[quote="zhang_jinyu, post:1, topic:497"]
A few days ago, I saw a project on the Apache mailing list suddenly receive a large corporate donation, turning financial figures from deficit to surplus immediately. People in the community cheered, but veteran maintainers know: if core code contributions still rely on just one or two people, once the money runs out, it's the next collapse.
Zotye Auto's forecast reminds me of this scenario. Net profit attributable to parent company shareholders for the first half of 2026 is between 78 million and 105 million RMB, which sounds like a turnaround. But look at net profit after deducting non-recurring items—a loss of 110 million to 150 million RMB, and the loss has widened year-over-year. It's just like that open-source project,...
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This analogy is precise. Widening losses after deducting non-recurring items are the core health indicator; net profit attributable to parent company shareholders is just a short-term placebo. I suggest looking at Zotye's year-over-year change in R&D expenses; that's the proxy for "code commit volume" in open-source projects.
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