Beijing News Shell Financial News (reporter Cheng Zijiao) On January 24, in response to online rumors that Douyin was in talks with Alibaba to acquire Ele.me, Ele.me CEO Yu Yongfu responded on the company’s intranet that the rumors were false.

"Fake, we have already refuted the rumors," Mr. Yu said on the intranet. "I don’t know if there are not many things that people can care about in the Internet industry now, but fake can only be fake in the end. I have said in the class committee (management) before that everyone may feel that they have heard the most authority from me, so they will respond positively to everyone again."

He also said that over the past two years, Ele.me has continued to reduce leverage, and its efficiency has been greatly improved. In the next three years, Ele.me will further improve its efficiency, solve its own problems, and complete a new stage goal."The market always hates the poor and loves the rich. It is precisely because we are getting better step by step that more and more voices in the market are paying attention to us. As long as we continue to get better step by step, more and more voices in the market will be optimistic about us. "

Yu Yongfu also said that based on the overall goals for the next three years, the management of Ele.me has made detailed plans for the business strategy for the next 100 days and the next year, and each business unit is also formulating the goals for the new fiscal year. The next step will be gradually implemented, which is worth the market’s continued expectation.

Editor, Yue Cai Zhou

Proofreading, Lucie

　　On the streets of Xiamen in March, cold winds gusted. At seven o’clock in the evening, the sky had just darkened, and they were already waiting by the restaurant with their bicycles. After a while, people who were full of food and drinks walked out of the restaurant one after another, and their "nightlife" officially began.

　　Walking through the night, they have to carry up and down folding bicycles weighing 30 or 40 catties; working in the dark, their customers are mostly drunk men… Recently, our reporter approached the group of female drivers, followed them to take orders and listen to their stories. Today, we present the most authentic life conditions of female drivers through the narratives of Xiaoxiao, Amei and Aqi.

　　Female chauffeurs are already a large group in Xiamen. The picture shows Amei at work. (Photos from this group/Photo by reporter Huang Rong)

　　[Misunderstood]

　　The customer heard a female voice and thought he made the wrong call.

　　Because there are not many female chauffeurs, they are often regarded as "rare animals".

　　When some customers heard the female voice, they immediately said, I’m sorry, I made a typo. After learning that there was indeed no typo, they explained again and again. After calling for a driver for several years, they had never met a woman and thought they had made a typo. There was a male customer driving a Porsche who saw a female chauffeur and said "hi": "He asked me to try the performance of the car and drive 200km/h to Xiamen Bridge. I didn’t listen to him and controlled the speed at 60 kilometers per hour. He was furious and asked me, do you know how pigs died, and I replied, stupid; he said, no, disobedient to death." Then, the male customer said again: Unfortunately, I drive a Porsche of more than one million. If it is a car of 200,000 or 300,000, I will let you drive it directly home.

　　[Being harassed]

　　The drunkard moved his hands and feet, and asked her to "introduce Miss"

　　"Young women are not very suitable for this line of work," Ah Mei said bluntly. Female drivers mostly take orders at night, and the customers are mostly men who drink too much. As she got older, she said, "it’s safer and less troublesome." Even so, Ah Mei still encountered a lot of troubles.

　　In early March, two drunken male customers were going to Hexu Li, but when they saw that a female driver was coming, they immediately changed their minds and went to find "Miss", and asked her if she had any sisters to do this. "Seeing that Ah Mei said no, a man in the back seat reached out to touch her face: I see if there are any wrinkles on your face. When they got to the place, Ah Mei stopped the car and took off the bicycle." One man snatched my bicycle directly and wanted to try it, and the other man came directly and wanted to hug me and asked me to take him to find’Miss’. "Ah Mei pushed the male customer away, angry, tired, and aggrieved all welled up in her heart. However, the next day, the male client called Amei to apologize, which helped her balance a lot, but instead comforted them not to take it to heart.

　　36-Year-old Aqi had a similar experience. Once, when she arrived on her bicycle, the man who called for the driver was already drunk, and there was a male companion in his 20s next to her. Seeing a female driver, the young man stuffed his drunk friend into the back seat of the car and got into the co-pilot himself. As soon as the car started, the young man came up with a smile on his face, "Sister, you still dare to come out and take orders so late." Seeing Aqi’s silence, the boy became more "arrogant" and his hands and feet began to be dishonest. At that time, in July and August, the young man reached out and touched Aqi’s armpit. Aqi was so angry that he warned, "I can be your aunt at my age, so you can take care of yourself." The young man didn’t listen and "moved" his hands several times. Aqi finally broke out and scolded the other party, "The steering wheel is in my hands, do you still want to be safe!" Hearing this, the young man was so frightened that he withdrew his hand.

　　[Being tracked]

　　Male colleague with ulterior motives uses location sharing to find her home

　　It was disturbing enough to encounter customers who moved their hands and feet. Aqi never expected that some male chauffeurs would be "unrelenting" to her.

　　Since all the chauffeurs were on the same work platform and could see the location information of their colleagues, the rare female chauffeurs naturally became the "object of attention" of their male colleagues. "Most of the male colleagues still take good care of me, but there are always some who make uncomfortable jokes under the banner of’caring ‘with ulterior motives."

　　Aqi told reporters that when he first started driving, only three or four of them were customers’ orders in one night, and the other 10 or so were "condolence calls" from nearby male colleagues. Because it was a work number, Aqi had to answer.

　　Among them, the one with less "lethality" was a sarcastic sentence, "Why does a woman work so hard? Does she have no husband at home?"

　　These words were like sharp knives stabbing in Aqi’s heart, "I also rely on my own ability to make money hard, why do you think of me so unbearably."

　　In January this year, a male chauffeur was "monitoring" Aqi’s whereabouts all the time, and even chased after Aqi’s door and stalked her. Finally, Aqi had to call the police for help.

　　[Being taken care of]

　　The customer was afraid that she would not be able to return home, so he specially called a car to take her home

　　However, there are also heartwarming moments.

　　On the last order before the Spring Festival, at around 8pm, Amei sent a male customer to Jinjiang. As soon as he got on the bus, the male customer saw a female chauffeur and asked, how can you go back to Xiamen so far away. "I don’t have a bottom line," Hearing Amei’s answer, the male customer made seven or eight calls along the way to contact the car back to Xiamen for her, and didn’t feel relieved until he found it. "He said that if I were a man, he would give up after making two calls at most, but I am a woman. I am afraid that I will not be able to return to Xiamen, and I will not be willing to stay in a hotel, and I will wait on the roadside until dawn." In order to make Ameido some money, the male customer also specially let her take a long detour.

　　Another time, it was raining at night, and Ah Mei had to drive for a man and a woman. Because of the rain, she was afraid that the bicycle would wet the customer’s car. Ah Mei laid a cushion on the passenger’s trunk in the rain, and then put the bicycle in. Then she opened the driver’s door and took out the seat cover, for fear of getting the seat wet. The male customer is Taiwanese, and he was afraid that she would get wet, so he kept saying it was okay and got on the bus quickly. Seeing Ah Mei’s insistence, the male customer gave a thumbs up: I didn’t expect the service in the mainland to be first-class. After getting off the bus, the male customer also gave her an umbrella. There are many such moments, and every time I think of it, Ah Mei will feel warm in my heart. (At the request of the interviewee, the female drivers in the text are all pseudonyms)

　　[Lens]

　　Take 9 orders in one night and finish work at 4am

　　At 9 o’clock the night before, at the entrance of a seafood shop near Ershi City, Xiaoxiao pushed the folding bicycle and walked towards us. After receiving the driving order every night, Xiaoxiao rode it to the customer, folded it, and carried it to the trunk of the customer’s car. After delivering the customer to the destination, Xiaoxiao carried it off and continued on the road. Every night around 6 o’clock, Xiaoxiao would ride a bicycle to a place with a lot of traffic and wait for the order.

　　We followed Xiaoxiao to send a customer to Lianhua Village, but the bicycle couldn’t be folded. Xiaoxiao was anxious and squatted on the ground for about ten minutes, "really embarrassing". That night, she took 9 orders and didn’t finish work until 4 am the next day. Riding a bicycle, she returned home from the second phase of the software park to Fanghu Road.

　　[Data]

　　growth rate of driving

　　Xiamen ranks third in the country

　　Xiamen’s driving market is dominated by e-driving and Didi driving. According to the big data released by e-driving, Xiamen ranked third in the growth rate of driving in major cities across the country in 2015, with a growth rate of 141%.

　　Xiamen two major driving merchants

　　There are more than 700 female chauffeurs

　　Four months after the e-driving service opened in Xiamen, the first woman to register has been welcomed, and this group has now grown to more than 500 people. Among Didi’s drivers, there are currently 226 female drivers. Combined with the data of Didi’s drivers and e-drivers, the proportion of female drivers in Xiamen is close to 10%.

　　Female drivers are more popular

　　The take-up rate is twice as high as that of men

　　Although the number of female drivers is small, they are quite popular. For example, some women will "name" and ask for female drivers. Data provided by e-driving shows that between 6 and 11 pm, "online" female drivers receive 1.9 times as many orders as male drivers.

　　[Voice]

　　"It’s a lie to say you’re not afraid"

　　Almost all customers will ask me: Are you not afraid of being a female driver? It is false to say that you are not afraid, but when driving a customer’s car, the steering wheel and accelerator are under my control, and generally they will not do anything to me. – Aqi

　　I don’t think it’s okay about safety. Xiamen people are of good quality, and I have fitness. But I didn’t tell my parents that I was a female driver, for fear that they would be worried. But after my sister found out, she asked me to bring some "anti-wolf weapons". – – Xiaoxiao (Text/Reporter, Wang Yuting, Huang Xiaofang)

Nowadays, the car as a second living space can no longer meet the needs of young people only by relying on the three basic parts. It is smarter and more entertaining to capture the hearts of young people. Today we will talk about this Sanhao SUV, which is the best-selling SUV under its umbrella.

Five years ago, a sentence of "Hello, Boyue" ushered in the era of Chinese cars leading the world in intelligence. Now, Boyue X is listed, up the ante on the three good qualities of good-looking, easy-to-open and smart, inheriting the foundation of the Boyue family, injecting the new soul of X with "Flux energy surging, Relax enjoying freedom, Outfox outsmarting the future", and becoming a Chinese style intelligent SUV.

Powerful chip guarantees fast and smooth response, and AI voice is full of fun

One of the highlights of Boyue X this time is the Galaxy OS intelligent control center jointly built by Yikatong Technology, Geely and Baidu. This car-machine system adopts a new design method in voice interaction. It not only has new technology inside, but also is very user-friendly, once again defining the new standard of the 4.0 era of automotive intelligent digital cockpit. Geely Galaxy OS adopts a new generation of E02 high-performance digital cockpit computing power platform, 12nm process, 6G random access memory, 64G storage memory, and 8-core CPU, which makes the whole vehicle faster, the system response is faster, and the application switching is smoother. In addition, as the first mass-produced model of Baidu’s independently developed Honghu chip, Boyue X is equipped with Baidu Honghu intelligent voice computing platform and Mobileye EQ4 intelligent driving computing platform. The powerful chip integrated in multiple domains allows Boyue X intelligent cockpit hardware level to exceed the same level, greatly improving the wake-up speed, making the interaction experience smoother, just like a real-time conversation with friends.

This time, the AI real voice on Boyue X can record the voice of your closest relatives as a real voice package. At the same time, you can customize Q & A, talk and interact with relatives and friends in the car, and the boring driving becomes full of fun. It can be seen that the wake-up control can be directly read on the screen, reducing manual operation, and escorting the safety of you and your family.

All-dimensional interaction is intelligent and convenient, and the intimate cockpit atmosphere is full

The new intelligent AI interactive cockpit of Boyue X helps you bid farewell to the cold machine, and the whole vehicle brings a more considerate and warm driving experience. From the perspective of atmosphere, Boyue X directly fills the standard. The 72-color light-sensing interactive ambient lights equipped with the high-end version can link driving, sound and music, and 12 BOSE sound like a moving music hall, bringing palace-level sound effects.

There are also meters, cars, and HUD three-screen linkage, content display seamless connection, support for navigation three-finger sliding screen, instrument full-screen display navigation, so that drivers do not miss every intersection; 540 ° panoramic image with chassis perspective, smart non-sensory mobile phone digital key and mobile APP remote control, directly beyond the same level, shoulder-to-shoulder luxury. It is worth mentioning that the Boyue X is also equipped with a visual L2 + level intelligent driving assistance system, which can follow the car, recognize the road, avoid danger, remind, actively stop, actively follow, and automatically turn corners. At the same time, there are corresponding animations on the instrument for cars, cars, trucks, and pedestrians, which display the following distance in real time. Intelligent driving assistance is more visual, allowing drivers to understand the vehicle conditions and road conditions, and add a safety guarantee for themselves and their families.

Open ecosystem is fully covered to meet the entertainment needs of the younger generation of users

When it comes to Boyue X, the most interesting thing for young people is to launch Tencent TAI3.0, Huawei Hi-car and other ecological applications on Boyue X in conjunction with Tencent, Huawei and other first-tier manufacturers. The car covers music, video, navigation, life, games, WeChat, Douyin, smart home and other applications, so that social and entertainment can be seamlessly connected in travel and daily life, and truly drive with eyes and hands, and communicate with mouth and ears. In-car WeChat voice calls and location sharing can be realized synchronously; Huawei Hi-car is automatically connected to the Internet, automatically flows and switches between the car and mobile phones, and collaborates across screens, which is very convenient. When relaxing in the car, listen to music, brush Douyin, and watch videos. Who can resist such a pleasant experience?

Over the past five years, the Boyue family has won the trust of super 1.36 million users with the three good qualities of "good-looking, easy-to-drive and smart". From the pioneering "Hello Boyue" voice interaction in the industry to the full adoption of car-grade chip hardware, Boyue has been leading the intelligent development trend of China’s smart cars. Not only top-selling in the domestic market, it has occupied the top three SUV sales in China for many years, but also sells well in 25 countries and regions such as Russia/Philippines/Malaysia in Europe, Asia and America. It is one of the fastest models to break through the 1 million in the entire SUV market.

In the future, Boyue will continue to listen to the voice of users, guided by user requests, and continue to innovate and break through to cover a larger market to meet the different needs of young users in the new era. Boyue will use its strength to face the future market, take everyone to continue to travel south and north, and move towards the distance together with the same original intention.

　
Mobile network integration is a typical practice of digital-real integration in the travel industry
　
"The real integration of the patrol network should be’based on the patrol, and promote innovation through the network ‘." Liu Zhenfei said that the integration of the patrol network should return to the essence of the taxi – transportation services, and professional transportation service capabilities should be given priority. The responsibility of Internet platform enterprises is to enable the professional capabilities of cruise vehicles to be better displayed, and to continue to promote service innovation through technological innovation.
　
The integration of the patrol network is a typical practice of the integration of data and reality in the travel industry. In December 2019, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Transport said that it will promote the integrated development of new and old business formats and promote the "+ Internet" service of cruise cars. At the same time, all localities have also accelerated the pace of taxi integration.
　
In recent years, the degree of integration of data and reality in the travel industry has been increasing. Didi Chuxing will upgrade its taxi business to "fast new taxi" in 2020 and operate independently. Autonavi Taxi has launched a "good taxi" plan to help taxi companies upgrade digitally. In addition, Didi Chuxing, Cao Cao Chuxing and others are also promoting the integrated development model of "cruise + online appointment".
　
Li Xinhua, general manager of Autonavi Taxi Division, introduced that in the past three years, based on the "good rental" solution, Autonavi has cooperated with the industry to build a patrol network integration platform to help the industry build digital capabilities, and has been applied in nearly 100 cities across the country. The cumulative number of service drivers has exceeded 1 million, helping drivers increase their online income by 40%.
　
As a partner, Wang Guoqing, general manager of Cathay Pacific Industrial, said that with the help of digital technology, point-and-network integration, accurate docking, connecting passengers’ car needs with rentals, realizing scientific real-time matching of supply and demand, and greatly improving the operation efficiency of cruise taxis. If there is big data and heat maps, it can effectively carry out capacity scheduling in the background, effectively solve passengers’ travel needs, understand the optimal route and reasonable price, and avoid detours. It can also provide a comprehensive understanding of drivers and enterprises to improve service quality and safety.
　
Zheng Yongzhi, executive vice president and secretary general of Shenzhen Taxi Association, believes that the mechanism of intelligent dispatch and the introduction of traffic effectively reduce the empty driving rate, increase the order volume and income, which is conducive to the stability of the platform team. The platform relies on the intelligent end point data in the car and uses big data to manage intelligent dispatch, which solves the problem of information asymmetry of traditional cruise taxis. Online and offline evaluations are complementary, effectively guiding drivers to improve the quality of the industry.
　
"Digital technology is effectively combined with the advantages accumulated over the years in the cruise taxi industry. The aggregation platform is an online platform for information matching, which requires very good digital technology base capabilities, and the quality of cruise taxi drivers has been tested and tested. There is a very good complementarity between the two, which is a huge opportunity." Ji Xuehong, director of the Automotive Industry Innovation Research Center at Northern University of Technology, said.
　
Liu Zhenfei said that taxi companies are "masters" in the field of transportation, with high-quality transportation service resources, profound experience in organizing transportation, solid safety capabilities and a strong sense of social responsibility, which are irreplaceable professional capabilities of taxi companies.
　
In this regard, Autonavi released "Good Rental" 2.0 to upgrade four sets of digital systems on the basis of version 1.0, and use digital technology to help the cruise car industry release professional capabilities and promote industry service upgrades in terms of operational efficiency and service quality. At the same time, Autonavi will gradually provide fare advance for all taxi drivers. It has been piloted in Beijing, Shenzhen and other places. During the pilot period, a total of more than 1 million fare advance payments were completed for taxi drivers.
　
　
The integration of mobile networks has entered a critical period: dynamic pricing and innovative supervision still need to be explored
　
"Price is a very important constraint on how cruise car companies can transform and upgrade. Although many cities have gradually turned the government pricing of cruise cars into guiding prices, the price adjustment mechanism of guiding prices is still not flexible enough, and it still does not adapt to the actual travel needs of ordinary people. This problem needs to be solved in the next step." Highway Research of the Ministry of TransporthospitalResearcher Yu Mingyuan believes that.
　
The integration of the patrol network has entered a critical period, and dynamic pricing and innovation supervision have become problems facing the industry. Cheng Guohua, an associate researcher at the Institute of Highway Sciences of the Ministry of Transport, believes that the reform of cruise vehicles will continue to be deepened from point to point, and there are relatively large differences in various places. It is necessary to support local governments to carry out pilots in the reform of cruise vehicle freight rates and other aspects to enhance the flexibility and timeliness of cruise vehicle freight rates. Local governments should carry out free operation rights, have a time limit, and improve the exit mechanism of operation rights. Track and summarize local experience to deepen learning and reference.
　
"Innovate supervision and service methods, coordinate supervision, further give play to the role of the joint meeting system of new business sectors, and form a joint supervision force. Digital supervision, improve service quality and service level, improve the pertinence of supervision, and enhance the ability to normalize supervision through network management. Credit supervision, implement the" Taxi Car Service Quality Credit Assessment Measures ", and formulate targeted reward and punishment measures," Cheng Guohua said.
　
Zheng Yongzhi, executive vice president and secretary general of the Shenzhen Taxi Association, mentioned that it is necessary to further explore how to implement dynamic price adjustment of supply and demand, and explore whether the current "dual-track system" of cruise taxis can be considered, that is to say, the implementation of online taxi hailing and car-hailing online pricing, offline hailing to implement offline pricing, price mechanism reform, and explore "carpooling" models to diversify the services of cruise taxis.
　
In the context of the integration of data and reality, the reform of cruise cars is still on the way and needs to keep pace with the times. Liu Xiaochun, director of the Internet Rule of Law Research Center of the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that through the integration of data and reality, in the sense of data possession, resource allocation, and digital assets to further stimulate and further innovation, offline taxi companies or the taxi industry can precisely acquire a greater voice over and truly participate in the transformation of the digital economy era.
　
Liu Zhenfei believes that in the digital age, "catch up" and "super" are two must-answer questions facing the cruise taxi industry. "Catch up" is to adapt to the digital trend and build online service entrances and system capabilities. When digital capabilities become standard, differentiated value and core competitiveness will inevitably return to the offline, and the opportunity for "super" lies in the professional capabilities of cruise cars.
　
"Strive to pursue the inclusiveness of network tour integration, which is one of the important characteristics of the digital economy, an important part of building a digital China, and an inevitable requirement for promoting the high-quality development of the taxi industry. Network tour integration involves the interests of passengers, cruise car companies, drivers and online ride-hailing platforms, but the core is the interests of passengers," said Zhang Junfeng, president of the China Taxi and Car Rental Association.
　
Chen Weicheng, Shell Financial Reporter, Beijing News
Editor, Chen Li
Proofreading, Lucie