I think the recent rumors about the detention of Huang Guangyu, chairman of the board of directors of Gome Electric Appliances, have caused a stir in the industry. Gome Electric Appliances issued a statement yesterday saying that the management of Gome Electric Appliances is verifying the relevant situation and has not received any notification at present. The department's legal documents related to the rumors. As of the deadline last night, reporters confirmed that Huang Guangyu has returned home to Beijing. In an interview with this reporter, Gome Group Spokesperson Vice President He Yangqing said that Gome has a sound operating mechanism and will not be affected by rumors. Starting from last Monday, a text message that "something happened to Huang Guangyu of Gome" began to spread among the people. The text message stated that Gome Chairman Huang Guangyu and Gome Financial Director Zhou Yafei had been taken away by the Beijing Public Security Bureau to assist in the investigation. Previously, there were rumors that Huang Guangyu was investigated for a batch of illegal loans totaling 1.3 billion yuan in the early days of his business. However, as early as last year, Gome Electrical Appliances issued an announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange stating that the Ministry of Public Security targeted Huang Guangyu and his indirect The "assistance investigation" held by Pengrun Real Estate Company has been officially withdrawn. The reporter learned that the rumored reason why Huang Guangyu was detained to assist in the investigation is that Huang Guangyu may be suspected of manipulating the stock price of *ST Jintai (600385.SH), which is controlled by his brother Huang Junqin for 11.92%. Affected by the rumors, in addition to the suspension of trading of Gome Electric Appliances listed in Hong Kong, Zhongguancun, *ST Jintai and many other A-share listed companies involving the Huang brothers were also temporarily suspended. Gome said in a statement that at present, all operations and management of Gome Electric Appliances are normal. The heads of Samsung, Haier, Galanz, Changhong, Konka, Midea and others issued statements yesterday, denying rumors of cutting off supply and demanding payment, and expressing their support for the strategic partnership with Gome Electric Appliances. At noon, Gome Electrical Appliances announced that in accordance with Rule 13.09(1) of the Listing Rules, trading in the company's shares will remain suspended until further notice. Day 1 Mysterious text message November 19, 2008, Wednesday night. Wang, a home appliances reporter who once served as director of the economic department of a Beijing metropolitan newspaper, received a mysterious text message. The content of the text message is as follows - "The news is absolutely reliable: Gome boss Huang Guangyu and financial director Zhou Yafei were taken away by relevant departments for investigation on the night of Monday (November 17), and have not been traced so far. Huang's wife Du Juan and a key financial staff have been Absconding, involved in many major cases." When Wang called back, the other party immediately hung up. At the same time, He Yangqing, vice president of Gome Electrical Appliances, also began to receive calls from reporters and obtained the contents of the above text messages from reporters. To this, he responded with "I don't know, it's just rumors." At that time, most people in the industry who received the text message were dubious. A senior Suning executive also told reporters, “We learned about the news from industry insiders on Wednesday night, but the fact that he (Huang Guangyu) was under investigation had been reported at least five times before, so we didn’t take it seriously at first. It’s going on.” The second day of restricted incoming calls is Thursday, November 20, at noon. When our reporter called Gome to inquire about the details of the incident, He Yangqing said, "Everything in Gome is currently normal. There is no information that can be released to the outside world. Some things need to be communicated with the leaders before communicating." However, our reporter asked to talk to Huang Guangyu. To prove his situation, he was declined by the other party. On that day, reporters called Huang Guangyu and his wife Du Juan (executive director of Gome) several times. Huang Guangyu's mobile phone is always in the "restricted incoming call" state, while Du Juan's mobile phone is in the "no answer" message state. At noon on November 20, regarding the news that Huang Guangyu was "caught," a senior executive of Suning Appliances told this reporter, "This is completely different from the previous rumors that Zhang Jindong was arrested." "Whether the matter is true or not, it will take about a week. , If nothing happens in a week, there will be no follow-up." But the senior official said that it was not convenient to comment on the details. The third day appeared in the newspapers. On Friday, November 21, several media in Hong Kong first reported the news that "Huang Guangyu was detained and investigated". In this regard, He Yangqing told this reporter, "(We) have noticed these reports, but there is nothing to comment on at the moment." He only said that the people who had maliciously spread text messages before were "extremely boring" and not formal news. Channel, therefore, "We will not deny or admit it. If we respond proactively, it will be equivalent to 'there is no three hundred taels of silver here'".

He Yangqing told this reporter, "Gome Electric is the largest consumer electronics retail company in China, with 300,000 employees. Some false reports will affect the jobs of 300,000 people. Therefore, we have submitted a report to the relevant departments, hoping to There are some protective measures for Gome.” He also told reporters that Gome is currently verifying the source of the anonymous text messages and plans to report the case to the public relations agency. It is understood that on that day, the CEOs of all regions of Gome flew to Beijing for a meeting. The reporter learned from a regional CEO who attended the meeting, “The meeting did not disclose the specific situation of the bosses, but only asked each region to do a good job in daily sales and Do a good job in local media work." But that afternoon, through the Internet, text messages and other means, the news that "Huang Guangyu was arrested" was still spreading in the mainland. On the afternoon of November 21, an article titled "Big trouble happened at Gome Headquarters: Huang Guangyu was arrested" appeared on the Tieba forums of Sina, World Entrepreneurs, Shenzhen Forum and other websites. A text message like this began to spread: "I heard from a friend who makes small home appliances that Huang Guangyu, the boss of Gome, was arrested. They are now extremely anxious, fearing that Gome will be ruined because of this matter, and the more than 2 million yuan in payment will not be paid back, so I spend money every day in Gome! But the old man from Gome branch