terms fell by 0.3% year-on-year in October, down 6.0 percentage points from September, the first year-on-year decline since June 2020. Among them, the growth rate of labor-intensive exports slowed down significantly; imports Down 0.7% year-on-year, the trade surplus widened to US$85.15 billion.
The Cyberspace Administration of China said it “carries out daily supervision in accordance with laws and regulations” on Internet platform companies.
Wang Song, director of the Information Development Bureau of the Cyberspace Administration of China, attended the press conference led by the State Council Information Office today. When answering the question of “whether the rectification of the Internet platform has been completed or not”, Wang Song said: Encourage and support the healthy and standardized sustainable development of Internet platform enterprises It is its responsibility. If there is a prominent disorder on the Internet, it will also carry out a special governance action of “clean and clear”; in general, it will uphold the parallelism of promoting development and regulatory norms, policy guidance and legal management, social benefits and The concept of paying equal attention to economic benefits creates a good environment for the development of Internet platform enterprises.
Bilibili CEO Chen Rui took over the game business.
Recently, Bilibili CEO Chen Rui was directly in charge of the game business, and Zhang Feng, the former vice president in charge, was transferred. However, if the game at station B is not well done, it has little to do with who is in charge. In the second quarter of this year, the game business was the only business in Station B with a year-on-year decrease in revenue, down 15% to 1.05 billion yuan, and its proportion in total revenue also dropped to 21%.
Japan plans to invest US$2.4 billion to develop a 2nm process with the United States.
According to media reports, Japan plans to increase its budget by 350 billion yen (about 2.38 billion US dollars) and establish a joint chip research center with the United States at the end of this year, with the goal of developing and mass-producing 2nm advanced chips. Another nearly $10 billion in the budget is used to subsidize chipmakers such as TSMC, Kioxia and Micron to build factories in Japan and to ensure the supply of key materials for chip manufacturing. In addition, media reports said that U.S. President Joe Biden is pressuring Japan and the Netherlands to block the flow of advanced chip technology to China.
Meta may have more layoffs than Twitter.
According to media reports, Facebook parent company Meta plans to lay off workers this week, which may be the largest of all technology companies. As of the end of September, Meta had more than 87,000 employees, and the layoffs are expected to affect thousands of employees, not as much as Twitter’s cut in half, but possibly even more. Meta’s free cash flow fell 98% in the most recent quarter due to huge expenses in the Metaverse business.
Continuing the front, the current CEO of Puma may be in charge of Adidas.
According to media reports, the current CEO of Puma, Bjorn Gulden, is expected to become the new CEO of Adidas next year, succeeding the retired Kasper Rorsted. After the news came out, Adidas US stocks rose nearly 25%. The founders of these two world-class sports brands are the brothers of the German Dassler family. The two co-founded the sports shoe brand Dassler. Later, due to different business concepts, they competed with each other for many years. Because of the serious internal friction in the family, now the two major brands have changed hands.
New crown vaccine developer BioNTech raised its full-year revenue guidance range.
Management said that the bivalent vaccine for the Omicron variant had been shipped in early September, and at least 300 million doses had been sold by mid-October. They therefore raised the lower limit of annual new crown vaccine revenue from the original 13 billion euros to 16 billion euros. In the third quarter, BioNTech reported revenue of 6.98 billion euros and a net profit of about 1.78 billion euros.
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