After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future
Chapter 425 - 422: Liu Qing Can't, Maybe He Can

As the sky dimly lit up, Lu Liang returned to his home in Block A of Sinograin Seaview One.

Built a few years later than its neighbor Tangchen, it was a bit newer and had a slightly better environment.

Even though, as far as he knew, tycoons lived in standalone villas, he still preferred high-rise apartments.

After all, the location was bustling, with a broad view, and he could see Pujiang and the Sixteen Piers on the opposite shore with just a glance.

Today was Friday, Li Manli usually wouldn't come back on weekdays as she stayed in her studio in West Suburb.

Lu Liang took a shower, ate a breakfast prepared by the cooking lady, and then returned to the bedroom to browse his phone.

In just six hours, various media outlets had retracted articles written at dawn, revising and resending them.

Panda went public today, reaching a market value of 11.616 billion US dollars, equivalent to 77.82 billion RMB.

The long-silent phrase "national husband" was once again mentioned by the media, with endless praise.

Saying Little Wang was better than his father was an understatement; the new saying was that the blue outshone the indigo.

"Who wouldn't be flattered by such praise?"

Lu Liang was speechless, knowing Zhang Juyuan's strategy was simply to use Little Wang and Panda's IPO impact to quickly top Long Yi.

Panda's success was based on live-stream e-commerce; Douyu and Huya followed suit but were actually not a threat. The key competitors were Douyin and Kuai Shou.

Panda, Douyu, these entertainment platforms' base was game streaming.

Unlike Douyin and Kuai Shou, which were about lifestyle sharing short videos, naturally fitting for live-stream e-commerce.

Recently, Lu Liang had gone to Beijing to attend Douyin's shareholder meeting, where Yang Zhenyuan had said they would no longer wait and introduced projects like Dou Store.

Now that the funding was in place to directly enter e-commerce, Panda's first-mover advantage was destined to vanish.

Zhang Juyuan probably heard some rumors too, so he painted a rosy picture, only to buy more time for development.

"When Dou Store starts, that's when Panda will fall off its pedestal."

He slept until a little past three o'clock in the afternoon.

Lu Liang felt a bit of pressure in his chest, squinted his eyes, and saw a pair of white, silky legs.

Alone, they looked beautiful, slim and straight with elegant lines, and through the white silk, he could see the pink soles of the feet.

But the owner of those legs had poor sleeping posture, hugging a stuffed toy and sticking her butt out, revealing tiny bear panties under her pleated skirt.

Lu Liang cracked a mischievous smile, slapped the tiny bear panties, and Li Manli suddenly woke up with a resentful expression, "What are you doing?"

"When did you come over?" Lu Liang, just awake and invigorated, slapped her once and then held her in his arms.

"Around noon. I just woke up and saw Mrs. Liu's message saying you were home, so I came to see."

Li Manli butted against Lu Liang's chest, complaining, "That hurts, you know."

"Should I rub it for you?" Lu Liang couldn't help but chuckle.

Mrs. Liu was the cooking lady, who had followed them from Tangchen to Sinograin No. 1.

Whether Lu Liang was home or not, she stayed from Monday to Saturday, ensuring Lu Liang had meals anytime he returned.

On Sundays, Li Manli would come over, and she would take over the chef duties. But now, they rarely ate at home, generally choosing to dine out.

"Like you shouldn't, huh?"

Li Manli pouty, lying crosswise in front of Lu Liang, her butt in the air, "Look, did it turn red?"

"Can't see clearly." Lu Liang, his heart moved, gently pulled, revealing the round and perky moon.

Li Manli glared feebly at him, and gradually, Lu Liang's gentle rub turned into a caress.

She couldn't help but moan, trying to free herself from her clothes.

"Don't, just like this."

Striped waist shirt, gray pleated skirt paired with over-the-knee white silk stockings, Li Manli was very suited to the high school girl look.

She looked innocent yet sweet and youthful, with a girlish yet sexy allure, charming and captivating, sparking fantasies.

Li Manli's head rested on Lu Liang's shoulder, her arms around his neck, her eyes foggy, gasping, "Liang, when did you get back?"

"Day before yesterday, I went home first, then came to Modu."

Lu Liang cradled her waist, it had been a while since they met, and it felt like Li Manli almost had a six-pack.

A waist to grasp, only about three and a half palms wide, like a watersnake, slippery and fine.

Although a bit unfair to Su Wanyu, there was indeed a clear difference between a girl's waist and a married woman's.

As they moved together, the pleated skirt below her waist rose and fell, stirring up breezes.

Suddenly, Li Manli clung tightly to Lu Liang's neck, almost choking him, and Lu Liang held her waist even tighter; after some time, they gradually calmed down.

They lay in bed for a long time, cuddling until the alarm on the phone went off, indicating it was four ten.

"Are you not coming back for dinner tonight?"

Li Manli's lips were plush and red as she lay on her bed, watching Lu Liang head toward the bathroom, his cheeks still flushed.

Lu Liang rarely set an alarm for waking up; setting one generally meant he had something scheduled during that time.

"I just got back and still have a few things to handle, I've made plans with a friend."

After freshening up, Lu Liang opened his wardrobe to find several neatly folded sets of clothes. After some deliberation, he finally picked out a light blue sweatshirt and washed blue jeans.

He couldn't help but ask, "Why are the purchases getting more and more fancy?"

Lu Liang figured out a pattern, roughly every two months, his wardrobe would automatically refresh with season-appropriate clothes.

But since the last time, he noticed the colors and styles were becoming increasingly youthful and trendy.

"Isn't looking younger a good thing?"

Li Manli giggled, her idle feet playing with her stockings, seemingly trying to use her feet to take them off.

"Looking younger is certainly good," Lu Liang said with a smile, walking over to the bed to help her remove her stockings. He patted her head, chuckling, "Don't be so lazy, get up soon, I'm heading out."

"Okay, bye-bye~~"

Li Manli waved goodbye as Lu Liang left.

Hearing the noise outside the door, she wriggled to avoid the mess and found a clean spot to continue her lazy sleep.

She was very lazy, always preferring to lie down rather than sit.

Now she often exercises and does yoga, just wanting to maintain a youthful appearance to make Lu Liang love her more.

However, just as she closed her eyes, there came a knock on the door.

Mrs. Liu said, "Miss Li, are you awake? Mr. Lu asked me to come and change the sheets."

"I'm awake, just a moment," Li Manli puffed angrily, wishing she could make a voodoo doll of Lu Liang and stick a thousand pins into it.

Never mind, better not do it, what if it actually worked? She'd rather give him a few hickey marks next time.

...

It was not yet five o'clock when Lu Liang returned to the company.

Xu Jiawei seemed to have been waiting at the entrance for a long time, and hurriedly greeted him: "Mr. Lu, Golden Sand River's Mr. Zhu, and Redwood's Mr. Shen are both in the reception room."

Lu Liang nodded slightly, went to his office to grab a tin of treasured tea leaves, then proceeded to the reception room with a smile and a prayer gesture, "Sorry to keep you waiting."

Shen Peng and Zhu Hu, who had just arrived in Modu yesterday, had agreed to meet.

The Panda's IPO was just a process, which went extremely smoothly and achieved unexpectedly great success; it was now time to strategize their goals.

"Meeting at five o'clock was because we arrived early."

Shen Peng and Zhu Hu exchanged looks, and Zhu Hu laughed, "Mr. Lu, we're all familiar with each other, let's skip the red tape."

"Straight talk is best, it's not like we aren't acquainted."

Lu Liang smiled, busying himself with opening the tea tin and preparing the tea while waiting for good news.

Shen Peng explained, "Cheng Wei agreed, and we've decided to propose it at next Tuesday's shareholder meeting."

The suggestion was to bring in Lu Liang, hoping to use his channels to help DiDi successfully go public.

Panda's achievements were evident, freezing hundreds of billions of US dollars in both Modu and New York IPOs.

The stock listed last night, soaring 175%, and continued its strong performance throughout the trading day, finally closing at $6.09.

Lite, Muddy Water, and Blackstone, literally had their faces swollen with inaccurate predictions giving only a close of $4.11.

Also, Dongzi was framed in Mingzhou and found himself behind bars, only rescued by Lu Liang's efforts.

These examples were proving that Lu Liang's influence was growing not only domestically but also as a significant figure in the Western world.

Liu Qing couldn't do it, maybe he could.

Zhu Hu hesitated for a moment, then added, "Mr. Lu, when cooperating, we might need to sign an additional agreement to better convince the board."

If they recruited Lu Liang as a listing consultant with a hefty salary to assist in DiDi's IPO, Lu Liang surely wouldn't agree, so they had to offer equity.

And not just any equity, but Class B shares.

Generally, Class B shares' voting rights were ten times those of Class A, essentially making one share count as ten.

Like Old Ma and Little Ma and many other founders of internet companies domestically, although holding only single-digit equity, they could control the group.

Taking Tencent's Little Ma as an example, although he only held 9.1% equity, 5.75% of that was Class B.

It represented an absolute controlling power to exercise 57.5% of the shares, deciding the company's key decisions and strategic direction.

Yet, DiDi's development up to now over five years, unified the national rideshare market, raising over twenty billion US dollars, with a valuation reaching fifty billion US dollars.

That being said, the shares were already cleanly divided, and Lu Liang's entry would inevitably cut into everyone else's shares.

Thus, Zhu Hu alongside Shen Peng and Cheng Wei decided to propose to better convince DiDi's board, Lu Liang should sign an additional agreement when he entered.

For example, if DiDi couldn't smoothly go public within a year, the board would have the right to buy back the shares held by Lu Liang at the original price.

This way, they were more assured in persuading the board and the neutral shareholder institutions to bring in Lu Liang.

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