After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future
Chapter 435 - 432: Retreat to Advance, Using Someone Else to Kill

Late at night, Lu Liang arrived at the Skyline District.

Since Su Wanyu returned to Modu, he had essentially set up three homes in this city.

Although he had three homes, with Su Wanyu taking care of the child and Li Manli busy with her live broadcasts, Wang Chuting was the only one remaining.

With her 177cm supermodel figure, even wearing a long nightgown resembled a high-slit formal dress that highlighted her impressive stature.

It had been a while since he had seen her; her long black hair had been styled into golden waves, and her every smile and frown was enchanting.

Wang Chuting seemed to have a bit of a cleanliness obsession; her home was the cleanest among the girls Lu Liang knew.

Barefooted, he stepped on the floor and felt no dust or hair, as if it had just been mopped.

Her eyes smiled as she greeted him with joy from long absence, walking to the kitchen to open the fridge, "Want something to drink?"

"I don't feel like beer, something non-carbonated."

"How about white wine?"

"Sure."

Lu Liang first took a shower in the bathroom; when he came out, Wang Chuting was sitting cross-legged on the couch, pursed her lips, and smiled, "Your phone rang just now, but I didn't answer."

Late at night, she guessed it probably wasn't work-related, so she dared not answer; it would be awkward if it were Lu Liang's girlfriend.

Lu Liang wasn't married, though she could have assumed the role of a girlfriend, but she knew better.

Being Lu Liang's girlfriend or even wife could be rather stressful. It was better to be a lover—free and easy, at least not worried about him flirting outside every day.

"Let me see who it was."

Lu Liang casually lay on the couch, encircling Wang Chuting's waist, and upon seeing the note, he immediately called back.

Hearing Wen Chao's explanation, he couldn't help but express surprise, "Really a retail investor? Just because of a post?"

"According to the investigation, that should be the case," Wen Chao said with a bitter smile, not quite believing it himself.

All signs pointed out that the retail investors from Korea were the ones who pushed Bitcoin to $3300 to avoid a correction.

These people seemed like they were scrambling for money; the post had only been up for two hours, had over a million views, and the comments section filled with screenshots of new accounts.

A flood of Korean retail investors into the market further pushed the rise in Bitcoin's value, attracting new users.

Unexpectedly, or maybe as expected, by tomorrow morning—or rather, even before morning.

Because young Koreans tend to stay up late, almost to the point of degrading their sleep. By around 2 or 3 a.m., Bitcoin-related entries were likely to climb the charts in Korea's hot searches.

"Mr. Lu, should we add fuel to the fire?" Wen Chao suggested.

They could spend some money to hire a few Korean financial experts to extensively promote the superiority and distinct features of cryptocurrencies, thereby drawing more young people in.

The more investors participating in the market, the more stable the market's base would be, and it would not be easily swayed by a few hundred million dollars.

Similarly, when they sell, the market's ability to absorb would also be stronger, colloquially known as training the next generation of investors from now.

"That's fine, but you shouldn't be involved. It's time Mitsui Sumitomo and Hyundai Group took some initiative."

Lu Liang's lips curved into a smile, suggesting Wen Chao could subtly inform Ota Ling and Li Xuanhong about their heavily invested projects.

Domestically, he needed to be more reserved, but internationally, he had already arranged for Mitsui Sumitomo and Hyundai Group to cover him upfront.

Just cause a bit of chaos.

As for whether the Mapo Bridge in Han City would end up being swarmed like dumplings, that was none of his concern.

How could he make a profit if others didn't lose?

Besides, in the next two months, the Bitcoin market was expected to surge upward until it broke through twenty thousand dollars.

Before that happened, the more he bought, the more he earned; if he could anticipate early and cash out in time, he could achieve financial freedom.

The consequence of being greedy was being harvested.

"Are you finished?"

Seeing Lu Liang end the call, Wang Chuting picked up two wine glasses from the table and handed him one, clinking their glasses together.

Lu Liang hummed in response, not delving further into the topic, and looked at Wang Chuting's tablet, "Already reached 8 million followers?"

"Douyin's user base is growing, and gaining followers has become somewhat easier."

Wang Chuting put away her tablet, sipping her white wine, her fingertips lightly tracing Lu Liang's face.

Although she had not yet accepted commercial promotions, many advertisers had already contacted her.

Just inserting a ten-second traffic directing ad was easily worth over a million.

Many brands wanted to secure her 'firsts', and some light luxury brands had even offered up to five million, a sky-high price.

"Have you not taken on any promotions?"

Lu Liang kissed her fingertips, smelling the scent of an unknown_brand perfume, and teased with a smile, "Are you planning to generate love, be the pure stream in the internet celebrity world?"

Douyin had been developing for over a year, with the number of users skyrocketing past eight hundred million, its base now quite solid.

They were planning to cut down the creators' incentives soon, encouraging bloggers to actively seek advertising and be self-reliant.

"I'm still considering."

Wang Chuting let out a soft sigh. Her account had started too prominently; even the Hall of Fame series was jokingly called a collection of wealthy figures by netizens.

Taking on commercial promotions might lower her tone, making it more difficult to invite celebrities and merchants in the future.

She planned to expand her studio, train new personalities to manage profit-generating accounts, while her personal account would continue to maintain its high profile, leading people instead of goods.

"It's best to implement it soon. After the National Day, Douyin will launch its e-commerce sector, and cutting video bloggers' creation benefits is also for promoting transactions in Dou shops."

Lu Liang took a sip of wine, lying on Wang Chuting's legs, looking up to see a pair of firm, bowl-shaped objects. He pulled down the neckline of the nightgown; there was nothing underneath.

Realizing, Wang Chuting pulled up the gown and gave him a stern look, "Tomorrow is the National Day, any plans?"

Lu Liang thought for a moment, "Probably not."

He was waiting for Cheng Wei's news and the Liu family's counteraction.

Having just offended Old Liu, the opponent would probably let him experience what top-level capabilities mean.

He could only countermove by move, so during the National Days, he should have quite some free time, with no particular plans.

"Shall I arrange it?" Wang Chuting asked. She hadn't taken a vacation in a long time and wanted to travel abroad during the National Day holiday.

Lu Liang shook his head, "Let's skip going abroad."

The destinations for short trips abroad were limited to Japan and Korea; even if he wanted to relax, he couldn't.

Long trips were too far, probably to Europe or America, and he had unresolved matters in the country, so he couldn't leave.

"How about we go to bed early tonight and play tennis tomorrow?"

"Sounds good."

The next morning, Lu Liang and Wang Chuting were sweating it out on a suburban tennis court.

Online news was filled with reports of heavy traffic, record-breaking tourist numbers, and a Bitcoin surge.

There was also a quiet entry about Lu Liang transferring assets that suddenly appeared on Weibo's trending search.

After a game of tennis, Lu Liang came to the side of the court, panting, and drank some water. Xu Jiawei was the first to inform him about the online public opinion.

He couldn't help but laugh, wiping the sweat from his forehead with a towel, "Is that it? Isn't it too clumsy?"

Xu Jiawei asked, "Mr. Lu, do we need to contact Weibo to remove the entry?"

Last year, Weibo's total revenue was 680 million US dollars, of which 37% of the income was from differentiated development and vertical strategy efforts.

In simple terms, it was marketing revenue, which included but was not limited to increasing or decreasing the popularity of people and things.

Decreasing popularity commonly involves two methods: one is to remove the relevant entries for cold treatment; the other is to expose scandals in the entertainment industry to cover the heat.

Lu Liang smiled and shook his head, "No need, this seems to be a combo punch, let the bullet fly for a while, and see what moves they have next."

Being targeted by Old Liu actually excited him a bit, as the saying goes, it's better to start a fight and prevent endless punches.

Everything had been going too smoothly these past few years.

All the so-called officials seemed like good people.

It always felt like something was missing.

Now, at last, there was a high-quality opposing force, and he wanted to see if his relationships could withstand it.

Meanwhile, his phone rang; Sun Yutao was calling, "Mr. Lu, the Silver Supervision Committee has sent us an inquiry letter."

Lu Liang asked with a smile, "What for?"

"Related to the transfer of funds."

"Who is leading the investigation?"

"A person named Zhang Haoyu."

Lu Liang pondered, then his lips curled up, "Today's the first, Tianxing Private Equity's third installment should be updating its net value, right?"

"Right."

"Then let's not update it."

"If investors call to ask, what should we say?"

"Tell the truth."

Lu Liang squinted his eyes; he wanted to see who would crumble first.

"What's wrong?" Wang Chuting walked over to ask with concern, dressed in a vibrant pink tennis outfit.

Her long beautiful legs, even after being shouldered last night, still provoked fanciful thoughts.

She hadn't checked her phone and didn't know that Lu Liang was dominating the hot search topics during the busy National Day holiday.

"It's nothing, let's play another round."

Lu Liang asked Xu Jiawei to keep an eye on things, then, acting as if nothing was wrong, he enjoyed the pleasure brought by exercising and sweating.

Time flew, and by noon, the usually punctual calls on the first of every month suddenly stopped.

But since the investors in the third installment of the private equity were leaders in various industries domestically, he didn't pay much attention at first.

Until two o'clock in the afternoon, news about Lu Liang's involvement in asset transfer exploded online, spreading like wildfire.

Various financial and political bloggers, as if they had been paid, repeatedly mentioned it, further fermenting the news.

Insiders like Zhu Hu and Shen Peng immediately called Lu Liang: "Mr. Lu, has the Liu family made their move?"

Yesterday, at DiDi's board meeting, Cheng Wei confronted Liu Qing, even bringing Lu Liang into it, and today negative news about Lu Liang burst out.

It was no surprise; Liu Qing probably guessed or had evidence that Cheng Wei had long struck some deal with Lu Liang.

Still, Zhu Hu didn't understand, even if there was a war between two armies, shouldn't there be a courtesy before the soldiers? Why did it suddenly erupt?

The Liu family was being a bit unfair.

Lu Liang laughed, "There was courtesy; I met with Old Liu last night, but the conversation wasn't very pleasant."

"What do you plan to do?"

Zhu Hu realized that since the conversation was not very pleasant, it must've broken down, hence today's events.

Lu Liang spoke calmly, "Just now, Tianxing Private Equity Fund received an inquiry letter from the Silver Supervision Committee. We will cooperate unconditionally, decide to turn over all materials, and lock all trading accounts; it's also a good opportunity to give colleagues a break."

"These two years, they've worked hard, always busy with the international market. We're on a National Day vacation, but they still have to work."

Zhu Hu was speechless, after a long silence, he ruefully said, "Indeed, they're quite tired, they should really rest for a few days."

Lu Liang was indeed Lu Liang; he chose to confront head-on. Since the private equity fund was targeted, he simply took the opportunity to halt operations and cooperate fully with the investigation.

Once the news spread,

the pressure would shift to those targeting Lu Liang.

The money-making effect of Tianxing Private Equity Fund was evident to all; as of last month, the net value was still 1.732.

Even managing assets totaling 8 billion US dollars, there was still a monthly increase of 5%-15%.

Take the third installment, for instance, subscribing to one installment was one hundred million dollars, and even with just a 5% increase, that was 5 million dollars.

This profit belonged to the investors. Now, due to some people's manipulations, the company had to halt operations.

Although Lu Liang was implicated in using this crisis to his advantage, as investors in the private equity fund, they had the duty to help clear any obstacles to earning money besides investing.

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