After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future
Chapter 415 - 412: Enlightenment at the Dragon Field?

On the road, Lu Liang had been paying attention to the situation in New York. An hour ago, the IPO at the New York Station had come to an end.

Frozen capital reached 92.356 billion, exceeding by 218.85 times, breaking the record set by Ali for a Chinese concept stock's IPO in the United States.

The previous record-holder for a Chinese concept stock's roadshow in New York was also Ali, which had gone to the US for an IPO under the name of the "Asian Amazon".

That time it had caused a huge stir on Wall Street, raising 2.221 billion and ultimately freezing 425 billion in capital.

"I understand, come back to the country soon, and be careful."

Sun Yutao made the call; the two sites had subscribed for 9 billion US Dollars in total, and with normal probabilities, they were expected to win around 17.8 million shares, at a cost of 2.09 US Dollars each.

The listing date was also set; in just nine days, next Thursday, a total of 384 million shares would be released, with their holding representing less than 5% of the market's circulating shares.

With that amount of chips, it would be difficult to corner the market, but influencing the market shouldn't be hard. After all, not everyone was like them, able to put up 9 billion US Dollars for subscriptions.

366.2 million shares were out there,

held by institutions from the two countries, no less than three hundred in number.

Their opinions would definitely not be unified, which gave them the opportunity to influence the market.

At dusk, they arrived in Apollis, Mingzhou.

Lin Yan greeted him with a smile, her hands crossed over her lower abdomen, "Mr. Lu, I hope you have a pleasant day."

It was only then that Lu Liang noticed that, although she was wearing the same pink flight attendant uniform, today Lin Yan had obviously made an extra effort to dress up; her cheeks bore a light blush that added a touch of girlish charm and she wore a white and blue silk scarf around her neck.

He smiled and said, "It suits you quite well, see you."

"Thank you, Mr. Lu," Lin Yan said with joy, barely holding back her excitement as she watched Lu Liang quickly walk away.

Just out of the boarding gate, Lu Liang saw a male Chinese person holding up his name.

The other party obviously recognized him and smiled, "Mr. Lu, hello, I am Mr. Liu's secretary."

Milk Tea Girl was also there, but it wasn't convenient for her to show up, so she waited in the car at the parking lot.

On the other side of the ocean, back East, it was already daylight, and the news of a wealthy businessman being arrested in the United States for business activities spread even faster.

If someone saw her meeting with Lu Liang at the airport in Mingzhou at this time, it would be self-evident who the arrested businessman was.

Although she was the mistress of JD and had represented Dongzi at many events, in Dongzi's presence, it was not her place to meet with Lu Liang, unless Dongzi was not there, or for some reason, he couldn't get away.

"Let's go."

Lu Liang nodded slightly, indicating his understanding.

The group followed Dongzi's secretary, Yu Zhentao, to the airport's open-air parking lot.

A van's door suddenly opened, "Mr. Lu, I am really sorry to trouble you to make this trip; we have tried everything."

Milk Tea Girl looked exhausted, with red eyes, and when she saw Lu Liang, she seemed to have found a lifesaver.

"Mr. Zhang, don't worry; I've already found a way to solve the problem," Lu Liang said with a smile.

This was his second meeting with Milk Tea Girl, the last being at the NIO ES8's new car launch.

Back then, Milk Tea Girl had rendered Li Bing's wife utterly speechless.

Since then, he had known that this woman was no pushover.

And indeed, this had proven to be the case.

Milk Tea had met Dongzi four years ago; at 20 years old, she had Dongzi, then 39, utterly bewitched.

Dongzi wasn't just anybody—a true village lad with no background before attending university, just like a country bumpkin coming to the city; everything was strange to him.

Even though JD had lent a hand at the start of his business, his journey was marked by hardships and trials, a true business magnate who had climbed his way up from the bottom.

For such a man, nearing forty, to be so enchanted by a young girl demonstrated just how high Milk Tea Girl's EQ and IQ were.

At the very least, in terms of providing emotional value, she was definitely master-class.

Just looking at her eyes when she saw Lu Liang for a moment made him question whether he was a savior for all mankind, immensely satisfying his ego.

Overjoyed, Milk Tea Girl hurriedly invited Lu Liang into the van, where, besides her and the driver, there was a suit-clad Asian man.

"Mr. Lu, his name is Lin Feng, from Sidley International, and he's also the attorney we have hired," Milk Tea Girl said.

"Mr. Lu, hello, this is my business card."

Lin Feng sat in the passenger seat, turned to look at Lu Liang, and respectfully handed over his business card with both hands.

Sidley International, like Gaowei Law Firm, was among the top ten law firms in the world.

Their most famous victory was helping a special effects company defeat the Disney company, known for having the strongest legal department on earth, in the field of copyright and obtaining a compensation of 1.2 million US Dollars.

"Hello, Lawyer Lin."

Lu Liang smiled and nodded, casually pulling out a USB drive, "Mr. Zhang, this is the hotel surveillance video; I don't know if it will be of any help to the case?"

Milk Tea Girl's eyes widened in shock.

Lin Feng, too, was stunned and couldn't help but take a few more looks at Lu Liang.

They had also been looking for hotel surveillance footage from the first moment but, despite offering a million US Dollars in reward, no one had claimed it to this day.

Today was Panda's roadshow; four hours ago, Lu Liang had been in New York, and six hours ago, he had only learned of this matter.

The surveillance footage they had tried so hard to find, which had ended up over 1700 kilometers away in New York, had somehow come into Lu Liang's hands.

This is the United States, not East Country, and certainly not Su City. It would require an incredibly powerful network of connections to obtain something this quickly.

"Mr. Lu, may I take a look?"

Milk Tea Girl asked eagerly, even though she lacked deep knowledge of Mingzhou legal provisions, she understood.

If the surveillance footage could prove Dongzi's words were true, that the woman had willingly accompanied him to the motel while sober, rather than as she claimed, groggily led there after being drunk,

Then the entire case would see a turning point.

Lu Liang nodded, and Milk Tea Girl passed the USB drive to Lin Feng, telling the driver, "Let's go, to the city first."

Lin Feng was very professional, taking out his laptop, and Milk Tea Girl saw Dongzi with his hands in his pockets, the woman looking enthusiastic...

She asked, "Lawyer Lin, are you confident?"

Lin Feng nodded: "This is crucial evidence, but if the woman insists she was abused in the room, that would be troublesome. So, it's still best to push for a settlement."

Milk Tea Girl explained: "Mr. Lu, we had previously requested a medical examination, but the police refused to prevent further harm to the victim."

Lu Liang wore a smile, appearing confident. "Let's go straight to the police station then. Applying now, we should be able to succeed before it's been over 24 hours."

He added, "Think of a way to pass a message to the plaintiff, just say Zhao Jun has already left, and he provided the USB drive."

At these words, both of them froze,

Gazing at Lu Liang with something akin to divine reverence.

Zhao Jun was the plaintiff's boyfriend and the person who reported the case; they suspected he might also be the mastermind.

Because they had already asked someone to gather information on several people from back home, and found out Zhao Jun came from a family that had recently fallen on hard times.

With his father's company bankrupt, there was no way to sustain his extravagant lifestyle abroad, hence the immortal jump scheme.

Settling and pretending nothing happened,

Was now the best option for the girl.

If the stalemate continued, Dongzi might face public disgrace but the girl could also face over three years of imprisonment.

"Let's go to the police station."

Milk Tea Girl suppressed her excitement, her expression earnest: "Mr. Lu, I can't thank you enough. Dongzi and I will always remember this."

"Let's focus on the task at hand," Lu Liang said with a smile.

Soon, they arrived at the police station.

Lu Liang just accompanied them to the station, where the police chief greeted him with a slight smile, clearly having been alerted by the governor.

Very promptly, the chief agreed to the examination request.

Next was Lawyer Lin's job. He went to speak with the plaintiff's attorney, who in turn spoke to the plaintiff.

By 9:30 pm, on the 18th hour of Dongzi's detainment, the case was dismissed, and he was released without charges.

"It's good that everything is alright." Milk Tea Girl said with tears in her eyes, her face full of sorrow but not a single word of blame.

Over the past eighteen hours, Dongzi probably hadn't slept a wink inside, turning grey overnight, with a stubbly beard.

He hugged Milk Tea Girl, a flicker of guilt flashing in his eyes as he turned to Lu Liang: "Mr. Lu!"

"Let's talk later. We should head back to the hotel now."

Lu Liang saw something in Dongzi's eyes, a smile on his face but a hint of curiosity as well.

Blame, relief, acceptance, gratitude...

That look, indescribably complex.

"Mr. Lu, I'll see you at the hotel later."

Milk Tea Girl, pulling Dongzi, got into another car.

Several cars drove away from the police station in succession.

Lu Liang sat in the car, deep in thought, when suddenly he reflected on Dongzi's experience and market reputation.

Among the many entrepreneurs in his home country, Dongzi's reputation was likely the best; a grassroots turnaround, marrying into wealth, reaching the pinnacle of life, and treating employees like brothers, all formally employed with the Five Insurances and One Fund, with no notion of temporary workers.

An extraordinarily good reputation, but that wasn't necessarily a good thing.

Just like Mr. Lu often meddling here and there, though subjectively, it did reveal a weakness for women.

No one is perfect, and perfection can be frightening, especially with Dongzi's JD, which had created so many employment opportunities.

Business development reached a certain point, just like Old Ma said, wealth accumulation to a certain extent is no longer private but held in trust for society.

If Dongzi wanted to step out,

This incident could be an opportunity.

Perhaps he hadn't thought of this before; after all, one cannot tarnish oneself to such an extent. Merely saying something that collapses one's image could serve the same purpose.

Probably, while inside, he had a moment of enlightenment,

And considered that maybe he could take advantage of the current.

"No matter, what's done is done, and we owe a favor to this couple."

Lu Liang wore a smile, unconcerned about the deeper implications, helping them was what mattered, and this favor, they had to accept whether they wanted to or not.