After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future

BYD Wang couldn't sit still, and Lei Busi from Xiaomi was not far behind, quietly announcing that they would go public in Hong Kong on April 9.

It seemed unrelated to the new energy industry, but insiders knew that Xiaomi originally planned to go public in July, only to move up the timeline by three months.

They had planned the IPO, and at the end of last year, they suddenly distributed dividends of 9.9 billion, making the chances of a price drop quite high. Now with the advance announcement, a price drop seems almost certain.

However, insiders revealed that Xiaomi's early IPO was to enter the new energy sector, as they had already secured a thousand acres of industrial land in Beijing Yizhuang.

New energy is the hottest topic right now, and with the two counterbalancing each other, whether the stock will drop on the first day is still unknown.

The external disputes had nothing to do with Lu Liang; he had been guarding the factory for two days and nights.

He didn't understand the technology, but believed it was necessary to understand every part's material and installation process. When bragging, he would have something to boast about, not be clueless when asked.

So, he followed the workshop director and participated in running the production line. New machines, like people, need to warm up and adjust parameters before exercising.

The first batch of components, or the die-cast car bodies, would always have many minor issues.

For instance, some slight mismatches; they conducted a one-month trial production to solve these problems.

That day, Lautburn from General Motors found Lu Liang, as they were returning to their country, and dropped by to say goodbye before leaving.

"Laute, come in June, and I'll personally pick you up." Lu Liang beamed with a smile, opened his arms, and hugged him.

Including people and teams, he had secured them, with only five out of 19 refusing his invitation, and the remaining 14 deciding to change jobs.

That night, Flannery called, extending cordial greetings to Lu Liang and his family.

Lu Liang was displeased; rain must fall, and when people want to leave, they leave unhappily, having nothing to do with him.

So, he retaliated with a short-selling threat. What if it's a Fortune 500 company? If they continued to press, he would still carry on with his actions.

Flannery quickly backed down, as no company could withstand Lu Liang's targeting from the financial market.

Even if Lu Liang might not win, the targeted company and its executives would have a rough time.

So he could only settle for second best, proposing their return for a three-month handover.

Lu Liang and such a reckless person had no common topic; to untie the bell, the person who tied it is needed, so he preferred to skip Lu Liang and talk to Lautburn about their years of friendship.

Lu Liang found it hard to refuse, so he had to agree.

They were still with General Motors; others could pay a penalty fee to terminate their contracts forcefully and didn't need them to return for the handover.

But Lautburn said he wanted a good closure.

Lautburn smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, since I've promised you, I'll definitely come back in June, and perhaps my son will come along with me."

"As long as Little Bo En comes to China, no matter what industry he wants to work in, I will fully support him." Lu Liang said smilingly, patting his chest.

"Mr. Lu, no need for trouble. He's a scholar and will likely go to Harbin Institute of Technology for an exchange and drop by to see my work environment."

"Mr. Laute, please make sure to introduce me to Little Bo En. I've respected scholars greatly since I was young."

Lu Liang's eyes suddenly lit up; the eldest of Harbin Institute of Technology's national defense 7 sons, Zhang Peiqiang, Liao Jie, and others were all from Harbin Institute of Technology.

If a foreigner is qualified to exchange at Harbin Institute of Technology, he should also have some talents.

His standard for gathering talent was that he would rather make a mistake than miss a good one.

"Alright."

Lautburn left with his team members.

Lu Liang stood at the factory gate, watching them take the dedicated shuttle from Su City Airport, crossing 85 kilometers to Modu to board a plane.

Little Wang suddenly appeared, unexpectedly saying, "Last night, Panda was unlocked, and its stock price fell to 3.01 US Dollars. Its market value is only 5.78 billion US Dollars."

"Don't you make any sound when you walk?"

Lu Liang was startled, rolled his eyes, and said moodily, "Wasn't this already anticipated? Still having 5.7 billion US Dollars is not bad."

He touched his chin, showing a mischievous smile, "Did you come over specially to remind me to reduce my holdings?"

"Reduce your uncle's holdings. If you dare to reduce, I'll die in front of you." Little Wang said with a look of resentment.

Tesla had such stellar financial results last year, for the first year since its establishment with positive net earnings. As a result, Lu Liang's reduction still got wiped out by 20 billion US Dollars.

Now Panda, under the impact of Douyin and Kuai Shou's live-streaming, no longer holds the lead in merchandise selling.

If Lu Liang announces a reduction now, Faraday Future will be their next fate.

"If you don't want a reduction, then what is it? Don't you know I've been busy these days?"

Lu Liang chuckled, not mentioning the reduction again. Reducing right after the unlock period looked too greedy, similar to killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Besides, he heard some eSports news; the best time to reduce should be on November 3 this year.

Little Wang personally set up the IG eSports team, winning the S8 World Championship. The popularity seemed to be high.

Even though he didn't play LOL, he heard about last year's dual Korean teams meeting at the Bird's Nest, especially with Korea assisting the US Army in setting up the Saman, which caused quite a stir.

"The constant decline isn't a solution; can you help think of a way?"

Little Wang looked worried; he was really out of ideas, or he wouldn't have gone to Lu Liang despite knowing how busy he was.

Against Douyin and Kuai Shou, these lifestyle short videos are naturally compatible with product selling, and Panda was caught in an unavoidable situation.

"We can only control product quality, taking the quality route. If it competes by quantity, Panda will definitely lose to them."

Lu Liang didn't have a great solution. His suggestion to Little Wang was to persist as live-stream sales were getting hotter and would eventually cause incidents.

Just like when live-streaming started, midnight broadcasting, top fans showing up unexpectedly in live stream rooms, and frequent chaos.

If they didn't make mistakes, they just needed to wait for others to make them. The winner would still be the one who survived the longest.

It was mainly to reassure Little Wang not to have any untimely ideas during this period and calmly persist until November.

Once IG wins, with the popularity surge, he'd take him to cash out from a high position, recover the principal first.

"We've always been on the quality route, but the profits are really too low."

Little Wang frowned, envious of others' location fees, reaching hundreds of thousands, and commissions of over 50%.

Since last National Day, Douyin launched its e-commerce section, realizing at least 20 billion in net earnings over the past six months.

It was the first time transitioning from loss to gain, likely to happen this or next year.

"No need to rush."

Lu Liang looked at the factory area, smiling, "Nearly three years, we've only recently been ready. Have you seen me rush?"

Little Wang sighed, his face full of envy, "Damn, a 33-year-old at the prefectural People's Congress."

Lu Liang laughed, "You're quite informed."

The year before last, a Modu outstanding young entrepreneur; last year, a national outstanding young entrepreneur; this year, Su City People's Congress.

In a couple of years, it could be nationwide. He was a common person, liking these nominal titles.

"Leaving." Little Wang waved, departing unsuccessfully, feeling quite melancholic.

Lu Liang swallowed words back that reached his lips.

He had played LOL but had been solo killed by AI several times, so how could he have known IG could win the championship?

As the stock market reopened globally.

Tesla barely stopped its downward trend, with the stock hovering at 1070 US Dollars but showing a bearish trend the whole day.

The main influence of the reduction announcement was still fermenting; after all, Lu Liang was set to start reducing his shares from tomorrow.

At this point, even if the main players wanted to be bullish, they wouldn't easily raise stock prices to help him lift it.

The routine of leaving small shareholders from Big A was that they wouldn't easily short, even if they could.

They had accepted being the prey in A-shares, but now they're even prey in US stocks.

Uncles could bear it, but aunts couldn't.

Almost the entire March passed in a fairly calm atmosphere.

Until the end of March, after more than half a month of debugging and scrapping the first batch, it was time to celebrate the return of Hu Weiwei, Qin Siyuan in Beijing, Zhang Peiqiang, Liao Jie in Modu, and others.

Everyone gathered around the factory area, appreciating the results of their work over the months, even years, past.

Lu Liang felt a sense of relief, exuding warmth as he softly said, "Tianshu, Dubhe, one of the Beidou Seven Stars, the Big Dipper."

BYD has its Dynasty Series,

They have their Beidou Seven Stars series.