After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future
Chapter 392 - 389: If You Swing the Hoe Well, You Can Undermine the Foundation

"Mr. Lu, these two are Mr. Park Chang-soo, our chief engineer, and Mr. Jin Guangzhi, our deputy director of the technical department. I have something else to handle shortly, so I will leave them to accompany you."

Park Zhixun realized that Lu Liang was not interested in hydrogen energy and did not delve further, knowing time would prove their choices were correct.

Within ten years at most, a large number of lithium batteries would be eliminated, and then East Country would realize that electric vehicles were not environmentally friendly at all.

Lu Liang smiled silently and turned to get acquainted with these two new friends, focusing on Deputy Director Jin Guangzhi.

Hyundai's cars are probably doomed, brainwashed stupid by Westerners, still worrying about whether it's environmentally friendly or not.

There's no such thing as ideology, it's all damn business,

shouting about ideology just for the sake of business.

They don't understand the cause and effect, they'll go bankrupt sooner or later.

But maybe, they've realized it but have already bet on hydrogen energy, with no way back.

With a small country and few people, without some monopolizable technology, they will sooner or later be crushed by East Country.

The domestic new energy market has really developed for just over a year, less than two years, and Xuanyi, Leiling, and Corolla no longer require a premium.

In another two or three years, they will probably have to reduce prices to compete.

If they all develop electric cars, what can they compete with?

"Chief Engineer Jin, when will the third-generation i-GMP approximately be launched?"

Lu Liang walked and looked around, intentionally ignoring Park Chang-soo, who was eagerly trying to please him, and focused on Jin Guangzhi.

The deputy director of technology safety at Hyundai, although forty-four years old, had already been working there for twenty years.

"The third-generation i-GMP is already in pilot production, and we plan to install it in the new cars by September next year."

Jin Guangzhi glanced at the real chief engineer, Park Chang-soo, noted his gloomy face, and suddenly felt like he had fallen into an ice pit.

He explained frantically, his expression panicked, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Park Chang-soo is the chief engineer; I'm just his assistant."

Lu Liang didn't care and smiled, "In our place, we often overlook the prefix 'deputy'; I'm also wishing you to become a chief engineer soon."

Park Chang-soo forced a smile, "Guangzhi, Mr. Lu is wishing you to become a chief engineer soon, aren't you going to thank him?"

"Thank you, Mr. Lu."

Jin Guangzhi, with tears welling up in his eyes, could only put on a brave face, showing a smile more painful than crying.

Lu Liang might not know, but Korea's social hierarchy is far stricter than Japan's, often defined by age and seniority, requiring the younger generation to unconditionally obey the older generation.

Not to mention he was forty-four years old, even if he were fifty-four, there would still be a fifty-five-year-old about to retire who could bully him.

It would be remembered by Park Chang-soo for a lifetime; Lu Liang was a valued guest of their group, not just anyone casually mentioned.

One could imagine that in the future, at every drinking and dining gathering, this incident would be brought up for ridicule and mockery, either to force him to drink or to do something embarrassing to make him lose face.

"Hyundai's technology platform is indeed unique."

Lu Liang's smile slightly lifted at the corners of his mouth, revealing an almost imperceptible smirk; Japan and Korea were the same in this respect—how could he not know that? He knew, but it was all intentional.

The chief engineer was already the ceiling of the technical field; there was no way to poach him, only to start from the deputy director.

Below a technical deputy director were countless senior and junior engineers.

Eventually, pulling out the radish would bring up all the dirt, saving him the trouble of contacting them one by one.

During the conversation, time flew by quickly.

"Mr. Lu, the chairman has arrived."

Li Xuanhong received a phone call and came forward to announce that Zheng Xuanyi had arrived.

"Chief Engineer Jin, thank you very much for your explanation; I hope we will have another opportunity to meet."

Lu Liang, reluctant to part, firmly shook Jin Guangzhi's hand, expressing his respect for technical talents.

"Mr. Lu, please take your time."

Jin Guangzhi barely managed a smile, feeling numb all over as his back was already soaked with sweat.

"Mr. Park, Chief Engineer Jin, please stay."

Lu Liang left, walking with Li Xuanhong to the headquarters to meet Zheng Xuanyi.

Park Chang-soo could not hold back for a moment and scoffed, "Chief Engineer Jin, that title really does sound nice, doesn't it, Chief Engineer Jin?"

Jin Guangzhi, sincerely frightened, explained apologetically, "Brother Chang-soo, you also heard Mr. Lu say that this was their custom."

"Yes, it is a custom."

Park Chang-soo's smile returned to his face, "Guangzhi, brother was just joking with you; didn't you realize?"

Jin Guangzhi, taking it as truth, quickly bowed and apologized with a smile, "I knew Brother Chang-soo wasn't that kind of person."

Suddenly, a large hand pressed down on his head, Park Chang-soo said coldly, "Then tell me, what kind of person am I?"

Jin Guangzhi had not started explaining when Park Chang-soo gently patted the back of his head, "Come on, it's time for us to work."

"Okay, Chang-soo brother."

"When working, you should use the official title."

"Okay, Mr. Park."

Jin Guangzhi smirked bitterly, knowing this was not over.

On the other side,

Lu Liang met Zheng Xuanyi in the reception room.

The founder of Hyundai Group, Zheng Yongzhou, had two sons, the elder one a politician, a member of the National Assembly, and chairman of the National Team who had hosted the 2002 Japan and Korea World Cup as the chairman.

The younger son went into business, took over Hyundai Group, led it for twenty-four years, and then handed it down to his son, who was Zheng Xuanyi.

Zheng Xuanyi, 47, didn't look Korean, unlike Samsung's Li Zairong, who could be recognized as Korean at first glance.

He looked a bit like a Chinese, specifically a typical southern person from the coastal Hu Jian area.

However, appearances can be deceiving, after all, Little Ma looks just like a twin brother to Li Zairong.

"Mr. Lu, hello," said Zheng Xuanyi with a smile, speaking very fluent Mandarin.

"Mr. Zheng, you really made me wait," Lu Liang teased with a smile, unsurprised that the other party spoke Chinese.

Even if Koreans were stubborn, it could not change the fact that without learning Chinese, they couldn't even understand their own history books.

Although their history books were either about being invaded by Japan or supplicating to the Celestial Empire to punish the neighboring Japan, they still were a country with history.

Having history also meant they could record the years in their own historical style, if there were no history, they wouldn't even qualify to record it.

"Mr. Lu, sorry for making you wait, I just came back from Europe and rushed here right after landing."

Zheng Xuanyi sized up Lu Liang, having reviewed his detailed information before coming.

He envied him for being born in a powerful country; if he were born in Japan and Korea, he definitely would not have been able to rise.

East Country's greatest advantage was its complete sovereignty. Although there were compradors, there were higher-ups monitoring them, preventing them from being as reckless as the financial conglomerates in Japan and Korea.

Lu Liang had risen in such an environment and quickly became an international financial mogul.

Once on the international stage, the advantage of having a strong motherland became clear again, hostile forces did not dare to act stealthily against him.

Had he been from Japan and Korea, as soon as Wall Street set its sights on him, if someone spoke up, he definitely wouldn't have had such a smooth ride; he would have been packed off to New York overnight.

Lu Liang smiled and got straight to the point, "Mr. Zheng, how are you considering our collaboration?"

"Naturally, I can't make Mr. Lu wait for nothing." Zheng Xuanyi gestured for his assistant to bring out a funding contract.

He said with a smile, "330 million dollars are ready, we can sign the contract, and the funds will be transferred immediately."

"That's straightforward."

Lu Liang was surprised and then smiled, "Tomorrow we go to Tokyo, to sign together with Mitsui Sumitomo's Ota Ling."

Zheng Xuanyi said, "Tomorrow I still need to go to Busan, so I can only have Xuanhong represent the group to sign the collaboration agreement."

"That works." Lu Liang's smile remained unchanged, not showing special treatment due to Zheng Xuanyi's promptness.

As the party of the first part, he always believed it was about growing wealthy together with Hyundai Group, not begging them.

Times had changed, and his name, Lu Liang, was a gold-lettered signboard in the international market.

Whenever there was a chance, no questions asked, no hesitations, just buy a ticket and get on board.

Zheng Xuanyi couldn't help but chuckle, "Mr. Lu, you are indeed as confident as the rumors say."

Lu Liang smilingly countered, "Do you think, Mr. Zheng, that being confident is a bad thing?"

Zheng Xuanyi shook his head, "If one doesn't even have confidence, how can they make investors believe that this investment will be profitable?"

"Mr. Zheng, a true understanding," Lu Liang sincerely exclaimed.

Some always said he was overconfident and somewhat arrogant, yet he was involved in investments of billions of dollars every time.

If he wasn't confident, how would investors view him,and how would they continue to believe that he could make them money?

It's like the saying in the venture capital circle: you can deceive, but you must be absolutely confident, because once you can deceive the first angel investor, you can deceive the second and the third.

Until the company goes public, what's fake also becomes real.

In the evening, Lu Liang politely declined Zheng Xuanyi's dinner invitation citing other engagements and left the Hyundai Research Center.

On the way back to Han City Airport, he said, "Wen Chao, come back with me to Tokyo. Jia Wei, stay here and connect with Jin Guangzhi."

"If he is considering switching jobs, contact Wang Xiaofeng back home to handle the follow-up."

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