妈妈不会有两个老公

It's about an ad.

What is an ad?

It's a company telling you:

"Come buy our stuff."

"Our stuff is good."

Every day, on TV,

online,

on the street,

there are ads.

This story

happened in May.

May 10

is a special day.

That day

is called "Mother's Day."

It's the day for moms.

The whole world has Mother's Day.

Not just China.

The US has it,

Japan has it,

Korea has it too.

On Mother's Day,

what does everyone do?

Let me tell you.

Some people call their mom.

Some buy flowers.

Some buy clothes.

Some take Mom out to eat.

And some people

do nothing.

But they think about Mom in their hearts.

They think:

Mom works hard.

Thank you, Mom.

OK.

Let's get to today's story.

There's a phone company.

It's called OPPO.

Have you heard of it?

It's a Chinese company.

Has made phones for many years.

Just before Mother's Day,

OPPO thought:

let's also make an ad.

Let's talk about moms.

They wrote a line.

They thought:

this line is interesting.

People will like it.

But unexpectedly,

things went bad.

What was the line?

Listen carefully.

The line said:

"My mom has two husbands."

"One is my dad."

"The other,"

"she sees twice a year."

"When she goes out with Dad,"

"Mom doesn't dress up."

"When she sees the other one,"

"she dresses really beautifully."

If you don't get it, that's OK.

Let me explain.

"The other husband"

isn't a real husband.

It's a celebrity.

What's a celebrity?

Someone who sings.

Or acts in movies.

Lots of people love them.

The meaning is:

Mom likes a celebrity.

She watches him sing twice a year.

When she meets the celebrity,

Mom is very happy.

She dresses beautifully.

But with Dad,

she doesn't dress up.

OPPO thought:

this story is fun.

Moms today are different.

Moms also have their own interests.

But people online

all got mad.

Really mad.

Why?

Let me tell you.

First,

Mom only has one husband.

That's Dad.

Saying "two"

isn't right.

Second,

not dressing up for Dad

and dressing up for a celebrity —

this sounds like

Mom doesn't love Dad.

Not OK.

Third,

tomorrow is Mother's Day.

You should say Mom is wonderful.

You shouldn't make jokes about Mom.

Lots of people scolded OPPO online.

Moms also scolded.

OPPO saw it.

They took down the ad.

They said: "Sorry."

"We were wrong."

This is called "apologizing."

Apologizing means saying: "Sorry."

"I was wrong."

OPPO also did one more thing.

They punished a few people.

Punish means:

"You did wrong,"

"we have to deal with you."

The people punished

were all big leaders.

One of them

is the head of OPPO China.

His name is Duan Yaohui.

He was demoted two levels.

What does "demoted" mean?

It means:

you used to be a big boss.

Now you're not.

You're smaller.

Other leaders

were also demoted.

And some

can't get a raise for three years.

People who know say:

this is OPPO's

harshest punishment in years.

Why so harsh?

Because this incident

made the whole country angry.

Not just a few people —

tens of millions of people.

And there's another thing

that's also unusual.

There's a school

called Wuhan University.

It's a Chinese university.

They also spoke up.

They publicly said:

OPPO was wrong.

A school publicly saying a company is bad

isn't common.

So everyone felt

this incident is huge.

OPPO apologized again.

They said:

"Our content review had a problem."

"We will fix it."

OK.

Today's story ends here.

We learned:

May 10 is Mother's Day.

OPPO, just before Mother's Day,

wrote a bad ad.

The ad said "Mom has two husbands."

This line

made a lot of people angry.

OPPO apologized.

And punished the big boss.

Lastly, one thing I want to say.

Ads are interesting.

Ads want you to remember.

But ads also have to be careful.

Some words —

you think they're fun,

others feel uncomfortable.

When you write things,

you should think:

the words I'm saying,

who might they hurt?

Especially when talking about Mom,

you have to be extra careful.

Mom gave us life.

We have to respect her.

OK.

That's it for today.

Tomorrow we'll talk about other things.