Cheetah Mobile Inc.

We expect these two businesses will take off the second half of 2021. For our AI business, we have made good progress with business model of shopping mall, coupon selling robots. We created a brand new inside shopping mall marketing model to attract customers for merchants and have got really positive feedback. So far, our robots see more than 1,000 kinds of coupons for more than 1,000 merchants in nearly 40 cities all over the country. Weekly average GMU has increased for consecutive 11 weeks. with a compounded growth rate of about 20%. Next, we plan to deepen our focus on high-quality shopping malls and machines. In this model, machines can attract customers. Customers can get good benefits and we can achieve sustainable growth This is a real multi-wing situation. Lastly, I would like to mention that with great effort, the company's operational efficiency has been significantly improved. In past quarter, the growth margin has been increasing and non-gap operating loss has been narrowed. We will keep working to get the best outcome with very reasonable input. As of June 30th, 2021, our cash position was around US dollar 259 million, and the long-term equity investment was about US dollar 374 million. The abundant cash can enable the rally of our internet business as well as the rapid development of our AI and other business. We are confident in the second half of 2021, we will get out difficult position and achieve all-round growth in our business. With that, I will now turn the call to our CFO, Thomas Ren, to go through details of our fourth Second quarter financial results.

Thank you, Fuzong, and hello, everyone. Thank you all for joining us today. Now, I will walk you through our key financial highlights. Please note that unless stated otherwise, all money amounts are in RMB terms. As Sheng just mentioned, we delivered a healthy quarter. In the second quarter of 2021, Our total revenues were 212 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 46% and a quarter-over-quarter increase of 7%. The revenue was within the range of our previous guidance. To explain the reasons behind the changes, now let me break down our revenues into internet and AI and other sectors. Revenues from the company's internet business decreased by 46% year-over-year and increased by 9% quarter-over-quarter to $204 million in this quarter. The year-over-year decrease was due to the company's strategic efforts to diminish the gaming-related business in past quarters. And the quarter-over-quarter increase was mainly from the growth of our membership business and the commercialization of several new utility products. Revenue from AI and others were $8 million in the second quarter of 2021, representing a 59% year-over-year decrease and a 27% quarter-over-quarter decrease. The year-over-year decline was primarily attributable to the planned drop in sales of consumer-facing AI-related products. The quarter-over-quarter decrease was from the expected volatility during the transition of business model. Although, in the last couple of months, we have seen some preliminary success in the business model of shopping mall coupon-selling robots, fluctuations could happen in the short term as we are still optimizing this business model. Turning to cost and expenses, the following discussion of results will be on a non-GAAP basis, which excludes stock-based compensation expenses. The use of non-GAAP measures in this context will help us to better present the results of our operating performance without the effect of non-cash items. For financial information presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, please refer to our earnings release. Our operating loss has been further narrowed with consistently improved operational efficiency. In the second quarter of 2021, our operating loss was 56 million, narrowed from 133 million in the same period of last year and 58 million in the previous quarter. Cost of revenues decreased by 56% year over year and 15% quarter over quarter to 50 million in the second quarter of 2021. The decrease reflects our ongoing efforts to streamline the business and improve the operational efficiency. Research and development expenses decreased by 58% year over year and 33% quarter over quarter to 47 million in the second quarter of 2021. The decrease was due to the deconsolidation of certain gaming business in past quarters. And at the same time, the technologies to support our current AI business have been relatively well developed. So comparing with past quarters, the investment in AI-related R&D was lower in this quarter. Selling and marketing expenses decreased by 41% year over year and increased by 52% quarter over quarter to 121 million in the second quarter of 2021. This year over year decrease was attributable to the streamlining of our business and the strategic cost cutting, while the quarter-over-quarter increase was mostly from the promotion of our new utility products. General and administrative expenses decreased by 47% year-over-year and increased by 6% quarter-over-quarter to 52 million in the second quarter of 2021. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to the streamlining of our business and our defective expense control, while the quarter-over-quarter increase was caused by a one-time reversal of share-based compensation expenses due to forfeiture in the first quarter of 2021. Now, let me turn to our balance sheet. As of June 30th, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents restricted cash and short-term investments of US$259 million and long-term equity investments of US$374 million. We have maintained a strong balance sheet as always, which makes it possible for us to invest across our core business to support our long-term growth plan. And for our third quarter revenue guidance, we currently expect total revenues to be between RMB 180 million and 230 million. Please note, this forecast reflects our current and preliminary views and is subject to change. This concludes our prepared remarks. Operator, we are now ready to take questions. Thank you.

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