After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future

Chapter 485: Chapter 480: There Will Always Be People Who Create Difficulties on Purpose

“You look much more spirited now.”

It was past eight o’clock when Lu Liang arrived at the hotel restaurant for breakfast and upon seeing Su Yuchen’s dress, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

He glanced over and felt like something was still missing, so he took off his own watch, but then he thought better of it and put it back on.

Lu Liang said with a smile, “You should go buy yourself a watch that costs eight to ten thousand instead; this one doesn’t suit you.”

He forgot when he bought this watch, it seemed to be from the Vacheron Constantin Patrimony collection, worth either over four million or five million, he couldn’t remember the exact amount.

Su Yuchen would eventually hold a public office position and wearing a nice suit is acceptable because there isn’t any brand logo; at most, it just looks more textured.

But a watch is different. With the internet so prevalent, if someone took a photo of it and it got out, it would inevitably lead to a lot of trouble.

“Alright, brother-in-law.”

Su Yuchen nodded hastily, nervously realizing that it wasn’t that Lu Liang was reluctant to give the watch, but he genuinely wanted to give it to him.

“Eat quickly, after breakfast, we’ll head out.”

Having finished his milk, Lu Liang gestured to Xu Delin: “This is Xu Delin, Secretary Xu, you’ll follow him later. If anyone asks, just say you’re his assistant.”

It wasn’t appropriate to introduce Su Yuchen in public, the main goal was to get him known by just being around, easing future interactions with leaders and their secretaries.

These leaders might not remember Su Yuchen’s face, but their secretaries were masters at remembering people.

A tour today could lead to recognition when he officially started the job, and if a chance meeting occurred, the secretaries would certainly remember him.

Following this, they may initiate a background check, and upon learning of the relationship, would not make things difficult, and might even offer a helping hand at the right time.

At nine-thirty in the morning,

Lu Liang arrived at Lou Shui New Energy Industrial Park.

The transformation of this area could only be described as rapid, with 17 factories springing up from the ground.

Each was not just a single building, but a complex of three to five structures.

The entire park already had a bit of the vibe of Zhongguang Village in Beijing and Magic City Zhangjiang Science and Technology Park in Modu.

It took eight minutes by car from the park’s future main gate to reach the construction site that was completed.

The completed project belonged to the Special Motor Group, specializing in new energy motors and wind power generation, not only a level two supplier for Tesla but also a level one supplier for Jianghuai and Lifan.

Lu Liang’s decision to invest in the construction of a new energy industrial park here and the full support of Su City Government were partly due to the across-the-river Tianxing Technology, and also the desire to integrate the new energy industry of the Yangtze River Delta.

The Yangtze River Delta had unparalleled advantages, not only its prime geographical location and convenient transportation, but also its developed economy and clear industrial and demographic superiority.

But as new energy was a new industry, all suppliers were scattered across the length and breadth of the country, with no concentration of industry clusters.

Lu Liang was willing to lead, to invest the money, and even went as far as to acquire stakes in 17 companies on the trading market, so of course, Su City Government supported it strongly.

Even if Tianxing Technology failed to grow, the new energy industry cluster had already formed and settled in their Su City.

Jianghuai in He Fei, Lifan in Changzhou, Weima in Wenzhou, and Tesla in Modu would all prioritize sourcing parts from this area.

The short distance meant further cost reduction, and everyone needed a one-stop shop for centralized purchasing.

It could be said that Lu Liang had invested real silver to build a stage where anyone could step up and perform.

Everyone approached with the intention of usurping the position, which is why the implementation of this project was so smooth.

Moreover, regardless of who won, Su City was the steady winner, already wearing the crown of the city of new energy technology.

The land across the river was their gesture of reciprocity, a welcoming gift for Lu Liang.

After all, there was a clause that required an investment of no less than 12 billion within five years, or else the land would have to be returned, but they countered by offering a 15 billion loan instead.

Such treatment was rare in the entire country, with only two cases: the first was Tesla, actively introduced by the country, given land and loans in the hope that it would act as a stimulating force to develop the new energy industry.

Lu Liang had put his heart and soul into initiating this project, and Su City hadn’t treated him poorly in return, offering him exceptionally favorable treatment, akin to that offered to foreign investors.

Just before ten, leaders from the city and district had arrived, and various media had gathered. The other construction sites also paused for half a morning, with strings of firecrackers running for hundreds of meters.

“This is just the first one; there will be seventeen more factory districts completing in succession…”

“Our plan is to become the largest new energy industry hub in the nation within five years…”

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“To provide no fewer than one hundred thousand direct high-paying jobs for the local area…”

Leaders from various departments, including Lu Liang, took the stage in an orderly manner to speak, discussing expectations, envisioning the future, and bolstering confidence.

After all, it was the first factory to be completed. In the future, aside from the full opening of the park and the completion of the Tianxing base, it would be hard to see such a grand scene again.

Standing among the crowd, Su Yuchen suddenly felt insignificant, as if he were a grain of sand in the era, witnessing a historic moment.

Lu Liang was only ten years his senior, yet he was the initiator of this moment. Su Yuchen couldn’t help but secretly record it on his phone and send it to various groups.

Not minding that it was the middle of the night in London, he specially recorded a short video and sent it to Su Wanyu: “Sis, did you see that?”

Soon, Su Wanyu replied: “I saw it. He’s always been so outstanding. You, following by his side, can’t cause him trouble, okay?”

“I’m not a kid anymore. Don’t always think that I’m going to be a bother. Besides, my brother-in-law is leaving this afternoon. Oh, it should be three o’clock by now, right? Why aren’t you resting?”

“This little guy simply won’t let me sleep.”

In a short video, the little one with big bright eyes gazed unblinkingly at the hanging windmill.

Suddenly Xu Delin tugged at his sleeve, signaling Su Yuchen to keep up. He hurriedly said, “That’s it, I’ve got to go busy myself.”

The two approached Lu Liang and followed him and several other leaders out of the park to Tianxing Technology across the river.

Zeng Shaofang asked with a smile, “Mr. Lu, this place should be close to completion too, right?”

“It’s just a few months behind.”

Lu Liang called over Wang Xiaofeng and Zhuo Yifan from the construction site. Zhuo Yifan said, “The specific time should be around April of next year.”

Wang Xiaofeng added, “The production lines will be completed overseas in March of next year and should arrive by May.”

A group of about a dozen people walked and talked, while the media reporters followed in real-time, capturing the scene.

Approaching noon, Lu Liang saw off several leaders and was also preparing to leave Su City to head back to Modu.

At this time, Liu Pei, the financial director with a grim face, found Lu Liang: “Mr. Lu, the company’s account funds are about to run out.”

With the 15 billion yuan loan provided by Su City, they were supposed to be very wealthy. Even if the base project was under construction and technology was being developed in both Beijing and Modu, they should have had more than enough funds.

But because of the diversion of one billion dollars to invest in DiDi, there was only 2.88 billion yuan of liquid funds left in the account.

In Beijing, the monthly payroll expenses for more than a thousand programmers wouldn’t be less than 40 million, not including other expenditures.

Modu was even more outrageous. Although the R&D team was not large, their rate of spending money was no less than in Beijing.

Starting with the project to test vehicle safety performance alone, the internal frame numbers broke through from zero to three digits.

In the beginning, there were just frames, customized for a few hundred thousand yuan each to test compression resistance. But later, it became whole vehicle testing, with customization for a single vehicle costing two million, and that was at a discounted price.

Even if a compromise cost of 1.5 million yuan per vehicle was taken, 100 vehicles would amount to 1.5 billion yuan.

Lu Liang laughed bitterly, unable to help but sigh, “How long do you think the funds in the account can last now?”

“Normally, it should be enough for two months’ daily expenses.”

Liu Pei glanced at Lu Liang subconsciously: “If there are no unforeseen circumstances.”

Their company’s development was actually going very smoothly. After all, they were born with a golden key, starting with a 15 billion yuan loan—it was hard not to be successful.

Even after advance payments for the construction and the production lines, 15 billion yuan in loans left only 69.78 billion yuan, considering that there were originally 5.5 billion yuan in liquid funds, summing up to over 75 billion yuan, which was enough to last until the end of the two projects.

But there were always people who intentionally made things difficult.

Originally there was only a sum of 75.28 billion yuan, and then they abruptly diverted 67 billion to invest in DiDi.

It was only because of Lu Liang. If it were any other company where the CEO dared to do this, the financial director would have clashed with him long ago.

Lu Liang blushed with an embarrassed look: “There shouldn’t be any more unforeseen circumstances. By January, I’ll go sort out some more money.”

In the company now, the only person who could really challenge him was Liu Pei, even though Liu Pei was personally recruited by him to serve as the financial director.

It was because he represented the entire company, the interests of all shareholders, not just Lu Liang’s personal interest.

Unlike Tang Caide, because Tianxing Investment was wholly owned by Lu Liang, the company was effectively his personal asset.