On January 16, Yu Minhong once again appeared on the hot search list, and the reason was that he chose to "give young people a chance."
It turned out that some netizens discovered that Dongfang Selection’s anchor Tianquan, who had been suspended for three months for angry fans, was announced to be ready to resume broadcasting only one month later.
Faced with doubts, Yu Minhong responded through a video, "Young people have made mistakes, and they should be given the opportunity to correct them in time. We decided to turn the three-month suspension of Tianquan into one month. Now almost one month has passed." .
Regarding whether Dongfang Selection will lose its integrity, Yu Minhong explained, "Integrity may not be understood in this way. Only a society that allows young people to make mistakes, correct them in a timely manner, and is willing to give young people opportunities can This is a tolerant and beautiful society, and we ask everyone to tolerate us."
As soon as this statement came out, countless netizens liked it and praised Yu Minhong's way of handling the pressure of public opinion. However, many netizens still did not buy it. "Old Yu, you have to carry it for three months even if you are beaten to death. Now you are damaging your own credibility." Penalties can be changed only by making an announcement, can't listed companies be more cautious?"
In fact, similar to Dong Yuhui, Tianquan is also a sales anchor in the Oriental Selection live broadcast room, and the incident originated on December 15 last year. Oriental Selection became more and more intense due to the "little essay controversy", and the pressure of live broadcasting increased sharply, and Tianquan In the end, he lost control of his emotions. He not only imitated Sun Dongxu and threw his cell phone, but also mocked the audience in the live broadcast room for not being able to buy egg yolk cakes. He even claimed that he was not afraid of trouble, which caused dissatisfaction among netizens.
However, the day after the incident, Oriental Selection issued an apology statement and announced that Tianquan would be suspended from broadcasting for three months, and Tianquan also issued a public apology.
Oriental Selection is a Hong Kong-listed company with a current market value of HK$26.8 billion, and Yu Minhong is the chairman of the company. The Tianyancha app shows that Yu Minhong has a total of 97 companies under his name, 66 of which are still in existence, and there are many companies with registered capital of tens of millions. In addition to most of them related to New Oriental, he also has intersections with many big names, such as Wang The shareholders of Beijing Xinzhongli Investment Co., Ltd. controlled by Chaoyong also participated in the private equity fund Hangzhou Taiyou Venture Capital Partnership (Limited Partnership) together with Yu Binyan, the founding partner of Taiyou Fund, and the Tsinghua University Education Foundation. wait.
(Author丨City City Feng Chenchen, Editor丨Liu Xiaoying)