After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future-Chapter 574 - 569: Clearly Bare Strength

"Mr. Lu, is the office next door moving?"

As noon approached, Lu Liang arrived at the company, and Tang Caidie handed over the documents while curiously asking.

Earlier today, just as she started work, Zhang Jing approached her to ask about suitable office spaces nearby.

Zhang Jing used to be a fund manager. It’s his first time as general manager, so he has to learn everything.

Besides, the current office space is rented under Tianxing Investment and subleased to the public fund.

They’re like sub-landlords, so naturally, Zhang Jing has to inform her about the move.

"Haven’t you always felt that our 1800 sqm is a bit too small? Now it should be enough."

Lu Liang didn’t even look up as he checked his emails. The listing dates for DiDi and NIO had already been set.

DiDi just ended its IPO roadshow at the New York Station, successfully freezing 113.1 billion US Dollars, with subscriptions over 20 times.

It was finally decided to list with a 55.8 billion USD valuation, with an issue price of 7.25 USD, issuing 769 million shares, accounting for 10% of the free float, the listing date set for April 19th.

Gotta say, Li Bing really knows his stuff.

The first IPO roadshow was held after DiDi’s, but they managed to list before DiDi.

Because DiDi and Xiaomi are both large-scale companies. Even though DiDi won’t break the issue price, its first-day increase is probably only about 10%.

If DiDi were to go public first, market investors would link the two companies together.

After all, both companies are Chinese concept stocks, with roadshows close in dates and listing dates close as well.

If DiDi’s first-day performance is underwhelming, NIO might lose its chance for a surge.

Li Bing understands well which kind of hype to ride and which not to.

Moreover, doing this also benefits DiDi.

NIO’s scale is only about 6 billion, nearly ten times smaller than DiDi, making it easier to drive up.

By listing DiDi after NIO, they might even catch on to some of NIO’s momentum.

Valuation, scale, future prospects are all nonsense; the first element in stock trading is market sentiment.

There’s a good saying on Wall Street: as long as market sentiment is hot enough, even a pile of crap can sell at gold price.

After all, in stocks, especially short-term trading, the key is speculation. Sometimes what’s being traded isn’t even important.

"Now with an extra 2000 sqm, the office area won’t feel so crowded anymore."

Tang Caidie laughed, replying without curiosity about why the office next door was moving, as it’s not her concern.

"By the way, wasn’t she supposed to rest at home for a few days? Why’s she back at work?"

Seeing Tang Caidie about to leave, Lu Liang suddenly asked. He seemed to have just seen Chen Jinchun.

Tang Caidie couldn’t help but laugh: "She said she couldn’t sit still at home, and no one was cooking for her, so she just came over..."

Her face showed a doting smile: "She came over to enjoy the crown of a hero; scars are a hero’s badges."

Lu Liang chuckled silently, paused, and said, "Then call her in."

Tang Caidie left, and soon after, Chen Jinchun hobbled in on crutches, a bit cautious, "Mr. Lu, did you need me?"

"All better?" Lu Liang asked.

"Not fully recovered, just felt uneasy resting at home with everyone so busy."

Xiao Chen’s eyes darted around, looking guilty. This morning she finally got a day of experiencing being Boss Lu.

Center of attention, surrounded by flowers and applause, more milk tea and desserts than she could consume, and a crowd listening to her recount the car accident horror.

The bandage on her head and her sprained foot were seen as symbols of honor, hero’s badges.

After all, out of hundreds of employees, she was the only one who got injured on behalf of the company and almost lost her life.

Lu Liang sighed: "If there’s nothing else, edit the test vehicle footage and wait for my call."

"Okay."

Xiao Chen nodded obediently; she was already planning on doing just that.

This trip to Western Border gave her a lot of material, and now she just needed the final piece for her documentary.

She always felt she chose the wrong major; if she had chosen directing, she’d probably be a major director by now.

No choice~

Everything in life and work is just too smooth.

Three years post-graduation, she’s driving a BMW 3 Series and planning to buy a house and settle in Modu by the end of the year.

She felt she could secretly get a little cocky, like giggling in her covers.

"Off you go."

Lu Liang smiled gently.

He really hadn’t lied to Lin Yan; he would spoil his daughter just this way when she grew up.

Thinking of his daughter he hadn’t seen in a while, after Chen Jinchun left, Lu Liang also left work soon, ending a more than one-hour but very fulfilling work session.

Returning home from the company, Su Wanyu was studying for an exam, and the little one should be napping in the nursery.

Seeing Lu Liang, she couldn’t hide her joy, her expression like Wang Chuting’s yesterday, but not as bold in her actions.

"Glad you’re okay." She pursed her lips, muttering words of thanks as if thanking the almighty.

"Where’s Siqing?"

After leaving Wang Chuting’s house, Lu Liang had gone by the company, meaning to clear his head.

After all, Su Wanyu and Wang Chuting have different styles, even using completely different perfumes.

"She just fell asleep after eating."

"Then I’d better go check on her."

Lu Liang tiptoed to the nursery, nodding to the nanny sitting at the door.

The little one was sleeping soundly, her long lashes fluttering, pacifier in mouth, dreaming of something sweet.

Lu Liang showed a doting smile, sitting by the bed, watching for a long time until she woke up.

An eight-and-a-half-month-old little one, her vision is basically normal, and she can see the objects before her clearly.

When she saw Lu Liang, she suddenly grinned and stretched out her powdery little arms, making a whining sound, asking to be held.

"Daughters are always closer to me."

Lu Liang squinted his eyes, unable to hide his pride.

Su Wanyu looked disgruntled but helpless.

Even though this father and daughter rarely get together, the little one always remembers Lu Liang’s scent.

After spending an afternoon in Green City Puhwan, in the evening, Lu Liang went to the suburbs under the pretense of having a social engagement.

As soon as they met, Li Manli hugged Lu Liang and cried bitterly. Lu Liang, helpless, comforted her softly.

Even though every time he got a bit busy with matters, he still managed to stay relaxed.

After all, Su Wanyu knew of Li Manli’s existence, Li Manli knew of Su Wanyu’s existence, and Wang Chuting knew about both of them.

There was no need to hide things too deeply, which saved a lot of trouble.

In the following few days, Lu Liang moved between the three women during his off-hours until mid-April.

NIO went public a day earlier than DiDi on the 18th, causing Li Bing to panic a bit, pleading earnestly and repeatedly.

Cheng Wei also helped fan the flames, and Lu Liang couldn’t resist them, so he had to take a plane to New York.

Before leaving, he called Chen Jinchun: "Split it into two parts, update on Friday night."

Two years’ worth of material was finally cut down to 28 minutes, which had already been greatly reduced.

But the length was still too long.

According to Douyin’s statistics, videos longer than fifteen minutes are very unfavorable for spreading.

Because when you go to the toilet, if you squat for too long, your feet get numb and you are likely to get hemorrhoids.

Simply split it into two parts.

Today, the 16th is Friday, update the first part,

wait until next Friday, which is the 23rd, update the next part.

Five days later, on the 28th, it’s the new car press conference, perfectly achieving seamless heat transition.

As the private jet took off from Puxin Airport, Lu Liang picked up his tablet to watch the new video released by Tianxing Automobile.

"The origin of serial number 196..."

"Technology should be people-oriented, safety is the primary element."

A deep, magnetic male voice rang out; Lu Liang recognized the voice: "Voice actors are all monsters."

If you just listen to the voice, nobody would think that this is a fresh graduate, only 23 years old.

Seems like his name is Meng Changjun, a shy young lad, part of Xiao Chen’s team responsible for voiceover and camerawork for the video.

The camera pans, suddenly showing a chassis with serial number 1, followed by a deafening boom.

A gantry crane magnet lifts a two-ton iron block, dropping it towards the top of the chassis, and serial number 1 is directly crushed into scrap.

Liao Jie appears in the footage, with the magnetic male voice narrating: "Professor Zhang and Assistant Liao both think that the chassis they designed could theoretically withstand the impact of a two-ton iron block falling from a height of two meters. Something must be wrong."

Soon, a chassis with serial number 2 appeared, but it still couldn’t withstand the impact. A series of loud bangs represented a chassis being scrapped.

Not until the chassis with serial number 13 appeared did it withstand the direct impact from the iron block for the first time.

However, this was just the beginning, as everyone who has taken junior high school physics knows that the roof of a car has a wide force-receiving area, distributing the impact force evenly, making it quite resistant to pressure.

Moreover, the roof only generally needs to withstand the impact from bird droppings, as in reality there’s no technique that involves a strike descending from the sky.

To ensure the safety of the passengers inside, testing chassis safety is best done from the front, rear, and sides.

Suddenly, the footage became absurdly chaotic, with bangs going off non-stop, iron blocks appearing from all directions, each failure representing a chassis being scrapped.

"Liangzi is really willing to spend; such a chassis, if customized, would cost at least 200,000."

"The result is, once the iron block hits, as long as any A, B, or C pillar breaks, the chassis can only be sold as scrap."

"Serial number 196 means 195 chassis were scrapped before, if one costs 200,000, that’s 40 million?"

"You can’t calculate it like that, because as the tests deepen, the costs increase. Haven’t you noticed? From serial number 78 onwards, the chassis isn’t just a chassis anymore, it’s starting to approach a finished car, with doors, seats, and even tires installed."

"I suspect that once the serial number exceeds 100, it might involve whole cars being scrapped directly, making the cost certainly much higher."

Some professional in the comments section speculated that customizing a chassis alone would cost at least 200,000. If it became a finished car, it would require at least 1.2 million, although in a customized scenario. For mass production, it would definitely be much cheaper.

Before the first car rolls off the production line, 195 units were scrapped, even taking a median value, at 700,000 that’s easily over one hundred million in expenses.

With an analysis from the professionals, when netizens looked at the video again, it was as if they were watching someone legally burn cash.

At 10,000 there would be 100 bills, at 100,000 there would be 1,000, even at 200,000, there would still be 2,000 bills, and would take a while to burn.

The result is just for a sound.

However, when the netizens finished watching the video, they found the serial number stopping at 99, with the words "To be continued" appearing.

The screen flashed, showing a horrifying scene of a massive warehouse filled with scrapped chassis.

Just as the professional mentioned, the massive heap of ’corpses’ contained quite a few finished cars.

This scene,

is considered the ’Photo No.25’ in the new energy sector.

As various auto enterprise CEOs were tooting their own horns, some were creating concepts, and some were getting by on verbal promises.

Being finance-trained, playing with concepts should be Lu Liang’s forte, yet he grounded himself in chassis design from the start.

Once the video was released,

it unsurprisingly dominated the trending topics across the internet.

Lu Liang’s accident incident, although the buzz had diminished slightly, was brought up again.

"You can’t really say Liangzi faced car accidents dangerously by sheer luck; this clearly is bare strength."

This statement gained tens of thousands of likes from netizens.

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