The evolution of the meta-universe of the United States of America
The essence of the meta-universe is a higher degree of integration between online and offline, a closer integration between the Internet and the physical world, and a gradual dissolution of the boundaries between the world of bits and the world of atoms, resulting in the so-called "meta-universe". The meta-universe is the upgraded version of digitization, and different technology companies can find their own opportunities. In this way, in fact, many companies have long been in the layout of the "meta-universe". For example, Tencent is doing social entertainment meta-universe, WeChat is a one-stop life platform; and then for example, "Wehelppeopleeatbetter,livebetter" as the vision of the United States, has been actively connecting the online and offline, so that the user access to all kinds of services at any time and any place. The sky will not fall pie, but can "drop coffee". Recently, at the Shanghai East China Drone Base Innovation and Development Forum, a user received a cup of coffee "falling from the sky", this cup of coffee from 1 kilometer away from the cafe, four minutes ago, just made, through the Meituan unmanned delivery machine delivery, the user to get the hands of the hand is still hot, there is no leakage. Behind the "skyfall coffee" is the "low-altitude logistics network" that Meituan is building, hiding Meituan's "meta-universe" ambition. For Meituan, the significance of the meta-universe is that through science and technology, the real world and the digital world will be more closely linked together to bring a better life to users. From the just released Q3 financial report, we can better understand the layout of Meituan's "meta-universe". In addition to the revenue growth rate, user scale and other highlights, the egg of the Meituan financial report is the technology Friday after the Hong Kong stock market, the Meituan announced the third quarter of 2021 financial report. Total revenue in the third quarter was 48.8 billion, higher than the market expectation of 48.714 billion, an increase of 37.9% year-on-year. Among them, the overall operating profit of the two main businesses of catering takeaway and in-store wine travel reached 4.7 billion. As of September 30, Meituan's annual transaction users over the past 12 months reached 670 million, up 40.1% year-on-year, and the number of active merchants was 8.3 million, up 28.2% year-on-year, both of which are record highs.